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Join me for the next Ultimate Capsule Wardrobe
Welcome! You've landed here because you're interested in finding out more about how to take the stress out of dressing with my online style program.
I'm so glad you're keen to know more.
First I'd like to give you a little background information.
For almost 10 years, I've been writing this blog and advising women on how to get their wardrobes sorted and working for – not against – them.
What's happened for me over that time, is that the more I advise and help, the better I actually get at keeping my wardrobe situation under control as well.
Funny that. The more you practise something, the better you get at it. Who'd have thought?
I've been creating and featuring more capsule wardrobes on the blog for more than three years and you've lapped them up. I understand why they work because they give us a starting point – a road map if you like – to navigate and create a wardrobe that works.
What's a capsule wardrobe?
In a nutshell, a capsule wardrobe is all about filling your wardrobe with MORE pieces that mix and match with each other. It's about having MORE pieces that are versatile – that can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion.
It's not about having a full-to-overflowing wardrobe, it's about consciously and mindfully filling your wardrobe with pieces that work with each other.
Get this idea of less is more and you'll always have something to wear.
The Ultimate Capsule Wardrobe Style Challenge
Nailing this concept of a capsule wardrobe is the reason why I offer an online style program that has a capsule wardrobe at its core starting point.
This from some of our previous Capsulers:
The UCW, more than anything, has helped me stay current using close to vintage "classic" pieces alongside just a few seasonal additions. I have learnt more about my style through this process than any other attempts made. Since joining the group our 29-year-old daughter has commented that she is taking notice and actions on my style, which is just nuts to me! Karen
I find the suggestions for office wear very useful, especially for this season as summer is hot in Perth and I find work wear a challenge. Janet
One thing that the UCW program has helped me with is cleaning out my wardrobe, looking carefully at what I have currently and how I could use that in the current capsule. Last Spring I found I had most items with the exception of one or two items. I love being part of the community and reading all the information everyone shares. Helen
I joined the first capsule because my off-duty summer wardrobe was stagnant and I really needed some fresh ideas. It well and truly revitalised the way I looked at my existing clothes, but more than that, seeing other members' combinations and ideas inspired me too. I've joined my third capsule now, not because I can't find my way around my wardrobe, but because I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's interpretations to inspire my own ideas. It's about learning what new and interesting things you can do with what you've got. I love the encouragement, friendship and inspiration of the group and don't want to miss out! Nicoll
As a cancer survivor who had a double mastectomy without reconstruction, I have enjoyed regaining my confidence in clothes and feeling feminine. Fiona
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The autumn-winter 2019 Ultimate Capsule Wardrobe online style program will open on May 10, 2019.


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It's heavy doodie. 100% all-natural, composted Zoo poo, effortlessly produced by some of Riverbanks Zoo & Garden's most famous animals:
Talk about heavy doodie—one elephant can produce as much as 200 pounds every day!
These giant herbivores spend about 16 hours a day eating. They'll eat leaves, bark, fruit and shrubs along with grasses and herbs. And they have to eat a lot of it! Adult elephants in the wild can eat almost 600 pounds and drink about 60 gallons of water each day.
Their digestive systems only process about 40% of what they eat. No wonder 75% of comPOOst is from elephants.
It's a long trip from leaf to comPOOst.
The giraffe's 18-inch tongue grabs leaves to be chewed. When swallowed, leaves travel 6 feet into the stomach. Since giraffes have four chambered stomachs, a ball of pre-chewed food (or cud) visibly travels back up for more chewing. This happens several times. It's swallowed for the last time, processed, and then nice, neat pellets are dropped another 6 feet.
Total travel distance? About 43.5 feet, not including processing in the stomach!
For zebras it's all about quantity, not quality. Grass, leaves, sticks, roots, bark—it's all good!
They have fast digestive systems that actually ferment vegetation to extract the nutrients they need. They'll spend about 65% of the day eating when conditions are good and about 80% of the day grazing when food is scarce. Now that's getting your money's worth at the all-u-can-eat buffet!
The final product is grassy pellets—and no, they're not striped.
Why comPOOst?
- Returns nutrients and organic material into the soil.
- Improves soil capacity to retain moisture and other nutrients.
- Loosens heavy clay soil and promotes healthy root systems.
- Reduces material sent to the landfill.
- Eliminates chemical runoff (unlike most commercial fertilizers).
- Prevents the need for synthetic fertilizers.
- Proceeds support the conservation efforts at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden.
How to Buy
- comPOOst is available year-round at Riverbanks Gift Shop, by the pint for $5.25 and in 2-gallon containers for $13.
- You can also buy comPOOst by the pick-up truckload (about one cubic yard) for $50 during our spring and fall bulk sales. Bulk sales are announced on the Riverbanks homepage when available.
How Doo-Doo You Use It?
comPOOst Containers
Mix four parts commercial potting soil with one part comPOOst. To feed perennials, apply a 1-inch thick layer of comPOOst around the base of each plant.
Bulk comPOOst
For new beds, spread a 2-3 inch layer of comPOOst over the surface of soil. Till comPOOst into soil at a depth of 4-6 inches. One load of comPOOst should cover about 100 sq. ft. when applied at the 2-inch rate. For existing beds, spread a one inch layer of comPOOst around existing plants.
The Scoop on Our Poop
Heavy Doodie
Riverbanks' elephants produce about 1,500 pounds of manure every day.
Waste Not, Want Not
Each year 13,418 cubic feet of elephant dung is converted into Riverbanks comPOOst.
Pile it On
Hauled to a concrete slab for about 60 days, the heavy heaps are monitored daily for temperature and moisture.
We Move Mountains
Compost mounds heat up to 120-160°F and are turned periodically to facilitate decomposition.
Feeling Flush?
Once the temperature drops to 115°F, the compost is hauled to another area for a 30-day curing stage.
The Bottom Line
The natural soil amendment is ready for distribution when it cools to ambient temperature.

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I love this. Greenpeace has been running a Whale Naming poll. In their words,
More than 11,000 possible whale names were submitted but we are now down to the last 30 possible whale names...which ones will be given to the wonderful humpback whales currently travelling on the Great Whale Trail?
Here's a list of some of the wonderful names, along with a brief description of their rich heritage and lofty meaning.
Of course, they had to sneak one fun one in there, "Mister Splashy Pants". Excellent!
I don't know about you, but I would find it hard to vote against "Mister Splashy Pants", in any poll. Apparently, a lot of people agree. Here are the results thus far. To me they pretty much sum up the internet.


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TodayChristian.net posted a list of Ten Questions for Every Atheist. Since I count myself as one of the "every" and I'm far too snarky to leave rhetorical questions alone, I thought they would be interested in my responses. I'll tackle one a day, counting down from ten to one. I'll also be unpacking the questions so not only do I address them directly but also some of the hidden assumptions and fallacies behind them.
Before reading the answer, keep in mind that they have the rather absurd lead-in:
Some Questions Atheist Cannot Truly and Honestly REALLY Answer! Which leads to some interesting conclusions…
Someone out there imagines that no one ever thought to answer these, and I'm guessing from the general tone, they think they are unanswerable. So with my apologies for busting your bubble, here are honest answers:
2. What happens when we die?
This is a very odd question to ask to "an atheist". It reveals that they're not actually interested in the answer. You would think if you were honestly interested in knowing what happens at death, they would ask an expert - someone in the field of biology, medicine or neuroscience. Instead this approach of asking random people what they think, as if their opinion mattered
But since they asked, I'll give my answer by analogy. As the philosopher Daniel Dennett has pointed out, we can make large strides in understanding consciousness and the brain by learning about how computers work because while they are certainly far from identical, we have discovered many many things that minds can do which can be imitated successfully by computers. So treating a person as an uber sophisticated robot/computer can be instructive.
Imagine taking your old computer and doing something analogous to what would happen when a human dies. For starters, you would turn off the power. That means the computer is non functional, but large amounts of information are stored in memory so the computer can be reactivated in the future. But instead you simulate death further. You subject the computer to some kind of pulverizing process which breaks it up into many, many pieces and scatters the pieces. It's not correct to say that the computer was destroyed because all of its pieces are still around in other places, just as when we die, all our pieces are still around, either in boxes or as food for some small organisms. But our intuition, which I think is correct, is that there is nothing left of the computer; the computer is gone.
The same thing happens to us. All of our parts are broken down and go other places and there is nothing of us left. There can't be a heaven or hell for us to go to because there is no meaningful piece of us that is able to "go" anywhere.
The contrary Christian position depends on there being some piece of us that escapes, usually called the soul. It's the thing that Dementors try to suck out of you and the thing that tries to sneak out when you sneeze. However we have a complete absence of evidence for the existence of soul as separate entities, not part of the normal periodic table or standard model. This is probably an accident of language and history since we always had separate words for "mind" and "brain" (and a strange notion that pops up constantly about the "heart" which seems to imply that the heart is more than just a muscle for circulating blood and actually does some kind of "thinking"... I've always been curious as to whether the people writing these ancient texts actually thought that or if they were aware they were speaking metaphorically). But we now understand that, in a fairly straightforward correspondence, the mind is what the brains does. If you disassemble the parts of the brain, the mind ceases to exist.
We've also known since the time of Descartes that the transcendent soul of Christian substance dualism isn't even internally consistent. It's important to remember that absence of evidence is evidence of absence.
The general tone of the question makes it sound like this is a bad thing. If I don't get another eternal life after this one, what's the point of this one? These people never stop to consider that if that view of reality were correct than this non-eternal first life would not have a point to it and dedicated Christians would be rushing off to die in holy wars by the millions in as much hurry as possible to get this pathetic existence over with and get on with the good bits.
Quite the contrary; if you only have one life to live, then it's special... even meaningful. It's because there is only a finite amount of time we have, that makes what we do matter more.
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Today most- Finally, after a lot of time I decided to buy another cable to hang 5.1 I need a audio system. So far I used it with a normal stereo cable and then the system alone make partition of audio channels. Which is not so good. Now for each channel has a separate cable and the sound is pretty neat (Naturally), the dense and the films feel has been improved many times. There were a few little dramas that are fixed relative intuitively. The main drama was, that left only the front columns without buffer or rear Center after I have recalibrated the sound scheme of Gnome is 5.1 . Most of the players have the option of setting up in the alsa how to channel the audio but there are programs in which absent such opportunity as, say, adobe flash player. My initial idea was just to reconfigure the parameters as ask asoundrc. duplicating the sound on all channels – decision with which I'm not proud of it at all because I don't consider. Configuration trivial :
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "surround51"
slave.channels 6
route_policy duplicate
With her things came on the spot until I realized that alsa can process only 1 process and while he finishes to use it else can. 😳 Неприятно но факт бях забравил времената в който слушаш или player или youtube и ако едното ти омръзне трябва да затвориш програмата, You can use the other application. I immediately told me where is the true root of things – the configuration of the pulseaudio Server. Pulseaudio roughly speaking is the proxy server that handles the information between audio hardware and audio software that wants to use it. System that for years has proved to be many multiples. It is located in the configuration in/etc/pulse/daemon.conf. By default, it is zakomentirano with ; so if you are not praivli changes might boldly add the following lines at the end of the file:
enable-lfe-remixing = yes
default-sample-rate = 48000
default-sample-channels = 6
The names of the options are asking the obvious value of how we're going to be a small channel audio tuning of the standard bitrate of lfe and razrešvane remiksiraneto. След това остава да рестартирате alsa и pulseaudio с
sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart && pulseaudio -k
From now on only for me and enjoying the good audio.
edit: .asoundrc must be content to have no problems with skype and other applications
pcm.pulse {type pulse }
ctl.pulse { type pulse }


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Join us Sunday March 14th from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for Memento Collage Making with Moira McElhinney.
This workshop will focus on making art from your mementos and treasures from past events. Artist Moira McElhinney will assist you in putting together an interesting piece of collage work during an afternoon workshop. All other materials will be provided and we look forward to offering you our March Break "bring a friend" promotion. Ask us about it today. Call or email to book your attendance at this exciting workshop.


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Designer Files: a gift guide for the design freak
Raw Crystals (prices vary)
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Ring of Fire wall décor set ($239)
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It seems Kate Middleton was up to her own fun with the girls while her royal husband was out with the boys.
According to newly released photos, the Duchess of Cambridge was bundled up and on the slopes in Meribel, France a few weeks ago during the same weekend Prince William was enjoying a ski trip of his own with his guy pals miles away in the Swiss Alps.
The royal mother of two enjoyed a short and snowy getaway with her younger sister, Pippa Middleton, who is engaged to hedge fund manager James Matthews. According to a report from The Sun, the trip was a bachelorette party in honor of the bride-to-be and the two groups even shared the same jet on the way to their individual party locations.


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Join us at the newly renovated Tampa Theatre, considered by BBC to be one of the ten most beautiful cinemas in the world.
The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life - from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age - has been less widely understood. Narrated by James Franco, Eames: The Architect and the Painter is the first film since their death dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work.
5:00 Reception
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7:55 End
Tickets - $11 at the box office, or $13 online. (Get your tickets here!)
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Charles and Ray Eames Posing on a Velocette Motorcycle, 1948, as seen in Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey's Documentary Eames: The Architect and the Painter. 2011 Eames Office, LLC
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I'm really in challenge mode at the mo!! Got so many cards to make! I've used the Get Sketchy ~24 sketch together with the Embellish Colour Challenge with ribbon today.
Goota love those cute llittle birds, first time I've used the sentiment.
Here are the challenge details if you are interested.


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We all know the leaders, but how much do we really know about their parties and how they work on the ground?
Political parties play a decisive role in shaping the destiny of Southeast Asia. The Political Party Forum Southeast Asia provides a regional platform for discussion and exchange of information between party leaders and strategists on one side and political scientists and journalists working on political parties on the other. This dialogue could help party politicians to understand better what they are doing or where they are heading, and, at the same time, give the political science community better access to the information they need for analysis and theorizing. The Forum will also allow early discussion of new theoretical approaches and provide the opportunity to test new ideas before they go into a wrong direction. Thus the forum tries to help the party systems in the region develop in a direction which secures as much as possible political stability and balanced economic and social progress.
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"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts."
Partyforumseasia: This website is dedicated to the collection and publication of facts about the relevant political parties in Southeast Asia!


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An year back when Aishwarya was given the topic 'My Superhero', to speak about in front of her class, I didn't have a second thought on who to write about and Aishwarya and myself agreed instantly. We decided to talk about Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. Today one of my wishes stand unfulfilled. My wish was to see him alive and I eluded the chances of seeing him lifeless the last few days. Today as I write this, its drizzling outside as if the nature is crying for one one of his greatest sons, one who loved nature and carved a nation into its glory. Its a farewell to a father who did his best to ensure that the generations to come shall thrive in prosperity. A father who wished the best and never settled for anything less than the best for his children.
Aishwarya came in the first five in her school, I am sure it was the conviction and the admiration of the great leader that gave her the power to achieve. Here is an excerpt:
My Superhero!!
"Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didnt wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their superpowers were as simple as listening, or loving. Heroes were ordinary people who knew that even if their own lives were impossibly knotted, they could untangle someone else's." Said Jodi Picoult in her novel Second Glance. This could rightly be told about my superhero Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. Under this visionary's leadership Singapore transformed into a thriving metropolitan city in a mere three decades. He led Singapore to independence and served as its first prime minister. Under his guidance Singapore became a financial and industrial powerhouse.
Instead of being controlled by circumstances he made opportunities and circumstances. He inspired and motivated his subordinates by setting good example of a person with great integrity. His solid academic achievements were the foundation to his political success. He was termed as 'scholar" and an "intellectual" who had an excellent command over English language. "Masterful communication skill" is termed as a characteristic of a charismatic leader.
A hero is someone who has lived his inspirational life for us look up to and follow. Mr. lee has always placed service before self-interest. He believed in multiculturalism and high educational standards and it reflected in the society he created. Mr. Lee is a testimony to show what hard work, perseverance and discipline can achieve.
In a short sentence we could easily say that Mr. Lee created a tiny Island of few millions who constantly strive to improve. Thus he is my living Superhero who inspires me and smiles down at me from his picture rightfully placed in front of my study table.
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I've made the pattern for the top I'm wearing as simple as possible and really gave thought to the stripes on the fabric, wanted to align the teal line with the waist line.
So this is a simple T shaped top with a fitted waist and sort of a 70's feel in the cut and 80's in the print. I keep meaning to scan the pattern and share it on BurdaStyle…maybe one day…
The top on the dress form is finished and there is another one I've made already in the same fabric, pictures pending.


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When the cold seems unbearable or you are at an open field camping site then all you need to get is either your Duvet or Blanket. Your Duvet or Blanket absolutely prevents you from mosquitos, catarrh and they absolutely make you warm and healthy. And it is most enjoyable covering your body with a Duvet or Blanket with the Air-Conditioner switched on gives you an ever comforting bliss and you are also at a great advantage of sleeping like a baby - that two months old cutie. Wondering where you can get yourself a Duvet or Blanket? Then, Jumia Kenya got your need attended to. Shop now on Jumia Kenya at affordable prices.
Sleep becomes comforting when wrapped in the warmth of a Duvet or Blanket in an Air Conditioned room temperature. Also, your quilt sewn material- Duvet and your turfy material - Blanket is the unique bedding that got your back when the weatherproofs to be uneasy. I do not know your preference when it comes to Duvet and Blankets but be rest assured they are perfect, comforting and harboring beddings you can wish to have for a blissful night's rest. They come in different lengths and shades of colours - from the brown colour leopard designed Duvet to the Mermaid Tailed blanket, Jumia Kenya got the best of the designs that suit your bedding desire. Buy your children's room and your room Duvet and Blanket from Jumia Kenya at affordable prices.


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No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. - Hal Borland
Floral sketches and the new green growth of spring provide the inspiration for this bridal editorial. The layers upon layers of flowing silk chiffon and crepe de chine in our Celestine gown are brought to life with a gentle breezy movement. A flawless choice for our free-spirited, earthy brides.
Gown: Celestine | Photography: Rustic White | Styling, Furniture, Creative Direction: Blue Eyed Yonder | Floral Artwork, Paper Goods + Custom Installation: Meredith Mejerle Rush | Floral Design: Amy Osaba Events | Hair + Makeup: Claudia Mejerle | Food + Drink: Sunshine in my Belly | Linens: Party Tables | Venue: Greystone at Piedmont Park | Production: No Regrets Events | Cake: Sugar and Slate
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There is a plethora of ways to reach prospective customers, but how do you know which one is the most effective? It is easy to talk about a campaign or an idea, but executing it and determining if it was effective is an entirely different ballgame. Each campaign that a company decides to implement will most likely have a different means of tracking. Email campaigns can track opens, clicks, and forwards; landing pages will have a tag; trade show promotions and direct mail pieces can include a promo code; and press release vendors have their own tracking software in place.
Pay-per-click providers such as Google have developed easy-to-use analytic tools to assist organizations in determining the most effective keywords and ads being used. The tools have come so far to provide suggestions on ways to improve performance. For ReadyTalk, the keyword phrase 'web and audio conferencing' rings in around $30+. That is pretty tough to justify when all that does is send someone to your website. There are no guarantees that you will retrieve that person's name. If your server is using a tracking tool, such as Awstats or Webalizer, with the right data analysis you can find out what company they accessed your site from, how long visitors are on staying on your site, and what pages are accessed the most and least. This user activity can be used to define campaigns around company demographics and during peak viewing times.
Before launching a campaign, start with the end in mind. Understand what will determine the campaign to be a success and how it will be measured. Just saying "it was good" does not constitute success. Put it on paper with numbers attached to it and then decide if "it was good."
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From India with twins
You can see why Adrienne Arieff's new book, The Sacred Thread, is getting so much attention: It's Baby Mama with a Bollywood kick—and just enough un-PC San Francisco alternative-family craziness to twist both Rick Santorum and Rachel Maddow into knots. The 40-year-old publicist tells the funny, sweet, squirm-inducing story of how, after three miscarriages, she braved her friends' doubts and her own first world–feminist angst and put her fate in the hands of a surrogacy clinic in Anand, India, run by the high-handed but warmhearted Dr. Nayna Patel (Mindy Kaling, have we got a sitcom idea for you). The result: twins Emma and India, now three. Here, Arieff talks IVF treatments and guilt trips with Nina Martin.
Nina Martin | Photo: Jen Siska | March 19, 2012
Why do surrogacy in India? Why not here?
I have this connection to India, where I went to mourn after my mother's death a few years ago. Also, Dr. Patel has great credentials and recommendations, and the cost is much lower than in the U.S. [About $25,000 vs. $120,000.] In the end, though, what sold me was the contract—there's much less red tape, and the surrogate has to hand over the baby, whereas here she can change her mind. I have three friends who went through the whole adoption process and then had the biological mom [decide to keep the baby]. I couldn't deal with that kind of heartbreak again.
Were people judgmental—you know, "How could you exploit this poor woman?"
Overall, my friends were very supportive, but for a couple of skeptics it was disapproval of surrogacy in general, then India on top of that. But that's all turned around.
And how do you answer the exploitation charge?
Well, Vaina doesn't think I exploited her. One of the first times I met her, she said, "I want you to have what I have—a family." I don't know if it was scripted, but she's never given me any reason to think it was.
She's a Muslim woman from a small village. Has she been stigmatized?
She made up a story that her husband had found temporary work in another part of the country, so no one would know she was doing this. She lived in the surrogate house at the clinic, and her husband and three kids stayed nearby.
In the book, you don't sugarcoat the fact that it was a really complicated relationship.
There was the language difference, and we didn't have a lot in common in terms of education or ambition. I kept wanting her to better her life, but I knew she was probably going to give the money to her husband. In retrospect, it was so patronizing. I wanted to be her friend, but from her perspective, she was just doing a job.
Did the level of medical care drive you crazy as well? Because Dr. Patel's clinic is not exactly UCSF.
Well, she might not have the latest and greatest sonogram machine, but the one she has is good enough. With something as emotional as infertility and surrogacy, there's actually something appealing to me about not knowing every statistic, just having to believe that everything's going to be OK. India's all about—everything's happy; even if people are unhappy, they act like they aren't. I think I needed that glossy layer.
How did Vaina react after the babies were born?
She wanted to make sure they were healthy, but her bond wasn't so much with them as with me. When we were saying good-bye, I gave her a bracelet from my stepmom that had been handed down from one woman in the family to another, and Vaina gave me these sacred threads, which are what the title of the book comes from. It's an Indian coming-of-age ritual—the parents give threads to their child to symbolize their bond. But Vaina gave the threads to me, not the babies.
You just visited Vaina's village in India. How has her life changed?
She used some of the money to send her kids to school, which they couldn't afford before. The house finally has electricity, and her husband has been able to start a cab business. Some of the other surrogates have done amazing things—one is a nurse at the clinic; another started a school.
How does she explain you to people?
She says that I was a tourist that she met while she was away. Her kids are too little to understand; they just think she was doing some-thing nice for another woman.
And how will you explain all of this to your girls?
We've been talking about the surrogacy from the beginning, but, of course, they don't have a clue either. We'll keep talking, and I hope what they eventually take away from the story is "Look how hard we worked to get you. Look at how much you are loved."


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When you meet Arrietta Clauss, ask her about her five children. Her eyes will brighten. Contagious, irrepressible laughter will echo as she shares stories gleaned from the zaniness of zone defense parenting. Her offspring are now grown and scattered from Wisconsin to Singapore, but they are still very much present in the lives of Arrietta and her husband, Allen.
Having shifted from a career as a chemist in the consumer-products industry to being a stay-at-home mom for sixteen years, she will be plainspoken about the challenges of raising a family even as celebration of her children shines through in every sentence. She will tell you about lost cell phones and annual Christmas letters in which she and Allen mercilessly tease each child in turn, to mutual delight. She will describe living abroad with the family in China and Japan for seven years. She will share parenting advice, saying, "Our objective in raising the kids was to give them as much independence as possible. It was theirs to lose." She will stop mid-sentence and shake her head slightly at her good fortune, saying simply, "I've really had a charmed life."
And then, ask her about sports. Watch her hands become animated when she describes her 2010 competitive cycling season or her longstanding devotion to swimming. Then, watch her become still and lean forward with deliberateness, quietly sharing a fundamental truth: "You have to have your own thing. It can be music, photography, whatever. That's what sports was for me. You have to have something that centers you."
A lifelong athlete, Arrietta competed in swimming from an early age. She continued to swim competitively throughout all of her pregnancies and well into her childrens' high school years. "My mom's first sport was swimming, and most of our summer days as children were spent at the YMCA outdoor pool. My mom would get her workout in and then we would spend the rest of the day by the pool," wrote Anna Clauss, age 26. "I am pretty sure that swimming is what kept my mom sane with 5 crazy kids in the house." Rider Clauss, 24, wrote, "She had previously been a masters national champion in swimming when we were all young children. She then started swimming competitively again when I was in high school and set just about every masters record in Wisconsin." But by 2002 or 2003, Arrietta's continuation in competitive swimming would have meant traveling to meets every weekend – and this was increasingly difficult given the younger Clauss' forays into athletics. (Four out of five children would eventually compete in swimming or running at the collegiate level.) When she developed a shoulder injury, it sealed the deal. Competitive sports was off the plate for a while.
Which is not to say that Arrietta's interest in sports ever waned. Rider Clauss recalled a memory from his senior year of high school when he ran on the cross country team, writing, "Before every meet, as part of the warm-up, the team would jog the race course with our coach. As we ran, Coach would give us our race strategy...my mom, loving all things sports, wanted in on this...While all the other cross country moms were in the parking lot drinking coffee and sharing team gossip, my mom was out jogging the course with the team trying to learn more about the upcoming race. To date, I think she is the only team mom ever to warm-up with the team."
And when Allen and Arrietta marked their 25th anniversary, they wanted the celebration to involve both travel and time with their children. So in 2004, they signed up for a family bicycling vacation through the Loire Valley, France, capped off with cheering on Lance Armstrong's sixth win of the Tour de France.
Never mind that, in Arrietta's words, "We knew nothing about biking."
Despite this the family quickly fell into a cycling rhythm, with Allen and Arrietta splitting up sheparding duties to make sure that everyone finished the day's miles without mishap. Arrietta said, "It was just - the scenery was beautiful. We had a fun time as a family. It was something that Allen and I could do together. We liked it." Arthur Clauss, 21, wrote, "My favorite moment on the trip was when my brother and I took off from the rest of the family during the last fifteen mile stretch after along day of cycling. Although I could tell it pained my mother, she stayed back and rode at a leisurely pace with our sisters." Alluding to Arrietta's competitive side, Arthur continued, "It is not like my mother, despite the fact that we are younger and stronger, to ever let us beat her easily."
Upon returning to Madison, Arrietta and Allen decided to seek out more opportunities to bike together. They became regulars at the Wednesday Night Bike Ride series, which has a local reputation as being fast-paced. They enjoyed the time spent together, the rural scenery, the camaraderie, and the realization that they could in fact keep up with some of the swiftest riders.
But it wasn't perhaps quite the bonding experience that they had expected, because as it turned out, Arrietta could more than hold her own. She could sprint away from the pack - at will. "I mean, she was dropping a lot of guys from the tough bike rides, including me," said Allen. After a lifetime of aerobic training, it became evident that Arrietta had some serious biking chops. Demurely, she recalled, "All of a sudden it got very intriguing."
While some spouses might invest in flowers, Allen decided to splurge on a professional bike fitting and a VO2 max test for his wife's birthday present. The results of the testing left them dumbfounded. "She was off the charts for all women," said Allen. "And then we started to go to the male charts. And we started going down in age groups. And she would be a normal 15-19 year old male [based on] her VO2 max." Recalling their dawning realization, Allen said, "So then we started going back and saying, well she's got some real, natural talent, both genetic and honed by years and years of endurance workouts - she's got some incredible capacity."
They began to dedicate increasing time and resources to the sport of cycling, and Arrietta sought out professional coaching. She also began setting competitive goals and relying on the self-discipline that had served her not only through collegiate swimming and rowing, but years of parenting. "I don't know many people that I've met in my life who have the regimen and discipline that she has," said Allen. Echoing this sentiment, Eulalia "Layla" Clauss, 23, wrote, "She does not take any short cuts, but diligently pays her dues on the bike day in and day out, never losing sight of what she wishes to accomplish."
By the start of the 2010 season, she was working with coach Gordy Paulson and had decided to focus on time trials, the "race of truth" format that pits each rider against the clock. With all five children in college or living on their own, she also had for the first time in many years the ability to focus on her own personal goals. In her entry into the Focal Flame Photography "Honoring the Athlete" contest, her nominator stated, "Now she has time and tonnes of energy for her own training. She is training for Master's Nationals to be held in Louisville in Aug. - and I think she is going to win!! She is a tough, competitive woman with a big smile!"
Training six days a week for up to two and a half hours at a stretch, Arrietta carefully worked up to the USA Cycling Masters National Championship held during the first week of August. "This year, I went with a purpose, which was to win," said Arrietta. During pre-race preparation, she spent six hours studying every landmark on the time trial and road race courses. "I really studied [the time trial] course," said Arrietta. "It was a straight out, 180 degrees turn, and coming back, with some hills." She reviewed race strategy with Paulson. "This was the first Nationals that I had my coach there, and Gordy was familiar with the courses and could tell me even what gear to be in on some of the hills, which was helpful," said Arrietta. She also looked over her cycling equipment meticulously, and was grudgingly convinced by fellow cyclist Jeff Otto to change her wheels not long before the time trial. "He was saying, 'This equipment is better. It will give you a few watts.'" Concerned about the possibility of flatting a new tire, she insisted that Paulson change the tubes.
On August 3, the date of the time trial, the temperature climbed well into the 90s while racers launched themselves from the starting chute and hurtled into the heat. And for 29 minutes and 50.27 seconds, Arrietta drew on months of training, hours of pre-race preparation, a lifetime of exercising and relentless willpower. As results rolled in, a dream was realized. Arrietta Clauss was the new USA Cycling Master's Time Trial National Champion, clocking in at a hair under 25 miles per hour and setting a pace faster than any age group competitors, male or female, who raced the 20 km distance (all women age 55 and up, and all men age 65 and up).
The next day she competed in the road race, medaling again with a second-place finish in a mentally grueling race. Joined by her nearest competitor, Ann Marie Miller of New York, Arrietta attacked off the front to break away from the field on the third lap. "And then, [Ann Marie] continued to accelerate, and that was my breaking moment, when I thought, 'She's stronger, I'm not, I'm going to get second and she's going to get first,'" said Arrietta. "And then for the next three laps, we time trialed it." Miller finished two minutes ahead of Arrietta, followed by a minute-and-a-half gap until the third place finisher.
Photographer Clint Thayer caught up with Arrietta at her last race of the 2010 season, the Mid-America Time Trial Series Finale in Garden Prairie, IL on September 18. Though Arrietta had intended to finish the season with the ABR State Championship Time Trials, a death in the extended family prevented participation. The MATTS Finale gave one last opportunity to not only launch into full flight, but also to race an event along with her husband Allen and end the season on a high note.
On race morning, drizzles crescendoed in dramatic fashion when a fast-moving thunderstorm brought lightning, high winds, and in the words of the race director, "buckets of rain". The race continued over a 35-kilometer course. Slate-colored skies provided dramatic backdrop for Arrietta, who bowed over her bike into the wind, tires mirrored on water-slicked asphalt. Thayer recalled, "At one point I had moved ahead on the course, and had about thirty seconds to set up a shot before Arrietta would pass. Fifteen seconds before she arrived, I heard a ZIP-POP-HISSSSS then BOOOOM that literally shook the ground. I looked up at the top of a telephone pole not more then 10 to 15 feet from me and I saw the line had snapped - it was sparking and flying in different directions." Thayer turned his attention back to Arrietta, took the shot in a dead downpour, and continued. Despite the fact that the MATTS Finale was not a primary competitive objective, and despite the conditions - or, perhaps, because of them - the images show Arrietta at her most elemental: focused, relentless, and ferocious. In the end, Arrietta took overall women's first place. Allen also had a rewarding race with a fourth place finish for his age group.
When asked to comment on Arrietta's qualities and approach to athletics, her coach Gordy Paulson said, "Apart from her obvious physical gifts as an extraordinary athlete, Arrietta has a level of determination and commitment to both her training and competition that are unmatched. When Arrietta sets her mind to accomplish something, she approaches it with fervor, intellect, and passion. When Arrietta has done her training and preparation, by the time she lines up at the start, she has already got the race won." Rider Clauss expressed similar observations. "I guess I wasn't really surprised that my mom won the time trial at nationals," wrote Rider. "She seems to be able to accomplish whatever she puts her mind to. She has an amazing combination of athletic ability, discipline in training and competitive drive." Anna Clauss wrote, "I do not know anyone else who approaches life with as much energy as my mother. She even dusts as if her life depended on it (which set a pretty high standard for Saturday morning chores)."
When asked what she hoped to share with her children as a result of her cycling endeavors, Arrietta flashed a quick smile and answered readily. "When you put time into something, and effort into something, you can achieve great things," she said. "You don't have to be limited by your age." And her family? They've taken notes. "She has demonstrated that it is never too late to go after one's passion," wrote Arthur Clauss, 21. "No one expected a biking career to emerge from a leisure family cycling trip through France, but it did." Warren Clauss, Arthur's twin brother, wrote, "She has inspired me. Inspired me not to give up on my passions despite where I am in life or amidst all the obstacles that I am up against. That good will flourish from hard work, drive, and heart. And it is never too late to seek your goals." And when asked what one thing he would want to tell Arrietta about her sporting endeavors, her partner of so many years, Allen, simply said - quietly, and with clearly evident emotion - "I think I would say that you're a great role model. Your kids are really proud to have you as their mom."
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Medical & Leaves
OHSD employees are given dental, vision, and long-term disability insurance. These are mandatory. Each employee is also given an allotment to purchase medical insurance. For many employees, this allotment is not enough, so they have out-of-pocket expenses each month. Some of these out-of-pocket expenses are reduced through insurance pooling.
On January 1, 2020 all OHSD employees will have their insurance converted to the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB). Open enrollment will be October 1, 2019 to November 15, 2019. While this is a state mandated program OHEA will be working with WEA in the coming months to answer member's questions about this new program. If you have not done so already we recommend visiting the SEBB webpage.
Links, Forms and Documents
Medical: Premera Medical Insurance Preferred Provider Option (PPO)
Medical: Kaiser Permanente HMO
Medical: High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP's) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA's)
Dental: Ameritas Dental (Online Benefit Center for Oak Harbor School District)
Vision: NBN Website
Vision: NBN Vision Care Plan
The state legislature allots a certain amount per full time employee to help pay for medical insurance. If you are less than full-time, you receive an allotment percentage based on your work percentage.
A Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA) enables you to set aside money on a pre-tax basis to pay for your out-of-pocket health and day care costs. You can rollover up to $500 from the previous plan year into the new plan year which begins 11/01/16 and runs through 10/31/17. Enrollment closes on September 30. (Flex Plan Services Website)
Sick/Emergency Leave:
5.1 Illness, Injury, and Emergency Leave – Twelve (12) days of illness, injury, and emergency leave shall be granted each year to all full-time employees for illness, injury, and emergencies. Employees whose employment is terminated prior to the end of the contract year shall earn illness, injury, and emergency leave prorated proportionally.
Maternity Leave:
5.1.1 Maternity Leave – Temporary disability leave will be granted for pregnancy. An employee requesting maternity leave shall give written notice to the District as far in advance as possible and at least thirty (30) days prior to commencement of leave. The request for leave should include the anticipated date of birth; the estimated date leave is to begin; and the estimated date of return from leave. The employee may continue to work until, in the judgment of her physician, her work or her health will be impaired by her condition. Illness, injury, and emergency leave shall be granted for maternity, if the employee is eligible for such, for the time that her health care provider certifies that the she is unable to perform her normal duties as an employee because of her health or disability. Employees may use maternity leave in conjunction with unpaid infant care leave as provided for in section 5.4.1.
18.104.22.168 Infant Care – Leave shall be granted to any employee for early infant care provided the District receives the application for infant care leave forty-five (45) days prior to the estimated date of the commencement of the leave. Such leave may be granted for up to one (1) calendar year and may be extended at the discretion of the Superintendent or his or her designee/designee.
Links and Documents
Board Policy 5404: Family, Maternity, and Military Caregiver Leave
Washington Human Rights Commission: Pregnancy/Maternity Leave Questions
Washington State Department of Labor & Industries: Washington State Family Leave Act Q&A (December 2010)
Washington State Department of Labor & Industries: Pregnancy and Parental Leave
The Association votes each year to participate in the VEBA program. For those employees who accumulate 180 days of sick/emergency leave, any sick/emergency leave over 180 days is automatically placed in a VEBA account a 4 to 1 ratio--which is basically like a Health Savings Account. Money in your VEBA account earns interest and is tax free; it can be used for health-related needs, For those employees who retire or separate from service, accumulated sick/emergency leave up to 180 upon retirement or separation is placed in your VEBA account. Most employees use their VEBA funds to purchase bridge insurance until Medicare applies; for those employees who have an alternate source of medical insurance, such as the military, they use their VEBA funds for other health-related needs.
Brian Riehs, VEBA Consultant * (800) 422-4023
Annual Leave:
You are given 3 days of annual (or personal) leave each year. You can use your days for "family and personal reasons." You can carry over up to 2 days into another school year; you can then use up to 5 annual days consecutively. Restrictions apply. You can also cash out your annual days.
5.5.2 Annual Leave – Up to three (3) days annual leave, with pay, may be granted to each employee each year. Employees may carry over up to two (2) annual leave days not to exceed a total five (5) annual leave days in any one year. Application for annual leave shall be processed in advance using the Certificated Staff Attendance Form. The employee shall give notice for such leave, identifying it as annual leave, to the Principal or immediate supervisor forty-eight (48) hours in advance of taking said leave. In situations when advance notification cannot be given, the Principal or immediate supervisor shall be notified as soon as possible.
Annual leave shall be granted for family and personal reasons.
Annual leave may not be used during the first or last two (2) instructional days of the school year or during parent-teacher conferences, provided that certificated employees whose work assignments do not normally require them to conduct parent-teacher conferences may use annual leave during parent-teacher conferences with prior approval of their supervisor. No more than five (5) consecutive annual leave days may be taken at any one time. Further, no more than one (1) annual leave day each may be taken connected to the Christmas and spring break holidays. No more than six-percent (6%) of the employees in any school building or three-percent (3%) of the total work force of the District shall be granted annual leave on any one (1) instructional day. In cases where more than the percents allowed apply for annual leave, leave shall be granted on the basis of order of application.
Annual leave may be exchanged for additional optional days, at the rate of one (1) annual leave day for one (1) day, per diem. The use of optional days is governed by Article 6, section 3 of this Agreement.
Unused annual leave days may be cashed out at the end of the school year at the substitute rate not to exceed a cash out of two (2) days in any one (1) year. Beginning at the end of the 2017-18 school year, employees may cash out up to three (3) days in any one (1) year. The additional compensation will be paid no later than the August paycheck.
Bereavement Leave:
You are given leave by the District to attend the funeral of a relative or close personal friend. The leave is not deducted from your sick/emergency or annual leave. You are given up to 5 days for immediate family and up to 3 days for less immediate family and close personal friends.
5.2 - Bereavement Leave – Employees shall use discretion in accessing bereavement leave. Bereavement leave shall not be accumulated and shall not be taken from sick leave. The District shall allow certificated employees up to five (5) days per occurrence of paid bereavement leave in the event of death of members of the household, spouse, siblings, parents, children (or anyone having the position of child, parent, or sibling who at one time resided in the same household), grandparents, grandchildren, foster children, mother or father-in-law, and son or daughter-in-law. The District shall allow up to three (3) days per occurrence of paid bereavement leave up to a total of six (6) days per year for aunts, uncles, siblings in law, and anyone having the position of child, parent, or sibling who are not included in the five (5) day provision, or to attend the funeral of a close personal friend. Under extenuating circumstances up to five (5) days per occurrence of additional leave may be taken from emergency leave. Additional time may be granted at the discretion of the Superintendent.
Leave to Attend Conferences:
The District can pay to provide you a substitute so that you can attend a professional training or conference (although other costs are borne by the employee unless other arrangements are made).
5.5.5 Conference or Seminar Leave – Upon prior approval by the Board or its designee, leaves may be granted to employees to attend meetings, conferences, symposiums, and seminars at which concerns vital or useful to education are the subject of discussion. Employees on such leave shall receive their basic salary. Necessary expenses shall be paid by the employees or outside agency. When the employee is specifically designated as the District representative to such meeting, the employee's expenses, including substitute costs, shall also be paid by the District.
If you run out of leave and still have a need, you can ask your colleagues to donate their leave.
Leave-sharing requests are granted for major medical conditions or events of either the employee or immediate relatives of the employee. To apply for leave-sharing, send an email to Kurt Schonberg, Human Resources Director at the ASC, asking to participate in leave-sharing. Address the email to Renee Coe and cc Kurt. Once your need is approved, OHEA sends a request to members who are eligible to donate. You'll need to decide how much or how little information about your need you're comfortable in making public. Any donated leave can be carried over into the following year if it is used for the same medical condition of event that was approved for donated leave. After that, any remaining donated leave is returned to the donor(s). There is a life-time cap of 522 donated leave days that an employee can accept.
Certificated employees may donate accumulated sick leave days to colleagues who are in need due to a lack of their own accumulated sick leave and an inability to work—either due to their own major medical condition or that of a family member.
Any certificated employee with 22 stored sick days can donate any number of days as long as that employee does not go below 22 stored sick days.
5.3 Illness, Injury, and Emergency Leave Sharing – Employees may donate illness, injury, and emergency leave to another employee subject to the following:
The donating employee must have an accrued illness, injury, and emergency leave balance of more than twenty-two (22) days.
The donating employee cannot request a transfer that would result in his or her illness, injury, and emergency leave account going below twenty-two (22) days.
An employee who receives leave under this section will retain his or her status as a district employee. An employee who receives leave under this section in excess of what is immediately used may be permitted to retain the donated leave until the District determines that the donated leave is no longer needed, or will not be needed at a future time, in connection with the illness or injury for which it was originally transferred.


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Yesterday, the most British thing in the history of The Royal Mint occurred as 26 new patriotic 10p coins were released. And we have to say, we are embracing the change with open pockets.
Now you can pay for your goods using a coin decorated with sausage and egg, or James Bond's shiny silver face if the mood takes your fancy. Welcome to Britain 2018, people.
King Arthur and James Bond earn a spot as the new faces of the 10p (it's not the £1 coin but it's a start, lads), but our firm favourites are the teapot, the humble ice cream cone and the Loch Ness monster.
The coins are said to enter proper circulation from Monday 5th March, so keep your eyes peeled. Otherwise, you can order your own shiny new set from the Royal Mint Website (£2 per coin!). You may have to wait a while though as the website has been inundated with excited coin-enthusiasts from across the nation.
You can also download the newly-launched free Royal Mint app available on smartphones if you can't wait to join in the hunt.
An A-Z of the new designs…
- A – Angel of the North
- B – James Bond
- C – Cricket
- D – Double Decker Bus
- E – English Breakfast
- F – Fish & Chips
- G – Greenwich Mean Time
- H – Houses of Parliament
- I – Ice-Cream Cone
- J – Jubilee
- K – King Arthur
- L – Loch Ness Monster
- M – Mackintosh
- N – National Health Service
- O – Oak Tree
- P – Post Box
- Q – Queuing
- R – Robin
- S – Stonehenge
- T – Teapot
- U – Union Flag
- V – Village
- W – World Wide Web
- X – X Marks the Spot (ok, we think someone ran out of ideas for this one)
- Y – Yeoman
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More than two-thirds of workers plan to look for a new job within the next year - and it is senior employees who are the most restless, a survey has found.
Several years of tightening conditions and reduced opportunities during the recession are now leading employees to consider options outside their workplaces, says Kelly Services, a global human resources firm that surveyed more than 3500 New Zealanders.
Managing director Debbie Grenfell said half of the respondents were happy with their jobs but still wanted a change as they looked for personal fulfilment.
"For employees, the response to years working in a sluggish economy - which has often meant coping with greater demands with fewer staff, lower wage growth and fewer opportunities for promotion - is the significant restlessness we are seeing," Ms Grenfell said.
"Throughout the recession and even through the recovery, employers have had to focus on improving productivity and managing costs."
Baby-boomers (those aged 49 to 66) were most likely to look for another position in the next year, she said.
Three-quarters said they would "definitely intend to look for a new job with another employer within the next year", compared to 69 per cent of Gen X-ers (ages 31 to 48) and 66 per cent for Gen Y-ers (19 to 30).
"Now we are seeing growing competition for top talent - particularly in areas like IT, where skill shortages have remained throughout the downturn," Ms Grenfell said.
"The key here is that employers need to look at a range of ways to engage their staff - giving them opportunities to maintain a good work-life balance and derive 'meaning' from their work."
The ability to excel in chosen fields (76 per cent), having a connection with co-workers (53) and work aligning with personal values (41) were raised as factors that could make work more meaningful.
Meanwhile, Trade Me recorded a 16 per cent jump in job listings last month over the same month last year - but applications per job were down by an average 1 per cent.
"Employers across some sectors are unable to fill roles quickly enough," said the head of Trade Me Jobs, Peter Ashby.
The growth in jobs was led by the Christchurch reconstruction. Engineering jobs were up 24 per cent, trades and services jobs 42 per cent, and construction and architecture 71 per cent.
BNZ chief economist Tony Alexander has said a skills shortage could be looming. "Get ready for a rapid tightening of the labour market," he said last week, predicting more Australian firms might hire in NZ, where costs could be lower.
* Baby-boomers (aged 49-66) are the most likely to switch employers, with 74 per cent planning to look for another position in the next year.
* Gen X-ers (31-48): 69 per cent.
* Gen Y-ers (19-30): 66 per cent.
* Personal fulfilment 48 per cent
* Opportunities for growth 37 per cent
* Pay 10 per cent.
Why move It's all about growing in your career
Rhuta Chinchankar is slightly ahead of the two-thirds of New Zealanders hoping for a new job within the next year - her last day is Friday.
"I like what I'm doing, but for me, I need growth. That's the only reason I looked at other organisations," said the advertising sales consultant, 24.
Opportunities within the workplace had been restricted through the recession, she said.
"When I saw a good opportunity come by, there was career progression and a raise in salary too. At that point, I thought, I need to go ahead."
Ms Chinchankar had noticed a growth in job listings recently, but said you could hardly call it steady.
Three months ago, there might be one or two appropriate job listings. Now there could be as many as seven, she said.
But that would be enough for employees like her to consider a move - as a national survey has found.
"It doesn't surprise me. The two-thirds would be of the view to grow or just explore what they can do."
She had planned to stay with publishers APN for at least two years, and she has done that.
"It got to a point where I thought, if not now, then when?
"I've been working here for two years, and basically I was looking for career progression within here, and I wasn't getting anywhere. So I started applying elsewhere."


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I don't let addiction define me. I live with my addiction every day, mostly in subtle ways, but in no way does it define who I am. Each day I talk to other people in recovery, go to a meeting if I can, do some journaling, and meditate. These are just parts of my life today. When people find out I don't drink they sometimes ask, "Well, what do you do for fun then?" My answer: "everything you do, but sober." I go to work, concerts, the gym, bars, out to dinner, the movies, skydiving, swing dancing, nightclubbing — everything the drinking person does. The only difference is I do it completely sober.
I got clean when I was 19. I'm 26 now and sober almost 7 years. I mostly drank, but did a bevy of drugs as well. Telling people I was getting sober was uncomfortable in the beginning. It felt so — important. It took me years to realize no one cares about me being sober as much as I do. It's just not that important or heavy to other people. For the first couple years, my sobriety was the biggest cross I had to bear. It was liberating — but a burden as well. When I told people I was a recovering addict I felt like I was divulging a deep dark secret.
For the first few years, I didn't know how I fit in within the "real world" as a sober person. Do I only have sober friends? Can I hang out with the people I used drugs with? Can I go to places where they serve alcohol?
Now, I am almost comfortable in my own skin. It took a while. Most days, I just feel like everyone else. I have goals, dreams, career ambitions, and things to work toward. I started a business. I have a job, a daughter, friends — both sober and not sober — and family in my life. Today, I have hobbies; I try new things, and life a beautiful full life. I try every day to be a better person and treat every person I encounter with dignity and respect. I try to have gratitude.
When I tell people I am sober, that I am a recovering addict, most people admire me. Many are confused about what that means. Some people think I'm weird for not drinking. "Normal" drinkers who consume alcohol with impunity are the hardest people for me to explain my situation to. They don't understand the need for me to quit entirely, but I know deep in my heart and in my core I just can't consume alcohol safely, and I'm okay with that today.
It feels so strange to have people say I am an inspiration or they admire me. Deep down I still feel like a low-life alcoholic. A burn on society. A burden to my parents. A menace to my friends. A selfish, self-absorbed piece of shit. When I'm in romantic relationships I constantly think I'm not good enough. I suffer from being a people-pleaser nowadays. I battle obsessiveness. I constantly feel the need to prove myself.
However, the loveliest awe-inspiring part of being a recovered alcoholic is I can see beauty in everything if I allow myself. When I remove the mental constraints holding me back I appreciate every breath. I revel in every rainbow. I feel the power in music. I hug my daughter like there's no tomorrow because I know there are no guarantees in life. When I allow myself to be grateful, I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.
I know I was given a second chance at life. I will absolutely live my life to the fullest. I will not look back at my life and see my second chance wasted.
Most of the stigma I feel regarding sobriety is my own personal hurdles. My own mental blocks. Sometimes I feel embarrassed of the fact that I don't drink. On occasion, I am ashamed of my past, but more often than I like to admit, I wish I was like other people. "Why the fuck can't I just have one martini like my other 25 year old friends?"
What I know now, after being sober for a number of years, the only thing which matters is making the most of my sobriety. Recovery has opened me up to thousands of new experiences I would have never had if I was still drinking and using. Today I am free. I honestly feel like I can do anything. When you drink and use drugs every day, that's your only goal — to find the next high. Now, the world is completely open to me.
The period in my life when I used and drank is just a period of life. On my best days, I don't give a shit about what you think of me. On my worst, I care way too much, but overall I am happy.
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Thigh High Boot Lipo: Now I Know We've Gone Mad
Just had a press release through flagging up a 'new' SmartLipo treatment (a form of liposuction, where fat is surgically drained from the body) called Thigh High Boot Lipo and it promises to hoover up 'calves, fat ankles or chubby thighs' in order make your thigh high boots look nicer. Chances are though, that if your legs are so weighty that you need the fat sucked out of them to work a fashion trend, then surely your top half will be on a par with the offending bottom half? And that cannot be a good look. I absolutely hate this kind of marketing, where implied inadequecy is billed as a reason for surgery. I don't hate lipo – I've had it myself – but the stupid, stupid suggestion that being able to fit into thigh high boots is reason enough to part with thousands of pounds and will somehow allow your less than acceptable shape to be fashionably dressed is, well, vile. I'm absolutely not pro being overweight, but neither am I fond at all of this drip-drip system of perceived imperfections by the cosmetic surgery industry. Shut up, people.
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This kind of post makes me laugh yet extremely angry and worried all at the same time. I am not against lipo-suction either but people, it is a very serious procedure: many people die from complications post-surgery every year! Give it the gravity it deserves. Marketing it as a simple procedure to accompany a fashion trend is just wrong wrong wrong.
just out of curiosity, what were your reasons for having lipo if not to perfect a perceived imperfection? Sam x
Must say, I don't have the slimmest legs in the land, and last year I bought a pair of thigh high boots. They were so flattering on my legs that I have bought two more pairs this season. Thigh high boots are a good reason NOT to have to have liposuction. But whatever works for you I suppose. Strange concept imo though.
Ditto xburchox.
If someone wants to lipo their leg how is it any different from any other area of the body. Just because they are using trends to market the procedure doesnt really make it much different in my pov. A small waist and a flat stomach is a trend as well. The idea of being slim is a trend. There was a time when women stuffed their gowns to look pregnant because that was the trend.
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If he's still available at 18, when the Pacers are on the clock, John Collins would fill a need and be a guy the Indianapolis community would embrace.
Collins, a 6-9, 225-pound forward, puts his nose on the ball with a great rebounding instinct. It's hard to teach that. He averaged 9.8 rebounds per game during his sophomore year at Wake Forest, up from 3.9 his first year in college.
Collins was nearly a double-double guy (19.2 points, 9.8 rebounds) for a team that finished 19-14 in the ACC. They beat No. 8 Louisville, lost to No. 12 Duke by two and five points, respectively, in their two head-to-head meetings, and won four of their final five regular season games.
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Nikon D5500 Body Only
The Nikon D5500 DSLR Camera Body is now DISCONTINUED & NO STOCK. The replacement is the new D5600. Links are on this page.
March 6th 2108. Stock of the Nikon D5500 is now very difficult to source. We believe that we are at the end of the supply and strongly suggest that you look to the Nikon D5600 to be sure of getting your camera. You will find a link to the Nikon D5600 on this page.
UPDATE September 2017. Yes the Nikon D5500 is discontinued however we have been able to secure more stock so you can buy your Nikon D5500 body or buy this Nikon D5500 18-55mm lens kits for a short time longer. The best advice we can give if you wish to buy a Nikon D5500 is do it soon before the stock disappears forever.
Finally the Nikon D5500 body is with us. When Nikon announced its Nikon D5500 I was personally pleased as I felt that the D5300 was not as good as we have come to expect from the Nikon 5000 range. Plenty will disagree with my assessment but thats my point of view. The D5500 is a far superior model and well worth your investigation.
Note that this listing is for the Nikon D5500 Body Only.
We have two of our reviews, one video and one text here for you.
Much like an artist, a photographer's vision shouldn't be limited by his tools. Which is why Nikon created a DX-format DSLR that's more intuitive than ever.
Nikons new d5500 is the first Nikon DSLR to come with a touchscreen and don't we love it. Plenty of new features so lets go to the video for a review. In this video we are demo-ing the black version of the Nikon d5500
David from the Showroom has the following to say about the Nikon D5500
I have always liked the D5000 range of Nikon DSLR cameras as it is not a bulky size body and super lightweight 420g that performs extremely well with the excellent Nikon build quality. However it is not weather sealed. For even a more solid built water dust resistant model you would look at the more expensive models, so careful standing in the elements. The Nikon D5500 is a great all rounder for eg a family camera for general and travel photography, keen amateur or student.
The Nikon D5500 is the latest in the range and is Nikons first touch screen. Touch screen is really handy for video and also macro photography. With the latest Expeed 4 processor this 24 megapixel body also has built in WiFi which a lot of people are using to quickly process to social media such as facebook, instagram and or email. This has become popular especially when travelling for capturing a low or basic jpeg for Wifi and at the same time retaining a larger jpeg or raw image for later use if required.
This high resolution camera has 39 focus points with many auto-focus and scene modes a plenty which has been very popular with those new to DSLR with such presets as dusk/dawn party/indoor, night landscape, close up etc which is a great help and also a special effects setting.
This Nikon D5500 body comes with a 2 year Australian warranty.#NikonD5500Body #NikonD5500 #NikonD5500BodyOnly
Additional Information
|Nikon D5500 DSLR Camera Body DISCONTINUED & NO STOCK Now Nikon D5600
|Manufacturer Part Number
|Special Price
|Product Type
|Digital SLR Camera
|Sensor Resolution
|24 megapixels
|Sensor Size
|23.6 x 15.6mm
|Sensor Type
|Maximum ISO Sensitivity
|Minimum ISO Sensitivity
|Memory Card Type
|Memory Card Slot
|Fastest Shutter Speed
|1/4000 second
|Highest Burst Frame Rate
|Up to 5 fps
|Raw File Capable
|Built-in Flash
|Maximum Flash Sync Speed
|1 / 200 seconds
|Lens Mount
|Nikon F-Mount
|Optical Viewfinder
|Wi-Fi Enabled
|Live View Mode
|LCD Screen Size
|3.2 inch
|Touch Screen
|Built-In Mic
|Microphone Input Jack
|Video Recording
|Maximum Video Resolution
|Video Format
|MOV - H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding
|Audio Format
|Linear PCM (Stereo)
|Headphone Jack
|Built-In Speaker
|Self Timer Function
|Battery Type
|Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Pack, 7.2 VDC, 1230 mAh
|Battery Model
|In-built Sensor Cleaning
|Mirror Lockup Mode
|Built-in Autofocus Motor
|Product Weight
|470 grams (body only)
Customer Reviews
- Nikon D5500 Review by David(staff)
Quality Ease of Use Price Value
Have recommended with happy results the Nikon 5000 series to friends and customers who are after a DSLR family camera without spending a fortune. The Nikon D5500 adds touch screen and WiFi
(Posted on 20/04/2015)
- Nikon D5500 Review by Tom (staff)
Ease of Use Price Value Quality
The new Nikon D5500 is amazingly small and packed with features. The new touchscreen is great and the image quality from the 24 megapixel sensor is second to none. Couple this with the WiFi and its 5 frames per second motor drive and 39 point auto focus system and you have a powerful
photographic tool that will exceed your expectations.
(Posted on 17/04/2015)
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