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Location provides financial services and education to military families
Colorado Springs, Colo. (03-15-16) Pioneer Services, the military division of MidCountry Bank, is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Colorado Springs, Colo., that will provide financial services to military families serving at Fort Carson, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and surrounding areas.
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In a bid to be prudent, South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa is set to drastically cut down the size of government to save cost.
The president wants to merge ministries, get rid of deputy ministers, and reduce the number of provinces in South Africa as measures to cut costs.
This is according to reports in the City Press and the Sunday Times, which said these are measures to cut the public wage bill and make the government run more efficiently.
The City Press reported that Ramaphosa is planning to collapse a number of departments and form a "powerful economic department".
This economic department is set to be formed by a "merger of the departments of small business, trade and industry, tourism, and economic development".
The president will "dramatically cut the 34-member cabinet after the elections", which, according to the Sunday Times, should be made up of only 25 ministers and 15 deputy ministers.
"This will reduce the size of the executive he inherited from Jacob Zuma from 72 to 40," the Sunday Times said.
The ANC's plan to reduce the number of provinces – a decision which was taken at the party's conference in Mangaung – is also back on the table.
The latest news follows reports in July 2017 that the ANC was pushing ahead with the reconfiguration of provinces, despite an outcry from opposition parties.
The ANC policy conference called for a presidential commission to be set up and for its work to be completed before the party's elective conference in December.
The ANC took a decision in 2007 that the number of provinces be reduced to six, instead of nine.
National executive committee (NEC) member Obed Bapela said at the time that the commission would look into the powers, functions, and number of provinces.
"We have to harmonise powers and functions of provinces and local government because, in some areas, there is contestation of space," Bapela said.
At its 2015 national general council, it again called for a presidential commission, but this has not materialised as yet.
At the time, the ANC faced criticism from opposition parties that this was an attempt to stay in power. However, Bapela denied that the renewed urgency was linked to the upcoming 2019 elections.
"This is a Polokwane resolution, it is as old as that, it has nothing to do with 2019," he said.
He said the move was motivated by the "concentration of resources" at a provincial level, whilst most of the delivery of services happened at a local government level.
"A lot of money goes to provinces and, when you go to municipalities, the equitable share currently is 9%. It used to be 7% (2007), and yet a lot of service delivery ought to happen at the municipalities," Bapela said.
Streamlining national government
In February 2016, DA leader Mmusi Maimane detailed the party's vision to streamline the national government to 15 cabinet ministries, thereby saving R4.6 billion annually.
South Africa's cabinet has moved from 16 ministries in 1996 to one of 35 – plus an additional 37 deputy ministers.

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Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole Free Sequencing Work Page
This post has a free sequencing work page for Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole. This book was written by by Jane Yolen, and has pictures by Bruce Degen.
This is definitely a humorous easy reader, so it is a great choice for reluctant readers. This animal fantasy story is about frogs and toads in space finding a black hole that turns out to be a mouth. They become stuck on the sticky, pink tongue. Hilarious, right? Well, sometimes we have to encourage children to want to read. The humor is for some children and not others. The ship is named the Star Warts.
Free Sequencing Work Page:
Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole PDF
This is the kind of book that is easy to read but has some story line and enough humor to motivate a young reader to finish the book. It makes for a good read aloud. Because the pictures are fun it would be a good idea to place the book under the document camera so everyone can see the pages. You know how children are about being able to really see, and it is important to their understanding.
Jane Yolen is a wonderful children's author and she has written a wide variety of books.
Happy reading, Carolyn


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New vocab unit 6 this two weeks
Tues- "Can you set yourself free?" History video of Frederick Douglas' life on your online resource
Also, tonight read 558 from "The Autobiography of Frederick Douglas" for Weds. We will discuss and have a quiz, too. You can use your notes.
Weds-"Completing the Sentences" with review of Douglas and quiz. (We're going to start review of Parts of Speech, so that more students have an understanding of sentence structure so that we can use punctuation correctly).
Thurs- more grammar and start Lincoln. This was an "ice day" so we will continue on Friday.
Friday- Ants and Syns in vocab; Lincoln and "The Gettysburg Address"; we will finish with the "Proclamation" on Monday (584-90) Also, do CTRW in vocab for Monday. Bring worksheets to class for a continuation of grammar.
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Fatherhood is imminent
Wow, the last time I posted anything about our upcoming baby, it was an ultrasound done at about 3 months. I had been hoping to provide more updates about how the baby and my wife Megan were coming along, but I got caught up on other things, including focusing on getting our house and the baby's room ready.
Well, the big moment is imminent. We're a few days away from Megan getting induced (unless we can jumpstart labor on our own) and a few days away from meeting our baby girl. (At least that's what the crew at the birthing center has been telling us.)
So this in all likelihood is the last time I'll be writing something as a guy, i.e. not a dad. It's kind of a weird feeling.
I know parenthood is something that happens to so many people, so the event really isn't that unique, but because it hasn't happened to me yet, I still can't wrap my head around this notion. I just have to wait to our baby to arrive, and see what happens from there.
In no way do I expect it to be that easy, of course. I understand that labor will be quite the experience, and even more so for Megan. I'm as ready as I think I can be to help her get through it. One hand will be doing whatever is possible to help her (hold her hand, rub her back/neck/shoulders, feed her ice chips, get crushed by her, etc.) and the other will be holding a camera, ready to capture Baby Lee's arrival.
I've read several books and articles on the dad's role in pregnancy and fatherhood. I've gone with Megan to the childbirth class and read through the corresponding materials. And when it's time to go to the birthing center, I'm planning on bringing only reading material that's related to the task at hand.
I'm actually quite relieved to feel pretty comfortable talking about all this. It wasn't that long ago that I had a big a-ha moment of the enormity of the situation while staring at different baby strollers. As in, "Oh my god, I'm looking at baby strollers because soon I'll have a baby to put in one of these!"
The last time I realized I had such a big moment of realization was when I was at a hardware store in Seattle looking at the best tools for the yard of the house we just bought. ("Oh my god, I own a house!")
Now it's all coming together. I realized how far I've come along when I was talking about how proud I was of our updated bathroom and its low-flow, five-star flushing power toilet to a new co-worker who had just graduated college. I don't know if the recent-college-graduate me would have been able to relate to all that stuff the impending-father me just spewed out. The younger me would have thought all that was, well, dorky.
But the current me kind of gets it now. And to think there's so much more to come once that baby arrives. How am I going to feel the first time she looks up at me? And smiles? And poops? I know I'm going to be changing her diaper many, many, MANY times, but is it because I have to as part of my fatherly duties, or because I want to because I will absolutely adore her and don't want her to feel the least bit uncomfortable?
And then there's the whole thing of having to be a parent, to not just take care of her, but to actually RAISE her, to keep her out of trouble, to make sure she becomes a good person who, in roughly 18 years, will be able to fully take care of herself?
This is when I start wondering if I'll become more like my dad. Not in any bad way, mind you. He's a good man, and I think I turned out well because of how he and my mom raised me. But rather, is it that generational thing where you want to be your own person but come to find out you do have some similarities to the ones who raised you, because duh, you came from them? Where when you say something, you catch yourself and think, "Whoa, that sounded a lot like how my dad would have said it"? That's happened to me a few times now, and where I once freaked out and thought, "No no no, that's just weird and wrong," I think I'm more indifferent now when I catch myself doing that. I wonder if I'll continue moving down that line of thinking, to the point that when I find myself acting more like my dad, it'll be a relief?
And then there are the things that I'll have even less control over, and this part really scares me.
I worry about what kind of world my daughter and her potential siblings will be growing up in. The economy's in the tank. Our money situation is OK, but anything can happen. Our country and this world are being run by people who for the most part don't care about making life good for us all collectively, but rather about keeping themselves and their cohorts in power. In poker terms, I don't like thinking about the hand Baby Lee and the next generation could be dealt.
But what can I do? I guess trying to answer that question is what's driven me to read and prepare as much as I can to be a good dad. And when my daughter arrives, I'll take care of her, and Megan, as well as I can, for as long as I can, however I can. (Heh, if Megan and I do a good job, then way down the road, she'll want to take care of us!)
But first things first. I just need to concentrate on the fact that soon, I'll officially be a dad. And Megan will be a mom.
And the two of us will become the three of us.
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AND I'LL BE A GRANDMA! THIS MAKES ME VERY PROUD OF YOU, AS ALWAYS. LOVE YOU! Grandma Mary
that made me cry a little bit. 🙂
David, I was just reading this, it's very touching and well stated, I hope Megan and you all the luck with Baby Lee when she get's here.
I'll have to make a trip up to Iowa to meet Miss Baby Lee 🙂
All our good wishes to you both, and Grandma Mary 🙂
Candie Potter-Emery
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Workshops emphasize poster design principles, appropriate sections for a research poster, presenting your poster, understanding your audience, and evaluating a poster. This workshop, or its equivalent in your program, is required for all students presenting at the Longhorn Research Poster Session during Research Week.
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Kitsap Memorial State Park is packed with the beauty of the Olympic Mountains, a long saltwater shoreline of the Hood Canal, and 18 campsites for RVs that offer electricity and water. Located seven miles north of Poulsbo, Washington, the 63-acre Kitsap Memorial State Park is situated on the Kitsap Peninsula along the Hood Canal with over 1,700 feet of shoreline. The park was created by the Vinland Community Club in 1935 when the club began to buy parcels of land and make improvements in 1936. In 1937 the area of the park was given to Kitsap County and in 1949 the park was established after the land was deeded to the state of Washington.
The area surrounding Kitsap Memorial State Park was once the ancestral lands of the Suquamish and Port Gamble S'Klallam Indian Tribes. The area is rich in culture and offers many celebrations throughout the year such as Chief Seattle Days in August. This celebration combines the traditions of the tribes to commemorate Chief Seattle who was the ancestral leader of the Suquamish. The annual celebration includes canoe racing, totem pole carvings, and plenty of unique food from the tribes.
Today, Kitsap Memorial State Park is a perfect place to enjoy numerous activities during your RV camping trip. With plenty of shoreline to relish, you can participate in activities like scuba diving, canoeing, and fishing. There are lots of opportunities for clamming and crabbing along the Hood Canal. Photographers will be thrilled with the sunrise and sunset silhouettes of the Olympic Mountains to the west. Onshore activities include a great open field which is superb for playing frisbee, volleyball, and flying kites.
The weather at Kitsap Memorial State Park includes stellar temperatures from the high 60s to 70s in the summer with less than one inch of rain. Winter time brings temperatures in the mid-40s along with up to four inches of rainfall.
You can access Kitsap Memorial State Park from Northeast Park Street at Washington State Route 3 on the Kitsap Peninsula. You can access Route 3 in several ways including from Kingston to the east, as well as from Port Gamble to the north along Route 104. The Kingston-Edmonds Ferry allows access to Route 104 from the east but space may be limited to smaller RVs and trailers. Port Gamble is connected to the Olympic Peninsula via the Hood Canal Bridge which is a retractable floating bridge that can be hard to maneuver with larger RVs and trailers. You can expect to wait whether driving over the bridge or taking the ferry.
If you are going north to south on the peninsula from Poulsbo the drive is not difficult but the road is narrow. Once you arrive at the park, you will find one two-way road that takes you to the campground. You can expect traffic congestion within the park during high season around the two-day use parking lots. One is located near the entrance to the park. The other parking area is situated near the community hall that hosts numerous weddings in the summer. When traveling through the campground area please adhere to all posted speed limits. Be cautious of pedestrians, bicyclists, and children playing while driving.
The Kitsap Memorial State Park campground is situated along one two-way road and contains over 40 campsites for tents, RVs, and trailer, 15 of which offer full hookups. The campground offers plenty of trees for shade and sites boast some privacy. There is easy access to the Hood Canal from the campground. RVs and trailers are limited to 50 feet in length. Not all campsites can accommodate larger rigs.
These campsites are situated along a straight portion of the road before you reach the loop that contains the sites for tents. Each campsite has a fire ring, picnic table, and paved parking pad which may require leveling. There is a dump station for RVs to empty their holding tanks near the entrance of the park. Other amenities within the campground include flush toilets, showers, a playing field for sports and flying kites as well as a children's playground. Generators may be used from 8:00 a.m. until 9:30 p.m. Pets must be restrained by a six-foot leash at all times.
There are a plethora of watersports to be had during your RV camping trip to Kitsap Memorial State Park. Water activities include kayaking or canoeing along the Hood Canal where you will find a different vantage point of viewing the incredible landscape of this lush area of the northwest. Swimming and scuba diving are common in the summer and there are a couple of mooring buoys for larger watercraft. If you are interested in bringing your boat, you will find a boat launch four miles north from the park at Salisbury County Park.
You should always have your rod and reel ready to go when traveling in your RV since the Hood Canal offers great fishing prospects. There are two boat mooring buoys offshore for watercraft and many anglers will use a kayak or canoe. Offshore fishing is best along the northern section of the beach area. Once you dip your line in the water, you can expect to catch a variety of fish from Coho salmon and sea-run cutthroat trout to steelhead and perch. Always check state and park regulations for bag and size limits as well as any seasonal closures.
Clamming and searching for oysters is a popular thing to do in Kitsap Memorial State Park. Along the southern portion of the beach area, you will find horse clams. While you are digging along the shoreline you can expect some native littleneck as well as Manila littleneck clams. In the cobble substrate along the shoreline there are butter clams. Oysters are abundant with geoducks directly off the sandier beach areas. Before you dig, check the Washington State Rules and Regulations for bag limits as well as digging closures.
There is a huge playing field at Kitsap Memorial State Park that is perfect for many activities. Kite flying is particularly fun in the large open field with constant winds to help lift your kite into the sky. Bring extra string to go high or try out your new acrobatic kite for fun. You can play volleyball in one of the marked courts or play catch with your children. There is sufficient room in the field to play Frisbee including a game of Ultimate Frisbee with your friends.
Beachcombing is fabulous along the almost 1,800 feet of shoreline along the Hood Canal. There are beautiful sandy beaches and tide pools for you to explore while beachcombing in Kitsap Memorial State Park. The shoreline offers refuge during low tide for numerous starfish, chitons, crabs and limpets. Other species can you view include several species of clams and oysters. Watch out for barnacles that can hurt your feet, so make sure you wear shoes while beachcombing. Hiking on land within the park consists of a nature trail with plenty of interpretive signs about the area's wildlife that takes you from the campground to the shoreline.
Bird watching is great activity to enjoy while RV camping at Kitsap Memorial State Park year round. You will spot more in the winter months when there are less people in the park. Make sure you take your binoculars for the best sight lines along the shore and of the Hood Canal. Bird species common to the park include great blue herons, kingfish, flickers, goldfinch, goldeneye, surf scoter, plenty of duck species, and seagulls. You can even expect to see an occasional majestic bald eagle.


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you say you have flowers for the dead,
Give them to me !
Run away !
for I will turn into a vampire
seeking for your veins
I will eat your heart
I will devour your inside.
Don't come to the tombs
just, don't come
you don't belong here
let the dead burn their deads
let the corpses rot
and pass away
for there is no place for the species of you
like there is no place for the species of me
in your world of
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I only wish I could share the sense of smell via the internet. I was not hungry when I began my walk down this charming street in Montmartre but all my senses quickly went into overload. It was time for lunch.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Gastronomie...Timeless Cool Paris
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TCTA testified before the TRS Board of Trustees Nov. 20, 2014, on a paycheck-timing issue that is preventing some teachers from receiving their full TRS benefits.
The issue stems from a legislative change that caused TRS to move to a standardized school year for administrative purposes, making the salary that is counted when calculating a teacher's TRS annuity equal to the amount the teacher is paid between Sept. 1 and Aug. 31 of any given year.
However, some school districts issue the first paycheck of the school year in late August. So for a teacher retiring in a given year, only 11 paychecks are counted by TRS for the final year's salary — the checks received in September through July. The teacher would not receive an August paycheck in the last year of teaching because the August check is the first check for the following school year.
So for the teachers in those districts, what is most likely their highest salary isn't actually being counted toward their retirement. With only 11 months of pay being calculated, the salary for their final year of teaching is not going to be one of their top three or five highest years of salary.
The TRS Board has been receptive to TCTA's concerns on the matter, and we will continue to work with TRS staff on a solution. The issue will go back before the board in February 2015. However, the situation might require a legislative fix.


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After yet another lovely evening with great food, wine and great entertainment on board the River Royale, we woke to some better Bordeaux weather and the chance of spending a full day in this beautiful, versatile city. Uniworld offered us a number of options for the day – bicycling tours with a local cycling company or a walking, tram and food tour with an expert guide and with complimentary tickets to La Cité du Vin and for the tram.
Also on offer in the afternoon was a 2-hour specialist onboard wine tasting experience with the in-house Sommelier, Nico which included a full tutorial on wine appreciation and a blind tasting session to see how well you had been listening. While exceptionally popular with other guests who firmly recommended it, we decided to get some exercise for the day.Bordeaux is a fascinating port city on the Garonne River and now one of my most favourite of all European cities. The architecture is comparable to the grandeur of Paris (without the crowds), it is flat and easy to get around, has brilliant city transport, great restaurants and fantastic shopping down the 1.2km Rue St Catherine. Add to that the sublime and extensive surrounding wine region, the beautiful beaches and coastline and the proximity to Paris, this has to be one of the best regions and cities to live in.It's known for its Gothic Cathédrale Saint-André, the 18-19th-century mansions which all sprang up as a result of the flourishing wine trade and notable museums such as the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux and the Musée d'Aquitaine which we visited. Public gardens line the curving river quays which become a hub of activity and family gatherings on the weekends. The grand Place de la Bourse, centered on the Three Graces fountain, overlooks the Miroir d'Eau reflecting pool and there are some pretty spectacular town gates as well, the Porte de la Grosse Cloche and Porte-Cailhau. The city has embraced modern architecture and sculpture and it seems to sit quite comfortably alongside its historical counterparts. Particularly popular are the Halles of Baclan, an open plan foodmarket and cluster of restaurants, right next to La Cité du Vin.
The old…..
and the modern….
Our tour began in the old city – with the promise of chocolates, creme puffs and other treats that this city is well-known for. Sarah explained how just a few short years ago, Bordeaux was a bit grubby and rough around the edges and the buildings had mainly become blackened by soot and car pollution, giving the inner city a slightly oppressive feel. A forward-thinking mayor who incentivised the Bordelais to clean their buildings and embark on a city restoration programme has turned all of that around and the city now has quite a warm glow to its limestone buildings.
First stop is the Canelés Baillardran – Dijeaux Café where the famous Bordelaise Canele is made. This little delicacy is a small pastry, flavoured with rum and vanilla has a custard centre and a dark, thick caramelized crust. It takes the shape of small, striated cylinder up to five centimetres in height with a depression at the top and we were told, developed directly as a result of the wine trade – but not from the grapes. During winemaking, egg-whites are used to "fine" the wine as impurities and sediment will 'stick' to it. The result was a massive surplus of egg yolks and it is told that the nuns of the Couvent des Annonciades developed a secret recipe in the shape of church pillars to commercialise this surplus!. Clever gals!Next the very popular Dunes Blanches chez Pascal Bordeaux where we are treated to a genuine choux pastry creme puff, filled with vanilla creme and topped with icing sugar. Originally developed near the Cap Ferrat area, these delicious little puffs are supposed to mimic the white sand dunes of nearby Dune du Pilat on the Bordeaux coast. We watched as people filed into the shop to purchase little boxes of these treats which can apparently make you a lot of friends if you are new to the city and invited for morning tea.Lastly and before heading back to the River Royale for lunch, is the new but popular artisan chocolate shop Hasnaâ Grand Cru on the Rue de la Vieille Tour. Nothing to do with wine, but the beans are apparently selected from the first growth on plantations around the world and cover countries such as Madagascar, Indonesia, Cuba, Cosa Rica and Bolivia. We sampled some plain dark, some ganache and some praline – all of which were delicious and there was no shortage of customers, despite being a pricey little chocolatier!A short stroll down Quai to the evocative and stunning building that is La Cité du Vin and we are lucky to get there at 1.30pm and just before the Saturday apres-lunch crowd arrives. Our tickets allow us immediate entry, audio tour and a complimentary glass of wine on the top floor but first, we head up to the array of interactive, sensorial displays for which this museum is now famous.There is no doubt that this is the way young people prefer to learn, but me – I'm still a bit old-fashioned and found the jostling, slightly inconsiderate crowd who linger and hog some of the displays a bit annoying.As this is the last night of our river cruise itinerary, the Captain and crew have a treat in store with farewell cocktails and a special gala dinner, so we don our glad rags and head on up to the lounge.
We've made some lovely friends from the UK, Australia and all over the United States, and have nothing but praise for the wonderful staff of Uniworld and the service we have been given. Nothing was a problem, everything little detail is covered and the entire itinerary is well thought out with all sorts of interests, fitness levels, ages and activities considered. Even the weather could not stop proceedings as there always seemed to be a Plan B if the weather hampered Plan A.
I wanted to know more about wine, about Bordeaux and about the rivers and environs of the Gironde and I came away feeling the richer on all of those subjects.
Thanks Uniworld Boutique River Cruising! Hope to cruise with you again!


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6 Insane Discoveries That Science Can't Explain
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The Giant Stone Balls of Costa Rica
The Mystery:
Costa Rica and a few surrounding areas are scattered with giant stone balls. They are smooth and perfectly spherical, or nearly so. Some of them are quite small, a few inches in diameter, but some of them are as large as eight feet in diameter weighing several tons.
They have been chiseled to perfection by persons unknown, despite the fact that Costa Rica is still not scheduled to enter the Bronze Age until 2013. The are balls everywhere and serve no apparent purpose, like a swing club on Gentlemen's Night.
And God said, "It's nice, but could use some more purposeless balls."
Some of the balls have been blasted apart by locals hoping to find gold, coffee beans, or even babies. Some have been rolled around, but some are too heavy to move even with a bulldozer. Not that they have bulldozers in Costa Rica.
Why Can't They Solve It?
About the most useful information anyone has gotten is that there are not, under any circumstance, any quarries anywhere near the balls. This information is actually useless considering the balls are carved from volcanic rock.
Our Guess:
In 1,000 years the eggs of the stone men will hatch, and their offspring will emerge to rule the Earth.
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It's amazing how little we know.
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We shared an article about saving while travelling, while its good idea to save while travel, saving is never a bad idea. Here are some tips to save money for college and school students, because when you are studying in school or college, money is always a privilege. A lot of the tips are useful even if you are not a student but well most of them are for students.
13. Buy used textbooks
Substantial money goes into buying books. You can always buy used textbooks or rent the same since this will cost you one third of the price of the original price of the book.
12. Always remain away from impulsive shopping
You should not be an impulsive shopper any day. Money is often wasted if you go for unnecessary shopping.
11. Limit your visit to restaurants
Ideally you should go to any restaurant only on special occasions. You can always have a get together at home or friends place.
10. Reduce intake of cigarettes
If you are habitual of smoking or drinking, cutting on the same will not only save money for you but will also keep you healthy.
9. Pay bills on time
Develop the habit of paying your bills on time. You will save money which will otherwise go as fine.
8. Give over the habit of using credit card
Do not use credit card often as developing the habit of paying through credit always is not a good idea. You will eventually end up paying more always.
7. Prefer public transport
Prefer public transport if you can. Travelling by car always costs a lot and the money saved can be put to good use.
6. Live with others and split rent
You can live with other friends and split rent. The money saved can be used for meeting out other expenses.
5. Do not go for expensive cable connections
If you can afford to watch less number of channels on television, do not go for a bigger package as it always costs more.
4. Go for basic phone packages
Many telecommunication companies have less expensive phone packages for students. Opt for these as you can always talk more for less.
3. Look for a campus gym
If you are an exercise freak, search for a gym in your college or school. The cost will always be less than a regular gym.
2. Do not buy books for a short duration
If you can afford to get books from library, go for it rather than buying books for a shorter duration.
1. Make your own coffee
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Aim: The aim of the study was to describe the development of hand function, particularly the use of the affected hand in bimanual tasks, among children with unilateral cerebral palsy aged 18 months to 12 years.
Method: A convenience sample of 96 children (53 males, 43 females) was assessed with the Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA) at regular intervals from the ages of 18 months to 12 years. The children ranged from 17 to 127 months (median age 24mo) at recruitment. Subgroups were created to identify differences in development using the child's AHA at 18 months and the Manual Ability Classification System (MACS). A nonlinear mixed effects model was used to analyze data according to a 'stable limit' development model.
Results: The results were based on 702 AHA sessions. The children showed a rapid development at a young age and reached 90% of their stable limit between 30 months and 8 years. The subgroups, based on the 18-month AHA and the MACS levels respectively, had distinctly different patterns of development.
Interpretation: The AHA at 18 months may be used to make a crude prediction of future development.
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One short and simple exercise I did a year ago that had a tremendous impact on what my life looks like today, is to write out what my perfect day would look like.
Basically you just take a sheet of paper (or your computer, if you happen to be one of those "hip" modern kids) and turn off all distractions for a moment.
Allow yourself to daydream about that one perfect day and write down everything that comes up. Really focus on the full experience. Include what you see, what you feel, what you hear. Perhaps even what you smell. The more senses you include the better. Stop yourself from using your rational mind while doing this. Don't include anything you believe you "have to" include for optimal productivity or anything. Just do what would make you happy. It's a fantasy. Why spoil those with the same limitations you have in real life? 😉
Remember: Everything on this day is as perfect as can be. That means you've already achieved all your current goals. So the only thing you need to focus on is what you'd do on a perfect day if there was nothing left to need.
At first, this may seem like a simple journal exercise for when you got nothing better to do. But there's a huge chance that once you'll re-read it, you'll realize most of the things you've written down are things you can already do today or tomorrow.
This means that you only have to make some very subtle lifestyle changes to make most of your days look a lot like that perfect day you just dreamed up.
Just compare the differences between that perfect day and what you're actually doing with your days right now. Let go of what was not in your fantasy, and add what is not in your current life. It may sound simple, but have you tried it? Most people haven't.
I won't share mine here (because it's frikking long and kinda NSFW, you know, like my [CENSORED]** 😉 ) but it's suffice to say I'm super grateful to my past self for not passing this exercise off as a "waste of time". Because the impact it can have on your life is much greater than you'd expect.
Knowing what a perfect day looks like for you, is more than half of the work it takes to actually have one every day.
The other half is realizing the ones that aren't exactly what you wished for, are actually perfect in their own little way as well 😉 (Blog posts are better if they end with cheesy quotes.)
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Infield in Madagascar:
Some weeks we've had to put up with the frustration of not having ANY ways to communicate with the rest of the world. Not only once have we experienced that what we planned never happened. We have had to realize that what you don't plan – that's what you're suddenly thrown into! In short – Malagasy culture is very different to the Norwegian one, in many ways… It's interesting and fun to experience, but sometimes it gets a bit tiring.
So when the time for In-field came, I was ready for a break.
To be able to have a conversation in my mother tongue without having to concentrate to understand every sentence was like a dream. We rented a car with a great driver. He took us all the way to Toamasina on the East Coast. We had some relaxing days there by the beach. Slept in a bungalow. Swam in the pool. Snorkled on the coral reef. Had Bible study. Counselling. Evaluation on our personal growth so far. Enjoying the company of Agnar, our teacher from Hald.
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Having a navigation app read you directions is certainly safer than holding an atlas on your steering wheel as you drive, but some smartphone apps may offer too much functionality, which could, ultimately, distract users while driving.
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The Distracted-Driving Bill Has Been Met With Mixed Reactions
Most auto companies have fully embraced an anti-distraction stance, so they are onboard with the proposed regulations. However, app developers criticize the proposal as impractical. Unlike dedicated GPS systems, smartphone apps are designed to work in many situations outside of the car, so there is no real way to limit the apps in the car without cutting features across the board. There is also a problem with enforcement, because new apps arrive for sale all the time, and it would be extremely difficult to hold all app makers to the new regulations.
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In the Spring '17 release, Salesforce rolled out Kanban for almost every object in Salesforce (not sure what that really means? See this blog post). Since Kanban started out as the "Opportunity Board", it made sense to always summarize your groupings by an Amount field.
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As Americans, we can take for granted many of the incredible freedoms that we enjoy in life. We also seem to have this idea that we will live forever. Through the years, David learned to see life from a completely different perspective. He asks God to show him the number of his days. He understands that life is fleeting, and he wants to use his days in the best way he possibly can. He gives us a life-changing challenge: to use each day for God's glory. David lived each day to the fullest even when his enemies were on the attack. He did not walk in fear, because he walked by faith. He understood that he could never take that challenge without God's help. We must understand the same. Walking by faith is impossible if God is not in the center of it, and we will never use every day in the best way possible without the Almighty involved. We face too much temptation and too many challenges in life to stand on our own. We need His steadying force in our lives, and we must choose to walk by faith no matter how scary the situation may be. This is the life God has called us to live; one where we do not take our days for granted and strive to always use each day for His glory. Does that sound like a life you would want to live?
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This was the largest showing of Shigeru Ban's work to date, offering a timely retrospective of his achievements and exploring the architect's role in 21st-century society across a diverse range of social issues, scales and locations.
Ban has, like many of his Japanese contemporaries, been exploring new conceptual directions in what architecture can be. But in contrast to the dreamlike, dematerialised qualities sought by others such as SANAA and Fujimoto, the tectonic ambiguities of Kengo Kuma, or the metaphorical departure points of Ito, Ban's work has a robustly pragmatic underpinning in the genuinely innovative investigation into the structural and tectonic possibilities of recycled paper and laminated timber, while still often imbued with joy and playfulness.
Very evident from this aptly-titled exhibition was his early extensive involvement with humanitarian work. Setting up in private practice in Tokyo in 1995 with the usual private house commissions by wealthy clients, Ban became a consultant of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, establishing the Voluntary Architects' Network. He has been engaged in disaster relief projects worldwide ever since. But there is no contradiction here − every project embodies an elegant economy of means integral to his design approach, regardless of setting or client.
Straightforwardly laid out in a chronological loop, the exhibition included many full-size mock-ups of whole or part buildings and structural components, well-placed moments of audio-visual and, of course, great photographs. As with all retrospectives, it was an opportunity for the viewer to reassess particular ideas within the body of work, while also becoming aware of new, or relatively less well-known, ones.
Here, the conceptual and material inventiveness in projects such as the Japan Pavilion for the Hanover EXPO 2000, Paper Church (Kobe, 1995) and Naked House (Saitama, Japan, 2000) remain hugely impressive, demonstrating a lightness of touch and avoiding bombastic excess. The full extent of the disaster relief work becomes apparent with systems such as the Paper Log House, developed in response to the 1995 Kobe earthquake and now having had several manifestations elsewhere, adapting to the particular climatic requirements and resources available.
One significant quibble with an otherwise very thorough display was the lack of plans and sections. These would have been particularly useful for the less well-known (at least to the Western eye) early projects. Missing such basic information is an all too common oversight with architectural exhibitions, presumably on the grounds that they are of limited use or interest to the general viewer, but it really doesn't have to be an issue ofeither/or.
Ban's work itself in many ways represents a both/and mentality and it is the continuum of his refined design sensibility into the disaster relief projects which elevates them above the worthy but crude utility so often associated with this kind of work. He also demonstrates an understanding of what can engender a sense of human dignity while addressing the fundamental provision of shelter.
Perhaps this is no more poignantly represented than in the response to the 2011 tsunami, with some of the worst affected areas lying just a few miles north of Mito. Thousands of families left homeless and finding temporary shelter in community halls were rapidly provided with visual privacy and a sense of personal space by the simple modular partition system Ban devised from cardboard tubes. Supplied in three different diameters, these combined to form flexible frameworks of beams and columns over which white sheets, held together with safety pins, were hung.
A series of the partitions are displayed in a room along with stackable plywood stools, which, again, have a sense of considered simplicity in their clever composition while being robust and fit for purpose. I am informed that in such desperate circumstances, sometimes it really is the little things that can mean so much.
The abundant reservoir of goodwill built up while progressing through this exhibition still cannot disguise the perceived shortcomings of the Metz Pompidou (AR June 2010), which is featured extensively in the last room, and only adds to the sense of disappointment and missed opportunity. Here the whole is very much less than the sum of the parts, so unlike the other projects shown. Perhaps this is a consequence of the relatively lavish means leading to a confused and contradictory end.
Notably, the adjacently displayed one-third size model of the laminated timber column detail from the Nine Bridges Golf Clubhouse in South Korea, uses a similar language to the Metz Pompidou's. But here the column, and lattice roof structure flowing from it, is a singular generative primary idea and the project benefits from the resulting clarity.
Still, overall, after experiencing this impressively comprehensive and poignantly located exhibition, you are left with a deep respect for the meaningful enhancement brought to the lives of so many by the level of commitment, inventiveness and poetic pragmatism embodied in the work of Shigeru Ban.
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My time as a full-time student brought the worst set of results I have ever received over the past few years, and the irony of the situation was not lost on me, even as I was feeling lousy over this rather bemusing episode.
The semester started innocuously enough, with an enthusiastic instructor who told many long and winding stories from the Chinese literary canon, touching obligely and infrequently on translation techniques. Going through the material provided, I wondered if I were reading Introduction to Chinese Literature instead of Chinese-English Translation of Literary Works. No doubt though about our instructor's credentials; she is effectively bilingual and passionately knowledgeable about Chinese literary works, a freelancer who specialises in translating movie dialogue into subtitles. However, she is perhaps not the best person to teach this particular class.
When my first assignment was returned, the marks awarded were slightly lower than what I was used to receiving. While the instructor emphasized that she was being very lenient in the grading, she was unable to convince me, either through in-class error analysis or written feedback on my script, that she awarded more marks than my answers deserved. In fact her skimpy feedback offered little insights as to how I could improve my craft. However, I decided not to pursue it, 'well trained' by the system to know that sometimes we do well and sometimes we don't. I went along with this attitude till my second assignment was returned.
I received pretty awful results for my second assignment and I was generally too depressed to scrutinize how it was assessed, until a classmate asked if I also failed the translation analysis question. Now, how could anyone fail an analysis question unless one totally misread the question or the text. So I went to check my script and, lo and behold, I did fail that question, awarded 5 out of 15 marks for my 2-page response. How could this be?
When I met up with my classmate to compare our answers and the marks awarded, we found that for another analysis question, even though we raised the same points but in different languages – we were allowed to answer in either English or Chinese – we were given different scores, with me receiving the shorter end of the stick. This led to our mutual decision to write to our instructor for clarification.
Our instructor took some time to get back to us, and when she did, her response baffled me. Honestly, I wasn't sure if I should laugh or cry, reading her reply to my email. She prefaced her response with the following: "First of all, you impressed me with your good command of English and your strong research ability. I learnt a lot from your paper." I appreciate her gesture to affirm but at the same time, I was baffled as I was insulted. The given task required that I analyse a literary extract, which was what I did; and that was why I took offence, for she seemed to be insinuating that I plagiarised my paper (inferred from "strong research ability"), Furthermore, I have no idea what she learnt from my analysis or response, but I do know for a fact that this was the response she awarded a fail grade. Talk about irony, eh.
Taking a deep breath, I read on… Among other things, I was told "maybe there are many aspects of translation differences we can discuss about, but which is the most important one? which part is translated well by one translator but neglected by the other 2?" It took me a while, but I eventually figured out that for this instructor, she had model answers for this analysis questions – 3 points to be exact, 5 marks per point. As I only addressed one of the 3 'correct' answers in my response, I was awarded 5 marks. Whether I made sense for the other parts of my analysis did not matter. Frankly, when I understood this to be her stance, I was indignant, for this began to feel like a let's-read-the-examiner's-mind task rather than an analysis task.
Of course, you don't have to take my word for it; you can decide for yourself, as I am going to reproduce the task prompt here: "Criticize the translations of the following underlined excerpts … The analysis requires you to examine the principles and guidelines in translating fictional prose. You may answer in English or Chinese. Each analysis should not exceed 500 words in English or 800 characters in Chinese."
There is more I could say but I shall refrain as I am writing this not to complain about my instructor, but to really reflect on the meaning of grades. When I escalated this matter upward, I made it very clear to the administrators that I respect and honour the instructor's decision. Even though she has singlehandedly demolished my hope of graduating with a first class honours, I did not request for a re-marking. Because the point is not about getting a better grade, but did that particular response deserve a fail grade, and if the assessment stance taken was fair.
I made a case because I cannot agree with such a position – that you mark a literary analysis question with a closed answer scheme, refusing to consider other possibilities. I am well aware that I have no influence over the system, but since when have you seen me back down without putting up a fight? *Grin*
This episode also got me thinking, was I being a poor sport, using rhetoric to mask my disappointment of a poor grade? Truth be told, I am not unfamiliar with poor grades, receiving my fair share in Year 1 and Year 2 of this programme. I remembered whining for a quite a while to my long-suffering friends, but that was about all I did. In those instances, even while I disagreed with the instructor's assessment philosophy, their stance was tenable and they did have a point, which was why I generally took the marks and adapted my work to align with these instructors' expectations. Even so, I still did not do as well as I would like to, but I was not half as upset as I was by this.
Unhappy as I was, this episode was valuable for me as an educator. As I was receiving grades that made me howl from this university, I was awarding grades at another where I am currently an adjunct faculty. My frustration at the lack of feedback on how to improve made me more conscious about giving task specific feedback, pointing out to students, at least one or two aspects that they could work on that would improve the quality of their work. I also made it a point to clarify my expectations before each assignment, sending ahead the assessment rubrics so that students have a clear idea how they would be assessed and what they should be focusing on.
Why do I do that? Because grades are important. Grades tell me whether my effort is being rewarded, and if not, is an indicator for me to review my direction, whether it be writing style or point of view or logic. Grades tell me whether I am meeting my instructor's expectations or not, and to what extent. Grades also tell me where I stand among my classmates, through which I can begin to guess the class of honours that I would most likely be graduating with. For students, grades can be a matter of life or death, make or break a person, even though logically we know that grades are overrated. We can cite plenty of articles about how employers prefer well-rounded individuals and wax lyrical about a balanced student, but I think we are still living in an era where grades are of primacy, particularly if you are a fresh graduate looking for your first job.
As an educator and a life-long learner, I am of the view that grades on their own are meaningless. For example, I received a B for x assignment. Sure, but this B does not tell me why not a B+ or an A-, or tell me what can I do to get that B+ or even an A-? I would only be able to find out all these if the instructor gave qualitative feedback. Yet, we all know, whether we are teachers or students, that qualitative feedback unaccompanied by grades, also do not carry much weight… The more I think about this, the more I think we are caught in a bind, and I too am at a loss.
Truth be told, even now, I still don't know what grades really mean. I can only hope that coupled with quality feedback, they would be meaningful in guiding student learning and help to improve student learning outcomes.


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Over a hundred people attended the Presbyterian Voices for Justice Awards Luncheon held Sunday in the Hyatt Regency Hotel Nicollet Ballroom A. Guests we welcomed by the Reverend William Dummer, Presbyterian Voices for Justice (PVJ) Co-Moderator, who immediately recognized Vice Moderator Elect the Reverend Landon Whitsitt. Whitsitt brought greetings on behalf the General Assembly and its Moderator the Reverend Cindy Bolbach.
The Reverend Catherine Snyder, PVJ Coordinating Team Member, offered the Invocation.
As guests were eating, PVJ Secretary Mitchell Trigger and PVJ Treasurer Darcy Hawk (in drag as Sophie Witherspoon) humorously pressed the need for financially supporting the mission of Presbyterian Voices for Justice through memberships and gifts.
PVJ CT member Sylvia Thorson-Smith introduced the speaker, the Reverend Mary Elva Smith. Smith was the Director of Women's Ministries in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) from2001-2006 and is currently serving as Acting General Presbyter for the Sierra Mission Partnership. Smith's meditative speech invited guests to prayerfully and meditatively reflect on where they have come from and where they are going on the justice journey and to examine what it means to be a Presbyterian Voice for Justice. During her presentation she invited those present to read in unison the Mission Statement of PVJ, to think about the Great Ends of the Church, to examine the role and size of Presbyteries, Synods and our national Offices, and what it means to be a Presbyterian in the 21st century. She also challenged those present to be nurtured by the Spirit and nurture the spirit of PVJ.
After Smith's presentation representatives of various progressive groups were invited to introduce themselves. Among those represented were Presbyterian Affirming Reproductive Options, the Presbyterian Health, Education and Welfare Association, That All May Freely Serve, More Light Presbyterians, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, Presbyterians for Earth Care, Soul Force, and others.
The Reverend Bebe Baldwin spoke about the first award recipient, the Kwanza Community Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, recipient of the Whole Gospel Congregation Award. The award was presented "in grateful recognition for 'bringing saving freedom to body, mind & soul' through the Good News of Jesus to all the people of the community". The Reverend Lika Galloway, Co-Pastor (along with her husband Ralph) of the Kwanza Community Church, accepted the award on behalf of the congregation.
TPVJ Acting Co-Moderator Colleen Bowers presented the Andrew Murray Award to Ann and Manly Olson, long-time active Presbyterian leaders at congregational, presbytery, and national levels. The award was presented "in grateful recognition of their commitment and passion to social justice for all of God's people in their service to the entire Church."
The Reverend Sylvia Carlson, another member of the PVJ Coordinating Team, offered the Benediction.
SUMMIT TO SHORE: Theologically and philosophically informed eclectic ruminations on everything between summit to shore, especially cycling, hiking and backpacking, kayaking, religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology, politics, culture, travel, poetry, and creative writing by John Edward Harris, a progressive Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Minister of the Word and Sacrament.
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219th GA: Presbyterian Voices for Justice Awards Luncheon
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Thank you John! You've given a great, quick report on our luncheon, while I've been too involved in other things. I'm going to link to this, and just add a few tidbits of my own. Thanks again!
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