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All programs - except those of mother tongues - in all language sections are identical and emphasize the same standards.
To ensure that the programs of the European Schools are recognized, they are designed to meet at least the minimum requirements of all Member States. Since these vary, the contents were established by negotiation between national experts - particularly by members of the Boards of Inspectors - based on a careful examination and comparison of national curricula.
The entire curriculum can be consulted on the main page of the European Schools: Syllabus
Years 1 and 2
Years 3, 4 and 5
Mother tongue (L1)
8 hrs
6 hrs 45
4 hrs
5 hrs 15
Language 2 (L2)
2 hrs 30
3 hrs 45
ONL: Irish/Maltese/Finnish/ Swedish
(1 hr 30)
(1 hr 30)
Music/ Art/Physical Education
5 hrs
3 hrs
Discovery of the World
1 hr 30
European Hours
1 hr
3 hrs 30
25 hrs 30
27 hrs 15
The language of each section is called Language I for pupils whose
a) native language is the same as that of the section;
b) native language is not a language of the Community;
c) parents have chosen the language of the section as Language I.
First foreign language (LII)
The choice of the first foreign language, called Language II, in the 1st year of primary cycle, is very important for the pupil's future education.
• It is possible to choose German, English or French.
• During the five years of primary School 5 periods per week are reserved for the teaching of the first foreign language chosen (LII). Pupils of the same age of all language sections take common classes in their first foreign language.
In exceptional cases only, the Director will authorise a change of LII in Primary School. In any case such changes will only be allowed by agreement with the competent national inspector.
Dutch classes
These classes are specific for the European School of Mol. They concern pupils of 3rd, 4th and 5th year and are meant to contribute to integration of these children into the host country, facilitating communication amongst them during recreation and with the School personnel. Dutch is often also the teaching language of the "European hours".
Moral (ethics) or religion
For 2 periods per week, pupils have moral or catholic or protestant religion classes. Each year parents can revise their choice. Any requests to change must reach the secretariat by the end of the school year.
European hours
The so-called "European hours" are intended for the pupils of primary School as from the 3rd year. During 2 periods per week the pupils of all linguistic sections of the same year get together, in order to share, in a true European spirit, aiming a joint pedagogic objective or sports activities.
The specialist teacher gives sports lessons. Whenever, weather permitting, classes will be held outdoors in the playground or in the gymnasium for which gym shoes are recommended.
Marking system
The report does not involve simply grading pupils (based on the ability to reproduce things they have learned), but observes how they use knowledge and apply skills throughout their individual work (application of skills).
Many opportunities will be given to the parents during the school year to update themselves on their children's progress:
• In November individual parent-class teachers meetings are held to discuss the pupil's attitude towards work (general participation, organisation, working methods).
• In February, parents will receive a written report with the evaluation of all the courses covered in the first semester.
This breakdown of each discipline allows for clarity of the actual situation of the pupil.
The plus mark in boxes indicates to what extent the pupil has acquired each skill or competence relevant to his year group:
"++++" Learning objectives are fully achieved
"+++" Learning objectives are satisfactorily achieved
"++" Learning objectives are partially achieved
"+" Learning objectives are not yet achieved
The box at the foot of the page can be used by the class teacher to give further comment on, needs, aptitudes, working methods.
The efforts, needs, aptitudes, working methods ... are commented in the sections "The child´s Strengths" and "Areas for future development".
All skills will not necessarily be evaluated in the first semestre (mark n.a.). Indeed, some issues have not been adequately addressed in the first part of the school year and will therefore be evaluated in the second half.
• During the second semester, a programme of work will be implemented which:
o introduces and develops the skills which were not assessed in February (no cross);
o consolidates skills previously assessed allowing for individual progress.
• In April/May, the Deputy Director of the Primary School notifies the parents in writing if there is a possibility his/ her child will have to repeat the year.
Progression to higher class
At the end of the year, at the teachers' conference (class council), the class teacher will recommend either that the pupil progresses to the next year or repeats the current one. This decision will be based on a summary of the results in the four main areas, i.e. Language I, Mathematics, Language II and supplementary activities.
The aim of this summary is not to judge a pupil by his/ her results, but to evaluate his/ her level of skills acquisition in relation to the requirements essential for him/ her to progress.
As all skills do not have the same value, the symbols in no way indicate an average of the plusses entered in each subject.
Based on the proposal of the class teacher, a decision will be made at the teachers' conference (class council). In each case, individual needs of the pupil will be considered when deciding if he/she should progress to the next year.

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Cat videos and rigorous testing: The purrfect match
Brand: Purina
Agency: Blueberry Wave
Website: https://www.purina.co.uk/
Campaign details
Subject line: Get your paws on a FREE SAMPLE of Felix Fun Sauces™
Opens: 13%
Clicks of opens: 58%
An initial email had gone out encouraging subscribers to interact with Purina's social media channels. The success of Blueberry Wave and Purina's 'Cats like Felix' campaign had resulted in high levels of engagement and user-generated content, with cat owners sharing photos and videos of their own pets using the hashtag #uptomischief. Having warmed up their subscribers and familiarized them with Felix – the lovable feline behind the brand – Purina sent a follow-up email offering free samples of their new product: Felix Fun Sauces™.
What data was used?
The data was gathered from a combination of Felix and Go-Cat consumers, who had also registered and interacted with the brand between 0-60M+. The majority of these were reached via online registrations and sampling campaigns, although a few engaged through competition entries and voucher redemptions.
• Introduce subscribers to a new product – Felix Fun Sauces™ – and encourage them to request a sample.
What makes this a performing campaign?
It's a well-known fact that pets and social media go together like kitties and catnip, but we loved the way Purina and Blueberry Wave tapped into this trend with a strong marketing strategy to back it up. Some #uptomischief posts on Facebook received over 600 shares and 8,000 likes, which laid the groundwork perfectly for a high-performing email campaign; integrating email into an overall marketing strategy is a sure-fire way to maximise engagement.
We were also impressed by the fact Purina and Blueberry Wave, far from getting complacent at this success, went on to implement a rigorous email testing strategy. The initial email offering samples Fun Sauces™ underwent an A/B subject line test, splitting recipients between A (Get your paws on a FREE SAMPLE of Felix Fun Sauces™) and B (Add tasty sauce to mealtimes with our Felix Fun Sauces™). Whilst both received good results, A was the runaway winner and therefore implemented across the whole subscriber list.
The ultimate send (below) impressed us with its accessible design, consistent branding, and clear call to action. 'Claim your free sample' is prominently placed, and was easily the most clicked link according to heatmap analysis.
As a final attention to detail, Purina and Blueberry Wave applied a filter to the subscriber list associated with the campaign, ensuring that contact would not feel harassed by receiving the email twice.
The results
The integrated strategy and initial subject-line testing that preceded this campaign, along with its clear branding and accessible design, ensured great results; 38,195 contacts opened, with 22,419 clicks-of-opens.


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Vancouverites are already experiening the huge inconvenience that such a global event brings to the city.
Endless road closures, restricted movements and Canada Line have advised that during the event there will often be a 3 or 4 Skytrain wait, therefore needing to allow at least an extra 30 minutes for your journey.
Lots of Vancouver Schools are closing for the event SO NOW IS THE TIME TO ESCAPE the hustle and bustle of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
You can do so for less with United Airline's Vancouver Escape Sale. If you'd rather be sipping cocktails on a beach in Hawaii or trying your luck at the slot machines in Vegas than fighting traffic restrictions and painting a giant maple leaf on your face, this sale is for you!
Here are some examples of the fares being offered. These prices are for return flights, in Canadian dollars, with all taxes included:
Vancouver to Maui – February 14-25: $465.11*
Vancouver to Las Vegas – February 13-24: $242*
Vancouver to San Francisco – February 13-25: $280.82*
Vancouver to Los Angeles – February 13-28: $224.12*
The last day to book these fares is February 2, so please give Rainbow Travel a call to book your Olympic escape today!
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Thread Works Private Limited was awarded at the Business Star Awards 2015 that selects the Large Scale Businessmen, organized by the Sri Lanka – China Business Cooperation Council.
The award was received by the Company's Managing Director Gehan de Soysa.
This was the fifth time that the Sri Lanka – China Business Cooperation Council targeting Sri Lanka's large scale businessmen engaged in business with China was held.


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Having checked out Sideshow Collectibles' 1/6 scale Dewback creature in our Photo Archive, the Probe Droid is curious whether you'd like to see more creatures offered in their 1/6 scale collection.
Heck yeah! but only the most iconic creatures that interacted directly with our heroes
Give me everything. nothing is too obscure.
I'd get some.
I'm saving all my money for a Rancor with a Sith Witch on its back.
I don't collect the 1/6 stuff, but I like to look at it.
I do collect the 1/6 scale stuff, but I don't want any creatures.
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text: Veterinarian Stacy Broussard is a volunteer ranger whose duty is to patrol the area around the Houston airport on horseback. But her life changes dramatically when she discovers a dead body, a motorcycle, an injured dog and a military drone powerful enough to attack a large aircraft. FBI Special Agent Alex LeBlanc and his partner Ric Price treat the situation as an act of terrorism and suspect everyone. The sparks begin to fly as Alex initially suspects Stacy, but realizes she might be in danger after more seemingly unrelated incidents occur. The trio join forces to find the connection between more mysterious deaths in the town, a possible water pollution scare and epidemic and one sweet, innocent dog. But Stacy proves her strength as she helps Whitt, a young 12 year-old boy with a brilliant IQ and abusive parents. Author DiAnn Mills skillfully combines suspense and romance through plot twists and turns as her characters face past issues and rely on their courage and faith to unravel the dilemma. Look for the next book in this exciting series.


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When it comes to happiness, research shows people who have strong relationships with a partner and close friends are happier, healthier and live longer. Healthy marriages promote healthy families; healthy families promote healthy communities; healthy communities support our ultimate interests in a healthy Unity North Atlanta Church community.
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It's not just Muskrat.
We will go into the next election without a Report, let alone a public inquiry, into the Don Dunphy tragedy. Watching the Liberals equivocate on the issue still appalls.
How large might the catastrophe have to be for Dwight Ball to call for Ed Martin's head?


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Just thought I would share a little Houston Aeros hockey news today -- for some reason, I can't get into football yet, but I'm fully up on all hockey. I can't explain it...okay, yes I can. I got to watch the tryouts for the Aeros cheerleaders, the Aero Dynamics, on Saturday, so hockey's pretty relevant in my mind at the moment.
First, I spoke with Aeros Vice President of Business Operations Jamie Spencer last week. The team's been in kind of turmoil this off season with the departure of several popular players, front office staff, and longtime trainer Jerry Meins. Spencer wanted to address some of this, and he wanted to give some info on what might be upcoming this season for the team.
"Talking to the [hockey] staff, and talking to folks like Jim Mill [the new Aeros GM] and Chuck Fletcher [the new GM of the Aeros' parent club Minnesota Wild] , I'm extremely excited for the Aeros organization right now," he said. "I'm excited for the Wild organization. It's been a long time since we've had a fresh look. Some fans might get nervous about that, and other fans get excited -- and I hope that they're getting excited because there's been a lot of change. Specifically on the hockey side of our business. And that isn't a bad thing."
The team will be continuing with many of its popular fan promotions, including military nights, Boy Scout/Girl Scout nights, the Guns-and-Hoses tug-of-war, and the Bikini Contest to select Ms. Aero. But dates for these events won't be specified until the AHL releases the team schedules, which should happen within the next week or two.
"We want to make the games fun," Spencer said. "People need to come there, enjoy hockey, blow off some steam, so we'll continue to try and be creative and find things."
The team is currently looking into the possibility of more TV games for this season, and one of the things the Aeros will be discussing with Toyota Center is the possibility of replays on the video boards for all home games as opposed to just weekend games.
"The big thing [with the Aeros] is that we're trying to develop players that can move up to the Minnesota team," Spencer said of the roster changes. "The players that have moved up here [to Minnesota], many have contributed. It seems like each year we get guys who become everyday NHL players. Development is a huge part of that....
"The only thing I can say is that we are continuing to want to win in Houston....we made offers to everybody we could. Some of these guys after having successful seasons, they get more money going other places or are more marketable now....It's not that we didn't want to sign them, it's that they're getting more money to go to other places."
As for the Aero Dynamics, their tryouts were on Saturday at the Park Shops at Houston Center. The day started at nine and went through four in the afternoon. The ladies went through registration, photos, individual routines, group routines, and were judged each step of the way.
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I've got to confess, I didn't think I would get bored with watching attractive women in tight clothing, but after a couple of hours of the same songs and same basic dance moves -- at least to me -- I got bored. Then again, I wasn't judging, so my opinion really didn't matter.
A group of 20 women were chosen for the squad, and a team captain, Megan (no last name), was also named. Megan, though a member of last year's squad, is still rather new to Houston, having lived here for just over a year, so she sees the squad as a way to get to know the city and the people who live here.
"I really want to have a strong team this year as far as a sisterhood," she said in her role as captain. "I want to make sure that we all get along and definitely, as a bunch of women in one place, it can get a little scary. But I think we're all mature and great dancers and we will be able to represent the team really well."
And to finish up, I also learned last week that the Aeros are in negotiations with 1070 and 1560 The Game for the radio rights for this upcoming season. That should hopefully get your attention because tomorrow you'll see my interview with 1560 program director Chance McClain about his station and the Houston sports radio market.


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When I moved home to Colorado in 2011, I heard a radio ad for my alma mater which ended with the tagline, "minds to match mountains". The phrase stuck in my head because I do think that a childhood spent exploring nature and mountaineering builds a certain resilience, and for me, becoming one of the first female graduates of Outward Bound in Marble – way back when – was definitely a rite of passage.
This issue of Roaring Fork Lifestyle includes several stories about growing up in the Roaring Fork Valley. Here you will find kids climbing with their mom, frequent contributor Andrea Palm-Porter, who shares ten favorite local hikes, and a three-generation family joining the swelling ranks of the nation's pickleball players.
A Facebook posting by Carolyn Watt Williams, a Lifestyle contributor and local college counselor, prompted the editorial staff to ask Carolyn to share deeper thoughts about a book on helicopter parenting. That, in turn, lead us to look at what's being done to help local young people make the transition from youths to young adults. Thus, in these pages, you will find intriguing articles about YouthEntity's internship programs and about how First Word, a program affiliated with Aspen Words, is helping young poets to express themselves and find their own voices.
In this issue, you will also enjoy reading about the history leading to the Hotel Denver's centennial and learn how local police forces collaborate to keep the lid on big festivals in our small towns. You will enjoy some delightful photos from Mountain Fair and the 12th annual Grand River Classic Car show, and you will discover how two very different churches are putting down roots in Carbondale.
It's a pleasure to live here, nestled among lofty mountains whose summits hide in the clouds. It's fortunate that our valleys are peopled with teachers, artists, naturalists and professionals whose heads are not in the clouds. It's their down-to-earth efforts that build our communities and fill them with minds to match mountains.


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Rita Watson was born in Warburton Ranges, Western Australia. She moved between Amata and Wingellina as she was growing up and is the daughter of Tjuruparu Watson - a renowned Irrunytju Arts painter from Wingellina. She now lives in Kalka with her husband and regularly paints designs associated with her father's country Illurpa.
Examples of Artist's Work
Pulya 2010 52 x 52cm acrylic on linen
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Registry - 1980 - Friday the 13th
We begin our look at the amazing cinematic year that was 1980 with a consideration of Friday the 13th. Yes, it was the beginning of a massively important franchise that also didn't quite fit what the franchise would become. We look at the reasons it should be on the National Film Registry, what the impact was on the world of genre film, and why it and Halloween are so important.
Registry - Luxo, Jr.
There is a kind of film I call the Walkin' Around flick. It's fun, and the point of the film is not the progress of the characters through the setting or their encounters, but the way the characters interact with themselves. The road trip movie is the automated form of this sort of thing; the motorcycle to to bike, in essense. The British film Forgotten Man is of that ilk, and it's great fun!
The basic story is a guy who is a part of a theatre company for the homeless, Carl, meets Meredith, and they spend the day and night together walking, talking, encountering, and basically enjoying one another. Carl is dressed nice, because that's his role in the play, and Meredith comes from money.
The real thing here is the acting. Each and every performance is the kind of thing you'd tell folks about. The leads, Obi Abili and Eleanor McLoughlin, are phenomenal, and have all the chemistry you need to pull off a film like this. The stunning black-and-white cinematography allows the subtleties to play across their faces in a way that never intrudes on the bigger picture. I got the feeling that this film would work in Glorious Colour, but as it stood, it was so much more monumental due to the impact each tiny gesture made upon the entirety of the shots.
McLoughlin is magnetic, and Abili has a difficult role to play that he hits perfectly. I've seen other actors walk into this kind of role and go ill off-course into the weeds. Instead, he plays it with a combination of realism and a sense of direction without purpose. That may not make sense when you read it on-screen, but when you see it play out, it totally works. Meredith is a different animal, and she nails it by allowing every event to wash over her and giving into it as if it is a normal reality instead of an unusual occurance. That's another difficult pass, but she makes it happen, and damn well.
Forgotten Man shows twice more at Cinequest, on the 9th at Santana Row in San Jose at 1:30, and at the Century Theatre in Redwood City on Saturday the 11th at 9pm. YOu should go and see it, because it really hits it out of the park... or an appropriately British version of that cliche.
H.P. Lovecraft is the perfect source for comedy, right?
Nick Spooner has created a hilariously bizarre short comedy with The Call of Charlie. It's a simple story - a dinner party, and then a set-up to get their single friend (CTHULHU or Charlie) happens as an unexpected friend stops by.
Let me say this the simple way - it's freakin' hilarious. Seriously, everything, even the cinematography, manages to make the comedy even more comedy! The way it was cut, smart and clear and without an overly-showy sense of flash, it lets the acting and script and the general absurdity of CTHULHU coming to dinner play with the audience's expectations. Horror Comedy is not usually played like this, in fact, I can't think of another one that goes this way other than Cinequest 2014 favorite A Night at the Office. This makes it all the more impressive, because there is no template, and you can tell that it works at every step!
The Call of Charlie plays as a part of Shorts Program 7 - Comedy Favorites and shows at the Hammer Theatre Downtown SJ on Fri, Mar 3 9:30 PM and at the Century 20 Redwood City on Sun, Mar 5 3:50 PM, Mon, Mar 6 4:30 PM and Thu, Mar 9 8:30 PM
One of my favorite Disney shorts, it provides an amazing point of consideration for the development of animation's role in the Hollywood landscape.
This is the part where I give a little bit away about the film programming process. We have to watch a lot of films, and so we don't have a lot of time for things to land. You watch one, you might take notes while you're watching, you rate it and you move on to the next one. That's how it works. There's no real reflection period, it comes at you like you're in a theatre, watching a shorts program. The ones that stick out, that you rate highly, those are the ones that you consider a few weeks/months down the line when it's time to put together your programs.
But then, there are the other ones. They stick with you, have you thinking about them, basically poisoning everything else you try to watch because the film is so good, so fun, so fresh, so smart that anything else just feels wrong, and you have to stop for a while and re-watch, then let it sink in. The first movie I put on one fine morning was The Eleven O'Clock. The rest of my viewing day was ruined, since I had to re-watch it twice and then just bask in it.
The story is a psychologist has a patient; the patient thinks he's a psychologist. The two meet and play off each other, trying to convince the other that they're the one that's trying to help. The entire thing is silly, but it's that smart sort of silly that makes you giggle at even serious bits that stick in.
Watching it, there are three things that stuck me on it and required my re-watching. The first is the acting. Our leads are phenomenal, especially playing pass-and-go with each other within a script that is just about as smart as can be, which is the second thing. They each have a stance, and they both work from it so well. I was noticing tiny little things on my first viewing that stuck with me enough that I had to see it again! The third thing is the way it's shot. It is more-or-less a one location film, but it works within that location so well, I felt as if I was discovering it. That alone made this a film I had to program, and the rest meant I wasn't going to be meeting my 25 Films a Day duty!
The Eleven O'Clock plays as a part of Shorts Program 7 - Comedy Favorites and shows at the Hammer Theatre Downtown SJ on Fri, Mar 3 9:30 PM and at the Century 20 Redwood City on Sun, Mar 5 3:50 PM, Mon, Mar 6 4:30 PM and Thu, Mar 9 8:30 PM
They're saying that Zombies are played, but I think there must still be some magic in that old silk hat they found. The festering dead are still ambling strong when headed by a good script, a smart director, and a well-deployed cast. This proves to be the case with Instapocalypse.
There's two intrepid hold-outs roaming the ravaged Earth, and a zombie, and there's an iPhone, and there's an Instagram post waiting to be checked. That's the basis for the film, and in five minutes, it gives a smart and funny play off of those elements in conflict. While it's short, it's stylish, but not showy, and funny, but not dumb. There's some beautiful craft on display in setting, make-up, and especially cinematography. As quick as a flash, it hits, and ultimately, that left me howling!
Instapocalypse shows as a part of Program 5 - Mindbenders at Century 20 Redwood City Fri, Mar 3 9:45 PM Tue, Mar 7 6:00 PM and Fri, Mar 10 4:45 PM and at the Hammer Theatre in Downtown San Jose Sun, Mar 5 9:15 PM and Thu, Mar 9 3:45 PM
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Women of certain age who defy our lazy stereotyping
Just who are these "elderly" we talk about so much? People like ourselves must pass over into that category of "old age", but exactly when that happens, or quite how it does, remain mysteries.
All we know is "we" don't mean "them" when we talk about "us".
What we do, though, is label them arbitrarily with both virtues and vices. They are Werther Butterscotch Grandpappy, or gentle white-haired Little Red Riding Hood Grannies - saintly creatures who have never had a malicious thought in their lives, who have always somehow been old, acquiring at some point on their journey a taste for The People's Friend, ITV3, a cup of Horlicks and leaving family events early to "get settled".
Or they are like very young children: repetitive, unreflective, unaware; by their very nature out of touch with the great currents of the world. And like young children, we love them, but they can be a bit of a chore.
So, how odd it was - but how refreshing - that Mary Cameron and Jane Williams, both in their 80s, came to dominate the headlines at the weekend.
What began as matters embroiling their famous sons - both at the very top of the Establishment in Britain as Prime Minister and Archbishop of Canterbury respectively - developed into quite intimate tales of family tensions and emotional dramas in which both women played central roles, emerging from that weird tartan rug in which "we" wrap our elders to take ownership once more of their own lives and to account for decisions and directions in the lives of their impossibly successful and famous sons.
Mary Cameron's son struggled through what many believe to be the worst week of his premiership, wrestling with one particularly awkward legacy left by his father - offshore accounts, as revealed last week in the Panama leaks. Whatever the outcome, both of his initial clumsy defensiveness and his ultimately quite radical decision to publish the details of his personal accounts, it was the revelation of the robust decisiveness of his mother Mary in making two substantial payments to her son in May and July 2011, tax-free at the time and only liable to inheritance tax of up to 40% if she is, ahem, dead by 2018.
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Downing Street said the payments were an attempt to "balance" the sums received by all the Cameron children, as Mr Cameron's older brother had inherited the family home.
Now, the negotiations within that sibling relationship and the obligations of a mother to both her sons is fascinating and not at all unusual, as anyone familiar with even modest bequests and the feuds they can ignite will know.
But what is equally fascinating is the management of affairs which Mary Cameron was able to deploy as the matriarch. Interestingly, in February this 82-year-old signed a petition opposing planned closure of children's services in Oxfordshire, the Tory-run council that covers her son's Witney constituency.
This is no helpless little old lady. Though one son is Prime Minister and the other a top QC, she moved to hold her family together, making sure that none of her children felt slighted.
Even more remarkable was the aplomb displayed by Justin Welby's mother upon her son going public with the news that his biological father was Sir Winston Churchill's private secretary, Sir Anthony Montague Browne, and not, as he had until very recently believed, whisky salesman Gavin Welby.
Justin Welby managed it well. But not as well as his mother. In a statement Lady Williams didn't have to make, she said the news was an "almost unbelievable shock" and that her fling with Sir Anthony Montague Browne was "fuelled by a large amount of alcohol".
She was brutal in confronting what must have been a painful time in her life: "It appears that the precautions taken at the time didn't work and my wonderful son was conceived as a result of this liaison ... Gavin Welby and I had a short and, sadly, dysfunctional marriage, neither of us ever doubted that we were the parents of our son Justin."
Gavin Welby himself was already an alcoholic bully. Lady Williams continued: "One feature of this pressure is that I was already drinking heavily at times. Although I could then ensure that this did not affect my work, it was later to develop into serious alcoholism during the 1960s, which only came to an end when I entered rehab in 1968. I have not drunk alcohol since."
The woman emerges not well, but very human.
Lady Williams's is a life of shades, of contradictions, of failings and, it has to be said, triumphs. Shockingly, she demonstrates just how stultifying our view of old people is. Many of us are simply not prepared to let our older relatives be persons in their own right.
Jane Williams and Mary Cameron. Two women in old age still mopping up the damage of their own lives and that of their sons - handling embarrassment and shame and blame with something not quite, but very like, aplomb.
Let's hope we ourselves in our 80s can manage even a fraction of that chutzpah.
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A Primer On How To Find Affiliate Programs For Your Website
As part of your overall strategy to make money with the articles that you post on your websites, submit to blogs and article banks as well as on your sites, you will also need a variety of good affiliate links that will help to generate revenue. It is important that you know where to find affiliates and that you choose the best affiliates for you, your articles and your niche websites.
When you pick an affiliate program to associate with, it is important that you determine which companies will provide the best profit numbers based on the frequency that the product is likely to sell. In that way you will select not only the ones that offer good, profitable products, but also the ones that fit your strategy, and business goals.
There are several types of affiliates programs available and some will offer you more money from per sale than other. Before you get overexcited by dollar signs, remember that some products are bound to sell more than others. If you sell on product four times a year that gives you $100 per sale or sell a well known product 3 times a week at the rate of $10 per sale, then you better stay with the $10 per sale product as it will make much more money.
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When I think of what spring means in San Diego, baseball games and announcements of new animals from the zoo come to mind. Traffic and tourists who don't understand common-knowledge speed limit.
It means more pups at the dog beaches. It means arguing with my mom over the air conditioner when I want the windows down. It means more flip-flop choices and way more sundresses.
In northeast Afghanistan, spring means hoping that the few birds' nests crudely constructed within connex ledges (since there are no trees in the compound) end up being successful and perhaps I will be able to hear the quiet peeps of the babies. It means being prepared to wear rain boots and being thankful for the rain because it helps with the dust. The rain brings out large slugs. I feel bad for them because they seem to have no home, no shell and get trampled on in glee by those who don't care about the poor slimy terrestrial gastropod mollusk. It means dreading the DFAC (dining facility) even more because T-shirts are more revealing of the female figure than the view that sweaters and jackets provide.
This place is dreary. There are no colors. The birds' feathers – the only animal that we see – are a dingy grey and brown. The unfortunate event of an egg falling on the ground to expose a yellow embryo is the birds' only contribution to color here. A few purple flowers sprouted up one afternoon. I couldn't help but pick one and stick it on my computer as a reminder that true spring is somewhere. I bought pastel-colored shoes and shirts that I wear proudly. I don't care if I look silly. At least I am happy and there is some color in my world to break up the monotonous earth tones.
There are more sinister clues that spring is here.
This is still a war zone. The sound of the Giant Voice saying "Incoming" and "Prepare for Impact" is more frequent. The other night we heard the boom at midnight on the dot. We heard the rocket hit the ground before we heard the voice. While waiting for "All Clear. Prepare 100% Accountability," I reflected on my ambivalence, my lack of fear. Never exposed to violence before, I am curious to the reason it doesn't dramatically affect me. There are times that the signs that mark "Mass Casualty" body spots remind me of what could happen here.
To break up our usual routine on half day, Marissa and I volunteered for an "EMT rodeo." Our assignment: Special Project. We arrived early and we both suffered a tinge of anxiety walking towards the hospital. We had no idea what we had got ourselves into. Our email told us to go to the emergency room. I asked one of the men where we should go, and they led us into the ER. Hospitals make me uncomfortable. It was empty, but I could almost see ghosts of the injured during the height of the war. Now it was empty, cold and unused.
We were instructed to wait in some chairs by the entrance. The only civilians, we watched a few military people come and go throughout the halls in silence. We tried not to laugh at how silly we must look and the random things we get ourselves into.
A few moments later, an Afghan child was discharged in a wheelchair. His big brown eyes held deep sadness and lacked hope. His legs were skinny and his feet worn. He was no more than 8, and I realized that he probably didn't have a bike. Heck, he may not even know where his food was coming from. That's what makes me hate this place. People complain about the conditions and long hours. But we choose to be here. We have a job, can go on lavish vacations, buy new houses and cars, and yet people here whine about the air quality and the beds. That's what makes me mad. Just outside the wire people are starving, and we can't even be thankful we have a choice to get out.
While Marissa and I were involved in our silent reflections about the boy, the rodeo organizer came out to greet us and take us to our station.
He took us out in front where the boy and presumably his father were getting into an ambulance. I looked at them one more time. I shook off the boy's eyes that were still corralling my thoughts and directed my attention to our afternoon duties.
We were given a bag filled with little bags of multicolored chalk. We were to stand at the cardiac arrest station and throw the chalk (a representation of chemical warfare during a mass causality or for fun like the Color Run, depending upon point of view). As we were waiting for the first team to come across our battle site, a helicopter hovered along near the flight line and landed. The powerful blades spun quickly until they rested like the rest of the green metal bird. I'm always in awe of airplanes' engineering, but helicopters are just plain rad.
Finally, the rodeo began and the chalk throwing commenced. Inevitably, I got more chalk on me than I got on the participants. It took a lot longer than Marissa and I expected. But eventually it ended, and we made our merry way back home.
More from SDReader
- More stories by Veronica Remsbottom
- Afghanistan: among the connexes — July 16, 2013
- Such a Bee — April 24, 2013
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- Bush League — March 13, 2012
- Blood on the Pomegranate Tree — June 17, 2009


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Displaying Your Collections As Part Of Décor
One of the most important things in life lies in being able to find that single mental getaway, you can always turn to. Even the most beloved and convenient of jobs is still a job, which means that from time to time it is going to be quite stressful. Personal problems will come and go and sometimes you will just feel the need to hide from the mundane. Because of this, having a hobby which includes collecting might be the right solution to this problem.
However, seeing as you will invest hours, days and weeks making this collection of yours it would be a shame if there was no one there to see it. Luckily, this can be easily remedied by finding a way to display your collectibles as a part of décor. If done correctly, this can both satisfy your need to show the results of all your hard work and decorate your home at the same time.
By far the easiest collector's item to display is usually some form of art like painting or sculpture. Now, before the confusion kicks in, these paintings do not have to be anything expensive or luxurious. In fact, some people even collect paint-by-number paintings. In the world of collectors, personal value is all that counts. The best thing about art lies in the fact that all of your options of displaying it are quite natural and straightforward. Even though you can set aside a specific room meant for these pictures or sculptures exclusively, there is nothing wrong with displaying them in your living room.
Now, most people prefer to keep their jewelry or other valuables locked tight in safe, however one must wonder if this is the right way to go. First off, what good is a piece of jewelry you never wear or see? Find a simple, yet cunning way to show off all of your precious metal valuables by either hanging them on some custom made hangers or making a DIY display case for them. Still, this doesn't have to end here. In order for some real extravaganza in your home, you can easily arrange your precious 1 oz of gold pieces and thus make them a focal point of your home.
Keeping it Simple
Finally, there are many items that do not require any additional acquisition or DIY project in order to be arranged. For example, if you were to collect pottery or alarm clocks, those could easily be displayed on the top of any counter, desk or table in your home. Still, just putting them there does not meet the décor requirements. Find a way to organize your collectibles in the best way possible and give them the opportunity to make you proud.
In the end, even though most of the time, creating collection is deemed as something intimate, there is nothing wrong in allowing your closest circle of friends or family to take a peak. Do not allow your prized collection to be barred in some basement where only you can see it. Take it out in the open and allow others to revel in its magnificence at least for a while.


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Guest blog: Howard Berry, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute
|Brian Blessed at the screening of Flash Gordon
Brian was in attendance at the Weston Auditorium, at the University of Hertfordshire's de Havilland campus, to talk to the audience about his role in the making of Flash Gordon, in which he played the memorable character Prince Vultan - complete with a gold Viking-style helmet and giant bird wings. The film was partly filmed at the nearby Elstree Studios, which was also home to Star Wars and The Shining at the time of production.
Conducting research into the history of classic productions, such as Flash Gordon, is always rewarding because you never know quite what information you are going to find. Oral history interviews are a wonderful way to connect with the past, and each interview is unique because it is a personal memory being shared.
This summer I interviewed Brian on behalf of The Elstree Project, in the preview theatre of the studios, and he told me about how the Hawk Men were winched up into the roof of the soundstage against a blue backdrop in order to achieve the flying sequences. Many crew members would feel ill from the heat of the studio lights or from having just eaten lunch, and toilet breaks involved having to winch everyone back down again. The process apparently took ages!
One of the most interesting stories Brian told me was about how - after being an actor for the BBC - working for "the other side" (ITV) was always seen as disloyal and frowned upon. When Brian first started to make guest appearances in The Avengers and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) at Elstree, he was told off and felt guilty. However, he enjoyed the freedom and soon came to regard Elstree as a hugely enjoyable place to work; he would even cycle to the studios if the car to collect him didn't arrive.
The video of Brian talking to The Elstree Project can be found online here.
Brian was a fascinating interviewee, and the added bonus of having him launch our third Elstree Film Season was a wonderful treat for our audience. Next week we get to screen an episode of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and I have the joy of sharing a new interview we have recorded with Kenneth Cope before the screening.


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Just this month, I was asked to do a collaboration with FSJ, an online shoe brand based in the US. I did not hesitate to accept the proposal, as this will be the 1st Shoe Wishlist that I will be posting on my blog. Also, I've heard a lot of good product reviews from FSJ, so why not? Just a perfect timing, since I'm on the hunt for good quality shoes to wear this holiday season, I directly went to browse through their online site and check their catalogue. FSJ had tons of styles to choose from and since I'm into wearing boots, I decided to pick their Stilleto Boots collection as this is what I've been dying to buy lately.. and below I listed at least 6 of my favorites that probably suits my taste.
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Sleat-based business, the Skye Farm Shop, is set to change hands at the end of May.
The Skye Farm Shop was first opened in December 2013 by Martin MacLure, who aimed to sell and promote Highland produce. Since then, it has received multiple awards and has been a valued local service. Mr MacLure will close the doors of his shop for the last time on May 28.
The space will be taken over by Sleat Community Trust, which aims to support developments in the Sleat peninsula. The premises will be home to a shop and café called "Biadh & Blether" and are expected to re-open on May 30.


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An important aspect of paleography and codicology is the analysis of development. The most crucial development that concerns paleographers is script. In general terms, this was the change in writing from various kinds of uncial script to the smaller and cursive writing of minuscule which took place around the ninth century. An earlier development was the adoption of the book as opposed to the more cumbersome roll. About the same time, scribes began using the more durable parchment rather than papyrus in the formation of codices. Another development had to do with the way in which the scribe tried to help the reader. In earlier documents, such as a papyrus roll, the text contained lines of continuous writing with little or no concern for distinguishing one unit from another, whether that be what we call words or sentences. A gradual concern for this sort of "mark-up" -- a modern expression in text processing -- can be detected in the history of textual transmission and writing. These are all ways in which development from a loose and sporadic form to one which is more consistent and advantageous has occurred. The issue of development is, of course, relative since difference does not always mean something is better. Development is not always the same throughout any particular region nor does it proceed at the same rate. Genetic relationships is especially difficult. Scholars still debate over the origins of the codex. Some argue that it was a product of Christian convention while others trace it back to the binding of wax tablets. These issues are also applicable to the catena and its relationship to scholia.
It is impossible to say with any certainty when and from where the catena came into existence or to what degree, if any, the scholia depends upon it. What is significant is that the interest in providing commentary with an ancient text precedes the surge of scholarly activity of the ninth century and the form of script which provided more space for marginalia.
The foremost proponent of the view that the catena comes from the School of Gaza is N. G. Wilson. His arguments are an attempt to show the possibility of a change in the form of annotated manuscripts before the ninth century. It is the claim of Zuntz that there were no scholars between the second century and ninth who could have brought about such a change (Zuntz, 274). However, the School of Gaza seems to have been involved in the collating of the opinions of commentators of preceding centuries.
Procopius describes his method in the following excerpt from an hypothesis:
Having been supplied the ability before God, we collected the explanations which were put down from the Fathers and the others into the Octateuch, combining these things from commentaries and different sayings. But then we selected with the very words of the sayings themselves of the selected passages; either they occurred in harmony with one another or they did not. And from what seemed to us an incomprehensible mass, hence, I extended the document. Now I see together from a manageable size and I comprehend the Scripture (PG 87.21-24).
From this we learn that Procopius took selections from authorities and added them to the text. This enlarged the text but it made more manageable the corpus of opinions of the Church Fathers.
Photius also refers to the catenae of Procopius in Bibliotheca 206-207. Since he does not question the authenticity of these catenae, it is hard to imagine that these are only a later attribution and actually are a work of any contemporary.
The distinction made between a catena and a scholium is that the former consistently makes an attempt to cite the name of the authority and usually before the quotation. The author is more of a compiler and editor with very little to add to the work. The term is reserved for annotated biblical texts rather than classical texts.
There are different types of catenae. In some cases the catenae is the major text while in other cases it occupies the margin. They also differ in the way in which the quotations are "chained" together.
An important link in the history of the catena is Codex Zacynthius (040). It is the only extant manuscript of the New Testament in which the text and commentary are written in uncial script. The dating of the manuscript is uncertain. W. H. P. Hatch postulates the sixth century (Hatch, 1931 plate xxv). Wilson assigns it to the eighth or ninth century: "after examining the book I share the conviction of Zuntz and others that such a dating (6th) is inconsistent with what little we know of the development of uncial script (Wilson, 1967 253)." However, the arguments concerning the dating of Codex Zacynthius are more involved than the type of script.
Codex Zacynthius is a palimpsest of eighty-six parchment leaves and three half-leaves. Whereas they now are 28 cm. x 18 cm., they were originally about 35.5 cm. x 28. At some point the manuscript was taken apart, the well-preserved leaves cut and then bound. The upper writing is a gospel lectionary of the thirteenth century. The lower writing now contains Luke 1:1-11:33. Whether it was actually erased is hard to tell since it is still quite clear and even has faded onto the opposite page of the present binding (Greenlee 994).
The gospel text is written in a single column at the inner side of the page. The placement of the catena depends on its size. Where there is more catena there is less text and the catena fills the three margins. Sometimes the catena occupies the top and side or only the side margin. In some cases when the catena runs for several pages, the gospel text is repeated. There can be no doubt that the catena was written concurrently with the text of Luke.
The ink appears a rusty brown with some headings and section numbers written in bright red. Greenlee distinguishes five styles of letters (Greenlee 995,96).
Hatch disagrees with the view of Tregelles, the first modern scholar to work with the codex, concerning the date of the manuscript. Hatch quotes Tregelles early comments:
The Text is in round full well-formed Uncial letters, such as I should have had no difficulty in ascribing to the sixth century, were it not that the Catena of the same age has the round letters (epsilon, theta, omicron, sigma) so cramped as to appear to belong to the eighth century (Tregelles ii; Hatch, 1937 334).
On the one hand, the confined letters of the Catena suggest the eighth century; while those of the Text are such as we have been accustomed to ascribe to the sixth, and the general absence of accents and breathings, even from the Catena, seems hardly compatible with the later date (Tregelles xvii).
Hatch demonstrates from other manuscripts that these compressed and elongated forms occur elsewhere from as early as the third century B.C.E. (Hatch, 1937 335,36). It is not then necessary to date the manuscript later for the reason of writing style.
The authorites quoted in the catena include Apollinaris, Basil, Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria, Eusebius, Isidore, Origen, Severus of Antioch, Titus of Bostra, Victor of Antioch, and other anonymous writers. The latest are Severus of Antioch and Victor, who is called "presbyter."
It was Tregelles theory that the manuscript may have been written before 536 when Severus came under fire for his monophysite views. A synod in that year condemned Severus, and Justinian confirmed their decision with an imperial edict. Tregelles thought that since Severus was quoted it meant acceptance of his heretical views. He further hypothesized that after the edict of 536, the name of Severus was erased in the manuscript for purposes of avoiding reprisals.
Greenlee forcefully objects to Tregelles opinion concerning the erasure of Severus.
In the first place, the present writer could detect no evidence that the name of Severus had been erased apart from the erasure of the entire ms. after it had been used for several centuries. In the second place, Tregelles found only five of the twenty-seven occurrences of the name of Severus, in most of which there is absolutely no reason to assume that the name was tampered with (Greenlee 999).
Greenlee also takes issue with Tregelles arguments based on Severus' status as a heretic. Hatch follows Tregelles in this regard in relation to the date of Codex Zacynthius. Greenlee points out that the catena clearly states in the introduction that "rejected exegetes and heretics are quoted as well as orthodox Fathers (Greenlee 998)." The compiler of the catena then quotes a statement from Cyril of Alexandria: It is not necessary to avoid and exempt everything which the heretics say. For they confess many things which we also confess (folio 1 recto).
It would seem from this that the arguments about Severus as a heretic bear no weight. The compiler is merely using that which he deems worthy. However, there is more to the argument. Hatch points out that not only does the editor call Severus hagios but also calls him "Archbishop of Antioch." This goes beyond Greenlee's argument about including heretics. Here is strong internal evidence that the codex was written before 536.
If this is true, then it is all the more possible that Procopius could also have been compiling catenae and annotating the biblical texts with them. It demonstrates that uncial script could be used in a creative fashion in order to construct a marginal commentary.
Although Wilson dates Codex Zacynthius later, his arguments concerning the catena are instructive. Zuntz proposes a later date for the emergence of scholia:
According to him [Zuntz] the evidence from the history of scholarship and from surviving books of the period in question shows that the scholia cannot have been put into their present composite form and transcribed into the margins of books earlier than the ninth century (Wilson, 1967 244).
This view suggests that commentaries or excerpts from commentaries were available in the ninth century when literary men such as Photius compiled and transferred them to the margins of minuscule books. But Wilson doubts that the commentaries would have lasted the five centuries especially if they had not been copied onto parchment from papyrus (Wilson, 1967 245). It is also possible that these commentaries were copied into the margins of codices and then were excerpted in the ninth century to form scholia (Wilson, 1967 246). Wilson takes a mediating positon between these two views .
Wilson is also able to marshal evidence from papyri which contain marginal scholia. One example is the Callimachus fragment (P. Oxy. 2258). It is written in a Coptic uncial and probably dates to the sixth or seventh century. All four margins of the fragment contain scholia.
While it is true that the minuscule script was much more economical in terms of space, it is also true that uncial script was used for marginal commentary for both biblical and for classical texts.
Wilson uses the evidence from Latin scholia to support his case. In Philargyrius' commentary on the Eclogues of Vergil, scholia are subdivided by aliter, the Latin equivalent for allws. Wilson argues that Philargyrius, who lived in the fifth century, probably is to be credited with this feature.
Despite our ignorance of the life and activities of Philargyrius we may suppose that it was he who used aliter to subdivide scholia. If this is true, we may also suppose that he did not himself invent this form of commentary, which shows clearly where the compiler ceases to transcribe from one source and begins to use another. More probably he took over a convenient feature of a Greek book that found its way into his hands (Wilson, 1967 250).
Wilson is able to show that allws was used very early as a way to designate an alternative case (Wilson, 1967 251).
Wilson again confronts the problem of derivation. He has made the point that both catenae and scholia occur prior to the ninth century. But who borrowed from whom? If the use of a marker is an important feature in catenae then perhaps the derivation of the scholia and catenae predates Procopius and is to be found in the fifth century with Philargyrius. But it is also possible that this work was being done in Gaza in the fifth century.
There may have been someone in the fifth century interested in scholia if the information can be pieced together. The Suda entry for Zosimus (Z 169) reads:
Zosimus, of Gaza or Ascalon, a sophist, during the time of Anastasius the emperor. He wrote a rhetorical lexicon according to the alphabet and a commentary on Demosthenes and Lysias.
In Cedrenus, a Zosimus of Gaza, a rhetor, is put to death during the reign of Zeno in A. D. 490. On the one hand, we may have a Zosimus contemporary with Procopius who is involved in scholia on classical authors or, on the other hand, there may have been two of that name: It is possible that the rhetor/scholiast Zosimus of Gaza flourished in the mid-fifth century. In that case, he may have been responsible for introducing the practice of entering scholia such as is attributed to a Zosimus (Wilson, 1967 254).
An example of the catena which is attributed to Procopius is that found in Cod. Marc. Gr. 22. It contains a catena on Ecclesiastes. The introduction states:
An epitome by Procopius, a Christian sophist, of exegetical chosen selections from the discourse of Gregory of Nyssa and Dionysius of Alexandria, Origen, Evagrius, Didymus and Olympiodorus of Nile.
The text occupies the inner side of the page with commentary taking up the three remaining margins. The minuscule hand of the margin is smaller than that of the text. The marginal citations are marked both in the main text and in the margin in order to find the place quickly. These are some of the marks used:
While the type of script and perhaps the markers are products of the post-ninth century era, the placing of commentary in the margin and the citing of the authorities is not.
There is clear evidence that both scholia and catenae existed prior to the ninth century. The uncial script was adapted for marginal commentary. The issue of derivation is virtually unanswerable given the lack of manuscript evidence and, in turn, the uncertainty of paleographical arguments. It is even questionable whether a distinction should be made between scholia -- marginal commentary on classical texts -- and catenae --marginal commentary on biblical texts. There is little to suggest that the School of Gaza would have recognized such a distinction since the classical tradition had become so intertwined with the Christian. To demand that the change in form could only have occurred in the ninth century is merely to associate this change with another, namely the introduction of the minuscule script. The evidence suggests that marginal commentary on biblical texts had a beginning in the fifth to sixth century and was probably of Palestinian origins if not the School of Gaza itself.
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Downey, Glanville. "The Christian Schools in Palestine: A Chapter in Literary History." Harvard Library Bulletin, 12 (1958): 297-319.
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Schuler Inc., Canton, MI, will shed light on the benefits of metalforming concepts developed to reduce vehicle weight. Visit with booth personnel to learn of press and automation systems available for cold forming of high-strength steels, pressure-controlled hardening, hydroforming and aluminum- and plastic-forming. These flexible systems easily adapt to changes in market segments, material prices and new technical developments by leveraging multi-material solutions and customized platform configurations. Also highlighted will be the firm's hydroforming capabilities, which offer reduced part count, improved assembly time and accuracy, increased structural strength, and potentially zero-engineered scrap.
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Locals are invited to a Pink Carpet Event to benefit The Honda Classic Charities this Friday, February 6, 2015 at Luka Cosmetics located in Downtown at the Gardens.
Join Dr. Fredric Barr and Palm Beach Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery with Co-Sponsors The Honda Classic, Honda Classic Couture Club and Luka Cosmetics for an evening of music by DJ Supreme, Cocktails, a Fashion Showcase, Hors D'oeuvres, silent auction and giveaways.
Additionally, as an added bonus, Dr. Barr will offer any patients who attend this event the following special promotion: buy 2 JUVÉDERM® Injectable Gel, or Restylane® and get 1 free, this is a $690 value!! Call now to find out more 561-833-4122.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Marc Faber: Cyprus : No large impact on Emerging Markets
Marc Faber: Basically emerging markets have to be looked at in a segregated way. Some of them have performed very well this year, and the markets like the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and also India performed well last year. Others have performed miserably like China and Vietnam. So we have to look at each emerging market separately. I do not think that Cyprus has a large impact on emerging markets, but we have to see that the markets in general are overbought and any news, no matter how irrelevant it is, will have an impact and they lead to a correction or even a sharp decline. - in Economic Times
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But CPC is just piece of the puzzle, the other challenge is keeping your CTR up. As your ad collects more and more impressions it gradually grows stale, and its CTR drops. Thus gaining and maintaining a high CTR means constantly deploying, split-testing, and refreshing the creative (images, titles, bodies) in your ads to keep them fresh and relevant.


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Bored at work today? Need to boost your trivia knowledge now that all the kids are back in school? Try Googling "fun facts" or "I'm feeling curious".
Google's latest trick aims to entertain and amaze, if random facts push your buttons. A new dynamic box appears below a search for "fun fact", "fun facts" or "I'm feeling curious" showing tidbits like "Do crocodiles cry?", which apparently some reptiles do.
The more curious can keep hitting the button labelled "ask another question" to generate seemingly endless random facts.
For instance, did you know it's called the silver screen because it used to be silver?
Or that the apple came from central Asia?
How many steps in a mile? Google tells us it's 2,000 (though it's about 1,600 for me).
And, no, Sputnik 1 isn't still up there in orbit, although what Sputnik's got to do with Tony Banks I'll never
The fact box only seems to appear for queries in English, although perhaps we have yet to hit on the correct French phrase for "I'm feeling curious" as "je suis curieux sentiment" just gave me a standard search – and the Swedish translation "jag är nyfiken" brought up the famous-for-its-nudity art house film I Am Curious (Yellow).
Each curio is pulled directly from other sites, just like Google does with other elements of its built-in encyclopaedia called Knowledge Graph or with new snippets.
The validity of the trivia remains to be seen, but Google provides a link to the site whence it came so you can at least check it out. Probably safe to trust National Geographic on crocodiles, but remember 88.2% of statistics are made up.


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After you complete basic EMDR therapy training, you can continue on to get EMDR certification. Becoming certified in EMDR requires that you have at least 2 years in your field of mental health. It includes further approved consultation of 20 hours, conducting a minimum of 50 EMDR sessions with at least 25 clients, demonstrating an advanced skill level, and a commitment to continuing education with EMDR CEUs. (Note: certification is only available in the United States.)
Approved Consultants are EMDR therapists who have been practicing EMDR for at least 3 years, with at least 300 sessions and 75 clients. 20 additional consultation hours are required to ready the clinician to provide EMDR certification training for other EMDR therapists. (Note: in the United States, certification is required before reaching the status of Approved Consultant.)
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Lovelies, did you know today is Women's Equality Day!? It is! According to Wikipedia, "Women's Equality Day is a day proclaimed each year by the United States President to commemorate the giving of the vote to women throughout the country on an equal basis to men. Women in the United States were given the right to vote on August 26, 1920, when the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified." So, today, we celebrate the strong, smart, sassy, and powerful women who led us to this moment. Two of the women who were the grand force behind the Suffragette Movement were Alice Paul and Lucy Burns; both of them were featured in the movie Iron Jawed Angels, which is about this exact topic. So, today, take a moment and thank all the women who paved the way for us young ladies to be able to vote, speak our mind, sing as loud as we want, and dance our way through life!
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Located at the corner of 15th & California, the AC Hotel Denver Downtown is the first AC to open in Colorado and fuses a European energy into a Denver experience. Offering a functional, urban-pioneer aesthetic, AC Hotel Denver Downtown incorporates hints of color found in Denver's natural arena; rich earth tones of tobacco and amber, charcoals, and warm gray blues all of which reflect the Colorado geographical surroundings.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Open House Cookies~
I thought it would be fun to stamp the address on the cookie:) I like to bring cookies or a loaf..when I do an open house..
It just makes it more..
I have shown this cookie cutter so many times you must be tired of it~ I just never do♥
It's an affair of the heart..When you like something soo much..you just can't get enough of it:)
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Monique I have resisted buying that cutter for so long...but I can not stand it anymore...I am buying it for myself as an early Birthday present...ReplyDelete
Those cookies are so cute...
But that baby and the bowl...OMG...
what a picture that is! I can not stop the smile on my face...it almost hurts!
You NEED that cookie cutter Linda:) And one day you may have a similar bowl baby again;)ReplyDelete
The series of these is so cute that my DD took..I smile till it hurts too:)
I love little ones..no one can make me really smile like them~They're so cute and funny!I cannot wait to see your cookies..The Ina Garten recipe is excellent I think I have posted it.I even keep the recipe in my Brigitte box:) Show us what your expert hands create:)
Again that Ebay seller from Germany is so nice and pro.
Ohh how cute is that picture with the baby! My heart melted I swear.ReplyDelete
Now this is a cookie cutter that does this?? I don't own it! I think I have a problem now lol.
I love these cookies. I've put off buying the cutter for too long. Its time to take action. It will be perfect for so many occasions. I'm with Linda, I have to have it.ReplyDelete
Adorable, precious photos.
Brilliant cookies! I wish I had that for my housewarming! Great photos!ReplyDelete
I think you will be that cookie cutter's best advertisement. Such a great idea putting the address on the cookies. I hope you sold the house :)ReplyDelete
You are the also the best promoter of being a Nana! What an adorable photo ♥
Monique, what a lovely thing to do when you show a house.ReplyDelete
The baby and the bowl picture is adorable.... priceless AND precious.
What a very cool cookie cutter. I've never seen anything like it! I love that you stamp the house number on the cookies. So personal and clever. Very nice.ReplyDelete
ok, you slipped in the baby since i last looked, just the cutest shot yet!ReplyDelete
fingers crossed for them~
I love that idea! What a beautiful photo of the baby.ReplyDelete
Made me smile.
Your baby photo is so adorable. I love itReplyDelete
Thank you! My DD took the photo of Noah..ReplyDelete
My girls love taking photos as much as I do!
It´s me tesa999. Thanks to all who have purchased my Brigitte cookie cutter - hope you have all so much fun with this funny thing.
Regards from sunny northern germany
Hi! Happy others will enjoy! Amazing how you found this post!ReplyDelete


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Ichimadin with Goshu Kariyushi Society presents a charity concert featuring a singer/Sanshin player "Mion" from Okinawa. The concert will be filled with Okinawa music and singing. All profits will go to JCS Rainbow Project and Nichigo Junior Project supporting the younger generation from the effected areas of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake.
Date & Time: Saturday 21 April, 6:30pm starts
Place: Carlton Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston Street, Carlton
Price: Adult $20, Child/Student $10, Age 0-5 free
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BRIDGEPORT, Pa.-- Sophomore Monica Zdrojewski of the Harvard women's water polo team has been named the CWPA Northern Division Co-Player of the Week. The product of Irvine, Calif., tallied four goals in a 1-2 week for the Crimson. Zdrojewski buried two markers in Harvard's 7-6 overtime win over Brown, including the game winning goal, to kick off the Northern Division schedule. She turned in her second two-goal performance in as many games, netting a pair against nationally-ranked Hartwick. Zdrojewski also added five steals in Harvard's 11-8 loss to the Hawks. The sophomore attacker shares the weekly recognition with Brown senior Sarah Glick.


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See Decanter expert's rating, tasting notes and drinking window for Librandi 2012.
Decanter score for Librandi:
a 100% Greco that is lively, summery and fruity. There's a citrus zing to a pear drop and apple sherbet nose with soft sweet vanilla notes, and the palate displays appley, off-dry flavours and a rounded mouthfeel. Great to enjoy on its own.
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IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad dies at the age of 91
IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad died over the weekend at the age of 91. Kamprad founded the global behemoth in 1943, when he was just 18 years old. Though he became one of the richest people on the planet, he lived frugally, buying used clothes , eating lunch at his own stores and even moving from country to country in order to pay lower taxes. Kamprad stepped down from the company in 2013, after helping to build IKEA into a $44 billion company . The founder of IKEA and one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the 20th century, Ingvar Kamprad, has passed away at the age of 91. A post shared by IKEA Today (@ikeatoday) on Jan 28, 2018 at 2:26am PST IKEA is arguably one of the most important design companies in the world, providing contemporary furnishings at an affordable price point to homes across the planet and changing the way we shop for furniture. Kamprad founded IKEA as a small mail order company and then moved to retail in the 40s. IKEA's first store opened in Almhult, Sweden in 1958. Today, there are 411 IKEA stores in countries ranging from Saudia Arabia to Slovakia and beyond. Related: IKEA's billionaire founder only buys used clothes – because they're cheaper Kamprad was obsessed with innovation and affordability, which helped him build IKEA into the furniture giant that it is today. That frugality seeped into his personal life, as well. He was known to pocket salt and pepper packets from restaurants, bought his clothing at flea markets and recycled his tea bags. Kamprad's life hasn't been without controversy. He has received criticism for dodging Swedish taxes, and was a Nazi sympathizer in his youth, a decision that he called the "greatest mistake of his life". Via Dezeen images via Wikimedia and Deposit Photos
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IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad dies at the age of 91