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Well done Lisa, many congratulations.....must be so exciting. Can't wait to buy a copy.
- May 7, 2014 at 10:54 PM
- Unknown said...
Bravo and congratulations!! It sounds like such an interesting way of decorating. Of course you'd check the Amazon link!!! I would have done it a million times and badgered all my friends and family to do the same. Can't wait to read it. xoJennifer
- May 7, 2014 at 11:35 PM
- Coulda shoulda woulda said...
Congratulations! I can't wait to read it.
- May 8, 2014 at 12:33 AM
- Emily said...
I am so excited to add this to my library. Really Lisa, you are my favorite blogger, and I could not be happier for you! Preordering NOW!
- May 8, 2014 at 4:42 AM
- Lily said...
Bravo! Splendid! Champagne!
Ordering at once!
May this be the first of many volumes...
- May 8, 2014 at 4:46 AM
- High Heels in the Wilderness said...
As person who quite often chooses to travel to places I read about in the books I love....can I just say....what a great idea for a book!!! I look forward to reading it, Lisa!
- May 8, 2014 at 5:11 AM
- Jeanne Henriques said...
Fantastic Lisa! I just posted it on FB and ticked off a few names on my Christmas shopping list. Thank you, looking forward to it!
- May 8, 2014 at 5:29 AM
- ArchitectDesign™ said...
congratulations and you must be so relieved! although now comes the fun part; shilling your book!
- May 8, 2014 at 6:15 AM
- Kate said...
Congratulations! Well deserved!
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- May 8, 2014 at 6:29 AM
- Anna Mavromatis said...
Can't wait! Congratulations!!!
- May 8, 2014 at 6:42 AM
- donna baker said...
And a big congrats to you. It is hard writing a book, but I'm sure yours will be wonderful.
- May 8, 2014 at 6:49 AM
- CashmereLibrarian said...
Hugely exciting. Congratulations, and I can't wait!
- May 8, 2014 at 6:52 AM
- Lisa Thomson said...
Congratulations, Lisa! It looks gorgeous and promises to be unique and inspiring. Nicely done! I will definitely be getting a copy.
- May 8, 2014 at 8:22 AM
- Karena said...
Lisa I am absolutely thrilled beyond for you, one of my favorite tastemakers ever!
I would be honored to feature you and your new book on my site when you are ready!
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- May 8, 2014 at 8:39 AM
- Pamela Terry and Edward said...
Brilliant You!!
I adore the cover!! The Jimi Hendrix cover takes it up to a whole new level.
I am grinning like a cat for you!
and yes, The book is in my cart. Cannot wait till December! The perfect, perfect present!!
xoxo, lots
- May 8, 2014 at 8:52 AM
I am truly excited about this--so happy for you!
- May 8, 2014 at 9:25 AM
- Unknown said...
Such an alluring cover!
My inner two-year-old wants it now.
Perhaps in early winter you'll school me on how to decorate for that demanding part of myself.
Congratulations, Lisa.
- Elliot in Minnesota
- May 8, 2014 at 11:01 AM
- Kim said...
Just clicked the pre-order button--can't wait to receive and give as gifts. Well done!
- May 8, 2014 at 11:35 AM
- Michelle said...
I must ask, what novel inspired the cover? It certainly makes me want to see more. Can't wait!
- May 8, 2014 at 11:51 AM
- WendyMcLeodMacKnight said...
Oh Lisa! I am giddy with excitement! I cannot wait to buy it and to give it as christmas presents to all my girlfriends!
- May 8, 2014 at 12:32 PM
- ginny said...
Well done, Lisa. Just ordered.
- May 8, 2014 at 4:45 PM
- Kelly said...
Huge congrats!! How very exciting. This will be on my "must-have" list for this Christmas. Can't wait to curl up with it this winter.
- May 8, 2014 at 5:18 PM
So many congratulations Lisa! The cover is absolutely beautiful - and I am preordering right this minute! Ole to you!
- May 8, 2014 at 7:29 PM
- Lisa Borgnes Giramonti said...
The room on the cover is in the chapter on bohemian writers like Isak Dineson, Virginia Woolf, Dodie Smith, Katherine Mansfield and others, who embraced color, chaos and the unconventional. It's one of my favorite chapters, actually!
- May 8, 2014 at 8:43 PM
What a dream of an idea! Cannot wait to get my hands on a copy! Congratulations - keep clicking that Amazon link because it is not going anywhere!
- May 8, 2014 at 11:36 PM
- Michelle said...
Oh how I would love to put my feet up in this very red room and chat with those writers - so apropos.
- May 9, 2014 at 1:24 AM
- Hausfrau said...
Congratulations! The cover is gorgeous.Think I'll be getting your book (for myself) for Christmas!
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- naomi.dallob said...
So fantastic. I cannot wait to hold it in my hands, sniff it, read it, savor it. I hope you will consider another reading at the Mercantile. Can't wait to show you all the changes in our house. Naomi Dallob
- May 9, 2014 at 10:46 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh just so so exciting !! Congratulations CANNOT WAIT TO GET IT!!!
- May 9, 2014 at 11:44 AM
- JudyMac said...
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS! This book worm knows she will love it--can tell by its cover (red is always good!).
- May 9, 2014 at 2:54 PM
- quintessence said...
HUGE congrats. Can't wait - I've been at Legends this week and the theme has been Novel Interiors so I'm already in the mode!
- May 9, 2014 at 8:45 PM
- Phoenicky said...
Such an inviting cover! A Christmas gift to self.
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- May 12, 2014 at 3:45 PM
- Tree said...
What an achievement - BIG congrats!
- May 13, 2014 at 10:31 AM
- Chez Laurel said...
Congratulations, Lisa, just ordered your book and can't wait until December 2 when it is on its way to me! Sometimes I feel like you speak for me...your taste, your style, your words...thank you so much for your blog and again, I can hardly wait to see the fabulous photos and read your words in your wonderful book!
- May 14, 2014 at 10:25 AM
- Vava (aka Virginia) said...
Done & done. Pre-ordered. Waiting with bated breath. Cannot wait. Kudos to you. Such a thrill...
- May 14, 2014 at 4:29 PM
- missi said...
Congratulations! I will definitely buy it!
- May 16, 2014 at 6:58 PM
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|Z and I a decade ago!
When I lived in Bratislava (ten years ago – eek, that went fast!), I made a totally fabulous friend who in the interests of privacy I'll call Z. We recognised each other one day at the bus stop early in my stay, as she was a student in one of my large in-company English classes, and then figured out we lived on the same street – close enough that we could see each others' bedroom windows, in fact! We also soon discovered that we were the same age (within a couple of weeks), loved chocolate, wanted to go swimming to get fit, and could talk until the small hours of the morning. It was the first time in a long time that I'd felt like I had a best friend, and it was fantastic.
After a year, my contract expired and I left Bratislava to move to Germany, and we were both so sad that I was moving. Having already done that leaving thing a couple of times, I knew that no matter how much we phoned or emailed, our friendship would never be quite the same as it was when we lived in the same street.
What I didn't find out until later was that Z was sad mostly because she thought we'd ever see each other again. I think that growing up in a socialist country, with all the limitations and restrictions that imposes, meant that Z couldn't really believe that travelling far and wide to see friends could be a realistic expectation.
Thankfully she didn't have to wait long to be proven wrong. It was only five or six months later that my new boss in Germany took me to Vienna for a conference, and of course being so close to Bratislava this meant Z and I could arrange to catch up. We were both so excited to see each other and that's when she confessed that she hadn't really believed we'd ever meet again.
Since then, I've been to the Czech Republic to visit her after she moved away from Bratislava; she came to visit me in Germany before I moved back to Australia. But best of all, on this trip to Europe, I got to take my son to stay with Z and her daughter in Trnava, Slovakia, her newest home. We hadn't seen each other for about six years and in that time we'd both become parents, and had so many new things to talk about.
|Z with our children – ten years on
We spent five days in Trnava and every moment of it was delightful, and Z and I slipped straight back into our friendship, even though we both had an extra (young) person along with us now. Most delightfully, by the end of our stay and without any special attention from us, these two young people had also become firm friends, despite the age gap, gender difference and lack of a common language! It was such a special week and one that made me so glad that the world really is "smaller" now, that we can easily add on a side-trip to Slovakia en route to elsewhere in Europe, and happy that email and Facebook keep us in contact enough to be able to ask to come and stay.


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After Avan Ivan, director Bala is coming out with yet another interesting film, Paradesi, which portrays the sad lives of workers in tea plantations in the 1930s. The film has Atharva, Dhanshika, Vedhika and Jerry in the lead roles. Chezhiyan has handled the camera; Kishore T.E. has edited the film; C.S. Balachander is the art director; Nanjil Nadan has penned the dialogues; and Vairamuthu, the lyrics. The audio of Paradesi was released by veteran director Balu Mahendra and received by actors Vikram and Suriya.
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Ahead of this weekend's UFC Fight Night 30 event in Manchester, England, UFC Executive Gary Cook has been spelling out the promotion's plan to deliver more European events in 2014.
According to Cook he's spear-headed a plan to bring at least six 'Fight Night' style events to Europe next year.
Cook hopes this can help grow the sport in Europe as all these events will air during primetime there, as opposed to the wee hours of the morning (usually 2-3am in the UK for example) which is generally the case for fans in this part of the world due to the time difference compared to the U.S.
From the sounds of things these events will be largely based around European fighters too, with Cook even suggesting that it's possible that European champions could be crowned in order to further enhance the appeal of these shows.
While this is good news for European MMA fans, it does mean that in North America for example, there's some uncertainty over how, where and when these shows will be broadcast.
Cook indicates that these events are being targeted specifically to their local markets and as such it's not set in stone that they will air in the U.S. These events will essentially be up for grabs, with any network (not just FOX) able to bid for the right to air them either live or on a tape-delay basis.
Of course that system leaves open the possibility that no-one acquiries the right to air these Euro events live which would be a big blow for hardcore fans living outside of Europe.
The European series will start in London within the first two weeks of March, and while no other destinations have been confirmed yet, Turkey is a new market that's believed to have been earmarked for an event around September time.
Scotland, Germany, Poland and Ireland are also believed to be under consideration too.
Watch Cook's full media interview below courtesy of Whoa! TV.


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The kids at Deeplocal must have been a litte bored recently, as someone sat down to make the "Like Belt". This fancy giant buckle allows you to "like" things in the real world... By thrusting your pelvis at it. A bit like a misbehaving dog or one of the guys from Wayne's world: SCHWING!. Oh ha ha, very funny - and to make sure you realize how silly this is they took the belt out for a test on the town, liking coffee-shops, checking in at the office and making facebook friends. The best part is when the lady wearing the belt wants to make Facebook friends with the guy she meets.... wait for it.
Another "like" in the real world was when the Coke village used real world Like armbands. No thrusting pelvises needed.


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Jan 19
In these days we have the chance to look for comet "Lovejoy" C/2014 Q2. Last saturday I met with astro-friends at the local observatory and we took photos of the comet. Watching the comet through the telescope is rather spectacular. My Images did not come out very well as it is very bright in the sky so close to the City. On the Images the comets tail is barely discernible. If have processed my images and you will find them HERE.
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Strategies to Overcome The Putting Yips
Golf is a challenging and sometimes frustrating game…
One day you are playing great and the next day you are hitting the ball all over the place.
So, how do golfers respond to having a bad round?
Many of these golfers go the "figure things out" route. This can be a very slippery slope that digs them further into a rut.
This is often how this route unfolds… You've played well for a few weeks then, suddenly, you have an atrocious round…
All you can think about is everything you did wrong after the round…
"My grip didn't feel right on my tee shots and couldn't get the clubface around. Then, on my putts, I was so tight trying to make up strokes that I kept leaving my putts short."
A few days later, you go to the driving range for some extra practice.
You remind yourself to grip the driver more firmly and adjust your thumb position.
Next, it's off to work on your putting…
You tell yourself to relax and make sure you complete your backstroke. You work on these aspects of your game over and over until the next tournament.
You keep reminding yourself of everything you worked on…
"Firmer grip on tee shots… Make sure to get clubface squared… Relax on the putt… Stay relaxed… Focus on backswing… All the way back… Don't leave it short…"
Unfortunately, everything seemed to backfire. You asked yourself, "How is this possible? I put in a lot of work on my technique!"
You continue to over-analyze, overthink and over-work your technique but your play only worsens.
Your swing feels jerky and out of control. It seems like there is absolutely nothing you can do to get back to your normal swing.
Not only does overthinking and over-analyzing hurt performance, it can lead to an even greater problem… the yips!
The yips are the ultimate manifestation of over-analyzing and overthinking.
Golfers with the yips have similar characteristics:
- Golfers with the yips try to talk themselves through each swing.
- Golfers with the yips focus too much on the outcome.
- Golfers with the yips over-analyze the result of every shot.
- Golfers with the yips over control their technique prior to each shot.
Professional golfers are not exempt from the yips…
Take for example, Jordan Spieth…
Spieth had a great start to his career with 11 PGA Tour victories by age 24, including wins in three Major Tournaments (2015 Masters Tournament, 2015 US Open and 2017 Open Championship).
Spieth's last victory was in July of 2017. In 2018, Spieth started the year ranked No. 2 and has since dropped 15 to No. 17.
Spieth admitted that not only was his putting problematic, but also his thoughts exacerbated the issue.
SPIETH: "[Putting] wasn't the strong suit of my game. I wasn't sure exactly what it was. A lot of it was mechanical. A bit of mental because of the mechanical… Unfortunately, I had to play so much towards the end that I couldn't really get it intact. So I stepped on the first tee knowing that I was playing a C-game instead of figuring where my game is at through the first couple of rounds."
Renowned swing instructor, Hank Haney, sees the yips as the main cause for Spieth's decline in performance.
HANEY: "[Spieth] has got to get his putting figured out… I think that spilled into the rest of his game. When I watch him putt, he visibly has the yips. You watch his hands on short putts and there is a tremor in there. I don't care if the putt goes in or doesn't. He was center cut on his first putt at the Ryder Cup. But his hands were shaking. He had to miss more short putts than anybody on tour."
Getting back on track is more than working on your swing.
If you want to regain your form, you must first attack it from the mental angle. That includes learning to trust your stroke, instead of over thinking how to swing the club.
A bad round doesn't need to send you into a performance slump.
Getting Beyond The Yips:
First, you must understand the underlying cause of your yips: FEAR.
In most cases, the putting yips is all about fear of embarrassment.
Next, you have to simplify your approach to putting and chipping.
Less is better here. Go back to what's worked and stop the over analysis or hyper focus on the stroke.
You want to free up your stroke, not over control what you are doing. Trust your swing and your work, then get out of your own way… And PLAY!
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"I write you because it's been 6 months since I started the program Breaking the Yips Cycle. Before that I was putting with a long putt and due to the ban on anchoring I switched to a short putt and started your program. The yips program has helped me a lot. I have been able to focus on what matters instead of thinking about the outcome or fearing a yippy stroke."
~Ricardo Abogabir C.
"I've had the yips for 30 years. With the anchor ban, I thought I needed to quit golf. It was frustrating hearing golf experts and commentators state that no amateur was going to quit golf because of the anchoring ban. Obviously, these experts don't know anything about the yips. I'm so glad I found you. Your drills really helped. It might sound silly, but the biggest thing that helped me is knowing that the yips is mental. It might sound crazy, for someone to have the yips for 30 years, and not know it's mental. I also believe I know my reason for having the yips, and I see how my insecurities in every day life contributed to the yips. Thank you for your help."
~Kevin Stankewicz
"Yes! Awesome tips and they worked great. I was having a tough time mentally with putts inside of 4 feet for self imposed fear of missing them. After doing all of your drills I found myself just looking at the hole on the shorts putts similar to a free throw. Seems to be working. Thank you so much!"
~Shawn Barr
"Yes Patrick, I'm a five handicap and also mentally handicapped by the yips. What worked for me was the aim, set and go drill. You don't have time to think about yipping. I played today and not one yip. I owe you big time. Thanks again."
~Mike Helms
Overcome The Yips and Enjoy Golf Again!
Golfers, do you suffer from:
- Anxiety, tension and over control of the stroke or swing?
- Performance anxiety about what others will think?
- Inability to wing the club freely on the course, despite the fact that you can in practice?
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Coaches: Help your team members play with freedom instead of fear or tension.
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What are Golf Psychology Students Saying?
"I went on to the putting green right after receiving your mail. What a great feeling of freedom. No tense at all, smiling and more consistent than ever before. I have a very low handicap and of course I have great rounds during the years, but you have taken me to a new level by curing the yips. I have just read your report again, and now I get the point in your comparing with throwing darts. I am very grateful – if you visit Denmark I will invite you out for dinner."
~Søren Meinertsen
"I read the Article on the chipping yips about 10 or 15 times now. I can feel the difference already from some of the shots that I have been hitting and I really think I can lick this. I think your mental coaching is really helping. Thank you so much!!"
~Jeff Gerling
"I've tried various things and made no progress with the yips. I found your articles and read one sentence that is changing things: It was that I should treat putts like tap ins. Putting 50 to 100 a day on the mat and the hands started to move normally. No jerking. I concentrated on one grip putting through two coins three feet away. Whether it goes in or not is secondary. Still had a few three putts, but the fear factor is gone. Many thanks and best regards."
~Otto Baer. Nagano, Japan


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Temppeliaukio © Rob Hurson
An awesome and unique piece of architecture, the Temppeliaukio (Church in the Rock) was designed by brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen and carved out of solid granite as recently as 1969. It has become one of Helsinki's most famous attractions, its rock walls roofed over with a massive concave copper ceiling, which gives it excellent acoustics and makes the roof seem like an enormous sun. From the outside, it still feels like part of the rock that surrounds it. The interior is magnificent and quite the opposite of the dark cave you would expect when looking at the rock-hewn building. It is an unusual place of worship but clearly a spiritual attraction and no matter what your beliefs this artistic church will surprise and perhaps inspire you. The church is often used as a venue for musical events due to its wonderful acoustics and there are sometimes piano recitals in the afternoons; if you visit during one of these performances you can leave a donation to show your appreciation. English services are occasionally conducted on Sundays at 2pm.
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"Shiwa…Shiwa, wake up."
"Um? What? It isn't even morning yet."
My sweet dream was suddenly interrupted by Luler in the middle of the night. Well, if it wasn't Luler who woke me up then it must be some mystery energy out there.
"It's already past midnight. It's a new day."
"My gift."
"Did you wake me up because of this matter?"
His sparkling eyes answered my question very well. After seeing his expectations for my gift, I was a little scared that he wouldn't like it. But it couldn't be helped because I already bought it.
I picked the paper bag from the under of my bed, took the black box out, and handed it to him. He went still for a while after opening it before he said…
"A collar?"
"It's a choker."
Why did everyone see this as a collar?
"If you don't like it then you don't have to…"
"No, I like it. I like it very much."
I was about to hold my hand out to grab the choker back but Luler brought it out of my reach. I wasn't sure that he really liked this gift, but if he insisted…
"Shiwa, can you help me put on it?"
I reached behind his neck to put this choker on him. It's really easy to put on and remove it. You only had to unclasp the hook once then it's free.
"How about it? Do you feel uncomfortable?"
"Not at all, It's very soft."
"It looks good on you just as I thought."
"What? You are making a weird noise."
"This is just like I belong to Shiwa."
His cheeks were starting to blush. He also gave me a weird smile, unlike the normal one he usually gave me. It wasn't a collar. Haaa…It couldn't be helped if nobody understood it.
"You can say it like that. If you belong to me, then don't act mischievous with anyone."
"But you have to sleep right now, you have to remove it before that because it will strangle you in your sleep."
He unclasped his choker, put it on his nightstand, and then snuggled inside the blanket…
'Pang!! Pang!!'
"Shiwa!! This is your room, right!? Shiwa!!"
At the moment that I was ready to flop down on my bed, a loud bang could be heard from outside. All right! I didn't think I could get a wink of sleep tonight!
I walked to the door and opened it. Ren was standing outside with an unconscious Shelyn in his arms. His face almost lost all of its colors, and he also didn't wear his blindfold just as always. His blue eyes were really beautiful. I didn't understand why did he have to hide his beautiful eyes?
"Shiwa, thou are a doctor, right? Shelyn, she suddenly passed out! and…She still hasn't woken up yet since then."
"You have to calm down. Bring her inside. Maybe she just wants water."
I led him to my bathroom and turned the faucet to let the water filled my bathtub. After Ren put her inside the bathtub, her pair of legs began to change into a fishtail. Just a moment later, she got her conscious back.
"Onii-sama…" Her eyes were slowly opening up. She took a look of her surrounding.
"Shelyn…Shelyn, I've been worried sick about thee!" He jumped up to hug her the moment when she sat up.
"When did I come here?"
"Not too long. You must be sleep-walking and passed out, right?" I turned off the faucet before the water was going to flood my bathroom.
"It's nothing. Thou only had a nightmare. Thou should come sleep with me in my room from now on. I can't let thee sleep alone anymore."
"Yes, onii-sama. But your blindfold…"
"I-i forgot it in my room but thou don't have to be worried. I will wear it immediately after we go back to my room. Thou don't have to be worried, Shelyn."
"No, it's not that. You don't have to wear it anymore."
"I'm not being bothered by it, Shelyn. I wear it because I'm satisfied with it. Thou don't have to be worried."
He tenderly patted her head with a warm smile on his face, but Shelyn seemed to be depressed. It would be considered rude if I were to ask any question about the two of them, but they were really acting suspiciously.
"Thank thee for thy help today. I'm in debt to thee once again, I will surely repay it back to thee."
"Don't be, It wasn't too much. I have a feeling that Shelyn probably has a sleeping problem. I will give you lavender candles to light it up when you're going to sleep. It will help you sleep better in the night."
"Thank you very much." Shelyn nodded her head to me to give her gratitude. I really worried about her when I saw her appearance.
I left them to stay together in the bathroom as I came to bring lavender candles out of my drawer for Ren. Luler's red eyes continued to stare at me. I thought that he had gone to sleep a long time ago.
"What? Why haven't you asleep yet?"
"Shiwa brought a man into this room when I'm still here, I really can't bring myself to sleep."
"This's necessary. You should know better to differentiate between this and that."
"I know. Humph!"
ฺBut you still wanted to sulk about it, huh.
You were really hard to please person. I had a feeling that I was also a part of the reason why he was like this.
"Don't be like that. If those two go back to their room, why don't we do something exciting together?"
"Yes, how about it?"
You were really easy to sulk and coax…
I bought almost ten candles for Ren. Ren was both carried Shelyn and held the bag contained the candles. I tried to tell him that I would bring it to his room, but Ren refused it. He told me He didn't want to bother me any more than this.
When I came back inside, Luler sat on the bed waiting patiently.
"Those two are gone, Shiwa."
"I know."
I opened the drawer of my nightstand to bring out the cane that I had bought it from a long time ago. I still didn't have a chance to discard of it yet, but I also didn't think to use it in this way…
"Kneel down."
His face was starting to have a blush and his breath was also quickening up. Both of these told me that his heart must have beat like crazy and want to pierce through his chest right now.
"I was determined to sleep as soon as possible today. What will you do to take responsibility for it?"
"You can do whatever you want, Shiwa."
"But if I have to stand all this time, I will get tired, Luler."
"Um, alright…"
He knew his duty even when I hadn't said anything outright. He crawled to me and let me used his back as a chair. When I sat on him, he let out a weird noise.
"What happened? If you don't feel good then…"
"No! Not at all…Good, it's really good…Huff…Gasp…"
I wouldn't talk about this matter then.
I only smacked him lightly on his waist. Because this was a cane, it actually made a loud noise than it should actually be. I didn't think a pain as painless as this would pass through his clothes, but it still hasn't failed to create a little bit of an excited feeling.
That's right…I should make it more excited than this.
"If you see it then it won't be excited anymore…That's right…I really like the ribbon that you bought it for me at that time. Do you know it? I wear them every day."
"Um…I'm happy that you like it."
"Because it's something very important so…"
I pulled it down from the nightstand and tied it around his eyes.
Ah…Why did my heart seem to beat faster than before? I feel weird but in a good way.
"Which do you like it more between when you can see it or when you can't see?"
"W-when I can't see…"
"You are awfully honest about your feeling…"
"Because when we are doing it like this, Shiwa looks happy. So I…"
"What? What are you talking about?"
Me…Did I look happy?
The thing that I was doing right now is for your therapy! About being happy…I didn't feel my fingers inched when he responded to any of my action…I also didn't want to try stepping on him in the least bit…I didn't feel…
'Bathump Bathump'
How could it be like that!!!?
"Enough, I'm getting sleepy."
Before I won't control myself anymore, I threw the cane away from me and lay down on my bed to sleep.
"Shiwa, are you getting angry at me? Ne…Shiwa." Luler took the ribbon off his eyes and crawled on my body.
"No, I'm not angry with you."
"Can I hug you?"
"Do what you like. I want to sleep now."
Luler shifted to lie near me as I changed to lie on my side. Today would be the day that was the most difficult for me to sleep because my heart was still beating too hard, too far from its normal pace.
I wasn't the kind of person whose preference was a fondness of a violence…
I wasn't mentally sick, you know!!!
A licking flame was lighted up from a candle in this bedroom. Ren placed a candleholder on the nightstand. It was in a distance that not too near or not too far from Shelyn, who was still lying under a blanket on his bed.
"It's really a wonderful smell. I think thee will have no problem getting sleep tonight."
"Hm? What is it, Shelyn?"
"I…Have I done something bad?"
"Something bad? Thou haven't done anything like that, my Shelyn."
"Shelyn, I'm not bothered by it. Haven't I already told thee about this?"
"I know that I'm not really your real sister, but no matter where I am, I'm still a burden to you. I have caused you nothing but problems, both of what happened today and about enrolling in this school."
"How can thee say it like that!? Shelyn, thou mustn't say something like that again. Thou are very important to me. Thou are my most important person. I'm willing to do everything that I can do for thee. Don't say something like that again."
"I'm sorry."
"What are you saying sorry for? Thou aren't at fault. Go to sleep, you have to rest."
He bent down to kiss at her cheek and carefully lower his body down to his bed. He slowly closed his eyes and a sound of his steady breathing could be heard throughout the room.
Onii-sama…Would you have a better life if I didn't exist?
Shelyn looked at the man, who had taken care of her for almost ten years, with a remorse in her eyes.
It would be better if he hadn't met her.
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It's almost 50 chapters!!!
I think this story would end at 100 chapters…maybe??
//I also said the same on my previous novel.
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It has been 20 years since the historian Annette Gordon-Reed published "Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy," a book that successfully challenged the prevailing perceptions of both figures. In a piece for The New York Times Book Review, submitted just before the tragic events in Charlottesville, Va., Gordon-Reed reflects on the complexities that endure in our understanding of Hemings and the language we use to characterize her.
Sally Hemings has been described as "an enigma," the enslaved woman who first came to public notice at the turn of the 19th century when James Callender, an enemy of the newly elected President Thomas Jefferson, wrote with racist virulence of "SALLY," who lived at Monticello and had borne children by Jefferson. Hemings came back into the news earlier this year, after the Thomas Jefferson Foundation announced plans to restore a space where Hemings likely resided, for a time, at Monticello. A number of news reports as well as comments on social media discussing the plans drew the ire of many readers because they referred to Hemings as Jefferson's "mistress" and used the word "relationship" to describe the connection between the pair, as if those words inevitably denote positive things. They do not, of course — especially when the word "mistress" is modified by the crucial word "enslaved."
When I published my first book, "Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy," in 1997, most people knew of Hemings from two works: Fawn Brodie's biography "Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History" (1974) and Barbara Chase-Riboud's novel "Sally Hemings" (1979), both of which sought to rescue Hemings's personhood. More typically, the scholarship written to disprove her connection to Jefferson routinely diminished Hemings's humanity. The arguments that the story couldn't be true because Jefferson would never be involved with "a slave girl" and that such a person was too low to have influenced Jefferson recurred in various formulations in historical writings over many years, as if the designation "slave girl" told readers all they needed to know. My first book was designed to expose the inanity of those, and other, arguments. I wrote a second book, "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family," to flesh out Hemings's personal history.
As the battle over whether Hemings and Jefferson had been in a relationship has receded, the question of what type of relationship they could possibly have been in has come to the fore. A recent Washington Post piece, reflecting on the terminology used in the announcement of the restoration project, insisted that Hemings should be seen primarily as Jefferson's "property," noting that by law he could compel her to have sex — rape her — whenever he wanted. Another Post article about Hemings that appeared earlier in the year had used the words "mistress" and "relationship," drawing critical responses: One commenter said that Hemings should be thought of as "a sex trafficked slave"; even Teen Vogue weighed in: "As a slave, Hemings was not afforded the privilege of self-determination, meaning she didn't do what she wanted; she did what she was told." These were understandable interventions given the desire so many people still have to portray slavery as less monstrous than it was. At the same time, the talk in these rejoinders of Hemings as simply "property," as if she were akin to an inanimate object or nonsentient being, turns aside decades of historiography that makes clear that enslaved people, when they had chances, often acted to shape their circumstances to the extent that they could. The language echoes the arguments of Jefferson scholars who treated Hemings's legal status as the definitive answer to the question of what did and did not happen in her life.
It's true: Hemings was, by law, Jefferson's property. But she was also a human being. Contingency, which historians know is always in operation, plays a crucial role in human affairs, and it did so in the way the law of property shaped Hemings's story. Enigmatic as she may be, Hemings had a vision of her life and self that she imparted to her family. Her son Madison Hemings relayed that vision in recollections notable for their bare-boned clarity and the extent to which his statements can be corroborated. Her vision should always matter when we write about her. Law was pivotal to Hemings's understanding of her life. She knew its power. For a brief but life-defining moment — just over two years — she, unlike the vast majority of enslaved people, was in a place where the law was on her side. It was a tool she could use. Very critically, both she and Jefferson believed that.
Sally Hemings had the extraordinary experience of living in pre-revolutionary Paris. Throughout the 18th century, every petition for freedom in the city was granted. She, and undoubtedly her brother James, eight years her senior, who had been in France training to be a chef for three years before she arrived, understood that the laws of Virginia did not automatically apply in France. Jefferson was on the defensive about this his entire time in the country. That is almost certainly why he put James and Sally Hemings on the payroll with the other servants at his residence, the Hôtel de Langeac. The siblings were paid wages near the very highest rate in the city for a chef de cuisine and chambermaid. They had access to other people of color, as their neighborhood had the greatest concentration of such people in Paris, a small group who helped one another. There were lawyers who filed petitions on behalf of the enslaved. They did so pro bono and for money, which the Hemings siblings had.
At some point, Sally Hemings became "Mr. Jefferson's concubine," in the words of Madison Hemings. In 1789, pregnant by Jefferson, she refused to return to Virginia and be "re-enslaved." Were she to return, any child she bore there would be enslaved. This was a bold gambit for a 16-year-old, even at a time, unlike today, when females that age were not thought of as children. The age of consent in Virginia in the 1780s was 10, and was raised to 12 in the 1820s. It is easy to see how her experiences, and the energy and optimism of youth, led her to think she could do this. She had learned to speak French well, and she was not alone. She had James, whose decision near the end of his stay to hire a tutor to help him perfect his French grammar suggests he thought they could survive there. They had seen a different world, with different possibilities in it.
As always, context matters: None of the other young people at the Hôtel de Langeac — not Jefferson's daughters, not his secretary, William Short — wanted to return to America. His eldest daughter, Martha, was thinking of ways to remain. To get Sally Hemings to come back with him, Jefferson promised her a good life at Monticello, and that their children would be freed when they became adults. Madison Hemings said that his mother "implicitly relied" on Jefferson's promises, a statement that troubled me when I first wrote about Hemings — subjects often exasperate biographers. It was not until I began researching my second book that I could find any probable reason why she might do this.
Hemings and Jefferson did not exist in a vacuum. They were part of a web of family relationships at Monticello that mattered to both of them. Hemings shared a father, John Wayles, with Jefferson's wife, Martha. Such connections were rarely meaningful to the whites involved, and the enslaved likely had no expectations about them. But the connection clearly meant something to Jefferson, who saw the Hemings family through the prism of his deep feelings for his wife, whose death before he went to Paris shattered him.
Sally Hemings could not have missed Jefferson's response to her family. For stretches of her childhood, until he freed them, Jefferson didn't know where her brothers were, as they went off to "hire their own time" (which was against the law) and keep the money they earned. Hemings and her sisters, unlike all others on the mountain, were totally exempted from fieldwork, even during harvest time. An overseer remembered Jefferson instructing him not to exercise any power over the Hemings women. What did this mean for the institution of slavery in America? What did it mean for the hundreds of other people Jefferson enslaved during his lifetime? Virtually nothing, as it did not transform American slavery or change the lives of others enslaved on Jefferson's plantations. But it meant a great deal to the six Hemings-Wayles children, who had very different lives and destinies than others enslaved at Monticello. The need to write about enslaved people sociologically — what happened to the group as a whole — should not foreclose considerations of individual enslaved people's lives. We learn much about the institution from both perspectives.
Hemings, with the aid of what she and Jefferson considered to be the power of French law, extracted promises from Jefferson. When they returned to Virginia, however, his power was again plenary. He could have reneged on it all. But he did not. He kept his promises, as Madison Hemings notes, asserting in another part of the recollection that this was a rare thing for whites to do when dealing with blacks. Of the near 700 people Jefferson owned over the course of his life, Sally Hemings and her children were the only nuclear family to leave slavery at Monticello at Jefferson's evident direction.
Though enslaved, Sally Hemings helped shape her life and the lives of her children, who got an almost 50-year head start on emancipation, escaping the system that had engulfed their ancestors and millions of others. Whatever we may feel about it today, this was important to her.


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Games for 3 - 5yrs Summer fun - painting in the garden
If it is a lovely day, get a small bucket of water for your child and a paint brush - let him paint the fence / paving stones / anything he / she can find with the water. It will keep them entertained for ages and requires almost no cleaning up!
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Bath Alarm 3500
The BathAlarm is an ampere/time counter with an audible alarm or a relay output that can be set to activate at a specific count.
It is typically used to control plating thickness by warning the operator, or turning off the rectifier.
Signaling the time for chemical replenishment is another application. The instrument is very easy for the plating line worker because the set-up parameters are selected separately in a PC program and downloaded to the instrument by a USB cable. Once this is done, the worker just pushes the start button.
1. Can be set up for any size rectifier and shunt value
2. Total count can be re-set only by supervisor
3. Read in amp hour or amp minutes. Set decimal point from X10 to 0.01
4. Count up to set point or down from set point.
5. Audible Alarm (93dB) enabled by supervisor. Re-set by operator.
6. Display can be programmed to flash before, at or after the alarm set point.
7. Optional relays can be ordered with plug receptacles for external functions.
8. USB plug for connection to computer (USB cable not included)9. Wall adaptor for power.
Applications: Bath Maintenance Alarm.
Using the alarm set, operators can perform bath maintenance at programmed intervals. Plate to Precise Thickness. The alarm will alert the operator at the amp hour countthat produces the desired thickness. Provide Permanent History of Bath.
The total count provides a history of the bath whichcan only be reset by the supervisor. Optional Relays for External Functions.
Two optional relays can be ordered for external usesuch as shutting down a rectifier.


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Monday, January 14, 2013
re-purposing leftovers: chili as a quesadilla filling
A little birdie (a.k.a. our contractor) told me that my go-to Turkey Chili (recently featured on Walter Stewart's site) also makes an excellent filling for quesadillas. Who knew?!
It's true! My (currently soup-averse) 6-year-old proclaimed them "the best quesadillas ever!" when I tried the same tip at one of our family dinners.
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The kick-off for Healthy U's Couch to 5K program will take place Thursday evening in Sedalia. Click to hear KMZU's Sarah Scott speak with Community Outreach Coordinator Sarah Nail:
The eight-week program is designed to prepare people for participation in April's Lub Dub run/walk. Healthy U chose the "Couch to 5K" program because it's an attainable goal for people of all fitness levels.
"It's attainable. 3.1 miles is not without reach for people of a variety of fitness levels," said Nail, "It is a really good short-term goal to have."
The meeting will be held Thursday evening at 6:00 in the Bothwell Education Center.
Press Release from Bothwell Regional Health Center
SEDALIA, MO – Community members who want to sustain motivation to keep their feet moving, and have the chance to earn prizes, will want to sign up for Healthy U's Community C25K (Couch to 5K) program.
Healthy U, a community health and wellness initiative, will host a kick-off meeting at 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Bothwell Education Center. Information about the program and training schedules will be distributed at the meeting. The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The deadline to register is March 4.
"We want to encourage our community to get moving, and thought organizing a Couch to 5K program would be an excellent way to get folks of all fitness levels involved," said Sarah Nail, community outreach coordinator at Bothwell Regional Health Center and chairwoman of the Healthy Living Action Group, which is responsible for Healthy U.
The Healthy U C25K program is designed to prepare participants to walk, jog or run a 5K, or 3.1 miles. Registered participants, who must be at least 18 years of age, will be provided with an eight-week training schedule that includes at least three required workouts per week. Each week the training schedule adds duration leading up to the final week when participants will be prepared to complete a 5K. Training schedules are minimum requirements; participants can engage in more physical activity than what is listed on the schedule.
Participants can register as an individual or a member of a team. Teams must have six to eight people. At least one team member is required to attend the kick-off at 6 p.m., Feb. 28, in the Bothwell Education Center.
Participants must declare which training schedule they wish to complete. Beginners who have never walked a 5K before, and are currently engaged in little to no physical activity may want to register for the walking program. Those who are capable of walking three miles, even if it involves a break for rest, should be able to complete the intermediate training schedule. Joggers or runners who can complete 3.1 miles without stopping, but would like to improve their time, would be best suited for the advanced training schedule.
Weekly random drawings for prizes will be conducted. To be eligible, participants must be registered for the Healthy U Community C25K program and complete the three workouts of the week as designated by their respective training schedule. Participants completing all eight weeks of the program will also be entered into a grand prize drawing. Teams that have all members completing all eight weeks will be entered into a team grand prize drawing.
The program leads up to the Bothwell Foundation's Lub Dub 5/10K Run/Walk on April 27. Participants are encouraged, but not required, to participate.
"Completing a 5K is an attainable goal," Nail said. "Having an event to train for is a wonderful tool to keep you motivated when you would otherwise not move from the couch. We'll have some pretty great prizes to give away on a weekly basis too, so that should keep participants engaged as well."
Registration forms are available at the Bothwell Education Center, Pettis County Health Center, Pettis County Community Partnership, Pettis County MU Extension office or Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri. Forms can also be found online at brhc.org or at facebook.com/HUPettisCounty.
Healthy U is a project of the Healthy Living Action Group, which includes Bothwell Regional Health Center, Katy Trail Community Health, Pettis County Health Center, Boys and Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri, Pettis County Community Partnership and University of Missouri Extension.
Healthy U sponsors include HLAG agencies and The Sedalia Body Shop, Elite Fitness, Total Fitness Gym, Backbone of Health, Woods Supermarket, Bodyworks Day Spa, Blue Ribbon Steering Committee, Pro-Velo, Champion Cycles, Pittsburgh Corning, Home State Health, LTL Corp., Healthcare USA, Missouri Care and Third National Bank.
For more information, contact Sarah Nail at (660) 827-9138 or [email protected]


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The Tai Chi club at UC Davis is a club1 for those interested in doing Tai Chi and having fun!
We practice Tai Chi (t'ai-chi ch'uan : 太極拳 : tàijíquán / taijiquan)2 in its different traditional forms:
- solo Form (ch'uan : 拳 : quán / quan)2 practice;
- pushing hands (t'ui-shou : 推手 : tuīshǒu / tuishou)2 martial play;
- traditional training with the following implements:
- staff/pole (kun : 棍 : gùn / gun)2,
- sabre/broadsword (tao : 刀 : dāo / dao)2,
- straight sword (gien : 劍 : jiàn / jian)2;
and we also engage in other Tai Chi and Ch'i Kung (氣功 : qìgōng / qigong)2 related practices.
We welcome anyone who is interested and enthusiastic about Tai Chi, regardless of your experience. Everyone at the club is willing to teach those willing to learn. However, those who are new to this discipline are encouraged to take any of the recreational, not-for-credit courses of formal Tai Chi classes that are offered in the Martial Arts program at the Experimental College on the UC Davis campus (see Experimental College Classes for more information). This is because it is important to learn the fundamentals and basics from a master. (While all of us at the club like to teach we couldn't rightly say we are that skilled!)
Depending on their own interests, each club member is free to come to whatever practices they are interested in. After all, everyone is different. You do not have to attend every practice!
This year there are plans to have a few potlucks and movie nights as a whole club. We also plan on inviting other martial arts masters to Davis to hold workshops. Coming Spring quarter is the Berkeley Chinese Martial Arts Tournament which we can watch, if not compete in.
There is a yearly club fee to help pay for club expenses, social gatherings, and to help build a club library of books and other resources for Tai Chi and related martial arts. The fee is $5 for students and $10 for non-students. You can join the club any time throughout the year, just contact us. We will not collect this fee until after a week after our first general information meeting (starting October 27th) so that you can get a feel for what we do first. If you are currently enrolled in an Experimental College Tai Chi course then you are exempt from the fee.
Come join us! :) Join the mailing list by emailing Donovan for updates: <ude.sivadcu|ollirraccd#ude.sivadcu|ollirraccd>.
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1 For those of you who are new to the University of California Davis campus, The Tai Chi Club at UC Davis is an official Student Programs and Activities Center (SPAC) organization, and is open to undergraduate and graduate students, or Business School, Law School, or Medical School students, and also to any post-doctoral fellows, UC Davis staff, or faculty, or to any alumni, and also to Davis residents.
Basically anyone in the community of Davis, California, who is interested in the study, practice and play of Tai Chi is welcome to join us for study, practice and serious play!
2 In the bracketed items above we provide the romanized transliteration of the Mandarin Chinese as well as the Chinese traditional calligraphy characters ('tcc'), as follows:
(Wade-Giles : 'tcc' : Pin-Yin / 'westernized-pin-yin'-sans-tone-marks),
where the Wade-Giles romanization is the older system for transliterating the Chinese languages into a Roman alphabet derived system, which was developed specifically for European language speakers for use in their native language writing,
whereas the Pin-Yin romanization system was developed specifically by the People's Republic of China to facilitate a romanized writing literacy amongst Chinese Mandarin speaking people, and incorporates 'tone-marks' to indicate the all-important tonalities of each phonetic syllable.
We also provide the 'tone-mark'-less version of the Pin-Yin which is often used in westernized non-Chinese print publications, including most newsprint.
Please Note: If your browser does not support the representation of Chinese characters and/or of vowels with 'accent' marks over them, then you may be observing gobbledygook in their place!
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It's time to celebrate Hollywood's 2017's pile of trash
It's the most wonderful time of the year. It's the time when I look back at the most boring, infuriating, and just plain terrible films of the year. Of course, every year has there own pile of garbage that needs to be recognized along with the best. 2017 has been, for the most part, a great year for movies but we've also gotten some truly terrible films. Yes, we've received movies from failed cinematic universe starters to unfunny comedies to stories about crazy women to talking machines. All of these films either gave me a headache, bored me out of my mind, made me roll my eyes or made me fall asleep. Since I had to endure them, I compiled this list so you don't have to. Without further ado, here are my 10 worst movies of 2017.


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Rachel Hauck's acclaimed novel, The Wedding Dress, is now available from Thomas Nelson.
Charlotte owns a chic Birmingham bridal boutique. Dressing brides for their big day is her gift . . . and her passion. But with her own wedding day approaching, why can't she find the perfect dress…or feel certain she should marry Tim?
Then Charlotte discovers a vintage dress in a battered trunk at an estate sale. It looks brand-new-shimmering with pearls and satin, hand-stitched and timeless in its design. But where did it come from? Who wore it? Who welded the lock shut and tucked the dog tags in that little sachet? Who left it in the basement for a ten-year-old girl? And what about the mysterious man in the purple vest who insists the dress had been "redeemed."
Charlotte's search for the gown's history-and its new bride-begins as a distraction from her sputtering love life. But it takes on a life of its own as she comes to know the women who have worn the dress. Emily from 1912. Mary Grace from 1939. Hillary from 1968. Each with her own story of promise, pain, and destiny. And each with something unique to share. For woven within the threads of the beautiful hundred-year-old gown is the truth about Charlotte's heritage, the power of courage and faith, and the timeless beauty of finding true love.
Enjoy meeting Charlotte, Tim, Emily & Daniel!
|Photo: Alexx Henry/2009 Crown Media
Brief physical description
Charlotte – Dark. Olive skin, hazel eyes, dark hair.. Famous actress might be Jennifer Esposito from Blue Bloods.
Emily – fair,, brown hair. Has a pompador. Young Greer Garson
Daniel – dark hair.. Can't remember his eyes. Think Robert Wagner when he was young!
Tim – Taylor Kitsch. Nuff said. ;)
Strengths and weaknesses
Emily is strong enough to stand up for what she believes in and confront social norms and racism. But not quite strong enough to defy her father and marry the man she loves. At first…
Charlotte can dress any bride but herself.
Daniel loves Emily but gives up too easily. Yet, he's a man of honor.
Tim can't quite grow up until he realizes he might lose the love of his life.
Your inspiration for the character
Inspiration came from all over the place. The dress had to be a central point of the book so I worked at creating characters that would understand and define the gown.
I'd gone to Nashville for a girl's weekend and we got to talking about weddings and wedding dresses. Something in the conversation triggered my creative juices and I was off in story land dreaming of a hundred year old wedding gown and all of the possible "what ifs."
This book just seemed to write itself. It's a rare for idea hit fast and stick but I knew The Wedding Dress would be a book. I pitched it to my editor a few days later and she was sold on the idea as much as I. I'm glad. I love this story!
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Accounting undergraduate courses teach students how to gather, document, interpret and synthesize financial data and information. Students choose an accountancy major because they not only enjoy numbers, but also enjoy working with people.
Principles of Accountancy Classes
All accountancy students take classes focusing on the fundamental principles of accountancy. These classes cover the essential concepts and skills needed to properly identify, measure and report financial data. Therefore, students learn how to evaluate financial information from the perspectives of a financial expert and a management authority. As a result, students are prepared to successfully collaborate with upper management on financial decisions, planning and controlling. Advanced classes explore applied accountancy theories within the working business environment. Students learn how to create detailed documents that aid executes in making better financial decisions. Other advanced topics include assets, liabilities, payroll, investments and statements of cash flows and financial analysis.
Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
Accounting undergraduate courses always include classes on microeconomics and macroeconomics. These classes delve into the history, terminology and basic theories of these economic specialization areas. Students learn how the principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics play a daily part in individual lives and collective societies. The practical applications and fundamental concepts of microeconomics and macroeconomics are studied through actual economic events and their resulting impact on people's lives. These classes provide the student with a holistic overview of the financial world.
Core Accountancy Classes
One of the most basic class for accountants is cost accountancy. This basic classes teaches budgeting, cost flows, standard systems and inventory controls. It also covers capital asset selection and performance measurement. Advanced classes explore the conceptual frameworks of finance, such as revenue recognition, the time value of money and the income statement and balance sheet. Other important topics include intangible assets, contingency plans and full disclosure issues and associated ethical dilemmas.
classes cover basic topics, such as equity, pensions, retirement, investments and income taxes. A corporate taxation course introduces the student to state and federal corporate taxation regulations. The goal is to prepare students to resolve common tax issues. As an added benefit, students study the laws, history and guidelines of federal taxation. Other core taxation classes cover individual and estate taxation, who prepare the future accountant to file individual tax returns and deal with federal estate taxation issues.
Auditing classes teach students about contemporary auditing theories and practices, including how to analyze financial reports, set internal controls and use an Electronic Data Processing (EDP) system. Students master basic concepts, such as auditing tools, standards, evidence and documentation. They also learn about planning, implementing and evaluating a comprehensive audit program. Advanced audit classes cover audit reports, legal responsibilities and professional ethics.
What are the Benefits of Becoming an Accountant?
A degree in accountancy provides a structured, clear career path with plenty of potential for growth. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), accountants have excellent earning potential. The BLS projects the average annual salary at over $63,000. Equally important, accountants enjoy flexibility when it comes to work location and job specialization. That is, accountants are universally needed and can work in the four main accountancy branches: taxes, auditing, financial and management.
In short, accounting undergraduate courses thoroughly prepare students to become successful accountants who are competent and knowledgeable.


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After Jesse's announcement went live last week, I've been asked repeatedly how we first connected. Here's how it happened …
The first time Jesse Williams and I met, we were at a TED Conference in Vancouver hilariously discussing whether the bathroom he was about to enter was the men's restroom or not. I met him, got a picture with him, and honestly thought that would be the last time I saw him. Then as fate and Oprah (yes Oprah is like fate) would have it, we were both named to Oprah's Super Soul 100 list and were invited to brunch at OWN to meet Oprah with a small group of others who made the list.
Jesse and I started talking and he went on to tell me that he actually recognized me from Shark Tank and we discussed Scholly, his amazing app Ebroji, and education in America. It was clear we were like minded and I wanted to find a way he could get involved with Scholly.
Initially, I went to him asking for a simple tweet about the company, but of course Jesse saw Scholly as something bigger, a movement to change lives across America and wanted to be even more involved. Jesse is obviously an amazing activist and a voice for many who are silenced, Scholly was the natural next step.
So I asked him to join Scholly and our movement to help students across the world pay for college. He accepted, and today we are thrilled to announce that Jesse has joined our team! As our Chief Brand Ambassador and a Board Member, Jesse will leverage his platform to introduce Scholly to even more students, helping them access even more funds for college.


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Pizza is one of my best friends. It has saved many a hectic evening from ending up in the fast food drive-thru. We buy our pizzas from a couple of different, local, independent pizzerias. I read about a pizzeria in Minnesota that I'd order from all the time if it were near me. Galactic Pizza in Minneapolis serves what they call Planet Saving Pizza.
First of all, pizza is delivered via electric car by spandex-wearing Super Heroes. That's enough to get anyone's attention, but there's more.
They take the word local in "local pizza" quite seriously with their Paul Bunyon pizza. All of the toppings on the pizza are native to the Minnesota ecosystem — mozzarella cheese, morel mushrooms, wild rice, and free range bison sausage.
There is also the CSA pizza. Galactic has hooked up with Harmony Valley CSA and rotates the toppings on the pizza based on what is fresh, in season and organic.
Another choice that caught my attention is the Second Harvest Heartland pizza. Every time someone orders this pizza that has tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, organic roma tomatoes, garlic, and fresh organic basil on it, $1 gets donated to Minnesota's largest hunger relief organization.
In addition to the creative, do-good pizzas, the restaurant is run by wind energy, many of their topics are organic, the mozzarella cheeses come from cows not treated with rBGH, they strive to use packaging from recycled materials or that is 100 percent biodegradable, and they compost their food waste when possible.
Since I've never eaten at Galactic Pizza, I did a search for reviews of their pizza. Sure, they do things right environmentally, but if the pizza doesn't taste good, it's not worth buying. Both Yelp.com (54 reviews) and City Search (10 reviews) gave the pizza a combined four out of five stars. Seems Galactic Pizza's food is as good as their environmental policies.


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South Africa's Nicole Garcia has had an exciting few weeks, scoring two holes-in-one in her last three tournaments. We caught up with Nicole and asked her a few quick questions...
Who is your favourite golfer?
Out of the men, I would say Tiger Woods. From the women I would probably say Lee-Anne Pace. She's got something a little bit different than many women have
What's your favourite club in your bag?
My driver
What's been your biggest golfing achievement of your career?
Qualifying for the US Women's Open and the Women's British Open in my first year on tour (2014, LET)
Which is your favourite golf course?
George Golf Club in South Africa
What is the one thing you could not live without?
My cats
What is your favourite food?
I love eggs
Who do you most look up to?
My parents
How would you spend your perfect day?
It could go two ways: being at home having a braai with friends or spending the day out at a vineyard
Your favourite city?
Describe yourself in one word?
What do you like doing besides playing golf?
I like to draw and eating. There's nothing better than going to have a good lunch or dinner
If you could travel anywhere where would you go?
What is your most memorable sporting moment?
Watching Jacques Kallis play his last test match and he scored 100 and we were there as friends, it was nice
What's your best golfing tip for a beginner?
Don't give up
Do you have any superstitions before a round?
What's in your golf bag besides golf balls and clubs?
My cousin's house keys, she lives in Dubai. I took them and I forgot to give them back, I went home with them so now I'm just going to keep them in there so if I ever have to stop over I have keys
What are your goals for 2018?
To finish top 20 on the LET order of merit and qualify for the LPGA and if not, to gain Symetra status