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05-13-2014, 21:19 #1Cadet
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Hiring Questions
Hey, all! Newbie here, and just wondering somethings. I've looked around here and see it really varies on the agencies, but figured it wouldn't hurt to ask.
Took my CritiCall test and scored an 85 with a 45 WPM (They require 80 or better and a WPM of 35+, so I'm not worried there).
My worries are on the poly and drug usage. I want to ask the agency their policy on marijuana usage, but I'm a bit afraid that just asking would put up a red flag on my application. Hah.
My question is, with today's laws changing on decriminalizing marijuana, would usage in the past year be an automatic disqualification?
Have never used anything else in my life, and I'm still going to go through with everything (interview, BI, polygraph, etc.), but I wanted to get an idea of if I would get the boot immediately or not.
I'm not going to lie if asked by the agency, but I still have a fear it will impact my career as a dispatcher.
05-14-2014, 11:40 #2
Good Morning AK92,
No one on the forum is going to know what the policy of MJ use is for the agency(ies) you are applying with. Best anyone can tell you is be honest when asked. And you WILL be asked at some point. Many agencies have a within 1 yr auto-ban but who knows if everyone does. Even if you are not DQ, use within the past year may make you a less desireable candidate than someone else also competing for the spot. Be prepared for the worst, but don't give up on your self. If you don't make it, then move on. You can always re-apply. If this is the career field you want, there is a path available somewhere."There is no second place winner"-- Bill Jordan
05-23-2014, 11:18 #3Cadet
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I'm in comms training right now...
My agency has a two year limit which I qualified for entailing marijuana. My advice is don't lie... The CVSA is not the 99% infallible machine that it's meant out to be, however, if its on your mind, you will fail it.
They grilled me hard on the marijuana... Mainly they wanted to know if I had ever sold it, or been around any major sales/quantities..and I had to make several written statements affirming this to be otherwise.
The main thing is, don't lie, and keep your facts straight from your original application(s)... Especially if you applied to multiple agencies.. They can and probably will check.
I made a mistake with another agency prior in putting a job I had in highschool on one agency app, but neglected to put it on another app. I was DQ'd from that hiring process for 6 months and strongly urged to reapply, that everyone makes mistakes and that it wasn't uncommon for multiple attempts at hire... but policy was policy.
Good Luck.


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To reach the main lodge room at Blackpool Masonic Hall from the comfort of the lounge bar, one leaves the latter, if one can bear to tear oneself from the genial atmosphere constantly prevalent, by way of the main entrance and ascends the stairway. On arriving at its summit, one makes a sharp left turn and enters over the threshold and into the magnificent opulence of ones intended destination.
If one wishes to avoid straining ailing knees and hips to such an extent, the lift, (or elevator to our American cousins), offers a more comfortable and less strenuous alternative route. Either way, the journey is well worth the effort for the lodge room is considered one of the finest in the Province of West Lancashire and a befitting setting in which to welcome the Provincial Grand Master Tony Harrison.
This is exactly what the members of Progress Lodge No 4120 did when Tony was the principal guest at the lodge's installation meeting in which Marin Sirbu was pronounced the new master of the lodge in a delightful and stimulating ceremony.
Following an efficient opening of the lodge, the dispatching of general business and progression through the three degrees by master of the lodge Michael Thorne-Hebson, the Provincial Grand Master was led into the lodge room with a fitting degree of decorum by Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies Keith Kemp and his deputy Barry Fitzgerald and acting Provincial grand officers Godfrey Hirst, David Kenworthy, John Guest, Jim Finnegan, Philip Houldsworth and Joe Codling. Tony Harrison was accompanied by an entourage of distinguished Masons that included Assistant Provincial Grand Master Harry Cox, grand officers William Eardley, Keith Jackson and Blackpool Group Chairman John Turpin, along with Provincial Senior Grand Warden David Asbridge and Provincial Junior Grand Warden Peter Allen.
On viewing the plethora of distinguished luminaries no doubt, the universe was temporarily thrown out of focus to Michael. The procession was impressive to say the least but extremely daunting to one of such modest character as that of Michael Thorne-Hebson. It had the effect of turning the spine into blancmange. It was not for an appreciable time that Michael composed himself and was capable of a warm and sincere welcome. But, Tony Harrison being ever better equipped with poise than Michael, was soon able to put him at ease. Courteously declining the gavel of the lodge, Tony settled himself down for a real peach of a ceremony.
A host lodge with lively and agreeable inmates, willing to exert themselves to entertain visiting company, is well placed to ensure success at any ceremony. They belong to a group of hosts who adopt an 'everything-must-be-done-perfectly' philosophy. And it was with this ethos that Progress Lodge summoned its regiments in performing the ceremony of installation. Nevertheless, to say that the approach of this imminent ordeal left Michael feeling completely at ease would be to present the facts incorrectly. His diffidence was clearly evident at the commencement of the ceremony, but with gradually increasing confidence he progressed until his performance shone with vibrancy and authority. It was sincere, sensitive and delightful.
Master elect Marin Sirbu proved his worth from the start with a perfect rendition of the master elect's obligation, faultless, clear and with panache; even more amazing when one considers that English is not Marin's first language. Originally from Rumania and having lived in Italy for a number of years before relocating to England, Marin's linguistic skills have resulted in him being fluent in all three languages. As John Turpin later commented: "Many people whose native tongue is English could not have done it to that standard." Marin captured the audience's attention immediately.
The excellence of Marin's ritual set a benchmark that would be difficult to equal and, no doubt, motivated the brethren to aim for perfection. And that is what they achieved. When Marin had been deposited in the chair of King Solomon, the first test was placed squarely on the shoulders of Alistair Still when he was called upon to address the immediate past master and provide an explanation of the 47th Problem of Euclid; an exacting piece that is rarely heard. Alistair is not a man to shirk a challenging test and he clearly demonstrated his credentials as a renowned ritualist.
Equalling Alistair's example was Bob Hopwood in his delivery of the working tools of an installed master. Inspired by what had gone before, Bob delivered the piece with exactitude and zeal, leaving the multitude wondering how anyone could compete with such exemplary ritual.
But compete they did. Effervescent Jules Burton stunned the proletariat with a dramatic rendition of the working tools of a master Mason. Animated and bursting with vim, Jules provided a masterclass in ritual. There followed two more brilliant performances when Derek Donaldson and Trevor Holloway blasted out the second degree and first degree working tools respectively. All three performances justly received the admiration of the masses.
Calling on other members of the lodge, the impressive standard was maintained throughout the whole ceremony. Scotsman Gordon Mclean brought more international flavour to the proceedings when he presented the warrant of the lodge and the pillar of the Ionic order to the newly installed master, demonstrating that the Caledonians can equal the Lancastrians when it comes to ritual. Gordon rounded off his party piece by presenting Marin with a Progress Lodge founder's jewel, explaining that it has become a tradition of the lodge for every new master to wear it for the duration of his mastership.
Provincial officers were not to be pushed into the shadows by the excellence of ritual from Progress Lodge members. Provincial Senior Grand Warden David Asbridge and Provincial Junior Grand Warden Peter Allen came in strongly when they delivered the addresses to the newly-invested senior and junior wardens respectively. Both produced word-perfect narratives, delivered with conviction and sincerity. Indeed, Peter Allen reinforced his reputation with yet another faultless address to the wardens.
But it wasn't just the quality of ritual that made the installation so entertaining. The administration and choreography of the event was equally perfect. Director of ceremonies Andy Walch had brought all his vast experience and expertise to bear in organising his troops and, as one might expect, he handled the entire affair with consummate generalship. He also confirmed his well-earned reputation with a faultless address to the newly installed master.
Roy James at the organ devised appropriate ditties throughout the proceedings. Roy is a remarkable musician with an endless repertoire of melodies – and not a single sheet of music to assist him at any time. His selection echoed the office, profession or a feature of character of each officer as they were invested by the new master, providing a continuous source of entertainment.
The final address of the ceremony was, by tradition, reserved for the principal guest, and in addressing the members of the lodge, Tony defiantly demonstrated that he was up to any challenge that the brethren of Progress Lodge may have set him, (although he did admit to feeling under pressure). In addressing the new master after the conclusion of the installation ceremony, Tony remarked: "Blackpool has had a reputation for staging first-class shows in the resort for many years, but Progress Lodge's installation today has been one of the best." And it was at this juncture that he admitted that the quality of performances had put him and other Provincial officers under pressure.
However, there returned a relaxed and leisurely mood when Marin presented Tony with charitable disbursements amounting to £1,200. An impressive £500 was destined to the Blackpool Masonic Hall Building Fund, £400 to the Masonic Charitable Foundation 2021 Festival, £100 to the Sponsored Walk, £150 to the British Heart Foundation and £50 to the local hospice.
Throughout the ceremony, the audience demonstrated its support and enthusiasm. There had been no disapproving looks, no curling lips, no shaking heads and no twitching nostrils. Each of the proletariat had been engrossed and the lodge's prestige had gained an A rating. Little wonder then that, at the conclusion of the meeting, they jauntily made their way down the passage to indulge themselves in a hearty dinner; a hot collation of roast beef and seasonal vegetables and having slipped a hearty fare into their abysses, it was time for the gathering to settle down for the customary toasts and speeches.
Here too there was a perfect balance of humour and gravity. Harry Cox struck just the right chord in proposing the toast to the Provincial Grand Master and likewise, Tony continued in a vein of fun, mingled with solemnity in his response. Provincial Senior Grand Warden David Asbridge maintained the mood and immediate past master of the lodge Michael Thorne-Hebson provided an ideal climax in his toast to the new master.
All that remained was the traditional master's song and on such an occasion of perfection, who could be more suited to performing it than Provincial Grand Chaplain Godfrey Hirst, a man whose zeal and exuberance in performing the refrain is legendry – and further enhanced by the brilliance of Roy James at the piano. It was an impeccable ending to a perfect day. All that remains is to ask oneself, 'Can Progress Lodge progress further in its quality of installations?'

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Guide to Good Practice in the Management of Time in Complex Projects
Guide to Good Practice in the Management of Time in Complex Projects
ISBN: 978-1-444-33493-7 December 2010 Wiley-Blackwell 170 Pages
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In simple projects, time can be managed intuitively by any reasonably competent person, but complex projects cannot and a more analytical approach is necessary if the project is to succeed. Although much has been written about how to apportion liability for delay after a project has gone wrong there was, until recently, no guidance on how to manage time pro-actively and effectively on complex projects.
In 2008, the CIOB embarked upon a 5-year strategy to provide standards, education, training and accreditation in time management. The first stage, this Guide to Good Practice in Managing Time in Complex Projects, sets down the process and standards to be achieved in preparing and managing the time model.
As a handbook for practitioners it uses logical step by step procedures and examples from inception and risk appraisal, through design and construction to testing and commissioning, to show how an effective and dynamic time model can be used to manage the risk of delay to completion of construction projects.
Table of contents
Table of acronyms.
Time-Management Working-Group member and contributor details.
1 Preamble.
1.1 Core principles.
1.2 Mission statement.
1.3 Genesis of the Guide.
1.4 Purpose of the Guide.
1.5 Applicability of the Guide.
1.6 Planning and scheduling.
1.7 The project scheduler.
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2 Strategy.
2.1 Planning.
2.2 Schedule preparation.
2.3 Schedule review.
2.4 Progress update.
2.5 Change management.
2.6 Planning method statement.
2.7 Record keeping.
2.8 Time-management quality control.
2.9 Communications.
3 Developing the time-model.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Developing the schedule.
3.3 Schedule types.
3.4 Scheduling techniques.
3.5 Resource planning and scheduling.
3.6 Software considerations.
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3.8 Schedule preparation.
4 Managing the time-model.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Schedule review and revision.
4.3 Record keeping.
4.4 Updating the schedule.
4.5 Change control.
4.6 Progress monitoring.
5 Communicating and integrating the model.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Report types.
5.3 Reporting formats.
5.4 Feedback and benchmarking.
Benchmarking procedure.
1 Appendix 1 – Time risks which may be borne by the employer.
2 Appendix 2 – Desirable attributes of scheduling software.
3 Appendix 3 – Sample notice of delay.
4 Appendix 4 – Industry productivity guides common in the UK.
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"A new guide to help construction professionals keep control of timescales on complex projects has been published by the Chartered Institute of Building and Wiley Blackwell." (Self Build & Design, 1 March 2011)
"The guide will be beneficial to academics and students learning the basics of time management, but it could also become a reference document for all parties involved in the delivery of complex projects, including senior managers and clients". (Construction Manager, 1 January 2011)
"This new handbook uses a logical step by step approach to show how an effective time model can be used to manage the risk of delay to completion on construction projects. It demonstrates procedures and examples from inception and risk appraisal, through design and construction, to testing and commissioning that show practitioners the logical procedures to use". (Construction Now Daily, 4 January 2011)
- provides guidance for the scheduling of increasingly complex construction projects, ensuring systematic documentation and quality control
- each stage of project scheduling is discussed, with examples of specimen forms, checklists and typical documentation provided
- written by the CIOB, whose other guides have become industry standard documents


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Sridhar Vembu is someone who saw an opportunity in a problem and built a business out of it. He started a new line of service, Customer Relationship Management, in 1996 under ZOHO Corporation and made it big. So big that today it has over 10 million users and more than Rs. 480 Crores in revenues.
The catch: Zoho Corporation grew big bootstrapping itself, without any VC funding. Today, it is one of the most successful Indian startups ever with an acquisition offer from CRM giant Salesforce.
Global Indian: Chennai – Sridhar Vembu
Sridhar Vembu hails from Chennai, India, with an electrical engineering degree from IIT Madras and a doctorate from Princeton University. He's worked with Qualcomm for 2 years before starting out on his own in Silicon Valley.
The ZOHO entrepreneur is known for his tough decision making and bold steps in the software industry. The company which started in 1996 had a $200 million funding offer in 2000, but the terms of the contract were not really pleasing. So he decided to bootstrap instead and not take the VC funding. It's been 18 years since inception, Zoho has no VC funding till date. The company is privately owned even today.
Global Indian: Chennai – Sridhar Vembu in Media
Despite all the success and growth he has achieved, he remains grounded. Economic Times quoted Vivek Wadhwa, an Indian American technology entrepreneur and academic, saying, "But here is the problem with Sridhar: he is too low key. He has not done what the arrogant brats of Silicon Valley do by hyping his accomplishments and getting drunk on success, He has maintained his modesty and humility and that is why I respect him so much."
The ET article also quotes Kumar Vembu, younger brother of Sridhar Vembu, saying, "Even when he was 8 years old, he would always win. He will do what it takes to win, gives it his 120 per cent."
Forbes refers Sridhar as the Smartest Unknown Indian Entrepreneur. His company Zoho Corporation is now competing with Google and Microsoft in office space, thus making him more popular in the Silicon Valley.
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Not every startup is successful and not every entrepreneur either. It takes determination and perseverance to succeed. And this is exactly what Sridhar Vembu has proved throughout his career. Right from introducing a new product line in the market to going against VC funding in 2000, and declining an offer from Salesforce. He has done it all.
In his interview to YourStory, he said, "Don't settle for anything lesser than the best. Always make products that are the best in the world and anything other than this is a recipe for mediocrity."
An important lesson for entrepreneurs is that bootstrapping too can grow your business, and it's not always the VC funding that lets you spread your wings. A line for an Urdu couplet sums it all – "Hum paroun se nahi, housloun se udte hain," which means, "we fly not with wings, but with courage."
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Young Girl in Snow/
You wonder if
it will ever stop snowing,
as staggering cliffs of white
load up on the roof,
thickening clouds of the stuff
swallow the air, the yard,
keeping you and those you live with
prisoners from the world
but not from each other.
All your life, you have lived
with snow and people,
but now the adjustments come slower,
family and weather bear down more.
You scratch a figure of yourself
in the icy window,
a ghost to haunt you
in the thick of this.
The pane is like the photograph
on the dresser—
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Art Basel Miami Beach has been on my art dealer bucket list for a while. The stars had never quite aligned, but they did this year. And since 2014 marks our first year with a retail gallery (in our 42nd year of business), it seemed like a perfect time to check things out in sunny Florida. So plans were made to drive down with some dealer friends, stopping in shops all along the way to search for "roadshow treasures", and spend 6 nights immersed in the spectacle. The center of the art world – GLOBALLY – is Miami and Miami Beach during this week. And by center one can feel free to picture a black hole. And so my journey began…
One of the potential misconceptions about ABMB is that it is just one show. It is actually a huge collective of art, design, fashion, music, and museum shows, parties and events which run practically round the clock. It might be best to provide a visual of just the exhibition and museum events map. Feeling overwhelmed yet? I was. I'm not sure anyone attending ABMB doesn't feel that way. If you'd like a nice summary of the shows and museum events, click here.
If I had to choose one main focus for my week, it was the secondary market offerings at Art Basel proper. Two of my days were spent in the flagship art fair, which had a boggle the mind feel to it. I will admit to being lost TWICE on my first day. Literally lost. As in if someone said "Can you point me to the exit?" I would have said "I have no idea". None. Oddly, instead of being unsettling it was sort of freeing. Here are just a few of the sights which resonated with me at Art Basel itself:
At night, the party circuit comes alive. Here's outside the Bass Museum opening party. Shiny happy people amongst palm trees and some interesting outdoor sculpture.
In the midst of all the hubbub one can forget the beauty of Southeast Florida. I don't really miss Florida until I visit, when I remind myself "Florida is really nice". Our small apartment complex was in SoFi (South of Fifth) which was quiet, perfectly situated, and a few minutes from parks and the beautiful beach.
Every day began the same way, as physical endurance became more and more important as the week wore on. One helpful thing…a good cup of coffee.
One very interesting phenomenon was the fact 99% of visitors were basically taking selfies and instagramming their way through the aisles and booths. Visiting with one dealer in his booth who I've known for years I nearly had an emergency case of Agoraphobia. There were about 45 people crowded in amongst the Picasso's and Chagall's, and I thought the local fire marshall would need to come to just his booth. As we spoke, he deftly stepped away at one point to wave off a couple taking a two person selfie in front of a $7,000,000.00 Picasso, the backs of their heads just inches away from the canvas. Needless to say he and I both marveled at the changes in our business. It was, to utilize an art world term…Surreal…
Not wanting to be the only one to NOT take any selfie's, I decided to do so amongst the art. My mirror ball selfie and flip-flop selfie are the best efforts my iPhone had in memory upon my return.
My fair checklist ended up being Art Basel Miami Beach, NADA, SCOPE, Untitled, and Pulse. As this was my first Art Basel, and since my last day Sunday was also my birthday, I decided to bring home a souvenir. The day started with a happy birthday cake from my friends, complete with trick candles. And as Scope was my last fair, I stumbled upon a gallery in LA called "thinkspace", who's booth showcased emerging artists. They had a wall of 12″ x 12″ panels by about 25 different artists, and one caught my eye. It is by Pittsburgh based artist Mike Egan, and is titled "The Devil's Rejects".
Exhausted, we began our ride back North, choosing a direct approach with no stops other than for gas and coffee, as a major storm system was brewing. We made it back just in the nick of time, thanks in part to this beverage refueling truck:
All in all my first Art Basel Miami Beach was enlightening, grueling, exciting, challenging, and fun. Can't wait for my next one!


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I wear a lot of things you don't see on the blog. Half of the time I don't have time to take pictures, the other half I'm just too lazy. And no one needs to see EVERYTHING I wear. But occasionally, I will snap an outfit selfie if I'm feeling myself (I've been trying to share them on instastories). Because I'm thirsty for attention and need you to click my affiliate links to make a nickel, here's what I wore in July.
I stalked these pants for at least a month. Stalking pays off, kids, I got them for $20 off and wore them to work as soon as they arrived. Top, Lush via Trunk Club. Pants, Marks & Spencer (similar from Barney's Warehouse). Shoes, c/o JustFab. Bag, JustFab. Glasses, Karen Walker (exact from The Real Real).
Fully obsessed with this jumpsuit from Loft (loft yes loft that loft the one i have four other black jumpsuits from fight me). It's comfy but cute and dresses up and down effortlessly. Jumpsuit, Loft (here's another one but wide leg that I want now). Shoes, c/o JustFab. Bag, Gucci (EXCELLENT dupe from Nordstrom for just $55!).
After moving, being homeless, moving in, not getting all of our stuff for four more days, I had been looking like a trash person for a while. The day after moving I was so excited to be reunited with my wardrobe that I gussied up for the occasion. Top, Elizabeth & Clarke (I LOVE this company for work tops, doing a post soon!). Shorts, I Heart Ronson (similar from H&M). Heels, Valentino (look for less from Century 21).
Snagged this skirt from the Zara sale for like, $10. It's honestly a little big and if I lose one pound will likely fall off. Shirt, H&M (almost exact from Uniqlo). Skirt, Zara (exact). Shoes, JustFab. Necklace, BaubleBar.
I saw someone trying on this top from the Zara sale on Instastories and immediately went to the website to get it. One hour and $100 later, I wore it to a beer festival. It's so fun! Like a cupcake! Top, Zara (s/o but here's a sort of similar from XXI). Jeans, Old Navy (exact). Pretzel necklace, Dollar Tree.
I originally planned on wearing a crop top to my friend Amy's housewarming party, but that felt a little too vampy for such a chill event so I switched to this top/shorts set. Yes, it's SEPARATES. I'm obsessed with tops and bottoms that match right now, because you can wear them on their own or put them together to look like a dress or romper! This particular set has a bunch of variations - there are a couple of different top styles, and you can get cropped pants or shorts. Top, Belk (exact). Shorts, Belk (exact). Heels, Stuart Weitzman (exact / similar from Charlotte Russe).
Let me know if you like this format and I'll keep it going! I love sharing my outfits but until I can get another 100,000 of you buying things off my blog I cannot afford to quit all of my jobs to blog full time and actually have the time to take blog photos (insert the crying laughing emoji here). And of course, if you want to see the outfits in real time give me a follow on Instagram at @ajwearsclothes.


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African Art Sets the Market Off
- Christie's is auctioning 105 African pieces from the Durand-Dessert Collection
- The Durand-Desserts have collected African art for 30 years
Christie's is hosting an auction of one of the largest collections of African art. The pieces come from the collection of the Durand-Dessert family who have gathered these works for the past 30 years. Will this sale serve as a turbo boost for the valuation of future African sculptures?
Why This Matters: Little is known about African art dating beyond the 20th Century. During the colonization of African kingdoms Western occupiers muted creative practices including the development of the sculptures in this auction. Anthropologists and art historians have gained greater understanding of the art from various parts of Africa. In turn this has increased appreciation for these pieces. The items in this auction are estimated to go for between $9 million and $14 million.
Famed Nigerian sculptor Yinka Shonibare wants to see African art get more respect in the West. "I wanted to raise the fact that Western art owes a hell of a lot to African aesthetics. Where would Picasso be without the encounter with African art," said Shonibare about a recent collection he is curating at the Stephen Friedman Gallery in London.
Christie's anticipates the auction will set off the market for African art, in large part due to the Nigerian pieces in the sale. "Never before has there been so much good Nigerian material in just one sale at Christie's, and it's really a market-making moment. We want to put these works on the map and give them the attention and the platform they deserve," said Christie's Head of African and Oceanic Art Bruno Claessens.
What's Next: Christie's will hold the auction on June 27 in Paris. Look out for whether the pieces surpass the projected $14 million upper range for the sale. On June 13, Sotheby's completed an auction of African and Oceanic art from multiple collections that sold for nearly $6.6 million.
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"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don't go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don't go back to sleep."
Eos is the goddess of dawn, bringer of the early light which came from the ocean`s stream at the far east to overcome the night. Filled with the charms of dawn, she is associated with hope and rejuvenation to all mortal beings as they rise in the morning from the hours of darkness, renewed with energy to resume their journey through life. Sister to Helios (the Sun) and Selene (the moon), she is the mother of winds and was nearly as notorious as Venus in her passion. She can be used to invoke desire by pairing her with pearl, moonstone, musk and saffron. Her colors are purple-reds and golds. She represents desire, eternal youth and renewal. She lives for eternity in love.
Her influence is subtle, but profound. She will radiate her gifts from the higher planes, waiting to manifest in those few who have the ears to hear, and the eyes to see.
Hidden images are incorporated for the viewer to discover on her own. The original print was created at an astrologically favorable time with magickally appropriate aspects and correspondences. The art works as a talisman to incorporate her benevolent energies to enhance and manifest her charms and secrets within you.
Available in the following formats: Posters - Prints - Greeting Cards


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Mike is entrepreneur and incubator, strengthening founders hands-on with brains, lessons learned and networks. He is both firestarter and fireman for startups and small economies.
Taking risks and minority shares, not hourly rates, Mike strongly believes in bootstrapping and empowering entrepreneurs to focus on early profitability instead of fundraising seed capital in the first place.


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We have seen the number of foreclosures rise to over 800,000 this year; mostly residential homes. The number next year will be including a great deal more of commercial properties.
How will this affect our cities & towns? What should we be on the look out for?
What should the plan be for the commercial landlord whose mortgage is more than the value? The loans are BALLOONING. Values have fallen significantly. Foreclosure? Short sale?
Should aggressive agents market to the commercial owner? Is a short sale better than foreclosure on the credit report? I say "yes".
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Pakistan says it tipped off US on bin Laden: report
Pakistan's intelligence service believes it deserves credit for helping US spy agencies locate the hideout of Osama bin Laden, who was killed by US commandos nearly a year ago. 'Osama planned major Pak attacks before death' | In pics: Osama dead and aliveworld Updated: Apr 28, 2012 09:13 IST
Pakistan's intelligence service believes it deserves credit for helping US spy agencies locate the hideout of Osama bin Laden, who was killed by US commandos nearly a year ago, The Washington Post reported.
"The lead and the information actually came from us," an unnamed senior official with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) told The Post.
The al Qaeda founder and 9/11 mastermind was killed on May 2 last year in a secret US Navy SEAL operation in a walled-off compound in the Pakistani garrison town of Abbottabad, north of the Pakistani capital.
Washington and Islamabad are now working to repair their relationship, which was badly damaged by the revelation that the world's most wanted man was living a stone's throw from Pakistan's elite military academy.
"Any hit on al Qaeda anywhere in the world has happened with our help," The Post quotes one of the Pakistani intelligence officials as saying.
The other official, who said he had been intimately involved in the hunt for senior al-Qaeda operatives, including bin Laden, said the ISI provided the CIA with a cellphone number that eventually led to an al-Qaeda courier using the nom de guerre of Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, the paper said.
The officials said that in November 2010, they turned over the number to the CIA, along with information that it had last been detected in Abbottabad, the report said.
The ISI said it did not know then that the number was Kuwaiti's, but that CIA analysts did, without however relaying that information back to the Pakistanis, The Post noted.
"They knew who the number belonged to," the paper quoted one official as saying. "But after that their cooperation with us ended."
"It is the story of an extreme trust deficit and betrayal," complained the other ISI official, the paper pointed out.
However a US official disputed the ISI version, The Post said.
"The fact is, our knowledge of the number didn't come from them telling us about it," the paper quoted the US official as saying.
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Unsecured USB Slots? Say It Isn't So, Captain America!
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You'd think the bad guys — let alone the good guys, and it's not always easy in Captain America: The Winter Soldier to know which is which — would have figured it out by now: Lock down the damn USB slots already.
But alas.
You'd especially think they'd have figured this out given that the same plot point was used in Iron Man 2. Admittedly, Captain America might not have had a chance to watch Independence Day yet — it wasn't scribbled down in his little notebook of Things to Catch Up On, though Star Wars was — but Iron Man 2 is in the same universe. Didn't Tony Stark ever mention, "By the way…" to Nick Fury when setting up his supersecret organization? "You know, you've got this security hole here big enough to drive a tank through. Might want to look into that."
The conveniently-located-thumb-drive plot was even used around the same time in the penultimate episode of this season's Agents of SHIELD television program. But it seems like that program in general doesn't have a real good grasp of storage technology, confusing, as it does, the difference between hacking and decrypting.
Anyway, in case you haven't seen the movie (and yes, there's spoilers here), here's what happens. Captain America and Black Widow are rescuing a S.H.I.E.L.D ship, and in the process Black Widow casually plugs a USB drive into the ship to download all its files. Needless to say, Captain America is kind of perturbed by this — not by the security flaw, but by the fact that nobody had told him she was going to do this, and she was on his team.
The thumb drive then plays a prominent role throughout the movie, being hidden and getting lost in various odd places, and then gets used, in all places, in both an Apple store and to boot up a mainframe. Because all mainframes came with drivers for a USB drive, and of course file structures between Apple computers and mainframes are compatible. And as with Agents of SHIELD, there was a lot of handwaving around the notion of whether the flash drive was encrypted and how to get it decrypted.
I wasn't the only one who had trouble with this part. "And this magical thumb drive that sets all this would-be intrigue into motion is a helluva head scratcher," writes Sean Erickson in Trash Art Movies. "There's just no getting around that fact when it comes down to this thumb drive that Nick Fury and his supercomputers can't figure out but Black Widow and a display MacBook at the Apple Store can, you're making the bad guys far dumber than they should be."
"Why was Fury locked out of decrypting the thumb drive on his own authority?" concurs Jed Hartman. "Why was the data (that ended up on the thumb drive) on that SHIELD ship in the first place?" "Most everything about that thumb drive baffled me," agreed one commenter. "I don't know how that was supposed to help them read the data (even if you assume that a 1970s computer was equipped with a USB port)."
Needless to say, plugging in the thumb drive also gave the bad guys location and time information for targeting the heroes with one humungous cruise missile, which should also serve as a lesson about why plugging thumb drives into strange USB slots might be a Bad Idea.
(Incidentally, if you're looking for a thumb drive to keep handy just in case you need to steal files from a supersecret quasigovernmental agency, you can actually get one that looks like Captain America. $9 on Amazon. No word on whether it's explosion-proof like the one in the movie.)
Now, we know that movies aren't necessarily the best place to pick up good habits — did you see the unsafe way those guys drive? Oddly, few other reviewers seemed to have the same issues I did with the flash drive aspect. But one does hope to achieve willing suspension of disbelief, even if we're talking about a world with secret military bases and a massive government surveillance project.
Hmm. Maybe it's not so unrealistic after all.


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Proving that girls are never too old for Hello Kitty, I received the most beautiful Hello Kitty dinner set from my Mum for my birthday (thanks Mum!). It's from the Hello Kitty Liberty Art Fabrics series, which is a range I have had my eye on for a while now because the designs are just … Continue reading
Posted on December 19, 2012 …
My night with an Electric Samurai in London
It's my birthday tomorrow, and last night I had my present – the chance to see legendary Japanese rock guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei (布袋 寅泰) in concert at the Roundhouse in Camden! I've been to quite a lot of concerts in my (gulp) 31 years, but I can honestly say last night's was one of the best ever. … Continue reading


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David Luck - 12/24/00 04:02:34
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Scouting
Nice page. Good info on BP.
Enid - 12/09/00 23:05:26
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Xanthe Holliday - 11/17/00 13:42:25
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Guider and Venture Scout in UK
This was a great site. I was just wondering where in Australia you are based. I'm coming to Australia next July and am looking for Guiding or Scouting people to meet up with. Would love to hear from you, or anyone living in Australia, New Zealand or Hong ong who would like a visit.
kirsty - 11/11/00 14:08:02
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Guiding
Ace You have helped a bomb with my B.P trefoil
arlene - 11/09/00 08:25:12
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: guiding/canada
looking for someone to trade badges in australia with for my brownies. if interested please contact at above email. interesting site bye
Kathy Hart - 11/08/00 22:44:30
Bad Bunny - 11/05/00 08:58:47
My URL:http://www.badbunnny.com/
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Website de Nice. Merci pour me laisser signer votre guestbook
Judy Syring - 11/05/00 06:42:40
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Girl Scout- USA - Houston, TX
Great information.Thank you.
Judy Syring - 11/05/00 06:26:16
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Girl Scout
Jenny Cummings - 10/21/00 12:50:45
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Guiding - Olave Program - Victoria
Dear Kinta, I must say, you have an excellent site. I've done the rounds of many of the sites, but yours is definitely coming out way ahead - especially for Australian content. I really liked your history section - I wonder... do you know of anywhere that I can get a small graphic of Olave Baden Powell? I can only find photos, and I would really like a graphic to put in the Victorian Olave Program Magazine. Any suggestions for locations would be really appreciated! Thanks again for a great site, and keep up the good work! Yours in Guiding, Jenny Cummings - Leader & Ranger, Victoria
Beth Warren - 09/28/00 11:11:46
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Scouting USA, FL
Great job with your site. This will be my 10th year in Scouting and I am still learning. Thanks for the info that I will be passing along to my Junior troop as well as my Cadettes and Seniors. Keep working. Beth
Audrey brown - 09/09/00 18:53:31
My URL:http://website.lineone.net/~3rd.guides
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Guiding
Love your website, its really different, We're from SCOTLAND and have our own new website, please come to visit us. It's very interesting to see how different every country is. Do you have a mascot at all, we really want to host one, and cant seem to find one free
Dee - 08/14/00 12:08:39
My URL:http://www.webtol.com
My Email:dbm@arkansas
Very lovely site and I really enjoyed my visit.
Sally Wally - 07/27/00 07:44:53
My URL:http://you know them by now yeah ?
My Email:you know that too !
Guiding/Scouting?: Well DUH !!
You done lots on here girl !! Way to go !! Hope the new putey is making things easier..!!! Loves ya !!
Judy Commerford - 07/16/00 11:35:42
My URL:http://www.iafrica.com.na
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Yes
It was wonderful finding your web-page. Greetings from the Girl Guides Association of Namibia We are hoping to have our own link soon - once I know how to do it properly. Great Ideas, good graphics - keep up the good work Judy Commerford
Felecia Senti - 05/05/00 04:37:58
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: just parenting
This was a great source of information for my son's first grade class. They are creating a book on animals native to Australia. Super Site...
Elizabeth Kenney - 05/02/00 00:05:22
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
looking for family tree history for Baden POWELL. My family are Powell's. My grandfather died on July 1st, 1999 (Canada Day) , one of the last of the Powell family. He has 1 son, who has 2 sons. My uncle is interested in investigating any possible connections. I would appreciate any help you could give me or any direction you would suggest I take for research. Thank you...from Canada. Elizabeth Kenney
Caitlyn - 04/30/00 13:26:52
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Guiding
Thanks. i used your site while doing my Lady Baden-Powell award.
Per Morten Ellewsen - 04/26/00 21:07:47
My URL:http://home.sol.no/~ellewsen/per.htm
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: District Commisioner
Just Hi from Norway ! Nice site ! I´m the commisioner of Gudbrandsdal district of the norwegian scouts assosiation. It´s 430 scouts all together in my district and 15 scoutgroups. If you like to have some friends among the scouts in my district you are welcome to send a mail to: email@example.com I will ad your question in my district news-paper, and to the contact-page on the district web-site - http://www.scout.no/kretser/gudbrandsdal Sincerly yours in scouting Per Morten Ellewsen Speiderleder fra Norge ( Scout-leader from Norway )
Dana - 04/21/00 02:48:15
My URL:http://www.oocities.com/danamaree/
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Neither. (once a Brownie)
Just have to say what a pretty site you have, I love the pics, which I can remember from such a great Australian children's book. Have a kewl day
Great site. will be back
CAPT Steve McConnell - 04/16/00 07:25:52
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Australian Regular Army
I was looking around for some resource data for an ANZAC Day presentation that I'm doing. This is excellent and you've done a lot of work. Well done!
My Email:Mad_Docz@bigpond
Guiding/Scouting?: GUIDES
MistressBec - 04/05/00 10:33:12
My URL:http://www.crosswinds,net/~mistressbec
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: nope!
Hi there, just visiting some of my fellow aussie neighbours on the Aussie Web-Ring! Nice place that you have here! Cheers, Bec
Victoria - 04/03/00 06:31:41
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Guiding
Cool site!
Christina - 04/02/00 18:05:26
My Email:www.Citv.co.uk
Guiding/Scouting?: Both
Guiding/Scouting?: GUIDE
Guiding/Scouting?: GUIDE
Digital Delilah - 03/25/00 01:46:20
My URL:http://www.digitaldelilah.com
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: no
Your website looks great! All of your hard work shines through and it is obvious that you have spent a great deal of time and effort into making these wonderful pages! Why not consider putting your site to the test? Come join the Digital Delilah's Website Competition! Or maybe you'd like to join the Staff! You are also cordially invited to join our webring!
annette dizon - 03/19/00 00:50:03
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: scouting
hi! would it be possible to send me a kangaroo mask for my son's project for tomorrow. sorry to ask on such short notice. been shopping for a week nd cant find one. thanks a lot. love your webpage.
Tina Clark - 03/06/00 11:29:16
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Guiding
Great site, I was looking through all of the official UK Guide and Scout pages for a picture of Olave Baden Powell for a time line that I am putting together with a group of Brownies for a 200o challenge. This is deifinaltely the best I've found. Thanks
Bev Jones - 02/29/00 01:40:41
My URL:http://www.angelfire.com/mt/bevspage/
My Email:email@example.com
Hello Ruth,
I'm just popping in to say G'day. I've really enjoyed my visit here with you.
Hi, im a Reg 26 LOTH sister, and im checking out all the ladies pages. i really liked your site, youve done a great job, keep up the good work! bye :o)
Gail Pilgrim. - 02/22/00 06:04:04
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Brownie Leader.
I found your Pages most interesting as l am a new Leader and looking around has given me some good ideas. Thanks. Gail.
Bonnie Fuller - 02/18/00 22:32:39
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Brownie Leader
Hi, Thank you for thte information I need for Thinking Day. I tried to tell my girls on Thursday but the infor. I had was over their head.
mae - 02/18/00 03:49:23
My URL:http://www.angelfire.com/mt/JustinLanger
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: i was a brownie, does that count?
hi there, i really love your page, it's really well designed and interesting, well done, and i look forward to visiting again soon :)
Tracy (Koala) - 02/15/00 03:02:32
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: I was once a girl guide....long time ago.
Hi there Ruth, What a lovely cyber home you have, I especially like the Koala background, he is so cute. It has been ages since I visited fellow Wattles pages, so here I am. Catch you soon. Koala hugs Tracy.
Shelly - 02/09/00 19:00:49
My URL:http://www.oocities.com/Heartland/Vista/7341/
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Hi there! Just came for a peep and I really enjoyed my visit. `~*.'Hugs'.*~` Shelly
Ann D. Long - 02/04/00 13:26:05
My URL:http://www.oocities.com.Heartland/Pines/5407
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Scouting
Hi, We loved your web site. We found it via an email about GS/GG Memobelia. We are studing Australia for our International Thinking Day. We would like a Pen Pal troop from Australia. Can you help us? ^Ĺ^nn/Troops #498-501-502
Cheryl Steele - 01/27/00 13:18:49
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I am from a town called Kinta, Oklahoma in the USA. Kinta is a Choctaw Indian word for beaver. I was hoping to find out if the school was going to be closed because of snow today...but I like your page.
Des FitzGerald - 01/25/00 06:46:51
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Scouting
Great site. I'm with the 7th.Mountain Northview Cub Pack in Burnaby, BC, Canada
Kinta Mader - 01/24/00 15:45:53
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Hi, as you can see my name is Kinta also and I am wondering how you got the name and what you were told it ment. I was told it was a family name and that it ment Beaver in a west coast indian tribe and I was told a few weeks ago by a Japanese girl that it means health fat boy in Japanese. well, hope to hear from you. - Kinta
Laurie Ather - 01/20/00 17:48:54
My URL:http://www.oocities.com/Heartland/8964
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Girl Scout Leader
I am a leader in Central Maryland Council, USA. My troop is making a display on Australia for Thinking Day 2000 and your site has many great reasources we will be able to use! Beautiful graphics and backgrounds, too! Keep up the great work!
Fancy - 01/17/00 03:28:38
My URL:http://www.oocities.com/Nashville/Bluegrass/3163
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: use to be GS
Your home on the net is great thanks i had so much fun here! *RAOK*
Dawn Beloit - 01/08/00 02:54:20
My Email:jbksmom
Guiding/Scouting?: Brownie Girl Scouts Troop #211
I live in California and our troop is doing Australia for thinking day. Thanks for the beautiful site.
Carol Pringle - 01/07/00 23:07:38
My URL:http://oocities.com/Heartland/Fields/9224/index.html
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: retired/guiding
Thanks for the welcome to Region 26...thought I'de pop over and take a look around...Great site enjoyed my time here...take a look round mine sometime http:/oocities.com/Heartland/Fields/9224 Congratualations of a very informative and interesting site...hugs....Aussiecat.
Stone - 12/23/99 13:46:06
My URL:http://home.seol.net.au/shentall/index.html
My Email:email@example.com
G'day Ruth, just popped in to say hello. Nice to have visited your site, well done. STONE
Hi there! I was just checking out some of the other members sites on the RAOK webring! It's nice to see that I have aussie neighbours! Have a great day!
Cheers, MistressBec!
Ruggsie - 10/27/99 20:45:00
My URL:http://www.oocities.com/ruggsie
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: I was a girl scout in grade school....does that count??
Hiya Ruth! I was hoping to track down more pics of your kids here...no luck, but what a beautiful piece of land you have! Jennifer
Lisa - 10/26/99 12:21:39
My URL:http://LadyLisa.tripod.com/index1.html
My Email:email@example.com
Great pages you have! I enjoyed my visit and will come back. have a wonderful day.
Great pages you have! I enjoyed my visit and will come back. have a wonderful day.
Hi there! I'm Recruiter Sunflower and I'm from the Rumbles! Part of my job is to surf the net and take a look at people's websites and invite them to the Rumbles. When you get a free moment, please stop by and see if you would like to participate your sit in some friendly competition. We have a list of different teams and I'm sure you'd have a great time!
Spider Orchid - 09/20/99 02:14:39
My URL:http://pages.ivillage.com/pp/katatonic
My Email:email@example.com
Thank you for sharing your site and family with me. I really enjoyed my stay. See you under the wattle......
Carol SAid - 09/10/99 03:33:27
My URL:http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/blake/450/
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: no
Your life unfolding here is so very painful. LOTH Region 26 OZ & NZ, and Wattle Women gives you at least some people to share your plight with. It is hard for us to imagine what you are feeling. Let us be all be warned none of us are safe if this hits so lose to home. Keep Smiling for sake of yourself esteem and your wonderful sad children. Without you they will not cope. Take Care Carol
enjoyed your site. thank you for sharing with others. god be with you and yours. gypsyrose
Misker - 09/05/99 23:51:32
My URL:http://home.kawartha.com/~patsys/index.htm
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: niether I am a caregiver
Hi wanted you to know I came to visit and enjoyed the tea and cookies very much!! Also definetly enjoyed my visit here!!
I'll be back!
Tiny - 08/15/99 11:17:43
My URL:http://come.to/tinyshome
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Here is Holland speaking! I have really enjoyed visiting your homepage! Come and visit Holland and take a look at my page! I have a nice site in English, French, German and Dutch with a lot of information/links about tourism in Holland, music, holidays, o d schoolphotographs,Teletubbies,links, Animated Gifs, you can pick up my banner, and you can also win my award!! I would be delighted if you sign my guestbook too! Greetings, Tiny
Steev Elwart - 08/09/99 14:11:56
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Asst. Scoutmaster - Wood Badge Staff
Enjoyed the story of Denizulu's Necklace! Steve Elwart Troop 111 Vicksburg, Mississippi USA
Ron McPhail - 08/08/99 16:40:53
My Email:email@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Beavers
Ruth, just stopped by for a look see. Hope the Priate theme when well! How did the hats do?
Midnight Lady - 08/05/99 04:38:20
My URL:http://home.seol.net.au/shentall/midindex.html
My Email:email@example.com
Hello Ruth I have enjoyed my visit to your site ..very nicely done..Feel free to visit my site any time :o)
Thanks for your visit, I thought I'd return the favour! It's great to see more Aussie's on the net now, and doing such a good job. :-)
tina - 07/31/99 14:36:12
My URL:http://www.localsintheknow.com
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Hi there, I have just been to your homepage via the Australian Ring I was wondering if you could help with the following in the aussie spirit: A new site has just been launched, which is mainly for tourists, helping them to find out about a city they want to visit and to ask questions from the locals. I am looking for people who are prepared to answer the occasional email about the city they live in. It does not cost anything to subscribe as a local, except a few minutes of your time. The project is in aid of research for the paralyzed. David, whose idea this project is, has broken his neck 3 years ago. Can you please help and please, send it to any of your friends, we do need to establish a database of locals before getting sponsorship or paying clients. Please go to the site: http://www.localsintheknow.com/ click on top left corner "become a member" many thanks, Tina firstname.lastname@example.com
Eve/Icey/FlannelFlower - 07/16/99 07:47:56
My URL:http://www.icecastle.au.castlenet.org
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Hiya Kinta, thanks for visiting my page :-) Love yours, so cute. Wattle Women ROCK!
Paula - 07/15/99 06:01:25
My URL:http://www.oocities.com/Heartland/Trail/1270
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: nee
Hi Kinta...you have a pretty site....I loved my stay here very much....
I found your page through Wattlewomen, you have a great site and i really enjoyed my stay. i am having a break from Guiding at the moment. i have just started putting my guiding page together could i please put links on my page to you wonderful guiding pages. Keep up the Great work, i hope to et to know you better through wattle women
Pat - 06/25/99 04:51:42
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: Guiding UK
I am a brownie guider and I came by to look at your compass drawing which I will do with my Brownies in the summer.
steve zivot - 06/24/99 15:28:22
My Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Guiding/Scouting?: cot your site from scoutins.Asm in a great troop in Staten Island N.Y.
Lynn Rogalski - 06/24/99 02:57:22
My Email:rogalski@sympatico. ca
Guiding/Scouting?: Guiding
Enjoyed your pages very much
Anne & Graham Mitchell - 06/18/99 09:35:32
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At last we are on-line and have the time to peruse what has been tantalising me for months. We have enjoyed our first visit and will be back. Cheers Ruth and Marshall, Yours in scouting and guiding, Anne and Graham
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text: The whole wall is home to all types of Moray Eels. Following the plateau around you will come to the cave entrance at 30M, the caves themselves extend a couple of kilometers inland. All around the cave entrance you will see moray eels coming out of nearly every crevice in the wall, an eerie feeling. The cave can be entered, with care, to about 20m where there is a large rock pillar. The bottom of the cave is covered in silt and visibility can get very low. Head out a little and there is a statue of the Madona and Child placed there to bring good luck to the fishermen. Heading back up onto the plateau there are shoals of Sea Bream and Zebra Fish, Octopus and Ornate Wrasse. We have also seen Angel Sharks and Atlantic Rays, Dolphins and Pilot Whales here.


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#1 The week in numbers...
1. Mega babe Lizzy Hadfield from www.shotfromthestreet.com came to visit and took this sultry photo outside our shop, bad weather has never looked better.
2. Francesca turned 29. Big sis goals.
3. I spent my 3rd Valentine's Day with this hunk ^ (He's aged somewhat since this was taken).
4. I caught up with my fave show. (The Great Pottery Throw Down, BBC2 8pm, Thursday's)
Hattie x


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Lauren & Aaron - Hilton Lake Las Vegas Wedding/
Lauren and Aaron's wedding was an indoor garden extravaganza with touches of gravel inspired detail (a nod to the Groom's love for his motorcycle) designed by the talented team of Amorology. Round tables dressed in paisley sequined linens were topped with stone urns with overflowing lush arrangements while the napa tables altered between double oblong arrangements and garlands with florals. Guests joined the couple at the Hilton Lake Las Vegas to celebrate their morning ceremony at the Mormon Temple. Mary Clair Photography joined the team to make lasting memories of the day.


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Hesitation Wounds by Amy Koppelman
The Overlook Press, 2015; 192 pp
Reviewed by Charlie Riccardelli
"Surviving grief requires relentless negotiation with narrative," a character says late into Amy Koppelman's piercing and hauntingly poetic novel Hesitation Wounds. The line is adrift in the memories of Susanna, a psychiatrist who specializes in patients with treatment-resistant depression as she briefly remembers the words of a surgeon she once dated. How do you give meaning to a life after it's gone? How can we remember or recover what we no longer have? These ideas and many others wrestle within Susanna as she falls through her memories, many built around her late brother who died as a teenager. Years later she's hurdled back into those memories she's tried to bury once she learns of a patient's suicide. For too long Susanna has denied herself the chance to build a life with others because she fears she might lose them. Her decades, of agony, love, and fear are portrayed by Koppelman in such a nakedly honest way that reading Hesitation Wounds felt like glimpsing the most private emotions of someone who struggling with deep personal pain. I felt unprepared for the depths the novel took me, nor could I easily shake this unflinching and powerful work.


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text: The second installment of Gandhi Gazoo was made featuring his most recent adventure: Banana Night at Lynch House. Banana Night took place right before exam week at Campbell and was a welcomed relaxation before the storm of tests and studying. The entire idea was created by none other than Wee Wan, our favorite Malaysian housemate. We should have a party with all things banana, he told us early on. Not only did we have that party, but we were proud to welcome Gandhi Gazoo too. Thanks for a great night Banana King Wee, it was fantastic!


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I had a different post for today but after seeing this episode mentioned in the comments section of J. Money's (Budgets Are Sexy) latest post on payday loans, I had to share.
The episode is 21.29 minutes so make sure you have some time before settling down to watch. My key takeaways are listed below. Enjoy!!
If you are new to personal finance or know someone that is, pay particular attention to the following points of the video:
0:34 – People are insane…
3:28 – What is a financial adviser anyway?
7.55 – Compound interest both the positive and negative. How much are you paying for fees?? His correlation between fees and termites is spot on!
9:30 – Problems with Active Management of your portfolio. Remember Orlando the cat?? Did you ever ask what your manager is investing in? Index Funds!!
17:57 – You can do this yourself! 😉
I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did. What were your key takeaways?? Feel free to leave a comment below. 🙂
Until next time…


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Email blacklisting
Email blacklisting occurs when an email service provider puts another e-mail service provider on a "blacklist" and stops accepting email from that provider. This is usually done because it is perceived that a high volume of spam is coming from the blocked provider and its "reputation" is downgraded.
If you send an email to someone whose provider has blacklisted NCF mail you will generally get a message back that indicates that delivery was refused, such as:
- This is the mail system at host mail.ncf.ca.
- I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.
- For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster.
- If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the attached returned message.
What causes blacklisting of NCF mail
Generally other e-mail providers blacklist NCF mail when they think that a high volume of spam is coming from NCF. This may actually be the case or it may be that a spammer is spoofing NCF IP addresses, in other words pretending that their spam mail is coming from NCF, when it isn't.
In most cases blacklisting of NCF occurs because one or more NCF members running Microsoft Windows have had their computers infected with a virus that grabs their address book and sends out spam to all their contacts. Their computer may also be part of a botnet and under remote control to send out large quantities of spam.
This map from Cisco shows where the current threats are coming from.
What can you do if your email gets bounced
The easiest solution is simply to wait.
Most large email service providers use commercial blacklisting services, such as Barracuda or Cloudmark. Typically these will blacklist a service provider for a short period of time, such as 12, 24 or 48 hours and then the blacklist is recycled and cleared. If they didn't do this than soon they would have every email provider on their blacklist and no email would get through.
If you need to get an email message to someone whose provider is blacklisting NCF mail in a hurry then you can:
- See if you have an alternate address for the person to whom wish to send an email to and try that address instead
- Use an alternate email address you have to send your email to them, such as Gmail, Hotmail, or Yahoo
While most NCF members rely on NCF email, it is still handy to have an alternate email address to use. In normal circumstances you can just forward your Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo mail to your NCF account and that keeps the alternate account available in case you ever need it.
If the blacklist doesn't clear in 24 hours or so and you still can't send a message to a certain e-mail provider the bounce back message may provide instructions for the NCF staff to help speed up clearing the blacklisting of NCF mail. Normally you can't do that yourself directly, though. You can see if there is already a posting about the specific issue on the NCF Help Desk Discussion Group and, if not, post one or send the information to NCF via an office message.
Some blacklists response well to NCF system administrator requests for removal of NCF from a blacklist and others do not. Some blacklists do not take inputs at all.
The best way to prevent blacklist problems is to keep NCF mail off other provider's blacklists in the first place.
The easiest way to do this is for NCF members who run Microsoft Windows to make sure that they are running at least one anti-virus application and preferably two or more. Windows users need keep their virus definitions up-to-date and run scans daily to prevent themselves from becoming part of spamming botnets.
If you suspect your computer is being used for spamming (check your sent mail) then disconnect it from the internet until it is cleaned.


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text: Spent an unlikely evening sitting in the front row at a Jeb Bush town hall meeting at the VFW hall just down the road from our house in Littleton. Was surprised and impressed to hear so many confrontational yet respectful questions this far north, as well as the intelligent and respectful way Bush handled the skepticism while sticking to his guns. He was once touted as the most likable, sensible and electable candidate on the right, and I can see why. In the end I shook his hand and wished him luck. And, I was even interviewed by a New York Times reporter! All in all, an exciting evening for a political junkie like me!


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Listening to Stone: Experiencing the Garden Through the Eyes of Sculptor Isamu Noguchi
World renowned sculptor Isamu Noguchi viewed earth as material for art, and sculpture as creation of social space. His concepts have enlivened the author's experience of moving into and through our Japanese stroll garden.
"Noguchi's rediscovery of Buddhist gardens, to which his mother had introduced him as a child, prompted a new way of thinking about the sculptural enterprise. A sculpture did not have to be a self-defined object. It could also be a space or a garden and earth could be a material for art." ~From Listening to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi, by Hayden Herrera (2015), p. 121, in the chapter "A Close Embrace of the Earth."~
After reading The Life of Isamu Noguchi: Journey without Borders, by Masayo Duus (2004), I was eager to read widely and to learn as much as possible about this Japanese-American sculptor, and how his work evolved over his long career. As a docent for the Seattle Japanese Garden, I was particularly interested in how his understanding of space evolved, and how that might deepen my understanding of our garden.
Noguchi (1904-1988) was born in the U.S. to an American mother and a Japanese father. His mother moved to Japan when he was very young, then sent him, as an adolescent, to be educated in the Midwest. Abandoned by his father and sent away by his mother, Noguchi tried throughout his life to understand and express this dual heritage. Although he settled in New York City and made a home there, he traveled extensively throughout his life -- to Paris, London, Italy, Mexico and China – as well as to Japan, where he also made a home. Everywhere, his passion was to understand the art, monuments & traditions of the past -- and to make connections, personal and aesthetic, with the cultural movements of the present.
Although he excelled at creating portrait busts in the "academic tradition" of the previous century, he was not content to make art that simply reflected the past. Much of his early work was modernist and abstract. This included designs for furniture and lighting, as well as stage sets and props for Martha Graham and other avant-garde dancers and choreographers. But even as a young man in the 1930s, he envisioned, in his proposals for "gardens" that were decades ahead of their time, an expanded definition for sculpture. These included "play gardens," sculpture gardens and projects similar to those that, later in the 20th century, would be known as "environmental art." These early proposals, documented in drawings & models, remained unbuilt. Years later, he created sculpture gardens, some monumental in size and scope, in the United States, Japan, France and Israel. These gardens were much more than locations for the display of sculptural artworks.
Throughout his career, Noguchi moved toward "a broadened conception of sculpture as the creation of social space." (Isamu Noguchi, by Bruce Altshuler, 1994). He had long been interested in modern dance & theatre, and their relationship to Japanese religions & rituals -- including Shinto, Zen and Noh theatre. In discussing his work, he referred to
"…my long involvement with sculpture as space and with a vision that the frontiers of sculpture might open up by relating it to the land and to real walkable space… The making and ownership of art could also be beyond personal possession – a common and free experience." (From The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, Isamu Noguchi, 1987)
As a Japanese Garden docent, I talk with visitors about time and space in Japanese-style gardens. In contrast to Western gardens, which strive for long-lasting color & extended bloom times, Japanese gardens are temporal in nature. Participating in the changing of the seasons and realizing the fleeting nature of beauty (of flowers, fall color, and the changes wrought by time and age) is essential to "understanding" such non-Western gardens. In addition, the Seattle Japanese Garden is a stroll garden, and thus invites visitors to move through space as well as time.
Isamu Noguchi produced an impressive range of work over a long period, but I don't think that we need to have a full understanding of that range & history in order for our experience of the Seattle Japanese Garden to be enriched. Since I completed docent training in the spring of 2013, I've believed that we leave behind the ordinary world when we pass over the entry stone and through the gates of our garden. However, after having led tours for three years, and with an understanding of Noguchi's concept of space, I realize that our garden doesn't simply present us with a non-Western narrative. Rather, it invites us to move through a public space that is both park and work of art, and to interact with all of its elements (stone, water, plants, animals, structures, and also light, weather, people and, as they unfold, cultural events). It's not a Zen Garden or a courtyard garden to be viewed from a stationary position, but rather a space to move within and through. Each of us has a different experience, and each time we visit, we encounter a garden at once old and always new.
Corinne Kennedy is a trained guide for Seattle Japanese Garden and a contributor to the garden's blog.