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During today's Battlefield V reveal event, EA and DICE shocked everyone by announcing that the Battlefield Premium Pass is no more. In fact, there won't be any expansions or map packs for players to pay for. The live service for Battlefield V will be available to all players that purchase the game, with new limited time events and items coming for quite some time following the launch of the game in October.
Called Tides of War, the post-launch campaign will expand the game and keep the entire Battlefield V player base together, instead of segmenting them off as each new map pack comes out. DICE calls it an "evolving, diverse game that will grow over time" as they immerse players in different theaters of war. If you're wondering exactly how it will work, they aren't opening up about too many details just yet, but they've indicated it will differ from all previous Battlefield games.
DICE isn't new to the live service model that keeps players together with free content. Star Wars Battlefront II has been doing that since late last year, and recently launched the Han Solo season, bringing even more maps, modes, and customization options to players. If we look to Battlefront II as an example, we might see just how Battlefield V plans to execute their post-launch content campaign. Battlefield V Producer Lars Gustavsson mentioned "daily, weekly, and monthly events leading up to the pinnacle of Grand Operations" for players to take part in, which makes it sound like they are aiming for the games-as-a-hobby approach that many other multiplayer games are taking.
Gustavsson feels that the base game is just the beginning, and says that Battlefield V will be constantly evolving as time goes on. The first part of the post-launch support begins in November, just after the game launches in October. The first chapter of the live service is called The Fall of Europe and will run into early 2019. The Fall of Europe will feature live gameplay events and thematic rewards. More details will be coming as we lead up to launch.
If you missed the Battlefield V reveal trailer earlier today, it features an action-packed look at the game, including fresh gameplay footage. For more information on Battlefield V, you can check out the full archived reveal live stream.
Battlefield V will be launching worldwide on October 19. EA Access subscribers will have the opportunity to play the game starting on October 11, and Deluxe Edition purchasers will get the game on October 16, three days ahead of the worldwide release. Pre-ordering Battlefield V will grant early access to the open beta.
What do you think of DICE announcing that there will be no Battlefield V Premium Pass? Do you think the full game will see loot boxes to support the post-launch campaign?


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In the busy streets of Chennai, we often encounter the innumerable and inconclusive tap wars, the self named lord of the roads who come at you from left right and center mouthing their many infamous swear words, the men in lungi often accompanied with the munda-baniyan and the water lorries playing the thirst games with Chennai's citizens.
Not to mention the many current impossible situations we face and subsequently becoming "avingers" in the age of veyil during our harsh summers!`
1. The Wolf of Ritchie Street
When it comes to visiting the ever famous Ritchie street in Chennai, each and every one of us know our way in and
out, how to bargain for the best deal and most often than not, have our very own regular shop to exchange our electronics and get them repaired!
2. Current Impossible
For Chennai, Mission Impossible is without a doubt Current Impossible! Moreover, when it's summer, you know things just cannot go well!
3. Tap Wars
Star Wars, what Star Wars? More like tap water wars in Chennai! Surely you have seen this scene in Chennai streets numerous times!
4. Lord of the Roads
We have our own self proclaimed Lord of the Roads in Chennai! You know them only too well; they swerve suddenly coming at you out of nowhere, take a sudden left, use the choicest of swear words in the famous Madras bhashai and what not! Having said that, they are our very own Google Maps and can tell us just the route we want to take when we are lost in Chennai streets!
5. The Thirst Games: Mocking Veyil
Every Chennaiite is more than familiar with the many water lorries that leave a trail of water in its wake when it travels from one destination from another!
And more often that not, we will see a lone plastic brightly coloured pot sitting under the hose filling all the running water!
6. Men in Lungi
We're only all too familiar with the Men in Lungi in Chennai roads! In Chennai, the signature styles can never go out of fashion and the lungi is definitely one of them!
7. Strangers on a MTC Bus
Need we say more about the Strangers on A MTC Bus? Any frequent traveler of knows the pain of being jostled, pushed, being stepped on the feet and being shouted at (for no fault of yours, that too) and not to mention the infamous fighting of the bus seat only too well!
8. Avingers: Age of Veyil
The Avengers? More like the Chennai people becoming the Avingers (getting baked) during the Age of Veyil (the sun) during our harsh summers!

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For the love of coasters
I have a love of coasters. It's no wonder that I do since I pretty much love all things paper. I think coasters are such a fun way to bring colors, prints, photos, and/or pieces of your invitation into your event. They look great around a table, at a bar, or on a buffet table. The best part is, that you can easily keep these long after the event is over and use them around your kitchen and home.
A lovely baby shower
For this baby shower, my only request was something feminine and girly, so I went with pink, swirls and script fonts! We printed digitally on my standard 120 lb. card stock, and did a coordinating insert card in a reverse design. My favorite part about this shower was that the baby was actually there! This group of ladies waited until a few weeks after the baby arrived to host their shower and were all able to meet little Elory for the first time.
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Introduction: Customize Rubik's Cube With Duct Tape
Make a Rubiks Cube by adding duct tape. Add duct tape to the sides and it will look really cool!!!!!!!
Step 1: Materials
You'll need:
Something sharp(scissors or a knife)
Duct Tape(6 colors)
Rubik's cube (no duh)
Step 2: Adding Duct Tape
Take a strip of Duct tape and add it to the top.
It will still leave a little strip at the bottom but just add a second strip.
Step 3: Cut Off the End Strip
Cut off the extra tape at the end of the cube.
Step 4: Cut It
Use the something sharp to cut the lines.
Then jiggle it around.
This is actually really hard.
Just get it to move.
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Preview: South Africa v New Zealand
WORLD CUP POOL MATCH: All by itself, this would be a match to compel interest.
That compulsion is driven sky-high by the context of the World Cup.
It could just be the greatest match of the World Cup and it comes at the beginning.
There is also the intriguing possibility that it could also be a match repeated in the last match, the match for glory, the victors' reward that will make them famous as long as rugby is played.
It is an enthralling prospect.
To start with, they are the best two international teams in the history of the game.
New Zealand has done better than all their opponents and South Africa have done better than all opponents, save only New Zealand.
This is the 99th time they will meet since the first meeting in 1921.
It is the greatest rivalry in international rugby.
That New Zealand no longer wears the mantle of invincibility as they have done in their recent past, adds to the excitement.
In the recent Rugby Championship, New Zealand came third behind South Africa and Australia, not an acceptable position at all.
They lost to Australia, struggled to beat Argentina and drew with South Africa.
They look slightly wobbly – slightly.
They are without their giant, Brodie Retallick, one of the world's best players.
Jack Goodhue is out injured, Rieko Ioane is out of form and the team.
And yet everybody knows that they are still capable of beating any other team in the world, and by a comfortable margin.
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Victory – and defeat – in this match may damage honour and confidence, but it is not the end-all for the losers.
Both teams will surely advance to the quarters ahead of Italy, Namibia and Canada – even if the Springboks are again Brightoned as they were in 2015.
And it is just possible that this Saturday's match will be the forerunner of the Final, shades of 1995 when Springbok and All Black met in the Final.
The All Blacks and the Springboks have met four times at World Cups, each winning two.
In 1995 South Africa won 15-12 to win the World Cup and in 1999 they won 22-18 to take third place in Cardiff.
In 2003 the All Blacks won 29-9 in Melbourne and in 2015 they won 20-18 at Twickenham.
This will be the first time that they have met in a pool match.
In 1995 it was a Final, in 1999 the third-place play-off, in 2003 a quarterfinal and in 2015 a semifinal.
The permutations and combinations, the ifs and buts for Saturday seem endless.
The sheer uncertainty of the outcome adds to the excitement.
Players to Watch
All 46 of them. They are amongst the very best rugby players in the world and they are primed to do their best. Not one of them will be blasé, certainly not Kieran Read with 122 caps or Tendai Mtawarira with 111 caps. Nor will Sevu Reece with just three caps be overawed or Herschel Jantjies with five caps. The players will be too absorbed into the great occasion to be put off by their own feelings.
The viewer, too, is most likely to be too caught up in the match to pay attention to individuals and yet just maybe Cheslin Kolbe will produce a moment of magic for South Africa or Ardie Savea a Herculean effort for New Zealand.
Head to Head
Tactic versus Tactic, simplistically put – boot versus hands. The weather forecast is that it will be raining on Saturday, which may make handling harder for the All Blacks and kicking even more likely for the Springboks. But wet weather is hardly new to New Zealanders who have on occasion produced magic rugby in the wet, and the Springboks are likely to do much more than kick the ball away to feed the counterattacking brilliance of Beauden Barrett.
Part of tactic will be the Springboks destructive defence and the All Blacks' skill to get through it.
Goalkicker versus goalkicker, Handré Pollard and Frans Steyn versus Richie Mo'unga and Beauden Barrett. Here South Africa would seem to have the upper hand. Pollard kicks at a success rate of over 80 percent, while Barrett and Mo'unga are in the Sixties. And then there is the booming boot of Frans Steyn, goaling from inside his own half. But even in the kicking there are no certainties as so much depends on the where and when of the kick at goal.
Then there are battles – breakdown versus breakdown, scrum versus scrum and line-out versus line-out, that is getting possession in as usable a way as possible. And when the ball is there to be used, midfield versus midfield in a creativity contest, speed versus speed and vision versus vision. Then there is the important battle of bench versus bench and the impact two powerful benches will have on the momentum of the match.
There are also individual battles – broadsword Damian de Allende versus rapier Ryan Crotty, artful scrumhalf Smith versus nuisance scrumhalf De Klerk, the battle of strength and energy between Pieter-Steph du Toit and Ardie Savea and the four speedsters out on the wings looking for half a chance Cheslin Kolbe and Makazole Mapimpi of South Africa versus Sevu Reece and George Bridges of New Zealand.
Last 12 results
The venue does not seem to have been a factor recently. South Africa won and drew in New Zealand, and New Zealand won in South Africa. But South Africa have had longer to acclimatise in Japan and the 23 chosen for Saturday had a good match practice against Japan.
Results against Common Opponents in the Rugby Championship
Argentina: South Africa won 46-13; New Zealand won 20-16
Australia: South Africa won 35-17; New Zealand lost 47-26
The last three matches are probably most significant and they have produced a win apiece and a draw and a points' draw at 82-82.
Betting at the World Cup is off-limits for players and team staff, but not for the rest of us and, according to bookmakers, the All Blacks are favourites. But we think the Springbok pack may get on top and their backs may just stifle New Zealand creativity to produce a narrow Springbok victory. But even if things turn out that way, nobody can predict the wilful bounce of the ball, the errant eye of an official, the sudden error of a skilled player, the silliness of a card, jaundiced yellow or hectic red.
But our big prediction is that it will be an intense match, played by star players – no quarter asked or given but played in an honourable way so that when they shake hands at the end they can be the handshakes of friends. And we hope that it will be free of any controversy or argument, a match great for rugby and for the millions watching it.
South Africa: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Tendai Mtawarira, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Rudolph Snyman, 20 Francois Louw, 21 Herschel Jantjies, 22 Frans Steyn, 23 Jesse Kriel.
New Zealand: 15 Beauden Barrett, 14 Sevu Reece, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 Ryan Crotty, 11 George Bridge, 10 Richie Mo'unga, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read (captain), 7 Sam Cane, 6 Ardie Savea, 5 Scott Barrett, 4 Sam Whitelock, 3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Joe Moody.
Replacements: 16 Codie Taylor, 17 Ofa Tu'ungafasi, 18 Angus Ta'avao, 19 Patrick Tuipulotu, 20 Shannon Frizell, 21 Thomas Perenara, 22 Sonny Bill Williams, 23 Ben Smith.
Date: Saturday, 21 September 2019
Venue: International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama City
Kick-off: 18.45 (21.45 New Zealand time 11.45 SA time 09.45 GMT)
Expected weather: Showers with a high of 20°C and a low of 16°C and humidity of over 75 percent
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant referees: Romain Poite (France), Karl Dickson (England)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
Related articles
All Black cheap shots
Hansen slams Rassie ahead of World Cup opener
Springboks' simple plan to beat All Blacks
World Cup 2019: The main contenders
Why Pollard is not part of World's elite No.10 club


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Every day, Cinéma Club 2000 d'Isola invites you to discover the latest releases within its viewing halls. Throughout the season, it offers a varied programme that will satisfy everyone, whether you're a documentary enthusiast or a fan of blockbusters. If you don't fancy putting on your skis or would prefer to simply relax in front of a movie, Club 2000 is guaranteed to help you unwind.
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This post was written by an external contributor. Aayushi Sharma talks about all the emotions you're bound to feel on the run up to freshers and why it's perfectly ok to feel them.
You've received your results, and successfully bagged yourself a spot at university! Congratulations! By now, if you've not already moved into your new student digs, you're probably sat at home surrounded by boxes as you try and decide which of your treasured belongings to leave behind… because the boot of a car is nowhere near as big as you'd expect it to be, you know.
Speaking from personal experience, going to university can trigger a whole rollercoaster of emotions that can be tough to deal with. For some of you this will be your first time leaving home, and even if you do have experience living away from the family, it's a big step. If you're feeling a bit all over the place don't panic. These are just some of the emotions you're bound to feel as you start this new chapter of your life, and they're all completely normal.
You're about to live in a new city, away from your family, for months. You feel on cloud nine, everything is going to be perfect. You can't help but grin thinking about that new found independence, being able to stay up until 3am eating crisps and binge-watching Netflix without your mum barging in and telling you off for using too much electricity.
You have the chance for a fresh start and to try out new things you've never had the opportunity to do before. Things are looking good and you can't even comprehend anything going wrong. Your new life will be perfect.
You are about to live in a new city, away from family, for months. What if everything does go wrong? What if you don't make any new friends? What if you don't like where you are living, or hate your classes? You're so anxious that your search history is full of tips and tricks on how to budget properly and get good grades.
You've probably even read all the student blogs out there with people describing their problems and how they survived university. Your mind is so full of advice you could single-handedly run the university newspaper advice column.
There are a lot of things that need to be done before you get to university. All the paperwork and registration, a new bank account, signing up for modules and paying your accommodation deposit are just some of the many responsibilities you'll need to take care of before you get sucked in to the excitement of freshers.
You're not quite sure how you will handle everything once you're at university, and you don't feel anywhere near ready to be an adult yet. The thought of having to juggle cooking, cleaning and laundry, all while ensuring you have a healthy social life and good grades almost sounds impossible.
No matter what everyone else says about being desperate to escape home, everyone has their down moments. Moving away from your comfort zone to an entirely new place can make you feel a little sad. Your family and best friends won't be around, and chances are, you might even be a little homesick.
You might have a moment or two where you actually think you can't go through with it, you can't move to a new place without having the people you rely on most around you. But don't forget that you'll see them all again in a matter of weeks, and those weeks will fly by. Also, thanks to technology you can see them pretty much whenever you want, and they'll help you feel better when times get tough.
Despite the mixed emotions outlined above, hopefully above all else you'll be feeling excited about the future. Some of you (guilty as charged) will have been preparing for months, noting down all the places you want to visit on the weekends as you explore everything your new location has to offer. Your list is endless and you're not exactly quite sure where you'll start!
You've probably told your family, friends, neighbours and even random strangers all about your plans. While your parents are a little concerned you're going to be spending too much time doing anything but studying, you're just excited for the adventures that await. Literally if you were any more excited, you might just explode.
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You'll select one of three emphasis areas that are in high demand: English as a Second Language; Special Education; or Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). You'll complete one course in each of the three emphasis areas as a foundational part of your core coursework and take an additional two courses in one area. The program requirement will result in 9 credits that can support future endorsement completion and/or job placement.
Students who earn a bachelor's degree in elementary education receive preliminary licensure from the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.
The program is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education-Legacy (NCATE). As the State of Oregon adopted the standards of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) to replace NCATE standards, our next accreditation site visit will be conducted by CAEP in the spring of 2021, one year earlier than our next NCATE site visit would have been.
Admitted students begin the program as a pre-elementary education major. The first year or two, students enroll in the professional program pre-requisites, major support courses and Baccalaureate Core courses. Students then apply to the Professional Program and begin courses in winter term of the third year. The program completes with student teaching and emphasis area coursework.
Future transfer students will need to plan effectively to be ready to apply to the Professional Program in the year they transfer to OSU-Cascades. Be sure to check out the major checklist and transfer articulations to prepare correctly.
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Oakland, Berkeley, And East Bay News, Events, Restaurants, Music, & Arts
In the tradition of ancestor worship -- the only religion native to China -- Ching Ming, or Grave-Sweeping Day, is observed on April 5. During this festival, the Chinese honor dead relatives by weeding grave areas, cleaning headstones, laying food and fresh flowers at the site, lighting incense, and burning imitation paper money (for the departed to spend in the afterworld). Such a morbidly celebratory holiday has surely lit the fire of inspiration under more than one artist's keister. Through April 10, check out how Chai H. Ng, an advanced art student at Ohlone College, commemorates the holiday with an exhibit of traditional and Americanized Ching Ming family artifacts and photographs with explanatory text. Ching Ming Celebration is up at the Louie Meager Art Gallery (Ohlone College, 43600 Mission Blvd., Fremont) right now; gallery hours are Monday-Friday, noon-3 p.m. Info: Ohlone.edu/org/artgallery, 510-659-6176.
Judith Miller isn't the first writer to be threatened with jail time for refusing to reveal a source; as recently as 2001, Houston author Vanessa Leggett was imprisoned for 168 days for declining to disclose research and name sources for a true-crime book as part of a grand jury inquiry. Miller's case, however, is the first in thirty years to be brought before a federal appeals court. You can find out the latest developments in the Pulitzer Prize-winner's case -- and whether she thinks she'll do time for refusing to answer questions about the leak of CIA officer Valerie Plame's identity -- when Miller appears in conversation with Lowell Bergman for "The Consequences of Confidential Sources: Jail," at UC Berkeley's Wheeler Auditorium this evening. 7:30 p.m., $10 (students free). Reserve your spot by calling 510-642-9988.
There is a long history of art created in transit -- poetry written on long flights, sketches created on late-night subway trains, and so forth. But what of the time spent waiting to be en route? Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company explores the feelings of "stuckness" experienced by individuals stranded in a terminal by a flight delay in Tomorrow Is Today. The piece, written and choreographed by Destiny Arts' young members in collaboration with professional artists, plays this and next Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and this Sunday at 3 p.m., at the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts (1428 Alice St., Oakland). Ticket price is on a sliding scale, $12-$20, or $6 for those under eighteen. Visit DestinyArts.org or call 510-597-1619.
Today is your last chance to see John Casey's first solo show of mixed-media sculptures and pen-and-ink drawings. For Unusual Suspects, Casey has loaned his demons to the Cricket Engine Studio and Gallery, and man, are they cute -- in a grotesque kind of way. The Oakland-by-way-of-New England rez creates detailed drawings and glossy, small-scale sculptures of clownish monstrosities that somehow -- despite their gimp masks, vestigial horns, feet for bodies, boxing gloves for legs, sphincter-lipped mouths, and incorrectly hairy parts -- seem to beg for your love. Cricket Engine is located at 499 Embarcadero Ave., Building 3, Oakland, and gallery hours are noon-5 p.m. CricketEngine.org, 510-326-7936. Check out Casey's work at BunnyWax.com
Rahim AlHaj was born in Baghdad and began playing the oud at age nine. In 1991, after the first Gulf War, his political activism against the Hussein regime forced him from his home country, leading him to first Jordan, then Syria. In 2000 he came to the United States as a political refugee and has been here ever since, carving a name for himself as a successful musician in Albuquerque. "Rahim's music is the most eloquent expression of his desire for peace," writes Joanne Sheehy Hoover, a music critic for the Albuquerque Journal. "I cannot imagine a better ambassador, especially during the current war madness." AlHaj performs a solo concert in Berkeley tonight at the Freight & Salvage, 2015 Addison St., beginning at 8 p.m. $18.50 in advance, $19.50 at the door. Info: TheFreight.org, 510-548-1761.
Got a case of the Mondays? Stop into the Lakeview Branch of the Oakland Public Library, 550 El Embarcadero, tonight for a Stress Less Seminar. From 6:30-7:45 p.m., Tess M. Oulette will share skills for handling everyday stress (you know, paper jams, micromanaging bosses), how to experience deep relaxation, and how hypnosis can give you more energy and focus for what matters. We can't guarantee you'll walk out feeling like you're on a fishing trip, but hey, it's free, so why not, right? Please skip the scented products, though. 510-238-7344.
Attention, all ye droppers of knowledge, spinners of science, victors of verse, and rhyming rapscallions of all range: There's a new open mic in town, and its name is Twilight Tuesdays. Each week, the Theatrical Poetic Collective presents an open mic from 7-7:30 p.m., with any original or improv pieces welcome (no profanity or explicit language, please), followed by an hour of Third Eye Theater, wherein participants' original poetry will be incorporated into a theatrical scene. The evening ends with a topical, impromptu round-robin session, with contestants given a theme or words and two minutes to compose a poem, with cash prizes awarded. $5 admission fee, no one turned away for lack of funds. The Third Eye Theater activity requires rehearsal -- e-mail email@example.com for more information. At the Black Repertory Group theater, 3201 Adeline St., Berkeley.
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Cultural Change in the King Island Community
The photographs in this exhibit come from the archives of the Oregon Province of Jesuits housed at Gonzaga University. Information for this exhibit has been drawn from letters and journals of Father Bellarmine Lafortune, S.J. who lived amongst the King Islander community. His main goal was to bring Catholicism to the indigenous community. King Islanders had been isolated from white culture prior to the Nome Gold Rush of 1898 and this collection captures images of the period of transition that ensued.
This exhibit highlights photographs that reveal the tension formed by the Jesuits entering the King Island community and bringing entirely new religious and cultural ideas with them. The documents cited in this exhibit are written from a Jesuit perspective and reveal the inherent biases that the white people had against these indigenous peoples.
Special Collections at Santa Clara University have also digitized photographs of the King Islanders. For images taken by Bernard Hubbard, S.J. see: https://content.scu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/kingisland
Much of those photographs are from mid-twentieth century. Thus the Treca collection here are some of the earliest archival photographs of the King Island community.


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It snowed on Friday. Only 3 inches or so but the first accumulated snow we have had here in over 2 years. And Winston is not happy about it. Not happy at all. Now Kirby is in snow heaven. Like the good Irish dog he is, the cold and snow just rolls off him. Even now he is bounding around the back yard communing with nature, racing the squirrels along the fence and in general, just having a blast. Willow is asleep. And Winston? Well, he is gazing longingly out the front window in hopes that the weather there is dramatically better than the one outside the back door.
He reminds me of that quote from Robert A. Heinlein's wife, Virginia, that inspired his novel The Door into Summer. Virginia remarked when their cat refused to leave the house: "he's looking for a door into summer." That's Winston. Going from one door to the next, eternally optimistic that he will find that the door opens into summer, or spring, or fall, anything but a season that contains snow or ice. We head out the backdoor into the snow, Willow and Kirby marching resolutely ahead. Only Winston stops at the door, peering out, dubious at the thought of putting paw to the cold snowy ground. Eventually he goes out, does his business and quickly returns to the warmth of home after venturing out perhaps 5 ft in all. Willow returns next, and then we all gather at the door to watch as Kirby runs and gambols around, only returning with a sigh when I call him in.
Then and only then does Winston begin to bounce. He twirls, he whirls, he grabs his leash and heads to the front door where surely it is sunny, warm and green. Several times I have accommodated him. I hook up his leash, grab my hat, gloves, scarf and coat (and his sweater) and we head out the door. And every time Winston freezes as he looks out upon the snow and ice. We get no further than the driveway. The disbelief and disgust is written on his upturned face as he looks back at me. The little balloon above his head so clearly stating "really? here too?" And without me saying a word he pulls me back to the front door and the warmth he knows is inside.
So here we sit, all four. For myself, I think the snow is beautiful and fleeting, it is Maryland these days after all. Kirby is waiting for his next adventure in the backyard where the foxes and squirrels await. Willow is asleep behind me, content in her red sweater. And Winston? Well, he is watchful and waiting too. For the grass to be green, the bunnies appear along with the bees and the warmth of his favorite seasons. I love that optimism. For Winston a change in the weather is only a door away. No matter how many times it proves otherwise, the promise of Summer remains just on the other side of the door.
Always hopeful. Not a bad way to live at all.
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REHS 6300: Foundations in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling [3‐0]
An introduction to the broad field of human rehabilitation. Study includes historical, legislative and organizational bases; rehabilitation process; personnel standards and types of rehabilitation facilities.
REHS 6305: Ethics, Legal and Professional Issues in Clinical Rehabilitation [3‐0]
This course will cover the professional counselor's knowledge base concerning ethical theories, principles, and the application of these principles to the counseling practice. Topics include the use of ethical codes, laws and ethical decision‐making to develop the counselor's critical thinking skills. The course will utilize lecture, experiential activities, processing of ethical dilemmas, discussion, role‐plays and group work.
REHS 6310: Case Management in Rehabilitation [3‐0]
Procedures and processes in individualized case planning, recording, management and reporting systems used by rehabilitation professionals in providing and coordinating available services to persons with disabilities. Emphasis is upon the rehabilitation process, the professional/client relationship and interviewing techniques. Focus is upon case management in public, private and medical rehabilitation settings.
REHS 6315: Research and Program Evaluation [3‐0]
An exploration of qualitative and quantitative research methods and experimental designs with specific application to research in rehabilitation. Students will also demonstrate skills in the application and interpretation of statistical procedures utilizing a statistical software package.
REHS 6320: Psychosocial Aspects of Disability [3‐0]
The course examines the psychological and social aspects of individual and family adjustment to disability and chronic illness. Included are findings in research on the adjustment process and on the relationship of psychological and social variables to the acquisition and maintenance of health.
REHS 6325: Group Counseling in Rehabilitation [3‐0]
Group counseling with people with disabilities will address the approaches in‐group counseling with the different disability groups. The role of the counselor in‐group counseling will be emphasized. The course will include instruction and practice in the application of group procedures and processes as they apply to people with disabilities.
Prerequisite: REHS 6360.
REHS 6330: Assessment and Testing [3‐0]
Introduction to vocational assessment with focus on measurement concepts, procedures and practices used in conducting a systematic appraisal of individuals with handicapping conditions resulting from age, disease and trauma.
REHS 6335: Addictions Counseling in Clinical Rehabilitation [3‐0]
This course focuses on the models of addictions and the cultural, ethical, legal, biological, psychopharmacological and familial aspects of addiction and disabilities. Assessment, treatment planning, aspects of behavior change, program planning and evaluation, and counseling issues will be addressed. Harm reduction, the continuum model of drug use, level of functioning and comorbidity (dual diagnosis) concepts will be explored.
REHS 6340: Advanced Counseling and Diagnostics in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling [3‐0]
This course is designed to increase the student's understanding of the field of psychiatric rehabilitation, with an emphasis on special populations. Students will be introduced to the philosophical and empirical basis of psychiatric rehabilitation, including an overview of programming models, service‐system issues, and current research in psychological disorders and their treatment. Students will be able to demonstrate in‐depth understanding of the facts, concepts, and principles underlying and guiding the growth of the field of psychiatric rehabilitation through role‐playing, recorded interviews and counseling sessions, observation analysis, and evaluation of interviewing techniques. Throughout the course, focus will be placed on the consumer movement, ethical and legal aspects in counseling, and cross‐cultural issues.
REHS 6345: Medical Aspects of Disability [3‐0]
Advanced studies in medical conditions most frequently encountered by rehabilitation professionals. A detailed study of the medical resources employed by professionals assisting people with disabilities will occur. Students will learn about the diagnosis, prognosis and vocational implications of various disabilities.
REHS 6350: Career Development and Job Placement [3‐0]
Provides an overview of job placement based on a systems perspective. Students will have an opportunity to explore various job placement philosophies, programs and techniques as well as to gain hands‐on experience in job analysis, labor market analysis and career exploration.
REHS 6355: Developmental Lifespan and Disability [3‐0]
The purpose of this course is to provide an overview on how biological, psychological, and social factors influence individual development throughout the lifespan. Special emphasis on the rehabilitative process and how it relates to human growth and development and disability‐related issues will be provided. Students will gain a working knowledge of the theories of human development, the needs of individuals with disabilities, and how to implement approaches and plans that enhance personal development, decision‐ making abilities, personal responsibility, and quality of life of individuals with disabilities across the life span. Students will learn to demonstrate counselor sensitivity to stressors and the role of positive attitudes in responding to coping barriers and challenges to facilitate the development of transition strategies to successfully complete the rehabilitation process.
REHS 6360: Counseling Theories in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling [3‐0]
Study of major counseling theories and techniques with focus on principles and competencies in rehabilitation counseling, including special applications and modifications that may be required in counseling persons with mental, physical or emotional disabilities.
REHS 6365: Multicultural and Social Diversity [3‐0]
The course provides students with the opportunity to identify their personal values, explore cultural diversity issues and enhance their ability to apply rehabilitation services to diverse populations. This course provides students with multicultural skills necessary to address the social and emotional issues cross‐culturally to people with disabilities. Students are able to perceive and conceptualize the multicultural factors that affect people with disabilities. They are able to provide culturally relevant rehabilitation counseling.
REHS 6370: Techniques in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling [3‐0]
Study of current techniques utilized in rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation client services. Structured learning experiences for development of competencies in utilization of the techniques with rehabilitation clients.
Prerequisite:REHS 6360.
REHS 6375: Psychiatric Rehabilitation [3‐0]
The purpose of this course is to introduce the basic concepts of abnormal psychology and to facilitate understanding of the principles of psychiatric rehabilitation as it relates to working with individuals with mental disorders and other disabilities. The course is also designed to teach students specific concepts, skills and competencies required to differentiate between normal human growth and development and abnormal human behavior and symptoms using the DSM‐IV‐TR.
REHS 6385: Couple and Family Counseling [3‐0]
This course examines the history of and major contemporary approaches to couple and family counseling with special emphasis the impact of disability. Issues of gender, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, disability and other contextual factors as they relate to couple, marriage and family counseling are examined. This course focuses on helping students respond in a culturally sensitive, nonsexist and non‐prejudicial manner to the couples, families and individuals with disabilities they serve while considering the changing role of the family in society.
REHS 6390: Practicum in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling [3‐0]
A minimum of 100 clock hours of supervised experiences in a clinically‐based rehabilitation counseling setting under the supervision of qualified rehabilitation faculty. Includes a one‐hour‐per‐week seminar in ethics and standards of practice in rehabilitation, as well as regularly scheduled weekly meetings for individual and group supervision.
Prerequisite: REHS 6300, REHS 6360, REHS 6370, or program permission.
REHS 7300: Internship in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling [6‐0]
A 300 - hour applied experience in the student's area of specialization in a rehabilitation agency or facility external to the University. Includes a 1 1/2 hour-per-week seminar and group supervision meeting. Prerequisites: Completion of all required coursework and practicum or program approval. This course will need to be repeated once (6 hours total) to meet program requirements.
Prerequisite: REHS 6300, REHS 6360, REHS 6370, AND REHS 6390.
REHS 7600: Internship in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling [6‐0]
A 600‐hour applied experience in the student's area of specialization in a rehabilitation agency or facility external to the University. Includes a one hour‐per‐week seminar and group supervision meeting.
Prerequisite: Completion of all required coursework and practicum or program approval.


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While some might claim that the pursuit of straight teeth has been around since ancient times, the large-scale development of orthodontics started much later.
More than 50 million school hours are lost each year because of poor oral health. FDI World Dental Federation supports teachers to integrate oral health into their lesson plans, with the aim to have healthier, happier children inside and outside the classroom.
The Journal of Dental Research has published a paper written by researchers at Wuhan University School & Hospital of Stomatology with recommendations for dental practitioners and dental students in light of COVID-19.
Chronic diseases, like oral disease and obesity, share many of the same risk factors. World Obesity Day calls for more comprehensive solutions, treatment, and collective responsibility for addressing this global epidemic together.
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The contaminating hype surrounding Final Fantasy VII, the three-CD Sony PlayStation game, is nothing if not abidingly obnoxious. Spinmeisters are even comparing savvy series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi to venerable Star Wars genius George Lucas. But Final Fantasy offers game geeks a future so dramatically surreal and constantly compelling that comparisons to other media do it no justice.
This title lures you like a seductive siren in a machine. You are Cloud Strife, a sword-shouldering do-gooder armed with spells, energy orbs, ice, and a moody, superherolike crew. Rarely daunted, your gang helps you save the cyberworld Midgar from the Shinra – evil, super-rat bastards who are more sadistic than Gotti, Valachi, and Vinnie the Chin combined.
The graphics are so fiercely intense that fire seems to lap at you as if it's a demon with its own devilish personality.
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Preparing your trip to Lviv: advices & hints - things to do and to obey
1. Smoking tourists should take into account that local trains and buses are non smoking. For violating the smoking ban one will be charged with fees. One should pay attention to the restrictive signs placed in the streets. As a rule, near the government bodies and public establishments there are specially equipped smoking areas.
2. Lvov is a perfect destination for prudent tourists as the city offers a great variety of comfortable hostels. The hostel accommodation will cost from 10 to 15 euro per night. Many hostels are scattered around the city center.
3. Local restaurants also feature attractive pricing, the budgetary eating places are set at every turn. As a rule the upscale restaurants are placed in close vicinity of landmarks and monuments, the remote areas of the city will stun the guests with a selection of cafés, bars and pubs.
4. The time constrained tourists may be recommended to make a city tram tour. Almost every tram route goes through the significant places and landmarks of the city. The tram trip will turn into exciting experience. The tram ticket should be bought directly from the tram driver, then the ticket should be clipped.
6. One should undoubtedly visit one of the touristic centers. One of them is placed directly near the railway station. Tourists will be offered a vast choice of guides and city maps which will turn of great help for every tourist.
7. Local people are respectful towards city guests however they give preference to the native language. Tourists should learn several phrases in Ukrainian as it will show their respectful attitude towards local people and will set connections with them.
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THE latest route provided for runners by Mark Jones of Swindon Striders starts and finishes at the Croft Sports Centre in Old Town. Prominent landmarks such as this are useful beginnings and endings to runs. The route covers roughly five miles.
From the sports centre head out on to Marlborough Road towards Coate Water.
Turn right and on to Downs View Road
From Downs View Road, a left turn will take you into the Polo Ground.
Cut across the Polo Ground heading towards Coate Water
Cut through the woods at the end of the Polo Ground until you come to a tarmac path at Coate Water, and then make a right turn.
Now make sure to follow the path until you reach the pitch and putt on the left hand side.
Turn left at this point and follow the lake all the way round, keeping the water to your.
Continue in this direction until you eventually get to Broome Manor Lane.
Taking care because of the traffic, follow the road until you get to a gate on the left.
This leads to a footpath which will in turn take you to Broome Manor golf course.
Remain on this path - and then on the service road which will lead you to Pipers Way.
Turn right and make for the brow of then hill. On reaching the brow, take a left into the woods.
Finally, follow the path back to the Marriott Hotel and then in turn back to Croft Sports Centre.
Road and trail running club Swindon Striders prides itself on being an organisation for all runners - and ready to meet every whim of the British climate.
Runs take place rain or shine, and are open to people of all abilities.
There are three sub-groups of runners in the Striders.
The first is for those who can run a mile in 11 or 12 minutes, or in other words for people who are probably just getting started in running.
The second group is for people capable of running a nine-minute mile. They are the middle set of runners and range from people training in a fairly solitary way to those needing practice as they work towards goals such as a half-marathon.
The third group is composed of runners described by Swindon Striders Secretary Mark Jones as the ons who are pretty quick. This group includes local elite athletes - competition runners.
When the club was set up 24 years ago, it had a dozen members, but the figure is now somewhere between 100 and 120.
In addition to falling into various categories of ability, members have a broad range of ages and backgrounds.
Member Dave Fouracre, for example, is in his seventies and picked up a trophy at the Swindon 10k event held at Wroughton airfield.
Monday evening club nights now include a 5K to 10K course from the Croft Sports' Centre or the Oasis. They are for people who can run 5K and want to get better and be able to tackle 10k or more.
The course is free and open to anyone who wants to improve their running.
Aside from advice on running, people who join can expect a thriving social scene.
Mark, who met partner Samantha Roylance thanks to the club, said: "We do social activities including barbecues curry nights out, Christmas parties - and one of our members, Kelly Harvey, is in an Abba tribute band, so we go and support her.''
The Striders also help out at other clubs' running events.
Members have acted as marshals for the Park Runs at Lydiard, for example, and staffed the checkpoints at the Marlborough Downs Challenge last May.
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The 3-bedroom Cumberland Trace timber home plan by MossCreek Designs features an open loft, a great room with a stone fireplace, a large wraparound porch, and open concept kitchen/living space, and a main-floor master bedroom suite.
As westward migration increased, communities developed along the Cumberland Trace. In 1785, settlers built McFadden's Station on the Cumberland Trace near the Barren River approximately where I-65 crosses the Barren River as a "rest stop" for travelers.
The Cumberland Trace by MossCreek creates a "rest stop for travelers" as well. Open plan living and a Master Bedroom on the main level are a welcomed comfort. Generous Guest Bedrooms complete the perfect floor plan. With the use of natural materials of wood, stone, and glass, the Cumberland Trace is the perfect small rustic home.
Now you can kiss the long design process goodbye, and best of all, each design can be easily altered to your specific needs. Go ahead, order today and start building tomorrow! See the entire collection on the web, or call for a free brochure. An optional lower level adds 1,024 square feet, two bedrooms and a bath to the plan.


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Vintage Snowmobile Rides are back again this year on Sundays: January 26, February 23 and March 15.
Meet at the Clubhouse (197 N. Dorchester Road, Wentworth, NH) at 8am to ride out together.
ANY vintage sled is welcome and registration is NOT required, as long as you remain with the group throughout the ride and do not stray from Baker River club trails.
We hope you will join in the fun!


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All of our cotton caps are made in Italy and are a "one size fits all".
In reality, they fit the vast majority of people well but those above a 60cm will struggle.
It is also worth noting that although the cap itself can be machine washed (at 30 degrees), the peaks and ribbons of some caps are more delicate than others.
Therefore in Prendas` extensive experience, the longevity of cotton caps increases with careful hand washing in cold water with mild washing detergent used. The La Vie Claire caps in particular with the original 1980's Tyvek ribbon is only suitable for a cold hand wash only.
We have written a blog article about washing a cotton cycling cap to help you avoid a disaster!
A turquoise Bouygues Telecom team cotton cap from the 2007 season when Nalini supplied the French team that is now Direct Energie.


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The Go! Team - Apollo Throwdown
alex on December 14 2010
Couldn't ask for more from The Go! Team, Rolling Blackouts is an absolute homerun of an album. Thanks to all the donors so far, you folks are fantastic people who will sit beside me in the after life sipping mojitos while Chris and I DJ from an iPod. Someday when I really feel like dropping some knowledge on you listeners I'll hit you up with my theory of the afterlife, you may want to wear diapers for that one.


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Are you frustrated by your dog's behavior? If that is the case, you may need to do more canine training. The more training you're able to give, the faster they'll become obedient. The following piece will give you advice on how to train your dog properly.
Make sure that there is a calm environment in the room where your dog is. Your dog should have the patience to wait for you to get settled and signal that you are ready to play with him. Calmly enter the house and ignoring your dog until you are ready to interact with him.
Always reward good, calm behavior. Once your dog follows your command, reward his behavior. This will help to excite your dog and leave you in complete control. Remain calm, expect them to be calm, and then award them when appropriate.
It is best to train your pet without unintentionally affirming his undesirable behaviors and mistakes. Withhold treats and attention when your dog exhibits any undesirable behaviors. For instance, don't pat your dog on the head if it's jumping up on you.
The first thing your dog must learn is who the boss is. Your dog will not respect or obey you, unless you let him know that you are the boss. Avoid allowing your dog to lead you during walks. Instead, walk in front of your dog to show that you are the leader of this pack.
Don't approach a strange dog too quickly. Hold our your hand and slowly move closer. Dogs need to familiarize themselves with the smell before they can trust you. Once a dog recognizes your particular scent, he will be unafraid and willing to obey.
Positive reinforcement is an essential component of puppy training. Give your dog positive reinforcement if they do a good job. Do not ever scream at or strike your dog. This makes the dog think you are imbalanced. Stay positive and your dog will pick up your training in no time.
If your dog's barking is driving you nuts, you might try acclimating the animal to whatever stimuli is causing the undesirable excitement. It can be a sound, or being face to face with other people or other animals. Your dog will know the difference and will understand that there's no reason to bark when presented these situations.
Spending time in training your dog will give you a more obedient pet, which will lead to more fun and relaxation. It often feels as though your puppy will never learn, but results come quickly. By using this advice, you can successfully train your dog.


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A number of businesses we promote across Wimbledon and Merton have treated themselves to a new website.
In today's market, no matter what industry you're in - it's worth highlighting that having a good, approachable online presence is key to your business.
Whether it be a whole new website, an active Facebook account or even keeping people update via Twitter.
Anderson Food Hygiene, based in Morden is a multi-award winning provider of training and consultancy services to the catering and hospitality industry within the UK and Internationally.
Check out their website here.
Evoke Furniture is a local bespoke furniture maker. Whether you are at the first or final stages of putting together ideas for your furniture, call Evoke for a free one-to-one consultation with their head furniture designer and maker, Tom Davies.
Check out their website here.
The Holiday Inn is an AA 4 star hotel provides the perfect combination of comfort and convenience for all your travel needs. They have 116 contemporary bedrooms which offer ultimate comfort and amenities, including complimentary WiFi, luxury beds, en-suite bathrooms, satellite television and individually controlled heating/air-conditioning.
Check out their website here.
Hunt Trucks specialise in removals, storage, self drive van hire and MOT and vehicle repairs. Hunt Trucks is over 50 years old and is a family run business based in Wimbledon, South West London. Their specialists are ready and waiting to help you with all your transport requirements.
Check out their website here.
Simmons Creperie will set up a lovely crepe bar in your venue and in minutes their trained chefs are ready to cook fresh crepes and galettes live in seconds before your guestâs eyes, enjoyed by many companies and celebrity guests including Anthony Hopkins, Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren!
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Solid match against Arsenal
Our team had a great showing against Arsenal in our International Champions Cup debut in Singapore. The match ended 1-1 and went straight to penalties, where we won the shootout. Both Rodrigo and Adán made their unofficial debuts for our club.
Our first preseason friendly of the 2018/19 season ended in a one-all draw against Arsenal at the Singapore National Stadium.
Arsenal started off strongly and Jan Oblak had to make two great saves. However, our team slowly got into the groove of the match and took control. And just a few minutes before half-time, we took the lead with a brilliant Luciano Vietto goal. Ángel Correa made a great run and crossed the ball to Vietto, who headed it home.
At the start of the second half, Antonio Adán came on for the first time as an Atlético. However, luck wasn't on our side as Arsenal equalized in the 47th minute through a brilliant strike that went into the top corner.
We had great chances to score the winning goal, but our shots weren't on target or went straight to the Arsenal keeper. Diego Pablo Simeone also heavily mixed up the side in the second half as he gave minutes to Aitor, Borja, Carlos Isaac, Mollejo, Mikel Carro, Solano and Tachi.
The matched ended 1-1 and we ended up winning it in the penalty shootout (3-1). Adán had a stunning performance in the shootout and saved three penalties and scored our winning goal. Our next ICC match will be on the 30th against PSG.


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There is a feeling of 'time to move on' as we watch them gradually cutting their ties to the nest and enjoy the freedom of the skies and the surrounding area, returning only every so often to the nest which has been their home for the last five months.
So, who is still here you all want to know, not easy, we can only pass on what we know and our thoughts based on sightings and other factors.
We think BLUE24 has left on migration, she has not been seen for a while now. Our guess is she may have gone on 26/8/19, weather conditions were also favourable on that day. HR7 was seen last week, a sighting of an Osprey on Gors Maen Llwyd (NWWT) was reported last Monday, 2/9/19.
Yesterday, 5/9/19, our attention was diverted from Ospreys to a juvenile Greater Spotted Woodpecker on the peanut feeder near the trailer, just when we thought he couldn't possibly eat any more, he flew onto the fat feeder to enjoy the rest of the banquet. Back to Osprey, nothing in sight, then yet another distraction, a Buzzard very close to the trailer flying from tree top to tree top before taking to the skies flying low over and around us before gaining height and disappearing into the distance, just magnificent!
Back to Osprey! We then scanned the trees adjoining the nest, in hope rather than expectation, but there he was, sitting on a branch right by the nest, ah, but who? After much observation we are fairly sure it was KA5(ROLI), he remained there for about ½ hour before flying down the inlet, above the nest and then towards Gors Maen Llwyd. Later we had another Osprey sighting in the sky above Gors Maen Llwyd but could not identify which one.
If that was KA5(ROLI) then HR7 will still be at there, it looks very much as though HR7 and KA5(ROLI) are still at Llyn Brenig.


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Welcome, we have now re-opened, Covid secure! Voted no.1 magic moment on the BBC's Countryfile 30th anniversary programme.
Predator Experience Ltd provides innovative bird of prey falconry days, mammal and reptile experiences within the stunning Lake District National Park in Cumbria. Motivated by the need to protect bio-diversity within the natural world, we won't just show you how these predatory birds and mammals live, we'll take you into their world!
"The most amazing falconry days and wolf experiences you can imagine…"
We are not a falconry centre, and are not open to causal visitors. We specialize in pre-booked interactive experiences for the adventurous of spirit, and those who are just fascinated by the natural world!
There are many evolutionary adaptations and environments to explore, your journey starts here! Venture into an Eagle Experience Day on the Lakeland Fells flying Golden Eagles, over the Irish Sea. Hawk Walks take you on a trail through the beautiful woodlands or countryside with a team of Hawks. An Experience Day has the stealth of the Owls and the speed of the falcons. Enter the depths of the stunning, Lake District countryside on a journey Walking with Wolves experience.
Whichever you choose, you can be sure all our mammal, reptile and falconry experiences are designed to inspire, professionally delivered by our dedicated qualified handlers in an environment which is breath-taking.
Use this website to find out more about an experience day of a lifetime, a holiday with a touch of wilderness, or a gift, which also benefits the wild populations of predators in the natural world! We are here all year, and we'd love to hear from you.


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AMSBT books are back in stock!
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These kittens are ready to party!
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Free Marketing Advice: How Far Is Too Far?
Anyone who works in business development at an agency has encountered this dilemma: An RFP includes a request for a detailed set of strategic and tactical marketing recommendations that would solve some very specific business challenges.
But a recent RFP went even further: Forecast the response expected from each media channel recommended, and include proof of concept by detailing how that idea in that channel delivered for another client. Anyone in their right mind who answers this question is giving away proprietary results! Yet, we all know that if we don't comply with the RFP, we can pretty much count ourselves out of consideration in the next round of reviews. But how much of our intellectual property should we be willing to give away to win a client's business?
Many prospects are willing to pay for creative ideas — some have been shamed into it, while others have finally placed a value on the time an agency will have to invest in conceiving, writing and designing creative ideas (although we all know we never get adequately compensated).
However, there are other challenges facing our industry on price, value and just plain old fashioned respect. For example I've noticed that if someone does ask for some free marketing advice in a public forum, many experienced marketers will provide very thoughtful and insightful answers. But others are quick to dismiss the ideas that others present in order to promote their own answer. After I was publicly shamed for one of my recent responses, I decided the public forum may not be the best place to participate in a thoughtful discussion on marketing challenges.
Many new startups in Silicon Valley spend time on a site called Founders Dating, seeking advice and counsel on everything from marketing to HR, technology to investor-related challenges. Even after I responded to a question that was right in my wheelhouse of expertise, there were over 200 "experts" chiming in with their advice – so how could the individual raising the question possibly know what they should do next?
A blog that challenges B-to-B marketers to learn, share, question, and focus on getting it right—the first time. Carolyn Goodman is President/Creative Director of Goodman Marketing Partners. An award-winning creative director, writer and in-demand speaker, Carolyn has spent her 30-year career helping both B-to-B and B-to-C clients cut through business challenges in order to deliver strategically sound, creatively brilliant marketing solutions that deliver on program objectives. To keep her mind sharp, Carolyn can be found most evenings in the boxing ring, practicing various combinations. You can find her at the Goodman Marketing website, on LinkedIn, or on Twitter @CarolynGoodman.


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With the e-tron, Audi is making electric mobility a reality for long-distance driving – thanks in part to charging power that is unique among the competition. The e-tron is not only the first mass-produced car that can be charged with up to 150 kW of electricity at a fast charging …Read More »
Audi to Debut Q4 e-tron compact SUV concept at Geneva
Audi is set to unveil its Q4 e-tron concept electric SUV at the Geneva International Automotive Show on 5th March. First design sketches of its next all-electric model to bear the e-tron badge have just been released. The compact SUV Audi Q4 e-tron concept provides a glimpse of the next …Read More »
Audi e-tron available to order in UK
Orders are now being taken in the UK for the Audi e-tron, the first fully electric Audi , the e-tron and e-tron Launch Edition – priced at £71,490 OTR and £82,240 OTR respectively. The new five-seat SUV will be followed by at least 11 more fully electric Audi models between now …Read More »
Audi Plugs EEBUS Standard for Electric Cars
Audi is involved in the EEBUS initiative to promote networking across manufacturer and industry boundaries. The Audi e-tron is the first electric car whose charging system uses the new communication standard. At the "Plugfest E-Mobility" at the Audi plant in Brussels, developers are testing cross-industry compatibility before the EEBUS standard for energy …Read More »
Fleet of 50 Audi e-trons at Davos World Economic Forum
Audi is providing a fleet of 50 Audi e-tron cars for this year's World Economic Forum in Davos. The all-electric cars are fully powered by green electricity. And with mobile charging containers, the company is demonstrating a potential application of used batteries from electric cars. The Audi e-tron is the first all-electric large-series model …Read More »
Audi PB18 e-tron concept premieres at Pebble Beach
Audi has launched the all-electric Audi PB18 e-tron concept car at Pebble Beach Automotive Week in California. The Audi PB18 e-tron follows the traditional architecture of a mid-engine sports car with a cab that is positioned far forward. The car's centre of gravity is located behind the seats and in …Read More »
Audi e-tron shows off recuperative power at Pikes Peak
The Audi e-tron prototype combines enormous power and high efficiency. With a system output of up to 300 kW, the full-size SUV with a fully electric drive accelerates from 0-62mph in less than six seconds. In the WLTP test cycle, it covers more than 248 miles on one battery charge. …Read More »
Audi UK Taking Deposits for e-tron Electric SUV
If you want to be one of the first UK drivers to own the all-new Audi e-tron electric SUV, you can now place a £1,000 deposit online or via your local Audi UK dealer. 250 e-tron prototypes are currently being tested over 23 million miles globally and the first customer cars …Read More »
Audi shows etron SUV concept in camo at Geneva
After the launch of the new A6 Saloon at the Geneva Motor Show, Audi uncovered its new fully electric SUV. The Audi e-tron prototype offers a preview of Audi's first all-electric model. Camouflaged with a specially developed design film, it showcases the high-voltage drive system. The electrifying exterior conceals a sporty premium …Read More »
Audi and Porsche developing shared architecture for electric cars
Ten months after launching their joint electric offensive, Audi and Porsche are deepening their development partnership. Their shared goal is to create a pioneering architecture called the Premium Platform Electric (PPE), is to shape the mobility of tomorrow together and bring electric vehicles to market more quickly. By making effective …Read More »


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From the Desk of the Managing Director
Dr. O.P. Agarwal (Managing Director)
Education deficits can hinder a society in location, but in a globalized world these deficits can be even more detrimental to a country's economy & development. By merging many national markets into one global market, globalization increases the competitive pressures faced by individuals, companies and societies.
Due to globalization, organizational transformation is taking place in various sectors. It is a challenging issue for the dynamic business environment to look for competent & creative professionals.
The students at NIET Business School are trained in such a fashion that they are abreast with the changing trends in corporate world. They have been groomed to be expert in their respective fields with leadership qualities, positive attitude, loyalty & integrity to the organization. The institute boasts of its own finishing school, "Pyramid Finishing School" which aims at constant corporate grooming by working on the communication & presentation skills of the students. Besides this the Institute has a well managed Career Management Cell which is committed to providing quality placement to the students in reputed companies, thus encouraging students to perform at their best.
Through dedicated hard work & positive approach of our CMC team, our future managers are able to secure reputable positions in corporate world & go places. Well, action speaks louder than words & we are a good instance for this maxim. We have been awarded many accolades for the placements we provide to our students. The awards prove the quality of overall development that we have been imparting to the students.
My Best Wishes to the NIET Business School's Future Managers.


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On her first day at Hamilton Air Force Base in 1961, 1st Lt. Rose Shadduck delivered a baby with almost no help. Annette Perry, a chief yeoman in the Navy, was one of the first women to join the military.
These and seven other Marin women veterans were honored Sunday at a Valentine's Day luncheon held by the American Legion Auxiliary San Anselmo Unit 179 at the American Legion Log Cabin in San Anselmo.
"Women veterans made a tremendous contribution to the war effort and we want to make sure they get the appreciation they deserve," said Meg Tarantino, who co-chaired Sunday's event with Ellen Boesner.
"You are the unsung heroes," Tarantino told the veterans as she opened the event.
There are 1.8 million women veterans in America, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Women veterans are one of the fastest growing segments of America's veteran population. By 2020, they will make up more than 15 percent of the country's veterans, according to the department.
Despite this, all too often women vets are overlooked, participants said.
"Women go unrecognized," said Ramona Chipman of Novato, who was on active duty as an Army captain from 1949 to 1956, then served in the reserves from 1973 to 1989.
"Women have served in the military since the (American) Revolution, and every one of them is a volunteer," Chipman said.
Chipman, who was born in San Rafael, ran an education center for troops in Japan. "Some recruits had only a fourth-grade education, so we taught them math, reading, basic subjects. It was very satisfying," she said. "Those kids never had a channel to get educated before."
Shadduck, who lives in San Anselmo, was born in Boston. She said she was thrilled when the military sent her to Hamilton.
"I fell in love with Marin County and never left," Shadduck said. She was on active duty from 1961 to 1963 and served in the reserves from 1963 to 1965.
"I worked in (obstetrics and gynecology)," Shadduck said. A registered nurse, on her first day at Hamilton, she delivered a baby "practically by myself," she said.
Kathy Sullivan, a Greenbrae resident, entered the Air Force in 1967 and served in the nurse corps until 1970. She served in the reserves from 1971 to 1991, working as a flight nurse during the latter years.
"I was on John McCain's return flight" as he returned home from Vietnam after being released from his confinement as a prisoner of war, Sullivan said. She was also a flight instructor at Travis Air Force Base for three years in the reserves, she said.
Perry, the former yeoman, served from 1943 to 1945. "My mother had to sign for me. You had to be 21 in those days, and I was 20," said Perry, who lives in Greenbrae.
Linda Spencer of Novato was a Navy photographer from 1968 to 1972. She first served on Treasure Island, then Pensacola, Florida, then Washington, D.C.
"Film would come back from Vietnam. We processed it and sent it to the Pentagon. It was top secret," Spencer said. Ironically, because the press was allowed so much access to the action during that war, "three days earlier we saw the photos in the paper, because there were press photographers there," she said.
K.C. Cote, a Novato resident, did two tours of duty in Vietnam. She joined the Air Force in 1956 and retired in 1979 as a colonel.
Jackie Tribolet of Larkspur served in the Army Nurse Corps from 1972 to 1985.
"I met so many wonderful people," she said. "I became a maternal-child health specialist by the time I got out."
Orietta Hardy-Sayles, a weather specialist, served in the Air Force from 1962 to 1969.
For most of her early life, Diana Smith of San Anselmo belonged to an extremely strict church that forbade such things as college and patriotism. After a falling out with the church, she enlisted in 1974 and assigned to be trained as military police officer.
"It was brutal. I got off the bus (at boot camp) and the drill sergeant was swearing like a trooper. Words I had never heard!" she said, to laughter from the group.
"My heart goes out to all our brothers and sisters serving now," Smith said.
The auxiliary serves not only veterans, but active military personnel, their families and their communities. In addition to the Sunday luncheon, which the group intends to continue, the auxiliary has sent 3,000 care packages to military members serving overseas as well as providing other support.


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2013 Newsmaker Award
2013, Dec 11
In 2013, the Wichita Business Journal compiled a list of 23 groups and people to honor as "Newsmakers." The individuals on the list were chosen because their work made waves, raised eyebrows, and made others take notice. I was lucky enough to be on that list.
Startup Weekend comes to Wichita
My main contribution to my community in 2013 was the first Startup Weekend event. I was interviewed with my co-organizer, and the result was published in two articles, "Hansen and George help Wichita build startup momentum" and Startup Weekend organizers Hansen and George on what Wichita needs to do next.