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Maintaining mental health in a contact centre environment
By Stephen Marriott, Disability Consultant and Training Specialist, Remploy
Communications company 'Rockwell' claimed that their contact centre, established in 1973 was the first, enabling 'Continental Airlines' to run a telephone booking system. This has been proven to be a rather bold claim, with the first contact centres (able to handle lots of calls) coming to pass in the late fifties and sixties. Since then, the sector has boomed globally, driven largely by a change in consumer behaviours and demands, and the continued improvement in technology.
However, I must say, in my view, working in a call centre environment as already mentioned, isn't for everyone. It's possible to be taught how you should phrase certain things and various techniques that might make the job easier. The bit you can't coach or teach people is the motivation to dial the next number! Quite often, staff have to adopt a rather 'Teflon' attitude towards their jobs. In other words, they don't go home reliving the calls of that day.
Staying calm and maintaining focus is pretty much vital for those who stay in the industry for a length of time. For some, working in a call centre is something that just happened to them, whilst for others it was a choice. Whether people are in one category or the other, some will find they are suited to the role whilst others won't. There will doubtlessly be targets for the results of the calls and indeed for the length of calls. It can be a very pressurised environment with those around you seeking to do well, and sometimes being quite relaxed. Whilst at other times, not so much, as they look to seek better results from their calls.
Key tips
Building in some protective factors to one's routine would be the start of considering our own wellbeing. The ability to walk away at the end of an unsuccessful day simply saying 'Oh well, it'll be better tomorrow' is the beginning, or in the words in the song from 'Frozen' of learning to 'let it go'...
Another key tip for managing the high-pressured environment and stress levels that come into play is to take onboard the lessons of the day - the things you did well versus the things you feel did not go so well. In the case of the things that didn't go so well, continually think of ways to do things differently next time or the time after that, and learn not to take things personally in these situations. More than anything, ensure that amongst the things you do in your daily life there is time for you to simply switch off and do nothing! Yes that's right, allowing yourself the permission to switch off will be key to your success at managing a work-life balance effectively, ensuring this does not impact on your mental wellbeing.
Alternatively, you may prefer doing something you enjoy but it simply means 'being in the moment'. It means only thinking about the thing that you are doing, whether that be walking the dog, going to the gym or taking part in a recreational activity. For some, learning to do absolutely nothing is something they can learn about with meditation or yoga. Much of the teaching relates to being able to empty your mind of everything.
You're not alone
Working in the telesales environment can be busy and noisy and you could be surrounded by many people all doing the same thing. It can be really energising and inspirational but it can also be an extremely lonely place. It's vital you remember that you are not alone, your colleagues are facing the same challenges and there is a vast amount of support available both in and outside work to help you 'offload the day' and prepare you for the next challenge. The customer service element is a constant, always wanting the people you've spoken to, to feel that you did a great job with them. Providing excellent customer service at all times helps you to stay a little aloof by knowing that nobody could have done any better, whether the call was successful or a complete failure!
Times have changed and more companies these days are embracing and caring more for their staff with courses and wellbeing classes and many other things. The ability to walk out into the world, after a day at work and not think about work until the following day will be the thing that ensures your wellbeing. Some things that will never change surround the attitude required to make calls and, if the call was negative, simply forget it and dial the next number. The ability to do this is probably best summed up by the catchphrase of Nev Wilshire from the 'Call Centre' TV programme from a few years ago 'some will, some won't… so what, next'. That phrase can sound a little harsh and direct but the sentiment behind it is actually well meant. The simple meaning being - don't dwell on the unsuccessful call, dial the next number!
Looking for help?
Here, at Remploy we are able to offer a variety of services to help maintain and promote positive mental health and wellbeing. Whether you are looking to upskill, and build the confidence of your line managers, or help protect the mental health of your customers we can help. We also deliver a free Access to Work Mental Health Support Service for both employers and employees, funded by the Department for Work and Pensions. You can find our more by following one of the links above or by getting in touch.
About Stephen
Stephen joined Remploy as a Development Services Employment Adviser towards the end of 2009, and quickly transferred his presentation skills to tutoring both groups of 18–24 year olds as well as the over 25's. In 2010, Steve qualified specifically in dyslexia awareness and has since gained a wealth of experience in dyslexia vocational evaluations both internally and externally on Remploy's retention programme.
Stephen attended a Remploy in-house Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course in 2014 and became aware that he had himself experienced bouts of mental 'ill' health. This changed his perspective and he went on to develop his understanding and become a MHFA facilitator himself. With over 10 years service for Remploy, Stephen has developed a wealth of knowledge, skills and experience which now enables him to deliver externally-based services surrounding training and consultancy to a variety of organisations.


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(March 23, 2006) We smell change. The Salesforce.com ecosystem includes a Applicant Tracking System that can be installed with a click. There are ongoing conversations about ATS alternatives all around the CRM industry (here's one). The price point keeps dropping (unless you read the fine print).
And, in the press release below, an open source ATS has emerged in Europe.
The days of monolithic systems, modeled after the big ERP products (to whom most ATS companies hope to sell themselves) are failing more often. New government candidate definitions screw with the tracking functionality while full employment brings its predictable problems. The skinny on the street is that the Recruitmax name change was prompted by the arrival of a lynch mob at the doorstep of the company who made its name underbidding.
So, the question at hand is: can the industry handle an open source ATS and does it matter?
Industry's First Open Source HR / Applicant Tracking System Available
Minneapolis, MN – Cognizo Technologies has announced the first public source code release, available for download. CATS is the HR/Staffing/Recruiting industry's first and only open source, enterprise class, web based ATS package. Built using the LAMP platform and open source design methodologies, CATS is on a fast track to rival the best proprietary ATS offerings in the marketplace.
The latest release is CATS 0.5, codenamed "Ravi", the first of several unstable 0.5 releases of CATS which will eventually lead to the stable 1.0 version. This release contains many bugs and is still only intended for developers and adventurous/advanced users who want to help track down bugs.
The market for HR Talent Acquisition Management and Applicant Tracking software for corporate and agency recruiters is comparatively large, but it is highly fragmented and there is no clear leader. It has traditionally been highly competitive because of the lucrative nature of the industry, according to Asim Baig, President of Cognizo Technologies. A review of the available ATS packages at HR-Software.net shows that there are dozens of offerings in the market today with the largest player having less than 10% share. "The industry has been ready for an open source alternative to the current offerings and CATS has already made its mark in a very short period of time. By leveraging the agility and power of the open source development process, we are poised to become a clear leader in the near future," said Asim.
Using CATS, Human Resource managers and recruiters can easily manage critical talent acquisition issues in an easy yet powerful manner. CATS has been offered as ASP hosted service in beta testing mode since January this year, and to date Cognizo has received hundreds of positive comments and feedbacks from early trial users. The #1 response received is that CATS has a very user friendly and intuitive interface and workflow.
"Since the announcement of the availability of Beta trials of CATS we have been overwhelmed with the response we have received," said Asim. "In less than two months since its launch, we have had over 4000 demonstrations to end users and organizations interested in evaluating an Applicant Tracking System. The first public source code was released on Mar 1 and there were over 200 downloads in the first week alone. This spectacular response reinforces our belief, that the path to an open source alternative ATS is paved."Permalink
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Blizzard included a brand new buff for Overwatch's McCree in the game's latest update, but not many players would have expected his Ultimate to be as devastating as it's become.
The dust has barely settled on the developer's February 26 patch, which included some big changes for several characters, but clips of McCree using Deadeye prove just how effective the increase to its damage per second has been.
However, while some fans of the game might be getting excited by the buff, it seems that not even shields can stop him - which could be a future cause for concern.
In a post to the Overwatch subreddit, user Raxyx7 has shared a clip that shows a number of different heroes fall at the hands of McCree, but they are all standing behind a full HP shield.
To make matters worse, each of the characters were also being protected by Lúcio's Sound Barrier, which is an ability that provides 750HP to all teammates within 30 meters.
McCree's Ult can now kill players behind full HP shields - even with Sound Barrier! from r/Overwatch
While the change has certainly come as a shock to some Overwatch players, others seem to believe that it's quite understandable.
- Read More: Chinese Overwatch players are getting permanently banned for typing Winnie the Pooh in chat
"When you think about the amount of counters, CC & mobility cool downs throughout the hero pool, even a main tank player like myself can understand this change," one redditor explained.
"Lot of freaking out here, but considering it takes his entire duration or near enough to do it, it won't be as damning as this makes it look like," another said.
Whether or not this becomes an issue for the online community in the future remains to be seen.


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I love fall. It is probably my most favorite time of year. The weather is cool and crisp. It makes me want everything apple, pumpkin or candy corn. So I have been putting my feelers out on local places to do pick-your-owns.
Pick Your Own that helps identify places to harvest apples, berries, pumpkins, and whatever else might be in season in different Rhode Island counties. I just highlighted a few in Providence County that I think I might stop by:
Barden Family Orchard in North Scituate, RI
Dame Farm and Orchards in Johnston, RI
Harmony Farms in Harmony, RI. I have been here a few years ago when Boog was just in a stroller. It was off the beaten path and quaint.
Steere Orchard in Greenville, RI.
Hill Orchards in Johnston, RI. They even provide a run down of exactly when to pick certain types of apples on their site.
Wojcik's Farm in Blackstone, MA. Though not in RI, its just a few minutes away for us, so we went there last year and had a great time.
Pumpkin Patches and More.org provide a listing of hay rides, corn mazes, and pumpkin patches in the Rhode Island area.
But if you live in Massachusetts, you can check out Davis's Farmland and MegaMaze. Always an impressive adventure. Last time we went, Boog was in the toddler back pack and it took us well over an hour.
Near Putnam, Connecticut is Fort Hill Farms, hosting a Farmer's Cow corn maze in 2 abilities, under 8, lasting about 30 minutes, and over 8 which could take nearly an hour and a half, per their comments. Plus, you can get their delicious ice cream after you've worked up an appetite :)


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A visit from the "bee queen"
We had a special visitor today at Preucil. Carly, the Friendly Beekeepers of Iowa Honey Queen, presented to both the 2 day and the 5 day classes. Carly has a wealth of knowledge about honey bees, and is a bee keeper herself. She packed LOTS of information into her presentation, and we all learned many new things about honey bees.
Ask your child about these interesting facts about honey bees:
How many queen bees are in the hive?
Are the worker bees males or females?
What is propolis (bee glue) used for?
How does the worker bee get nectar from flowers?
When does honey go bad?
What is purple honey?
What happens to a honey bee after it stings you?
How do the bees stay warm in the winter?
Can bees make mummies??
We also did the bee review countdown:
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6 legs
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2 antennae
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Pupnat area guide
A village with rustic character and first-class beaches, Pupnat makes a great getaway spot
The village of Pupnat is a typical wine and vegetable-growing community set at the side of a small but fertile plain. To the south of Pupnat at the bottom of a steep slope is Pupnatska Luka, once the village's port. Accessible via a narrow windy road, Pupnatska Luka is today a beautiful crescent of fine pebble, and is arguably the best of Korčula's south-coast beaches. There are a couple of café-cum-snack bars at the back of the beach, screened by outsized cacti. The only problem with Pupnatska Luka is the lack of parking spaces, and the constant danger that you might meet a large and cumbersome car coming in the opposite direction on the way up or down.
Where to go in Pupnat...
Konoba Mate
Slightly off the main Korčula-Vela Luka road in the hillside village of Pupnat, is this popular, family-run find. Ingredients are grown on-site. The pršut ham comes from the smokehouse behind the terrace; the pastas (such as the goats' cheese ravioli) are hand-rolled and sun-dried, and the lamb and pork are cooked under the peka lid. The pašticada, a slow-cooked roast swimming in plums and sweet wine, is excellent.
Beach Bar Mate
Located right behind one of Korčula's best beaches, Beach Bar Mate augments the usual selection of cold drinks with some highly welcome extras, including home-made herbal syrups, Dalmatian pršut snacks, sandwiches made with home-baked bread, and Mate's own wine.


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Thousands march to legislature in protest of Budget 2020
EDMONTON -- Thousands of teachers took to the streets Thursday afternoon, prompting a warning from police for drivers to expect delays along Jasper Avenue between 97 Street and 108 Avenue.
Teachers marched to the front steps of the Alberta legislature for a rally, just in time for the release of the provincial budget.
The Alberta Teachers Association said 30,000 students will enter Alberta schools next year without necessary funding.
"Ultimately, more students with the same funding means larger class sizes and less supports for learning," said Jason Schilling, ATA president.
He said teachers are struggling to meet the needs of students.
"Teachers cannot fill the gaps any longer," said Schilling.
The education minister announced a new funding model earlier this month, but the specifics weren't known until the budget was unveiled. The ATA said the minister is suggesting schools will get an increase next year, but hasn't addressed the fewer dollars schools had to deal with this year.
"This budget further reduces government funding to school boards and downloads more costs onto parents," Schilling said.
"With the last budget, we had to FOIP to truly understand the totality of the cuts. I'm worried that the most troublesome details of this budget are again being obscured," he added.


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It's official, this year's Mountaineer Basketball Team has redeemed WVU Basketball in my eyes and heart.
How do I know this?
Because while sitting on my couch tonight I got the nervous shakes, flip-flopping stomach, and tense jaw that is usually reserved for Mountaineer Football.
And tonight, the shakes, flip-flops, and tension were rewarded with a win!
For the 2nd time in 5 years, WVU will play in the Elite Eight.
For the first time since Jerry West (the NBA Logo), WVU has won 30 games in a season.
And it sure is Sweet to be Elite!
Let's Go Mountaineers!!!!


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Expedia Adds Chelsea Clinton to Board
Travel Technology Donald Wood March 20, 2017
Online travel brand Expedia announced last week that the company has added Chelsea Clinton to its board of directors.
According to the Agence France-Presse, a filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that Expedia expanded its board of directors from 13 to 14 members. Clinton will fill the newly added position.
Clinton has not been assigned to any particular committees as of yet, but the filing did reveal that she will be compensated according to standard pay rates for other members already on the board of directors.
The Associated Press reported Clinton is entitled to receive $300,000 in a mix of stock and cash each year for serving on Expedia's board of Directors.
READ MORE: "Expedia Study Highlights Most Infuriating Passenger Behaviors"
The 37-year-old Clinton is the daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. She is the vice president of the Clinton family nonprofit foundation and a graduate of Stanford, Oxford and Columbia universities.
In addition, Clinton also has experience working for consulting firm McKinsey and was a special correspondent for NBC News. She joins the Expedia brand, which is based out of Washington state and is one of the largest online services in the world for booking flights, hotels and car rentals.
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Manager Casey Stoney recently explained that it was initially a group 'strangers' coming together and that the players and staff worked hard on bonding exercises like boxing lessons and dance classes alongside the more typical football training.
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C H A M P I O N S ! #MUWomen pic.twitter.com/HV4gNrYkh9— Manchester United Women (@ManUtdWomen) April 20, 2019
With one last fixture, United could end the 20-game season on 55 points. The club has so far won 17 of 19 league games, dropping only five points along the way, scoring 93 at an average of 4.9 per game, and conceding only seven times in the league all season.
United began with intent when they beat top flight Liverpool in the League Cup before the league season had even started, before opening their Championship campaign with a 12-0 annihilation of Aston Villa and winning by at least five goals on nine further occasions.
Here's a look at nine of the star names behind that debut season success.
Millie Turner (DF)
Age: 22
Appearances: 28
Goals: 2
United disbanded their old women's team back in 2005, but the Manchester United Foundation at least kept girls football alive in the youth ranks and Millie Turner is one of those with ties to the club from her formative years as a 16-year-old.
With no senior route at United, the defender moved onto Everton and Bristol City, before returning to Manchester. She is the only player to have started all 28 games in all competitions.
Siobhan Chamberlain (GK)
Age: 35
Appearances: 27
Goals: 0
With 50 England caps to her name, 35-year-old goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain was by the far most experienced player to join United, although things could have been very different had a neck injury that saw her rushed to hospital during pre-season been as serious as feared.
Chamberlain arrived at United from Liverpool and has played for nine different clubs in total, including Arsenal and Chelsea. She has been to six major international tournaments.
Ella Toone (FW)
Age: 19
Appearances: 28
Goals: 15
An England Under-19 international, prolific forward Ella Toone was attached to United for six years as an academy player until 2013, but actually got her start in senior club football with Manchester City before returning home last year.
The teenager wears the number seven shirt for United and is having a far better season than male counterpart Alexis Sanchez after netting 14 times in 19 league appearances.
Amy Turner (DF)
Age: 27
Appearances: 23
Goals: 1
Despite having initially been released by WSL club Doncaster back in 2011, centre-back Amy Turner established herself as a top flight player and England international with Notts County, playing in the 2015 FA Cup final and then later joining Liverpool.
Turner dropped down a division to sign with United. She scored her first goal for the club in the recent 5-0 win over Millwall, a game in which she was also stand-in captain.
Katie Zelem (MF)
Age: 23
Appearances: 25
Goals: 11
Zelem is another product of United's girls academy - spending as many as nine years with the club - who had to go elsewhere to begin her senior career. That first took her to Liverpool, winning two WSL titles, and then to Juventus in Italy.
"As soon as I heard I knew it was great news for the women's game and once I knew some of the other girls were coming back it just made my decision even easier," Zelem told the Manchester Evening News of her decision to rejoin United.
Alex Greenwood (DF)
Age: 25
Appearances: 26
Goals: 5
Actually a childhood Liverpool fan, former Everton and Liverpool star Alex Greenwood was made the new United's first captain upon her arrival and has led with quality from left-back.
Greenwood has played over 30 times for England at senior level since her debut in 2014 and was a part of Lionesses squad at the 2015 World Cup and Euro 2017. She is set to be United's only England representative at this summer's World Cup.
Jess Sigsworth (FW)
Age: 24
Appearances: 27
Goals: 17
United's top goal threat this season and leading scorer in the Women's Championship is Jess Sigsworth, with 16 goals in 18 league appearances alone.
Formerly of Doncaster Belles, Sigsworth has actually scored more league goals this season than both Millwall and Crystal Palace have managed as whole teams (both 14). She has been capped by England at various junior age groups but never at senior international level.
Lauren James (MF)
Age: 17
Appearances: 26
Goals: 16
Even now, Lauren James is still five months shy of her 18th birthday, but age hasn't stopped the former Arsenal midfielder emerging as a shining star for United in the club's debut season.
James was named Women's Championship Player of the Month for September at the very start of the season and was instrumental in United knocking top flight Brighton out of the FA Cup in February. Incidentally, her brother is Chelsea starlet Reece James.
Mollie Green (MF)
Age: 21
Appearances: 27
Goals: 16
After emerging as a youngster with Liverpool, Mollie Green played 13 times in the top flight for Everton in 2017/18, before dropping down a division to join the new United revolution in the Women's Championship where her quality has been obvious all season.
Like many of United's young stars, Green, a former England Under-19 international and still only 21 years of age, looks to have a bright future in the first tier WSL next season.


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Last November was a busy month for Pennies, as we prepared to launch with a whole host of new retailers and celebrated our 2nd anniversary. Whilst that was going on, your pennies were being put to work nearly 300 miles away in Cumbria, where six families attended a Children's Burns Trust Family Weekend at the Fire Fighters Charity Jubilee Therapy Centre near Penrith.
Children's Burns Trust has been a charity partner of Pennies for over two years and currently receives a percentage of donations made by customers at several of our retail and hospitality partners. So far this has added up to over £21,000 for the charity, helping ensure families with burn-injured children can attend the supportive and fun weekends like the one at Penrith.
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weekend hosted eleven parents, six burn-injured children, twelve siblings, and fourteen burn care professionals! Parents got meet other families going through similar experiences, attended workshops on family stress following a burn injury, discussed treatment options and learnt relaxation strategies.
Meanwhile, the children got to enjoy arts and crafts, swimming and free play, as well as a day trip to Walby Farm Park and Wetheriggs Zoo and Animal Sanctuary. Both parents and children can use the weekend as an opportunity to spend some time together, as well as get to know other families and have some fun.
Getting to share experiences is something the children enjoyed the most. "It has helped me by showing my family that other people have been in the same situation as us," said one child. The adults felt similar benefits and appreciated being "able to talk to other parents who have been through the same situation and understand what we feel is normal."
The family weekends happen twice a year and the annual cost of putting them on is £10,000. This means the money raised for Children's Burns Trust from your charity so far could cover two years of these weekends. To find out more about how the charity uses your pennies to help families and children with burn injuries visit their website.


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No. 06-8120 Decided June 18, 2007
Police officers stopped a car to check its registration without reason to believe it was being operated unlawfully. One of the officers recognized petitioner Brendlin, a passenger in the car. The police verified that Brendlin was a parole violator and officers arrested Brendlin and searched him, the driver and the car finding methamphetamine paraphernalia. Brendlin was charged with possessing and manufacturing meth and moved to suppress the evidence obtained from the search of his person and the car, arguing that the officers lacked probable cause or reasonable suspicion to stop the car which made the seizure of his person unconstitutional. The unanimous opinion recognized that passengers in vehicles stopped by the police are covered by the fourth amendment and may challenge the legality of the stop if arrested.
Held: when the police make a traffic stop, a passenger in the car, like the driver, is seized for fourth amendment purposes and so may challenge the stop?s constitutionality.


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Organizing Your Toilet Equipment
The bathroom is the most importance part of the home. There are various equipment in the rest room that we take without any consideration: the bathtub, the shower stall, the sink, the commode, the cabinets and different aspects. It is vitally troublesome to think about a rest room that doesn't have any of those. It is a matter of not just consolation but in addition hygiene.
When the time is right here to decorate your daughter's bathroom, you could have a few options. They each contain the color pink. There's not many young women who don't like the colour pink. This is a good factor as a result of you should use this as a base on your toilet foundation. You need to look to use a variety of pink KW to set a theme to the room.
When selecting a new toilet for your next toilet reworking mission, you will need to be involved with the appearance of a toilet, but it surely additionally necessary to be involved with the price of one. Though it's possible to purchase a typical toilet for only some hundred dollars, it's worthwhile to preserve further prices in mind. As you likely already know, toilet bathrooms are heavy; subsequently, it's possible you'll want assistance getting your toilet into your private home. Relying on where you shop, you might be able to get free delivery, but you should also be ready for a small supply price. Additionally, if you happen to need assistance with set up, you will want to keep installation costs in mind.
First of all, it's essential to remove clutter from the bathroom floor. An elder shouldn't should navigate round vegetation, hampers, or trash baskets to get to the bathroom, sink, or tub or bathe. Additionally, rugs must be removed. Even rugs with non-skid backing could lead to slip and fall accidents for elders who shuffle as an alternative of picking up their feet as they walk.
Plenty of individuals these days might spend a lot consideration on their bathtub rooms. This actually is maybe as a result of the lavatory is the place one can have some time for his or her selves midst very busy lifestyle of individuals. That is how they can privately loosen up without anybody troubling them. It could certainly be so nice to be going for a dip in a shower tub with perfumed bubbles and likewise floating rose petals. With the hectic instances of these days, most individuals, this may be considered one of their desires. This will likely only happen when they have the proper rest room of their properties.


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Two weeks ago, I spent a Saturday being cultural and interesting. Nothing says cultural like going to the Museum of Manitoba and checking out the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Nothing says interesting like Rolo Hot Chocolates, bathrooms, tour guides, and frozen cheesecakes. I'll explain what everything means as I go along.
For breakfast that morning I had the butt of a loaf of bread (the part that no one eats, but is perfectly fine if you toast it). As I learned later on in the day, it was not enough to defend my stomach from the impending doom that was to wreak havoc on my digestion system. We piled into the Katima-van at 10 AM and drove off to Winnipeg for the museum.


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From the Chair
Kia ora,
Where has this year gone? I hope you aren't feeling too frazzled and have most of your work and marking under control.
Over the last few months the Council has moved ahead in so many areas, I hope I can capture it all. We have continued our work with external agencies, organisations, industries, companies and those in the education sector. These links have included DDTA, CORE ED, Conferenz, Code Avengers, Interface, Techies in schools, Leatherman, MOTAT, NetSafe, CodeClub, the Primary School Teachers Conference, Te Papa, 'School Travel', and obviously teachers and schools. Generally we have initiated contact with these organisations and suggested mutually beneficial ways to work together. I am following up on our work with the other organisations we have established links with, and will work closely with these selected groups to ensure a win-win partnership. Although time-consuming we expect these relationships to pay off for members for example -if you are attending Conferenz don't forget to ask for your 10% TENZ discount.
As a result of a request from regional chairs, TENZ promotional pens and highlighters have been bought. Look out for these at your next regional and Matanga event.
I am now a member of the organising committee for the Primary Teachers Conference. This conference is a wonderful initiative, designed to be holistic with representatives and speakers from all learning areas. The Conference will be in Wellington on the 15th and 16th of April 2019. Although our TENZ Conference is in 2019 we felt it was important to support this wide ranging primary conference. If you attend – please take photos and write us a report, and/or post something on facebook.
Although it is now rare for the initial teacher education (ITE) providers to meet together, TENZ provides an excellent vehicle which encourages the sharing of resources and knowledge. We hope this will ensure a consistent, unified message across the nation and staff in smaller institutions feel they are not alone in their support for the technology curriculum at the tertiary level. This month digital technologies posters, two kahoot and a game were distributed ITE providers.
I would like to take the opportunity to thank the Council members for all their tireless work behind the scenes.
Like you, we are keen to help technology education flourish in NZ. If you can think of anything we can do to help you, your students or the discipline – please contact us.
Louise Milne (TENZ secretary) has graciously taken over the role of collating all the achievements of TENZ into this newsletter, as I was finding I couldn't do this fast enough. Please find below an update from the last two months. Thanks Louise – I am grateful and I am sure the members will be too.
Best wishes/ Ngā mihi,
Kerry Lee (Chair of TENZ)
Matanga Project Update
The Matanga project continues to progress. It was advertised in the Education Gazette and the Technology Online newsletter seeking teacher participants. There are currently 83 teachers who have expressed an interest. The final date for this was the 30 September. A meeting has been held with the Academic Dean at the University of Waikato to clarify the opportunity for participants to credit 30 points towards a graduate/postgraduate qualification. This would require enrollment in the appropriate qualification and the submission of an evidence portfolio.
TENZ Conference update
The 2019 Technology Education New Zealand conference will be held from 1 – 3 October. The venue is to be Albany Senior High School, 536 Albany Highway, Albany, Auckland.
The conference theme is TENZ RISE 2019 – Reflect, Innovate, Shine and Educate. The intent is for participant contributions which reflect on current exemplary teacher practice, innovation that is based on current research findings, the opportunity to showcase students' work and, as an overview, to educate everyone.
We hope to have a call for the submission of workshop outlines and academic papers in early December 2018.
Wendy and Kerry have been loading any useful material they come across onto the facebook page. Feel free to do the same. These links include industry firsts, school projects, interesting innovations and even technology links for Maori language week. The link below is to the Technology Teachers Facebook site and is well worth a look. There is also the opportunity to comment and add to the suggestions and ideas that other members have posted. I hope you all are members but if not, contact the Facebook team and tell them which school you work in. The link is https://www.facebook.com/groups/technoteach
Ceri deBoo, Wendy Slatter, Julie McMahon, Iain Cook-Bonney met with Serena Lewis and Estea Fuli in Dunedin for a very productive Teacher Refresher Course coordinators meeting earlier this month. Planning for the potential Digital Technologies and Coding course was a key focus of this meeting.
Please check the TENZ website and remember to login to your TENZ account to check your membership details and complete your profile. Many changes have been made. Mike is putting in many hours on this and would love to hear your thoughts. If you have any queries or suggestions regarding the website, please contact Mike Forret at email@example.com .
If you have not received a membership email, please contact Wendy Slatter on email@example.com.
Auckland/Northland Region A professional learning day was held with Mindkits, Our Schools, Tyne Crow from the University of Auckland and Treena Brand from Team Solutions. We had a very large turnout and all attendees received a PLD certificate, a link to shared files of slides and the video presented during the day. Please contact Wendy Slatter if you have any queries.
Waikato/Bay of Plenty In Term 4, on the 15 November, a meeting will be combined with a visit to Waikato Valley Chocolates at Horotiu followed by food and drinks at the Cock and Bull. Please contact Steve Andrew on firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any questions or suggestions about future events.
Central Region Central Region TENZ is still looking for a Central host who will offer us a meeting space. If you can host us by offering us a staff-room or technology space to meet, please contact Wendy Slatter either by email or phone her on 021 795 366.
Wellington Region A social event is planned for the 5 or 6 December. Please contact Wendy Slatter if you have any queries.
Southern South Island If you can offer to be a meeting host, please contact Bill Boyes on email@example.com or Wendy.
Northern South Island Region– A social even is planned for the 8 November. Please contact Wendy Slatter either by email or phone her on 021 795 366.
Students – If you have joined under a student membership, our Students' Regional Chair, Kaelin Jones will be contacting you regarding the change-over from a student membership to an individual or institution (through your school) membership. Thanks to those who have already responded to Kaelin's email. The process is still ongoing. We look forward to welcoming you to our professional organisation.
Contact Us
We regularly receive emails from members, requesting information or suggesting new directions. We want to build a strong, connected and collaborative technology education community and, to this end, we are keen to hear from you. Please feel free to contact us with any queries, new developments or suggestions you might have, either via our website https://tenz.org.nz/contact or by direct email or phone.
Best wishes
Louise Milne
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PSNews - Civil engineer Benji Poulton, from Bangor in north-west Wales, came up with the idea for a new bridge between Gwynedd and Anglesey which has been inspired by Golden Bridge near Da Nang, Vietnam.
According to The Guardian, the Welsh government said that it will consider a proposal to prop up a new £130m bridge across the Menai Strait with a mythical Welsh giant.
Benji Poulton said that if Golden Bridge is held up by a pair of giant stone hands of mountain god, his design replaces the central support with a giant statue of Bendigeidfran (Brân the Blessed), who went over to Ireland to wage war against the king, Matholwch.
He said that the existing designs for a new bridge between Gwynedd and Anglesey are "underwhelming". So he proposed his design and ensured that his design would enhance "this legendary landscape of dragons, of kings and giants and myths and legends".
Earlier in August, India proposed a project to build a new bridge in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. This bridge was also inspired by Golden Bridge of Da Nang.
Recently, the "Golden Bridge" lifting by two giant hands on Ba Na Hills (Da Nang) has attracted the attention of foreign tourists, international newspapers and social networks. The "Golden Bridge" on Ba Na Hills is the latest pedestrian bridge in the world.
Launched in June, the Golden Bridge has 150 meters of length and 1,400 meters of altitude with views of the mountainous landscape. People has spent only less than a year to build and complete this bridge.
The Guardian has put the Golden Bridge on the list of the most exotic and beautiful bridges in the world, alongside famous bridges such as the Fan Bridge in London, the Rollin Bridge on the Grand Union Canal, Umshiang Double Decker Bridge in India, Moses Bridge in the Netherlands, Webb Bridge in Australia ...
Surprised by its fancy design, many people visiting Ba Na hills wonder whose these giant hands are. Each person has their own answer depending on how they feel and their religious beliefs. The common thing is that these giant hands holding the bridge on Ba Na Hills offer the walkers a sense of security and trust that they are protected and lifted in the infinite universe.


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STRICTLY Come Dancing stars Kevin and Karen Clifton are heading for Woking on Sunday as their theatre tour goes ahead – despite the recent announcement of their romantic separation.
The world champion dance duo will bring their fiery new show – Kevin and Karen Dance 2018 – to the New Victoria Theatre on Sunday (27 May) for an afternoon dance treat at 3pm.
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Colorado will continue on the road to recovery and add a variety of jobs in 2013 across almost all business sectors following a positive year in 2012, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
Wobbekind's announcement is part of the 48th annual Colorado Business
Economic Outlook Forum presented Dec. 3 by the Business Research
Division of the Leeds School.
The comprehensive outlook for 2013 features forecasts and trends for
13 business sectors prepared by more than 100 key business, government
and industry professionals.
"For the state, we see a very positive environment for 2013," said
Wobbekind, executive director of the Business Research Division. "We're
seeing a wide array of jobs being added and they're diversifying our
state economy."
Overall, the forecast calls for a gain of 42,100 jobs in 2013,
compared with a gain of about 47,900 jobs this year. All sectors of the
Colorado economy are predicted to grow in 2013 with the exception of the
information sector, which includes publishing and telecommunications.
When comparing the Leeds School forecast to employment outlooks for
other states, Colorado is expected to be in the top 10 states for job
growth in 2013 and perhaps in the top six or seven, according to
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Peter Boler is a Si2 Expert in international service management, strategy, marketing, operations and service transformation.
With over 25 years international business experience in multiple high tech industrial markets, Peter has held numerous senior roles ranging from operations and marketing to general management of large after market organizations.
His current consulting focus is in helping clients accelerate revenue growth by unlocking the potential of their services and support operations and includes services competitive strategy and "GoTo Market" programs, services portfolio and offerings design and rationalization, pricing, business development and operational improvement programs.
An Expert in the Life Sciences and Healthcare markets, Peter was Director of Waters Corporation's Global Services and helped grow that business to over 25% of Waters total corporate revenue and 40% of total profit. He was also Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Services for Persistent Systems, a global software and technology services provider based in India and is currently Principal at High Altitude Services Consulting, a firm based in Boulder, Colorado.


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Beatles Could Deliver Smash Hit For Retailers
The combination of culture and commerce, The Beatles: Rock Band will offer retailers new opportunities, mainly because the title will appeal to a broad range of consumers, from the boomers who grew-up with the Beatles to the Gen Ys and Xs who are hooked on Rock Band and gravitate to any new hot game or accessory. The release represents the most significant artist tie-in to a music game yet. Retailers should leverage all aspects of it.
The title, available for Xbox and Sony consoles, will be backed by tons of marketing that will attract an excited group of old and new customers into retailers. The title also presents great marketing opportunities for retailers: from hosting Beatles cover bands to creative in-store merchandising strategies to whatever their imagination can conjure. For sales people looking for a good "story" to tell, this product will offer hundreds.
Like all strong core products, this will come with a a slew of new accessories, such as John and George's Rickenbacker 325 and Gretsch Duo Jet guitars, as well as Paul's Höfner bass. Rounding out the set is Ringo's Ludwig drum kit. You can bet that gear will top the holiday lists of many consumers in a wide demographic range.
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A few weeks ago, I toured the production plant for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Upon arriving, the tour guide handed me a pamphlet with the definition of "headline" and "reporter" written in Comic Sans and a diagram of how to make hats out of newsprint. It didn't take me long to realize that these tours are catered toward 12-year-olds, not a 20-year-old journalism student. But I was already there, and I might as well check out the printing press.
Since I was the only person on the tour (I went during school hours), I had the opportunity to speak one-on-one with my tour guide about the changes occurring in the journalism industry. She used to work full time for the Star Tribune. After retiring, she came back as a full-time tour guide. Now she only works when a group of 10-year-olds go on a field trip.
As we walked around the plant, I was shocked by how few people we encountered. Many of the rooms I walked through were empty, and the production center had more machines than people. My tour guide explained various jobs that used to be done by several people and now have had to cut back.
She also told me about some of the questions she asks young students on tours. She asks them where they think news comes from, and most of the elementary, middle and even high school students answered that news reporters get their information from the Internet.
Their answers demonstrate how taken-for-granted information is nowadays. This generation of children is one of the first who has grown up never knowing anything besides the Internet, and because of this they've lost appreciation for the research behind the information posted.
Information has the capability to travel very quickly via the Internet, social media, text messaging, etc. But faster doesn't always mean better. Regardless of the medium, people will always need an outlet that provides unbiased, factual information, which means news will always have a place in society.
It's no secret that newspapers are in decline. No matter how fast a printing press can churn out copy, the Internet will always be faster. However, we have to make sure that eliminating newspapers doesn't eliminate news.
As technology progresses and information-sharing shifts primarily online, the news industry needs to keep up with these changes just like any other industry. Retail stores will continue to expand and sell merchandise online. Novels and textbooks will continue to be offered digitally. In this respect, journalism is no different than any other industry in keeping up with technology.
However, journalists today are battling more than just technological change. They're battling an overall shift in society's views of the media. With all of the noise online, it's often hard to distinguish fact from fiction and hard news from editorials.
News organizations carry much of the burden for making sure they distinguish their content as hard news and make it accessible online, but ultimately, the news industry will fail if society fails to recognize the pivotal role of the press in maintaining democracy.
The press is the only private industry protected by the Constitution. The Founding Fathers recognized the significance of the media as a "watchdog" of government that provides factual information on the inner workings of Congress free of bias. If people don't support the media, they lose a major check on government because without the media, who will get the inside information on Washington and hold public figures accountable?
Blogging and editorializing have their place in media and online (see: Raposa's Ramblings), but without a strong foundation of hard news, the next generation will grow up relying only on the information posted on the Internet with little appreciation for the freedoms afforded them by the media. Society needs news.
Without it, the lack of information will create a hole in society much larger than all of the empty printing presses.


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It's a bizarre choice, to say the least which prompts the question What exactly was the committee thinking? Whom did they have in mind? One would hope that it was not the vast anonymous EU bureaucracy living and working in Brussels, arguing over the size of bananas or precisely how smelly a cheese should be to earn the name Camembert. Nor, one would hope, did they have in mind the euro zone, the 17 countries that share a common currency. What some Germans call "the fit countries" ready to climb the Mount Everest of political-financial maturity under the expert guide of the fittest country of them all: Germany. Nor, one would hope, did they have in mind the myopic politicians currently at the helm of such a union.
One would have to be blind to think that the crisis in the euro zone is solved and that the reward for such a feat is the awarding of the Nobel Peace prize. Some of the EU politicians in their myopia are already interpreting it in such a misguided mode. But to think that is to callously discount the suffering of some of the EU members. It is also to continue to ignore a present and looming danger: those financial imperatives may eventually trump democratic institutions in the EU as a whole. The rise of right wing fascist-leaning political parties in most EU countries points to it.
One would hope that rather than that the committee had in mind all the 27 countries comprising the EU, the fit and the unfit alike, and the political vision that allows 500 million people to live together in harmony, with human rights safeguarded. As Human Rights Watch pointed out when the announcement was made, the 27 foreign ministers of the EU recently signed an agreement to put human rights at the centre of their negotiations with the rest of the world. The countries that still want to join the EU – Croatia becomes a member next year, Serbia has its fingers crossed – must improve how they treat their own citizens first.
One hopes and prays that it was that which the committee had in mind since it cited the EU for: democracy, human rights, reconciliation. These are ideals which featured prominently when the founding fathers of the EU laid the foundations for the vision of a polity unlike any other on earth. I am not thinking now of the current buffoon politicians, the likes of Silvio Berlusconi, but of genuine visionary statesmen such as Schumann, Monet, Eidenauer, De Gasperi. It would have been nice to mention those men and their vision in the awarding of the prize, thus putting on a human face on the EU and not make it appear as if the award was given to a faceless bureaucracy. It should not be forgotten that it is that vision, more than the financial solvency of its banks and mere economic prosperity which has brought peace to Europe, buttressed by a Western alliance called NATO which assumed responsibility for its security.
So perhaps this was the worst of times to give the peace prize to the EU, but it could also be the best time as a reminder of that the EU should stand for. This time last year, we all bit our nails as the G20 leaders gathered in Cannes to try to sort out the mess in the euro zone. It seemed Europe was teetering on the abyss, that the whole project would fall apart in a matter of weeks. But the crisis is not over yet, and more than an economic crisis, it is first and foremost a cultural crisis which can be traced to the forgetting of the original ideals of the EU founding fathers.
To conclude those musings let me simply remind all EU citizens that the EU from its very beginning was a noble idea and it will live or die as an idea independent of the financial solvency of its banks. I hope the Norwegians, who refuse to join the union, had that in mind. For, if that is not the case, then both the EU and the Nobel Peace prize have been mocked.


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Review of Captain Cooks Casino
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When Kiwis decide to join Captain Cooks casino, they are welcomed to a great signup package which is split over their first five deposits. Once they are finished playing through their deposit bonuses and have become a loyal gamer, Kiwis will regularly receive emails regarding the latest and most generous promotions from Captain Cooks casino. Currently, the only downside is that the gambling platform does not offer a VIP club.
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Garnet Gemstone - Papazyan Diamond Jewelry House
Garnets are a group of minerals that crystallize in uniform shapes, have similar properties and a different color. The Garnets are red like the seeds of the "finicky apple" - a garnet tree (pomegranate). The crystals of the red garnet resemble the red grains of the pomegranate. They don't have cessation, they have a shell like crumble, they are brittle, hardness is 6.5-7.5.
Since ancient times the Garnets are appreciated and loved stones.
Garnets are represented by several mineral species::
Pyrope - the most famous and most beautiful garnet. It has a ruby red color. The Pyrite is the magnesia variety of grenades. Its hardness is 7-7.5.
Rhodolite - its the rosy variety of the pyrope. Its name comes from the Greek rodon- rose color.
The pure rhodolite has a bright red - pink to dark purple hue. Appears as well formed crystals up to 2 cm in size.
Almandin - the most popular jewelry garnet. Its name derives from the area of Almanda in Central Asia, a place where at ancient times the gems has been handled. Its color varies from red to violet, almost black, opaque. Is difficult to differs from the pyrope. Almandin's hardness is 7.5. Large crystals occur rarely, usually they are up to 5-6 cm.
Spassartin - named so on the spot of finding - Shpesart in Bavaria. Its color is pink, orange, brown-red. Spassartin has a hardness of 7-7.5. The size of the jewelry crystals are insignificant, but there are unique crystals from Madagascar and Brazil with a mass of more than 100 carats.
Grosolar - named in association with the color of the grapes grossularia /lat/. Its color is green, greenish-yellow, copper-brown. Hardness 7-7.5. There are several types of Grosolar:
- Tsavorit (Tzavrit) - discovered in 1968. in Tanzania and Kenya. It is colorless to pale green in color.
- Laikogarnet - colorless garnets. There are deposits located in Canada, USA, Mexico.
Hessonite - brown or copper yellow in color - like the color of cinnamon. Its hardness is 7.5. Only the green and pink varieties are used for jewelry purposes.
Uvarovite - a rare grassy-green variety of garnets. The emerald color is due to the chromium in its composition. They can be seen as small-grained aggregates and small druzas of up to 2-3 cm. Larger crystals are very rare. Its hardness is 7.
Andradite - The calcium variety of Garnet. The mineral itself is of no interest to the jewelry industry but some of its varieties are:
- Demanthoid - the most valuable of the group of garnets with yellowish, peanut, emerald color and brownish tint, transparent. Its name derives from the German diamond - diamond, due to the strong play and shine of the faceted stones. Sometimes it is called a Ural or Siberian Chrysalite, a Ural Emerald. It occurs as small oval grains measuring from ten to millimeter to 10 cm. Large crystals rarely occur. In private collections and museums are stored Demantoids with a mass of 10-16 carats. Its hardness is 6.5-7. Demantoid is faceted brilliantly, gradeate. The stones with defects are treated as cabochons.
- Topazolite - a variety of andradite, transparent in yellow, lemon yellow, copper-yellow color. It looks like the yellow topaz, from where its name originates. Its hardness is 6.5-7. Rarely used in jewelry. Forms small crystals up to 2-3 carats. Located in Italy, Switzerland.
- Melanit (sholomite) - a black variety of andradite, containing titanium. Its name derives from the Greek language melas - black. It is used to make black funeral adornments. There are locations in Italy, Germany, USA, France.


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Hey Guys!
A few months ago I started a series of posts called 'Books Set In…' and you all really seemed to like it, so I thought that it was about time that I made the next post. In case you are unsure as to what this series is, essentially each post is a list of books set in a specific location or that spend a large amount of time in that location, sometimes a city, sometimes a country. I only include books that I have read and loved and this deserve to be read. so, today it is all about books set in New York. Let's dot this!
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
I Heart New York by Lindsey Kelk
Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
Nick And Narah's Infinite Playlist by David Leviathan and Rachel Cohen
The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
Always And Forever Lara Jean by Jenny Han
Dash And Lily's Book Of Dares by David Leviathan and Rachel Cohen
Wilde Like Me by Louise Pentland
And there we have it. Those are just a few absolutely incredible books that are all set in New York city. there are many more on my TBR list, so I may well do an updated version of this list at some point in the future. what is your favourite New York set book? I hope that you have enjoyed todays post and I will see you all again very soon.


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Americanah is a novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, published in 2013. The critically acclaimed novel addresses the racial and cultural conflict between Africans and the rest of the world. Americanah is part of a 'themed book series' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in her exploration of African cultural identity in the face of modernity and westernization. In a single twist of her literary creativity, the author focuses on themes such as feminism, cultural identity, westernization and love.


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Sunday, May 30, 2010
Well.... I more or less stopped posting on facebook for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that my ex has access to those posts, and I felt censored when I posted there. Of course, I felt censored because someone copied and pasted something I posted on my personal blog, and sent it to him in an email. It was the only thing I had written about him (indirectly) over a long period of time. And he only got a mention, because in order to tell my story I had to tell his. Anyway, it created LOTS OF DRAMA and made me seriously regret having created a fanpage on facebook (yeah, I did that), though I haven't posted on it now in quite a while. Anyone can read it, and it bugs me. The really bizarre thing is that I had no need to write about him until he told me that I couldn't. Yeah, he said that. And he threw around a lot of threats about not letting me see the kids and it really pissed me off and here we are.
Oh, I told him that I would write about him if I felt that I had to, and he would have to get over it. He didn't like that. And I still see the kids. I suppose I won that round, but it got ugly. He kept saying that it isn't who he is now, and he doesn't want people who didn't know him then, and who know him now, to know all of that stuff about him. He's changed. Yah. Whatever.
I read my last post (C Vs. E) for the umpteenth time and I can feel how important it is. Not just for me, but for everyone. It is bigger than me and it is bigger than his need not to be written about. So, I posted it on my facebook blog on my personal page. I did it with a queasy stomach, but I did it. And now I am going to go back and post the link to this song to it because it captures my feeling about THIS. If you are unclear about THIS at the end of the song, leave me a comment....
So, we are about to see if his spy is still keeping up with my page and reporting back to his "master." If so, I am sure that the fur will be flying soon. I mean the threats will be shooting like darts. Even though he is a changed man and not a verbally abusive person anymore..... We just disagree on what the definition of verbally abusive is, that's all. He's a lot like Clinton. He didn't inhale. If you don't inhale... well, that's not smoking. If you send the threat in an email, that isn't verbal. Get it? Got it? Good.
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I just wanted tosay that I can empathize on every level with your previous post.ReplyDelete
I would like to go one step beyond what you said and posit something.
I think god allows us to go through things to grow us, to ready us...so that we can be the kind of people we need to be when the time comes that the reason we were born materializes. So we can respond in exactly the right way. He is going to use that experience to move you forward.
No doubt.
Great couple of posts.
We can only do what we feel is best in any given situation. To be perfectly honest, I was (very briefly) in a physically-abusive relationship and in a verbally-abusive one for much longer. Once someone deliberately harms someone else, I believe they have given up their right to anonymity of their 'crimes'.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 31, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Ahhhh, the drama of life. Well at least you have a good sound track for it.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJune 2, 2010 at 2:45 PM
You are absolutely right - that post was bigger than you, bigger than him and writing about this sort of stuff IS important. And, come on, of course he can't stop you from seeing kids, I mean, he's not above the law, right?ReplyDelete
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Friday, April 18, 2014
Homemade soy milk, soy yogurt and okara lemon scones
The Fat Free Vegan blog has a post on homemade soy milk and also for making tofu. She suggests adding a few tablespoons of oats along with salt to reduce the bean taste when making homemade soy milk. I haven't made tofu yet but it is on my list.
I do make yogurt now though using all the wonderful homemade nondairy milk varieties. The recipe is based on the one from the Artisan Vegan Cheese book. I use a nondairy yogurt starter by Belle+Bella. I start by pouring hot water in two quart mason jars along with the lids. I then add 1 teaspoon of agar and 2 tablespoons of organic corn starch to a saucier pan along with a half a cup of water. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 10 minutes until the mixture is thick. Add this mixture to a blender along with 2 cups of nondairy milk and 2/3 cup of soaked cashews. Add this mixture to a sauce pan along with an additional 1 1/2 cups of nondairy milk. Using a thermometer, bring the mixture to about 105 F. Turn of the heat and check the temperature again. If it is over 112 F then let it cool a bit before adding the starter. If not then add the starter and pour the mixture into two quart mason jars. Cover with a warm blanket and let it sit for about 24 hours. Put it in the fridge and enjoy.
The interesting thing about making all the of the nondairy milks is I am left with quite a bit of pulp. Since I make a lot of soy milk it is typically okara. I have a composter in the back yard so that is definitely an option but I also like to bake a lot so I figure why not add it to scones. Here is my recipe for okara scones. It also works great with almond pulp from making almond milk which by the way tastes fantastic and is so much better than what I used to buy at the store.
Okara Lemon Scones
2 cups of okara or almond pulp
1/4 cup of fresh squeezed lemon juice
zest of one or two lemons
1/4 cup of maple syrup, agave or brown rice syrup
1/2 cup of nondairy milk
1 tablespoon of chia seeds, hemp seeds or ground flax
1/4 cup of canola oil or nut butter
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 cup of whole grain spelt flour
1 cup of oat flour
1 cup of white whole wheat flour
1 tablespoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
Add the wet ingredients to a bowl and mix well. Add the dry ingredients and mix again but don't over mix. Using a 2 inch cookie scoop place the dough on a oiled cookie sheet or use a silpat. Bake at 400 F for 12-14 minutes until the edges are golden brown.
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Daughters is an American rock band formed in 2002, in Providence, Rhode Island after the break-up of As the Sun Sets. The band's current line-up consists of vocalist Alexis S.F. Marshall, guitarist Nicholas Andrew Sadler, drummer Jon Syverson, and bassist Samuel Moorehouse Walker.
HEALTH formed in Los Angeles in 2006, playing their first shows at The Smell, L.A.'s legendary DIY venue, which also hosts some of the earliest performances of No Age, Mika Mika and Abe Vigoda. "We just sat in a dark room with no windows and tried to figure out how to write a song," HEALTH's singer and guitarist Jake Duzsik says of the band's early days. "Through a process of tug-of-war and cooperation, we started building these weird songs together."
HEALTH released their self-titled debut album in 2007, recorded by the band themselves during a sweltering summer locked in the smell; Pitchfork raved that the self mixed, self produced record "mixes the bombastic pound of Boredoms, the skewed structures of Deerhoof, the tribal thump of Liars, and even the synth squirts of Black Dice and Excepter." This is followed by HEALTH//DISCO (2008) & ::DISCO2 (2010), both projects where HEALTH curated artists & producers to remix their songs to construct two complete albums - featuring Crystal Castles, Pictureplane, Nosaj Thing, Azari & III, Javelin, Tobacco, etc.
HEALTH released their second full-length, Get Color, in 2009. The NY Times said of the album, "HEALTH are high-impact minimalists, building patterns from barbed and brutal sounds...re-examining the art-punk legacy of the 1980s with fresh ambitions and youthful impatience."
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There's an easy recipe if your goal is to keep away problems like heart disease and strokes.
Eat more fruits and veggies.
Choose whole grains. Try brown rice instead of white. Switch to whole wheat pasta.
Choose lean proteins like poultry, fish, beans, and legumes.
Cut down on processed foods, sugar, salt, and saturated fat.
Exercise Every Day
Aim for 2 and a half hours of moderate activity, like brisk walking or dancing, every week. If you're OK with vigorous exercise, stick to 1 hour and 15 minutes a week of things like running or playing tennis. Add a couple of days of strength training, too.
If you're busy, try short bursts of activity throughout the day. Walk often. A good target is 10,000 steps a day. Take the stairs. Park your car far away from your destination.
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Cut Down Your stress
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Autumn 2019 issue of UNDERGROUND out now
The autumn 2019 issue of UNDERGROUND – the official newsletter of SUI and ICRO – is now out (issue 95). Contents include:
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Download UNDERGROUND as PDF from the digital library.
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Happy October everyone! If you're in the market for a new job this fall, you've come to the right place. New employers are joining OneWire every day and we're excited to bring you a range of new opportunities in everything from hedge fund operations to compliance.
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Sound Point Capital Management, a credit-oriented investment manager overseeing approximately $14 billion in total assets, is looking to fill several open roles in their NYC office. Sound Point has more than 50 employees and has been actively growing since their inception in 2008. The asset management firm is currently hiring quantitative analysts, operations associates and a Head of Change to be at the forefront of Sound Point's most important technical aspects. Explore jobs at Sound Point Capital Management.
Marquette Associates is new to the OneWire platform and is the 22nd largest U.S. investment consulting firm with $139 billion in assets under advisement. The company prides itself on their client-service culture grounded in real-world experience and is looking to hire talent in their Chicago and Baltimore offices. Explore jobs at Marquette Advisors.
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Sometimes I come across a beautiful place and I am instantly enraptured by it. A place like Pender Island, which I wrote about a few weeks ago, is so obviously beautiful. The mountainous island is covered in a blanket of foliage, and where the land meets the sea is full of hidden treasures, and then there is the sea itself, full of power and mystery. It's all right in front of you, wherever you look.
But sometimes a beautiful place might be somewhere you least expect it. Maybe it's a little more subdued, and maybe even hidden behind closed doors. Such is the case with the Rolla Pub in Rolla, BC. Rolla is about 30 min north of Dawson Creek, BC, in the heart of northern British Columbia. We've driven through Dawson many a time while travelling between Prince George and Peace River, but we had never stopped in the area. When Patti, the owner of the Rolla Pub, invited us to play we thought it would be a great opportunity to stop in a new town and break up the long drive from Prince George to Edmonton.
When we got to the Rolla Pub on Rolla Road, we were a little surprised by the dilapidated building, but as soon as we came inside, we were greeted by an amazing collections of photos, artifacts, toys (including almost every Ninja Turtles toy ever created), and more that exuded so much character! When we met Patti, I realized that she loves connecting with people and hearing their stories, and that having people feel welcome in her establishment is the most important thing. She values community and supporting the arts, and all of these qualities are so evident from the moment you walk in the door. It was really neat to walk through the tiny bar looking at all the photos and knick knacks and wondering about their stories and the people behind those stories.
The Rolla Pub has been a watering hole for the local folk and for tired travellers for many years, and it's amazing to see what kind of history has accumulated in such a tiny place, and at the bottom of it all, to see how we're all connected.
It was a good reminder that beautiful places are not always so obvious. Sometimes you have to drive to isolated towns on dirt roads to find a place with great heart.
Thanks for having us, Patti, and I hope we can come back again soon!
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UF's "Fresh Take Florida" to provide news coverage of state government
The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced the launch of Fresh Take Florida, an effort to provide coverage of Florida state government at a time when state capitals are increasingly under-covered.
Six student journalists, all graduating seniors, will be covering executive-branch agency operations as well as legislation throughout the 2019 legislative session. They will focus on covering topics of particular impact to the North Central Florida area and the University of Florida community, including higher education, healthcare and environmental protection.
"State government is the level of government that has the greatest importance in people's daily lives, and it's by far the least-covered level of government in America," said Brechner Center for Freedom of Information Director Frank LoMonte, who conceived of and organized the program. "Our goal is to help fill the growing gap in coverage that's been left by years of attrition in statehouse press corps. We hope the students who spend a semester covering Tallahassee come away with the know-how to unearth the untold stories of state government and a sense of excitement about the impact they can have."
Students will be working out of the Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times capital bureau using workspace volunteered by those news organizations. The stories will appear on WUFT News, the companion site of the WUFT public media stations operated by UFCJC. Some stories could also appear in the Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times and other Florida news publications.
The program officially will launch on Jan. 30 with students attending the Associated Press' annual legislative day in Tallahassee, where they will have the opportunity to question the state's top newsmakers face-to-face.
The student journalists' work will be overseen by LoMonte, Rob Hiaasen Lecturer in Investigative Reporting Ted Bridis, Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer in Narrative Nonfiction Moni Basu, Innovation News Center (INC) Director Mira Lowe, and INC Deputy News Director Gary Green. Students will receive course credit through either Bridis' investigative reporting course or Basu's magazine writing course.
About the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, recognized by its peers as one of the premier programs in the country, is driving innovation and engagement across the disciplines of advertising, journalism, public relations and telecommunication. The college's strength is drawn from both academic rigor and experiential learning. It offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees and certificates, both online and on campus. CJC students have the opportunity to gain practical experience in the Innovation News Center, which generates content across multiple platforms, and The Agency, an integrated strategic communication and consumer research agency focused on marketing to young adults. The College includes seven broadcast and digital media properties, the Joseph L. Brechner Center for Freedom of Information and the nation's only STEM Translational Communication Center and Center for Public Interest Communications.
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