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FORTY-THREE days in the snow. Seven weeks in the desert. Seven days up a tree. Fourteen days trapped underground.
And now another chapter to great Australian survival stories: 11 days in the bush.
The discovery of British backpacker Jamie Neale, found alive and well in bushland in the New South Wales Blue Mountains, is the latest in a string of remarkable survival stories involving Australians or their country.
Neale, an experienced hiker, had not been seen for 11 days until found.
No doubt an extraordinary survival tale, like those of James Scott and Robert Bogucki.
Both men survived 43 days alone before being rescued from their sharply contrasting plights - Scott was lost in the snowy Himalayas; Bogucki in the hot red sands of Australia's Outback.
Scott, an Australian medical student, became lost in the Himalayas in 1992.
For 43 days, the then 22-year-old lived off melted snow, one caterpillar and, famously, two chocolate bars.
Scott, who many had given up for dead, lost a third of his body weight but maintained optimism; passing the time by recalling in detail happy times and the technical minutiae of his sporting hobby, karate.
"There is nothing extraordinary about me," Scott wrote in his book, Lost in the Himalayas.
"Before this terrible event occurred, I would not have believed for a moment that I would be capable of overcoming such seemingly impossible odds.
"The lesson I have learnt, simplistic as it might sound, is that no difficulty is impossible to overcome."
Most people believed Bogucki had perished in the Great Sandy Desert in north-western Australia in 1999.
The Alaskan ventured into the desert to "spend a while on my own, just nobody else around, just make peace with God".
In the end, he was thanking God.
Bogucki, then aged 33, drank muddy water and ate plants and flowers to sustain himself.
Police called off their search after 12 days but his parents hired specialists trackers from the US to continue looking.
Bogucki was eventually found 43 days after going missing - by media in a helicopter some 400 kilometres from where he was last seen.
The Alaskan's spiritual quest came two years after a British yachtsman also thanked God for his own "miracle" rescue.
Tony Bullimore continually prayed when adrift for four days in the icy Great Southern Ocean after his yacht overturned.
Bullimore, who kissed his Royal Australian Navy rescuers when they hoisted him from the sea, says he survived on "sheer determination, a little water and a little chocolate".
Others can relate only too well to Bullimore's relief at being rescued.
Australian skipper Mark Smith spent 11 days with his New Zealander first mate clinging to a life raft in seas off Vietnam in December 2005.
The pair had purchased a new yacht and set sail from Hong Kong - only for the vessel to sink a day later.
Smith and his first mate, Steven Freeman, licked rainwater from their life raft and drank their own urine to survive before being rescued by Vietnamese fishermen.
Another Australian seaman, Bjorn Bjorseth, was storing his urine to drink when he spent seven days on an inflatable life raft in a stormy Atlantic Ocean in September 2004.
The student, in Europe for a year's holiday, and four others were on a fishing trawler which sank off the south-west England coast.
They lived off one chocolate bar in the final three days of their ordeal, before being rescued when they drifted into mobile phone range.
Stockman David George no doubt wished he had a mobile phone when caught in an unusual predicament in August 2007.
George spent seven days stuck up a tree in Queensland's remote far north, watched by hungry crocodiles.
The then 53-year-old had set out from his cattle station to conduct what he thought would be a routine burn-off.
But his horse stumbled in rough terrain, knocking George unconscious.
Somehow he managed to stay on the horse's back, and after coming to, realised the horse had led him into croc-infested swampland.
He scrambled up a nearby tree, where he spent the next seven days - eating only two sandwiches in that time.
"Every night I was stalked by two crocs who would sit at the bottom of the tree staring up at me," he said.
"I'd yell out at them: 'I'm not falling out of this tree for you bastards'."
George tried to attract the attention of aerial searchers by reflecting sunlight off his tobacco tin and spreading a roll of toilet paper in the tree branches - all to no avail.
After a week, he braved the crocs and ventured from his tree into nearby bushland where he was spotted by a mustering helicopter.
Beaconsfield miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell would have loved to have been above ground on Anzac Day 2006 when an underground rockfall trapped them in the Tasmanian gold mine.
The rockfall killed their colleague Larry Knight but both men were rescued after spending 14 days trapped almost a kilometre underground.
Their rescue was the most famous in Australia since the 1997 Thredbo disaster. Then a mud slide at the ski resort in the NSW snow fields killed 18 people.
There was only one survivor - Stuart Diver, who spent 65 hours in sub-zero temperatures before being rescued.
Originally published asRemarkable survival stories


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Black Legion., Northern Coalition., and the Might Confederation of xXPIZZAXx have their way with CFC forces. Without any lubricant.
Oh man, the fights last night were epic. Okay, so I know I haven't posted on here in forever, and I've been meaning to update I swear! I figure this story is just as good as any to get me going again.
For the last week we've been getting :gudfites: and having fun destroying CFC fleets as they scrambled to protect something like 15 tech moons they had dropped small towers at. Yes you read that right, SMALL towers. Fucking Helen Keller would be a better Internet Spaceship tactician than these guys sometimes. We've been having a blast shooting towers to get fights, only to mess with their stront timers when they don't show, or win a fight then run off to the next tower while they ping jabber for more dudes.
So last night we (Black Legion.) formed up our usual 0220 Muninn fleet, expecting more of the same, except this time we have the PIZZA guys come join us. I was expecting :fail: but to their credit, they were on it and had great fleet discipline – props to you and my bad for judging you before the fight guys =). Anywho, we also have been temp blueing NCdot to get fights. Actually, it's better to say we have been holding their hand in the USTZ.
My Alliance mate Wiebles wrote up a good BR on Kugu, so I will post it here rather than relate it in my own words, as I should be working right now rather than blogging.
As always, we spent the greater part of Monday waiting for our normal form up in the USTZ evening but tonight was going to be far from normal. We received intel that goons had a drake and caps fleet in N6G-H3 reinforcing NCdot tech towers. Elo knight decided to form the fleet earlier than normal because these caps were not going to just sit around for us. We got into our token munnin fleet and burned the few jumps to N6G-H3; but as soon as arrived the cap fleet bailed out and ran home. We then proceeded to attempt to find the drake fleet but they were bouncing safes so fast we could not pin them down. At this point, NCdot, also in a munnin/tornado fleet, joined us on the 9-22 gate waiting for the reinforcements we knew were coming. Once they arrived, the first in a series of goon welps began. They warped in their 40 drake N6G fleet as the 80 drake reinforcement fleet came in and we proceeded to destroy them.
Here is the battle report, and a video is here.
This rapage on the part of BL and NCdot made Goon leaders very angry so they burned home to swap out to Alpha fleet. At the same time, BL burned to a tech tower that had come out of reinforce and put it right back in. Then we headed home preparing for the Alpha fleet that was still forming up, wondering where they might be headed.
In fact they were headed back to N6G-H3 to try and finish what they started earlier, they still had 1 more tech tower to reinforce. As we formed up, we were informed that they had brought in their cap fleet again. This time however we were prepared and they were not going to get away unscathed. The cyno was lit and the supers jumped in right on top of the dread and carrier fleet as the dictors were bridged in dropping bubbles on most of CFC capitals. They attempted to get away but caps were going to die tonight.
At the same time, the tengu fleet warped into keep the CFC subcaps off of our supers. However, due to the lack of coordination between NCdot and Blegion this time around we were unable to break CFC reps (30 scimis on the field) and Black Legion lost a number of tengus. But in the end, it was all worth it as 13 CFC dreads, died over 32 billion ISK in damage.
The battle report is here.
The supers fought hard but CFC was beginning to form their own supers and titan fleet very quickly and we needed to get out. They CFC was very light on tackle as -A- had bombed their fleet back in 92-D so we were able to warp the supers and bailed with the subcap fleet, sending everyone back home. It was a job well done all around. We thought this was the end.
Only an hour later, Elo Knight and Soho Torres both pipe up on comms that there is another Alpha fleet forming to kill a NC. tech tower in SS-GED and we wanted to have at them again. We reformed our tengu fleet and burned into position on a titan. This time however we were better organized and they were not going to get the upper hand on us twice. Cyno was lit and we bridged in but Lake (the CFC fc) wanted nothing to do with us. He tried to run but there is no running from the King in the North. We landed on top of CFC fleet but once again it seemed that reps were going to hold. Friendly recons were blapped the moment we landed but we were not discouraged. Our anchor burned us right on top of their fleet and we let loose the fury. Just as it seemed that even fury could not break their reps, -A- bombed the scimis of the enemy fleet, disrupting their ability to rep. Maelstroms began to drop 1 by 1 and we knew the field was ours. After numerous deaths, Lake took his fleet of the field, waiting for reinforcement. NCdot and Black Legion brought in reps for the tech tower. But just as we felt the rape was over, Lake brought his fleet back in. What he didn't know is we were bringing in more recons to make sure they would not leave this time. The field began to fill with wrecks as numerous maelstroms began to die, some of which were pilots that had reshipped from the first fight. Lake tried his best to fight with his fleet but in the end realized that he would win this night. He warped what was left of his fleet off the field and CFC either went home or logged off.
The battle report for SS-GED is here. Video to come.
After nearly 6 hours time, and nearly 50 billion isk in damage to the CFC, Black Legion and NC. knew that this night was finally over.
Quite possibly the most winningest pew I've ever had in a single night.
I haven't posted on here in a while, things have changed.
At the moment, however, I am in Black Legion., living in Venal, and we are going after a tower and possibly supers tonight. And I just ate a half 8th of mushrooms. This should be fun =)
Rainy Days and Pot Brownies
Fun times were had.
Bye Bye Nightmare
So I got my most epic solo kill last night =)
I was out roaming in Querious in my Pilgrim, trying to find some ratters, and hadn't been having much luck. I camped UVHO-F for a while, as I used to live in that system months ago before Atlas. decided to stab us in the back, while watching TV but no one got bold enough to venture out to rat. After watching a couple episodes of "Boss" (Kelsey Grammar's new show, it's not bad), I decided I was going to put some work in and get me a kill.
I jumped onto dotlan and started checking systems for NPC kills. I found only one, H74-B0, which had just under 400 NPC kills in the last hour. I made my way over there, and it was quite quiet on the journey. When I arrived in H74, there were probably 10 or 15 people in local. They saw me and started talking in local.
[05:28:42] Hakawau > ThatSourDiesel 0/
[05:28:46] Hakawau > whats up goon
Immediately I hit D-Scan and saw a Nightmare – I assumed at a pos, but I got a little excited. I did a system scan and there was only 1 haven within D-Scan range of the gate, so I warped to it at 70km, and landed 8km off the Nightmare. I immediately dropped my cloak, pointed him, and began neuting him. He must not have been in fleet, because he started crying in local.
[05:29:04] Shinoba Kahn > im tackled
He was dropping pretty quick, but his friends were trying to get their shit together to come help him, but I was not deterred.
[05:29:12] Hakawau > fleet me
[05:29:18] Hakawau > we'll kill this goon
[05:29:46] kaspa101 > ?
[05:30:05] ez caper > invite pls
[05:32:07] Hakawau > Hakawau's Fleet now
At this point, an Apoc landed at zero on the Nightmare to try and help him. Silly Apoc. By this point I knew the Nightmare's cap was fully drained, so I put my Tracking Disruptor on the Apoc and he couldn't touch me. The only damage on me was that of 10 light drones. My Pilgrim's buffer tank was holding, for now. They were still crying for help though.
[05:32:12] Hakawau > warp to me, kill this faggot
As the Nightmare entered structure, a drake warped in and added to the damage, as well as pointed me. It's not like I was going to warp out at this point though, I wanted that fucking Nightmare kill. Right as I was about 10-15% armor, BOOM, the Nightmare popped. I was so ecstatic I just cheered out loud and watched with a big smile as my Pilgrim exploded. Finally, I felt it was time I say something in local.
[05:33:15] ThatSourDiesel > WOTRH IT
[05:33:17] ThatSourDiesel > HAHAHAHA
[05:33:23] ThatSourDiesel > suck on that
[05:33:31] ThatSourDiesel > bye bye nightmare
They managed to get a point on my pod before I could get it out of there, but I didn't care. I lost 2 +3 implants and a 3% CPU implant, but combined that with my ship I only lost ~225m while the Nightmare kill was about 1.5b. Seems like a fair trade to me.
In the end, I popped the Nightmare as it became 3v1, and 2 more showed up too late to help him. By far my best solo kill.
Oh, and I sent the Nightmare pilot an evemail right after where I requested his cooperation with a survey. I have yet to hear back.
From: ThatSourDiesel
Sent: 2011.11.16 05:44
To: Shinoba Kahn,
For the purpose of on-going quality control can you take time to fill out the following survey. Please tick all that apply and send it back to us.
How hard would you say you were ganked?
[ ] Too Hard [ ] Very Hard [ ] Just Right
How angry are you?
[ ] F**king Furious [ ] Extremely Angry [ ] In Denial
How will you pay for a new ship?
[ ] Buy more ISK [ ] Ebay [ ] General Carebearing
Will you be using us again?
[ ] Yes [ ] No [ ] F**k You!
Thank you,
I told you you weren't going to get my stuff
**Meant to post this like 3 weeks ago, but it seems I saved it as a draft, whoops…**
So it turns out the guy trying to "recruit" me into WI. was nothing more than trying to recruitment scam me. I was being promised lots of awesome – capital ops, possible free upgrade to a Nyx, etc. But the dude did keep telling me that I should let them move my stuff into their space as it will be insured in case anything happens. I had sold pretty much everything except for a few T2 cruisers, my Blops BS, and various mods, which were all able to fit into my carrier. I told the guy that would not be necessary, I'd just jump in my carrier when the time came. He did try to talk me into letting them move the carrier for me, but I was like, no, I'll move it. Oh and I'll light my own cyno too.
By this point, I was starting to be suspicious, but I wasn't sure as the dude had seemed pretty genuine up until that point (however, people were telling me that goons just recruitment scam people constantly). I tried to call him out, and told him he wasn't going to get my stuff, so he tried to tell me it was no scam, and I got invited onto the WIdot TS3 which made it also seem more legit. I didn't have time to hang though, so I logged in the next day and spoke to one of the recruiters who told me flat out that this person was trying to scam me. As it turns out, Wildly Inappropriate isn't cool with people recruitment scamming under their name. I hung out on ts3 for a bit and was given the proper procedure to apply for the corp, and since I'm such an awesome guy, they decided to let me in.
The next day when I saw the guy trying to scam me log in, I convo'd him and said, "I told you you weren't going to get my stuff." I applaud his attempt, but there was never a time I considered contracting my stuff to him.
So I joined Merciless. because they seemed like it might be a better fit for me in terms of what I've always been looking for as far as PvP goes – aka, "good fites". Though, a part of me still wants to be able to use the Thanatos in combat situations – I know, I know, carriers are more logistics than combat, but you know what? I don't care. I want to hot drop someone. Badly. I've been on the receiving end of the hot drop ass rape many times, and now it's my turn to be the Top. I also want to get in on supercap kills – hell I'll even pick up a Moros for that too. I just feel like I will use it less in Merciless. than I would in Goons. Though I don't know that for sure. I did hear the Merciless alliance leader say that carriers "are tools, not toys". Damnit, I didn't spend 14b on a pilot and a fully fit Thanny for it to be a sort of jump freighter (though I have found that aspect to be EXTREMELY awesome). I want a big toy. Speaking of spending 14b, I am now COMPLETELY broke. I liquidated most of my assets to get this pilot. In terms of ISK I think I have like 50m – I haven't had this little ISK in like 9 months. Asset wise I am still rich, I do have like 5 or 6 T2 Cruisers, a Fully fit carrier, a battleship stuck out in Stain, a few battlecruisers, and a Faction Fit Blops boat (which also needs to hot drop something).
So yeah, I joined Merciless. which has made me red to Goonswarm, though I convinced the recruiter to let me have a few days to see how I like it – if I decide Merciless isn't for me he thinks he can still swing it and get me into WI. So we'll see how that goes.
I did go a on a roam last night, but Tribute and Vale of the Silent were quiet as hell! We did get to kill a bustard though – it seems he was in a Legion of xXDeathXx renting corp and they got booted so he was trying to move all his stuff out. He tried to ask for mercy in local right as he landed on our sabre bubble – I guess he didn't look at our alliance name. Oh, and we podded him too. I was happy, I got to take my Curse out on a roam for the first time in a long time. God I love that ship…
Anywho, I am not sure the point of this blog post, I just felt like writing something that is not for my Operating Systems class project. God these projects are killing me. I might have to cancel a date tonight if I don't finish this up in time. Shit, maybe I should stop posting on this blog then…
Oh, and you should all check out this video: Snuff Boxing. This was the corp I mentioned I almost lost my baddon to before I jumped into hi sex like a lemming. I found it the other day, it's pretty sweet – these guys are pretty damn good. And now I want a neut Legion.
What to do…
I know I don't post here too often, hell I don't even know if anyone reads this. But alas here's another one.
So remember how I mentioned I had joined a pirate corp? No? Well I did, and then I got my Thanatos! So myself and and like 3-4 other guys, who also had carriers, moved out to Stain to do hotdrops and Blops drops. Or rather, they moved out and I joined them as soon as I was jump drive capable. The first day I got my carrier, they were out there and totally caught an Archon belt ratting. I was unfortunately stuck in lowsec with an unfit Thanatos as Black Frog had not made the delivery of my capital ship mods & fighters yet. The next night they Blops'd a couple of ships, which prompted me to sell my Navy Geddon and get myself a Blops right then.
Now, maybe a week later or so, we are leaving stain. And guess what?! I got no kills while out there! I did help kill an officer rat, but it was kind of a shitty drop. Did get 150m out of it though.
Anywho, the CEO of this small corp got us invitations to Merciless. alliance's No.Mercy corp. It was real quick. In the meantime I wasn't sure I liked Stain and had been talking to a recruiter in a Goonswarm corp. Wuss had given him my name and is considering joining. Not sure if I want to be a goon, but the fact that I might have a chance to use my shiny new carrier in combat is alluring. On the other hand, these No.Mercy guys seem like a badass group of pvp'ers, small and elite. I need to look and see if they have any videos I supppose.
I don't know where to go. I bought the carrier because I wanted to be able to try out some of the cap warfare and I haven't even done a single hotdrop yet. Maybe I'm being impatient, but yeah. However, Merciless sounds like the type of elite group I've always wanted to be a part of. I am not sure I want to be part of the blob.
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Everyone has an opinion when it comes to celebrity style, and despite the fact that stars dedicate all kinds of their time to select the perfect outfit for a big occasion like the Academy Awards, the results don't always please everyone. Oscars looks that have topped worst-dressed lists each have their staunch supporters who loved what they saw. Let's look back and celebrate—or castigate—some of Hollywood's most daring and divisive gowns, shall we? We've got 17 debatable choices right here:
Love 'em or hate 'em, these are the most divisive Oscar dresses ever
Barbra Streisand, 1969Streisand tied with Katharine Hepburn for Best Actress this year (she for Funny Girl; KH for The Lion in the Winter, FYI) and she greeted the statue with "Hello, Gorgeous." Too bad the same couldn't be said for her sequined, see-through Scassi number.
Cher, 1986We all knew Cher was outrageous, but she took everyone by surprise when she showed up looking like a Vegas showgirl in her infamous Bob Mackie creation, complete with a headpiece that made her look part punk rocker, part sea urchin. Come on, though — would you expect anything less from her? Photo: Getty Images
Demi Moore, 1989It's pretty obvious that Moore designed this ensemble herself, what with the heavy velvet, tapestry-lined train, the gold push-up, pop-out bra and the lace-edged bike shorts. But let's throw her a bone; it was the '80s, the only time this was considered acceptable.Photo: Getty Images
Geena Davis, 1992The Oscar winner showed off her assets, but her gown — from costume designers Ruth Meyers and Bill Hargate — was one of the first to kick off an awful trend: the mullet dress. Photo: Getty Images
Lizzy Gardiner, 1995Oh, the credit card dress. The costume designer — who won that year for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert — transformed 254 expired AMEX gold cards into an outfit. It was definitely original, but most thought it was tacky and impractical (really, how did she sit in it?). Photo: Getty Images
Jada Pinkett Smith, 1997With abs like these, it's obvious why Smith opted to show them off in this Versace two-piece, but we have two words: Belly. Chain. No good can come from that.Photo: Getty Images
Juliette Binoche, 1997Is French designer Sophie Sitbon's velvet creation a dress or a coat? While some found the giant popped collar quite regal, others thoughts she looked like a cross between the Queen of Hearts and the bride of Dracula. Photo: Getty Images
Gwyneth Paltrow, 1999Goop's bubblegum-pink Ralph Lauren gown made many best-dressed lists, but a lot was also said about how ill-fitting and too Shakespeare in Love-y it was. Photo: Getty Images
Céline Dion, 1999Dion's flair for the dramatic was never more evident than in her backwards tuxedo from John Galliano for Christian Dior. She looked pretty bad-ass, but some thought she looked just plain bad in the baggy suit and matching fedora. Photo: Getty Images
Cameron Diaz, 2001Diaz's kimono-inspired Emanuel Ungaro dress was unlike anyone else's on the red carpet, but the bold floral print scared many people off.
Björk, 2001Some may have been down with the swan, but the majority sided with the late Joan Rivers, who referred to the singer/actress' Marjan Pejoski get-up as a "chicken costume." We're still talking about it, though.Photo: Getty Images
Hilary Swank, 2003Pink tulle can work and sometimes it can't. The overlay skirt on Swank's Christian Dior ballerina-inspired dress was widely panned, but at least she redeemed herself two years later with that sexy black backless number. Can't win 'em all. Photo: Getty Images
Sandra Bullock, 2004Sandy went for elegant and playful in this Oscar de la Renta dress, but some thought she looked like she belonged on top of a wedding cake. Photo: Getty Images
Uma Thurman, 2004Uma's billowing couture Christian Lacroix ensemble looked more like a cross between a Swiss maiden and that shirt Jerry Seinfeld wore on the Today show.Photo: Getty Images
Tilda Swinton, 2008Swinton's inky Lanvin gown drew criticism (it was referred to as a garbage bag more than once), but the unique dress also earned praise from those who appreciate a risk-taker.Photo credit: Getty Images
Charlize Theron, 2010Theron's lilac Dior gown was gorgeous — with the exception of those rosettes covering her lady lumps. They did the impossible task of taking the attention off the beautiful actress. Photo: Getty Images
Helena Bonham Carter, 2013Carter's style has always been eclectic, so this Vivienne Westwood gown was almost demure in comparison to dresses she's donned in years past. But that doesn't mean we had to like it. Photo: Getty Images
Get your Oscars picks ready and tune in to the 88th Academy Awards on February 28 at 8:30 p.m. ET on CTV.


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Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering. Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind. For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth. I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go […]
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Prior to PDC10, MVPs visited our Redmond campus for an MVP-only event. We were able to catch up with MVPs David Kelley, Nik Kalyani, Ginny Caughey, Robert Zelt, Peter Kellner, and Rob Gillen. We chatted with them about what the MVP Award means to them and about the importance of attending PDC.
The pre-PDC event featured NDA sessions and and a great opportunity for MVPs to network and connect with each other and the Microsoft product teams. While we were there, we chatted with MVP Ginny Caughey about developing for Windows Phone 7. MVP Michael Wood and community evangelist Brian Prince sat down with us to discuss Windows Azure as well! We will be posting our conversation with Ginny, Michael and Brian next week, so watch for that! We have also posted some photos from the pre-PDC event on our Facebook!


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If listening to Trump irks you, stop listening and start focusing on his accomplishments. Next, do the same for the Dem candidates. Then vote for Trump.
(If you prefer listening over reading, the companion podcast to this post is embedded below, or you can listen to it at Libsyn or at Apple podcasts. I'm trying to make a go of my podcasting so, if you like the podcasts, please share them with your friends and on social media. Giving my podcast good ratings helps too.)
When I'm bored, I watch video compilations showing how to do things better. Each video has 20-30 clips showing clever tricks for doing anything better (cleaning, packing, cooking, etc.). The videos are "show and tell," without narration, but with a music soundtrack. These soundtracks are always horrible.
This video, viewed over 270,000,000 times, shows both the useful information and the horrible music:
The bad music doesn't make me avoid the content. Instead, I mute the music.
There's a point to his seemingly irrelevant anecdote: When NeverTrumpers start wittering on about about Trump's latest bombastic tweet or speech, or another act of boastful puffery, I want to tell them to do as I do with my life-hacking videos: Turn off the sound and just focus on the content — the content, in this case, being his achievements in office.
It occurred to me that this would be an interesting test to apply as well to the top Democrat candidates, each of whom functions at three different levels: (1) Promises to the base; (2) personal style; and (3) actual accomplishments. [Read more…]


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Auckland can build rockets - so why can't it afford Santa?
Hi Neighbours, Love him or hate him, downtown Auckland's (and briefly Manukau's) 5-storey Santa appears doomed because of cost, after nearly 60 years. Should he be saved, and by whom? Read the story below:
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Auckland bus strike: What you need to know
More than 70,000 daily bus trips could be affected by a suspension dealt to hundreds of NZ Bus drivers across Auckland. The suspension comes after tensions between NZ Bus and union members as they tried to settle on a new collective agreement regarding pay and work hours. Union members had been declining bus fares from passengers, and planned to do so until Christmas before the suspension began. Now drivers will go without pay until Christmas Eve.
NZ Bus' biggest area is central Auckland, all of the Link services, and those serving the main isthmus arterials to eastern suburbs and along Mt Eden, Dominion and Sandringham Roads, as well as some to the outer west and northwest, and on the North Shore.
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"Wouldn't it be great if there was a central directory of locally-made, ethically-produced and upcycled gift ideas?
Well, hold the phone - Makers & Local by Ecomailbox have done exactly this, and it's EPIC! There's gifts broken into categories, DIY ideas, an eco advent calendar, social enterprises to support, low-waste gift wrapping inspo, and even gorgeous must-see beaches to explore over summer.
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5 weeks till V-Day! Can you believe it. I love string art and this Baker's Twine Heart is a great way to add some Valentine's Day decor to your home.
So had some Valentine's crafting fun!
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I started by printing a heart on a 8.5"x11" paper.
Then I hammered in some nails about 1/4" a part around the heart.
Figuring out the pattern to wrap the baker's twine took the longest. I started by trying filling in the right section, but ended up going with an alternating pattern… left, right, left, right
Don't you love baker's twine!
And I love all the contrasting elements… cheery twine, metal and the textured wood.
A pretty piece of art for Valentine's Day. Are you having fun getting ready for Valentine's Day too?
I've got another fun projects with Baker's Twine I'll be sharing with you tomorrow.
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When opting for a traditional décor it is advisable to select furniture that represents many styles and eras, from Chippendale to Queen Anne and Sheraton to Victorian. Small touches of Oriental influences also look very attractive in this setting. Painted landscapes, a Queen Anne table or lampshade or a Chippendale highboy will immediately give your living room a traditional touch.
The living room is the best room in your home as it is the room that makes you and all your guests comfortable. It is the room that should be as cozy and appealing as possible and it is for this reason that the furniture in the room should be as stylish and comfortable as possible.
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After a day of sightseeing, you'll want someplace comfortable and convenient to rest. Fortunately, accommodations to meet all tastes are available in Kyoto. You can feast on expertly prepared meals while relaxing in tatami-floored rooms in ryokan (Japanese style inn) and shukubo (temple lodging). Those who prefer something more familiar will be pleased at Kyoto's range of western-style hotels, while so-called "weekly mansion" apartments are an affordable way to lodge for those planning on staying in Japan for a bit longer. No matter where you decide to stay, it's best to make reservations well in advance, particularly when crowds pour into the city to admire the beauty of the blooming cherry blossoms of early spring and the crimson-red maple leaves of autumn.
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Policymakers in 5 different countries (Colombia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, and Senegal) were asked to give their estimate on indicators related to girls and woman's issues. Examples are share of female labour force, early marriage rate for women, etc.
Original Viz:
How the viz could be improved:
- It is not explained what the diamonds stand for (they stand for one answer of a policymaker).
- A summary of the answers which shows how far off the different policymakers were for each topic would facilitate the interpretation of each chart.
- The gridlines are not necessary. They compete with the most recent available data line for attention.
My makeover:
This time I created two versions of the makeover. My first viz did receive some critical feedback on which I will focus later on. First my thoughts on my first version:
The key message I want to convey:
- I wanted to highlight the topics which the biggest discrepancy between estimate and actual measure. I achieved by calculating the average of all answers of all policymakers and country and comparing this to the correct answer right next to it.
The design choices I made:
- I opted for a diverging bar chart. This is normally a good choice when comparing 2 measures over multiple topics.
- I also added an additional overview box to the dashboard. The arrows show if the policymakers on average have overestimated or underestimated an issue. The colors signal if the average of the policymaker's answers lies within the 20% range of the correct answer.
The feedback I got for this viz during the viz review live meeting was quite mixed. Major criticisms were:
- Too many colors
- The arrows are confusing since they display two measures at the same time: Overestimation/Underestimation with the direction of the arrows and within 20%range / not within 20% range with the color palette. This might be confusing because either preattentive attribute (color and shape) could represent either measure.
- The comparison between the correct answer and estimate could be facilitated by using the correct answer as a target rather than showing it as an individual bar.
Taking this feedback into account, I created a new version of the viz:
Now, the correct answers are not separate bar charts, but target lines in the estimates. Also, I got rid of the arrows and replaced them with bar charts which show the difference between guess and estimate. The bar charts are colored depending on if they fall within the 20% range of the correct answer or not.
I got rid of some colors as well. The background color now is in a more subtle eggshell tone and the countries, which are used as filters, are colored in dark grey rather than in pink.


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Matthew Williamson vs bebe
This time there is the nicest Matthew Williamson black cotton blend strapless dress with embroidered pockets, available at Mytheresa. You could see Lindsay Lohan wearing pink version of this dress. Moreover, Matthew created collection for H&M, and there is also similar pink version.
At bebe you can find very similar version of this dress, and of course more affordable one:
Enjoy being sexy in a black mini!
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I actually like the one by bebe better. I'm sure forever 21 will also have a version, if they don't already.
bebe makes great clothes and puts a twist to their designs whereas forever21 knocks everyone off. don't even get me started about their quality.… forever21 sucks


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For anyone providing ABA instruction to a child (teacher, parent, therapist) knowing how to get, and then keep, learner attention will be critical. Just because you start a session with a compliant and attentive child does not mean the session will end that way. Much of ABA instruction can involve quickly delivering specific demands, and if the child is not properly attending then it can be difficult to truly assess learning.
- Using the child's name – I mention this briefly in my Stimming post, but you really want to avoid using a child's name to get their attention in an ABA session. You could end up saying the child's name literally hundreds of times in a 2 hour session, and you are also teaching the child to pair their name with a demand. I will give a very clear example of how unpleasant this is from the child's point of view. Lets say that every time you are at work, your boss calls out your name ("Tameika!") and then follows it by giving you more work to do. How long would it take you to start feeling dread and annoyance when your boss says your name? Not very long. So it's really important not to pair the child's name with work ("Aidan, touch cup"….."Aidan, give me yellow"….."Aidan, how old are you").
- Touching/moving the child's face – Beyond not being a true indicator of attention (the child may orient their face to you, but not their eyes), this can also be pretty aversive. Would you want me to yank your chin towards me because you aren't paying attention to my story about my vacation? I doubt it. The child may have temporarily forgotten about your presence, so to abruptly touch their face or chin can be very jarring.
- "Look at me!" – Understand that saying "look at me" is not the same as asking the child to pay attention. Also, ple-e-ease do not shout at the child "Look at me!". That is not the way you want to gain attention. Use a natural tone of voice and an interesting facial expression, and say something like "Are you looking?" or (while gesturing to materials) "Look here".
- Use Behavioral Momentum – Behavioral Momentum basically means to allow the individual to contact success first before presenting a demand or task. So if you are conducting an ABA session and the child is not paying attention, give them a few mastered tasks such as "Clap hands……stand up". Then put out your cards/materials and start teaching. Be sure to reinforce the mastered tasks. This way the child has a behavioral cycle of {easy(reinforcer)+easy(reinforcer)} before you move to harder tasks, which can make it more likely they will attend.
- Be fun and engaging – The best ways to gain attention will always be child specific. However I can say that for past clients, we would have goofy things we did at the start of a session such as countdowns, arm/hand squeezes, racing to the work table, etc. For older or more high functioning children, you can offer choices ("Should we do Matching or play the Numbers Game first?"). This way the child is involved in the structure of the session, and you now have their attention.
- Capture or Contrive M.O. – Capturing the motivation of the child will always lead you into gaining their attention. If I want $5, and you walk up to me holding $5, I'm probably going to pay attention to what you're saying to me. Wouldn't you? So start the session by conducting a Reinforcer Preference Assessment, to see what will motivate the individual/client. Gaining and keeping attention should always be a byproduct of consistent Differential Reinforcement, capturing motivation, and approaching the individual with powerful reinforcers.


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Pope John XXII was born Angelo Roncalli in a small Italian village called Sotto il Monte – that translates "under the mountain". The village was, in fact, nestled at the base of the large Bergamsque Mountains and not far from the lake region and Dolomiti Mountains. He was born to Marianna and Giovanni Roncalli on a bitterly cold and rainy November day in 1881. Because the morality rate for infants was so high in this poor section of Italy, Angelo's parents hurried to have him baptized and accepted into the Catholic religion on the very day he was born.
Everyone believed that Angelo would grow up to be a farmer in Sotto il Monte, just as generations of his family had done before him. Angelo's father, Giovanni (the Italian equivalent of John), worked hard to buy a very large house and many acres of land, which proved to be a good thing since the Roncalli family had 10 children. They shared this home with Giovanni's brother and wife and their 10 children. It was a noisy, busy household where all the children helped with chores and the farming, and the women and girls cooked large bountiful meals. Angelo was the oldest son, and was always full of energy and good humor.
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It's common for people to scale from single family rentals to other investments, but many times, multifamily investments are too much, and if you're not ready for it, you don't have to do it.
The perfect investment isn't perfect for everyone, and that's because demographics and faux pas that happen with regulations that create long-, healthy investments on multifamily homes, multifamily are great, but the prices are a lot all over the place. The duplexes alone that are about 200+ in terms of units are getting cap rates around the 5-6% range, and brokers are surprised when their initial pricing is blown away.
Properties that are being sold for about 6 million usually care to cap out at about 8-9 million. This shouldn't be happening, and you shouldn't' be paying these inflated prices for this.
If you're counting on continual cap rates, not looking at cash flow, and counting on appreciation to work, you need to stop it. If you're working with interest rates and hoping that they level off every time you have to refinance, you need to stop. If you think that the rent will increase 3-5% a year to hel[p facilitate your huge deal, you're going to need to stop it. If you feel that inflation doesn't equally impact the rent increases and that the rents will rise steadily at 5% when you hold steady, you're going to need to stop it.
If you believe you have a great off-market deal from a broker that you don't know and is shady, and you're not aware of the value, you should ask yourself why every seller would take this much, then you need to stop it.
Finally, if you're willing to overpay for any reason, ignore investment greats and instead are just accepting these exorbitant rates, then you're going to need to stop it.
Many places are demanding a lot of money, and many times, investors get suckered into spending so much more than they should. You will see that deals like this are usually like this, and you don't need to spend a lot of money to just go multifamily.
The smartest ones in the business aren't running towards every deal that they see, hoping that they can spend too much on this, but instead they're waiting for the next time a downturn happens, get those assets for half the price, and hoard cash in the meanwhile.Will you be the seller of the assets at that time? Well, you shouldn't be, and instead of having to sell it for less than you bought, you should wait, make the right decision when you need to, and don't give into the same things that others do. Instead, you need to make these smart decisions that will ultimately affect your income as an investor, and in turn, you'll be able to create a better and more rewarding situation from this as a result of your actions and the endeavors you take.


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"It's not what you are bidding on,
it's what you are bidding for."
~Kathy Kingston
Ever wonder how to start your live auction so you can raise more money? Design a special moment right before your Live Auction. In this even more competitive fundraising environment, it's vital to prepare your guests to be generous.
W W H. Why We're Here!
Here are a few tips to create your WWH moment. Immediately before you start your live auction, communicate the impact of the donors contribution with brief inspiring remarks (1-2 minutes max) to raise more funds and to further engage your donors.
Prepare. A month or more before the event, start working with the person who is going to "make your WWH inspiring remarks." Help them understand that their remarks need to be about the transformation, benefits, results, and impact of your non-profit organization. Creating purposeful remarks will make a huge difference in your momentum. Be sure that you personally approve all the remarks to be made your benefit auction event. (And time all the remarks with your stopwatch too.)
Avoid this common costly mistake. Coach your speaker not to make statistical remarks, such as, "We serve 100 at-risk youth," or "We taught 2,347 kids to read." Having speakers who share transformational results about your organization, however, will inspire your audience to give generously. Try this: "In our organization, our youth musicians have improved their grades at school. They've all been accepted to college. They've had the benefit of high-quality music instruction, which has transformed their lives." This will rivet the audience in a way that numbers and statistics cannot.
Be sure to conclude your WWH with this expectation: "And that is exactly why we are here … to raise as much money as we can to support our great cause. And to help us do just that, please welcome our auctioneer." Then immediately introduce your auctioneer and let the generous and spirited the bidding begin!


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The diplica is an ancient, clarinet-like, single-reed instrument which was played in different forms in many parts of Croatia, but now survives only in the Baranja region.
Diplicas are usually made of reed, but can also be made of elder, straw, goose feathers, etc. The instrument consists of a pipe with a few (usually five) finger holes, and a single reed also made of reed or elder. It is usually in the key of E, although it can be made in C, D, or F.


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Use a white Rag to wrap your head. Always protect your head. Don't let a lot of people play with your head or touch your head because that is where your head angel is and you also don't want to feed off the wrong people or let them feed on you.
Why wear white or cover your head with white? This Is another question I get a lot.
The answer is for protection, and kind of to contain your own energy.
At the top of the head is the crown chakra, and energy can enter into and out of our chakra system through it, People project all kinds of energy -negative, positive, neutral. So, covering the crown chakra (our head angel) protects your own energy.
Always use white. Very important. You will rarely see me in black. When you see that I have my head covered in black there is usually a reason and it's the type of work I am doing for myself, family, apprentice or client.
Things you will need to start doing your own affordable spiritual cleansing's.
(Feel free to share with family or a friend.)
Step 1.
Get 3 real fresh coconuts from store or that coco water with 100%
Break open the coconut and pour the juice in a jar. I use a hammer to open the coconut. You can pick out all the coconut meat and eat, place in baths, leave as offering etc. I also like to crush up cascrilla and place some in the coconut juice that I jar. Cascrilla is for protection. These methods also help with migraines. If you get headaches a lot and you're doing any kind of spiritual work, advanced candle magick or witchcraft you need to invest in herbs, 1800, Florida water, rain water, ocean water (associated with Yemaya)
When you take a shower pour the coconut juice with the crushed cascrilla mix that you personally prepared over your head and say a prayer from the heart! This step is the meat and potatoes of the spiritual cleansing!
Very important. This is a spiritual cleansing for us sensitive, intuitive's, witches, and mediums. It doesn't matter if you don't practice in the craft, you are still free to do this to help in your spiritual journey. .... If your finding that you get attacked at night , This will stop those attacks at night. Or the very least slow stuff down so you can get rest and feel peace.
Step 2.
Go to Wal-Mart and buy melatonin (highest dosage) look up and research what melatonin is and what a benefit it is for you to use. And sleepy time tea the one with the teddy bear on it. It's worked the best for me and my clients. It's all natural and doesn't give you a hangover feel of taking sedatives.
Steep it really dark... Like Cuban coffee. Add a little honey and a packet of sweetener. Take both at the same time. If you're on medications call your doctor and make sure this doesn't interfere with your treatment.
It's all natural and melatonin is what the body creates to sleep . Most sensitives, mediums, psychics, witches, and spellcasters who work with the dead can't sleep well. They always have a issue with insomnia and I can stay up for days at a time... It's very important that you do this like 7pm and around 10-11 you will be sleep. Remember this will not leave you feeling hung over like sedatives and its non habit forming.
Step 3.
Write down everything you want in a man you want.. The qualities in the person you want to attract ( if it's love you want) . Whatever the issue is , write it down. It's good to keep a dream journal too.
Write down how you feel, what your thinking and how the day was, things that you saw, a crow , a black or white cat crossed your path, birds, anything that day that was strange or you questioned it etc...
It's very important for your system to shut down so Your Spellcaster can work on you, or if your doing spells yourself.
When you do it exactly how I said it will work and you will feel fresh the next day. It's very important to stay healthy and get plenty of sleep. You can't help yourself or others if you aren't leading by example.
Make sure you wrap your hair at night with a white cloth, or rag. Protect your head always! It is very important to wrap your head to protect yourself from spiritual attacks.
This will allow your Brain and energy to shut down so you can rest properly and if you're getting Spell work done on you it helps. So that you don't get attacked spiritually, it also helps you relax.
Spiritually shut down so your spirits will calm down and lay.
This is advice I give all my friends, family, clients and I do this myself 2-3 times a week because I work with so many energies and people. There are a lot of ways to do a spiritual cleansing but this is a very affordable way to get things under control.


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First came some new product. Basic Grey "Green at Heart." Picked it up to create a layout for a "solution" at NESC. Fell in love! Those darn felt flowers are AMAZING. Those papers are absolutely "Springy." Not only did I create a layout, but I began to see the possibilities for so many other projects. This picture does not do the product justice. It is absolutely adorable.
Then came the new venture . . . ATC Camp. That's Artist Trading Card Camp. The group had met once last month and I missed out on it. Did I need something new to add to my plate. Well, I must have because I signed on for it, and I even agreed to teach the next one coming up in April. I figured if I could attend the March session and understand it, then I could teach it. Right? Well, I get it. I got all excited. I turned, yet again, to "Green at Heart" for my inspiration. The theme of the cards was to be "Spring." Can't get much Springier than those bright, vibrant colors. I cut. I created. I inked. I stamped. I colored. I stickled. I signed. I numbered. My cards were done.
Yet as I went to put them into a plastic bag to take to NESC, I realized . . . I should have a box to carry them. I remembered that I had an empty Maya Road lunch tin that was sitting around on the floor near my computer just waiting to be loved. Back to the "Green at Heart" collection where I found some paper, some die cuts . . . matched it up with some ribbon and before I knew it I had created a beautiful tin to transport my ATC's. On the box it says . . . "A little birdie told me . . . Make ATC Cards." And the best part about ATC camp was seeing all the great cards. So different!
I'm so looking forward to leading the group next month and having the opportunity to share my time with such awesome women!
Now comes the part about the jersey. That's a new jersey . . . not New Jersey. It's not a place, it's a thing.
So many people are surprised by my love of hockey. I love the game . . . everything from the arena smells to the fast paced game. I love the skill, love to watch the players develop and make their way to the NHL. And I love combining my love of hockey with my love for scrapbooking. For many years I have created scrapbooks for the Hartford Wolf*Pack players, and as I blogged a few weeks ago, this year is no exception. I have two really great guys that I have been following this year.
At tonight's game, the guys were wearing these great new jerseys that I believe were designed by a fan. They were running a silent auction that would later turn to a regular auction for fans to bid on game worn jerseys off the players backs. I always leave these auctions disappointed. The jerseys are expensive, and I can never bid that high. But this year I felt like I was in the market for a new jersey. I had my eye on a few in particular. I quickly calculated what I was willing to spend, found the sheet for one that I really wanted and I placed my bid. I didn't go a mere $25 over the last bid . . . I put my top bid.
A few hours later, between the 2nd and 3rd period, my husband showed up to tell me that I had won my jersey. Just mere seconds after he told me, my jersey was involved in a fight. It was right in front of me, and I got to see my game worn jersey go a few rounds. I turned to my husband and said, "That's my jersey." Any doubt he had about the expense was gone. We realized as we watched my #27 jersey get grabbed, stretched, yanked, and pulled that it was meant to be. Rick said, "It's a sign." And a short time later he was on the ice with Jared Nightingale . . . #27 . . . getting my jersey. The somewhat stinky thing made the trip home where it will hit the washer tomorrow and be on my back for the next game. So . . . new product, new venture and new jersey. The combination has been a great renewal!
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I hope and trust you're well.As many of the readers of this blog are outside the US and may therefore not be familiar with Bruce Jenner, I'd like to begin with some background.Bruce Jenner is an American who won the gold medal in the decathlon in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He set what was then a world record for total points in the event. He became a national hero in the U.S., winning the James E. Sullivan award as the top amateur athlete in the country, as well as the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year. Famously, his image appeared on the front of Wheaties cereal boxes. Many referred to him as "the world's greatest athlete."
Jenner has recently spoken openly in interviews about his sexuality, stating that he is a trans woman and that he has experienced gender dysphoria since his youth. (Jenner has said that for now he prefers people use male pronouns in reference to him; for that reason, I will do so in this article.) He is in the process of transitioning and has not ruled out gender reassignment surgery.
In the research I did for my books and in my work as a hypnotist, I have examined many pre-birth plans. I've found that we plan our lives in great detail before we're born. We choose the location and time we will be born. We choose our parents, siblings, friends, teachers, co-workers, and romantic partners. We plan our challenges, both large and small. Given that, can it really be coincidence that "the world's greatest [male] athlete" experienced gender dysphoria and now identifies as a trans woman? And if both of these experiences were indeed planned, why would Bruce Jenner as a soul have planned them?
We live in a period of accelerated spiritual awakening. Part of that awakening is a shift from body-personality consciousness to soul consciousness. Bruce Jenner is facilitating that shift in a profound and most courageous way. His soul is saying to us, "Look beyond the body to the eternal being within. See me. See my essence. I am soul. And so are you."
In a recent interview, Jenner said, "What I'm doing is going to do the world some good. I would like to think we could save some lives here. Maybe this is my cause in life. This is why God put me on this earth — to deal with this issue."
Thank you, Bruce Jenner, for your grace and courage. Thank you for helping us to awaken.


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Short- to Long-Term
Short - to Long - Term Opportunities
Below is a list of our current entry-level and skilled volunteer opportunities. All opportunities are available on Portland's east side weekdays between 8am and 6pm, and ask for a minimum 3-month commitment, unless otherwise indicated.
If the position you want mentions a wait list, don't be discouraged! The number of volunteers we host means opportunities regularly become available. If you attend a volunteer orientation, you'll be the first to be notified of openings!
To view a full position description or to sign up for a volunteer orientation, please contact Volunteer Services at email@example.com or 503-595-2009. To learn more about the programs being served, select "About Our Services", click on the appropriate division title, and select the program name.
How To Apply
Help a Young Child Learn & Grow - in the classroom, on the bus, and the in garden! Serving children from 6 weeks to 5 years old, there are many ways to bring your skills, talents, and life experiences. Experience how just a few hours a week assisting in one of our therapeutic classrooms or riding our bus to pick up / drop off kids can change the life of a young child. Or further enhance their lives by maintaining the garden for our Seed-to-Table program, which enables them to explore planting seeds, growing plants, and eating fresh veggies. Receive on-going training in childhood development and crisis intervention. And since children are served for 12-18 months, you can be that one adult outside their family who leaves a last impression for a lifetime. Experience with young children and social work is preferred. Attend orientation to join the wait list for life-changing 6+ month commitments.
Trauma-Informed Drop-In Child Interventionist (Gateway & Providence St. Vincent's): Enhance the safety and connection children experience while their families face medical, domestic violence, and/or legal crisis. This may look like childcare - playtime, snack, and special crafts - but it is so much more. It is the opportunity for you to be a sensitive, supportive, receptive adult who understands their trauma and can leave a lasting positive impact. Gain valuable skills working with a variety of children, receive training in child development and crisis intervention, and share a special bond with a child. Positions open mornings and afternoons, Monday - Friday!
Build Supportive Relationships with Youth: Children and families living in low-income housing need strong relationships to keep themselves and their communities safe and healthy, and create a space for growth and exploration. Assist with vital programming including after school activities and homework help for all ages, mentoring teens through the college selection and application process, outdoor programming, and youth support groups. This community is ideal for volunteers interested in counseling and social work, and excited to build relationships with youth that help them discover the world around them and build confidence in their own potential. Opportunities now available for homework tutors Mondays and Tuesdays from 3-6pm and for Academic & College Mentors Thursdays from 4:30 - 6:30pm through June 2015.
Domestic Violence Advocate: Activists and Social Changers: Get involved in the movement to end violence against women and children! Home Free, a program for women and children surviving domestic violence, has openings for compassionate people to assist in various program areas. Some exciting volunteer opportunities include: working in our children's program, restraining order advocacy or answering our hotline. 6+ month commitment. Waitlist for 40-hour spring advocate training.
Volunteers with 3-6 months of experience are eligible to co-facilitate women's and children's support groups and/or accompany petitioners to restraining order hearings.
Most opportunities available at both our Marie Smith Center on N Albina and our Lambert House off SE 170th. Scheduling may vary.
Activity Assistant: Be the one to engage a participant with dementia or traumatic brain injury at the Lambert House in outer southeast. Break their social isolation by sharing laughter, movement, and conversation to keep their minds, hearts, and bodies active. If you are excited to build relationships and are available weekdays between 10am and 3pm, this will be a very rewarding opportunity! Commit to one activity for 1-2 hours a week or 3-4 hours a week to sample several.
Art, Music, and Women's Group Facilitators: Create a community of expression, exploration, and supportive relationships at the Lambert House through facilitating the Memories in the Making art therapy group Wednesday afternoons, or leading Women's Group Tues/Thurs from 10:30am - 12:30pm . If you have artistic ability, are skilled at engaging those with dementia, and enjoy creating spaces of loving reciprocity, we would love to meet you!
Dishwasher: Join our team by creating a stack of sparkling clean dishes one weekday afternoon a week, and earn our endless gratitude and the knowledge that you are part of supporting healthy minds, hearts, and bodies for the elderly. Come see why we love what we do!
Horticultural Therapist / Gardener: Develop and maintain a therapeutic garden space to enrich the lives of cognitively and physically impair adults and seniors. Work closely with our Activity Coordinator to forecast plantings, develop a curriculum to engage program participants, and work with volunteer groups on routine maintenance.
Advisory Council Member: Improve services for frail elderly and adults with disabilities, many of whom are living in poverty, and advocate for high quality long-term care. Make a commitment for one year to quarterly meetings as part of a diverse team. Members with a background in marketing most welcome!
Women's Art Group Facilitator: Create a safe and healing space for women in recovery to build relationships and have fun learning a new skill. Bring your craft and skill with connecting with diverse communities, and we will support group logistics and your new relationships. Women's Residential Center on Fridays from 1:30 - 3pm. 6 month commitment preferred.
Residential Counselor: Play a vital role in creating a safe, secure, and therapeutic environment for men and women in recovery at either our Men's or Women's Residential Centers through assisting the front desk with resident orientation, supervision, and support. One 3-5 hour shift per week, flexible scheduling. Waitlist for Men's and Women's Centers.
Internships: Gain experience and supervision to fulfill requirements for the Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor (CADC) or Master's in Social Work (MSW) programs. Opportunities waitlisted with InAct, our re-entry and out-patient treatment program. Opportunities available for bi-lingual, bi-cultural applicants to our Adelante Latino program.
Donor Prospect Researcher (virtual): This short-term project can be completed on your own time from your home office, and will improve our fundraising capacity through on-line research on prospective donors. Opportunities available for the right volunteer to step into a role conducting wealth screenings and other in-office development support. Ideal for someone with a natural curiosity about people and the creativity and persistence to find data on-line. Project materials and on-going feedback available. Initial commitment is approximately 4-6 hours to complete short reports and 10-20 prospects.
Grant Researcher (virtual): This short-term project can be completed on your own time from your home office, and will expand our capacity to apply for foundation grants. Learn the FoundationSearch tool, identify new foundations, and provide short reports on their application process. Opportunities available for the right volunteer to create a training manual and/or assist with preparing grant proposals in our office. Ideal for someone who enjoys the patience and persistence required to sift through data. Materials, training, and feedback provided. Initial commitment is approximately 40 hours to identify three new foundations.
Interior Designer: Exercise your spark for using color and texture to create soothing, welcoming spaces, and know you are facilitating healing for those transitioning to new lives free of addiction and crime. Work with leadership at our InAct program to understand their vision for bringing grounding warmth to our facility. Flexible commitment based on your interest and availability.
Videographer: Put your eye for telling a visual story to work on this exciting short-term project. Capture powerful moments during volunteer orientation and one-time volunteer projects that can be used to generate further on-line enthusiasm for volunteering to support the vulnerable populations we serve. If you have experience and your own equipment, we would love for you to get creative!
Culinary Assistant: Join our fast-paced, action-oriented catering team by supporting menu planning, meal prep, and delivery, and play a vital role in the 20,000 meals we provide each month to support vulnerable populations and generate funding for our services. Morning and afternoon shifts available 7 days a week. If you enjoy simple tasks, clear direction, and getting job training, this is for you!
Call Center Associate: Join our results-oriented team and gain valuable job skills. Shifts available Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday mornings to call those who have donated items to our Thrift It resale store in the past, and schedule pick-ups. All training provided. Located in our warehouse off NE 122nd. Shifts available Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 8am - noon!
Thrift Associates (court-mandated): Do you need to build skills for your resume? Do you love the challenge of learning and meeting clear individual and shared goals? If you have at least 30 hours of court-mandated service to complete, drop by the store and fill out an application. Opportunities available weekdays, evenings, and weekends! Opportunities at our store off SE 182nd and warehouse off NE 122nd.
Volunteer Services
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Coco's Boutique is a fashion front-runner, setting the pace in providing beautiful garments to flatter the mature woman. Having been given a stock 'makeover' by owner Lesley Adamson, whose passion for quality is visible in the wonderful selection, Coco's has been successfully serving locals and visitors for decades, formerly as Dressed by Grace.
You might describe Coco's as an Aladdin's Cave for the fashion conscious woman. Top to toe filled with a gloriously large range of leading labels… styles focus on giving each woman a point of difference when she shops at Coco's. Lesley ensures that you will always find something not available everywhere, and your choice will be unique.
Selections for weddings, race-wear, formal and smart weekend wear, day wear and casual wear are designed to turn heads. Mother of the Bride/Groom, cruise-wear, seasonal options for pants, warm weather woollens and coats, and summer weight caftans and dresses are tailored to suit your needs.
Coco's caters for larger sizes, for the older woman, and also has an attractive range of accessories to complete an outfit. A good selection of hats are always in stock, with fun and fashionable scarves and jewellery items also available. New releases from favourite labels like Finnkarelia, Slade, JK, and Bee are in stock, and exciting new options arrive regularly.
Customers can expect to find an excellent quality desirable range, a pleasant atmosphere, and the support of friendly, helpful, sales assistants. It is a delight to spend time at Coco's Boutique.
Coco's Boutique Batemans Bay
Shop 8, Bay Centre Plaza, Orient Street, Batemans Bay 2536
Mon – Fri 10 – 5pm
Sat 10 – 1pm


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Certificate in Awhi Whanau
Awhi Whānau Ministry
"Social Work values and Christian values are very similar. They both promote helping others to become better people … to strengthen the individual…" and their whānau..." Bishop John Gray.
2017 Calendar
Module One: Tuesday 18 - Friday 21 April 2017
Module Two: Tuesday 20 - Friday 23 June 2017
Module Three: Tuesday 22 - Friday 25 August 2017
Module Four: Tuesday 17 - Friday 20 October 2017
Awhi Whānau is in the process of developing a ministry service that can offer practical social work support to the communities of Christchurch.
Whakawhanaungatanga drives social work practice, emphasising connections between whānau and hāpu, iwi and tikanga. This means that whānau, hāpu and iwi are best placed to identify the processes that support and empower them spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically and environmentally.
The Awhi Whānau Programme locates social work within Te Ao Māori and has a Christ-centred focus. It also draws on tikanga and theological theories to add academic rigour.
The Awhi Whānau Training Programme is designed to enhance pastoral ministry through basic social work skills. It's also aimed at kaimahi who work for whānau, hāpu and iwi. Course content relates to whānau collectively rather than as individuals within the whānau.
Te Hui Amorangi o Te Waipounamu offers a practical social work training programme called Awhi Whānau. The Awhi Whānau Curriculum is delivered using co-operative learning strategies and engages multiple intelligences. In this inductive learning environment theory is evolving from generic individual thought to specific collective thought.
Awhi Whānau Framework:
- 'Ko Au' (me) – 'Ko Koe' (you): the importance of knowing yourself and how your environment has influenced your journey before you engage with someone else. Once you understand your world you will then have an idea on how to explore someone else's world with respect.
- 'Ko Koutou' (you and yours) – Ko Tatou (both of us and ours): whanaungatanga happens by exchanging stories and making connections with whanau until 'kua ea' you are satisfied koutou has become tatou. Now the work begins.
- 'Ko Ratou' (others, not you or me) – 'Ko Tatou' (both of us and ours), sometimes we will need to engage someone else to help us whether that be whānau whanui (extended family) or networks, again whanaungatanga happens with others until 'kua ea ratou' becomes tatou and the work continues.
Certificate in Awhi Whānau
Ko Au – Ko Koe
Ko Koutou Ko Tatou
Ko Koutou Ko Tatou
Ko Ratou Ko Tatou
To understand how the context in which you were raised influences who you are so that in turn you can understand how another person's world has influenced their circumstances.
To be able to complete a full comprehensive assessment and provide analysis that is supported by theory from various worldviews.
To be able to complete a SMART plan of intervention for whanau and provide appropriate support to whanau during intervention while maintaining professional service and boundaries
To understand the importance of internal, external, formal and informal networks as a source of support to kaimahi during their mahi with whānau.


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Titleist Vokey SM7 Wedges
The SM7 lineup comes in lofts ranging from 46°-62° and features the F, K, L, M, and S grinds that were offered in the SM6 lineup. There is also a new grind addition to the SM7 lineup, the high loft, high bounce D grind. Offered in three finishes, Tour Chrome, Brushed Steel and Jet Black, find your numbers, find your letter and start lowering your scores today!
Titleist Vokey SM7 Tour Chrome Wedge
Regular Price: $149.00
Special Price $119.00
Custom Titleist Vokey SM7 Tour Chrome WedgeFrom $119.00
Custom Titleist Vokey SM7 Brushed Steel WedgeFrom $119.00
Titleist Vokey SM7 Jet Black Wedge
Regular Price: $159.99
Special Price $119.00
Custom Titleist Vokey SM7 Jet Black WedgeFrom $119.00
Titleist Vokey SM7 Brushed Steel Wedge
Regular Price: $149.00
Special Price $119.00
Titleist SM7 Wedges at Golf Discount
The new Titleist SM7 wedges utilize the same progressive CG found in the SM6 wedges that is contrary to traditional wedge design. Whether players mean to or not, the ball tends to strike further up the face on higher lofted wedges. Vokey listened to the feedback from Tour players (and amateurs) and moved the CG higher on the clubface for higher lofted clubs and lower on the clubface for lower lofted wedges. This reallocation of weight places the CG behind the most typical impact location for each loft. Combined with Spin Milled Grooves and a wide range of bounce and grind combinations, there are Titleist SM7 wedges that will fit all players games and the conditions they play in.
- D Grind: NEW GRIND! The player's high bounce wedge, the D Grind offers high measured bounce with the crescent shape of the M Grind for shot making versatility.
- F Grind: Full sole designed primarily for full swings and square face shots. For that reason, F is the only grind available in the 46°-52° models. The 54°/56° F Grind is the most played sand wedge on the PGA Tour.
- K Grind: The highest bounce wedge in the lineup, the K Grind is the ultimate bunker club and the most forgiving wedge in the lineup for all shots.
- L Grind: The L Grind features a narrow crescent shape allowing maximum green side versatility, but it is the least forgiving wedge in the lineup.
- M Grind: Vokey's favorite, the M grind is designed for players that like to rotate the club face open and shut to manufacture shots around the green.
- S Grind: Design based on feedback from Steve Stricker, the S is best for square faced shots with a touch more versatility than the F Grind. Simple mechanics are best with this wedge.


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Nothing compares to this.
I have been scared, angry, frustrated, sad – all emotions that I tried to wriggle away from because they hurt. I've been panicked, worried, upset – all emotions that drove me to sometimes-rash but always decisive actions because time was of the essence.
But nothing compares to the feeling of having love stripped away. Not when it's the kind of love that comes from 10 years of steady, everyday effort. It's like having a vital organ removed. It's like staring down and seeing your guts spilling out into your hands. There is disbelief and shock while you look at the bloody mess, then the sure knowledge that you just won't survive this. There isn't even pain, at first. Just the stark fact that this is a mortal wound. People aren't meant to survive by carrying their guts around in their hands. It simply isn't done. No one has done it before, surely I can't either.
Having love excised isn't torture. It's a battle wound. For a fight you didn't even know you were in. You just looked up from the great hole in your middle and saw a battle field all around you. I don't even know how I got here. They say bleeding out is a quiet way to go. But it's not fast. It's oh so very slow. Enough to feel every drop of blood chasing the love out of your body. It sounds like there might be peace at the end.
Like an empty shell on a mortared field.


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Fri. Dec. 19: Nike Shares Down on Soft Forecast
Nike, Pier 1 Imports and Red Hat are among stocks to watch. WSJ's Emma Moody has the details on the News Hub with Geoff Rogow. Photo: Getty
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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The most profound attribute to this album is that numerous listens lead you to have a 100% belief in the music of Gem Andrews. It may have its roots in both the north east and north western parts of our land but any transatlantic drift westwards still retains that ultimate streak of Englishness. A touch of irony for an album titled VANCOUVER which is quite distinctly a movable feast of moody country and cutting folk, all sprinkled with a fragrance of Americana.
While still a songwriter in development, Gem has assembled a collection of original compositions and cleverly selected borrowed tunes to what evolves into a lyrical emporium of darkness and melancholy. An eleventh hour check of 'who wrote what' revealed Gem as the source of possibly the strongest track on the album in 'Crimson Tide', best described as wondrous tale of fading love sung with deep passion within an impeccably structured song. This and the other five tracks to surface from the creative writing well within Gem's head, heart and soul introduce a songwriter of emerging talent. Whether basing a song around revelations discovered in 'Your Father's Diary' or following a path of helplessness and hopelessness in 'Dead Weight', Gem explores some of life's darker sides thus displaying her natural gravitation to the expansive genre of folk Americana.
One person whose belief in Gem right from the outset of this project has been unrelenting is respected musician Martin Stephenson who handled production and other technical duties on the record. Another key player to feature is Nicky Rushton who lent a couple of songs in the form of the tearjerker 'Mother Dear' and the pure heavenly tones of 'Ten Thousand More' alongside piano and harmony vocal contributions. The Gabriel Minniken-penned 'Please Forget Me' takes the record in a classic country direction and once again Gem displays a vocal style akin to how these songs are meant to be performed - drenched in pure emotion and sincerity. The other song Gem borrowed is 'Heart Like a Wheel' from the vaults of Canadian folk legend sisters Kate and Anna McGarrigle.
Musically the album follows a simplistic route which allows the songs to flourish with the best interludes being an elegant thread of fiddle adding a sombre layer of sadness with delightful enormity across a majority of the tracks. Namechecking Townes Van Zandt, Nancy, Emmylou, Neil Young, Johnny and June in the opening number 'Calling' lays the groundwork of where Gem's influences exist and this spirited launch track perfectly sets the tone of the album. By the time we reach the finale and the title track 'Vancouver', there is an absolute guarantee you will be under the spell of Gem's mesmerising music.
At just over half an hour, you are left feeling that there is so much more to come from Gem Andrews especially in her original material. However by being plentiful in joyous moments, even those of a darker persuasion, VANCOUVER lays down a marker of what Gem can do in interpretation, presentation and song writing. Although this her second record, having a quality release to promote is an empowered starting point for an artist and Gem Andrews can hopefully exploit this in raising her own profile in markets eager to savour this sound.
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The second viva of the month was George Stanley's whose work characterising the Nuclear Pore Complex was recently published in Life Science Alliance. A successful viva called for another biologically-inspired cake! We wish George all the best on his next venture.
Well done Adrian on passing his viva
Well done to Adrian for passing his PhD viva whose research has shown how self-assembling proteins that form part of the immune system are ale to drill holes into target cells. We wish Adrian all the best on his next venture.
Building a nano-scale filter using DNA
Synthetic 'virus' to kill bacteria
LCN/UCL/Physics/IPLS research in the national media with antimicrobial bullets from breast milk


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$75,000 Bail For Escape – Meth Possession – Injuring Officer
38 year-old Ethan Swafford is in the Missoula County Jail charged with several felonies, including escape, assaulting a peace officer, and possession of drugs, such as methamphetamine and Tramadol.
Deputy Missoula County Attorney Amber Henning originally asked Judge Marie Anderson that Swafford's bond be set at $100,000.
"This is the third open felony case for the defendant," Henning said. "In this case, he was arrested after having absconded from PSI process after pleading guilty to two other open felony cases. He forcefully pulled away and ran when first being handcuffed, and in the police car he lashed out and kicked an officer when they were trying to get a protective helmet on him."
Henning said Swafford had numerous drugs when he was arrested.
"The defendant had meth, Tramadol pills, a meth pipe and baggies on him in a jail inventory search," she said.
Judge Anderson set Swafford's bail at $75,000 and remanded Swafford back to the jail, His next court appearance will be October 31.


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Work in progress
>> Like the best stand-up comedians, Mazetti deals in throwaway lines that make us laugh because we recognise all too well our own human foibles and the ridiculousness of life.
...She manages to raise serious issues without becoming preachy, for example by letting the passengers' evening bar conversations range over different views on global warming, ethical tourism, carbon footprints and other topics which a polar voyage might legitimately raise. But the novel's primary message, if it has one, is put in Alma's mouth: love between two people is not instantly recognisable but can look like just about anything, and human beings are like icebergs, nine-tenths hidden beneath the surface.
Mazetti's Grabben i graven bredvid, also a social-conscience-laced comedy about an unlikely romance, proved a runaway success in Sweden and was published in the UK as Benny and Shrimp. It is about to be launched in the USA and has already garnered enthusiastic reviews there, where Mazetti's writing has been compared to that of Carol Shields.
Reviewed by Sarah Death in SBR
Katarina Mazetti began her career as a teacher and later moved into broadcast journalism. She is a prize-nominated author, commentator, musician, poet, and the producer of "Freja", a program for women on Swedish radio. Benny & Shrimp has sold more than 450,000 copies in her native Sweden.
Read the whole interview >>
The following books have been published in english.
- Benny and Shrimp
- God and I broke up
- My Life as a Penguin
To see Mazettis complete bibliography, please click "Bibliografi" on the top left hand side.
>> A bestseller in Sweden, this offbeat, down-to-earth love story is refreshingly light to read and becomes slightly addictive.


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BRUNSWICK | The city has determined that a solid waste transfer facility just inside its northern boundary is in compliance with city ordinances. Residents of a nearby neighborhood continue to complain, however, that it doesn't pass the smell test.
Liberty Roll-Offs and Recycling, which handles garbage collected from Glynn County customers, was the subject of emphatic complaints during a City Commission meeting last month. City Planner Arne Glaeser checked out the facility afterward and determined that it is not violating the conditional use permit that delineates how the property can be used.
Liberty receives county garbage from Republic Services and trucks it to landfills out of the county, with none staying on the grounds overnight. It also processes household recyclables, construction debris and yard trash.
But Mary Kate Martin, acting as spokeswoman for residents of Magnolia Park, said Glaeser went to the "dump" on a good day when weather conditions kept the smell down.
"He went out there with the code enforcement officer on a blustery cold day," she said. "There was a little odor at the transfer station, but it's when it warms up that it's a real problem."
The state Department of Natural Resources' John Kalp also visited the facility on several occasions. He said that the odors and dust are under control as defined in state regulations.
He has made a point to visit the facility during the heat of the day, he said, and has found no violations.
The DNR continues to investigate Liberty for dumping concrete and crushed concrete outside the area approved for that purpose in its design and operation plan, and for possibly exceeding its approved capacity.
But those issues are easily resolved, Kalp said, plus "They're not even related to the complaint."
Martin said the Magnolia Park residents aren't giving up. They've complained to the health department about a rodent problem caused by the facility. Liberty General Manager Devant Wainright has said there's not a rodent problem, but Martin said that's because he checked at the wrong time.
"Rodents are nocturnal," she said. "They only come out at night."