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So, remember the '90s? Yes, of course you do, because every vaguely '90s thing, from Pokemon to chokers, seems to be back with a vengeance. But still, the '90s were a pretty rad decade for young readers. We had the Scholastic Book Fair. We had Goosebumps and The Baby-sitters Club. We had Harry freaking Potter. What a time to be alive. So as long as we're resurrecting all things '90s, let's give a shout out to some of the forgotten gems of our childhood. Here are a few '90s books that should have been way more popular.
Now I'm not saying that none of these books were popular back in the day—they just should have been way more popular. These books had their fans, sure. But they should have spawned franchises, movies, tie-in lunchboxes, and theme parks in Orlando, Florida. Or, at least, more people should have read them. Because the true struggle of the '90s kid was reading a great book and then having no one to discuss it with.
Lucky for you, it's not to late to revisit some of these childhood favorites, or discover a brand new read from the not so distant past. Here are a few criminally underrated books from the '90s:
1. 'Catwings' by Ursula K. Le Guin
Remember the Catwings series? No? Well, OK, so there are cats and they have wings, and you never know why (nor do you need to). And it's only just now that I'm realizing this book from my childhood was written by science fiction great Ursula K. Le Guin. Either way, there are some winged cats, and they have winged cat adventures, and it's all deeply adorable and sweet.
2. 'The Two Princesses of Bamarre' by Gail Carson Levine
Everyone and their mom read Ella Enchanted back in the day. But The Two Princesses of Bamarre is another excellent fairy tale from Gail Carson Levine that doesn't get nearly the same attention. It's the story of a shy princess off on a quest to save her sister, and it manages to subvert classic "damsel in distress" tropes, while also giving us a female protagonist who's not your typical gutsy tomboy.
3. 'The Secret of the Attic' by Sheri Cooper Sinykin
So... apparently the Magic Attic Club series had its own low-key legion of fans, but it never quite reached Baby-sitters Club level of mania. And that's too bad, because The Secret of the Attic sets up an awesome gang of girlfriends who use their time travel powers to learn about history and help each other out while wearing amazing outfits. Female friendship! History! It has shades of the American Girls series and the Magic Treehouse series, and it deserves to be just as popular.
4. 'Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China' by Ed Young
Lon Po Po, man. Lon Po Po was straight up nightmare fuel. It's an absolutely gorgeous illustrated book that ruined my childhood with its creepy atmosphere. I wouldn't say it's quite as disturbing as some other '90s classics, like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, but it should certainly be much more popular when it comes to terrifying small children.
5. 'Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher' by Bruce Coville
OK, please tell me someone else read this book, because I must have read it a dozen times as a kid. Ignoring the groovy cover art and the cutesy title, Jeremy Thatcher was just a phenomenal story. It's about young Jeremy trying to raise his dragon without killing everyone in town, and it's great. It inspired Christopher Paolini to go write Eragon. Go read it.
6. 'The Minpins' by Roald Dahl
Sure, Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG are all great... but The Minpins was the last book Roald Dahl ever wrote, and it just has a certain poignancy all its own. Little Billy is tired of being stuck at home, so he runs out into the woods and meets a strange people called the Minpins. It's deceptively simple, and utterly entrancing.
7. 'If You Come Softly' by Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson is best known for her more recent memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming, but she is in fact a card carrying '90s author. If You Come Softly is a beautifully written romance, set amid the emotional turmoil of high school. It still has Woodson's lyrical touch, and it deserves a wider audience.
8. 'The Dragon and the Unicorn' by Lynne Cherry
Where is my The Dragon and the Unicorn spin-off tv series? Where various fantasy creatures teach you about environmentalism? This book is simply a piece of art, and it manages to be an environmentalist call to action and a delightful story about dragons and unicorns and princesses.
9. 'The Midwife's Apprentice' by Karen Cushman
Brat is a nameless orphan just trying to survive. She has a grouchy cat companion. She's trying to figure out her place in the world through various shenanigans and medical training. Those are all the ingredients you need for a great '90s book, so The Midwife's Apprentice definitely should have had more hardcore fans.
10. 'Dark Lord of Derkholm' by Diana Wynne Jones
If you love/hate the fantasy genre in any way, drop everything and go read Dark Lord of Derkholm. It's a brilliant send up of all those "kid goes on an adventure in a fantasy realm" books. Because this is a fantasy world that runs on tourism, and mild mannered Derk was just cast as this year's Dark Lord.


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If you've read all the books on illustrating and writing picture books, it all starts to sound cursory and you might find yourself clambering to find the next tier of information. These conferences are the place to get that information. Current trends, the kinds of projects specific editors are currently hungry for, and strategies for moving past their personal slush piles--all this was made readily available.
There were about 100 faculty members giving workshops and personal manuscript and portfolio critiques at this year's conference. Talent on the faculty included E. B. Lewis (who is as super nice as he is talented), Mac McCool, Jon Scieszka, Dan Santat, Bruce Hale, Marion Dane Bauer, and Cincinnati's own Loren Long. Faculty also included industry heavyweights Arthur A. Levine (Harry Potter editor), Cecilia Yung (Art Director and VP at Penguin Young Readers Group, and Justin Chanda (VP and Publisher at Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers). I enjoyed having my portfolio critiqued by Richard Jesse Watson, who's version of The Night Before Christmas was a New York Times Bestseller.
The conference was particularly helpful for illustrators because of the portfolio review. All of the editors, art directors, and agents attending the conference look at all of the portfolios on display. With only 150 or so portfolios on display, it offers a great opportunity to break through the noise.
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Personalising safe work method statements ensures compliance, increases safety, and can save a company from bankruptcy
When it comes to high-risk construction work, a safe work method statement (SWMS) is essential. An SWMS needs to list the types of dangerous work being done, list the health and safety hazards and risks arising from that work, describe how the risks will be controlled, and explain how suitable measures will be put in place.
While one SWMS can be prepared to cover a variety of tasks, a generic SWMS will rarely take into account the changing nature of the work environment. This is especially true on construction sites, particularly domestic construction, where a principal contractor is working with numerous sub-contractors on a job.
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The Basics
Score: No. 1 South Dakota State 78, No. 5 North Dakota State 57
Records: South Dakota State (27-6), North Dakota State (15-17)
Location: Denny Sanford PREMIER Center - Sioux Falls, S.D.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Top-seed and two-time defending tournament champion South Dakota State got off to a hot start on Monday against No. 5 seed North Dakota State in The Summit League semifinals, and fended off the lone Bison run to secure a 78-57 win an a fourth straight trip to the tournament finals.
South Dakota State scored the game's first 10 points, as North Dakota State opened 0-of-3 from the field with a pair of turnovers. Even though the Bison fired back with five straight to halve the lead, SDSU responded with a 13-1 run to take a 23-6 lead, capped off by a David Jenkins, Jr. 3-pointer with 10:42 left in the opening half.
Up 25-12 with just under seven minutes left in the first half, the Jackrabbits poured it on again, this time with an 11-0 run over the next 3:38. That gave SDSU a 36-12 lead with just over three minutes to play in the half, a lead that the Bison would cut down to 38-20 at halftime.
The Bison scored the final six points of the first half and 11 of the first 12 points in the second half to trim the Jackrabbits lead to 39-31, highlighted by a Paul Miller steal and layup less than three minutes into the second half which drew a timeout from the SDSU bench with 17:27 remaining.
The Jackrabbits responded with an 11-1 run out of the timeout to push the lead back into double figures at 50-32 with two ticks under 15 minutes on the clock, and built it to as many as 30 points near the end of the game to secure the win and the team's fourth straight trip to the tournament finals.
Jenkins led all players in the game with 24 points on 10-of-15 shooting. Mike Daum added 19 points and a game-high 11 rebounds for the game's only double-double.
Tyson Ward led four Bison in double figures with 15 points, with Miller adding 14, Cameron Hunter 11 and A.J. Jacobson 10 points in the loss.
Turning Point
- Leading 10-5 less than five minutes into the game, the Jackrabbits went on a 13-1 lead to push their lead to 17 points at 23-6 midway through the first half.
Inside The Box Score
- SDSU did not trail in the game at any point, and led for 39:08
- NDSU did not score any second chance points, while SDSU finished with six
- The teams combined for just eight offensive rebounds: SDSU 5, NDSU 3
- Daum's 20th double-double of the season gives him 31 for his career
News & Notes
- South Dakota State improves to 6-3 all-time in the tournament semifinals, and to 19-5 all-time in the tournament
- North Dakota State falls to 5-1 all-time in the tournament semifinals, and to 13-7 all-time in the tournament
- SDSU beat NDSU three times in the same season for the first time since the 1979-80 season
- SDSU improves to 3-1 all-time against NDSU in The Summit League Championships, with all three of the previous meetings coming in the tournament finals (2013, 2015, 2016)
- NDSU's lone win at the tournament over SDSU came in the 2015 finals, when the Bison won as a No. 3 seed over the top-seeded Jackrabbits
- SDSU advances to the tournament finals for the fourth straight season, and for the sixth time in seven years
The Basics
Score: No. 2 South Dakota 76, No. 3 Denver 58
Records: South Dakota (26-7), Denver (15-15)
Location: Denny Sanford PREMIER Center - Sioux Falls, S.D.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Second-seeded South Dakota used a pair of first half runs to cruise to a comfortable 76-58 win over No. 3 seed Denver in Monday's Summit League semifinal at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center, setting up an in-state battle with top-seed South Dakota State in Tuesday's tournament final.
South Dakota scored the first four points of the game, Denver scored the next five to take its first--and as it turned out--its only lead of the game, as the Coyotes fired back with eight straight to take a 12-5 lead. South Dakota added a 12-0 run later in the half to blow the game open at 26-9 with nine minutes left.
The Coyotes kept pouring it on, and led by as many as 22 points twice in the first half, including at the end, when they took a 47-25 lead into halftime, thanks largely to some great shooting. South Dakota went 18-of-30 from the floor in the first half and shot 60 percent, while Denver got off exactly as many shots, but made half as many as the Coyotes.
South Dakota's shooting percentage fell in the second half, but Denver's stayed the same, which prevented the Pioneers from putting together any kind of a run. The Coyotes built the lead to as many as 26 points and kept the Pioneers from getting any closer than 20 points until the final minutes of the game.
Matt Mooney led all players and three Coyotes in double figures with 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting, including an 2-of-3 effort from 3-point range. Triston Simpson added 11 points and Tyler Hagedorn 10 points in the win.
Daniel Amigo scored 16 points to lead the Pioneers, with Ade Murkey adding 10 points as the only other Denver player in double figures.
Turning Point
- The 6:27 stretch in the first half, starting at the 15:45 mark, when the Coyotes outscored the Pioneers 22-4, turning a 5-4 deficit into a 26-9 lead they would never relinquish.
Inside The Box Score
- Denver finished with a 36-30 advantage in points in the paint, and a with a 26-10 edge in second chance points
- South Dakota went 8-of-18 from 3-point range, while Denver went 3-of-20
News & Notes
- This is the first championship game the 'Yotes will play in since joining The Summit League
- South Dakota improves to 1-2 all-time in the tournament semifinals, and to 4-5 all-time in the tournament
- South Dakota lost both of its previous two semifinal games against South Dakota State (2015, 2017)
- Denver remains winless at 0-3 all-time in the tournament semifinals, and falls to 3-5 all-time in the tournament
- Denver beat South Dakota 71-55 in the 2014 tournament quarterfinals, the Pioneers first-ever Summit League Tournament game, and the only previous meeting between the teams at the event


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The 'bean' keyword acts like the 'enum' keyword. It causes the generated class to implement a JDK interface - Bean.Since bean and property would be contextual keywords, they could be incorporated without fear of breaking existing code. The compiler, upon finding 'bean', would construct a new class where the properties would be publicly accessible. These new keywords are based on the Java Bean 1.0 specification. Stephen goes on in his blog to suggest a better syntax that would break (or require and update) to this specification. He suggests that maybe it would be better if the generated code looked like;
public class Person implements Bean { // public final properties public final Property forename = ... public final Property surname = ...To access a property one would have to use something like aPerson.forname.get();. In the conclusion to this blog entry, Stephan remarks that this type of change is unlikely. However, the blog entry does bring up an interesting question, can we effectively change property support in Java without touching the Java Bean specification?


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The Walker Zip Code is 52352.
If you want to send a mail to Walker City, you should use the 52352 Zip Code.
In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service introduced an expanded Walker ZIP code system that it called ZIP+4, often called "plus-four codes", "add-on codes", or "add ons". A ZIP+4 code uses the basic 52352 Zip code plus four additional digits to identify a geographic segment within the five-digit delivery area, such as a Walker city block, a group of apartments, an individual high-volume receiver of mail or any other unit that could use an extra identifier to aid in efficient mail sorting and delivery in Iowa.


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the hangover two
Yeah, so where were we? Oh, yeah. That's right – me being all lame in Las Vegas.
I can assure you, that lameness continued during our second day in Vegas. Unlike everyone else in that crazy city with their fake boosies, Flinstone houses and sparkly fanny packs, I hate spending money. I'm a cautious person. Just now I scolded J-man for washing the hand-held blender while it was still plugged in and told him to cook the chicken through. You have to be so careful when it comes to electricity and chicken.
So J-man had to convince me to re-marry him before Elvis Christ. Over lunch that day he talked me into a $200 wedding package at Graceland Wedding Chapel, the very same place Jon Bon Jovi Christ married his wife in 1989.
On my real wedding day, I spent the morning painting my nails, doing my hair and sweating. On the morning of my second wedding day, I walked with my love through Red Rock Canyon. It was truly one of the most beautiful national parks we visited. It's just like the America I imagined – magnificent and slightly eery, with plenty of places to hastily bury bodies to the sound of duelling banjos in the background.
Later that night, we went back to our seedy motel room and got gussied up. Just after night fell, a stretch limo picked us up and drove us up the strip to the chapel. J-man had never been in a limo before and was pressing all the buttons and marvelling at the television screens tuned to AV and the (empty) in-car bar. Oh J-man, what a novice. I, on the other hand, was once taken to a Justin Timberlake concert in a stretch hummer with a bunch of strangers who plied me with alcohol in the name of building professional relationships (I never heard from them again, like most people who have a) talked to me and b) seen me dance while mouthing the words to Sexy Back).
When we went inside the chapel, Elvis was not in the building. The two blonde receptionists, complete with teased hair, entertained us by showing us photos of Hamish and Andy's wedding at the very same chapel. We all agreed it was strange that Andy would marry Hamish, when he had steak at home.
They pinned a rose on J-man's shirt and handed me a bouquet and then a very sweaty Elvis appeared. It was a Tuesday night and it was clear Elvis would have preferred to be at home gently stroking his shag pile carpet. He quickly ushered us into the chapel, gave us a little run down, before walking me down the aisle; something I didn't let my own dad do in the name of being an Independent Woman (the rock I'm rockin', I bought it).
I walked down the aisle to Only Fools Rush In, exchanged Elvis-themed vows with J-man ("I promise never to step on your blue suede shoes") and hammed it up for the cameras:
Photies by Graceland Wedding Chapel.
When I look back at the photos, it's clear I'm kind of getting over it towards the end and probably, judging from my bloated face, jonesing for some curly fries. But I remember leaving the chapel feeling absolutely euphoric. I was happy that we capped off our American adventure with something completely frivolous and crazy. And dudes, I may make fun of J-man all the time, but I would totally marry him a third time.


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Majestic Masterpieces: America's National Parks in Style
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Arrive Yosemite National Park / Chateau du Sureau
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Yosemite National Park / Chateau du Sureau (B,L)
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Grand Canyon National Park / Amangiri (B,L,D)
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Jackson Hole / Amangani (B,L)
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Begin with the Old World European luxury of Chateau du Sureau in the heart of California's Yosemite region. Your private guide will lead you on a discovery of Yosemite National Park's towering granite cliffs, dramatic waterfalls, and old-growth forests, as well as an intimate walk amid the largest living things on earth, the Giant Sequoias.
Your private plane will then transport you south to the country's most recognizable natural landmark, the Grand Canyon. Private hikes along the canyon rim and an exclusive flight-seeing tour over its stunning ridges reveal why this deep Colorado River gorge is often considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. From your luxury suite at Amangiri, set out on a private Colorado River Glen Canyon floating trip and Hummer ride to discover the soaring sandstone cliffs, crystal blue-green waters, abundant wildlife, and sacred slot canyons of this ancient Navajo land. Your final evening in Utah is spent on horseback, riding to Raven's Nest for a private dinner and reception with a Navajo tribal elder, eventually returning back to Amangiri for a night under the desert stars.
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text: Cape Town - The performance of Irish referee George Clancy in Saturday's clash between South Africa and the World XV at Newlands has served as a wake-up call for Heyneke Meyer's Springboks.Meyer said the Springboks would have to adapt to the way whistlemen from the northern hemisphere policed breakdown play.He said the Boks were more familiar with the style of southern hemisphere refs, who traditionally allow players less time over the ball with the result that it emerged quicker at breakdowns."Most of the players have been playing in the southern hemisphere where the referees place a lot of emphasis on the game being quick and endeavour to facilitate the ball coming back quickly from the breakdown," said Meyer."When you play against northern hemisphere opponents with northern hemisphere referees it is different."Meyer said the slow manner in which the ball was recycled at breakdown affected the way the Boks played."We thrive on quick ball and we are a great attacking team when we do get quick ball but we were unable to get that in this game and that was a bit of a wake-up call for us."This match was important to us, because we have to play together as a team to become better. I believe we are a very dangerous team when we play with quick ball."Next week in Durban, the Boks will be up against northern hemisphere opponents (Wales) with a northern hemisphere referee, Frenchman Romain Poite, who famously red-carded (two yellow cards) South African hooker Bismarck du Plessis in a Rugby Championship match against New Zealand, in Auckland, last September.Meyer felt that Wales, who will play a warm-up game against Eastern Province in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday, would prove formidable opponents."Wales will be well prepared."They are a quality side with big backs which will give them go forward ball. "They also played together in the Six Nations, while we (the Boks) are just starting out."The Springboks flew out from Cape Town for Durban on Sunday with no injury concerns after their Newlands hit-out.


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Stress meter pegged
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Microsoft Licensing: PhD in nuclear physics, economics, and philosophy needed…
On my trip to Redmond and in the meeting with Steve Ballmer, I wanted to ask him a question about licensing. He wouldn't allow me, but I felt I needed to blog on why I am so upset.
First, have you ever tried to understand Microsoft licensing? No, really. Besides the knee jerk comment, "Yeah, I understand, just pay money."
When you buy an "Enterprise Agreement" (EA) with Microsoft, you get a bunch of stuff. You get the Enterprise Editions of software that you will use and pay the requisite CALs (Client Access Licenses). This EA costs a LOT of money. When my client bought the EA, they were told that they needed to get Software Assurance (SA) to ensure that they could upgrade WITHOUT cost to the next version. Fine, wallet comes out again and SA is bought.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) comes out and my client gets the bits for the next version. We go to lunch with our Microsoft reps to let them know that we will be upgrading and to ask them some questions about other things. During the conversation the MS rep pulls out a document that lists the features of MOSS vs SPS 2003 and the licensing structure of each. What to our surprise, the MOSS we are implementing isn't the same MOSS that Microsoft thinks we are implementing. No, we want ENTERPRISE features and hey, that costs EXTRA. What happened to our EA with SA? The whole point of buying those packages is so that we don't have to worry about EXTRA costs. Microsoft says EA doesn't apply to SharePoint because there is only ONE version. The ENTERPRISE FEATURES are EXTRA features and require MORE money. How much more? $25 each. Not just 25 dollars *more*…you have to buy the REGULAR license at $75 each and then $100 each for the ENTERPRISE stuff (Search, BDC, Excel Services, etc). That's $175 per person where it should have been FREE!! Multiply that times 100,000 users.
You hurt me with $75…you INSULT me with $175. OK…I'll stop frothing at the mouth now…..
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Meeting Steve Ballmer
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Even Microsoft has "down" days
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The Mormons…re-visited
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What would *you* believe?
I really expected someone to walk away in handcuffs but it didn't happen.
After it was over, I asked around to see if anyone knew what was going on. One of the passengers said that when they landed, the passengers all got up to leave and the captain told everyone to take their seats because there had been a "security breach", that someone had boarded the plane that wasnt supposed to have been on the plane. Then the announcement came that there was misinformation and that the whole thing was a mistake…..uh-huh…right.
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Two More Weeks
I will yet again subject myself to the ultimate voluntary physical abuse. I'll be doing a sprint triathlon in Safford, AZ on the campus of Eastern Arizona University. My goal is to survive to tell the tale….and beat my last years' time of 55:15.
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From The Collaboration Paradox: Why Working Together Often Yields Weaker Results by Ron Friedman:
Studies on collaborations have yielded mixed results:
Collaborations breed false confidence. A study in Psychological Science found that when we work with others to reach a decision, we become overly confident in the accuracy of our collective thinking.
Collaborations introduce pressures to conform. Studies show that group members tend to conform toward the majority view, even in cases when they know the majority view is wrong.
Collaborations promote laziness. Ever been to a meeting where you're the only one prepared? Then you've probably experienced social loafing—people's tendency to invest less effort when they're part of a team.
But there's a bigger problem: Attached to every meeting, conference call and mass email you're exposed to is an invisible price tag — the opportunity cost of all the tasks you're not getting done while you're busy "collaborating." In many organizations, the higher up you are in the hierarchy, the more often you're called upon to collaborate. Intellectually, it's a progressive tax.
(1) In Seeking Alpha, we assign each goal and its metrics to a single individual, never to multiple individuals who are then expected to collaborate. People help out anyway, but they know there's a clear "owner".
(2) In a document called How to get stuff done in Seeking Alpha, I wrote: Maximize what you can get done on your own. Before you ask for help from others, get as far along as possible on your own. Identify the key person you need to collaborate with, and don't involve anyone else. Be explicit about what you need from people. Minimize your "ask" of other people's time.


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What follows is a series of tweets I sent this spring as a part of a Twitter-based seminar in networking for a job.The most amazing thing about Twitter is that it forces you to get very concise. The tweets distill a lot of information about networking and looking for work into a small space.
If you are looking for work or thinking about it, get a Twitter account. While I can't promise you that you'll land a job, you CAN use the service to become a better writer. Regularly tweeting (say, 20 times a day) is one of the best writing improvement exercises I know of.
Here are the questions I tweeted out to followers, and the 50 tweets I got in response:
How do you use Job Boards? Do they Work?
Lots of people complain about the black hole? Is that what you see?
The black hole is the stuff of legends. It's where resumes disappear to
I apply for a number of jobs each year just to see what happens. I've never gotten an acknowledgment. Not one.
Most likely, there isn't a roomful of people waiting to get your resume.
Companies hire 25% of their people from job boards
If they hire 25% of their people from job boards, it means that the other 75% come from somewhere else.
There's lots of fuss re improving the job hunter experience. Seems silly 2 me. Do u send love notes 2 ur spammers?
When you don't get a pretty quick response from a job board post, get over it and move on.
Definitely use job boards. It may work for you. But the odds are against you
Job Boards work better for employers than job hunters. Most of job hunting is like that.
How do you discover who hires people like you in your neighbourhood?
It matters because your career is tied to your neighbourhood.
The odds are that your next job is going to be in your neighbourhood (no more than 25 miles or so from your home)
Only 8% of people are willing to relocate. Most want to stay where they have roots
Your financial stability depends on you knowing the names of the companies who would hire you
More than just the companies, you need to know the people who make the hiring decisions
Make a list of the 10 to 15 companies you most want to work for in your neighbourhood.
Every city has a chamber of commerce that lists out the employers in the area.
It's amazing what you can learn about the companies in your neighbourhood by using GOOGLE.
Go visit the companies. Be curious. What do they do? Where do they eat lunch?
Figure out who their suppliers are. What do they do in the company and what do they outsource?
Which is better, a steady stream of applications or a targeted campaign?
The answer to this question is a definite YES. U need both a steady flow of applications and targeted campaigns.
The targeted campaigns are more important but it's always good to buy lottery tickets.
Give 10% of ur time to job boards. UR treating this as a full time, 50 hour/week thing, aren't you? No more than 10%
Targeted campaigns involve research & persistence. Get 2 know LinkedIn. Y? Because it tells u who u need 2 know.
All hiring managers are there. (In LinkedIn) Find them. Get to know them.
Recruiters don't make hiring decisions. They offer a slate of candidates. The hiring manager (or team) chooses
You need to figure out who the hiring manager (or team) is. Then start networking towards them.
The biggest network doesn't win. The person who gets a job wins.
Know where you want to work then network towards that.
How do you maintain your sense of humour while job hunting?
Job hunting sucks, is scary and causes bad judgment. It's particularly ugly if you're broke or strapped for $$.
But you can never let them see you sweat. Hiring managers don't want scared and broke people.
So, you have to stay upbeat. Laughing is the most important thing you can do in a job hunt.
Less stress = more energy. Most stress is in your head. Meditate, yoga, exercise, sing, dance, love. A lot.
A baby seal walks into a club. That's my favourite joke. I like to tell it til the other person laughs.
Learn to tell a dozen jokes. If the interview is going badly, dig one up. Be good at telling it.
Always start your interview by imagining that the people you are talking to are naked.
Have one day a month where you decide to screw up every bit of job hunting you do. Make a really big mess.
Take the job hunt very seriously most of the time. Do not take yourself so seriously most of the time.
How do you get to know the kinds of people who can help you? Who are they?
They live in your city. They work in the places you want to work. Or they do business with those places.
You get to know them by figuring out who they are and giving them value.
The moment you start to network to get a job, you are doomed to failure. Network to build relationships.
The people who can help you most have old networks. If you don't have one of these start building one.
People with old networks don't look for work so much. They have a network that helps them with that problem.
A good network is absolutely no larger than it absolutely has to be.
In most cities, a well structured network of 200 can put you in front of everyone who matters.
Oh, you noticed that. In a job hunt, some people don't matter. Quickly discover who they are.
They're probably your best friends. Your current network is not likely to get you a job.
Get to know them by figuring out their interests (heard of Facebook) and their companies (Glassdoor)
When you get to know someone, listen. The best job hunts involve a lot of listening.
The best networkers listen a lot. They are curious about people and want to know where to add value.
You can tell the interview is going well if you are listening intensely.
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Editor's Note: this is the first article in a two-part series about CatholicTeenBooks.com, a new website designed to help teenagers and their parents and teachers choose quality contemporary reading material. Don't miss Lisa Hess's follow-up piece, written from the perspective of a mom blessed with a voracious and advanced reader. –Barb
I've been homeschooling for a long time now. My older daughter is preparing to graduate from high school, and my younger daughter is wrapping up her sophomore year of high school. But I'm still active in our local homeschool co-op, and that sometimes involves teaching younger kids in subjects that, if I were in high school, I'd say were my best subjects. Some years, it's sign language. Other years, it's religion. (This year, that's the case – I'm teaching three religion classes!) Other years, I've done classes in language arts.
Parents who choose to homeschool their children tend to be picky about reading materials that their kids pick up. This isn't to say that parents whose children go to brick-and-mortar schools aren't picky, but when you homeschool and are in charge of your children's education as a whole, it's a different level. Often, we homeschooling parents ask other parents with similar values about potential reading materials and authors. Other times, we are stuck trying to research books to keep up with our kids. And it's difficult to get a good parent guide that reflects our Catholic values. These days, I'm actually one of the Veteran Homeschool Moms who's giving advice to other parents at the co-op. When it comes to fun reading, where can we turn for something safe, yet interesting?
Enter Catholic Teen Books! This new and growing site is a place to find interesting young adult fiction that a homeschooling parent can use to reinforce lessons, as well as a place to turn for downtime reading. There are historical fiction selections, books on saints, and mysteries that can be tied into other lessons on morality and ethics. For teens like my own, who have a heavy load of classic literature in their curriculum, having a place to go for exciting fiction that I know won't undermine their faith is a nice bonus. (My own girls have read several of the books on the website already, and really enjoyed them.) Other categories on the site are Speculative (for spiritual questions), contemporary, and dystopian, which might be one of the most popular genres for young adults right now. Every one of the categories can be used in a homeschool classroom, especially if you discuss decision-making, peer pressure, and Christian morality applied in real-life situations.
The site is just getting started, but I see amazing potential for it, and I'm looking forward to seeing more authors join the site. So far, there are almost a dozen different authors contributing and offering their books. I definitely suggest checking it out, and keeping an eye on the site for new releases and authors!
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Was the process for developing Common Core State Standards different than other standard development processes?
No. Standards have always guided the development of curriculum. Historically, in Missouri, standards have been developed by educators, administrators, teachers, business representatives, and parents, following a study of the most recent and relevant research. The Common Core State Standards were developed following the same process. The primary difference was in the membership of the team. The Common Core Standards team had members from a variety of states.


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DMAI Unveils Enhanced MINT+ Meetings Database
Destination sales professionals will now have access to enhanced planner information from Destination Marketing Association International's (DMAI) empowerMINT initiative, through improved data hygiene and supplemental meetings and contact information supplied by Columbia Books Information Services (CBIS).
The empowerMINT initiative positions destination sales professionals as the consultative experts who are the best first point of contact to help planners find the right fit for any size meeting. The database, as one of two technology products supporting the mission, has operated as an exclusive resource for destinations to share information and prospect for meetings business. We recognize the need to augment the current internal collaboration and be responsive, arming our sales professionals with the best account intelligence possible.
Because of this, DMAI partnered with CBIS, an information publisher with extensive experience in capturing and delivering relevant and highly accurate data for over 40 years. The first phase of the project entailed cleansing and supplementing records contained within the MINT database and CBIS.
"Data has officially become the most important marketing tool," said Charles Jeffers, Interim CEO & COO of DMAI. "Our collective knowledge and expertise on meetings business will always be one of our greatest assets. This enhanced platform makes our organization and our industry stronger, as our member DMOs are now equipped with better meeting intelligence to serve their customers."
The newly enhanced MINT+ platform was launched to the DMO community on January 6, 2016. During the data cleansing process, 6,071 organizational records were updated along with 4,700 contacts. An additional 7,410 new contacts were also added to the database. In total, 37,960 new meetings were added to the MINT foundation.
We will begin licensing CBIS data that does not currently exist within the MINT database, and by the end of 2016 verify those contacts in MINT not found in CBIS.
We would like to extend our appreciation to the leadership of our DMAI Sales and Marketing Committee who thoughtfully helped us examine and vet the enhancements to MINT+.
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SuperPort 4: 100W USB-C Desktop Charger - Black, US CordNext
Introducing Zendure SuperPort 4 100W Dual USB-C Desktop Charger
To charge your SuperTank at maximum speed, you need a compatible 100W USB-C charger and a USB-C cable that supports 5A current throughput. That's why we are also introducing Zendure SuperPort 4.
This is the first desktop charger to offer industry leading 100W USB-C charging technology, making it a perfect companion for SuperTank.
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With 100W maximum USB-C Power Delivery, SuperPort can charge the latest USB-C devices at top speed, including MacBook Pro, MacBook, iPad Pro, iPhone XS, Nintendo Switch and more.
Charge Four Devices Simultaneously
SuperPort 4 features two USB-C ports and two USB ports with Zen+2.0, allowing you to charge up to four devices simultaneously with a maximum combined output of 136W.
Intelligent Safety Protection
SuperPort has eight layers of safety protection: automatic current matching, output overvoltage protection, output short-circuit protection, output overcurrent protection, input overvoltage protection, input short-circuit protection, input overcurrent protection and temperature protection.
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The Benefits of Wooden Toy Box
Do you look for the best storage for the toys of your kids? If you do, it is so much recommended for you to choose the wooden toy box. This furniture will offer you the sufficient space where your kids can store their toys in the best way possible. So then, you will find that their room can be clean and tidy. Besides, this toy box can also offer you many other great benefits that you cannot miss. Then, what are they? Well, you better keep reading below to find out the answer.
The wooden toy box can definitely offer you many various great benefits that you will love so much, which some of them are: The wooden box can show you a wonderful natural accent which will make your room more fabulous mainly if you apply the rustic theme in the room. Then, by applying this kind of toy box, you will also find that your room looks distinctive and beautiful because of its unique motives of wood grains. So, it is actually no wonder if the wooden toy chest can be a significant focal point that can make your room stand apart from any other rooms in your home. Moreover, the wooden toy chest can offer you the best durability as well. So then, this particular furniture will be able to sustain the toys so well without feeling worry that it will fall easily. Besides, the great durability can also make the box able to last for a long period of time. So, you can use for many generations of yours.
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Outeach Internship Durban 2017
In July we had our first regional evangelism training with more than 50 evangelists and potential evangelists coming together in Durban to be trained and then to be sent back to their local churches where they will continue to build an evangelism culture.
We were hosted by the Every Nation church in Durban who would then also take on the responsibility to follow up those who were reached and get them connected to church family.
We had a hectic schedule with training taking place during the morning, practical going out in the afternoons and then evening sessions. We had such a fruitful time and we are expectant to see what God will continue to do through the group who attended and to see how they grow in their evangelism gifting and calling!


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I believe that results – and people – matter
Growing up, my family life was centered around Uniroyal Chemical, Inc. The experiences of living in a manufacturing town had a profound impact on my beliefs of what it means to be part of an organization.
I grew up listening to a whistle signaling shift changes for the crews twice daily, being an ex-pat family in Rome, Italy when my Dad was transferred, and witnessing the devastating effects of a hostile takeover bid and leveraged buy-out on both the town and my family.
As organizations grow or decline, they take along the communities that form inside them – and out. I believe that forward movement is paramount for an organization's long-term survival.
I believe in helping organizations and the people inside them achieve goals and fulfill the promise of their potential.
I bring these beliefs to my work, every day.
A recognized authority in leadership development and culture change, Lisa Prior has worked for two decades with leaders at all levels, from start-up to Fortune 100 organizations, serving the healthcare, biopharma, biomedical, academic, financial services, asset management, retail, and non-profit sectors. Lisa's mission as a leadership coach and culture change consultant is to enable leaders to bring out the best in themselves and their people so they create win-win relationships with one another and the organization.
Practical and results-oriented, Lisa works with leaders and teams at all stages of growth and transition, both personal and organizational. Clients say they value the unique combination of Lisa's powerful questions and organizational experience that leads to useful insights, actionable steps, and measurable outcomes. Lisa customizes her approach to address what is needed and serves as:
Lisa's book on lifelong career development, "Take Charge of Your VIEW: Career Advice You Won't Get from Your Boss" was released in June 2017 and has been featured in Forbes, The Economist, NBC News "The Take with Sue Connell," Success Magazine, and iHeart radio's "CEO Money," as well as other media. A guide for career-seekers of all levels, the book is enabling leaders and employees to take charge of career self-direction while creating win-win outcomes for themselves and their organizations. Lisa is published in the volume, Research in Management Consulting, and her research summary of career development strategies was published by Boston University's Graduate School of Management.
Lisa serves as a board member of the Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council, a governor-appointed body that oversees Massachusetts' Economic Development Incentive Plan, is an active member of the Strategic Planning Committee of The Boston Club, and is a member of WITH-Women Innovating Together in Healthcare, a European-based organization that promotes entrepreneurism. She has served as a coach in the Executive Education Programs of both Harvard University Business School as well as MIT Sloan School of Management. Lisa served as a Steering Committee of the Executive Development Roundtable at Boston University and brings a unique blend of line management and leadership development experience. At Bank Boston (now Bank of America), she honed her leadership skills as Chief of Staff, Corporate and Community Affairs, where she acted as the business officer for an 80-person, $25 million division of the bank. The group's best practices won it the US Department of Commerce's Ron Brown Award for Corporate Responsibility
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There is no such thing as "Communities"
That Thatcher was the first female prime minister ought to be relegated to the footnotes of history. That she was the greatest ought to be emblazoned atop and throughout
Though much, perhaps enough, has been said in the fading acres of coverage of Lady Thatcher's passing and funeral, and the respective bias of the media, the debate will surely abide and the underlying themes will continue to define the conservative relationship with the national media.
As to whether the broad coverage was pro or con her legacy, it can probably be chalked up to a score draw.
What has, however, been consistent throughout the coverage both in the media and among political commentators regardless of bias, is the top line reference to Margaret Thatcher as "Britain's first female Prime Minister", as being her most notable achievement, cited by the Prime Minister and Leader of Opposition with immediacy in acknowledging her passing, and then subsequently by majority of those that followed.
If Margaret Thatcher had achieved very little as Prime Minister, perhaps if she had left after one short term in 83, it might have been enough to say in memory that Thatcher's most notable achievement was in being Britain's first female Prime Minister.
In eleven and a half years as Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher didn't change the world for women, she changed the world for Britain and for freedom. Her gender both in her eyes, and to the impact she had, is at best a minor footnote to her inimitable achievements.
It therefore serves as an interesting barium for our times, that even those who should be unfailingly biased in favour of her achievements, the cheerleaders and defenders of her legacy, should seek to continually make reference to her gender over and above her galaxy of other achievements that have changed our history forever.
We have become, largely since her departure from office, a nation of groups, of communities before the whole; the black community, the Muslim community, the gay community, women's rights groups, animal rights groups, the People's front of Judea, the Judean People's front.
This approach of seeing all things through the lens of special interest groups and tacit community boundaries has entirely altered the perception of us as a nation. It has created what can only be described as a bottom-up apartheid, in which we divide ourselves voluntarily and forcefully and seek to entrench those divisions in society, in the media, and in politics.
It is the Blair's Britain that she didn't understand, and wouldn't understand, because the thing that she understood best was the national interest, and respected no divisions or boundaries before it. In this sense, she truly felt there was no such thing as "communities".
We are undoubtedly a far more divided and fractured nation (and Party) now, than when she was Prime Minister, but it is not her doing, it is ours.
Much of the problem comes from us ceasing as a nation to have a collective narrative, and ceasing as a party to have anything resembling a coherent or visionary social policy, preferring a piecemeal set of policies designed to appeal to and thus enfranchise various minority and special interest groups, as the fashion of the day has dictated.
It could be argued that social policy was also a weakness of Thatcherism; she was a very strong social conservative, but regularly commented after leaving office that, though successful in implementing economic Thatcherism, she had great regret in never getting the chance to implement "Social Thatcherism" to the extent that her great ally Ronald Reagan did.
Because of her commitment and clear definition of the national interest, however – of what Britain meant and what it meant to be British, a vision that re-energised the nation – little more needed to be said.
It is a nation we saw a glimpse of on Wednesday April 17th, a nation that remains, and awaits re-discovery. It may be found through a national debate culminating in a British Bill of Rights, it may be a re-negotiation or shift in our relationship with Europe, or it may be the rise of another leader as she was, that re-defines and re-galvanises Britain and takes us beyond the era of the special interest community.
Simon Richards offered the best summary to this view, that her funeral proved "you can collect all the minority groups you like, but they don't trump the the majority", and the majority is still Britain.
Her legacy belongs to no one now but the ages, and I would be astonished if history marks its chapter on Thatcher as being significant for her gender.
In years to come I hope, as she would have wished, that she was the first female Prime Minister will be relegated to the footnote of the page, and that she was the greatest will be emblazoned atop and throughout. It is an approach to life and to politics that for the future of Britain, conservatives would do well to rediscover.
Ben Harris-Quinney is Chairman of the Bow Group and Director of Conservative Grassroots
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Can An Attorney Reduce Drug Charge Sentencing?
The penalties for criminal possession, manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance in Arkansas vary widely according to the drug in question and the activity. For example, a person who possessed drug paraphernalia with the intent to manufacture methamphetamines can get an additional 10-year sentence if a minor is on the premises. As a Little Rock drug crimes lawyer can explain, this is over and above the sentence a judge will hand down relative to meth manufacturing.
There is good news if the crime is possession of marijuana in small quantities, however. Since 2011, the Arkansas state legislature allows judges to impose a one-year probation for possession of four ounces or less of marijuana. Other details of this new law include:
- Penalties for repeat offenders (possession and possession with the intent to deliver small amounts) are also more lenient.
- No formal criminal charge accompanies the probation – i.e., no permanent criminal record for the offender.
- The judge retains the option of imposing stiffer penalties when he or she chooses – up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine could be imposed.
This last point provides a reason why someone facing any charges should retain a drug crimes lawyer in Little Rock. The difference between a minor charge with probation and incarceration is the key issue.
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The Godfather Part II
1974 Drama/Crime Rated R 203 Minutes
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|On Blu-ray
|February 2, 2010
|On DVD
|June 16, 1998
Principal Cast
The sequel to The Godfather shows us the world of Don Vito Corleone before and after the story in the original film. Pacino is his son Michael, who struggles to bring the family into the modern age. In the film's extended flashback sequences, DeNiro is the young Vito as he gains power in the New York City Mafia.
Rated R.
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The strange love of Martha Ivers (1946) - film noir starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin and Kirk Douglas in his screen debut
Rating 7.4/10
Runtime: 116 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Lewis Milestone
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038988/
Barbara Stanwyck ... Martha Ivers
Van Heflin ... Sam Masterson
Lizabeth Scott ... Antonia 'Toni' Marachek
Kirk Douglas ... Walter O'Neil
Judith Anderson ... Mrs. Ivers
Roman Bohnen ... Mr. O'Neil
Darryl Hickman ... Sam as a Boy
Janis Wilson ... Martha as a Girl
Description: In 1928, young heiress Martha Ivers fails to run off with friend Sam Masterson, and is involved in fatal events. Years later, Sam returns to find Martha the power behind Iverstown and married to "good boy" Walter O'Neil, now district attorney. At first, Sam is more interested in displaced blonde Toni Marachek than in his boyhood friends; but they draw him into a convoluted web of plotting and cross-purposes.
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Subtitles (English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese-Brazilian, Polish, Greek, Dutch, Serbian, Dutch), sample, posters and screenshots included


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Rural Museums Network
This guide was last updated in 2009
The Rural Museums Network
The daily toil of a Welsh hill farmer shepherding sheep would have varied enormously from, say, that of an East Anglian agricultural labourer harvesting grain. Taking your research to a local level will help you better understand your ancestor's experiences, and this is a good place to begin.
Click on "Members" and you will find links to obscure museums all over the British Isles, from a historic farm in Shropshire to a museum of rural life in Usk. A visit to one in the relevant area could be a real eye-opener. The Somerset Rural Life Museum, for example, features the life story of a local farm worker, John Hodges.


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China - Canada CRISIS????????????????????
Are Cdns being refused service at local Chinese food restaurants????????????????????????????
The ONLY CRISIS here is the one involving LIE-berals who DO NOT WANT the Justin Trudope love affair with Soviet Socialist ideology to become known to all Cdns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !
THE ENTIRE TRUDOPE CLAN has a HUGELY UNHEALTHY AFFECTION FOR ALL THINGS SOVIET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But DONT WORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
The Chinese Crisis will blow over just as soon as Our idiot Boy discovers that Huawei CEO Meng is SUING CANADA - claiming that her CANADIAN CIVIL RIGHTS were VIOLATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our idiot Boy will give her $10.5 million dollars and send her on her way with our "sincere: apologies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crisis AVERTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!
With that in mind let us have a look at the thoughts of Sacha Trudeau- who has explained in GREAT DETAIL -the friendship between the Trudope clan and bloody handed Soviet dictator Castro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For those who dont believe that the Trudeau`s-father and sons were and are raving socialist revolutionaries who want to destroy conventional `imperialist` Canada- which the younger generation calls white privilege - I supply here a letter written by Sacha Trudeau-the brother of our prime minister that Boy with nice hair-for Brains.
Sacha wrote his `love letter to his old pal-the bloody handed communist Cuban leader Castro and it was printed (with serious intent and straight face yet!) by the Toronto (Red) Star newspaper. The Sacha letter was such a gag inducing/lose your lunch at the hypocrisy type document that the National Post picked it up and lampooned it with wonderful sarcasm!
I here present Sacha's love letter to hard line communist Castro as printed in the
National Post:
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 rid the world of a political system that slaughtered tens of millions in purges, and sentenced hundreds of millions more to economic slavery. Less consequentially, communism's demise also spared the world of arts and letters one of the most appalling literary tropes known to history: the mythic communist hagiography.
If you've ever traveled to a communist nation, or read its official histories, you will know they run something like this: Great Leader was born a poor villager in the country's heartland. At the age of four, he single-handedly killed a pack of wolves that threatened his town. At the age of eight, he invented a new kind of rifle. At the age of 12, he heroically denounced his own parents as counter revolutionaries. A prodigious autodidact, Great Leader became an expert in every subject -- agriculture, warfare, economics -- and tirelessly applied his intellect to advance the glorious revolution. And so on.
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, this messianic propaganda style has survived in just two places -- North Korea and Cuba. Or so I thought, until I woke up on Sunday and spotted a museum-quality specimen devoted to Fidel Castro on the pages of the Toronto Star. Had I seen it in The Onion, I would have thought it a fine parody. But the persistently earnest author -- none other than Alexandre ("Sacha") Trudeau -- apparently meant every word.
The legacy of Castro is well-summarized in a recent report by Human Rights Watch: "Cuba remains a Latin American anomaly: an undemocratic government that represses nearly all forms of political dissent. President Fidel Castro, now in his 47th year in power ... continues to enforce political conformity using criminal prosecutions, long- and short-term detentions [and] mob harassment ... The end result is that Cubans are systematically denied basic rights to free expression, association, assembly, privacy, movement, and due process of law."
But those sticks-in-the-mud at Human Rights Watch apparently don't know the real Fidel. Writing on August 13, Castro's 80th birthday, Sacha lovingly described the kindly attentions Cuba's leader once lavished on his late brother Michel, whom the despot nicknamed "Micha-Miche." When Michael was eight years old, we learn, he complained to his mother that he had fewer friends than his brothers. Reports Sacha: "My mother told him that, unlike us, he had the greatest friend of all: He had Fidel."
Such soothing words. Would that we all had a communist tyrant to call our pal.
Sacha's article is full of this sort of maudlin recollection, so much so that one is reminded of the purple love letters Nikolai Bukharin wrote to Stalin from prison in the (vain) hope of winning his freedom. The main difference is that Sacha doesn't have the excuse of imprisonment. He wrote his ode to Cuba's prison-keeper from a nation whose people enjoy freedoms that Cubans can scarcely imagine.
Space forbids a full recitation of Sacha's jaw-droppers, but here are some highlights.
Cuba's Great Leader, we are told, "lives to learn and put his knowledge in the service of the revolution." He is "famous for not sleeping, instead spending the night studying and learning." "His intellect is one of the most broad and complete that can be found." Moreover, Fidel is "a great adventurer," "a great scientific mind," "the most curious man I have ever met," "an expert on genetics, on automobile combustion engines, on stock markets, on everything," not to mention the world's "most audacious and brilliant" leader.
Or, to put it more succinctly, "He is something of a superman" -- a description Sacha justifies with a comic-book propaganda story in which the fat dictator dives 20 metres down into the ocean (without scuba gear!) to collect sea urchins for the Trudeau family's delectation.
Only when we get to the 18th paragraph does Sacha interrupt his sensuous rhapsodies to admit that Cubans "do occasionally complain." But such complaints are akin to "an adolescent [who] might complain about a too strict and demanding father."
In other words, Fidel's single flaw is that he loves too much.
If this were all there were to Sacha's article, then it would merely constitute the unintentionally comic ramblings of a son who still believes the Cuban agitprop passed on to him from his departed daddy -- nonsense that even most Cubans stopped believing decades ago. But his Star essay went beyond that, into something much creepier.
I am thinking in particular of these two lines:
z "Fidel may seem an anachronism: a visionary statesman in a world where his kind have long since been replaced by mere managers, a 20th-century icon still present in the 21st century."
z "With the possible exception of Nelson Mandela, already well into retirement, Fidel is the last of the global patriarchs. Reason, revolution and virtue are becoming more and more distant and abstract concepts." (My emphasis in both cases.)
Since the 1980s, Latin America has undergone a stunning transformation. In the time of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, autocratic police states were the norm, democracy the exception. Now it is the opposite, and only Cuba and Venezuela stand as blots on an otherwise democratic landscape. It is one of the most inspiring political transformations of our time. Yet to Sacha, all of these freely elected leaders are "mere managers." For they lack the "machismo and vigour" that can only emanate from a "revolutionary" regime -- which is to say, a community tyranny.
Throughout the 20th century, there were many other ideologues who preferred "reason, revolution and virtue" to the boring give-and-take of democratic politics and due process. Their ranks included not only murdering despots such as Lenin, Mao and Castro himself, but also starry-eyed fellow travellers and apologists such as Sartre, Fanon and Trudeau pere. Thankfully, the failure of the Soviet experiment has driven both tribes into history's dustbin.
Sacha is a rare exception. Yet from the casual way he throws out his nauseating obsequies, he doesn't appear to understand just how historically discredited his message has become. He is more than naive -- he is ignorant.
The saddest part of it is that Sacha is not an insubstantial intellect: In recent years, he has become a respected journalist, civil libertarian and activist. But there are limits to what even an accomplished person may say and still be taken seriously. What Sacha has written here is so ludicrous that it puts into question everything he's said or will say. Now that he's written this glowing tribute to a dictator with blood on his hands, for instance, why should we believe his repeated claims that this or that Arab terrorism suspect is innocent? Why should we believe his reporting from Iraq, for that matter? If the romantic glory of "revolution" is all that matters in Sacha's political universe, surely jihadis are "supermen," too, no?
Sacha is still a young man -- perhaps young enough to rebound from this blunder if he's more careful with his words. But for that to happen, the naive affection for Fidel bequeathed to him by his father should become the love that dare not speak its name.
- Jonathan Kay is Managing Editor for Comment at the National Post.
'Fidel is the most curious man that I have ever met. He wants to know all there is to be known. He is famous for not sleeping, instead spending the night studying and learning.'
'His intellect is one of the most broad that can be found. He is an expert on genetics, on automobile combustion engines, on stock markets. On everything.'
'Combined with a Herculean physique and extraordinary courage, this monumental intellect makes Fidel the giant that he is.'
'Cuba remains a Latin American anomaly: an undemocratic government that represses nearly all forms of political dissent.'
'President Fidel Castro, now in his 47th year in power ... continues to enforce political conformity using criminal prosecutions, detentions [and] mob harassment'
'Cubans are systematically denied basic rights to free expression, association, assembly, privacy, movement, and due process of law'
Britain seeing the light.
The United Kingdom has decided to allow Huaweis 5G equipment into its national rollouts to a degreethe gear is banned from core parts of the British communications network, where it could pose a particularly acute spying risk.
The move is another blow to the United Statess campaign to pressure its allies into shunning Huaweis 5G equipment. The campaign seems to have proven particularly unsuccessful in Europe, where both Germany and Poland have also declined to block Huawei-based deployments. In Southeast Asia, too, Huawei equipment will be used in 5G rollouts in countries such as Thailand and Malaysia.
The U.S. has since late last year been on something of an anti-Huawei crusade, with the main rationale being fears over Chinese state spyingChina has a law requiring companies to support its intelligence work, and Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei once worked as a tech researcher for the Peoples Liberation Army. Huawei denies it poses any such risk.
Scheer to demand Canada pull funds from Chinese multilateral development bank
A message must be sent, where's Freeland and her twitterpodium?
Possibility of soybeans, pork and peas facing delays getting to China 'very concerning,' says Sask. premier
China sentences second Canadian to death
Federal government boosts loans for canola farmers amid tensions with China
And no Weenuk it isn't a handout no matter how you try to spin it
Trudeau and the Liberals have certainly made Canada appear weak.
Whoa now...Trudeau has already declared his admiration for China, any staunch admirer of China can't possibly be weak.
China is playing hardball...meanwhile Justin, the simple fool is happily playing in the ball pit, hoping Chairman Xi Jinping will join him.
Are they still going to execute the two Canadians?
They gave the American a two year reprieve and 4 Mexicans got life sentences.
Trudeau and the Liberals have certainly made Canada appear weak.
Are they still going to execute the two Canadians?
They gave the American a two year reprieve and 4 Mexicans got life sentences.
Trudeau and the Liberals have certainly made Canada appear weak.
This guy is a drug dealer? Who cares? Let them kill him, it is to bad we did not do the same.
I am more interested in Gordon Jin and hs ilk who export fentanyl from China with impunity:
Shouldn't we boycott the term 'Chinese food' to show them how pissed we are and how much global power we yield?
China plays hardball politically and economically. China looks at the angles and picked Canola to punish The Federal Gov't regarding the arrest of the Hauwei Exec in Vancouver because it knows that ON seeds about 45,000 acres of Canola and Quebec even less, as opposed to Saskatchewan seeding MILLIONS of acres of Canola annually itself....and that's not including Manitoba or Alberta....and that the Fed Liberal response would be next to nothing (mouse attacking an elephant) but politically it further alienates Western Canada from the current Canadian Federal Gov't and it will help put the Liberals on the bleachers after Oct. 2019 to punish the current Federal Gov't in Canada. It's obvious and it's working. Makes Trudeau look that much more inept on top of the multiple scandals and corruption and other political snafu's. China is nobodies fool.
If China says they found club root spores the world shuts Canadian canola down.
Guess who is stupid enough to say "prove it's contaminated"?


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Blogs > SimonRowe > Star Spotting at Saddlebow
Star Spotting at Saddlebow
24th October 2013
Whilst delivering doughnuts and looking for West Norfolk's biggest sick note I bumped into not one but two celebrities in on the Saddlebow Industrial Estate! Ed Sheeran was working under a bus and Paul O'Grady in an office; he even made me an orange squash!
Check out my brush with the stars below!
Big hello to these guys too who too time out to enjoy some of my goodies!
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This section provides information for health professionals regarding the distribution, supply and dispensing of fractionated blood products (purified plasma protein derivatives).
|Policies, guidelines and forms
NZBS Dispensing Policy (111P001) (pdf, 322 KB)
This policy outlines the systems within NZBS for dispensing medicines in a manner that complies with the requirements of the Medicines Act 1981 and the Medicines Regulations 1984.
Dispensing of Interchangeable Blood Products (111D003) (pdf, 241 KB)
Recording and Reporting the Supply of Unapproved Medicines under Section 29 of the Medicines Act (108M020) (pdf, 155 KB)
Medsafe Declaration/Notification Form for Medicines Supplied Pursuant to Section 29 of the Medicines Act 1981 (108E001) (pdf, 206 KB)
Unapproved Medicine Record (108F064) (pdf, 223 KB)
Policy for Issuing of Blood Components and Products as Stock to Non-Blood Bank Sites (111P086) (pdf, 141 KB)
Distribution and Supply of Plasma Derived Fractionated Blood Products and Recombinant Products in New Zealand (160P002) (pdf, 321 KB)
This policy statement sets out the role of the Manufacturers, NZBS and Users who require fractionated (purified processed) plasma products, or recombinant coagulation factor concentrates that are available through NZBS.
The Time Interval between Removal of Blood and Blood Components from Storage and Subsequent Infusion (111I031) (pdf, 149 KB)
This information document about blood components describes the maximum time intervals and required handling conditions between issuing from a Blood Bank and completion of transfusion, or return to a Blood Bank.
List of Fractionated Products and Recombinant Products Approved for Distribution (111D132) (pdf, 201 KB)
CSL Product Complaint Process Flowchart (111D135) (pdf, 8 KB)
The process is described for notifying NZBS of any adverse reactions to blood products manufactured by CSL or other manufacturers.
You may need to download Adobe Reader to view the PDF files. It is available free from the Adobe site(external link).
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Chicago P.D. Season 6
With Voight suspended, Antonio takes charge of Intelligence to deal with overdoses of bad heroin, but Ruzek undermines his authority.
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Actor: Olivia Colman, Julian Barratt, Daniel Rigby, Sophia Di Martino, Leila Hoffman, Will Sharpe, Colin Hurley, Hammed Animashaun, Alistair Green, Desiree Akhavan, Zita Sattar, Rico Canadinhas, Georgina Campbell, Angus Wright
Director: Jay Karas
Country: USA


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May 11, 2012 - Uplifting Awards Ceremony with ADMHN
What: Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network's 11th Annual Mental Health Benefit Luncheon
Where: Inverness Hotel
When: Friday, May 11, 2012
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Ticket Prices: $75 individual tickets
Beneficiary: ADMHN
EMCEE: April Zesbaugh
Executive Director: Scott Thoemke
President(s): Todd Helvig
Sponsors: Citywide Banks, Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado, Behavioral Healthcare, Inc, City of Glendale, IREA, and Lockton Companies, LLC
Attire: Business casual
Board of Directors: Todd Helvig, President; Capt. Atilla C Denes, Vice President; Robert L Ireland, Secretary/Treasurer; Thomas J Flanagan, Jr; Wayne Barnard; Nita Brown; Mario A Harding; Kelli Kane; Jeffrey Nelson; Patricia Opper; Capt. Vince Sauter; Carla Vellos; Melanie Worley
Blacktie Photos by: Chad Chisholm
Scott Thoemke, left, with Senator Linda Newell and April Zesbaugh
The Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network 11th Annual Mental Health Benefit Luncheon at Inverness Hotel and Conference Center lent hope to all those in attendance. Celebrating the work of community leaders of the year as well as the day-to-day or of those involved with ADMHN, the luncheon was lighthearted and spirited in the Denver Tech Center.
Senator Linda Newell received the Distinguished Service Award while John Vellos accepted the Pat Echtermeyer Community Hero Award. Long-time Executive Director/CEO Scott Thoemke joked that he got his master's degree at age seven, so he couldn't be as old as everyone thought he was. Noting the great rate of growth for ADMHN, Scott applauded the efforts of everyone that resulted in new buildings in Castle Rock and Parker as well as remodels in every facility in the network.
April Zesbaugh of 850 KOA pointed out the unique Watering Can Project, with each can going for $35, while some resulted in bidding wars that raised over $100 for the hand-painted pieces of artwork.
ADMHN offers comprehensive mental health services for adutls, seniors, families and children, including counseling, case management, victim services and much more. To learn more about ADMHN, visit www.admhn.org.


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By connecting many billions of smart devices, the internet of things (IoT) will transform how we live, learn, work and play. Welcome to the next industrial revolution, soon to become a multi-trillion-dollar industry. IoT will soon impact every aspect of human life. At 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 6 in the Pugh Hall Ocora, John Harris, chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, discussed UF's role as an emerging leader in the Internet of Things.
Current research includes wearable medical devices, the smart grid, autonomous vehicles, and personalized education. The resulting data tsunami from billions of connected devices will fuel future artificial intelligence-driven applications that are yet to be invented or even imagined. In addition to the myriad of technical challenges, the IoT revolution needs policy makers to confront multiple issues involving ethics, physical safety, cybersecurity, and data privacy.
Read the story: Connected World - University of Florida Engineers focus on the Internet of Things. This story originally appeared in the summer 2018 issue of Explore, UF's research magazine http://bit.ly/2LmkiQs
Biography: Dr. John G. Harris earned his BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 1983 and 1986. After a year of working on autonomous vehicles at the Hughes Research Labs (HRL), Dr. Harris joined the first entering class of graduate students in the interdisciplinary Computation and Neural Systems Program at Caltech. He earned his PhD in 1991 and then worked as a post doc at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab. Dr. Harris joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at UF in 1993. For his research, Dr. Harris develops biologically inspired circuits, architectures, and algorithms for signal processing and has published over 200 research papers in this area. In August of 2011, Dr. Harris became the chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Florida.


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Hello all!
When the Cure did their remasters a few years back, they left "Killing an Arab" off the Three Imaginary Boys release. Not a big surprise, I suppose, given the racial tensions in the world.
But according to this fansite http://craigjparker.blogspot.com/2010/1 ... found.html the remastered version DOES appear on this anthology, apparently Lebanese and/or Ukrainian: https://www.discogs.com/release/3319819
Long story short, does anyone have this remastered song in lossless?
(Or for that matter, the alternate version released back in 1979 on the 20 Of Another Kind comp?)


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Monday through Friday at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in courtroom 1-5. Monday through Friday a copy of the calendar is located outside of courtroom 1-5 and at the Security Desk located on the first floor.
On weekends and holidays bond hearings are conducted once a day immediately following the misdemeanor jail arraignments which are at 9 a.m. All hearings are held in Courtroom 5-3 on the fifth floor of the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building.
The calendar of persons scheduled to appear at the bond hearing is available for viewing immediately prior to each bond hearing. A copy is available outside courtroom 5-3 on weekends and holiday and at the Security Desk on the first floor.
Misdemeanor jail arraignments are conducted:
Misdemeanor jail arraignments are conducted Monday through Friday at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., in Courtroom 5-3, on the Fifth Floor of the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building.
On weekends and holidays, jail arraignments are held once each day at 9 a.m., in Courtroom 5-3, located on the fifth floor.The calendar of persons scheduled to appear at the hearing is available immediately prior to each hearing. A copy is available every day outside the corresponding courtroom and Monday through Friday at the information window located in Suite 8100.