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"I am not worth anything until I am dating or, by a certain age, married."
I was always told I was "pretty" and "cute." My mom was good at doing that. She would make me cute sweaters, bows and even clothing that matched with my dolls'. As a child I always felt so happy wearing all those beautiful things.
My mom would also do my hair very "pretty."As I got older, she taught me how to "do" my hair (and later makeup) correctly. I later realized being able to do one's hair without help was a sort of a coming-of-age event for the girls in my family.
Most things I learned about girls and women I learned from my family. My mom, her sisters and my grandma, always presented themselves well. Always beautiful, hair styled, makeup on, impeccable outfits and matching accessories. The message I received from the women in my life is that a woman was expected to do everything possible to make herself beautiful (externally) to the world.
I began comparing myself to my family members especially as a teen. I wanted to be dating but we were not allowed to date until age sixteen. I knew most women in my family married very young (by age 20) so I had to make sure I got a "good start."
Puberty struck me late in life; as a perfectionist, I constantly felt less than. I was obsessed with being on the "in crowd." While my girlfriends talked about boys and periods at the junior high lunch table, I sat there pretending like I could relate. I had a lot of contempt for my slow-developing body; I longed to be taller and less flat-chested. I was also self conscious of wearing glasses. One of my brothers and I would often talk about our relationship woes. We both probably struggled with self-esteem and the need to look perfect for the opposite sex. One day, my brother made a matter-of-fact comment, that once I got contacts, the guys would "be all over me." Through comments like these and the influence of my friends, I began lying to myself about the way I needed to look and the experiences with guys I needed to have.
Finally, everything started falling into place by my tenth grade year when I reached full puberty. At 16, I was finally "of eligible age" to date. I finally got a little bit more self-esteem; some days I even felt as "cute" and "beautiful" as when I was a child. Soon, I did receive attention from guys, but they were not "quality" guys; my term for the guys that typically liked me was "messed up." I would go back and forth between feeling flattered by their comments and disgusted. Then I would always question, what is wrong with me that no decent or popular guy would like me. I would find myself in a war when it came to relationships with guys. If a guy liked me I would initially act interested to comfort my wounded inner self, but later I would come to my senses and realize I didn't want to spend time with these particular guys. I ended up having quite a bit of guilt for "crushing" guys, though my family and friends told me to forget about it.
During the later part of my junior year, I fell in love hard. I was head over heals for a guy in my youth group at church. I initially had no interest in him until he began giving me quite a bit of flirtatious attention. During a period of about six months, his actions toward me fueled my passion for and fascination with him. It's so interesting because my feelings of that time come back so quickly. They were so intense yet I now realize they were all about me. I really had no love and care for the guy. I only cared about how I was perceived. My self-esteem finally sky-rocketed because I felt I was finally "worth something." Any day now, this guy would ask me out and everything in my little life would be perfect. The world would finally love me. This never happened. The guy barely even talked to me much less asked me out and later denied even liking me. Even though my interest in him had died down, I was still crushed and found myself believing I was not good enough for good, popular guys.
These thoughts continued throughout high school and hit their peak my freshman year at Bethel University (formerly Bethel College), a Christian liberal arts school where the common ditty was "ring by spring." The theory is that, since most Christians are virgins, they just have to get married young; a marriage proposal would come by the spring of the girl's senior year of college. There was a lot of pressure to find "the One," that perfect Bethel boy, especially for someone like me whose only dream in life since the age of eight was to be married. Not only married, but preferably by age 21 and to have all my children before age 30 like my mom. (I used to pretend to pop babies out of my stomach with my dolls growing up! I just couldn't wait for the real thing!)
I continued to believe the lie I believed my whole life: "If I only work hard enough to look beautiful, people—especially guys—will notice me. If can just be perfect, I will be worthy of love." I would often daydream about certain guys I met who I considered perfect. Sometimes I had proof that they found me attractive but wondered why they never asked me out. The conclusion I came to was always the same: "I am not good enough."
I continued to swing from feeling like the most sexy thing ever to feeling like the scum of the earth, not even worthy to be an ant under a guy's shoe. The summer after my freshman year, I was working full time and living with my parents at my Wisconsin home. One day, I had to bring my younger brother Tim his lunch at his work—a car dealership. I knew that Tim worked with all men and, for that reason (though I didn't admit it to myself), I made sure I looked extra attractive. Sure enough, when I pulled around to the back of the dealership where Tim worked I noticed his co-workers staring at me. My desires to be noticed were met and I felt really good about myself. A few weeks later my brother revealed to me the conversation that came about after I left that day. His coworkers told him I was hot and asked him if I had a boyfriend. Tim said no and they responded: "Why not?! Is she gay?" Tim, of course, was disgusted with them and stood up for me, but I couldn't help feeling overwhelming grief and self-pity at that moment. There is something wrong with me, I continued to lie to myself.
My dating experiences in college and afterward became predictable. My obsessions with perfection clouded my judgement and my own sense of identity. The judgments I put on myself were extended to the guys I dated. I was often petrified that we weren't "good enough" together. I was terrified of how others would perceive us as a couple. I often made decisions based on what everyone else thought. I never really figured out my own identity or, if I thought I knew what I wanted, I would constantly doubt myself. If my family and friends liked a guy, I would feel pressure to like him too. I would constantly berate myself for not feeling love for the guy I was dating, when in everyone else's mind, he was "perfect." This came with the territory of people-pleasing and performance addiction.
I had such a profound hatred for myself during those times. I intellectually understood I was beautiful "inside and out" as everyone always told me and that I was dating material. I believed I was worthless, like I, the "bad" girl, was hurting and scarring this "good" guy for life. I was a failure in my mind. I couldn't live up to all those women in my family who had great men and had married young. I would scream and cry out to God, "Please help me like him the way he likes me, Lord!" My low self-esteem spurred on my depression which in turn negatively affected every relationship I had.
One minute, I would come to the conclusion that he was the wrong guy for me and I had nothing to do with it. The next minute I would think, it's all me. I am too unlovable and I'm ruining his life. Either way, I would break up with him and look for the next "perfect" guy, a dream relationship that existed in my mind. I was searching for love and truly believed I couldn't be happy until I found it.
It wasn't until much later that I realized that it was probably best to heal before I dated, that I was able to separate my worth from my dating status. That I discovered this truth: I didn't need to search for love because I no doubt already had it. Instead, I was searching for the ability in myself to accept this love. My profound inability to accept love from myself, others and God is what kept propelling my depression onward.


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As a slavering paranoiac by nature with an inherent distrust of my girlfriend's fidelities, I have always wanted a Voight-Kampf Device. It would have great utility in my life. At midnight, when my girlfriend comes stumbling in from what was ostensibly a "night out with the girls" — stinking of cigarettes, booze her lipstick saucily smeared as if she's spent the night kissing — I will be sitting there at a kitchen table, chain smoking, ready to badger her with an endless series of seemingly irrelevant ethical questions while I measure the dilation of her pupils.
"You see a tortoise laying on its back, baking in the hot desert sun," I would begin, watching the quiver of her retina. Eventually, my unyielding series of inquisitions would lead me to the question that I really wanted to ask all along: "You find a picture of a naked woman in a magazine. You show it to me, and I like it so much that I decide to hang it on our bedroom wall."
"Is this testing whether I'm a Replicant or a lesbian, Mr. Brownlee?" my girlfriend would then ask haughtily.
"This is testing if you are a lesbian," I would explain with a wink. And then, if she wouldn't let me hang it on our bedroom wall, that would be the end of the relationship. You can see how such a device would be useful.
That is a longer introduction to the subject of this post than I meant it to be, much to AMC's horror. The point is: there's always some prop in a movie that we attach ourselves to, that we desperately wish we owned. And over at USA Today's Pop Candy blog, they've polled their readers for their favorite must-have movie props.
There's some great answers: the Glowing Suitcase from Encino Man, Darth Maul's lightsaber, the Time Map from Time Bandits, The Lament Configuration from Hellraiser and the Glaive from Krull.
What about you? In your ideal world, what sci-fi movie props would decorate your home?
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On Thursday night, the star of Jon and Kate Plus 8 told CNN's Larry King: "You have to understand, we are a couple, we are a family who didn't set out to live, you know, the celebrity lifestyle," she said. "We are living our lives like a normal family. Cameras come in and film us. And that, to the world — to the public — makes us celebrities.
"I do not like that word. I am not a celebrity . . . I am a mom and a wife. And I feel that Jon is having difficult times realizing that, you know, you can't go to the grocery store without people whipping out their cellphones, calling everyone they know and taking pictures of you. He is dealing very poorly with it."
This above was a quote I pulled from www.canada.com/Entertainment and their story on Jon and Kate Plus 8 regarding the current alleged suspicion of an affair by Jon.
First of all let me say, I love the show; always have, and will continue to watch this season beginning May 25. I like the wholesome value Jon and Kate bring along with entertainment into my living room on Monday nights. I hate that the suspicions are going crazy in the media... but like Kate has expressed in recent interviews, I too hesitate to believe he is cheating on her. Further, that is what I want to believe, and hope and pray they can work through this and that he can improve his poor management of his life being public as a result of their newfound success with the show, which has made them celebrities of sort.
I am no celebrity, but I do relate to Kate on a minor scale when it comes to her passion for organization in her home, and her approach to loving those kids with every fiber of her being. She can get a little over the top at times, intense in the moment; but don't we all have our moments? Are you more of a June Cleaver or a Kate Gosselin?
There are varying opinions out there. Would you like to share yours... Feel free to comment and leave your thoughts below on the recent "soap opera" Kate has found herself involved in....
Should she continue in the limelight providing interviews following all these accusations about her husband?
Is the media being fair in how they are presenting the information?
Is this just to bring them more ratings and attention because of her recently released book, Eight Little Faces?
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The promises given by South Korea's, Incheon CEO Kwang Soo Lee, the project manager of the T4 supporting airport terminal, have not changed a year in the area of security, transportation and advanced inspection devices.
Lee said he is working hard to develop the new T4 terminal to make it a smart airport and invest in it to better serve travelers, noting that the current check-in time takes 10 to 15 minutes. He works hard in coordination with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to reduce the current time for passengers to pick up their baggage, which varies in size of aircraft.On short flights, he said it takes about 30 minutes, while more time on flights arriving from long distances such as London, Cairo and Istanbul, which usually carry between 330 and 350 passengers.-A.T.


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Farm workers apparently struck a Kinder Morgan Inc. natural gas pipeline by accident Tuesday in Illinois, causing a massive explosion and fire that killed two people and injured two others.
Lee County, Ill., Sheriff John Simonton said two tractors in a field got stuck, and one of the tractors "apparently got deep enough to hit the pipeline."
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Speaking at a press conference, the sheriff said the two killed were found to be deceased at the scene, and that residents in the area rushed the two injured people to a hospital. One is in critical but stable condition, while the other is in stable condition, he added. The names of the deceased and injured weren't immediately released.
A statement from Kinder Morgan said explosion happened Tuesday morning on a 20-inch lateral on a segment of Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America's (NGPL) system in Lee County.
"The impacted pipeline has been isolated and the area has been secured with local road closures," Kinder Morgan said. "The company is working with customers on any impacts to service."
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The board of directors at the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals has approved a $1.3 million investment into education and training programs. Partnering with Hanley Wood, APSP will be upgrading and adding to its existing certification courses for both online and in classroom.
The goal of this spending is to help bring young workers into the pool and spa industries.
"This is the first major investment an APSP board has made in several years," says Jack Manilla, board president and owner of Portofino Pools in Jacksonville, Florida. "We recognize that while the challenge to find and hire qualified workers is not limited to this industry, APSP and APSP University are in a unique position to deliver the residential, commercial, technical and business knowledge necessary to be successful in the swimming pool and hot tub industry today."
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We wish all of you could attend the 2017 NCFR Annual Conference in Orlando, but we know it's not possible for everyone. That's why we're excited to again offer a live-streaming access option.
Register for the live-streaming option to get online access to 19 conference sessions. Watch any session live as it's happening, or go back and watch the session recordings on demand for a full year after the conference.
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Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017
- 8:30 - 9:45 a.m.: Transgender Youth and Young Adults in Context
- 10 - 11:15 a.m.: "It's Either Too Simple or Way Too Complex": Applying Bronfenbrenner's Theory in Family Research
- 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Connecting Research, Practice, and Policy
- 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.: The Journey From Normal: Parenting a Child with Down Syndrome — plenary session presented by Michael Bérubé, Ph.D. — sponsored by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 3:30 - 4:45 p.m.: Translational Family Science: A Toolbox to Address Health Disparities
- 5 - 6:15 p.m.: The Longevity Dividend: What It Means for Families
Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017
- 7:30 - 9:45 a.m.: Introduction to Meta-Analysis and Systematic Reviews
- 10 - 11:45 a.m.: Controversial Contributions: Calculating the Economic Benefits of Families — plenary session presented by Lee Badgett, Ph.D. — sponsored by the University of Maryland
- 12 - 1:15 p.m.: Family Socioeconomic Context, Marriage, and Health From Middle to Later Years: Findings Over 25 Years
- 1:45 - 3 p.m.: Going Public: How Family Researchers Can Engage With the Public and Policymakers
- 3:15 - 4:30 p.m.: Creating a Diverse Academic Environment
Friday, Nov. 17, 2017
- 8:30 - 9:45 a.m.: Sacred Conversations and Connections: Resources and Risks for Diverse Families and Religious Communities
- 10 - 11:45 a.m.: When Ethnography Comes Home to Roost: Andre, the Life Course, and My Family's Intervention — plenary session presented by Linda Burton, Ph.D. — sponsored by the University of Minnesota
- 12 - 1:30 p.m.: Toxic Stress in Contemporary Families: Getting From Adversity to Capacity
- 1:45 - 3 p.m.: Developing and Testing Strengths-Based Interventions for Parents of Children With Disabilities
- 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.: NCFR President's Address: "And So, What is NCFR Again...?" — presented by NCFR President William D. Allen, Ph.D., LMFT (not approved for continuing education)
- 4:30 - 5:45 p.m.: Strengthening the Connection Between Research About Families and Public Policy
Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017
- 9 - 10:45 a.m.: How Policies Shape Lives: The Impact of Immigration Policy on Children and Families — plenary session presented by Manijeh Daneshpour, Ph.D., and Andre Segura, J.D. — sponsored by the University of Georgia
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An OUTFIT worn by Vivien Leigh in the 1939 film *Gone With The Wind * has been sold for $137,000 at auction. The two-piece ensemble, consisting of a grey jacket and skirt with black appliqué, was the most sought-after item in the Beverly Hills auction, which featured over 150 pieces from the classic film.
Worn by Leigh in several scenes of her portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara, the outfit was originally bought by collector James Tumblin for just $20 when he visited a costume company in the Sixties.
"I saw this dress on the floor and a docent told me not to bother to pick it up, because they were throwing it away," Tumblin told The Telegraph. "I asked if he would sell it to me. I had noticed there was a printed label saying Selznick International Pictures and 'Scarlett production dress' was written in ink."
It was not the only costume up for sale at Heritage Auctions, Tumblin also sold the woolen suit worn by Clark Gable in the scene when Rhett Butler kicked down O'Hara's door, as well as items such as the typewriter used by Sidney Howard when he wrote the film's screenplay.
However, one item that Tumblin refused to sell from his collection was Vivien Leigh's Oscar - one of the 10 Academy Awards that Gone With The Wind received at the 1940 ceremony.


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(T/N: I'm really tired of seeing posts about Bom's scandal but this particular article was requested. Most of them already get translated so I probably won't post much about it unless it's very highly requested.)
Quick article summary: Due to the scandal, Roommate editors were faced with a dilemma whether to include or cut out all of Bom's parts. Roommate PD's said they couldn't erase all of Park Bom's cuts since it would be difficult and unfitting considering they filmed it altogether. Park Bom's cuts were included in the episode. She will temporarily stop filming for Roommate.
[+3470, -646] The answer: Cancel the show
[+2986, -481] Park Bom should just admit her mistake and drop out from the show. Also, Roommate PDs, are you not thinking?
[+2583, -538] Cancel go go go. It's not even entertaining.
[+2122, -339] I hope Park Bom just comes out and reflects on this.
[+1941, -425] It's not fun to watch.......
[+451, -50] This article has, of course, all of Park Bom's company's excuses. Son Ho Young was investigated and made a big fuss but how come they're just letting this go?
[+368, -29] What is the theme of this show anyway? The title is Roommate and they want them to have a family bond... but they also want them to date each otherㅋㅋ The men work like slaves while the women have small-talk in their rooms. It's obvious they read off from scripts too.
[+326, -55] I was really having fun watching Roommate because of Jo Se Ho, Chanyeol, and Shin Sung Woo but when Park Bom came out I had to change the channel. If a drug user can come out on broadcast, can a gambler, and can a scammer too?
[+275, -27] Get rid of the meaningless, uninteresting shows... and can we have a touching, meaningful show instead?
[+269, -27] There were issues from the very start... From Nana, then Park Bom... Typical.


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Orchard Road is known the world over as one of the best shopping streets in Asia. Shopaholics are well treated to a range of high-end brands, high street fashions and local designer wear.
ION offers a marvellous mix of designer labels, luxury labels and the best in high-street fashion. The mall consists of four floors above and four floors below ground. Explore the first to the third floors, which are dedicated to the best in luxury brands such as, Gucci, Dior and Prada. Head over to the lower floors and you will be delighted at the fabulous deals and variety of lower priced brands such as Zara, H&M and Uniqlo. Concierge desks are located on all floors of the malls, assisting tourists and making their shopping spree a breeze. Services extend to restaurant reservations, as well as, calling up taxis. Of course, if you are a guest at Grand Park Orchard, you simply walk over to the mall which is only around 5 minutes away.
This mall is ideal for high-end, as well as, affordable mid-range products. The mall is popular for its concept of offering quality goods and brands, at affordable prices. Hence, this mall is accepted amongst the well-heeled shopper out to splurge, as well as, the thrifty shopper out to score a great bargain. The first floor is dedicated to designer brands, ranging from Burberry, Jimmy Choo and Armani to Givenchy and Miu Miu. The second and third floors are crowded with international favourites, M&S, Calvin Klein, Coach Esprit and more. Easy to access from 5 star hotels in Orchard Road Singapore, this mall is well worth a visit.
This is one of Singapore's oldest malls, you will love the vintage exterior while the modern ambience inside encourages shoppers to explore its many floors, packed with luxury brands, as well as, high-street labels. Browse the labels of Channel, Christian Dior, Celine and Burberry if you are in the mood to loosen the purse strings. Although budget shoppers too are treated to many a bargain at Kate Spade, Mango, and Zara. Foodies will love the collection of restaurants, offering a sample of hawker street style dining, together, with relaxed cafes for kicking back and enjoying a cup of coffee.
Staying at an Orchard Street hotel will be your best bet for exploring these fabulous shopping havens. Mandarin Gallery too is worth a scout for top labels such as Victoria's Secret, Hugo Boss, Vertu, Armani, Samsonite and Tumi. Local designer wear too is available at this mall, promising shoppers a fine selection across a bevvy of products and brands.
If you are looking for affordable high-street fashion, do give this mall a visit. Popular amongst the budget conscious teenagers and young adults, this mall is home to popular brands, Zara, Forever 21, New Look, Cotton On, Mango and Uniqlo. Flagship stores for Puma, Aldo and more are just the tip of the iceberg as you discover a haven of retail shopping at this mall.


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Smallmouth Bass fishing continues to be really good, with some big bass around this year. Make sure to follow along on the river reports page at Hawkins Outfitters for the Manistee River and Kevin Feenstra's Muskegon River Report.
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I read some wise words by Dalai Lama last week, that just kept on coming back to me these days. Well, of course, I also took two flights this week, so there was a lot of spare time for thinking in the plane, however, it's been a while since I have been so into words I read. He was saying "Learn to differentiate between what gives you pleasure and what makes you happy".
I have never thought before to differentiate between pleasure and happiness, but then I realized how much sense it makes and how important it is. I have to admit… it hit me on the flight from Bucharest to Geneva that I am a pleasure seeking person and this is how I have been sustaining my happiness… I mean I always need to do something. I can't stay still. If I do stay still and alone, I start over-evaluating things and most probably get sad. There is a good chance I have spent most of my energy in my life so far seeking pleasure and avoiding pain.
However, the pleasure seems to be always connected to an external factor: for example, graduating university, getting the dream job, the right project, being loved by someone, falling in love, great sex, travelling to a new place and so on. When the so-called thing that created the pleasure disappears, so does the happy state, which can only mean that the Pleasure by itself is not sustainable over long term…it is temporary.
Apparently, there is a huge difference between happiness and pleasure. Pleasure is connected to the positive experiences of our senses, and with good things happening. Pleasurable experiences can give us temporary feelings of happiness, but this happiness does not last long because it is dependent upon external events and experiences. We have to keep on having the good experiences: more food, more fun or love, more money, more sex, more things (!) in order to feel pleasure. This is how we build addictions… needing more and more to feel a short-lived feeling of happiness.
Now, happiness is totally something else. It is not dependent on external factors, it comes from the inside, from an inner peace with oneself and the world around. As I was looking into this subject, I found a definition by Matthieu Ricard as follows: Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things…genuine happiness may be influenced by circumstance, but it isn't dependent on it. It actually gives us the inner resources to deal better with those circumstances. Happiness is often equated with a maximization of pleasure, and some imagine that true happiness would consist of an interrupted succession of pleasurable experiences….There is no reason to deprive ourselves of the enjoyment of a magnificent landscape, of swimming in the sea or of the scent of a rose, but we must understand that the experience of pleasure is dependent upon circumstance, on a specific location or moment in time. It is unstable by nature, and the sensation it evokes can soon become neutral or even unpleasant.
Here is a list of differences I found between pleasure and happiness:
|The focus is on me. The pleasure I get eating cake, enjoying comforts/luxuries etc
|The focus is on others. The happiness I get is from giving others what they need or wish for.
|Externally-derived. Our pleasure arises when we come into contact with something outside ourselves.
|Internally-derived. Our happiness comes from our own thoughts and feelings.
|Short lived. Pleasurable experiences wear off quickly and deliver limited satisfaction when remembered later.
|Enduring. Doing something meaningful for the happiness of others produces a feeling which still makes us happy when we recall it long after.
|Subject to circumstances. Even the most delicious cake will not deliver pleasure if a heated argument erupts while you're eating!
|Not subject to circumstances. We feel happy if we're able to help others even in awful conditions.
|The more we experience it, the less it delivers. The first slice of cake is great. What about the second …. fifth … tenth?!
|The more we experience it, the more it delivers. The feeling of satisfaction we get rescuing the tenth waterlogged bird in a storm may be even greater than the first one.
So this for me shed light this week on how to understand whether what I do is something that is durable for my own happiness or just a glimpse of pleasure, how to think of things a bit differently and nevertheless how to choose to do things that not just create me pleasure, but that leave me actually genuinely happy on the long run. I'll test this thinking and see how it goes 🙂


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14 years ago today, i was sitting in my college room watching mtv when i heard that tupac had died. i was crushed.
i truly miss dude's passion, sincerity and rawness. i'd love to know what he'd be saying about the state of the world today. and while there have been so many so-called thug impersonators the only rapper to even remotely remind me of pac's spirit has been kanye.
check him out alongside ice-t on saturday night live in the early 90s. they're singing barbara streisand's you don't bring me flowers. funny!


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The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia is coming to the Americas exclusively on the PlayStation 4, Bandai Namco announced at its Anime Expo 2017 panel. Gundam Versus also received a September 29 release date.
Knights of Britannia is the first Seven Deadly Sins console game and follows the rebels on a journey that has "all the of the action and excitement from the anime." Knights of Britannia doesn't have a release date for Japan or the Americas yet.
Bandai Namco announced two other anime games recently; Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time earlier at Anime Expo and Dragon Ball FighterZ at E3 2017.
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See the world through the eyes of one of Germany's greatest Expressionist artists in this extensive exhibition of works by Emil Nolde.
Over 100 paintings, drawings, watercolours and prints by German Expressionist and great 20th-century colourist Emil Nolde make up this expansive exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
Beginning with his early, evocative paintings of Berlin's café and cabaret scenes and of north Germany's wild geography, the exhibition covers the entirety of Nolde's career – including the intensive works he produced on small pieces of paper under the Third Reich, when he was branded a 'degenerate' and banned from working.
Drawn from the unparalleled collection of the Emil Nolde Foundation in Seebüll, north Germany, the works powerfully underline the strong connection Nolde held to each of his subjects, translated through brushstroke, figuration and, ultimately, colour.


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Be selective. Most people could work outside the office, but some adapt better than others. Lynette Swift, managing director of consultancy Swiftwork, says attributes shared by the best home workers include an ability with technology, time management skills, self-motivation and self-discipline. 'You need to check that people have an appropriate environment for working remotely. If they have young children and no designated quiet area, it may not be feasible,' she adds.
Relate remotely. 'Teams which perform best are the ones whose members learn to work on the relationship aspects as well as on the task and who don't need to meet face-to-face,' says Ghislaine Caulat, associate business director at Ashridge Consulting.
Tailor the talk. Peter Thomson, director of Wisework and co-author of the book Future Work, advises that it should be about adapting communication to the individuals concerned. 'Some people are happy to receive an email, others find that impersonal and appreciate a phone call or even talking to the manager on Skype.'
Foster team spirit. Instant messaging and social networking can facilitate 'chat' between team members and should be seen as a useful tool rather than time-wasters, says Thomson. 'Very often, the act of becoming mobile galvanises a team into introducing a more rigorous approach to meetings, debriefings and one-to-ones,' says Swift.
Learn to trust. 'It's much harder to trust someone who works distantly,' according to BT's Remote Manager's Toolkit. Don't try to micro-manage and trust people to do the work when it suits them.
Train workers. Offer help with technology, time management, structuring work and other skills that are often provided as support services in the office.
And train managers. 'Leading virtually is a new discipline which is different from traditional leadership and needs to be recognised as such and learnt,' says Caulat.
Appraise for results. You can't easily measure remote workers' input, so concentrate on their output, says Thomson. The approach would benefit all businesses, with less reward for 'presenteeism' and more for what people actually produce.
Emphasise the upside. 'The best motivation is making the benefits clear - improved work/life balance and scheduling work around your lifestyle,' says Swift. 'If employees have clear goals and targets, they may become more efficient and productive and free up more time for themselves.'
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Does agile and DevOps are a necessity?
On the 30th November last year, SQLI presented feedback on the operating experiences of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) and DEVOPS before a crowd of a hundred or so people, who had attended expressly to hear the account of Eric Chambefort, Head of the Digital IS Department of EDF Commerce for Enterprises and local authorities.
Our consultants Jean-François Nicolas (SAFe) and Julien Pardo (DEVOPS) accompanied Eric Chambefort by taking turns to answer the evening's top questions, notably:
- Why did EDF Commerce choose SAFe?
- After just over a year, what are the initial lessons learnt from this transition to a scaled framework?
- What has DEVOPS contributed?
Eric Chambefort explained that the decision in 2016 to transition over to the scaled agile framework was necessary, in order to allow the IS Department to engage in a widespread and ambitious transformation project which sought to accelerate digitalisation, competitiveness, growth and the adoption of new business models. In the context of energy transition, competitive pressure and the digitalisation of society, the EDF Group needs to increase innovation, improve their Time to Market, create competitive offers and anticipate new trends.
The lessons learnt after more than a year of operation can be measured by taking into account the level of commitment and the well-being of teams who would not dream of switching back. A repository incorporating agile practices that enable ongoing improvements to be made. While the time has not yet come to start assessing the results, according to the Director, the increases in productivity are indisputable thanks to a shared vision and the aligning of teams focused on co-building the applications of tomorrow. Other benefits should also be noted, such as the sizeable drop in the number of incidents reported and the high standard of developments.
However, much remains to be done before judging whether this repository of good practices will constitute a competitive advantage for Companies having made this choice. Lastly, EDF Commerce has also integrated DEVOPS practices. As reiterated by Eric Chambefort, in agile methods such as SAFe, while the mind-set, curiosity and willingness to move forward are fundamental, automating development and integration processes is a key factor for boosting productivity and quality.
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Berlin-based sales company m-appeal has added Christos Georgiou's comedy Small Crime to its sales slate.
The Cypriot director's second feature has already earnedmore than 350,000 Euros at the German box office since being released earlier in June.
The comedy is about a police graduate stuck in a sleepy island who dreams of solving big crimes in the city; his life changes when there is a strange death on the Island.
Twenty Twenty Vision produced in co-production with Lychnari Productions and Bad Movies.
m-appeal's line-up also includes another Greek film, Tale 52 by Alexis Alexiou.
Small Crime will screen on July 6 and 7 at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. m-appeal's Laura Inoka and Anne Wiedlack will attend the Czech festival.


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We do not judge the people we love.
So wrote the French existential philosopher and playwright, Jean-Paul Sartre.
These words hold a great fascination for me — and maybe for you as well. If we see a world where everyone is connected in divine spirit to everyone else and that love is the binding element, then wouldn't we suspend the habit judging of each other? We would still hold the capacity to witness, to stand by in a state of equanimity and observe all that is around us, but we might engage other thoughts in the process. Perhaps we would think of compassion, forgiveness, kindness.
Now this is the best part: If we do not judge the people we love, what about judging ourselves? If we don't love ourselves then how can we possibly love others? Nothing is more important than learning to love ourselves if we are to spread love…
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|Making A Splash
It's great to take a dip in the sea – but there are lots of thing to do on top of the water, too!
It's been a long time coming, but it's happened! Other sea-side resorts like Phuket and Pattaya have had all this for a long time. But, even though we're completely surrounded by water, Samui has chugged along oblivious. We've had scuba trips. And boat trips. Kayaks. Fishing. And a few jet skis. And . . . well, that's about it. But not anymore. If you wanted, you could now come here for a ten-day break and hurl yourself at a different watery activity on every one of them. Parasailing, paddle boarding, kite boarding; even flyboards and jetpacks, and a host of others.
Of course there are those who don't really want to thrash about on holiday. And those who can't, perhaps due to the onset of advancing years. And then there are also many who are upset by the very thought of it all: Samui is a lovely island and still largely unspoiled. And it's a good idea to keep it that way. But that's OK. Because you aren't going to see this sea-carnival on every beach, wherever you go. It's all sensibly centred close to where most of the tourists are. That means in and around Chaweng, one part of Lamai, and a bit on Bangrak Beach. And, in any case, there are still a lot of quiet and gentle things you can do on the water, which I'll get to later.
There isn't scope here to list the details of all the companies that are getting these things together. Not that there's really all that many, although new ones appear to be popping up quite fast. But it'll only take you a few minutes or so to Google this, and then, with a quick look at TripAdvisor to check if there are any horror stories, to decide on what grabs you, and then investigate more.
Jet skis have been around for a long time and, until the last few years or so, seemed to limit themselves to Chaweng and Lamai. But recently (as mentioned) Bangrak, and even Bophut in the vicinity of Fisherman's Village, have sported a few tied up here and there. Plus I've noticed that several of the bigger resorts have even bought them for the use of their guests.
Interestingly, I'll just mention that it's not common to see water skiing around the island anymore. I've noticed the odd one or two from time to time, but curiosity leads me to dig further, and a quick search online reveals just one company advertising this.
There is a company however, that now seems to be specialising in some of the more extreme aspects of water sport. They're over in Lamai, on the coast, not that far away from where the post office is located. And if you've never tried jetting your way around, you're in for a treat. Jetpacks look something like one of those sci-fi inventions that James Bond used at one time. Only instead of taking off on a blast from a jet engine on your back, it's water-powered. The harness has two hi-pressure water tubes pointing down, controlled by a throttle like a motorbike. A skilled rider can rise up to 60 or 70 feet; to the full length of whatever the trailing inlet tube is, in fact. Beginners will do nothing but fall over! But with practice you'll be able to crash up and down, for a short time at least.
The jetboard (aka the flyboard) works on a similar principle and is much like a skateboard, and correspondingly trickier to master than a jetpack. But it's far more manoeuvrable, allowing rollercoaster spins and even triple flips. Although just one teeny word of warning here. It's going to cost you somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 baht for half an hour for these things. (In America the time for training is not less than one hour. Here you'll get between five and ten minutes.) Then 20 minutes on your own. Making the hourly rate slightly more expensive than leaning to fly a light aircraft like the Cessna 152!
Happily the same can't be said about other such rip-roaring activities as parasailing, the fun flying fish or, that old favourite, the banana boat. You'll also find it easy to go paddle boarding, wakeboarding and kite boarding, although you'll need to shop around a little as there doesn't seem to be one single company that's offering the entire spectrum of water sports. In the same way that wakeboarding seems to have replaced the more-traditional water-skiing, so these other and newer extreme water sports seem to have dealt the hand of death for the old-style traditional windsurfing, which seems to have disappeared completely.
And so to activities which don't involve stress, speed, thrills or anything at all to do with adrenalin. One of the most practical of the new wave of tours to emerge involves jet skis. Often cursed by grannies, they are now to be seen in sedate fleets of eight or nine at a time, cruising over to Angthong Marine Park, Koh Tan or Koh Mudsum, or even the pleasant 5 Islands sunset tour. (Which will only cost about the same as two hours tuition in a Cessna 152 – probably a bargain!)
But Koh Mudsum, way down off the southern edge of Samui, is the perennial favourite for a much more boat-potato style of daytrip, involving nothing more hairy than lolling in the sun, drinking beer, and cooling off under a snorkel for a while. Or there's always the snorkel's big brother, the tried and tested scuba dive. The best places for this are off Koh Tao, where there are a couple of sunken wrecks and regular sightings of sailfish and the occasional whale shark. And you could always go fishing – or does that sound a bit old fashioned? I suppose it all depends whether you want to laze and graze or thrash and splash, doesn't it?
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Another busy week over in Class 5! There were some fantastic World Book Day costumes – loved the creativity behind them.
We have been revisiting statistics this week in Maths, with a new focus on Line Graphs – this was new to most children and they have worked really hard to understand their usage, how to draw them and how to interpret. As always, we have worked on our arithmetic skills. The pace and understanding has dramatically improved and I'm sure this will reflect during assessment week!
We have continued to use Boy in the Tower as our text type – the narrative pieces of writing I have read this week have been outstanding. As a class we have been working on 'showing not telling'. This means describing what is happening, what it might feel like or look like rather than what it is. We have had to have a long chat on handwriting and presentation as this seems to have slipped. Unfortunately, some pen permits have been suspended as, after repeated reminders and extra interventions over the last few months, this hasn't been improved and so no longer meets the standard needed to write in pen. I'm hoping these pen permits can be used once again in the weeks to come.
Don't forget swimming kits on Monday!
Have a good weekend,
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Besides the general criticism of human colonization of space (see space colonization), there are specific concerns about a colony on Mars:
- Mars has a gravity 0.38 times that of the Earth and a density of the atmosphere of 1% that on Earth.[1] The stronger gravity than the Moon and the presence of aerodynamic effects makes it more difficult to land heavy, crewed spacecraft with thrusters only, yet the atmosphere is also too thin to get very much use out of aerodynamic effects for braking and landing. Landing piloted missions on Mars will require a braking and landing system different from anything used to land crewed spacecraft on the Moon or robotic missions on Mars.[2]
- Mars is currently a category IV destination under COSPAR, which means that any mission to the surface must be rated to keep it free from contamination by living organisms, in case of a hard landing. It seems unlikely that COSPAR and the Outer Space Treaty can be changed to permit a landing on Mars surface until a lot more is known about the planet than we do now. If ever it does, the legal process will surely be a long one. See also: Legal Protection of Earth and Mars from forward and backward contamination
- The question of whether life once existed or exists now on Mars has not been settled, raising concerns about possible contamination of the planet with Earth life. Even if Mars is lifeless, it is generally agreed that a manned mission to Mars would inevitably introduce many Earth micro-organisms to the planet. Recent research has shown that at least some of these organisms can remain viable on the surface of Mars, and that there may be habitats on Mars where they could reproduce. If this happens, it will make it impossible to study a biologically pristine Mars. These concerns are addressed in the planetary protection policy of the Committee on Space Research which is largely followed by NASA.[3] It is impossible for a manned landing on Mars to comply with the current policy. See also Contamination concerns for surface missions to Mars
- The atmosphere of Mars is essentially equivalent to a vacuum on Earth (see Atmosphere of Mars). It still requires use of space-suits, especially designed for Mars.
- The Martian atmosphere is very cold by a standard of human habitability, with an average temperature of −55 °C (−67 °F) and large day-to-night temperature swings of typically 60-80°C (see Climate of Mars)
- It is unknown whether Martian gravity can support human life in the long term (all experience is at either ~1g or zero gravity). Space medicine researchers have theorized on whether the health benefits of gravity rise slowly or quickly between weightlessness and full Earth gravity. One theory is that sleeping chambers built inside centrifuges would minimize the health problems. The Mars Gravity Biosatellite experiment was due to become the first experiment testing the effects of partial gravity, artificially generated at 0.38 g to match Mars gravity, on mammal life, specifically on mice, throughout the life cycle from conception to death.[4] However, in 2009 the Biosatellite project was cancelled due to lack of funds.
- Mars' escape velocity is 5 km/s, which, though less than half that for Earth (11.2 km/s), is reasonably high compared to the Moon's 2.38 km/s or the negligible escape velocity of most asteroids[5] and orbital colonies. This could make physical export trade from Mars to other planets and habitats less viable economically.
- There is likely to be little economic return from the colonization of Mars while Lunar and Near Earth Asteroid industry is likely to be exporting to Earth.[6]
- The answer time between Mars and Earth is from about 8 minutes to more than 24 minutes.
- Solar power on Mars is limited.
- It is much lower than on Earth (about 44% of the intensity on Earth) due to its greater distance from the sun.
- Mars has dust storms which can reduce solar power. The largest of these storms can cover much of the planet and quite commonly last for months.
- Although a solar furnace on Mars could have a focus as large and as hot as a solar furnace on Earth, for the same size and temperature focus the mirror or lens would need to have about 1.5 times as great an aperture and be 1.5 times as far from the focal point.
- Mars has some disadvantages for growing plants compared with some other locations for space colonies. Since the storms can last for over a month and block out most of the light, artificial light would need to be supplied to keep the plants alive during the storms. Habitats also have to be heated because of night time lows that can reach below -80 °C. The habitats still have to be pressurised like any other space habitat because the atmosphere is a near vacuum (less than 1% of Earth's). They have to be oxygenated because plants need oxygen for their roots. Only lichens and extremophiles can possibly grow on the surface of Mars unassisted.[7][8]
One possible approach that solves many of these issues is to develop an orbital colony around Mars initially, instead of a surface colony. This would permit humans to explore the surface of Mars in real time using telepresence, for less cost and more science return. For instance, astronauts would have remote access wherever there are remotely controlled devices on Mars. They could supervise several missions. Automatic functions would continue when direct control is not needed. An orbital colony could make use of local resources. Deimos, for instance, might hold carbon and water ice. Determining what material is available from Deimos and Phobos is a high priority for humanity's progress in outer space.[9][10] See Exploration of the surface from orbit, via telerobotics and telepresence
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- ↑ Schwartzkopf, Steven H.; Mancinelli, Rocco L. (1991). "Germination and growth of wheat in simulated Martian atmospheres". Acta Astronautica. 25 (4): 245–7. Bibcode:1991AcAau..25..245S. doi:10.1016/0094-5765(91)90078-J. PMID 11537561.
- ↑ Salisbury, FB; Dempster, WF; Allen, JP; Alling, A; Bubenheim, D; Nelson, M; Silverstone, S (2002). "Light, plants, and power for life support on Mars". Life support & biosphere science : international journal of earth space. 8 (3–4): 161–72. PMID 12481808.
- ↑ . Ashish H. Mistry First International Conference on the Exploration of Phobos and Deimos MINING ON PHOBOS & DEIMOS Workshop on the Exploration of Phobos and Deimos
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Steam Family Sharing Lets You Borrow Your Friend\'s Steam Games
Valve has announced Steam Family Sharing, a new feature for its Steam digital gaming service that will allow you to share your Steam library with other Steam users. It'll enter into a limited beta next week.
According to Valve, Steam Family Sharing will let you authorize friends and family members to access the entirety of your Steam library, either locally, through a new option that will be added to your account's settings, or through an email request.
You'll be able to share your library of games with up to 10 separate devices at once, and those who are granted access to your library will be able to earn their own achievements and make their own saves. They\'ll also be able to access any DLC you have bought.
Essentially, Family Sharing will allow others to to leverage Steam's cloud-based nature to download a duplicated version of your account, just without the ability to access all the achievements and personal information that may be shared when you simply give a friend your Steam log-in credentials.
Only one person will be able to access a shared library at any given time, though, and you'll only be able to share your whole library, rather than a handful of specific games. Valve says that the lender of a shared library will always be able to access his or her games, but if you try to access your library while another person is using it, that borrower will be given a short time to either quit the game they are playing or buy it him/herself.
Valve notes that certain games in your library won't be sharable, such as titles that are purchased with a third-party key or subscription. The service will work on Windows, Mac and Linux, but it won't make games work on OSes that they don't support. It won\'t lift any regional restrictions for a given game either.
But despite those caveats, Steam Family Sharing looks like it might be a useful way for friends and family to check out each other's games more easily. It's very much reminiscent of the digital sharing plans Microsoft once had for its Xbox One, but Valve's service may fare a little better with the public than those policies did.
\"Our customers have expressed a desire to share their digital games among friends and family members, just as current retail games, books, DVDs, and other physical media can be shared,\" Valve's Anna Sweet said in a statement. \"Family Sharing was created in direct response to these user requests.\"
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Hi, I already has a multilingual site, and I want to export all the menus on my site, and import a copy off all the menus, translated to a new language.
For the content menus, there is no problem, all the atributes can be change with the field provides on the quick add of CSVI, and its easy to me to change the link to the new link on the new language. But I have a big problem or I'm not getting it right with the Menu Items Alias, because the alias is not relevant, and the unique field that I want to change is the pointer to the new menu ID witch would be the new menu of that language.
There is a more graphic explanation of my question:
Actual menus on english
Menu 1:
|- Home -> Category blog ID:1
|- About -> Single Article ID: 2
|- Products -> Menu Alias ID: 3 Pointer ID: 4
Menu 2:
|- My products -> Category blog ID: 4
|- - Product 1 -> Single Article ID: 5
|- - Product 2 -> Single Article ID: 6
New menus on Spanish:
Menu 3:
|- Inicio -> Category blog ID:7
|- Acerca de -> Single Article ID: 8
|- Productos -> Menu Alias ID: 9 Pointer ID: 10
Menu 4:
|- Mis productos -> Category blog ID: 10
|- - Producto 1 -> Single Article ID: 11
|- - Producto 2 -> Single Article ID: 12
So, I want to import the menu 3 and 4, changing the IDs of the categories and articles to the new ones, thats easy with the link field on CSVI, but on the menu alias, I need to change the pointer of the menu ID: 9, to point to the 10, but I don't know how to do that.
Im already make a copy of my menu with the batch. So I only want to make an update of the menu.
I really expect that this information is enough to explain my issue.
Thanks for the support
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BigCommerce has five different APIs that let you manage store data, log in customers, make client-side queries for product information, and more. Each requires a different method for authentication.
REST APIs
Requests to BigCommerce's V2 and V3 REST APIs require both an OAuth Client ID and Access Token be passed in the header. See Obtaining Store API Credentials for instructions on generating these credentials.
Storefront API
The Storefront API is unauthenticated, allowing you to make client-side requests for carts, checkouts and orders using Javascript.
GraphQL Storefront API
There are two ways to authenticate with the GraphQL API:
- Via a Storefront API token passed in your request's header
- Passing a Simple Token from within a Stencil theme in your request's header
For more details, see GraphQL API Authentication.
Customer Login API
The Customer Login API requires authentication via a JWT token and your app's OAuth Client ID.
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Current Customer API
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Since the commencement of the Syrian uprising in March 2011, which would thereafter change the existent regional order in the Middle East, many have endeavored to understand the nature of this conflict. There is a debate whether it is a promising revolution or a devastating civil war. In Syria Burning: A Short History of a Catastrophe, Charles Glass conducts his inquiry into the Syrian 'civil war.'
It can be said that his book is an autobiography, mainly based on his own experience and interpretation of Syrian history and current reality. Glass constructs his argument around conversations he had with many Syrian novelists, authors, activists, and ordinary people, rather than by conducting a casual or political analysis. He aims at providing an overview of the Syrian conflict by tracking the historical genesis of Syrian social and political history without detaching it from the surrounding political entities that existed since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.


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30th Dec, 2016 to 1st Jan, 2017 – Delhi
Nirmal Prem Dec 30th
Following our stay at Noida Pratistan, we left for the evening program at Nirmal Prem Heath Centre and Women's refuge. The work of Uma Gisela is of the highest spiritual calibre spending the last twenty years of her retirement founding and running the women's refuge, orphanage for young girls and establishing the Nirmal Prem Sahaja Health Centre. Each aspect of the center's work represents an amazing commitment of love and of selfless service to the community. For a grandmother to have the energy, commitment and foresight to drive these community service centers to the highest Sahaja standards in execution and operation is a credit to Uma Gisela and to her connection to the Parma Chaitanya which is the daily inspiration for her efforts.
The staff, the careers, and the young angels themselves are living within an enlightened Sahaja community. Living by the principles and values of Sahaja Yoga given by Shri Mataji. It cannot be easy to operate at this level for a grandmother facing the myriad challenges of operation within the systems of India. Yet the faces are all shining. There is joy in the laughter of the children and in the smiling faces of the ladies who have also found a new home here. Some of their faces show a hint of the challenging lives they have led in the past. Yet they also show the light of those who have found a new home and renewed purpose working to God's plan and doing Shri Mataji's work.
For your personal growth
For those considering time in a Sahaja Health Centre for personal growth please consider Nirmal Prem Noida. You will not only be spending time with Sahaja doctors and for your personal growth but you will also be supporting this fabulous work and initiative which does so much good in a world that needs great souls like this making a difference.
We all arrived at the centre late afternoon and witnessed a procession carrying Shri Mataji's photo to the stage where a dedication and Puja was held, garlands offered while the children performed for us all. Music of Joy then took to the stage and a performance of western and Indian bhajans was offered to the Yogis from the local areas. Within a short time, the children and adults were dancing and joining in with the festivities as the cool air of the evening night settled down upon us all.
Thank you speeches were offered from all sides particularly to the HH Shri Mataji National Trust of India for all their efforts and support for the Tour. Dinner followed and we left for our home at Delhi at Nirmal Dham
Nirmal Dham Dec 31st evening program.
For the New Year's Eve evening program on December 31st, we gathered before Shri Mataji's shrine with many local Yogis who had also come to see out the year collectively.
Time was spent collectively meditating, listening to Shri Mataji talk and singing bhajans as the time approached mid night the family of Our Mother arrived and everyone was ushered inside the shrine. The musicians were positioned just before the shrine and Yogis encircled the tomb. Beautiful music began to be offered and seemed to reverberate around the halls. The space has a beautiful ascetic, ambience, and acoustic quality. Largely decorated with white marble and pure white walls the space does feel a little like being in Heaven
Beautiful bhajans offered
The Yogis were in deep meditation, beautiful bhajans offered, the mood deepened and one could sense the Nirakara presence of Our Mother with us. Puja was offered many of the key people involved with the Tour both in planning and execution offered a beautiful garland that was weaved like a net and covered all of Shri Mataji's tomb. Aarti offered and we all sat on the cool white marble in meditation.
There was not the slightest ripple of movement or noise during that time to disturb the deepening mood of personal and collective meditation. The attention was in that special place of oneness in the silent reverie of the Atma and at one with the Parma Chaitanya and the Nirakara form of Our Mother. It was a timeless moment of spiritual gravity and experience and another spiritually significant time many of us will treasure always.
Sahaja spiritual experiences of this nature make most real the reality of our connection with Shri Mataji and our spirit. They are the experiences that become the bedrock of our faith in ourselves as spiritual beings as they make real the dreams we have to live a life we dream of, far removed from the mundane world and stationed at Our Mothers feet in heaven.
Jai Shri Mataji!
Sincerely, Chris
2016/17 India Tour


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Throughout your life, you have been putting a lot into your internal vibrational queue or "asking" queue. You may be all too familiar with receiving lower vibrational manifestations from your queue because you were resisting. However, when you start to get into the flow of the law of attraction and really start to allow, you can begin to see signs of higher vibrational manifestations that could have been in your queue from several years ago. Unfortunately, if you have changed your focus, this can seem a bit troubling and/or confusing.
Are you supposed to follow this path now that you have allowed it? Well the answer is no. You can say no to the universe and redirect your focus to something that you desire at this moment. As we mature and as life unfolds, what you wanted a year ago or even perhaps yesterday, may not be a good fit for you now. You may realize that you desire something else. Again, you can say no and start to redirect your focus towards a new reality that is more in alignment with your new life goals.
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Lincoln Diocesan Guild
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Thursday, 13 July 2017 in 44m (9–1–26 in A)
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In Support of BSBABC. No 12 of Sylvia's Quarter Peal week.
This performance is linked to the event Bellringers Strike Back Against Blood Cancer (SBABC).
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Reggie Says Nintendo Likes "To Do Things Differently" For Switch Voice Chat
When Nintendo revealed that all Switch players have to use a mobile app to use voice chat, many people were angry about the company's decision.
In a recent interview, Nintendo of America COO and President Reggie Fils-Aime revealed the reason why the Switch requires a smartphone app for voice chat – it's because they believe a smartphone is "the easiest way" to use voice chat, and Nintendo likes to do things differently.
We leave you with his full comments below:
"Nintendo's approach is to do things differently. We have a much different suite of experiences than our competitors offer, and we do that in a different way. This creates a sort of yin and yang for our consumers. They're excited about cloud saves and legacy content but wish we might deliver voice chat a different way, for example.
"What we see is a situation where we know that Nintendo Switch is being played in the open, at a park, on a metro bus. We believe the easiest way for you to connect and have a peer-to-peer experience with voice chat is with your mobile phone. It's always there, it's always with you."
As Fortnite has demonstrated, the Nintendo Switch is fully capable of voice chat, but Nintendo prefers to do things their way and it takes generations for them to change.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments.


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NATIVE LUNGS, the newest Warsaw swampy post hardcore act with members of WORDS MEAN NOTHING, KARATE FREE STYLERS, VIOLENT ACTION, HANAKO, and BROOKS WAS HERE, are named after the medical term taken from single lung transplantation, in which the native organ;s complications are a significant cause of post-transplant mortality. It's an allegory to portray the struggles of modern day life in a fast moving world run by vicious mechanisms, and ruthless political and corporate practices. The band locked in inside just three tracks, and offered us a first-hand commentary on their meaning.
NATIVE LUNGS delivers a dirty post hardcore sound drawn from bands like REFUSED, THE HOPE CONSPIRACY, TTRASH TALK, JESUSEATER, and THE MELVINS, and is a fitting addition to the sludgy subgenre's canons, which in itself is very high prais and makes this a strong debut.
The Tables Have Turned
"The tables have turned/You have this feeling/You've seen that movie/Before/Cast without middle class/Workers divided and conquered/The title says/The tidal says/The end/The end of wealthy north"
Crisis. We've all seen that footage before or maybe only those who pay attention to the history of the earlier century. Rich versus poor. While middle class is being systematically wiped out we can observe what is happening. History repeats itself. Colonization harvest the spoils of neocolonization. The only difference is that developed north is no longer able to sustain it's growth. Heavy lies the crown. The power and wealth of developed north is shrinking and the asian tigers are reaching for it. Northern America and Europe is devastated by the insatiable greed of their corporations. We're being led astray by the establishment. Look at our societies. Fundamentalists and religious fanatics divided the people on behalf of moral high ground. This is covering fire for corporations and those 2% which held the most of the wealth. They could do their dirty laundry and follow their agendas while we're busy biting each other and babbling about someone's sexuality, race or gender. Maybe that sounds crazy but i believe they locked us behind bars made from our individual values. There's nothing wrong with being individual but there's so much scorn. No one wants to reach the other side and start the dialogue. We sit in our ghettos believing we're doing something extremely important. But matter of fact we are being played. We don't have time to think cause we're running for our paycheck. We don't have time so we seek the easiest, flattest solutions. It's easy to hate your neighbour cause he's muslim or jew. It is harder to overcome those simple solutions which establishment is serving on a silver plate. It is harder to hate the banksters and corporations. It is hard to perceive the fact that they're responsible for crisis. Not muslims, jews, homosexuals or whatever your priest is telling you in your local church.
"Psychological Warfare/Gold/Oil/Drugs/G.O.D."
Every conflict on the globe is about the control over shrinking amounts of resources. No matter what the media says. Religion is only an excuse, a facade and of course geopolitical alliances survived Cold War. I'm not sure if it truly ended. I think it just freeze for a bit in early nineties. Nowadays we can observe the sheriff's bonfire all across the Middle East. Kurds never had the chance to build their own country because of oil. Look at the northern syrian border. It is a straight line mady by French. Don't even ask me about tensions between North Korea and USA. Nuclear power trip is only tip of the iceberg. It is also about resources. Rare earth metals. Look at how much of modern conflicts were about drugs. Production and control over them. These three things are fundamentals of our civilization.
"You're trying to hold on/You're trying to stood up/Qualities and quantities/Inequalities meets quantities/Forget meritocracy/Welcome to corporate orchestrated plutocracy/The score is already settled/Barricades became facades/We're fucked by the same coupe"
Old native americans speak about the two wings of the same eagle. There's no real difference between liberals on bankster payroll or neoconservatives. They're on always on someone's payroll. 2% of wealthiest people use their lobbyists to ensure success of their agendas. That's how the system works. Sometimes we can stop the nastiest things but we have lack of information. We have our lives. We want to be happy. Build our future. Build it for our children. There's so many people. Planet is clearly overpopulated. Everyone wants to be part of something. Be important. We struggle to get it. The message from the top is clear. Think about your family. Run for your life. This message come from people who doesn't even bother to count their profits by themselves. We fall in love with the delusion that someday we become one of them.


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Introduction to Online Marking and eAssessment provides participants with an overview of Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA) along with hands-on experience of the end to end submission process (eSubmission, eMarking& eFeedback).
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My Life in Heavy Metal
Steve AlmondISBN: 0802140130;
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Amazon.comIn his smart and self-assured debut, My Life in Heavy Metal , Steve Almond breathes fresh life into the oft-explored territory of young love and longing. The 12 stories in this pulsating collection are populated with hookups, drunken kisses, failed passes, and souring relationships. And though it's an aggressively sexual affair (when it comes to getting it on in the bedroom--or on the bathroom sink, for that matter--Almond doesn't believe in fading to black), at its core it's a collectionwith heart. His characters stumble unrehearsed through the choreography of modern love, wearing their sloppy passions on their rumpled sleeves, aching to connect. The memorable title story introduces David, an El Paso music critic on the "late-eightieshair bands" circuit who cheats on his longtime college girlfriend with an unassuming YMCA lifeguard. "Because we were a morning paper, I had to bang out my copy by midnight. I operated on a template involving an initial bad pun, a...
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With Halloween just a few days away I thought today we'd talk about haunted attractions and what we can learn from them as business owners. To be clear we're talking about the places that get set up every October with decorations and inspired by spooky myths and legends that people visit. I'm not talking about places that are reported or known to be haunted like Eastern State Penitentiary or Winchester Mystery House. Haunted attractions are very successful despite or maybe because they are only open for a short time. Let's take a look at what we can learn from them.
Haunted attractions have one goal: to scare people. I've met more than one business owner who really has no clue why they're offering what they're offering in their business. If you don't have a purpose how can you know what you're working towards, and why would people choose you over others offering similar things with a goal?
Haunted attractions have lots of moving parts behind the scenes. Any good business has support systems set up to make it successful. This includes the marketing, financial, customer/client management, and product/service creation/selling/management. The best haunted attractions are those that have great moving parts, and those moving parts work seamlessly with the attraction, they don't detract from or remind you that you're at a haunted attraction that's all fake.
Haunted attractions have a great team. Just about every haunted attraction has people involved, whether just a ticket taker or actors and actresses throughout the attraction who interact with and scare guests. If the attraction is any good when the guests leave they have lots of positive things to say about the "people" they interacted with, which is how it should be for every business.
Haunted attractions take creativity. Business isn't easy and isn't straightforward. I don't know too many businesses that don't take a little creativity to run, whether in dealing with customer requests and coming up with what to offer, not to mention the marketing!
So as you visit haunted attractions with family and friends this year, see what you can learn and apply to your business from them, and share your ideas and insights in the comments below.


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Reflecting the best of the current trends, Artigiano's women's slip on shoes are great for high fashion with minimal effort. Shoe-lovers around the world adore slip-ons for their fast and easy application, which side steps the hassle of buckles and laces.
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This post is brought to you by Mike Molloy from M2 Performance Nutrition!
As we covered in our last blog post, swimming is a very energetically demanding sport, and significant amount of calories can be required to keep us feeling energized throughout our workouts. While simply eating enough calories to support your training is a good starting point, thinking about the NUTRIENT TIMING of those calories is something to focus on if you're looking to take your performance to the next level.
When we think about nutrient timing for any training session, we typically break it down into 4 stages: Pre-workout, Intra-workout, Post-workout, Post Post Workout. Focusing on each of these nutrient timing phases will help give you added energy for the current training session, and help you recover for the next days session too.
Let's go over these 4 Nutrient Timing Stages more in depth!
1.) Pre-workout:
Approximately 60-90 minutes before your training session, consume a protein and carb based snack. Keep it relatively low in fat, as some research shows that higher levels of fat can slow down digestion and we want things digesting quickly here. Swimming with an uncomfortably full stomach is not the goal, so keep the snack on the lighter side. Often, we recommend something along the lines of "overnight oats" with a scoop of protein mixed in as well.
If you are typically working out pretty early in the mornings, then we obviously will need to adjust this step–as we'd prefer you to sleep longer, instead of waking up earlier just to eat a snack. With that said, we would still suggest you eat something before working out–even if it's just an instant oatmeal pack or a piece of fruit.
Also, it's VERY important to make sure that you CHEW your food well (no matter what time of day)–as this is the first step in the digestion process.
2.) Intraworkout:
For any training session that goes longer than 90 minutes, intraworkout carbohydrates have been shown to improve athletic performance. As for what to drink, we want to focus on two things: a little bit of carbohydrates and some electrolytes. Of course– Gatorade comes to mind, but we typically recommend a brand of coconut water called Greater Than, because of the composition of the minerals in the product and because its not overly loaded with sugar or artificial products. If you want to give it a try, use M2PN10 for a small 10% discount.
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3.) Post workout:
The goal here is to get our body OUT of the fight or flight response and into recovery mode. Our typical recommendation is about 20-25 grams of protein and anywhere, from 20 to 60 grams of carbs–depending upon how long of a training session it was. A hour long session might require 20 grams of carbs, whereas a 2-3 hour long session would be closer to 60 grams. You can absolutely use real food here if you want, but oftentimes athletes tell us that it can be hard to eat immediately after training. In that situation, the use of a protein shake with some added carbs from fruit as it is easier combination for the stomach to digest.
4.) Post post workout:
60-90 minutes post a workout– eat a full meal. This meal should be our most nutrient dense meal of the day. In other words, foods that contain an abundance of nutrients and other healthful substances (lean protein, veggies, fiber, and little fats). Simply put, you should have a health protein like a piece of chicken, seafood, or steak with a side of rice or potatoes, then fill the rest of the plate with colorful veggies. Finish with some healthy fats, like olive oil or avocado.
At the end of the day, having a solid diet is 80% of the battle, but learning how to break your diet down around your training sessions is incredibly important as well. If you're looking to take your swimming to the next level, then these little details can add up to seconds off your times in the pool!
If you have any questions about nutrient timing, or any other aspect of swimming, reach out to us at M2 here. Otherwise, [CLICK HERE] to read Part III!
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In Lingthusiasm Episode 33 Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch discuss spelling.
Gretchen: I think of spelling systems across languages as kind of like living in a house. When you first move into a house, you unpack everything and you hopefully say, "Okay. I'm gonna be organised this time." And you say, "This is where everything's gonna go." But the longer you've lived in a house, the more random boxes of stuff in the attic you have.
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The Interior Department must account for billions of dollars in Indian trust funds, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on July 24. In a unanimous, the court said the federal government remains in breach of trust for failing to account for the Individual Indian Money (IIM) trust. The D.C. Circuit said a federal judge erred when he concluded that the effort was "impossible."
"The statute gives the plaintiff class a right to an accounting," the court said, referring to the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994. However, the accounting won't include accounts that were closed as of 1994, the D.C. Circuit said. And the effort won't have to be "theoretically perfect" and can include statistical sampling of certain transactions, the court noted.
"The purpose of an equitable accounting, as we have tried to articulate, is for Interior to concentrate on picking the low-hanging fruit," the decision said. "We must not allow the theoretically perfect to render impossible the achievable good." The decision essentially gives Interior the approval to complete the accounting it started during the Bush administration. The department has limited the project in response to concerns from Congress about the cost and the benefits.
Judge James Robertson, who has been handling the case since December 2006, will be tasked with the "equitable power to enforce the best accounting that Interior can provide, with the resources it receives, or expects to receive, from Congress," the D.C. Circuit said. After a trial, Robertson in January 2008 said the accounting was "impossible." He cited Congressional budget restraints, along with limits Interior placed on the project. He then conducted another proceeding to determine how much money, if any, was owed to the plaintiffs in the Cobell lawsuit. In August 2008, he said the plaintiffs were owed $455.6 million.
The D.C. Circuit vacated that final judgment, essentially taking dollar amounts out of the picture for now. The plaintiffs had sought billions of dollars, while the government said no money was owed.
"We will continue to seek justice, no matter how long that takes," lead plaintiff Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana, said in a statement."
Tens of thousands of beneficiaries have died while this case has been pending without ever receiving an accounting of their trust assets," Cobell said. She also said the plaintiffs would renew their request to have a receiver appointed to make decisions affecting the IIM trust.