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More than 40 million people in over 100 cities across the globe have seen the trailblazing BODY WORLDS exhibition series. Soon the internationally-acclaimed BODY WORLDS Vital exhibition travels to Cape Town, opening at the V&A Waterfront on Women's Day, 9 August, and running until 23 October. Proudly presented by Discovery, this unique exhibition celebrates the wonder, resilience and fragility of the human body. Book now at bodyworldsvital.co.za to get a detailed look at the human body's keenly intelligent design, explore how it functions, and see what happens when disease strikes.
BODY WORLDS returns to Cape Town but with a new, more advanced presentation, a new theme, and much more to learn and experience. Most of the Vital exhibits – including ALL of the thirteen full body plastinates – are NEW. The theme of this exhibition is different, this time focusing on health, vitality, the body's athletic potential, and the effects of certain major chronic diseases. By contrast, the last BODY WORLDS exhibition centered on the ageing process.
"As an organisation that continually looks for new ways to help people live healthier lives, we believe Dr Gunther von Hagens' groundbreaking preservation process offers people a real-life opportunity to experience the wonder of the human body," says Discovery Health CEO, Dr Jonathan Broomberg. "A specific focus for Discovery is to give people relevant tools and support to take care of their health and wellness at every stage of their lives, and through preventive medicine and innovative lifestyle interventions, our aim is to help prevent the onset and manage health conditions affected by lifestyle choices," adds Broomberg.
Visitors to the exhibition are invited to explore human anatomy, physiology and health through around 180 authentic whole-body plastinates, individual organs and transparent body slices. Healthy and diseased organs are shown alongside each other, while displays of the nervous and cardiovascular systems show the intricacies of the highly complex human body. Specimens are permanently preserved through the process of Plastination, invented by famed anatomist, Dr. Gunther von Hagens.
Currently on show at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Johannesburg, the exhibition has enjoyed rave reviews from visitors of all ages, school groups and members of the media. "I came out of the Body Worlds Vital exhibition at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown filled with awe," says Jenny de Klerk, 48 Hours, Saturday Star.
"Body Worlds (Vital) really brings everyman face to jarring face with his own mortality: it shows us that, at cellular and molecular level, we are all a complex assemblage of bones, muscles, blood vessels, nerves and other tissue: a humbling thought," says the Financial Mail's Christina Kennedy.
Brought to South Africa by Cape Town-based Great World Exhibitions, the bodies on display have been willed by donors for Plastination to increase public awareness of the human body. To date, more than 15,000 donors around the world have bequeathed their bodies to Dr. von Hagens' Institute for Plastination after death.
There is no minimum age limit and parents are advised to use their discretion when deciding whether the exhibition is right for children in their care. School group discounts are also available at www.bodyworldsvital.co.za.
V&A Watershed, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
Opening Times
9am – 6pm, 7 days a week. Last admission: 5pm
Estimated time to view the entire exhibition: 1.5 - 2 hours
Ticket Prices (excludes Audio Guide)
Adults (18 years+): Discounted weekdays: R120 pp;
Weekends, public holidays and school holidays: R160 pp
Children* (6 to 17 years): Any day, special child rate: R100 pp
Children 5 years and younger: Free
Family (2 adults + 2 children or 1 adult + 3 children)
Discounted weekdays: R360. Weekends, public holidays and school holidays: R440
Audio Guides: R40 per unit
Bookings and Time-Slot tickets
To avoid possible disappointment, pre-online bookings are recommended. Tickets can also be purchased at the venue, subject to availability. Tickets are sold in 30-minute time slots to prevent overcrowding. When purchasing a ticket online, select the 30-minute period during which you wish to arrive at the exhibition. Once you have entered the exhibition, you are welcome to stay as long as you want within opening hours.
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Metro Schools today announced the status of school leaders for the district's 12 priority schools, taking the first major step in the next phase of the turnaround process for these schools. The announcement follows an extensive diagnostic evaluation that took place this fall, which identified each school's greatest challenges and needs. This analysis allowed the district to develop short-term support plans for the current school year and select the right principals to lead the turnaround efforts going forward at each school. Newly-named principals will be placed in the schools starting next school year, but will begin work this spring to develop a multi-year turnaround plan specific to their school's needs.
Five of the 12 priority schools will have new principals in the 2015-16 school year: Inglewood Elementary, Napier Elementary, Joelton Middle, Madison Middle and Neely's Bend Middle. Two of these changes are being made based on decisions by the current principals. The current principal at Napier Elementary is retiring and the current principal at Neely's Bend has chosen to take another position in the district, which will be announced at a later date. No principal changes will take place before the end of the current school year.
Click to read about the new leaders and the plans for each priority school.
Current principals will remain in place at Churchwell Elementary, Kirkpatrick Elementary, Whitsitt Elementary, Jere Baxter Middle and Pearl-Cohn High going into the 2015-16 school year. Principals at Buena Vista Elementary and Bailey Middle will remain in place contingent upon end-of-year results, since principals at these schools are completing three-year turnaround plans funded by a federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) this year.
Eight of the district's 12 priority schools are eligible to receive new SIG funding from the U.S. Department of Education this year. In order to qualify for SIG funds, priority school principals must have a demonstrated capacity for school improvement. Leaders at all 12 schools have gone through an extensive application and screening process to ensure they have the unique qualities needed in a turnaround leader. Some schools would be ineligible for SIG funding without a change in leadership.
"Each of the leaders we've chosen is the right fit for that school," said Director of Schools Dr. Jesse Register. "They were carefully selected using a rigorous application and interview process that looked at demonstrated successes and ideas for the future. We are confident in these decisions and know that these leaders will build collaborative cultures that will propel their schools toward rapid improvement."
Now that school leaders have been identified, the next phase of the turnaround process involves each leader developing a long-term plan for school improvement. This extensive planning and community engagement effort will run through the spring and into summer.
The next step in the process is to allow the school principals to select a core group of teacher leaders from the MNPS Turnaround Corps. These teachers will help principals in the planning process this spring and help lead their school turnaround efforts starting next school year.
New school leaders are being named and placed now so they can start work right away, without having to wait until the summer. Principals new to the district will be paid to work this spring before their official start dates.
"Once schools start looking at SIG funding, there's a tremendous opportunity to try new things and implement proven strategies," said Dr. Register. "These leaders will draft excellent improvement plans that will serve as the basis of the SIG application. They can draw upon the work we've been doing since August. The data profiles we put together are the result of months of collecting data, listening to parents and teachers and observing instructional practice. With those diagnostics and their own expertise in education, they have a very good base to start with."
Schools that received SIG funding in previous years are not eligible to apply again. School Improvement Grants at Bailey, Buena Vista, Churchwell and Napier will expire at the end of this school year. Rather than planning for a SIG application, these school leaders will work with the district to ensure the sustainability of strategies in their current school turnaround plans are built into their budgets for next year. Each of these schools improved to "satisfactory" on the district's Academic Performance Framework last year and will be expected to meet aggressive academic achievement targets to stay on track to exit the state's priority schools list.
All 12 priority schools will develop their plans for improvement in consultation with the school community through a thorough engagement process. Principals are expected to hold parent meetings and bring parents and community members into planning sessions where they can be a part of the turnaround process. Community and parent engagement will also be built into the final versions of each school's plan, so that this critical part of school improvement is sustained and becomes an integral part of the school's culture. The eight schools eligible for SIG funds will have planning resources available this spring for specialized parent training sessions to ensure parent engagement in the planning process and going forward.
Attention will also be paid to needed wrap-around services in these schools through the addition of the Community Achieves model. This model, now in its third year, provides schools with a framework and process to strategically align partners and volunteers to school needs and outcomes. Community Achieves, part of the national network of the Coalition for Community Schools, will leverage existing and strong school partnerships across Nashville in order to support priority school goals and student achievement. Funding for Community Achieves in the priority schools, including staffing, is expected to be part of the final budget proposal submitted to the Board of Education later this spring.
Each school is unique and is being served in ways that best fit its individual needs. Attached is a Fact Sheet outlining what will happen at each school.

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Tattler: Do you see yourself primarily as a representative of the community or as a representative of the school system?
Cruz Vargas: I believe an effective School Board member should be a representative of both sides so i don't see these being mutually exclusive. So I see myself - and will continue to be - a representative of both families and teachers alike.
Tattler: What is your own experience with public education?
Tattler: What is your own experience with public education?
Cruz Vargas: As a student, my experience dates back a generation as my own parents were very involved in my school's parent associations. When I was 8 years old, I asked my parents to transfer me to a private school. To which my dear mom replied "honey, a school doesn't make students. It's the students and their families that make the school". Needless to say, I've only attended public schools: from kindergarten through International Baccalaureate in Mexico to my degree at UC Berkeley.
As a parent, our experience with public schools has also been very positive. The best example I can provide is that my daughter is the product of our district's ESL program - allowing her to quickly and productively integrate into our educational system.
Tattler: What are your priorities for the district in the coming year? Why and how did you select these issues.
Cruz Vargas: For a more detailed view, I recommend visiting my website: www.iloveEmeryville.com.
I believe the first priority is to bring all of us together around the shared common ground: the education of our children. Second, we'll empower our teachers by providing the tools and resources required so we can transition quickly to the full utilization of all our new resources and technology. I believe our third priority should be to focus on our curriculum to further incorporate enrichment programs including STEM, arts/music and to evaluate programs such as International Baccalaureate.
To build this view of priorities, I have met with - and I'm endorsed by - our teacher's association and both current and former board members; and have met with many of the families that have the drive to move our district forward.
Tattler: In 2012 more than 90% of teachers at Emery signed the 'Teachers Resolution' expressing no confidence in the former Superintendent of the Schools. The teachers asked the Board for their support with the Resolution but the Board refused and ignored the request of virtually the entire teaching staff (please see the Tattler for details). More recently the teachers were united in their voices to delay the opening of the ECCL citing student safety and lack of curriculum reasons. Again the Board ignored the teachers request. The teachers at Emery have felt their voices are not being heard by the Board of the Administration. Please explain what you think broke down in these two cases.
Cruz Vargas: As the only registered candidate endorsed by the Emery Teacher's Association, I do not take this responsibility lightly. The past is behind, let's learn from it. I encourage the other candidates to meet for the first time with our Teacher's Association and to pledge their support to our wonderful teachers, administrators and supporting staff regardless of the outcome. We are here to move forward together, for the sake of our children.
Tattler: Parents too felt ignored by the Board during planning meetings for ECCL when they requested hearings into the wisdom of closing Anna Yates Elementary School. The Board refused to entertain holding even a single meeting to gauge public concern or hear the parent's and citizen's ideas. Please explain what you think broke down when parents and citizens were not listened to.
Cruz Vargas: As a parent, I attended multiple sessions and hearings regarding ECCL aimed to gather input from parents and from the community. More importantly, I believe we should focus on moving our beautiful, state-of-the-art school forward. We will only achieve this together with your vote and your support. Thanks. Cruz J Vargas.


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Biography Toke Møldrup
Toke Møldrup
The Danish cellist Toke Møldrup, 37, received Queen Ingrid's Honorary Award for his achievements on the Danish music scene in 2014. In the 20 years of his career so far, he has performed both across Europe and in the United States, South America, Japan and the Middle East at venues such as the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Wigmore Hall, Vienna's Musikverein and the Berlin Konzerthaus. A frequent guest at Danish music societies, Møldrup has performed as a soloist with Danish and international symphony orchestras under conductors such as Aldo Ceccato, Sanntu Rouvali, Lan Shui and Joshua Weilerstein, and at festivals such as Bergen International Festival, Lincoln International Chamber Music Festival, Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival and Oberstdorf Music Summer. With a keen interest in developing the repertoire of the cello he has premiered many works by contemporary composers, among them the European premiere of John Williams' cello concerto, Geoffrey Gordon's cello concerto and Christian Winther Christensen's concerto for cello and accordion. In 2017, he released the 6 suites for cello by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Toke Møldrup is principal cellist of the Copenhagen Philharmonic and since 2005 a teacher at the Royal Danish Academy of Music where he previously studied with his mentors, professors Morten Zeuthen and Tim Frederiksen.
A graduate of the Hochschule für Musik, Karlsruhe, with professor Martin Ostertag, he has studied privately and at master classes with capacities such as Valter Despálj, Hans Jensen, Ralph Kirschbaum and Yo-Yo Ma. Another important influence on his musical development is The Alban Berg Quartet with whom he learned from as a part of the Paizo Quartet, winner of the Grand Prize at The Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition in 2003. He plays a David Tecchler cello (Rome, 1697) courtesy of the Augustinus Foundation.


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This is a story of Al an adult baby who intentionaly messes himself in public. Al has never went a day in his life without diapers on. His family did'nt beleive in it they always said diapers are the best toilet on earth. To him everyone who used a toilet was silly and immature and should be in a diaper. His daddy and mommy had worn diapers all there life and they were'nt going to let there only son grow out of his either. So on with Al's first experience with the humiliation of messing himself in front of people without it being acceptable. He was 14 years old at the time and sheltered fromeverydaysociety, his overprotective mother made surehe did not come into contact withother people in their town. Most of their neighbors considered his family strange as they did'nt own toilets and their trash could be smelled a mile away (supposedly from their dirty diapers). Everyone on their block called them the poopy pooper poople dumps cause Al's family always had a dirty diaper on. Al, who wanted to see what the outside world was like, decided to sneek out of his house oneday and go to the mall to see what other people were like. When he arrived at the mall, after a long, slow diaper filling walk from his house, he walked into J.C.Penny. At first he was taken aback by all the hustle bustle of the ever moving shoppers but after sighting the baby section and seeing objects familiar to him he calmed down. Al first went over to the playpens and hopped right into one after picking up some baby toys to play with. After being in it for a few minutes a saleswoman came to see what he was doing in the playpen. She asked may I help you young man. Al replied with yes you can I need my diaper changed and my mommy is at home I've pooped and peed this one full! The saleswoman stunned by his statement told him to get out of the playpen immediately or she was calling security. Scared and confused Al climbed out of the pen and ran to the nearest exit into the mall. Al didn't know what to do seeing as he'd never been in public before. All the people swarmed around him like bees in a hive and he didn't understand. All passersby looked at him funny because he had on P.J.s and had a pacifier in his mouth and smelled like the city sewer. Al didn't know how to handle this situation. Terrified and worried he started crying and screaming like a little baby. All the sudden a woman came up to him and asked him what was wrong. Al bellowed My mommies gone and my diaper needs changing! The woman, who was round with soft complexion and baby like smile, told Al to come with her and she would see what she could do for him. The kind and gentle lady guided Al to the women's bathroom and told him to set on the changing table and wait while she went to the pharmacy in the mall to buy some diapers his size. While waiting many women came up to Al in the bathroom asking what he was doing on the changing table. Al exclaimed I've filled my diaper and nice woman going to change me. Most just shook their heads and walked out thinking he was some adolescent pervert looking for a free peep show. After about 15 minutes thenice lady came back with a full bag of diapers, baby wipes and baby powder. She toldAl to lay back and she would clean up his messy bottom. After being rediaperd and cleaned she asked Al where he lived and said she'd take him there if he wanted. More than eager, now that he knew what the public was like, he agreed. Upon walking out of the bathroom, no sooner than walking a minute, Al told the kind lady he had to poop again. The lady asked if he could wait till they got to the car and Al said I'm sorry I've got to poop and now as he was saying it he squatted down in the floor. Passerbys looked at him funny and wondered what he was doing squatting in the floor. But everyone knew what he had done shortly thereafter. For surrounding him know was an awful cloud of stench. People gagged and coughed as they walked by sensing his loss of bowel control. Al looking around in amazement couldn't understand why people wouldn't accept him using his diapers in public. Puzzled and feeling uncomfortable he ran out of the mall leaving the nice lady diaper changer behind. On his way home Al's diaper leaked badandhe had to stop twice and pee. When he arrived at homehis mother wasworried sick about him. She asked where have you been and where didyouget that cheap leaky diaper at. Al told his momwhat he had done and promised never to leave their house again without her.Al's grudge against the normal public has never diminished in its ferocity and to this day anytime Al goes into the mall he intentionallypoops and pees his diaper full so everyone around him will go shoo!!!
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Making The Best Out Of Your Pregnancy
There is much information you must learn when attempting to conceive or expecting a child. Every part of your life will be impacted by pregnancy. Trying to learn everything right can be a challenge.
Buy maternity clothing as soon as possible. This will keep you feel more relaxed during the process.There is nothing wrong with getting some maternity clothes during your early on. You must pick out the clothing is both comfortable and feels comfortable.
Learn how to track your menstrual cycles if you are trying to conceive. Knowing your cycles helps you by scheduling the best times to get pregnant.
Make sure to keep all doctors appointments are kept so you can stay on top of any potential situations earlier. The appointments is that you need to see the doctor to monitor your pregnancy.
Try not to gain excessive amounts of weight while you are pregnant. Gaining too much can pose a health problems and it will be hard to lose later. Average women should expect to gain somewhere between 15 and thirty pounds during the entire course of pregnancy.
Wear sunscreen if you are pregnant, even if you didn't really require it before. You should also avoid using a tanning beds. Pregnancy increases sun sensitivity, increasing your chances of both sunburn and sunspots.
Cleaning products can be quite dangerous, so try switching to natural products. Once you've had your baby, don't let the chemicals back!
Take a trip to the hospital or place where you're going to give birth. Tour it and become acquainted with the staff. You can ask questions and start establishing peace of mind.
You should attend pregnancy class when you're first expecting. Learning about pregnancy in a classroom setting will help to ease with your situation. Take this opportunity to ask those important questions that you might have.
Late pregnancy is a time when this situation occurs.Stretch before bed to avoid them. Staying properly hydrated and eating potassium-rich foods will help to keep cramps from happening.
Don't procrastinate with the dates since babies don't always control when the baby decides to arrive.
Don't use a hot tubs or saunas while you are pregnant. An overheated body can do serious damage to your developing baby.You need to avoid clary sage, clary sage, in particular.
A pregnant women is the sports bra.The added support will fight against aches caused by fluctuating breast size. You should also avoid tight underwear to use while you're pregnant; don't stick to your small panties which can dig into your skin.
Do not consume any alcohol at all when you're pregnant. When a woman who is pregnant drinks, the alcohol is passed to the unborn baby through the placenta. This is the reason why pregnant women should not drink.
Don't just sit down for prolonged periods of time. This is because the strain while the woman is pregnant. Swelling can increase when you sit for long periods of time at a desk or in any one position. To cut down on swelling, lay on the left side when falling asleep, let your feet soak in some cold water, don't wear socks that have tight bands and avoid crossing your ankles when you sit.
You don't have to know all information at the same time. You will have several months to prepare yourself to be a mother. You have time to accumulate the knowledge you will need. Start with the advice that this article has taught you, and expand on that as you move forward. These tips can help you be more relaxed and help you to treasure every moment of your pregnancy.


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Game: Eat And Shut It
Eat And Shut It, is a 2D videogame made in Unity3D engine. Is a casual-arcade videogame where you have to eat all food, that a tree who is in the center of the screen, drops for you. You control a "chest" - like character (as a treasure chest), moving him to left, right and jumping too. If one drop fall down to the floor, the game ends. Each heartbeat of the tree, means a drop(s) is(are) coming down.
Executable or Installer
1) Execute EatAndShutIt-Setup.exe
2) Follow installation instructions: Installation Path, Desktop Icon, Group Name, etc...
3) Play.
* Keyboard:
1) Press left and right keys to move.
2) Press space bar to jump.
1) Use Left Axes to move left and right.
2) Press A Button (or B button) to jump.
Note: Verify your keyboard and gamepad configuration if you are experiencing troubles.
Tools and Technologies
Unity (any product)
Video link
Jam Site
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 07:17
Source File(s)
|Angel Gonzalez
|José Roberto Moreno Ruiz
|Oriana Laplana Curtido
|Mario Garcia Lazaro
Art: Oriana Laplana (Lead) / Ángel (Sabatas) González.
Programming: Mario García / José (Chepe) Moreno.
Audio: José (Chepe) Moreno / Ángel (Sabatas) González.


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Women remain underrepresented at every level in corporate America, despite earning more college degrees than men for thirty years and counting. There is a pressing need to do more, and most organizations realize this: company commitment to gender diversity is at an all-time high for the third year in a row.
Despite this commitment, progress continues to be too slow—and may even be stalling. One of the most powerful reasons for this is a simple one: we have blind spots when it comes to diversity, and we can't solve problems that we don't see or understand clearly. In fact, a majority of men and 1 in 3 women think that if women make up 10% of executive roles at a company, the organization is on the right path.


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By: Jillian Lauren
Can't wait until the April 27th release date of Some Girls? I'll be signing copies at The LA Times Festival of Books this weekend. I'll be with Tony DuShane at the Book Soup booth on Saturday at 5pm (booth 330 in zone C). Come by and see me. Tariku will be there tossing books at the heads of passers by.
Also, at 8:30 AM on Thursday, you can hear me do a heavily caffeinated interview on The Peter Tilden Morning Show. It'll be streaming live at www.kabc.com.


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By David Kowalski (originally written 2-8-13)
More than 100 million pilgrims from India and abroad are expected to attend the 55-day Maha Kumbh festival – an event held once very twelve years in which Hindus bathe in the Ganges to wash away their sins. We should feel no sense of personal superiority to these people nor harbor any feelings of derision toward them. Love for them, though, would have us pray and labor that they find the true source of cleansing from sin:
"Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him." – Romans 5:9
"In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace." – Ephesians 1:7
"…having made peace through the blood of His cross." – Colossians 1:20
"Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy placeby the blood of Jesus" – Hebrews 10:19
"knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ." – 1 Peter 1:18-19
Years ago, I had the privilege of knowing Morris Williams, who had been a missionary to Africa for over forty years. He is one of the small number of people I have known that I feel comfortable calling a man or woman of God – not a reference to his justified state but to his life as a servant.
A friend told me of an incident when he was taking a class on world religions taught by Morris Williams. Brother Williams was writing on a board, constructing a comparison chart of the varied beliefs of different religions. When Williams turned to face the class, tears were coursing down his face as he said with a broken voice, "These people are lost, without Jesus."
"We cannot love the people of this world and leave them as they are." – Morris Williams
Morris Williams was not ashamed of the gospel. He considered it the power of God unto salvation and spent his life spreading the good news:
"Let's not beat around the bush. Let's not pretend that we are no threat to other persuasions. We are a threat…because we are out to convince…to convert…to change men's minds. Our objective is to free all captives…to turn Muslims to Christ…Hindus to Christ…Animists to Christ…agnostics to Christ…Buddhists to Christ…Communists to Christ. Let's say it as it is. We proselyte. We seek to enter every stronghold of Satan and take captives….Jesus said 'Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.' We are committed to worldwide conquest…to bringing every man into the kingdom of God!" – Morris Williams
Let's not forget what we are here for. People such as the millions at the Maha Kumbh festival need to hear the good news of the blood that cleanses us from sin.
© Copyright 2013, David Kowalski. All rights reserved. Links to this post are encouraged. Do not repost or republish without permission.


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Stakeholders and project managers often judge the success of a project plan meeting by how well everyone gets along. But they are making a mistake. One of the key outcomes from the planning process should be to surface any conflicts about the scope, deliverables and resources. It is better to have those disagreements aired and resolved during the planning phase than have them erupt half way through the project. Project Plan Main Page
Project Plan Step One: Surface Expectation Differences
First, as the project manager, you do not take sides in the conflict. Your best position is that you don't care which side wins. You just want the conflict resolved before work begins on the project. Basically, you are on the sidelines for the whole project plan meeting. But you periodically sprinkle gasoline on any smoldering embers of conflict until they are all put out.
Why should you go to this trouble? Why not smooth-over any conflicts about expectations and requirements now? That will get the project plan approved and let you start work. That's what the boss wants. The answer is that the conflicts you smooth-over in the project planning meeting always rear their ugly heads halfway through the project. Then they slow the work down and may even cause problems with the availability of team resources. Experienced project managers know that there will be plenty of unexpected conflicts that arise as the project progresses. You don't need to have known conflicts festering and bursting into flames late in the project. Resolving these expectation differences now, during the planning meeting, is a form of risk avoidance.
Project Plan Step Two: Draft the Project Plan
The second part of this technique is in how you write your draft project plan. As an example, on a customer service project you would never define a deliverable with wording like, "Improve the quality of answers given to customers who call Customer Service." That's a terrible way to define a deliverable. It's just motherhood and apple pie mush. It's not specific enough for anyone to disagree or raise differences of opinion. It allows every stakeholder to define their own expectation for the accuracy level. And their expectations will vary wildly. You need to surface and resolve these differences, then get agreement on their expectations of the deliverable.
Here is another problem with the "Improve quality of the answers given to customers who call Customer Service" statement. It doesn't give you or the team any of idea what the accuracy level goal is on the answers given to customers. Here is a better way to define the deliverable; "Improve the accuracy of answers given to customers from 61% to 71%. Some stakeholders may want 90% accuracy and others will want less. But now the discussion can focus on the differences in cost and time (duration) between various specific accuracy levels.
Once again, your role is not to take sides or voice your own opinion. Instead, your job is to quantify the tradeoffs in terms of cost and time between the various accuracy levels. You use project management software to model these options. For example, you would say, "Going to 91% accuracy would increase costs by $18,000 and increase the project duration by 8 weeks. Is that what you want?" The one issue you are very firm on is that no improvement in accuracy is free. The tradeoff always has a cost and duration impact. Your stance on this is very important. If you let your stakeholders believe that they can change the project scope for free, you will face a constant flow of change requests throughout the project. And, stakeholders will be angry if you tell them there is a cost.
You learn all of those skills in our project management basics courses. Take a look at the basics course in your specialty.
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Cambridge Companion to Popular Fiction, romances receive little sustained attention. The same could be said of many other genres, however, for the Companion is attempting to cover a great many different forms of popular fiction (in a variety of media), over a period of more than 200 years and across a range of cultures (though the focus is on fictions from the UK and US) and also discusses readers and the act of reading.
The editors, David Glover and Scott McCracken, state that "In editing this Companion, one of our main aims has been to place the growth and development of contemporary popular fiction in historical perspective" (4-5). Erin A. Smith, for example, mentions that there was an "absence of international copyright before 1891" (143) and Nicola Humble notes that
The idea of reading as ideally something communal survives for a very long time: the image of the family huddled around the hearth listening to the next episode of an exciting story was a key component in the Victorian bourgeois fantasy of the ideal home. Even the reading group proper - the organised regular meeting of non-family members to share their reading or recount their reading experiences - has a much longer history than we might assume. Historians have uncovered evidence of groups of rural women in sixteenth-century France gathering in the evenings to read Le Roman de la Rose. (87-88)In reading the volume, some of the changes already undergone by popular fiction recall current challenges faced by the publishing industry. For example, David Glover, in his chapter on "Publishing, history, genre," briefly outlines "the dominant role played by the private subscription libraries like Mudie's or W. H. Smith's in supplying what would otherwise be relatively high-priced new novels to the largest pool of regular readers of fiction" (16). Their business model was dependent on the " 'triple-decker' or three-volume format that had become the norm among publishers at the beginning of the nineteenth century" (16). Given the current allegations that
Mr. Shanks, the CEO of Penguin, twice chastised Random House for continuing to sell ebooks under the wholesale model and criticized RH for "not helping the group." "Mr Shanks also encouraged a large print and e-book retailer to punish the other publisher for not joining Defendants' conspiracy. In March 2010, Mr. Shanks sent an email message to an executive of the retailer complaining that the publisher "has chosen to stay on their current model and allow retailers to sell at whatever price they wish." Mr. Shanks argued that "[s]ince Penguin is looking out for [your] welfare at what appears to be great costs to us, I would hope that [you] would be equally brutal to Publishers who have thrown in with your competition with obvious disdain for your welfare…I hope you make [the publisher] hurt like Amazon is doing to [the Publisher Defendants]. Likely this is referring to Barnes and Noble. (Dear Author)it is interesting to note that
the world of the circulating libraries was far less stable than is often supposed. When Mudie's ran into financial difficulties in 1863, a group of publishers put up the lion's share of the money that kept it afloat as a limited liability company. (23)Glover himself draws attention to the parallels between past and present events when he writes that
The tension between the ever-cheaper formats devised for reprints and the high fixed price of the triple-decker was finally resolved by the death of the latter. [...] Faced with a drop in the number of potential subscribers, Mudie's and Smith's [...] attempted to slow the rapidly diminishing shelf-life of their books and to reduce competition from increasingly affordable reprints by pressing publishers not to bring out cheap editions of any of the titles they had sold to the libraries for at least a year - a clash that parallels the twenty-first-century conflict between cinema chains and film companies over the appropriate time-lag between the first showing of a movie and its availability on DVD. But in 1894 the triple-decker was already living on borrowed time and by 1897 it was virtually extinct, a victim of long-term changes in the structure of the fiction market. (24)Happier parallels between past and present can be detected in the opening paragraph of Nicholas Daly's chapter on "Fiction, theatre and early cinema." We're used to seeing tie-ins between print and film versions of fiction:
It was widely averred in the nineteenth century that the novel was the century's dominant form; indeed, at the end of this period critics spoke of the 'tyranny' of the novel. But this was only a partial truth, insofar as for much of this period the novel maintained complicated symbiotic relationships with other cultural forms, particularly drama: in this respect, popular plots, characters and settings were amphibious, gliding from novel to stage, and, more rarely, from stage to novel. (33)The "amphibious" nature of popular culture was earlier highlighted in the introduction:
Popular forms such as romance have been remarkably adaptable across cultures and across media. For example, Latin American telenovelas are melodramatic, serialised television dramas with romantic themes that relate to novelas rosas, the Spanish equivalent of anglophone formula romance. While telenovelas have a clear origin and cultural base, starting in Mexico in the 1950s, with Brazil now the biggest producer, their audience now extends beyond the Hispanic population of the Americas to Eastern Europe, Asia and parts of the Middle East and Africa. Some have even been remade for different national audiences. The Colombian, Yo soy Betty la fea, became Ugly Betty in the United States, but there are also versions in at least fifteen other languages. (9)Glover and McCracken raise a note of caution, however, lest it be assumed that a global market be assumed to imply a homogenous global audience:
As McCracken shows with the example of crime writer Walter Mosley, popular fiction circulates between local and global markets, taking on different meanings in different places. Yet there is relatively little known about the nuances of the different receptions of popular fictions in different places and contexts. If, as Humble makes clear, research into audiences and reading communities has become an indispensable element in the study of popular fiction, there is no shortage of questions in search of answers. (9)One of those questions is raised, but left unanswered, in Kaye Mitchell's discussion of lesbian pulp fictions. She begins by quoting Diane Hamer, who stated that
-----What distinguishes [Ann] Bannon stories from conventional romance (apart from the gender of her characters is the fact that here, the nature of desire, restless and insatiable, works against this compulsory closure. Instead of the perhaps more comforting endings conventional romance offers its readers, Bannon has captured accurately the contradictory experience of sexuality and desire in her recognition that sexual desire (heterosexual or lesbian) often works against the stability of monogamous coupling. [...][...] I will leave open the question of whether popular fictions concerned with sexuality - whether straight or gay - are always marked, in their structural and ideological inconsistencies, by 'the nature of desire, restless and insatiable', or whether it is such fictions that are responsible for producing this particular understanding of desire as, necessarily, uncontainable, uncontrollable, liable to wander. This ultimate refusal of closure/satiation of desire (including readerly desire) always leaves open the possibility of another story and, therefore, of continuing consumption; this explains, in part, popular fiction's investment in seriality. (133)
The Cambridge Companion to Popular Fiction. Ed. David Glover and Scott McCracken. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2012.
- Introduction - David Glover and Scott McCracken
- Publishing, history, genre - David Glover
- Fiction, theatre and early cinema - Nicholas Daly
- Television and serial fictions - John Caughie
- The public sphere, popular culture and the true meaning of the zombie apocalypse - Roger Luckhurst
- The reader of popular fiction - Nicola Humble
- Reading time: popular fiction and the everyday - Scott McCracken
- Gender and sexuality in popular fiction - Kaye Mitchell
- Pulp sensations - Erin A. Smith
- Bestselling fiction: machinery, economy, excess - Fred Botting
- Comic books and graphic novels - Hillary Chute and Marianne Dekoven
- Popular fiction in the digital age - Brenda R. Silver


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I went digging into the photo albums of Irinas Popovas published online and the repulsion changed into curiosity, the curiosity into a genuine interest, more artistic than scientific.
I was looking at how society functions by imposing the same stereotypical norms of behavior, good life, self-representation and even dreams upon us.
Private and family albums go public without their authors realizing that anyone is allowed to use them, for any purpose.
There is a button that allows anyone to share and download an image. In doing so the image loses any credits or source information, becoming an anonymous piece of collective memory, just one more drop in the sea of Internet content.
And because I had moved from Russia I browsed these profiles, and it seemed to me the perfect way to research the Russian lifestyle and to make a project about Russian people, and eventually about myself.
I was interested in the typical and the unique and used this as a selection principle. I was searching for something typically Russian in the background, or in the small elements; in the colours and the patterns; and a rather peculiar idea of beauty and proper life. At the same time I was focusing on finding unique representations of one's personality, or in some places weird pictures for which I fail to find explanation.
While looking at these images I noticed that every Irina Popova is striving to become a princess, with a different degrees of success.
They are born into a simple environment, and from an early childhood they get dressed as a princess or as a doll. They all experience the same pressure of expectation to become a successful girl, to find a prince, to get married, and to have beautiful kids. It seems very difficult to escape this pattern, but it also seems that the girls are more than willing to follow these imposed beauty standards.
I organized these materials in the imaginary story-line of one fake princess, from birth to old age. The big question is: "what happens to a princess after marriage?" Do they disappear, while those shapeless, self-content, ageless ladies in leopard print dresses appear by themselves, like aliens or asteroids?
256 pages, more than 200 illustrations, 12х17 cm
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What happened to DVD special features?
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Brian Collins over at Badass Digest has written a good piece about a subject that's been troubling me lately: disappearing DVD special features. His "The Slow Death Of DVD Special Editions" identifies the recent lack of quality and depth in DVD and Blu-ray releases. And he's absolutely right when he says:
"Nowadays, beyond the occasional big ticket item like the 'LOTR' or 'Star Wars' films, you almost never see these sort of mammoth sets anymore, particularly for horror movies. Most of them don't even have actual special editions — as terrible as it was, 'Nightmare On Elm Street' was one of the bigger hit horror films of 2010, yet its DVD only has a few deleted scenes and a generic making of along with Blu-ray exclusive features (brief interview/behind the scenes snippets). No commentary, no in-depth documentary, etc. Compare that to the special edition DVD of Platinum Dunes' equally successful 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' from six years before, which had three commentaries and hours of material (spread across two discs), including a documentary about Ed Gein! For twenty bucks, you got a set that would take nearly a full day to go through in its entirety, plus crime scene photos and things like that. Now, you can be done with the (disc-only) 'Nightmare' set in about three hours or so, which costs the same amount."
Collins identifies the rise of online movie streaming through services like Netflix as the leading factor in the death of DVD special editions. Unquestionably, it's an important one. Wonderfully convenient as they are, streaming video sites like Netflix don't offer special features. There are a few exceptions: you can follow your Netflix Instant viewing of "The Expendables" with "Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables,'" for example. But those exceptions are few and far between. If you want to watch "Insidious" — one of the best horror movies of the year — on Netflix, you'll have to do so at the sake of missing its DVD special features. Then again, those special features are so paltry (a Horror 101 seminar with the filmmakers, a brief behind-the-scenes documentary, and a featurette about the film's ghosts) it might be a sacrifice worth making. The same goes for Amazon Prime. Ditto iTunes movie rentals.
If you're still using Netflix's DVD rental business, you've no doubt noticed the disappearance of special features there as well. Most Netflix discs of major new releases no longer include the supplements; clicking on them in the onscreen menus brings you to a disclaimer instructing you to buy the film for the full experience. Given that sort of teasing marketing technique, you'd think it would be in the studios' best interests to continue to deliver high-end supplements to encourage purchases. But as Collins notes, that just isn't the case.
The bad economy and the decline of the DVD and Blu-ray markets, probably have as much to do with the problem as people's streaming habits. Companies are cutting back wherever they can, and I suspect smaller rosters of supplements and fewer 2 or 3 disc DVDs and Blus are a direct result. Factor in the nature of online viewing and the fact that less and less people have the opportunity to consume special features, and you're left with an artform in decline.
It's particularly a shame because of the potential for new and innovative supplements on Blu-ray. Just a few years ago, as Hollywood embraced this format, we got some very creative special features. For example, I love the "Crank'd Out" mode on the "Crank: High Voltage" Blu-ray, which gives you a video commentary by the filmmakers which you can put either full-screen or picture-in-picture with the movie and includes mini making-of documentaries that branch out from the main feature. Zack Snyder made some interesting video commentaries as well. Lately, when we do get special features on Blu-rays, they seem far more pedestrian.
Experimentation apparently isn't considered a good investment anymore. That's a shame. Even though they're getting rarer and rarer, special features just don't feel as special anymore.
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Let me begin this intro-bio by revealing that I love to be up in the wee hours of the morning. Coffee is best at that time of day which also coincides nicely with the inspiring actions of my Muse. My name is Paul Bennett though my golfing alter ego is named Ocho Seis (more on Ocho later). I was born in 1951; way back in the days of the Eisenhower presidency, The Korean War and the Red Menace. Detroit is my hometown, though it is hardly recognizable now thanks to Toyota and Nissan, well The Big Three automakers helped out as well by being stubborn and turning out inferior automobiles.
The street I grew up on like many of the neighborhoods in the city was lined with towering elm trees. In the summer you could lie on your back, look up and see nothing of the sky, just the canopy of green leaves. Then the awful Dutch Elm Disease arrived. When I was really young the city used to spray the trees every year but that resulted in a rapid decline of the bird population. Once the spraying stopped the birds returned but then the trees died, citywide. It was like losing a loved one when the elm in front of my house was cut down.
The street and the alley behind my house were my first playgrounds and was where I began my lifelong love affair with baseball and football (American football that is; soccer in those days was considered a commie plot). The downside to playing baseball in a narrow alley was that it was lined with the yards of grouchy neighbors who frowned upon our intrusions into flower beds to retrieve a wayward baseball. The downside to playing touch football in the street was parked cars; these were the formidable all steel behemoths that caused great pain in the event of collision with a frail human body.
My education was of the public variety which means I had to learn a whole bunch of stuff that was irrelevant to real life. My favorite synopsis of public education is a line in the song Kodachrome by Paul Simon; to wit 'When I look back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all.' This was generally the case throughout my years in school with the notable exception of some elective American history classes I took at Cass Technical High School that bypassed the drivel of textbooks and sought for causes not names and dates. Those classes formed the beginning of my interest in our past.
My interest in things ancient had been kindled earlier by movies such as Ben Hur and Spartacus (flawed and incorrect as it is). My buddy Harry and I would use rolled up newspapers as swords as we fought against the evil Roman legions. A slightly more educated spark came from my reading of Heinrich Schliemann's excavation of Troy. This curiosity was ratcheted up a few notches when I started classes at Wayne State University. Professor Milton Covensky was instrumental in making me a history nut with his teaching style and through his book Ancient Near East Traditions. Of course being less than proficient in math and the sciences also helped me decide what to major in. Thusly I became a Classical Civilization major and even learned (but long since forgot) ancient Greek. My favorite assignment/memory was from a class on life in ancient Greece and Rome. For the final exam I had to write an essay on the Watergate scandal from three perspectives and style; Herodotus, Thucydides and my own. It was certainly the most fun I ever experienced in a final exam. J However; I did not complete my degree as I was overtaken by the need to live a little. So, I quit school and my job and took a year and a half sabbatical from anything practical. The next 18 months were spent in frivolous activities such as traveling to California a couple times and smoking a lot of weed. Sometimes the two coincided, for example, when driving past Whittier, CA my buddies and I thought it would be cool to find Richard Nixon's house and smoke a doobie in front of it and it would have been except for the fact that he lived practically next door to the Marine base at Camp Pendleton. We were rather surprised to see a marine guard station on the road ahead of us; fortunately we had time to do a U-turn before meeting up with the Semper Fi guys with guns.
Once I re-entered the practical world I found that historical fiction filled the vacuum left after quitting school. Authors like Mary Renault (The King Must Die; etc.) and Mary Stewart (her Merlin/Arthur trilogy) fanned the flames of curiosity but it wasn't until after I married and raised a family that this love affair really took off. Nowadays I am inundated with books and authors that feed my need for things ancient. Colleen McCullough's series on the fall of The Roman Republic for example sent me on a search for more works of this sort and boy have I ever found them. So many authors, so many books, call to me these days that I have had to create a spreadsheet to keep track.
Much of this largess can be directly attributed to Twitter. I found and read the first three volumes of the most excellent Marius Mules series by SJA Turney. Piqued by his blurb about his website I started a Twitter account so I could thank him for the work done so far. This has led to a burgeoning friendship and the discovery of many fine authors of this genre; so many that I fear I may never be able to retire so as to have the necessary funds to buy all of these great books. J
Recently my time for reading has been somewhat curtailed by and replaced with writing my first full length, honest to goodness novel. The working title is Clash of Empires and is a work of historical fiction that takes place in the Colonies during The French-Indian War. It's the story of a frontier family and their acquaintances and the challenges they face during this turbulent period. My Facebook page, Clash of Empires https://www.facebook.com/pages/Clash-of-Empires/1115407281808508 is a good way to keep informed. My Twitter handle is @hooverbkreview.
Clash is available on Kindle, paperback.
The second book in the saga, Paths to Freedom is available.
Now as to other facts about me:
- Married Daryl in 1977
- Twin sons Jacob and Nathanael born in 1980.
- Moved to Salem, Ma in 1984.
- Daughter Bethany born in 1988.
- Grandson Bodhi and granddaughter Kaedyn born 4 days apart in October 2012.
- Granddaughter Eloise born Feb 2016
- Have worked in various multi-platform data centers since 1980.
- Avid fan of The Detroit Tigers even while living in the heart of Red Sox Nation.
- Player of many sports as a young man, most notably softball and basketball.
- Due to aging joints am now a golfer – with my regular golf buddies have formed a group we call The Hoovers as in the vacuum cleaner and thus our motto is 'We Can't Suck Enough'
- The name Ocho Seis or just Ocho is the result of the best round of golf I have played. Shot an 86 a few years back and adopted that as my golfing alter ego. Note-I am aware that 86 in Spanish is Ochenta y seis but Ocho Seis has a better ring to it. Thus you will find Ocho in many of the stories I write.
- Drinker of only good coffee – fresh roasted/freshly ground from my friends at Thanksgiving Coffee, though I can take Dunkin Donuts coffee if I get it with a shot of espresso to give it some oomph.
- Drinker of only fine ales, stouts and porters. American industrial beers like Budweiser, Coors and Miller are an anathema to my sensitive palette.
- A cynic of the American political system. In the words of singer-songwriter Shawn Phillips 'The country isn't run by the statesman now, but by the gentry.'
- Here's the link to my musings and stories http://mystoriesandsuch.wordpress.com/
Take care….turn off the TV and read a book…and write a review – the author's best friend.


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Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is a national park along the Pembrokeshire coast in west Wales. It was established as a National Park in 1952, and is the only one in the United Kingdom to have been designated primarily because of its spectacular coastline. It is one of three National Parks in Wales, the others being the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia.
The Pembrokeshire Coast Path is a designated National Trail. It was established in 1970, and is 186 miles long, mostly at cliff-top level, with a total of 35,000 feet (11,000 m) of ascent and descent. The southern end of the path is at Amroth. The northern end is often regarded as being at Poppit Sands, near St. Dogmaels, where the official plaque was originally sited but the path now continues to St. Dogmaels, where a new marker was unveiled in July 2009. Here the path links with the Ceredigion Coast Path, which continues northwards. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path forms part of the Wales Coast Path, an 870-mile long-distance walking route around the whole coast of Wales from Chepstow to Queensferry, which was officially opened in 2012.


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replanting after hedge removal
We have just had an old cypress leylandi hedge cut down and stump grinded. We now have a bare north west facing fence. I would like to be able to plant fruit bushes eg raspberry and blackberry and some pretty climbers along the fence. Any advice re plants and preparing the bed would be welcome. I think roots will be a problem but digging them out is not an optio!
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Libby, I have known Currants and Gooseberries do well on a north west side but they were well off the fence and did get some sun. Most fruit needs an open area and plenty of sunshine. We gardeners are always up for a challenge so nothing to stop you trying a couple of different fruits and see how they go, remember most berries fruit on last years whips so may not fruit the first year.
There are some Clematis that like a shaded area they come in three main groups and need differing cultivation, the labels on the pots should tell you what they need.
Lonicera (honeysuckle) will grow almost anywhere.
There may be a lot of wood dust still on the border and that will eat off the Nitrogen, anything you plant will need watching and normally I would say leave it a year, but I know we cannot stand looking at bare bits so take a chance. Others will come up with ideas and you takes yer choice as they say.


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Even years after chemotherapy is over, many people report suffering from memory issues, cognitive impairment and other effects often called "chemo brain." It is well known that chemotherapy can cause brain effects for those who have undergone treatment with the chemicals used in this cancer treatment.
Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine in California published research in the medical journal Cell and found that the commonly-used chemotherapy drug known as methotrexate affects cells in the brain's white matter. While it may be hard to completely undo all of the damaging effects of chemotherapy, it is possible to maximize your brain health protection and improve memory using foods, herbs and lifestyle interventions, which include:
These delicious miniature fruits are brain-healing powerhouses that work to protect both the watery and fatty parts of the brain. They contain a group of plant nutrients called flavonoids that protect the brain against free radical damage, making them ideal to help restore brain health after chemotherapy.
Walnuts offer numerous brain health benefits. They are packed with Omega 3 fatty acids that help protect the fatty portion of the brain and quell brain inflammation, too. Additionally, research in The Journal of Nutrition found that walnuts are high in antioxidants that destroy free radicals that damage the brain. Omega 3s also reduce brain inflammation, improve signals between brain cells, and increase the generation of brain and nerve cells. Choose raw, unsalted walnuts found in the refrigerator section of their health food store.
According to researchers at the University of California, people who walk more than 4000 steps daily had thicker hippocampi than those who walked less, as well as better attention, speedier information processing and better working memory to help make spontaneous decisions. Their research, published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease,showcases the brain- and memory-boosting effects of pounding the pavement, going for a long hike or hitting the treadmill on a daily basis.
Research shows that excessive sodium consumption can be damaging to your brain and memory. A study published in Nature Neuroscience found excessive salt consumption affects healthy blood flow to the brain and causes an increased risk of cognitive impairment, dementia and cerebrovascular diseases, including stroke. Season your food with herbs, lemon juice and other sodium-free seasonings.
The yellow-colored compound found in the curry ingredient turmeric, known as curcumin, offers more than delicious taste. It is a well-established brain-healer and memory booster. In a study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology researchers found that in just one hour after taking curcumin supplements, study participants showed significant performance improvement on memory and attention tasks compared to the placebo group. Ideally choose a standardized extract of curcumin. I usually recommend 400 mg of curcumin three times daily for people suffering from brain disorders. Consult your physician prior to taking any supplements if you're suffering from any health condition or undergoing chemotherapy.
Eating more fiber can actually slow the rate at which the brain ages, reduce the risk of brain disease, and therefore help protect your memory. A study published in the medical journal Frontiers in Immunology found that eating more fiber can alleviate brain inflammation. Inflammation in the brain has been linked with memory impairment, aging and brain diseases. Beans are excellent sources of fiber. They vary in exact amounts but 1 cup of cooked chickpeas has about 12 grams, black beans have 15 grams, kidney beans and lentils have 16 grams, adzuki beans have 17 grams, and navy beans come out on top with a whopping 19 grams of fiber per cup of cooked beans. Strive for 35 grams of fiber daily. You may need to build up to that amount to avoid abdominal discomfort or gas.


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Increase academic and social success in your children by hosting Parent Effectiveness Training (PET) in your school. Support the work of your pastoral team and help them to improve the emotional health and wellbeing of your whole school population.
PET helps Parents to be confident and resourceful
- Parents will be equipped with the principles and knowledge that underpin the PET approach. This will cause stress levels to decrease and home life will become calmer and happier.
- Parents will know how to use the full set of comunication and conflict-resolution skills. They will be able to respond to problems rather than react to them.
- Parents will feel more confident and in control. Better communication will also benefit their home and work relationships.
- Parents wellbeing will increase, which will have direct benefits for their children.
Who can attend
It is open to any working parent/carer with verbal children aged up to 18. This includes children with special needs. If you would like to extend the invitation to partners and/or clients, that would work too.
PET skills in parents, directly benefit their children
- Active Listening supports a child at times of stress, friendship issues, mood swings and managing change. It encourages the child to find their own solution and develops them to become an independent problem solver. Students will be more settled and better focused in class and exams. This will improve behaviour and attainment.
- Parents/carers will learn how to talk to their child using I-messages. This will enable a closer and mutually respectful relationship between them both. Parents will model this communication skill and children will learn how to build better relationships with their peers. The child will feel more confident about trying new things, more self-assured and able to contribute to the school community. This will increase their self-esteem.
- Parents/carers will learn how to support problem solving in all areas of their child's school/social life. This will include dealing with conflict, rule setting and self-direction. Students will come to school prepared and ready to learn. Creative problem solving skills will teach the child to find their voice (and their potential). This will encourage participation and they will feel braver about contributing towards team activities.
- Colliding values are inevitable between parent and child. We will teach parents/carers how to be 'hired as consultant' to their children, using influence rather than imposing their will on the child. Students will be more self assured and less likely to engage in risky behaviours, bullying, and truancy.
There is no such thing as a perfect parent. Our work with your parents will be judgment free and we respect the values that they bring to their parenting. Past parent/carers have said that PET is life-changing, but there is no magic to it. It's like learning how to ride a bike, it takes time and practice. We work with parents of verbal children, of all ages.
Full Course – Parenting Effectiveness Training
PET consists of a 24 hour course, split into a series of sessions covering Thomas Gordon's Behaviour Window ™ and the full set of communication and conflict-resolution skills.
Cost: £2000. This includes two trainers, for a maximum of 20 people.
Introductory Session, as an option
We can offer a 3 hour introductory session so parents/carers can check whether the approach is right for them before commiting to the full 24 hr course.
Cost: £150. This includes one trainer, for a maximum of 30 people .If your minimum number of parents/carers decide to proceed with the full course, the cost of this introductory session is subtracted.
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Dive Boat Company in Florida Left Scuba Divers Behind
Two scuba divers were left behind on Monday after taking a tour with thirty other people to go scuba diving in the open ocean. When they resurfaced they found that the boat had left them behind. They were rescued by a private yacht when the people on the yacht saw them clinging to a buoy in the shark infested ocean. The two scuba divers told reporters that it was around six o'clock in the evening and it was starting to get dark when they were spotted clinging to the fishing buoy.
The captain of the yacht said that they could see two divers with all the scuba equipment on plus an inflated red tube. The two scuba divers had been clinging to that fishing buoy for two hours just hoping that they would be rescued.
At this time the diving company who organizes these diving excursions, RJ Diving Ventures has not responded to any requests for comments or explanations as to how this unfortunate incident happened and the incident is now under investigation.
The Coast Guard had gotten a call about two scuba divers being picked up from the sea with no medical problems so they went back to port and let the yacht bring the two people into shore.


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If you are a commercial truck driver or airline pilot, holding a commercial driver's license (CDL) or airline transport pilot certificate (ATP), you are likely well aware of how serious a speeding or traffic ticket can be, as a bad driving record may threaten your livelihood and chances for upward progression in your chosen career. Commercial drivers are held to a very high standard, but are on the road all day, and mistakes and accidents happen to even the very best drivers.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 !
I think the person who invented the video games must have done an in depth study of males and found out that males have a higher tendency to be hooked unto video games.
Males like me.
I'm currently hooked on this game called Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and i'm sure all of us guys would agree that this is one hell of a game that we would not miss.
The gameplay rocks, the story rocks, everything rocks (including the price)!
Well, one bad thing is i have finals coming up and messing around with games is not a good idea. But, who cares?
Blame it on my genes.


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Drawing Course for Children — Pokemon, Super Heroes, Cartooning & More!
This fun 10 weeks course will teach children how to draw and create characters using Pokemon, Super Heroes and Cartooning styles! Children will start the course using clay to create their favourite character. From there we will be learning to draw a wide variety of characters in different poses and action scenes. Tons of fun! This course is open to children who have some basic drawing skills already. Great for children 7-12 years old. Children must bring a sketchbook to each class, all other supplies included.
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Friday Drawing Course — Pokemon — Friday October 13th to Friday December 15th — 4:30-5:30pm
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The killing of Israeli civilians and the young age of the Palestinian attackers, along with their almost inevitable deaths at the hands of police, are raising tough questions for Palestinians.
Speaking at an event in Ramallah last month on the current confrontations with Israel, activist Mariam Barghouti said of the attacks, "we may not agree with the tactics, but that doesn't mean we should bring anyone down." Barghouti shared the stage with former PLO official turned analyst Diana Buttu and the Palestinian Ambassador at large Husam Zomlot. The roundtable was billed to discuss whether an "Intifada"—or uprising—has began (they all agreed that yes it has), but the conversation careened to their personal feelings about knife attacks on Israelis.
It was an impassioned talk. The subject is touchy, which explains why this panel has been the only public event so far to showcase leading Palestinian thinkers sharing a frank discussion on the matter in front of members of the press.
What became clear from the discussion that is Palestinians are keenly aware that they are collectively demonized anytime a member of their national group assaults an Israeli and they have no interest in contributing to that discourse. At the same time they are seriously concerned about what is happening to children in their community where an undeniable trend has sprung. And it can't be ignored that there are voices in the West Bank who do celebrate the deaths of Israelis, or justify the killing of American Taylor Force last week.
Fifty-four per cent of Palestinians in the West Bank said they are opposed to "the continuation of knife attacks against Israelis," according to a poll published Sunday from the Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre.
The reasons for this are varied. Some Palestinians note international law allows in certain cases for the killing of soldiers in uniform in the context of a military occupation. Others look inward at their own society and ponder what leads minors, including children as young as 12, to stow a kitchen knife in their backpacks and head to an Israeli military post instead of going to school. In any case, what polls can't show is that Palestinians are grappling with what it says about their society that some children have tried to kill.
Each of the speakers at the roundtable hosted by the Rosa Luxemberg Foundation —Buttu, Barghouti and Zomlot—said, and repeated, they do not advocate violence. But they understand why it is happening. In broad strokes the answer is: the occupation. Their view is while violence is not their answer they want employed, the context of what brought a person to carry out an attack should be highlighted.
Zomlot surmised, "There has never been a country that will give up their privileges willingly just because we the Palestinians have been nice."
All of the speakers found the phenomena of young attackers especially troubling.
"It highlights the shortcomings of our society," Barghouti said of children attackers.
"I would feel like a failure as a father," Zomlot said, if one of his children were to think of taking on a violent action. "Of course there is a Palestinian failure, indeed there is a Palestinian failure, but the provocation came from Israel."
"I think they reason why so many people are really, really young is that they don't see any prospect that there lives will change," Buttu added in a follow-up conversation with Mondoweiss.
"My generation didn't grow up under checkpoints. You didn't see the army in your space. This generation they only see army and they know it isn't normal. Their eyes are open to the world and they know this is not the way a human being should be living," said Buttu who paused for a moment before adding, "and that–this crushes me, it crushes me."
The word "desperation" was debated by panelist as a possible motivating factor. Are Palestinians grabbing knives because they have lost all hope for a better life though any other means?
"I reject the idea of desperation. Most of them if you look at the information are from middle income families and highly educated," Zomlot said of the attackers, adding he believed they–at least the adults–saw themselves operating in "self-defense not desperation" against "unprecedented violence and brutality."
Buttu agreed the general mood in Jerusalem in particular has toughened recently. She recounted three incidents over the past few months when Israelis on the street circled around her while she was speaking Arabic. Once she was told "to stop speaking the language of the terrorist."
At least 10 per cent of the attacks on Israelis during the past five months were done by minors age 16 or less, according to Israel's security agency Shin Bet. The youngest attacker, a 12-year-old girl from the West Bank whose name is being withheld, became the youngest Palestinian prisoner in history to be sentenced in an Israeli prison. During her hearing in Israel's military court in February the judge noted she had only reached the age of criminal liability by a few months. In the trial the lawyers and the judge all debated jailing the 12-year-old in an abandoned hotel, rather than placing her in the adult women's prison.
Overall, more than 70 per cent of attacks took place in the West Bank. The geography is important, because it means that there is an effort on the part of the attackers to confront who they perceive as settlers, and Israeli soldiers. Indeed while the attacks may feel random to the victims, most have occurred near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem and in Hebron, two areas with long histories of conflict between Israeli settlers, military, and Palestinians.
Speaking of an incident last month where a Palestinian police officer attacked an Israeli soldier at the Beit El checkpoint outside of Ramallah, Buttu put it bluntly, "He's a legitimate target, you might not like it, move on"—again, Buttu was not advocating for such actions against soldiers, but stating an argument about how there could be a legal difference articulated by the Palestinian leadership when making statements about these encounters. Yet they have not done so.
"They [Palestinian leadership] don't say this is a man that had reached his endpoint, that he had lived his entire life under military occupation and he hit his endpoint, and he was done. And then he targeted a military instillation," said Buttu.
"A lot of these people targeted in Israel have been uniformed, not to condone it, just to say that's what's going on," noted Buttu, adding at the same time, "the [militant] factions don't have a problem claiming this is someone who is under their command."


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Wednesday, October 26, 2016
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OMJC report also may be an eyewash to fool the veterans.ReplyDelete
May be it is to fool the veterans, which the Govt can ill afford. Hope, better sense prevails.ReplyDelete
It is nice to hear that Justice Reddy has submitted his report to the Government in good time. He has visited many formations and units during his term. Hopefully he has taken a humane view of the anomalies brought forth by the ex-servicemen community and the Government will take suitable action to redress the discrepancies.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 26, 2016 at 8:03 PM
With Pari-kar at the helm there is no hope for Army.ReplyDelete
It's creditable that OMJC has submitted report to RM . Hope justice would be done with legitimate demands of defence veterans who have completed 500 days at JM , a precedent not heard in the history of any military world over.ReplyDelete
It will be important to see if each point / /anamoly has been logically and lawfully dealt with. The para by para reasoning if documented will bare if judges too are fair and independent.ReplyDelete
Confused. OROP annual cost calculated as 8300 crs. disbursement 5500 crs(as per poster publicity) including arrears, presumed.ReplyDelete
Capt equi section officer. AV committee ranks dime a dozen.
JS n CAO a AFCS cadre officer? Signing protocol. Hope n wish OROP is exercised.
P M says Manohar doesn't speaks. I say he only speaks and has confused and demoralised Armed ForcesReplyDelete
Has the political bosses and bureaucratic bosses have the time to go through all the 704 representations and comments given by OMJC. Or is it find its way to the dust bin.ReplyDelete
Hony Capt Sunil Chand RanaReplyDelete
Retiree post 01 Jul 2014 to 31 Dec 2015 are getting less pension then pre retiree 01 Jul 2014. Is this issue has been covered in this report for revision of their pension equal to pre 01 Jul 2014.


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April 16, 2018
Toronto, ON – As Ontario approaches the June 7th election, the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario has released an updated version of its Building Better Schools education agenda outlining what needs to be done to meet the educational needs of all students.
As part of eight building blocks for change, the agenda calls for fair funding for public schools, including an independent review of the provincial funding formula, an end to EQAO testing and one secular school system for each official language.
"We know from our members and parents that there is much to do to create better learning conditions for students and make our schools safe," said ETFO President Sam Hammond. "We need smaller class sizes and more supports for students with special needs and those with mental health issues. These issues speak to the importance of conducting a formal independent review of the education funding formula."
While education funding has increased since 2003, deep cuts to education made when the funding formula was introduced in 1998 have not been addressed. ETFO's education agenda calls for greater student access to specialist teachers to provide more support in the arts and physical education as well as more guidance teachers and teacher-librarians. It also calls for measures to create more equal opportunity and inclusion, including more support for English language learners.
"Some of our building blocks require more funding if students are to succeed. We do know that having the political will to move to one secular school system will reduce wasteful spending and reduce school closures. Ending EQAO will also free up more funding for key priorities for students," added Hammond.
ETFO's Building Better Schools education agenda can be viewed at www.buildingbetterschools.ca. The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario represents 81,000 elementary public school teachers, occasional teachers and education professionals across the province.
For more information, contact ETFO Media Relations: Valerie Dugale, 1-888-838-3836 x2331, cell 416-948-0195, email@example.com@ETFOMedia


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CRITICAL CYBER FACILITY PROTECTED WITH FAAST DETECTION TECHNOLOGY The Cyber Innovation Center, part of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City, La., provides 139,000 sf of facilities to support users in the government, industry, private research, and academic sectors. The goal: accelerate technology transfer and improve workforce development. A recent installation by Fire Tech Systems combined a pre-action sprinkler system and System Sensor's FAAST (fire alarm aspiration sensing technology) equipment to allow extremely early detection.


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Commexis Cast Daily – Mar. 06, 2018: Google Search Is Coming to iMessage!
Today's Commexis Cast discusses Google's latest announcement integrating Google search results with iMessage and other iOS browsers. Plus, Facebook will be giving new "Breaking News" tags to 50 publishers.
First, Google search results integration into iMessage and other browsers was announced Monday on their blog. The integration will allow users to search from within iMessage, as well as find local information such as restaurants and the weather from a simple click. Users will also be able to quickly share this information with the person they're messaging, as you can see below.
Another new feature allows users to find search results related to articles or pages users are on in any browsers. The .gif below shows this in greater detail.
iOS 11 users will also have additional functionality present went using the Google App. Users will be able to "drag and drop to quickly and easily move text, images and links to and from the Google app. If you're reading a great article on the Google app, tap and hold to pick up the link and drag it into iMessage to share with a friend, or into Notes to save for later."
If you're interested in using these new features, you'll have to make sure your Google app is up to date, or download if from the app store.
Secondly, Facebook will be allowing 50 select publishers to use a "Breaking News" tag on their posts. The tag is only usable once a day, lasting for 6 hours, and can be placed on Instant Articles, mobile and web links, and Facebook Live's. Publishers will also have 5 reserve tags each month should any breaking news happen multiple times during a day. Users will also be able to flag posts they don't believe qualifies as "Breaking News".
On average, publishers that used the new tag, such as The Washington Post, in a test from December 8th to January 14th received a "4% lift in clickthrough rate, 7% lift in Like, 4% lift in Comments, [and a] 11% lift in Shares."
For more on Facebook's "Breaking News" tag, check out their blog.
Today's cast: Phillip Brooks (Commexis Lead Strategist) and Matthew McGrorty (Commexis Videographer/Podcaster).
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