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> What are the Conjoint arrangements?
> How to Apply?
> How much does it cost?
> FAQs - College Exams
> FAQs - Conjoint Exams
The Handbook contains detailed information regarding Membership and Fellowship in SDP including:
The College has a dedicated education team who will be able to assist you with any enquiry.
You can email email@example.com or give us a call on +61 2 9262 6044 or 1800 688 339.
The College has a dedicated education team who will be able to assist you with any enquiry.
You can email email@example.com or give us a call on +61 2 9262 6044 or 1800 688 339.
RACDS has a MoU with the dental schools of four Australian Universities - The University of Sydney, The University of Queensland, The University of Western Australia, University of Otago and Griffith University. Please refer to Appendix 1 of the Handbook – Specialist Dental Practice for a list of eligible specialities.
The College has a conjoint arrangement with the Faculty of Dental Surgeons of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The conjoint examination MOrth/MRACDS(Orth) is held twice per year - May in Edinburgh and November in Adelaide.
The College also has a conjoint arrangement with the College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong in the Specialist Dental Practice discipline of Dental Public Health (Community Dentistry).
How to Apply
Find out everything you need to know about Specialist Dental Practice pathways and examinations in the Handbook-Membership and Fellowship in SDP . Please ensure you read this document before applying and contact RACDS if you have any questions. We have a dedicated education team to assist you with your enquiries.
Applications for the conjoint examination can be madeby submitting a MSDP03 – Enrolment for Conjoint Membership Examination.
To have your eligibility assessed for a College Membership examination, you will need to submit a MSDP02 – Assessment of Eligibility for Membership by Examination.
If assessed as eligible, you will then be invited to submit a MSDP04 – Enrolment for Membership Examination for your chosen examination.
The Handbook – Membership and Fellowship in Specialist Dental Practice has been amended and the new version is effective from 6 May 2020. Download the current version of the SDP Handbook . All applications received after this date will be assessed against this document. The key changes are:
Frequently Asked Questions
Membership by College Examination (SDP)
I am a registered Specialist Dental Practitioner in Australia. What are my options for Membership?
The College offers Membership in eight different specialities. If you have completed a three (3) year postgraduate qualification in Australia or New Zealand you may be eligible to undertake the Membership examination in your chosen Speciality.
I graduated from my Specialist qualification outside of Australia. Am I still eligible to apply?
If you have completed your qualification outside Australia or New Zealand, you are still eligible to apply for an Assessment of Eligibility to sit the Membership examination however you will need to provide additional documentation e.g. evidence of program accreditation in your country of study.
The Assessment of Eligibility application will determine if you are eligible to sit the Membership examination and applications are assessed by the relevant Board of Studies on a case-by-case basis.
When is the Membership examination held?
The College Membership examinations are held annually in August. The location will be at the College offices in the Sydney CBD. It is likely you would be required to attend in person for 1-2 days.
How and when are Assessments of Eligibility (AOE) conducted?
The cut-off date to submit an application for Assessment of Eligibility is 1 April each year. This leaves enough time for the College to make an assessment of your qualifications and experience.
The form you need to submit is the MSDP02 – Assessment of Eligibility for Membership by Examination. The fees do change each year, so please refer to the College Fees.
What happens after my eligibility is assessed?
If your Assessment of
Eligibility application if approved, you will be invited to enrol in the
examination and submit case reports by 1 May. The MSDP04 – Enrolment for the
Membership Examination form and fee applies.
Who covers the cost of my time in Sydney?
Each candidate is responsible for covering the costs associated with travel, accommodation and other expenses incurred while attending Sydney for an examination. Attendance will be no more than 2 days and all other parts of the process can be completed online. The College will be happy to provide general advice on location, accommodation and transport.
What does the Membership exam include?
The Membership examination for Specialist Dental Practice includes a written paper, a viva voce based on unseen case/s, a viva voce based on previously submitted case report/s and a viva voce based on your chosen speciality with general discussion.
You may be exempt from the written paper component if you have completed your specialist qualification in Australia or New Zealand within the last 3 years.
SDP Handbook for specific information regarding the examination structure and content.
If I am already a Fellow or Member in General Dental Practice, can I proceed with the Specialist Dental Practice?
If you are a Member or Fellow in General Dental Practice you can still pursue Specialist Dental Practice. Specialist Dental Practice is intended for people practicing as specialists. A general dentist who is interested in a specialist discipline but who does not hold any specific qualifications in that field will not be eligible to sit a Membership examination in Specialist Dental Practice. The RACDS has many Members and Fellows who have chosen to undertake Membership and/or Fellowship in both fields.
Will I have to pay two annual fees if I have Membership or Fellowship in General Dental Practice (GDP) and Specialist Dental Practice (SDP)?
No, you will only need to pay one annual fee if you hold a qualification in GDP and SDP.
How will I be notified of the results?
The results of the examination will be published on the College website within a week of the exams taking place. A letter will also be sent to you advising of the results by e-mail.
What happens if I fail the Membership exam?
If you are unsuccessful, you will be notified at the same time as the successful candidates. The examiners will produce a report within six weeks of the exam with constructive feedback designed to assist you with future attempts. The Registrar - SDP will be available to discuss the feedback with you should the need arise.
There is no reason you cannot try again the next year, however you will need to submit a new Enrolment form.
Why should I do this examination?
If you pass the Membership examination you would be invited to submit an Admission to Membership application and be able to use the Post-nominals in your chosen speciality.
Completing any of the College programs can contribute to professional development, recognition, career pathways and will give access to College events and opportunities for advancement to Fellowship (SDP).
Members and Fellows enjoy a collegial experience and there are often opportunities to become actively involved with College activities. Members and Fellows may be invited to act as assessors, examiners, mentors or members of a Committee or Board of Studies.
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Membership by Conjoint Examination (SDP)
What is a conjoint examination?
A conjoint examination means the College holds an agreement with a separate University or international College to allow candidates to sit one examination and receive two qualifications. This agreement is called a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
Which Universities hold a MoU with the College?
RACDShas a MoUwith the dental schools of four Australian Universities -The University of Sydney,The University of Queensland, The University of Western Australia,University of Otago and Griffith University .
Candidates who complete programs at these universitiesmay apply for Membership examination conjointly with their exit examination from those universities.
The College would send an examiner to contribute to your exam at the University, and if successful, you would be invited to receive Membership in your chosen Speciality.
Which Colleges hold a MoU with the College?
RACDS has a conjoint arrangement with the Faculty of Dental Surgeons of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The conjoint examination MOrth/MRACDS(Orth) is held twice per year - May in Edinburgh and November in Adelaide
RACDS also has a conjoint arrangement with the College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong for Dental Public Health (also known as Community Dentistry). The conjoint examination is usually held in January each year.
How do I apply for a conjoint examination?
You just need to submit a MSDP03 – Enrolment for Conjoint Membership Examination and indicate on the form which exam you are intending to complete.
Enrolments for conjoint examinations do not require a separate assessment of eligibility form.
Who sets the requirements for the examination?
The respective University or international College will set the requirements and be in charge of the structure of the conjoint examination.
Do I need to submit case reports to RACDS?
No. All the examination requirements, including case reports, are set by the respective University or international College.
Why should I do the Membership exam conjointly with my University exit examination?
By choosing this pathway, you are omitted from sitting a separate examination at the College. Other than submitting a form and paying a fee to RACDS, there are no additional requirements you would need to fulfil to receive Membership.
There may be advantages to sitting exams while you are immersed in study at University, as opposed to when you are practising clinically and have not studied or been examined for some time.
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Next week I'm off to the London Screen Writers festival for the first time, to learn about pitching and script writing to add what I'm doing already.
I'm in prep for my two ideas so I can get good practice in, and have one in the bag for backup. The course is great, really insightful, and I'll take several modules to get that blueprint of how to finish a great script.
Parkour training is going surprisingly well, making great progress as you can see in the video. My coach is very pleased and it bodes well for the film trailer. 2 more years of training and we'll have something special to use for the character and the action sequences.
The very next day after that video, (which took an hour to learn, and it was not working at the start) we went to a gymnastics gym for the first time in my life. I managed to kong vault a shoulder height vaulting horse, even impressing some local free runners, who complimented me and gave me some technical tips. Most people don't make it that far first time. I have to squeeze some more time for training as it will pay off later.
Escrima is much tougher, Alex is a great teacher, but I'm far from a natural, so a long way to go there, but it will come , just got to keep turning up. I usually manage 6 hours a week, but sometimes my body demands a rest. Busiest I've ever been.
We're looking at firearns training in Poland at the end of November, as soon as I heard about that, sign me up! Great to get a real feel for a real weapon, take it apart etc then bring that knowledge back for the film.Glock, AK47, shotgun, just perfect!
You may ask, especially since I haven't posted for over a year, what about the music?
It's taking a back seat, but I am going to try to squeeze in some practice in readiness for writing the soundtrack for my trailer. The harsh reality is, I can't make a living from music, and I fought for it for 20 years, put all my time, cash etc into it. If I don't get myself into a creative industry, I'm faced with office work for the rest of my days, I'd rather go out fighting than face that.
I have to "feed the music so it can feed me", or "feed the film so it can feed me".
So that's why all the effort, so I can get my foot in the door of the film industry, leap frogging everyone else ( kong vault anyone?).
So when I take yet another knock from training, and yes even in that clip I'm carrying several, just keep on going.
At the end of it all, what a business card to have and to demonstrate to a prospective employer, " this is what I went through for this".
Hope you don't mind the long silence here, will try to fit a few more in. I can't reveal everything, because you should "never teach the wu-tang", but hopefully you'll see what can be done if you persevere.
the Ghost walks with You…
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Uplander avait besoin d'un nouveau design de Tee-shirt et a lancé un concours sur 99designs.
7gagnants ont été selectionné parmi 243 designs proposés par 75 designers freelance.
EPIC BRAWLERS is one of our brands of MMA clothing and gear.
EPIC BRAWLERS is a new brand of MMA clothes and fight gear that produces designs primarily for the 18-35 year old male MMA fans.
We have also developed the following MMA brands. We have designs for each of these:
We have all the domains, but we will probably run everything through COOL MMA. Our goal is to produce a variety of MMA clothes for every type of MMA fan.
We would like these particular designs to be done WITHOUT figures of MMA fighters. We have a sufficient number of designs for the younger MMA fans. You may use other figures that are very popular with MMA fans.
Skulls and other "creepy" icons are "in play." We would like to see a variety of designs that use different icons.
These designs for EPIC BRAWLERS should be able to compete directly with the established MMA clothes brands. We know that the designers at 99Designs can accomplish this.
We love your great, original artwork. You are free to be creative with the design style. We will select several design styles.
We will not limit the design colors. Use the color scheme that you think looks the best.
Utilize the type of graphics that you know that the young to middle-aged male sports fans love to wear on their clothes. But please do your designs in an original way that will distinguish EPIC BRAWLERS from other brands of clothes.
We know that you have a great idea of what MMA fans like to have on their clothes.
*We uploaded our first EPIC BRAWLERS font. You can use this font as is, you can modify it, OR you can create your own way of displaying EPIC BRAWLERS for this design.*
Thanks everyone. We will select several winners, you can count on this. We guaranteed this contest here at 99Designs without thinking twice about it.
We will rate and comment on entries every day.
We are located in the Pacific time zone (California).
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According to traffic accident statistic in China, almost 70% of highway accident are related to tyre issue. The statistic should be similar as to many other countries. With a good and reliable TPMS such as VICTON TPMS installed in car, many of the accident may be avoided as drivers could be aware of their tyre abnormality (such as high temp, too high or too low tyre pressure before the accidents occurs.
For safety, TPMS is compulsory for every car on the road for US and some europe countries. It is still not compulsory in Malaysia and Singapore, but in future we believe it will become a trend that almost every vehicle on road install TPMS as it really save life. For those survive from a road accident due to tyre problem, they will definitely not save RM 300+ for TPMS. We believe saving money is a virtue, money spent on many other things could be saved actually but not money spent on TPMS, as life is the much more precious than anything in the world.
What are the Main Function of TPMS ?
(1) Avoid accident caused by tyre punctured – Real time monitoring of tyre pressure and temperature, discover abnormality of tyre before any traffice incident happened.
(2) Reduce Wear out of car component – If tyre pressure too high, it will slowly damage suspension system and engine component; if tyre pressure is 10% lower, tyre life time reduced by 15 %; If 4 wheels tyres pressure not balanced, it is dangerous when jam-brake on highway as the car will loss balance easily and cause accident, suspension system wear out easily also.
(3) Reduce Fuel Consumption – If all tyres maintain optimized pressure at all time, fuel consumption will be reduced by 5% and more.
Is your Car Safe Without TPMS ?
Is your Car safe without TPMS ? 5 common questions always asked before installing a TPMS.
(1) Do we really need a TPMS system ?
Definitely Yes if safety on road is your main concern.
(2) Is it troublesome to install VICTON TPMS ?
For External sensor, users can DIY in few minutes, for Internal sensor, it can be installed in tyre shop in 1 ~ 2 hours.
(3) What kind of TPMS does all people looking for ?
The most reliable and highest performance to cost index TPMS. VICTON TPMS is the best choice for you.
(4) What is the function of TPMS?
Real-time display of typres pressure and temperature, avoid accident due to tyre problems. TPMS save the life of the flat tyre and rim also.
(5) When should I install TPMS ?
For your safety, install it as soon as possible, TPMS is much more precious and useful than money spent on other things. (eg: good food, a branded bag or shoes)
A branded bag or good food does not save your life, a TPMS does.


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Come game with me! I'll be part of the DCC RPG 2013 WORLD TOUR!
OrcCon this February. One on Friday Night then another on Saturday Afternoon (Last year I did two night games, not this year.) I'm not sure what adventures I'll be running, but I'm open for suggestions. They'll both be 0-level adventures, but I will keep it friendly for returning players to play their previously leveled characters, or any 1st level characters they provide, as long as you run it by me first! As I really want to focus on introducing the game to as many people as possible.
Game sign-ups are January 26th. So get ready for that. I will be playing a large table of 8 players (yes, eight! It's fun!) But they filled up both night at Gamex last year, if you can believe that.
If you miss out in February, I'll be back again for Gamex in May. Same kind of thing, different adventures. Put I'll make a post for that.
I'll also be participating in the Shared Events mentioned at the end of the DCC RPG 2013 World Tour page. It'll sort of be a mini-campaign or series, kind of like Organized Play, but a lot looser. It'll be good. And the places I run it might be a surprise, exclusive to my games. Be ready for that.


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Corn & Spinach Soup
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
- Corn kernel 2 Cup (32 tbs) (Frozen or fresh)
- Salt To Taste
- Ginger paste 1 Tablespoon (Minced ginger may be used)
- Black pepper 1 Teaspoon , ground
- Turmeric powder 1 Pinch (Optional)
- Spinach 1 Cup (16 tbs) (Frozen or fresh)
- Whipping cream/Almond milk 1 Cup (16 tbs) (Coconut cream may also be used)
- Oil 2 Tablespoon
- Round loaf 4 Small (One per serving) (Optional)
- Red bell pepper 2 Tablespoon , chopped finely (To garnish) (Optional)
- 1. Run all the corn kernels in the food processor to prepare a coarse mixture of corn and set aside.
- To prepare the soup:
- 2. Heat up a pot on medium heat with some oil.
- 3. When the oil is warm enough add the processed corn, stir and cook it a little bit. Make sure that it does not stick to the bottom of the pot. Cover and let it cook.
- 4. After cooking for about 5 minutes, uncover and add salt to taste.
- 5. Add ginger paste, freshly grund black pepper, turmeric powder and the spinach. Stir well to combine all the ingredients.
- 6. Add the whipping cream and mix well. Cover and let it boil. Once it starts boiling, simmer it for about 2 to 3 minutes.
- 7. After about 3 minutes, turn off the heat.
- To prepare the bread bowl:
- 8. Take a round loaf, cut off a quarter of the top and scoop out the insides. Leave about 3/4-inch thickness inside.
- 9. Place the prepared round loaf on the serving plate, pour into it the prepared corn soup.
- 10. Serve the creamy soup warm, garnished with some finely chopped red bell pepper on top.


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I Don't Know Whether...
Anyway, here's a two-fer (thank God for journalists like Lawrence Soloman):
Censored science
"True to form, the overwhelming majority of press outlets failed to report the juiciest global-warming gossip of the week — a change of heart on the issue by one of the world's most celebrated environmentalists. Also true to form, the press failed to report the most profound science story of the week — a startling theory that not only absolves humans of blame in global warming but sheds light on another taboo subject: shortcomings in Darwin's theory of evolution."[---]
"Several years ago, environmentalist James Lovelock made headlines when he announced that global warming would end the world as we know it — he predicted that "billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic where the climate remains tolerable." Google searches associating his name with global warming and climate change now exceed one million hits, and understandably so, given his reputation. Lovelock has infused environmental thought for decades through best-selling books describing Earth as a living organism — Lovelock is the one who coined the Gaia concept. Among many other honours heaped on Lovelock, Time magazine featured him in a series on Heroes of the Environment. So, why, when Lovelock this week recanted his past views on global warming as being "alarmist," did virtually every major news outlet on the planet ignore his change of heart? It wasn't because he minced his words. "The problem is we don't know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago," he admitted, adding that temperatures haven't increased as expected over the last 12 years. "There's nothing much really happening yet. We were supposed to be halfway toward a frying world now." What else has the press, in its wisdom, decided to keep from the public in recent days? One eye-opener is the advance of ice in both the Arctic and the Antarctic — both are now at or above average levels. Another is an announcement by researchers at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and the Riken research foundation that the world may be heading into a prolonged period of global cooling — the Japanese study compared sunspot activity today with sunspots that preceded the Little Ice Age in the 17th century to find close similarities."He's not quite as bang on about the theory of evolution, though. Years ago, science has shown that the process of natural selection was not necessarily a series of long, slow, minute changes, but often occurred in sudden bursts, "sudden" being a relative term, that is "sudden" in terms of geologic time. But, I think this is the first time these bursts have been linked to cosmic events elsewhere in the universe - and to the resulting climate change:
"To the contrary, the planet owes its diversity to intense periods of productivity interspersed with immense periods of stagnancy. The mechanism for this evolving theory? Climate change on Earth, driven by galactic cosmic rays originating from exploding supernovas — the final act of stars. This study, Evidence (sic) of nearby supernovae affecting life on Earth, does have a problem, although it convincingly correlates the development of life on Earth with the explosion of nearby stars over the past 510 million years. The problem is its author, Henrik Svensmark, a professor of physics at the Center for Sun-Climate Research at the Danish Space Research Institute, who is reviled in the global warming science establishment for studies showing that the Sun and cosmic rays, not man, drives the current climate on Earth. Reporters on the global-warming beat and their editors have long ignored if not disparaged Svensmark. His latest study, which shows cosmic rays to have also driven the ancient climate, provides most journalists with reason enough to continue to ignore him, even though his study has been published by the world's oldest and one of its most illustrious astronomical societies."No. Sorry folks. The general theory of evolution remains intact. It has already weathered, and survived, the "punctuated equilibria" adjustment.
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Beer – and beer quotes – have been around since the early days of civilization, and throughout that history there has never been a shortage in the discussion (or consumption) of beer. From Edgar Allen Poe and Winston Churchill to Dave Barry and Homer Simpson there is a large and diverse collection of famous quotes relating to our favorite beverage – beer.
Below you will find our favorite beer related quotes, conveniently organized into useful categories (at least they seemed useful at the time). If you know a great quote that we may have left out, please leave us a comment and (if it is impressive enough) we will gladly add it to the list.
We also have an entire page devoted to Beer Songs and Beer Toasts – coming soon.
Click on a link to jump to that category, or just scroll down the list – enjoy!
* Literature and Beer
* World Leaders and Beer
* Humor and Beer
* Homer Simpson and Beer
* Sports and Beer
* Other Beer Quotes (Those we couldn't fit into a category)
Literature and Beer
"For a quart of ale is a dish for a king"
– William Shakespeare 'A Winter's Tale'
"I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety."
-Shakespeare, 'King Henry V.'
"But if at church they would give some ale. And a pleasant fire our souls to regale. We'd sing and we'd pray all the live long day, Nor ever once from the church to stray."
–William Blake
"Who cares how time advances? I am drinking ale today."
– Edgar Allan Poe
"Fill with mingled cream and amber,
I will drain that glass again.
Such hilarious visions clamber
Through the chambers of my brain.
Quantist thoughts – queerest fancies,
Come to life and fade away:
What care I how time advances?
I am drinking ale today."
— Edgar Allan Poe
"This is grain, which any fool can eat, but for which the Lord intended a more divine means of consumption.. Beer!"
-Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, Friar Tuck
"Payday came and with it beer"
– Rudyard Kipling
"Religions change; beer and wine remain."
– Hervey Allen – Historian, Poet, Author
"O Beer! O Hodgson, Guinness, Allsopp, Bass! Names that should be on every infant's tongue."
– C.V. Calverley – English Poet and Paradist
"Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer."
– Henry Lawson – Australian Poet and Writer
World Leaders and Beer
"Make sure that the beer – four pints a week – goes to the troops under fire before any of the parties in the rear get a drop."
-Winston Churchill to his Secretary of War, 1944
"Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me"
– Winston Churchill
"Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them."
– Queen Victoria
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
– Benjamin Franklin
"We could be happy if the air was as pure as beer."
– Richard Von Weizsaecker, former President of the German Federal Republic
"Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world."
– Kaiser Wilhelm
"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer."
-Abraham Lincoln
Humor and Beer
"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza" – Dave Barry
"Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer."
– Dave Barry
"When I heated my home with oil, I used an average of 800 gallons a year. I have found that I can keep comfortably warm for an entire winter with slightly half that quantity of beer"
– Dave Barry
"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence?"
–Stephen Wright
"Put it back in the horse!"
-H. Allen Smith, an American humorist in the '30s-'50s, after he drank his first American beer at a bar.
"Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
-by Jack Handy
"If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose."
-Jack Handy
"Remember "I" before "E",except in Budweiser."
"Beauty is in the eye of beer holder"
– Kinky Friedman
"Why is American beer served cold? So you can tell it from urine."
-David Moulton
Our Lager,
Which art in barrels,
Hallowed be thy drink.
Thy will be drunk, (I will be drunk), At home
As it is in the pub
Give us this day our foamy head, And forgive
Us our spillages, As we forgive those who
Spill against us.
And lead us not to incarceration, But deliver
Us from hangovers. For thine is the beer,
The bitter, the lager.
Forever and ever,
– Anonymous
Homer Simpson and Beer
"I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer."
– Homer Simpson
"Beer, the cause of, and solution to all of life's problems."
– Homer Simpson
"Beer. Now there's a temporary solution."
– Homer
"Homer no function beer well without."
– Homer Simpson
"Alright brain, I don't like you and you don't like me, so just get me through this exam so I can go back to killing you slowly with beer."
– Homer Simpson
"A woman is a lot like beer. They smell good, they look good, and you'd step over your own mother to get one."
– Homer
"Oh, Lisa, you and your stories: Bart's a vampire, beer kills brain cells. Now let's go back to that … building … thingie … where our beds and TV … is."
– Homer
"All right, Homey, you're over stimulated. As soon as we get you home, we'll get some beer into you, and then it's straight to bed."
– Marge
Sung to the tune of "It Was a Very Good Year":
When I was seventeen
I drank some very good beer.
I drank some very good beer
I purchased with a fake ID.
My name was Brian McGee.
I stayed up listening to Queen.
When I was seventeen.
– Homer
Sports and Beer
"…there is only one game at the heart of America and that is baseball, and only one beverage to be found sloshing at the depths of our national soul and that is beer."
-Peter Richmond
"Beer needs baseball, and baseball needs beer – it has always been thus."
-Peter Richmond
"I'm Allergic to grass. Hey, it could be worse. I could be allergic to beer."
– Greg Norman
Other Quotes Relating to Beer
"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline – it helps if you have some kind of football team, or some nuclear weapons but at the very least you need a beer"
– Frank Zappa
"From man's sweat and God's love, beer came into the world."
–Saint Arnold of Metz, The patron Saint of Brewers
"It takes beer to make thirst worthwhile." – German Proverb
"People who drink light 'beer' don't like the taste of beer; they just like to pee a lot."
-Capital Brewery, Middleton, WI
"Some see the glass as half full, others see the glass as half empty. I just wonder who the hell has been drinking my beer!"
– As seen on a T-Shirt in Portland, Oregon
"He was a wise man who invented beer."


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HA Industries will be attending the K Trade Fair in Düsseldorf, Germany on October 16-23, 2013. The No. 1 trade show for Plastics and Rubber Worldwide. This will be our first time attending the show and were pulling out all the stops. On display we will have our most popular machine, the VS4500, for everyone to get a firsthand look and feel of the machine that is changing the industry. Also on display will be a new machine that we will be unveiling first at the show. Please be sure to come by our booth if you are in the area and discuss with us how we may provide you with the best assembly solution.
PLASTEC Midwest
We will be attending the PLASTEC Midwest, ATX Midwest, Contract Mfg. Expo, Design & Mfg. Midwest, MD&M Chicago, Quality Expo, Sustainability in Mfg. Show this Fall in Chicago. Please come by and see our booth and find out how we may provide a solution to your assembly problems. The show will be September 10-12 at the McCormick Place in Chicago, IL.
New Website
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"Counterterrorism has to be woven into the everyday workings of every department. It should be included on the agenda of every meeting, and this new role must be imparted to officers on the street so that terrorism prevention becomes part of their everyday thinking." Kelling, G L. & William K. B, (2006) Policing Terrorism, Civic Bulletin 43, New York: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, September 2006.
Terrorism has become a political tool in the 20th century and its spread has become so dynamic that it has now become on of the "new wars" that nations today fights. Emergency response and preventive measures have to become more flexible and adapt to the dynamism of attacks. Terrorist related incidence must be documented, researched and evaluated in line with local needs. The current randomness of terror attacks in Nigeria put all at risks and we must have a structure plans in place to restrict and mitigate these strikes.
Basic understanding of terrorism, its goals and operational method would have sufficed in allowing for designing proper response. It is a waste of resources fighting a reactive battle against terrorists. The Nigerian response to terrorism has been flawed by the lack of institutional understanding of what terrorism is all about. Proactive resources can only be deployed when we are all able to deduce the fact that terrorism is not fought using heavy machinery and standing armies but through employment of psychological warfare that is designed based on proper analysis of the terror groups operational methods, recruitment operations and goals.
Terrorism is a form of rebellion against the state. Modern terrorists have better equipment and global media as its mouthpiece. The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism, (START) Department of Homeland Security Think-Thank based in the University of Maryland, United State is one of the center set up by the US government to analyse and design engagement protocol for counter-terrorism in US. One of the conclusion of this center that changed the US counter-terrorism engagement was the fact that in over 1000 years of review of terrorism engagement by states globally, the use of military force eliminated the threat in only 4% of such engagements, while the use of proper local security, policing and development programmes was able to achieve end of these groups in more than 40%.
Development NGOs are committed to working towards economic, social or political development in developing countries. The Norwegian bilateral aid agency, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) defines development-oriented NGOs as organisations that "attempt to improve social, economic and productive conditions and are found both as small community-based organisations at village and district levels, and as large professional development agencies at state or national level"
Northern Nigeria economic environment has been described as backward and has continued to regress in the period after the 1970s. The average Disposable Income, access to education and basic infrastructure has equally fallen in the past decades. Lack of access to proper education has created a huge mass of unemployable youth in an environment experiencing a burgeoning youth population. Available data point at a growing youth population in an environment without corresponding growth in infrastructure and industry has led to high pressure on resources leading to perennial class conflict in the region.
Failure of government institutions to deliver on appropriate economic and infrastructural reforms has led to conflicts between state officials and citizens. Increased distrust of officials has led to several clashes and self-help actions. Uncoordinated rebellions in the past decades had eventually matured into current terror operations by the Boko Haram insurgents.
The war on terror have been severely stunted by the growing supply of radical youths from the stock of unemployable youth that littered the streets of northern Nigeria in need of sense of spiritual emancipation from years of poverty and lack. Many literatures had maintained the fact that poverty is not an impetus for rebellion acts yet it has been proven through direct observation that rebellion thrives where the state failure and poverty is evident. As a matter of fact, the basis for international humanitarian efforts in Africa has been based on prevention of high criminality that may result from unchecked growth in poverty and hunger in several failing states in the continent.
One major challenge to the provision of public infrastructure development has been in the slow bureaucratic processes and the attendant high corruption of government officials in most African countries. NGOs and Community Based Organisations has been a bridge between the people and the government in actualizing people oriented development projects.
As development actors, NGOs have become the main service providers in countries where the government is unable to fulfill its traditional role. In the education sector, many NGOs have moved beyond 'gap- filling' initiatives into capacity building activities. This paper seeks to address the role of NGOs in development through the lens of capacity building. Through academic articles and NGO working papers, we can determine the effect of NGOs on capacity development and their role in building capacity on all levels, using a framework based on positive hypotheses:
NGOs are increasingly involved in capacity development. As the development discourse leans towards developing skills and tools for strengthening society, NGOs have reacted accordingly. They wish first and foremost to remain important stakeholders in development and to impart their extensive knowledge in the education sector. This involvement changes the ways in which NGOs operate. Capacity-building activities complement traditional service provision, though this does not mean that all NGOs have good relations with government.
In any case, NGO activities are increasingly diverse. They have an impact on the interpretation of capacity development. NGOs are influenced by the ideology of capacity development as defined by the hegemonic development discourse, but they also influence its meaning from the outside. This modified interpretation of capacity development can weaken central government but strengthen it in the long term. NGOs have the capacity to innovate and adapt more quickly than national governments; therefore, their actions can undermine government initiatives. But if they scale up their activities and impart their knowledge and techniques at the government level, the country as a whole can benefit.
NGOs have a significant impact on the whole process but are also plagued by severe obstacles. NGOs continue to suffer from a lack of resources and from their general estrangement from the state. Unless they become partners with government, and not competitors, capacity-building initiatives will continue to be stunted.
The environment in Northeastern Nigeria remains inundated by high-level insecurity that makes development programme seem essentially impossible. While most stakeholders abstained from the area due to high risk factor and the ongoing sate of emergency has further negated the infrastructural capacity of these three states under the military onslaught on the insurgents. The apparent lack of trust for state institutions in these areas will make the use of conventional government MDA approach to development clearly unwelcome. Locally based NGOs, CBOs and FBOs can easily breach this gap and stand in as the only way to reach out and provide succor to non-combatants and civilians in these areas. Government should provide funds for locally established and managed Community Based and Faith Based Organisations to drive development agendas in the tri-violent states of Yobe, Bauchi and Borno to kick start development in these areas.
The advantage of using locally based organisations in handling the development programmes in these areas are two pronged:
1. Train employable locally Based service delivery experts: One of the problems with the region remains in the increasing number of unemployable youth, given low economic activities in the areas. Inflow of fresh funds may increase economic activities and create expansion of local industry to support the increase in demand for resources in the area. The use of locally based personnel should avail the growth of necessary local experts needed for the entrenchment and maintenance of programme. The failure of most INGOs has been traced to the lack of proper local supports for their programme.
2. Increase trust in the process: Most locals may become part of the process since it is being handled through local personnel known to them. Trust in the process may enhance collaboration and could boost the programme at all level.
Civil societies or NGOs in Nigeria has had a cheered history, from a vibrant, uncompromising and result focus pre-independence era, through a government hampered and corrupt operation before mid-1990s to a strong indivisible front during the democratic struggles of the late eighties and this era of political activism, corrupt leadership and weaken structure.
Regrettably, there cannot be a sustainable reform without the supports and inputs of the civil societies. Civil societies are needed to act as middlemen between the policy makers and their communities. Hence the role of these groups in reforms may includes:
• Raising public awareness on issues and reasons for reforms: There is a need for proper information, direct and people oriented to educate the public. These should not be media driven but generated and managed by the people. The CS could be empowered through seminars and workshops to educate the public on the needs for direct engagement in programmes and their roles in reforms in Nigeria.
• Promoting debates and talks on issues, practices, challenges and reforms required:
Policies can only succeed when the public opinion form its bedrock. The NGO programme should be directed to organize formal public debates and hearings on important policy and inform the state of their reports.
• Spreading Reform Information:
Organizing and maintaining civil societies in areas where there is no awareness and education level is low. Thereby reaching out to lower cadres of the society with proper information on reforms.
• Monitoring and Evaluating the Reform Processes: Exposing and reporting to appropriate authorities' misconducts, demanding transparency and accountability from all security organization through a nationwide monitoring system. Reporting and writing articles on reform issues to educate the public and the police officers alike.
Creating framework and opportunities for future reforms through the setting-up of bodies to monitor and collate data on PSC operatives and organizations and the police operations in all areas of the country.
• Partnering:
Organizing local and international workshops, talks and town hall meetings to share, discuss, teach and compare feedbacks on policing issues from different unit of the society and publishing their memorandum in national press.
• Act as links between the public and police:
Encouraging and involving community groups in policing, creating neighborhoods watch and vigilante groups -under proper legislations- to guard and secure their environment.
Don Michael Adeniji, MA, pnm
Director, Security Policy Analysis.
African Initiative for Peace and Human Development


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The AP Spying Story: What You Aren't Being Told
It is all conspiracy theatre, and it is bad theatre. Yet another False Flag Operation by the Intelligence Community has been compromised. Supposedly, a Saudi or British "double agent" magically fooled the Al Qaeda high command. AP told the world another Al Qaeda Underwear Bomber had been stopped. AP even delayed the story so the Drone Assassins could kill another Al Qaeda leader.
The Secret Government must protect its forbidden history. AP and other reporters are now targets of the Secret Government. It is another war by the Whole of Government against what remains of a free press.
ACT ONE: This Was A CIA Ruse, Not A Journalist-Initiated Disclosure
Is the "leak" to AP, about Undie #2 another Ruse? There was a leaker. The Leaker was John Brennan who leads the CIA and all the Undie Plots. There was another blabbermouth leaker, Rep. Peter King (R-NY). Rep. King has been pursuing the Benghazi scandal, which is another CIA failure. Brennan replaced disgraced General Petraeus. Corrupt bloody Generals and blabbermouth CIA Spymasters, blame the reporters to conceal their incredible failures.
This double agent, Undie #2, was going to attack an airliner with a bomb concealed in his underwear. Then we are supposed to believe that Double Agent, Underwear Bomber #2, would return to Al Qaeda. And he would stop more underwear attacks, for years.
The embedded reporters, are part of the government propaganda community. They routinely repeat leaks from the Intelligence Community to support the wars. Embedded reporters generally are liars. And leaks from the Intelligence Community are generally lies. Jack Shaefer of Reuters supports the spy games.
Echoing King's comments on CNN, the New York Times, NBC News, the Telegraph and the Los Angeles Times reported that the double agent (or the double-agent operation) had helped the CIA's drone find and kill Al-Quso.
What not for the U.S. government to like here?
To begin with, the perpetrators of a successful double-agent operation against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula would not want to brag about their coup for years.
Undie #2 had been given a Undie Bomb to attack an Airliner. Was he going to blow up his underwear then return to Al Qaeda. And maybe blow up more bombs in his underwear for years.
Walter Pincus of WaPo also wants to suppress the Press for revealing this False Flag Operation.
The AP story tied the foiling of an AQAP plot to White House press secretary Jay Carney's statement the week before that assured "the American public that [the administration] knew of no al-Qaeda plots against the U.S. around the anniversary of bin Laden's death." The AP story implied that Carney's statement was untrue. But Carney was right. This was a CIA ruse, not a terrorist-initiated plot…
Like it or not, they are part of a crime…
The reality is that this is not a whistleblowing case. There are no heroes here, and the press in this instance was not protecting individuals trying to expose government malfeasance.
This was a CIA Ruse, not a terrorist act. This was a CIA False Flag Operation just as Undie #1 was, although Undie #1 was just a patsy. Did the Ruse include blowing up an airplane with a bomb? Undie #1 did ignite his bomb, even though the Government claims they stopped that attack. How would another Undie attack be explained? Why did Jay Carney presidential spokesliar, even answer such a question about what they knew about future attacks?
And we have another official leak. The Ruse was not to stop an Undie Bomb. That is reassuring, or maybe not so reassuring. Why would we expect the Intelligence Community to thwart a terrorist attack? They did not thwart Undie #1. They did not thwart 9/11.
The objective was to "neutralize" the Saudi "al Ashiri". He is a Master Undie Bomb Maker. And perhaps with enough practice he will kill someone with his undie bombs someday. Some might ask why Undie #2 did not neutralize al-Ashiri when he got the Undie Bomb #2. But this leaker is not any more believable than any of the other official embedded war pimps.
What went completely without mention in the initial coverage was the fact that thwarting this plot was not the objective of the ongoing undercover operation. Its true objective was to gain enough intelligence to locate and neutralize the master bomb builder, Ibrahim Hassan al-Ashiri, who works with an Al-Qaeda affiliate, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Penetrating AQAP is incredibly difficult.
Perhaps, there was not a leak to AP. Or perhaps, this whole farce was more psyops by the Secret Government. These AP reporters, and the dee cee stenographers have obeyed the Intelligence Community until now. The Government promises to punish anyone who reveals the forbidden history.
ACT TWO: The President's Speech Inspires Hope And Change
The President gave a speech about the Forever Wars. The speech was full of hope and change and we will have peace in our time…Just kidding.
The speech was more of the same. After a trillion dollars, and twelve years of corrupt generals fighting forever wars, we have light at the end of the war tunnels.
"Today the core of al Qaida in Afghanistan and Pakistan is on the path to defeat."
The President summarizes the false history, without including the forbidden history.
In the 1990s, we lost Americans to terrorism at the World Trade Center, at our military facilities in Saudi Arabia, and at our embassy in Kenya.
These attacks were all brutal. They were all deadly. And we learned that, left unchecked, these threats can grow.
The 1993 attack on the WTC by the supporters of the Blind Sheikh, was known to the FBI. TThe FBI had an "informant", a double agent who offered to substitute a phony bomb. The FBI allowed the plot to continue with a real bomb.
Author Peter Lance revealed more forbidden history. Lance was among the first of journalists to be targeted by the Secret Government. Federal Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is attempting to destroy Peter Lance.
Peter Lance revealed there was an Al Qaeda agent, Ali Mohammed, who helped attack the Kenya Embassy. Ali was a Green Beret and had knowledge of US security procedures. He provided that terror expertise to Al Qaeda, and moved Usama Bin Laden back and forth with the full knowledge of the American Government.
Terrorist Ali Mohammed remains free, while Peter Lance is targeted for revealing forbidden history. President Obama is being dishonest by omitting the true facts of these attacks.
The attack against an airliner on Christmas 2009, was a CIA ruse. The CIA Handler escorted Abdulmutallab through airport security without a search or a visa. The CIA Ruse was used as an excuse to assassinate Anwar Awlaki. Undie #1, known to be a terrorist, was not searched before boarding Flight #253. Perhaps Awlaki was guilty but the Intelligence Community endangered an airliner full of people.
When Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Christmas Day bomber, went to Yemen in 2009, Awlaki hosted him, approved his suicide operation, helped him tape a martyrdom video to be shown after the attack, and his last instructions were to blow up an airplane when it was over American soil.
The first Undie Bomber has become forbidden history. The courageous witness Kurt Haskell, was threatened by the FBI to change his story. The Government claims they stopped the plot. But the bomb was ignited and started potentially catastrophic fire. The Senate Report continued the official false history.
A State Department official reported that this was a False Flag Op. The original story in the Detroit News has been mostly memory wiped. One copy may remain available.
Patrick F. Kennedy, an undersecretary for management at the State Department, said Abdulmutallab's visa wasn't taken away because intelligence officials asked his agency not to deny a visa to the suspected terrorist over concerns that a denial would've foiled a larger investigation into al-Qaida threats against the United States.
ACT THREE: Gladio B, Here, There, And In Central Asia
But the "Core" will never be defeated. There is no "Core" of Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is a mercenary criminal gang created by the CIA to fight the Soviets. The CIA uses Al Qaeda or its "Core" or its affiliates or its branches, as a Ruse to terrorize the world.
The CIA and Ollie North were using the corrupt bank BCCI to pay for illegal weapons and launder drug money. North had created ther terrorist mercenaries, the Contras. BCCI was also used for funding Al Qaeda. Perhaps the disgraced North helped create Al Qaeda.
The Intelligence Community set up another secret army in Central Asia, with the help of Al Qaeda. There is a special office in the Pentagon that directs the terror of Al Qaeda.
"In the late 1990s, all the way up to 9/11, al-Zawahiri and other mujahideen operatives were meeting regularly with senior U.S. officials in the U.S. embassy in Baku to plan the Pentagon's Balkan operations with the mujahideen," said Edmonds. "We had support for these operations from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, but the U.S. oversaw and directed them. They were being run from a secret section of the Pentagon with its own office".
Edmonds clarified, "the FBI counterintelligence investigation which was tracking these targets, along with their links to U.S. officials, was known as 'Gladio B', and was kickstarted in 1997. It so happens that Major Douglas Dickerson" – the husband of her FBI co-worker Melek whom she accused of espionage – "specifically directed the Pentagon's 'Gladio' operations in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan at this time."…
Edmonds said that the Pentagon operations with Islamists were an "extension" of an original 'Gladio' programme uncovered in the 1970s in Italy…
"We'd spoken to several current and active Pentagon officials confirming the existence of U.S. operations sponsoring mujahideen networks in Central Asia from the 1990s to 2001," said one Sunday Times source. "Those mujahideen networks were intertwined with a whole range of criminal enterprises, including drugs and guns. The Pentagon officials corroborated Edmonds' allegations against specific U.S. officials, and I'd also interviewed an MI6 officer who confirmed that the U.S. was running these operations sponsoring mujahideen in that period."
In 2008, reporters for the British newspaper, Sunday Times prepared a story about "Gladio B". The story was flushed into the memory hole by United States secret government censors.
The original Gladio was a series of assassinations, bombings and other terror attacks. This was a program directed by European espionage services and the CIA against innocent victims. The goal was to falsely accuse leftwing groups of the crimes. Then use the terror for political repression. It was and is, "The Strategies of Tension".
In the period 1969 to 1987, 491 innocent civilians were killed and 1181 injured in acts of terrorism carried out by Gladio. An example of this is the terrorist attack that took place on the 2nd of August 1980, during which 85 people were killed and 200 injured in the waiting room of a train station in Bologna. In the series of "false flag" terrorist operations the perpetrators always manage to somehow evade the police…
We have also had false flag terror operations in Iraq. In September 2005 for example, in Basra, two members of British Special Forces, the SAS, were arrested by Iraqi police. The Iraqis were surprised to find out that the two Britons were dressed as Arabs, were wearing wigs and had a car full of explosives which they apparently planned to remotely detonate in the busy markets of Basra. It is therefore probable that the British, too, have carried out false flag operations. In this case the Iraqi police could not find out [whether] the British wanted to create terror and make it look [like] Arab terrorism. The reason is that the two SAS [members], who had been put [in] jail in Basra, were liberated by the British army, which stormed the Iraqi police station in Basra and simply flattened the walls with tanks and took the SAS home so they did not have to testify.
ACT FOUR: Oceania Always At War With EastAsia, CentralAsia, WestAsia…
The terror drama has become terror farce. Undie Bombs and Bags of Cash and Medals from the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the Tampa Twins, and String Quartets and mistresses for Generals. The comedy writes itself.
The Wars have come home. Operation Gladio B has come home. The Boston Marathon Bombers were embedded in the conspiracies of CIA spy Graham Fuller. Fuller was supporting Al Qaeda affiliates in Central Asia. And Fuller was part of the Iran-Contra Conspiracy.
This CIA spy helped create Al Qaeda gangs in Central Asia. Fuller was related by marriage to the Boston Marathon Bombers. The Tsardaev brothers seemed to be involved in all sorts of covert CIA operations.
Another CIA terror group, is the "Wolf Brigade". It was created by other veterans of Iran-Contra.This secret ninja terror armies of General Petraeus are common knowledge. The weapons dealing, and drug dealing and secret assassins, of Ronald Reagan is now official United States policy. The Secret Government is controlled by the conspirators of Iran-Contra.
The elaborate Undie Bomb conspiracies are being replaced by the street violence. Why would emigrants from Dagestan to the USA, terrorize Boston? Why, maybe money, maybe threats against others, maybe they are convenient patsies. A muslim extremist in London murdered a British soldier. Why? One reason is mental illness. The captured suspect had been tortured in Kenya. Then he may have been forced to act as a "double agent". People snap, even in the USA. A North Carolina Marine went berserk and murdered innocent people in a shooting spree. That is also terrorism to the victims. Right wing Christian terrorism is far more common than right wing Muslim terroism.
All of us pay for the wars, with money and blood. We are all victims of the wars. We are all victims of a form of Post Traumatic Stress. There are new traumas, day after day. We all are targeted. British spies threatened Muslims and their families. American spies help with this secret police brutality.
Desperate, low level thugs of the Intelligence Community are making more enemies. They need to fill their monthly Terrorist Quota.
Each of the five men, aged between 19 and 25, was warned that if he did not help the security services he would be considered a terror suspect…
"If you do not want anything to happen to your family you will co-operate."…
"The MI5 agent said, 'Mohamed if you do not work for us we will tell any foreign country you try to travel to that you are a suspected terrorist.'"
You have traumas, make trauma-ade. That is what the war profiteers do. For example, prominent war profiteers, Michael Sheehan and General John Allen, are encouraging long term investments in the Forever Wars.
Sheehan has been fighting and winning the war on terror for years. And he wanted to attack Al Qaeda before 9/11. But the bureaucrats were too timid.
"What's it going to take to get them to hit al-Qaeda in Afghanistan? Does al-Qaeda have to hit the Pentagon?"
Yes, Al Qaeda does need to hit the Pentagon. Sheehan predicts twenty more years of war profits. War is forever and everywhere.
"In my judgment, this is going to go on for quite a while, yes, beyond the second term of the president…I think it's at least 10 to 20 years,"…
"This is the most astounding and most astoundingly disturbing hearing that I've been to since I've been here, King, an independent said, "You guys have essentially rewritten the Constitution today," King told four senior U.S. military officials who also testified.
It is astounding and disturbing according to Senator Angus King. Also, astounding and disturbing is the tragic story of General John Allen. The General's dee cee press agents told us it was tragic. The General was commander of the Afghan War, for years. But much of the time, he was in Florida. He had time to exchange thousands of e-mails with the Tampa Twin, Jill Kelley. Jill had parties for all the important Generals. And he had time to help the other Twin, Natalie, in a nasty custody lawsuit.
General Allen has promised the wars will be "long" or forever, whichever comes first. The General failed to win the war himself.
Indeed, in an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes, Gen. Allen disavowed the 2014 Lisbon Conference date for ending the war, saying "we're actually going to be here for a long time" and that the troop levels beyond 2014 were yet to be decided.
Both General Allen and Sheehan have something in common. They have a generous pension. They have government subsidized Health Care which is better than most Americans have. They should lose those taxpayer benefits. They have betrayed the people and the Constitution.
Where is their apology to the American people? Where is their explanation for failures large and small? How much have they profited? The both should resign in disgrace. But in Dee Cee, Endless War for Empire is praised.
EPILOGUE: Revolution For The Hell Of It, Again
President Barack Obama has played this brilliantly. By attacking embedded reporters, he publicly brought the war home. Now the Dee Cee Press at least has to pretend that they are outraged. And they can pose as victims. They have victimized the American people with false narratives for twelve years. Will the formerly embedded lead us to the truth? We can dream.
And everyone is angry with everyone else. Accusations are flying, hearts are hardening, and the new battles are there for everyone to fight. How can we help? Just find a secret and disclose it. Or ridicule a Dee Cee War Pimp.
The more secrets to protect, the higher the cost to neo-cons and their National Security State. The many prosecutions against whistleblowers such as Bradley Manning is likely to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, maybe billions. Most of the secrets, are to protect criminals and corporations.
There are two cultures in the Homeland. And Homeland is such an ugly word. This is the United States with a Constitution. One culture, the Militarists, uses torture and lies and assassinations. The other culture, the Resistance, are American heroes.
Defend the truth tellers. As Abbie Hoffman would probably say, STEAL THESE SECRETS!


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"You may choose to look the other way, but you can never again say you did not know." — William Wilberforce
Around the middle of February every year, the internet is flooded with both declarations of love and lists of ways to "survive" Valentine's Day when your heart is broken. Hearts fill shelves of stores, and everyone is thinking a little more about love, for better or for worse.
At Hope 918, we take advantage of love being in the air to host our annual "Broken Hearts Party." This idea was sparked by Love 146 and gives us a chance to host an awareness event where girls can come together and pray for our hearts to be broken by the things that break God's heart.
We get lots of questions about the unique title. Some people think we come together to wear black and mourn about our own broken hearts. They question why people in happy marriages and dating relationships willingly take part. And this gives us an opportunity to talk about the millions of girls whose hearts are breaking every day as they are enslaved by the sex industry and entrapped by the false love that is sold across our world.
This year we chose our local community as our theme and focus for the evening. (Past years have focused on Thailand and India.) We ate classic Route 66 diner food and gave the money we raised to a local women's shelter that helps women who have been trafficked. But the most powerful part of our night was when we watched the documentary "Nefarious" and prayed that Christ would rescue women and change the hearts of pimps and johns so that this tragedy would stop.
Our desire is that this issue would not break our hearts only one night of the year, but that God would give us hearts of compassion and make us women who pray fervently for the end of slavery and the freedom of our brothers and sisters. Every year we close our evening by making something to serve as a visible reminder to pray. This year we decorated canvasses to hang on our walls and remind us to intercede. Many of us chose to use one of the William Wilberforce quotes that had been featured in the documentary, such as:
"If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large."
It is certainly not enough just to feel alive to the sufferings of others. It is not enough to get together and talk about this tragedy. But our prayer is that this event and the prayers birthed by it will be used of the Lord to continue to bring about His work of setting captives free, in our city and around the world.


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Sandwich shape cutters are a fun way to get children to stop running around for a second and sit down to eat their food. In this world of instant gratification, turning things into a form of a game is key for grabbing young kid's attention and getting them to focus.
This Bites and Pieces crust cutter takes off all the hard edges that lots of young children hate, while cutting up the rest of the food into Tetris-shaped pieces that are attractive to little kids who love playing games. The smaller chunks make it easier for tiny hands to grip and tiny mouths to bite and chew their food without getting it all over their faces.
These sandwich shape cutters encourage playfulness and better eating habits.
The Bites and Pieces Sandwich Shape Cutters Turn Food into Games
Gil Haddi — March 6, 2013 — Life-Stages
References: perpetualkid & 7gadgets


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KFTC members and allies claim the House, meet with Bevin
Chanting "Whose House? The people's House! Whose House? Our House!" KFTC members sent a message to legislators and the governor that Kentuckians have a right to be in the capitol.
As the legislature resumed on February 5 after a recess, members were in Frankfort to lead a series of "spontaneous" mini rallies that started small and grew in number as participants moved throughout the capitol annex toward the governor's office. Why mini-rallies? One of Gov. Matt Bevin's new regulations to limit public participation defines a rally as four or more people.
Each rally focused on a section of KFTC's vision statement, such as "The lives of people and communities matter" and "Discrimination should be wiped from our laws, habits and hearts."
In kicking off the first rally, member Alan Smith of Warren County said, "We're here to take our House back. We're mad at what the governor's been doing for almost a year, trying to keep regular Kentuckians out of this capitol. He doesn't own this capitol. He doesn't own our government. The people do. And so we're here to let our voices be heard and to take this House back."
"We still have a whole lot of work to do, whether it's taxes, whether it's housing, whether it's clean energy – we need to be here in our House and we need to be heard," added KFTC chairperson Meta Mendel Reyes of Madison County.
Since last summer, groups including the Kentucky Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and Kentucky teachers were blocked from entering parts of the capitol or told they couldn't assemble. When folks gathered January 8 for the first day of the 2019 General Assembly, several public areas of the capitol and annex were off limits to the public.
The tunnel connecting the capitol to the annex was later re-opened after public protest, so when members gathered on February 5 they took time for a ribbon cutting ceremony.
As the rallies culminated in front of the governor's office, KFTC members joined members of the Kentucky Poor People's Campaign who had organized a sit-in. After the crowd shared some speeches, chants and singing, they were told that the governor would meet with them down the hall.
Click here to watch the video of Governor Bevin meeting with the Poor People's Campaign and KFTC members, who talked with him about voting rights, health care, state pensions, safe schools and more. KFTC member Serena Owen of Boone County reminded the governor that he had previously met her and her daughter shortly after he was elected, when they needed his help with a healthcare matter. "Remember us, Governor?" Others joined in, telling the governor, "Remember us."
Though not impressed with Bevin's performance in the meeting, folks were grateful for the opportunity to lift up important issues. "We had a roomful of reporters who were reporting on the issues that are important to us," said Rev. Megan Huston, a Poor People's Campaign leader from Bowling Green.
KFTC member Amanda Groves traveled from Marshall County to take part in the day. "I'm here because it's just so important that we have a voice and that we let our legislators know who they represent and that we pay taxes and we are citizens of this commonwealth. We deserve to have access to our House and to our legislators and to the people who are making decisions that affect our lives. They need to hear our voice."
Rep. Patty Minter, a KFTC member elected in November from Bowling Green, also took part. "This is a commonwealth for us all," Minter said.
Members also affirmed the election of Rep. Jim Glenn, who won a House seat by one vote in November. Glenn's victory was certified by the State Board of Elections, and he was seated in the House in January. But Republican House leadership formed an "election contest board," which chose to recount the votes. The recount resulted in a tie, amid controversy about counting additional votes. To remove Glenn from his seat would require an impeachment process.
"The people spoke. Let the people have their voice," Groves said of the Glenn situation. "If you think you can do better, come back and run again and have better ideas. The people spoke."
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Montgomery County Government
Senior Site
Senior Housing
Villages in Montgomery County?
Villages are local, volunteer-led, grassroots organizations that aim to support community members who choose to age-in-place. Villages foster social connections through activities. Many also coordinate help at home using a model of neighbors helping neighbors. Montgomery County has about two dozen villages, active or in development. Villages organize community events such as book clubs, walking groups, knitting clubs, guest speakers and outings. Each village is designed by local community members to reflect their interests and needs. For example, some villages focus on serving older residents; others choose a more intergenerational approach. Some charge a membership fee; others charge no fee and are all-volunteer. For more information, go to montgomerycountymd.gov/village.
Design For Life – Building Accessible Homes
Design for Life Montgomery is the first voluntary certification program in Maryland for Visit-Ability and Live-Ability in single family attached and detached homes located in Montgomery County. The guidelines apply to both new construction and renovation. Please see the web site below for further information.
The Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services (DPS) has launched a revised Design for Life (referred to as DFL or Design for Life ) Incentive Program intended to increase the stock of visitable and livable housing in Montgomery County through tax incentives, promotion of Design for Life principles and businesses engaged in providing housing that meets Design for Life standards and through collaboration with stakeholder partners.


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Regan E. Tankersley
Compliance Attorney
Office Location
500 N. Meridian Street
Suite 400
Indianapolis, IN 46204-1293
Phone: (317) 977-1445
Fax: (317) 633-4878
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Regan Tankersley concentrates her practice in the areas of regulatory compliance, reimbursement and payment practices. She provides counsel in developing strategies and policies for health care entities to ensure compliance with the Medicare and Medicaid programs, including provider-based issues, enrollment, administrative processes, evaluation of payment, disclosure and compliance issues. Ms. Tankersley advises a variety of health care clients including hospitals, health systems, physician practices, IDTFs and ASCs and is a frequent national speaker on regulatory issues.
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S., with highest honors - 1997
- Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D. – 2002
- Indiana State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Healthcare Financial Management Association
- Executive Women in HealthCare
- Health Care Compliance Association
- "Loading the Bases: Preparing for Medicare Payment Changes (Budget Act, OPPS, and MIPS)," HFMA's Lone Star Spring Conference. Arlington, TX, May 12, 2016.
- "Provider-Based Billing Strategies," Hall Render's Practical Health Retreat. Marco Island, FL, February 26, 2016.
- "The Payment Continuum - A Panel of Perspicacity," Hall Render's Practical Counsel Seminar. Scottsdale, AZ, November 13, 2015.
- "Provider-based Arrangements," HCCA's Indianapolis Regional Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN, October 2, 2015.
- "Compliance Risks for Provider-Based and Other Hospital-Based Provider Services," HCCA's 19th Annual Compliance Institute. Buena Vista, FL, April 20, 2015.
- "The Latest on Regulatory and Payment," Hall Render's Practical Counsel Seminar. Scottsdale, AZ, November 14, 2014.
- "Fundamentals of Medicare Parts A-B," American Health Lawyers Association's Fundamentals of Health Law. Chicago, IL, November 12, 2014.
- "Medicare Regulatory Payment Update," Indiana Hospital Association's Annual Meeting Legal Forum. Indianapolis, IN, October 30, 2014.
- "Billing and Reimbursement for Advanced Practice Professionals--Opportunities and Pitfalls," AHLA Practice Groups Webinar. October 28, 2014.
- "Reimbursement and APRNs: What Every Practitioner Should Know," The Health Care Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan Webinar. May 28, 2014.
- "The Latest on 340B and Key Reimbursement Developments," Hall Render's Practical Health Retreat. Marco Island, FL, February 27, 2014.
- "Reimbursement A to D – What You Should Know," Hall Render's Practical Counsel Seminar. Scottsdale, AZ, November 07, 2013.
- "Fundamentals of Medicare Parts A-B," American Health Lawyers Association's Fundamentals of Health Law. Chicago, IL, November 03, 2013.
- "Top 10 Reimbursement Issues for 2013," State Bar of Michigan, Health Care Law Section's Annual Business Meeting. Detroit, MI, September 04, 2013.
- "Compliance Investigations and Self Disclosures," HCCA's Clinical Practice Compliance Conference. Philadelphia, PA, October 16, 2012.
- Quoted in "Protect Your Practice, Don't Overexplain When Voluntarily Repaying Overpayments," Part B News (December 2015).


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Alpha Assembly Solutions received two awards "The Best Presentation of Technology Conference One" and "SMTA China Oscar Paper 2018" at SMTA China South 2018. The award ceremonies took place at Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, Shenzhen on September 28, 2018.
The topic of "Low Temperature Soldering Using Sn-Bi Alloys" was presented by Jackson Chan, Senior Technical Services Manager for Alpha Southern China. Jackson won The Best Presentation of Technology Conference One SMTA China South 2018. His presentation covered low-temperature solder alloys and why they are preferred for the assembly of temperature-sensitive components and substrates.
Another topic, "Low-Temperature SMT Process Implementation," was presented by William Yu, Senior Technical Services Manager of Alpha Northern China. William was invited to present this paper at the 1st SMTA China Oscar Paper 2018 after it was voted one of the Top 5 Most Popular Technical Papers. SMTA's selection criteria was focused on intelligence, high reliability, and the content being in line with the transformation needs of Chinese electronics manufacturing companies, such as product solutions for the automotive, security, communications, medical and military/aerospace markets. William's paper covered low-temperature SMT process solutions and their ability to enable tremendous component and laminate cost savings.
About Jackson Chan, Senior Technical Services Manager for Alpha Southern China
Jackson has been working in Alpha Assembly Solutions more than 20 years. He takes care of troubleshooting, technical traning and technical supprts in Southern China. He was certified Quality Assurance Auditor in the Hong Kong Standard and Testing Laboratory.
About William Yu, Senior Technical Services Manager of Alpha Northern China
William is a frequent speaker for Alpha. He takes care of technical and applications supports in Northern China. He is a member of IPC SPVC China. He has very strong experience in the SMT Industry.
About Alpha Assembly Solutions
Alpha Assembly Solutions, part of the MacDermid Performance Solutions group of businesses, is the world leader in the development, manufacturing and sales of innovative specialty materials used for electronics assembly, die attach and semiconductor packaging in a wide range of industry segments, including automotive, communications, computers, consumer, power electronics, LED lighting, photovoltaics, and others.
As the electronics industry continues to evolve, Alpha is focused on developing novel and unique processes for solving assembly challenges. Whether traditional electronics assembly, die attach or emerging applications, such as flexible and formable electronics, Alpha designs solutions for manufacturing that looks at how multiple products can interact in the same environment to provide customers with the most effective assembly solution for their application.
Since its founding in 1872, Alpha has been committed to developing and manufacturing the highest quality materials with a focus on sustainability and recycling services. For more information, click here.


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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
14 tots:
- Mindy said...
Haha, I'm curious about what all the craziness for twilight is about, so i'm gonna get the books before I'll watch the movie. :)
- December 11, 2008 at 8:47 AM
- Catherine said...
haha min, mind if i pinjam the books after u read them? (unless you become obsessed like ee lyn and refuse to part with your book :P)
- December 11, 2008 at 9:34 AM
- Eng Seng said...
I always wondered why women have this sort of fetish or weakness for vampires... At least we now know what happened to Cedric Diggory after Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! =D
- December 11, 2008 at 12:32 PM
- Mindy said...
I don't think i'll be obsessed like ee lyn. I hope not. :P
Mun Yi says she wants to borrow the book. After that i'll pass it to you la..
- December 11, 2008 at 1:09 PM
- Catherine said...
undead & dashing with a mixture of fantasy & danger probably? ooh dats rite, he was cedric diggory before this :D
YAY! WEEEE..thanx a bunch, min :D
np, i can read after everyone is done hehehe..meanwhile i can cont with my books in queue :P
- December 11, 2008 at 1:23 PM
i have all the four books :P hahaha!
MY if i lend u all 4.. can we forget bout the immortals? :P
- December 18, 2008 at 10:28 AM
- Catherine said...
LOL..are u going to GIVE me 1 of the books as compesation?? :P
but then i would have only 1 book and the stories will be hanging..haha i think I'd better go check The Immortal's price ler
- December 19, 2008 at 11:51 AM
- mELbiEpiE said...
I also wanna readdddd.....OngEeLyn stimulated my curiosity and excitement about Twilight~ =D
- December 31, 2008 at 11:56 AM
- Catherine said...
haha..u met up with eelyn or not? she was in melb ma..still in aust i think though dunno which part liao :P
u watched the movie d not? or wanna read first before can appreciate the movie :P
- December 31, 2008 at 12:36 PM
- Eng Seng said...
Anyone seen Let the Right One In? Has a similar theme to Twilight but heard that it's a better movie...
- January 6, 2009 at 5:02 PM
I liked the movie Twilight cause the guy has:
1. Superhuman powers.
2. Shields me from danger that come my way.
3. Sole purpose is to make sure I stay safe.
4. Unlike other superheroes, he doesn't have to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders. Only my weight.
Now what girl won't FALL for a guy like that.
- January 13, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- Catherine said...
shields You? make sure You stay safe? carries Your weight?
Mun Yi, wake up! LOL :P
- January 13, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Dreams can take you to such highs. Why would I want to wake up, unless I have no choice. :)
- January 13, 2009 at 6:13 PM
- Catherine said...
ya, u still have to wake up every morning..to WORK! :P
- January 15, 2009 at 9:40 PM


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Sorry I've been absent for a few weeks. Little Guy and I were out of town trying to milk the last of summer for everything we could get out of it. We got a lot of rain! Now we're busy getting ready for fall. Fall is my favorite season for cooking. It's cool enough to … Continue reading
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Vegeriffic Veggie Sauce
It's Meatless Monday again and this time there were no mistakes! So far I've just made Monday pasta night, and tonight we again stuck to the safe Italian meatless theme and had calzones. I had some pizza dough that I made over the weekend in the freezer so I pulled that out and whipped together … Continue reading
Why You Need Another Recipe for Blueberry Pancakes
When I do my weekly shopping, I usually try to pick up some sort of fresh fruit. I love fresh, local, in-season produce. However, since I live in New England, my local fruit intake is limited to five months of the year. The rest of the year, I just try to find some sort of … Continue reading
Hingham Farmer's Market and Old Bay Steamed Lobster Recipe
Saturday marked our first trip to the Hingham Farmer's Market for this season. It's still early. They did have some of the season's first produce including some asparagus and lettuces. However, the great thing about the Hingham market is the variety of other items available. My son flipped out over the caramel corn. We had … Continue reading
Beautiful Food
I've spent a good part of the last week reading some of the most amazing food blogs on the web. Some have pictures that make me want to sign up for photography classes. My favorite for photography is Cannelle et Vanille. Others have writing that reads like poetry – good poetry. If you want to … Continue reading
The Sage in Bloom
This week the barrel planter that held last summer's herb garden gave a homesick Texan a little treat. My sage bloomed. I wanted to let it completely bloom and go to seed, but the sage looks really nice this year, and I'll want a little of that for some roast chicken soon. In the fall … Continue reading
Meatless Monday Attempt #1: Dinner only this week
Tonight is Monday, and we are going to have our first intentional Meatless Monday dinner. It's a gimme dinner – pasta with a braised tomato sauce and salad. Right now leftover tomatoes are braising in the oven with garlic, olive oil, leftover basil from a recipe last week, wild onions from my in-laws' back yard, … Continue reading


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Westampton Courts Condo Assoc Chooses mem property management September 6, 2018
mem property management, a highly-rated New Jersey property management company, was recently selected as the new property management company for the Westampton Courts Condominium Association, a 132-unit condominium community of attractive one- and two-bedroom residences in Westampton, New Jersey in Burlington County.
"We are very excited to have been chosen as the new property management company for the Westampton Courts Condominium Association and look forward to working with the talented board and supporting this wonderful community," says Martin Laderman, founder and CEO of mem property management in New Jersey.
Westampton Courts residents appreciate the low property taxes, convenient transportation options and well-regarded local School system. Westampton Courts offers residents tennis, swimming and a clubhouse, but for those looking to venture outside the community, there are many things to do in the area. Rancocas State Park, located just a short drive away offers outdoor enthusiasts hiking, biking, fishing and canoeing and miles of beautiful creek vistas and wildlife viewing opportunities. Deerwood Country Club is a public golf course located only four miles from Westampton Courts. In addition to an 18-hole golf course, there is an outdoor swimming pool and tennis courts providing seasonal recreation opportunities for local residents.
There are a wide variety of shopping and dining destinations nearby, and history buffs can enjoy downtown Burlington, only four miles away. Rich in historical architecture, Burlington has 40 notable buildings, including the country's oldest home, the 1675 Revell House; and the Blue Anchor Inn, which once hosted an arm-wrestling match between Ulysses S. Grant (the town's most famous resident) and Abraham Lincoln at its bar during Lincoln's campaign for president.
Westampton is a 30-minute drive from the state capitol of Trenton, and one hour from Atlantic City and Newark International Airport. The close proximity to Philadelphia and easy commuting options to New York City, have helped make Burlington County, the second largest county in New Jersey (after Ocean County), one of the fastest growing and most desirable places to live in New Jersey.
"Westampton Courts is a family-friendly community with an excellent that is ideal for commuters looking for an affordable alternative to high-priced suburbs," says Martin Laderman, of mem property management, "Westampton Courts is a place anyone would be happy to call home."
About mem property management
mem property management is a privately held NJ property management company founded by Martin H. Laderman, with the vision to increase property value through solid, experienced management. Since that time, the company has expanded to manage dozens of properties from its New York border to the Jersey Shore and Gold Coast.
mem property management is privileged to serve some of the finest communities throughout New Jersey including many of the major developers and builders as well as communities as diverse as small ocean-front condominiums to large master-planned communities with several hundred homes to age-restricted retirement communities.
To learn more about mem property management corporation, its services or its policies, please visit http://www.memproperty.com/ or call 609-599-2870.


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Bouncing Back from a Missed PromotionPosted June 1, 2017 in Latest News & Insights, Resilience
Discovering that you weren't selected for the promotion that you've had your heart set on is always disappointing. How you dust yourself off and learn from this experience will set the stage for success with that next opportunity.
Setbacks are a part of life…and they are a part of growth.
This month we sat down with Roundtable members Adrian Vargas and Scott Ouellet to get their perspective on how to bounce back and move forward from these disappointing experiences.
Both Adrian and Scott highlighted the importance of self-reflection in these circumstances. Reflection on why you really wanted this job and whether it was really the right stepping stone for your career. Reflection on why you didn't get the job and whether it's something reflective of performance or other circumstances.
In addition, Scott Ouellet, Director of Supply Chain Canada at Hershey Canada, reminds us of the importance of handling these disappointments in a professional way while getting focused on that next opportunity. He shares these tips on how to move forward:
- Realize that there can be more eyes on you after the interview than during the interview. How you react may be critical to how you are perceived as a team player.
- Focus on 'what' not 'why'. Ask what you need to do to position yourself for the next opportunity. Understand if there are any shortcomings. Be sure to use strong confident body language in your discussions.
- Remember that you own 50% of your career and your manager owns the other 50%. It is critical that your direct manager is aware of your career goals and ambitions.
- Network! Take time to have career conversations with other leaders in the organization at many levels and in different areas of the company. Understand your assets and how they might benefit other departments.
Adrian Vargas, Supply Chain Functional Business Relationship Manager Director for the Asia Middle East and North Africa Sector of PepsiCo, points out that getting passed over for a promotion may indicate a missed opportunity to do the absolute best job of managing your career. He offers the following suggestions:
- Review past feedback and assessments – look for trends and identify if there's something that you may want to put your focus on.
- Evaluate your mentorship network and how well you leveraged it to get input, perspective and advise on the promotion you were looking for. Consider what you may want to do differently going forward.
- Focus on critical experiences, rather than promotions. Recognizing the flatter, more matrix-based approach of work in today's environment, anticipate what skills will be required for the job you aspire to. Identify the critical experiences that will get you there.
- Turn to all of the things that got you to where you are today, lay out an action plan that allows you to further leverage those things and share that plan with others to hold yourself accountable.
Remember, the most successful leaders excel at course-correcting when things don't go quite the way they'd planned. Bouncing back from a missed promotion should be no different!


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your go-to spot for information about cultural events for adults, kids and families in and around Baltimore. Click the tabs to find an event, or scroll down to the Labels at the bottom of the page to find what you are looking for.
Monday, June 1, 2015
Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
by Bert V. Royal
director: Fuzz Roark
WHEN: June 5 - June 28, Fri & Sat - 8 PM / Sun - 2 PM
WHERE: Spotlighters Theatre, 817 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore
TICKETS: Adults - $20; Seniors (60+) - $18; Students & Military - $16
Ten Spot Thursday—ALL TICKETS JUST $10: Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 8 PM (no other discounts apply)
Special Discount to local GSA (Gay-Straight Alliances), GLSEN & PFLAG chapters that are interested in bringing a group to a performance.
Contact the theatre (410-752-1225 or email@example.com) for more information.
CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace. But a chance meeting with an artistic kid, the target of this group's bullying, offers CB a peace of mind and sets in motion a friendship that will push teen angst to the very limits.
Drug use, suicide, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion and sexual identity collide and careen toward an ending that's both haunting and hopeful.
Discussions will follow each performance addressing the issues and questions raised each evening!
Local support agencies for LGBT youth, and other teen issues are encouraged to contact the theatre to participate in post-show discussions.


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The Rs 1.76 lakh crore presumptive loss figure in CAG report on 2G spectrum allocation is set to be debated again with BJP members in JPC on the issue demanding calling of a former lead auditor on his charge that he was forced to sign the controversial report on the scam.
BJP member in Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) Yashwant Sinha has written to committee chief P C Chacko demanding calling of former Director General Audit (Post and Telecommunication) in CAG R P Singh.
Sinha said members want to know who had pressurised Singh to sign the report which had put the presumptive loss to Rs 1.76 lakh crore.
Singh had recently claimed his superiors gave him a "written order" following which he signed on the final report giving a presumptive loss figure of Rs 1.76 lakh crore.
"I will place the letter before the committee. Then, the members will decide on the issue," Chacko told PTI. The committee is meeting next on December 12.
Singh, who had headed the CAG team that audited the 2G spectrum allocation, maintained he had never put the figure of Rs 1.76 lakh crore in his draft report.
"They (senior CAG officials) told me that this is the final report and asked me through a written order to sign on it. So, I followed the instruction and signed the report," Singh had said.
When Singh had appeared before JPC on November 14, 2011, he had taken a similar stand saying the loss due to spectrum allocation was Rs 2,645 crore and he had signed the final report on the alleged scam on the direction of his superiors.
He had told the panel that quantification of loss was not part of the objectives of the CAG audit and the final figure of Rs.1.76 lakh crore was at best a "mathematical guess".
Singh told the JPC that the Rs 2,645 crore figure, calculated by him, was the actual loss based on non-revision of entry fee for telecom operators and the figure was part of the draft report.


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Byrum Builders can add a deck to increase your usable space for entertaining or just relaxing with your family. We have great solutions for adding durable, low-maintenance Trex materials, and our team is dedicated to staying informed on the newest products and trends in outdoor living. Now all you have to decide is what goes on the grill.


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Peanuts Volume Ten
Writer: Charles M. Schulz, Jason Cooper, Donna Almendrala
Artist: Charles M. Schulz, Donna Almendrala, Vicki Scott, Scott Jerralds
Colors: Justin Thompson, Katherine Efird, Nina Taylor Kester, Dennis St. John
Letters: Charles M. Schulz, Katherine Efird, Dennis St. John, Donna Almendrala
Publisher: Boom! Studios
If you do not know who the Charles M. Schulz and the Peanuts Gang are, well I feel a little bad for you. Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the characters in the Peanuts were a mainstay of children's entertainment long before the coming of Sesame Street, Sponge Bob Square Pants, Barney, or Dora the Explorer were even a thought in their creators' unconscious minds...Read More


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Business Insider put three central Iowa suburbs on its new list of 50 "best suburbs in America." Business Insider cited schools, short commutes, and low costs of living among the reasons Waukee ranked 37th, Ankeny 36th, and Johnston 25th. On all of those counts, and more, I favor Windsor Heights, Iowa's only "inner ring suburb."
1. Windsor Heights residences feed into either the Des Moines or West Des Moines school districts. Both contain good high schools and a more diverse student body than the growing-too-fast Waukee, Ankeny, or Johnston schools.
2. Homes in Windsor Heights have more character than the cookie-cutter housing developments in "taupetown." Moreover, a lot of these older brick homes were built to last, in contrast to the cheap construction that's gone up lately in outlying suburbs.
3. Commutes are even shorter in Windsor Heights, only 10-15 minute drive from most places in the Des Moines metro area (more like 20 minutes to the airport or State Fairgrounds).
4. Windsor Heights is better-served for bike trails than the suburbs mentioned by Business Insider.
5. Most lots in Windsor Heights have mature trees.
Incidentally, I reject the premise that suburbs always offer a higher quality of life. My dozen or so favorite Des Moines neighborhoods are in my book nicer places to live than Ankeny, Waukee, or Johnston as well. Not even close.