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I must admit I have been getting very, very worried.
From a number of sources, I am hearing that not only Tōhoku area (northeastern part of the island Honshu) should be avoided in the immediate future, but it's long term fate remains unclear.
Tōhoku region is more rural than the rest of Japan, featuring snow-covered mountains, thick forests, rice paddies and is a hiker's paradise. I have long held plans to traverse its rugged terrain together with my husband on foot. Look at its breathtaking beauty:
I, of course, refuse to believe that my dreams of a languid journey across that amazing land will never be fullfilled. But…
Tourism opportunities aside, that region is characterised by declining, ageing population and dominance of agriculture. Much of rice farming is subsidised. Clearly, the disaster on scale of Tohoku-Kanto earthquake has dealt a double blow to Tohoku – taking away the essential flow of tourism and exacerbating the outflow of population, possibly long term.
The greatest concern, of course, is the ongoing battle and potentially catastrophic long-term effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident. To me, Fukushima plan is a wound that just would not stop bleeding. Engineers and emergency workers are still there. My heart pains for those brave people daily. But the thought of the long term affects, should their efforts not bring the desired results, is ever more terrifying. Today, I went in search of informed opinions on the Fukushima situation. I discovered that this organisation – Citizens' Nuclear Information Center – provides non-establishment disaster analysis. In their latest press release, they stated: "Despite strenuous efforts, there is an increasing danger that large amounts of radioactive material might be released from Unit No. 3, which is loaded with fuel containing plutonium".
No. 3 reactor at Fukushima, uses MOX fuel — whose melting point is lower than that of normal uranium fuel.
"The type of plutonium in MOX is different from that in normal fuel, and the toxicity of the plutonium in MOX is higher than that in normal fuel," CNIC stated. "According to our calculations, it's possible that the radiation exposure could be twice as much as that from normal fuel under certain conditions."
Moreover, Masashi Goto, a former nuclear plant and containment vessel designer with Toshiba Corp., which manufactured four of the six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi (No. 1) plant in the 1970sOn Thursday, said at the CNIC press conference that he thought it was possible that that spent fuel pool at reactor #3 was broken and water was leaking out.
The consequences of spent fuel pool filled with MOX combusting and radiation released into the atmosphere are potentially more severe than Chernobyl.
Let's hope and pray that this will not happen.
In conclusion, the information I found today is discouraging. Personally, I think that unless there is an immediate need to be in Honshu, travel should be avoided. As long at the Fukushima Daichi plan is unstable, the potential dangers of far-reaching radiation release cannot be ignored.
P.S. I also thought that this article titled "Japan's deadly game of nuclear roulette", written by a geoscientist in 2004, is an important read that provides a chilling perspective on the possibility of further nuclear disasters on southeastern parts of Honshu. Those areas are right next door to Tokyo and the ultimate Japanese icon, Mt Fuji. Leuren Moret writes:
"Of all the places in all the world where no one in their right mind would build scores of nuclear power plants, Japan would be pretty near the top of the list".
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Last week, I attended PrideFest in Lake Worth Florida. I usually do it because its a lot of fun, I have no problem getting people to have their picture taken, and it usually results in a couple of great shots. This year was a bit different though. I decided to just photograph the Gay Pride parade—or at least the initial setting up before they actually went out and paraded. This is when the people are concentrating on what they have to do instead of performing in front of a camera. It results in what I think, are more honest pictures—pictures of people just being themselves.
At the far end was this group of kids setting up and rehearsing with this large banner which they were going to use in the parade. I snapped a few shots and just after this one I heard—
"You're supposed to ask, you know."
I looked up and there was this other girl at the far end of the banner yelling at me. "Your supposed to ask, you know" she repeated. "Why" I asked, and she replied "it was only polite." I began to tell her that if I asked, I would end up with a shitty picture of the subject grinning, all teeth for my camera and this made for boring photographs but she was not listening. She was to into being offended.
What the fuck is wrong with these kids today and where do these rules come from? They are about to march in a fucking parade in front of two or three thousand people and one would expect that a few of them have cameras or cellphones. Do they not expect people to take pictures of them? Why are we supposed to ask? I certainly do not impose on people when I shoot them (in fact I am the opposite and try to stay invisible) and the chances of them ever seeing a copy of this photograph are next to zero so what is their problem? Actually, I think I know what the answer is. People feel so alienated and ignored these days that they feel they have to seize power over people wherever they can find it. Everybody has to make a stand—no matter how ridiculous, or pointless it may be. These days people quite often confront me when I take pictures because they feel either I am invading their privacy, stealing a moment (I like that one), or I am just an everyday pervert. All of this is bullshit. They could simply turn away, but that makes them feel like a victim for my camera. It is too passive. Confrontation is much more effective—at least in their twisted logic so they blurt out stupid comments like,
"You're supposed to ask, you know. Its only polite"
No I am not supposed to ask. At my age (72), I have been around a bit, and I do not need an uptight politically correct teenage prig to tell me what politeness is. Making up stupid rules for strangers to follow, telling people how they should behave, and what they should or should not do is anything but polite. It is downright rude!

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- "There's no escape! Say goodnight, chump! (No escape! ブッ殺してやるぅ! No escape! Bukkoroshiteyaruu!?)"
- —Balrog
The Violent Buffalo (バイオレンスバッファロー Baiorensu Baffaroo?, Violence Buffalo) is Balrog's first Ultra Combo, introduced in Street Fighter IV. It is essentially a more powerful version of his Super Combo, Crazy Buffalo.
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The type of dash punches depends on whether the player is holding down the kick buttons or not. If the player is not holding down kick, Balrog throws a straight punch; if the player is holding down kick, the dash punch is a rushing uppercut. However, the last punch will be always an uppercut regardless of the player holding the kick buttons or not at the punch moment.
The move's variability helps Balrog get the most out of the combo even when it doesn't connect properly (though at the obvious cost of damage); if, for example, Balrog catches a jumping opponent with it (e.g. via Buffalo Head), he can attempt to juggle the opponent and hit them again by using an uppercut. The kick variation of the move comes out 3 frames faster than the punch variation, making it somewhat more ideal for quick punishes.


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Wanna give your Oracle real application cluster setup a fivefold transactions-per-minute boost? Just add a flash-cached host bus adapter between the Oracle gear and its SAN, says QLogic... preferably its own.
Fibre Channel host bus adaptor (HBA) vendor QLogic has a new line of network adapters called FabricCache which use its Mount Rainier technology to add a caching flash storage pool and store hot data from a Fibre Channel-connected SAN. Accessing servers thereby get faster access to data.
It's got a demo running at Oracle OpenWorld (exhibit number 2115) with FabricCache used to link a Fibre Channel SAN to an Oracle real application cluster (RAC) set-up. QLogic claims this can bump up the transactions per minute count by a factor of five in Oracle RAC business analytics applications, and provide up to 75 per cent faster transaction response times.
This happens because FabricCache significantly lowers data access latency on a Fibre Channel SAN which it front-ends, according to QLogic.
QLogic FabricCache and Oracle RAC
It might be easier to add a FabricCache 10000 Series adapter to your Oracle RAC-Fibre Channel SAN set up than sticking PCIe flash cards into the servers. That will be a cost, complexity and performance benefits decision.
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I already mentioned that Barack Obama's acceptance speech was rhetorically brilliant but deeply dishonest. One example of this dishonesty: Obama's view on the 'critical' Afghan War.
A minor point, there – victory. It's not a word that resonates with Democrats except at the ballot box.
Obama pledged to "finish the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban," forgetting it was President Bush who took the fight to the enemy with Obama in opposition. The fight in Afghanistan isn't over. But Obama failed to explain why, as chairman of a subcommittee having jurisdiction, he held not a single hearing on a theater of operations he now deems critical.
Someone else will have to take the risks for him, he's got an election to win.
What the Heck Was I Thinking!?: Investor's Business Daily Fisks Obama's Speech.
Don't worry if you're confused — liberals will soon oppose the Afghan War anyway.
Another example of the dishonesty were Obama's weird comments about being his brother's keeper, when Barack's brother lives in a hut. I understand why Obama might cut his extended family off. That's part of the American experiecen even: breaking free of clan, abandoning traditions, and embracing freedom.
But for Obama to support big government policies by emphasizing the need for that sort of old-world community, only to ignore it (with very concrete negative effects for one's own brother!): that's deception.


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Emma Johansson Claims Third Consecutive Podium at Omloop van het HagelandSun 9 Mar 2014
ORICA-AIS enjoyed a successful outing at Omloop van het Hageland where Emma Johansson delivered the Australian outfit's third podium in Belgium over eight days of racing. The Swede was part of the race winning move that was reduced from a 17 rider front group to a two rider late race break. Lizzie Armitstead (Boels-Dolmans) outkicked Johansson to the line. Johansson settled for second, 4" ahead of the chase group.
Sport Director Gene Bates expressed his pride in both the result and the performance of his team in Tielt Winge today. In his own words, he describes the action from a team perspective at the one day classic.
The race is broken up into two separate sections. There's a big loop of 59 kilometres to start. From there, we do five laps of a 13 kilometre circuit. There really wasn't much action at all until about the 50 kilometre mark. When the bunch hit the section just before the cobbled climb on the big loop, the pace picked up, and there was an enormous pile-up. I'd venture to guess 20-25 riders went down, which completely blocked up the road.
Carlee [Taylor] crashed and did some damage to her elbow. Gracie [Elvin] got caught behind it all. We were able to get Carlee going back into the bunch relatively quickly, but both she and Gracie missed out on the move that formed.
A group of 16 riders emerged after that crash. We were fortunate to have three in there: Emma, Spratty [Amanda Spratt] and Shara [Gillow]. Loes [Gunnewijk] didn't start today because of stomach issues, so we had only two riders back in the bunch.
Kirsten Wild (Giant Shimano) had missed out, too. When the front group first hit the circuit, they had about one minute on the field. Giant Shimano rode really hard to bring it back. I think they got it down to 26" at one stage – and that's when things at the front blew up completely.
It was quite difficult to follow over race radio. There were six out front and then three and then 12 and then six again. It wasn't until the final lap that we got confirmation that the six included Emma and Shara.
Up until that point, we had given clear instructions to Shara to drive the break as much as she could. It was a great situation for us to have three riders represented, especially because one of those riders was Emma. She's fast and strong and on good form, and we were confident she could deliver another good result for ORICA-AIS. We didn't want Wild to come back into the picture, and Shara's work was meant to ensure Giant Shimano couldn't close the gap.
With Shara looking after the pace, Spratty was looking after the moves, especially on the last lap. We wanted to save Emma for the final – to put in one last attack or set herself up for a good sprint. Spratty put herself in a couple good moves, and Emma followed a few things herself – mainly anything with Lizzie Armitstead. All three did exactly what they needed to do.
Lizzie and Emma got away on the last time up the climb, and they quickly got a good lead over the remnants of the breakaway. When it came down to the finish, Emma unfortunately was beaten by a better rider today. Lizzie ran first. Emma was second. A small group of chasers sprinted for the third. Spratty managed to hang on and run top ten as well. We had really good results. Coupled with Shara's strong ride in the breakaway after only have gotten to Europe a week ago, we can call this a good day.
I'm not only pleased with the result, I'm also really happy with the way the team rode. While we may say that our objective is to win every race, we know that's impossible. We strive to win every time we line up, but we can be happy with other results when we ride well as a team – and for the last two races, we've demonstrated a really good ability to gel together. With what I've seen this week in Belgium, I'm confident we've got a lot to look forward to this season.


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A client came to my office this morning, devastated because he had worked for a company for 16 years and recently found out that his position has been eliminated. This man turned 60 last month and thought he would be retiring from the job he just lost. Now, he is scared, angry, feels he has no control over his career, and doesn't know what to do next.
I know from talking with thousands of business professionals, that many of you feel the same way. Let me suggest this – ultimately each one of you works for yourself and each of you is responsible for your own career. It's important for you to keep focused on what's most important about your career, and that you build, steer, and proactively manage it in the direction in which you'll find both personal and professional fulfillment. Nobody cares about your career as much as you do, so make sure you take control and lead yourself to success.
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South Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change. Average temperatures have been rising throughout the region, and rainfall has become more erratic. ... See More + These changes are projected to continue accruing over the coming decades. South Asia's Hotspots: The Impact of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Living Standards is the first book of its kind to provide granular spatial analysis of the long-term impacts of changes in average temperature and precipitation on one of the world's poorest regions. South Asia's Hotspots finds that higher temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns will reduce living standards in communities across South Asia—locations that the book terms hotspots.More than 800 million people in South Asia currently live in communities that are projected to become hotspots under a carbon-intensive climate scenario. Global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will reduce the severity of hotspots. Diverse and robust development is the best overall prescription to help people in hotspots. The book also suggests actions tailored to each country in the region such as increasing employment in non-agricultural sectors, improving educational attainment, and expanding access to electricity that would offset the declines in living standards associated with hotspots. South Asia's Hotspots complements previous studies detailing the impacts of sea-level rise and extreme events on the people of South Asia. Together, these bodies of work create a sound analytical basis for investing in targeted policies and actions to build climate resilience throughout the region. See Less -
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This paper constructs an integrated assessment model of tropical cyclones in order to quantify the impact that climate change may have on tropical cyclone damages in countries around the world. ... See More + The paper relies on a tropical cyclone generator in each ocean and several climate models to predict tropical cyclones with and without climate change. A damage model is constructed to compute the resulting damage when a cyclone strikes each country. Economic development is expected to double global tropical cyclone damages because more will be in harm's way. Climate change is expected to double global damage again, causing an additional $54 billion of damage per year. The damage is projected to be concentrated in North America and eastern Asia but many Caribbean islands will suffer the highest damages per unit of GDP. Most of the increased damage will be caused by rare but very powerful storms. See Less -
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This paper quantifies hurricane damage caused by climate change across the US. A damage function is estimated from historic hurricane data to measure the impacts at each location given the storm's strength. ... See More + The minimum barometric pressure of each storm turns out to be a better indicator of damages than the traditional measure of maximum wind speed. A hurricane generator in the Atlantic Ocean is then used to create 5000 storms with and without climate change. Combining the location and intensity of each storm with the income and population projected for each location, it is possible to estimate a detailed picture of how hurricanes will impact each state with and without climate change. Income and population growth alone increase expected baseline damage from $9 to $27 billion per year by 2100. Climate change is expected to increase damage by another $40 billion. Over 85 percent of these impacts are in Florida and the Gulf states. The 10 percent most damaging storms cause 93 percent of expected damage. See Less -
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- Registration: Pre-registration/payment is required. Because we offer small class sizes to ensure individual attention, classes fill quickly. Classes will not be held until payment is received. Class registration closes 5 days prior to start date.
- Where To Register: We offer online registration. If you do not have internet access, please contact us to register for a class.
- Registration Confirmation: After we have received your payment, you should expect to receive an email confirmation letter, with registration forms no later than least two days after registration. After filling out the appropriate information, please send your application to us. If you do not receive a confirmation letter, please contact Toledo Dog Training- raisingyourspetsnaturally @ gmail.com
First Class:
- Orientation Policy: The orientation video can be viewed online 10 days prior to the first day of class. Orientation is important and has homework lessons for you and your dog to complete PRIOR to your first night of class. Ideally, you should practice these lessons for a week before your start date. If you do not have computer access, your orientation materials will be mailed to you in a print version.
- Insufficient Funds/Check Return Fee: $35
I understand that attendance at a dog training class is not without risk to myself, members of my family or guests who may attend, or my dog, because some of the dogs to which I (we) will be exposed may be difficult to control and may be the cause of injury even when handled with the greatest amount of care. I hereby waive and release Tonya Wilhelm, its officers, employees, owners, members, and agents from any injury or damage resulting from the action of the dog, and I expressly assume the risk of any such damage or injury while attending any training session or while on the training grounds or the surrounding area thereto. In consideration of and as inducement to the acceptance of my application for training I hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless release Tonya Wilhelm, its officers, employees, members, and agents from any and all claims, or claims by any member of my family or any other person accompanying me to any training session or while on the grounds or the surrounding area thereto as a result of any action of any dog, including my own.
I have filled the class application out with information that is honest and complete.
- Domestic Dogs: Any canid that is part wild canid and that is not 100% domestic dog will not be allowed in class.
- Inappropriate or Dangerous Dogs: Any dog which, in the opinion of Tonya Wilhelm, is reactive, uncontrollable, fearful, unpredictable, or aggressive, in any way a danger to people or dogs will not be allowed in group classes. Trainer, at her discretion, may refuse entry to a dog which is not healthy, is aggressive or fearful, or does not seem suitable for the environment at hand.
- All dogs enrolling in group class should not be shy or aggressive towards people or other dogs. They should not have any problems if an adult of child approaches to pet, or another dog walks by. If your dog does not fill these requirements, please contact us for private instruction.
- Please Note: Dogs that have been trained for any type of bite work or protection cannot enroll in classes at Toledo Dog Training.
- No refund will be given under such circumstances.
- If you have any questions about your dog's eligibility, please contact us prior to registering.
- Primary Handler: For the sake of consistency for the dog, we ask that you choose one "primary" handler to actually work with the dog in every class. For liability reasons, one adult over 18 years of age must be the primary handler in class.
- Youth: Anyone aged 7 -17 participating in classes must have a parent or responsible adult in attendance at all times. Children under 7 years of age must be accompanied by a non-participating adult at all times while on the premises. Visitors are welcome to watch our classes in the waiting room. Please note that peanut butter is utilized around the training center frequently.
- Dogs in the same household: We find that it is often counterproductive to have two dogs from the same household in the same beginner level class. We leave this decision up to you.
- Dogs on Leash: All dogs must remain on their leash when on the premises unless instructed otherwise.
- Proper Dog Training Equipment: All dogs in our puppy & beginner classes are required to be on a 4-6″ nylon or leather leash. No extended-leashes or chains permitted in class. The dog's leash must be attached to a harness or head collar, not a collar. We typically suggest a front clipping harness. Click here to find out why & for harness & leash suggestions. Harness are only permitted during class. Last Updated January 2015
- No Unsolicited sniffing: We ask all owners to be aware of their dog's behavior while on the leash. All handlers are asked to not allow their dog free access to sniff another person's dog.
- Humane Treatment: Any person enrolled in class must agree to use humane training methods that would reflect Toledo Dog Training's philosophy. Specifically, no shock collars, pinch/prong, choke or citronella collars will be allowed, no ear-pinching, and no harsh or inhumane treatment of dogs (including but not limited to hanging, strangling, choking, kicking, dragging, beating, hitting, striking, slamming, throwing or any other pain-inducing method).
- Clean Up: All handlers must clean up after their dogs when on the premises.
- Females in Heat: Female dogs in heat should not be brought to class. *No refund will be given under such circumstances.
- Absences: If you know you will miss a class, please let your instructor know so that you can be given your homework via email or the week before. We encourage you to attend even if your dog cannot! In fairness to the other students, make-up classes are not available, so please plan carefully. A private lesson may be able to be scheduled if time permits (private instruction fees apply).
- Class schedules subject to be changed or rescheduled due to less than 3 dogs in a class, severe weather conflicts or due to illness. Your instructor will notify you of any schedule changes.
- Full credit/transfer/refund if we cancel class.
- Because we offer small class sizes to ensure individual attention, we do not offer a refund for owners canceling class prior to 30 days of class start date. Please plan carefully.
- All cancellations must be received in writing to: Tonya Wilhelm PO Box 91 Holland, OH 43528
**Sorry, no exceptions.
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Movie 'Detention' Official Facebook PageFebruary 18th, 2011
This is the facebook for Josh's newest movie, "Detention". Josh is in it and he also produced it with Joseph Kahn. It is premiering at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX in March. More info and pics to come.
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CPM Weekly Classic (January 1st, 2020)
Old Things Passed Away [2016] is a sermon using Peter's 2nd epistle (in addition to Isaiah and three letters from Paul) to prove Christians must die to self in order to keep their pledges. Being the first CPM sermon of the year 2016 the main focus of this homily is "forgiving self" because this allows Yahweh to make us new creatures. We must be equipped with the correct strength to keep our New Year resolutions.


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Today was another sticky scorcher, though the clouds were moving in and out, warning of possible thunderstorms one second and revealing sunny skies the next.
We wanted to cross something off of our bucket list, but we didn't want to go far from home and get caught in a storm.
We decided to try to find our first waterfall (we have find 3 waterfalls on our list). One of the students in the Boy's class did his Triad Presentation on waterfalls and said that there was one quite near us. His directions were less than helpful though, and when I asked him for better ones he looked at me like I was stupid and repeated himself. Never try to get directions from an 8 year old! (To his credit though, his directions were to "go past King's Landing and it's just down the road a bit off Rte 2", and those were correct, they just weren't too precise.) I found a list of NB Waterfalls through my powers of Googlefu (and promptly pinned it so that we can find it again). It took some searching, but we found a listing that sounded promising, the one for Lower Joslin Falls, and we got ready for adventure.
To get to the falls, you literally (no, really) park on the side of a major highway. Yay us! Here we've parked and we're ready to explore. Except the Boy says "We don't have to go UP, do we?"
I snapped a quick before photo of each of the girls, since they were game:
Setting off across the rocks. We agreed that this probably wasn't a spot we could get any of the grandparents through. They'll have to just enjoy the photos.
We had to squeeze through a deer gate in the fence (I've secretly always wanted to do that!).
Timidly tiptoeing our way across the creek
A trillium! I almost cried. I haven't seen trilliums yet in this province but they used to be everywhere when I'd go walking in Ontario. I've been missing them.
We hear the roar, we're on the correct side of the creek, and this is the "cliff". Could this be all there is?
No! After a tricky walk along the cliff edge we could see the "upper" falls. Time to pick our way along and down the cliffs to see the "lower" falls as well.
The full view of the falls. Worth the tricky footing!
We started out tentative about footing (and this mom was doing some worrying) but the kids gained confidence as they went. Crossing the river to get as close as possible to the falls for a good photo:
THE photo (thanks kids!)
The boy discovers that water on rocks SPLASHES. Hehehehe.
Hubby gets as close as possible to give everyone a context for the height of the falls. He is exactly 6 feet tall.
As it turns out, my kids have mountain goat DNA. They had a TON of fun hopping about on the wet rocks, while I tried not to turn into helicopter mom.
No one wanted to leave. The bugs were bad, but the cold water felt SOOOO good. It was really tempting to "fall" in, but we managed to resist. We eventually convinced everyone to head out. One last look at the falls from the bottom.
Going up!
Peeking through the trees from the cliff:
If you look closely at the upper left (top of the waterfall) you'll see why I have so much grey hair:
I'm calling this one and a half waterfalls because on the way home we stopped by "our" falls. They're a little set of rapids just down the road from us and we've always called them a waterfall. Somehow after our experience with the rush and roar of Upper Joslin though, we just don't think we can call them that any more. Sorry little water spill. Maybe some day you can grow to be big.
We came home to puddles and wet roads, so apparently it rained while we were gone. We had a small thunderstorm move through once we were all settled, but the heat didn't break. It's not officially summer here yet; school isn't out until the end of June, but it sure FEELS like summer! We're having so much fun with our summer activities and we're excited to pick something else off our list. Thanks #happyfamilysummer!


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Women of CFC
The Women of CFC are designed by God and defined by grace. We are about encouraging women towards spiritual growth and maturity, engaging women in authentic and intentional relationship with Christ and others, and equipping women to share their life and His love with a lost and broken world.
For a complete listing of Women's Ministry Events click HERE.


text: The central mission of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN) Foundation is to educate and inform the public about news and developments that benefit and promote brain health. The human brain weighs a mere three pounds yet it is the wellspring of human creativity, emotions, and passions. Our humanness originates in our brains. Despite its unique and truly amazing superpowers, the vast majority of us take our brains for granted, as we often do our health. That is, of course, unless or until an injury or a disease threatens to rob us of our capacities. Otherwise most of us don't think about it. It's not unlike the sentiment captured in the song titled, "Don't Know What You got (Till It's Gone)." But once in peril, most of us would give anything to gain it back. Steve Jobs might tell us, "I spent my health gaining wealth and then I had to spend my wealth in a failed attempt to regain my health." So, where does that leave us? Simple: We at the NAN Foundation embrace the time-tested maxim that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Helping you to maintain your brain health is our central passion. Whether you happen to be a teenager who plays football or cheerleads, a young adult who likes to party, or an elderly person who struggles with balance, coordination and simply getting around, we have brain news you can use. No matter what you do or who you are- young or old, rich or poor, athlete or couch potato- we want you to embrace the precious gem nature of your brain because your 3-pound brain is no match against the forces of nature; forces you may encounter in a car accident, sports collision, or even a fall. We want to promote your brain health so you will never need to consult with any one of our neuropsychological experts who treat brain damage, brain injury, and disease for anything more than advice about how to stay healthy and safe.


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High-grade Serous Carcinoma : Spread & Metastasis
Ovarian serous carcinomas can spread to the contralateral ovary, peritoneal cavity (often causing ascites), para-aortic and pelvic lymph nodes, liver, lung and pleura. The involvement of intestines and ureter can lead to obstruction and hydronephrosis respectively. Metastasis to umbilicus may manifest as Sister Joseph nodule. The image shows a solid nest with comedonecrosis in a high-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary.


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Job Description
Wedding planners help couples have the wedding they want.
- meeting couples to discuss their requirements and budget
- coming up with creative ideas and themes
- advising on wedding customs and etiquette
- preparing proposals and quotations for the work
Entry Requirements
There are no set requirements. It'll help if you've gained experience and skills organising your own wedding or weddings of family and friends, or through jobs like:
- event management
- hospitality and catering
- project management
- marketing
- public relations
You could start as an administrator or assistant in a wedding planning or event management company and work your way up, or work at a wedding venue as an in-house wedding coordinator.
A short course in wedding planning or a college course in a related area like event planning or management may help you get into this job.
You could also try and get some work experience with a wedding planner, or by organising events like fun days, charity balls or fashion shows for local charities.
Many wedding planners develop a blog or a website to showcase their work, personality and style.
Career Path and Progression
You could set up your own wedding planning consultancy or event management company.
Related careers you may be interested in:
- Hotel receptionist
- Personal assistant
- Conference and exhibition manager
- Events manager
National Government Policy states that all students should have achieved at least a Grade 4 or C Grade in English & Maths at GCSE. Achieving this minimum grade in these subjects will increase the opportunities open to you, support your future career development and prospects.
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This debate shows a lack of understanding of content publishing on the web.
The reason that the national newspapers are failing in the subscription market is
In the early days of the web,
So does huge national newspaper sites being forced to go free mean
So if the large national newspapers with their huge audiences are not generating subscriptions, who is?
The answer is highly focused niche websites. As Gary Hoover said at the recent SIPA (Specialist Information Publishers Association) Conference "In the information business all the money is in the niches".
At the specialist information end of the market,
When knowledge is restricted to one individual or a small group of individuals e.g. share tipping and investment information - www.t1ps.com and Bull Market Report www.bullmarketreport.com
When knowledge is inextricably linked to one personality or celebrity e.g. Jancis Robinsons' expertise in wine, www.jancisrobinson.com
When the editor has privileged access to source material e.g. insider industry information like www.beernet.com
The timeliness of information. If one website gets access to information quicker than other sites, people will pay for that time advantage e.g. the fashion trend prediction site www.wgsn.com
A specialist website aggregates information which saves the reader time and
hasslee.g. www.lvtbulletin.com provides analysis of court judgementsthat are relevant to landlords
The website hosts a specialist community. Charging for access acts as a quality filter to ensure all members have a reason and interest in participating e.g. the many
collectorsclubs and niche industry groups such as www.restaurantowner.com
People pay for exclusivity. Many paid-for websites are driven by people wishing to be a member of a small elite group.
Itsmuch the same as private members clubs or exclusive golf clubs in the real world e.g. www.smallworld.com
People who are passionate about a subject often want to submerge themselves in it and are prepared to pay to mix with likeminded people e.g. fans of the T Bird car www.tbirdfans.com
Training sites that give people access to information that will improve their skills or knowledge e.g. the photography site www.photographytips.com and the
writersbureau's writing course www.writersbureau.com
Help sites that enable people to improve themselves or their health e.g South Beach Diet, www.southbeachdiet.com and What to Expect Pregnancy Club, www.whattoexpect.com
Save people time e.g. business
booksummary sites such as www.bookbytes.com, www.redbooks.com, www.preachingtoday.com and the site that provides preachers with downloadable sermons
What is driving this revolution is the combination of cheap and simple publishing tools, zero cost distribution via the web and the access to a global audience via the search engines. Suddenly individual experts can easily share their knowledge and become global celebrities in their specialist areas of interest.
Chris Anderson has researched this phenomenon in his book "The Long Tail: How Endless Choice is Creating Unlimited Demand". He observed that:
"When you can dramatically lower the costs of connecting supply and demand, it changes not just the numbers, but the entire nature of the market. This is not just a quantitative change, but also a qualitative one, too. Bringing niches within reach reveals a latent demand for specialist content. Then, as demand shifts towards niches, the economics of providing them improve further, and,
Historically the distribution of knowledge and expertise has been restricted by the cost of distributing it via magazines,
This can be illustrated by the fact that there are approximately 75,000 print magazines, newsletter. journals and newspapers in the UK and
The future of internet publishing is in the niches. Subscription and advertising revenues will continue to migrate down the long tail to the niche sites. Specialist publishers who are focused on creating the best site in their subject area in the world are set to prosper. The mass market publications will continue to see their audiences and revenues squeezed.


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The Mannequin Challenge is the latest social media craze, and the European Tour is on it.
The premise is simple: have a big group of people stand completely still in funny poses while a single camera pans throughout the room. At the DP World Championships in Dubai, a group of top European Tour pros pulled off a top-notch version.
The video pans from Henrik Stenson partying with the claret jug to Beef Johnston touching up his beard in the mirror to Martin Kaymer taking a selfie with volunteers – all with everyone completely still.
It looks cooler than it sounds. Don't believe us? Check out the video below.


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Hurray! It's Friday, the weekend's here and it's the last day of February! All excellent reasons to cheer and here's a tangle to express it.
Hurray! is her first tangle pattern on the site from Swedish tangler Agneta Landegren from Huddinge, which is just south of Stockholm.
Agneta created Hurray! "when my husband was challenging me to make some tangles of my own".
Hurray! begins with a dot grid and is a nice airy tangle to fill up a section. Although it is equally pretty without it, the shading Agneta adds in Step 5 creates a nice layer of dimension to the tangle.
Just to remind everyone that Zentangles and tangles can be viewed from any side — there's no "right side up" — I've rotated my example from Agneta's illustration. Actually, this is the way I drew it too. Very often I find it easier to draw tangles upside down or sideways from the way the steps demonstrate. Just as we turn our tiles to make it more comfortable to tangle. If you find any tangle a particular challenge, try turning things around and see it it helps.
"I'm a (soon to be retired) Swedish teacher who came across the Zentangle method last September (2013) when I and my colleagues were looking for exercises for fine motor skills to our first grade pupils. When I was searching the internet for examples I found your site and I fell for it immediately. I love all the lovely tangles that look so complicated, but when I follow the steps I surprise myself by being able to do it myself! (At least, most of them.) And the amount of tangles appeals to me and my desire to collect things… I just have to try all the tangles I see and collect them in my notebooks. So now I'm drawing Zentangles as soon as I have the opportunity, it's a wonderful inspiring and relaxing hobby!"
Here Agneta demonstrates the steps for drawing Hurray! and she includes a completed Zentangle® using String 008. The other tangles in her tile are Boomerangs, Ticking, Hi-Cs, and the official tangle Hurry.
Check out the tag agnetal for more of Agneta's patterns on TanglePatterns.com.
Related Links
- Linda's List of Zentangle-Original Patterns — here is the complete list of original tangles (aka "official tangles") created and introduced by founders Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, including those not published online. If you are new to the Zentangle Method I highly recommend learning a few of the published Zentangle classics first.
- A pattern is not always a tangle — here's what makes a tangle.
- Un motif n'est pas toujours un tangle — Qu'est-ce qu'un tangle ?
- Un diseño no es siempre un tangle — ¿Qué es un tangle?
- How to submit your pattern deconstruction to TanglePatterns
- Zentangle terminology — a glossary of terms used in this art form
- For lots of great FREE tutorials on TanglePatterns, click on the TUTORIALS link in the pink alphabetic menu bar below the tangle images at the top of any page
- Strings! Have we got STRINGS! Click on the STRINGS link in the pink alphabetic menu bar below the tangle images at the top of any page for 250 different (free) Zentangle-starters. More than enough for any lifetime!
- What is a Zentangle? — if you are new to the Zentangle Method, start here for the fundamentals
Enhance your Zentangle experience ...
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|The 9th Edition of my TanglePatterns.com TANGLE GUIDE. This instant-download 79-page (54 MB) interactive digital eBook contains all the tangles on the site from May 2010 through December 31, 2019. Containing almost 1,400 tangles, it's a must-have tool for using the site. Visit the STORE > E-BOOKS page and support TanglePatterns.com by getting your copy now!
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|"Absolutely the best Zentangle Book yet! As an accomplished artist I used to think I did not need instruction on this art form. How wrong I was! My tangling improved by leaps and bounds after reading this book. If you think you have Zentangle down then you need this book more than ever!" ~ Kris H
|Another great jump-starter for new tanglers is the original Official Zentangle Kit. The Kit includes all the supplies you'll need to get started properly: Sakura Micron Pens, Zentangle Tiles, pencil, sharpener, tortillion, a booklet and an instructional DVD by co-founder Maria Thomas. Click on the image for more information about the Kit and its contents.


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Step 3: Digital Nomad Co-Working Spaces, Flights, and Accommodations
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Take a couple aspirin because sketching out your travel plans is equal parts excitement and frustration.
You've decided to finally do it. After months of eating the same Pho for lunch and Thai takeout for dinner, weeks of virtually cycling through the French countryside in spin class, and night after night of expelling wistful sighs as you scroll through the #wanderlust hashtag on Instagram, you couldn't take it for a minute longer. So you made up your mind: you decided to become a digital nomad!
I'm Michelle Sander, and I live abroad and work remotely while running my own marketing consultancy. I've been working remotely for just shy of two years now and I've been living abroad while working remotely—how most people define a digital nomad lifestyle—for nine months. I've traveled a rocky road to get here, but now that I'm really doing it, and doing it successfully, I want to help you navigate your first steps down the path to making this lifestyle a reality.
If you haven't done so already, be sure to read all about your first few steps to leaving the status quo behind in Step 1: Becoming a Digital Nomad: Creating Your Exit Strategy, and Step 2: Digital Nomad Prep List—Things to Do before You Go. We are now sprinting ahead to Step 3!
Part 3: Where to Go and How to Get There
Open all the browser tabs.
Deciding where to go is a complicated algebra, and the unknowns to solve for are far more numerous than x. You need to consider where you'll be before and where you'd like to go after. You'll need to weigh visa restrictions. For example, perhaps you can only stay in Canguu, on the Indonesian island of Bali, for thirty days. But since you don't need a visa to enter Malaysia and because Kuala Lumpur is a hub for many value airlines, it's a great place from which to take a longer flight . . . and down the rabbit hole you go. You will spend hours sorting this stuff out, but after you get the hang of it, it will become second nature to you along with packing up and swapping out your SIM card without dropping it.
I always start with a three-month timeline. It's a nice block of time, but not so much that you'll get overwhelmed. Next I decide what I'd like the weather to be like with the qualifier of what I'd like to see. It's difficult to see the Northern Lights in Norway after April, for example; the Chiang Mai Yi Peng Lantern Festival in Thailand is in the beginning of November; and the Battle of the Oranges in northern Italy is near mid-February. Norway and Italy will be cold during these events, and it's monsoon season in Thailand during that one, so what should you do?
Here's how you can start making decisions: If you can't stand missing the world's largest food fight in Italy, you could brave the cold for a few days or weeks and then head down toward the tip of the boot for much warmer weather and the best pizza you've ever put in your mouth. From Rome, you can get anywhere inexpensively, but you might as well take your time exploring and then cross the Adriatic Sea from Bari, Italy, to Bar, Montenegro, and then traipse through the Balkans. The Balkans in springtime is not to be missed, and springtime is also the best time of year to go. You could pass through Belgrade or Sofia and then really take your time through Transylvania in Romania. Once you're in Romania, Bucharest is an international hub, and you can get anywhere from there.
And just like that, we've planned three months abroad, starting with just a few data points and far too many unknowns to count. WTG!
Co-Living Spaces
I like to minimize my carbon footprint by taking fewer flights, but some don't mind jetting to and fro. If that sounds like you, you might be interested in one of the many co-living/co-working spaces out there. There are too many to mention, but they all run about the same price.
There's Surf Office in Gran Canaria, Spain, and Lisbon, Portugal; Nest Copenhagen in Denmark; The Collective in the UK; and Roam has several locations worldwide from Bali to Miami. All of these places run about $500 a week.
A more affordable alternative would be to join a Facebook group for expats or digital nomads in the area, and find some roomies by sifting through posts. It will be a fraction of the cost, but you might have roommates who are surf bums or on their gap year. So if you have important conference calls or other virtual meetings where you don't want your bikini-clad roommate walking through, it might be worth considering a co-working space.
Co-Working Spaces
I worked off site for nearly a year before I tried my hand at the digital nomad life. Your boss isn't around. They're probably not even within a 1,000-mile radius, nor are they in the same time zone. Can you still get your work done when the beach is calling in Seminyak, when everyone is going to the Full-Moon Party on Koh-Phangan, or when you get invited to hit the slopes anywhere from Las Lenas to St. Moritz?
If there were ever a time in your career where your work performance mattered, it's now. If you are a direct report, your boss is going to be keeping a close eye on your performance because she doesn't physically see you every day, so she's going to wonder what you are up to and if you sloughed work to take that hike to the hidden waterfall after all.
If you have your own business like I do, you answer to your clients. If you don't perform, you won't make the money you need to afford this digital nomad life. You really don't have an option. That said, you don't have to completely separate work and play. I've found that my clients are eager to hear where I've traveled to and all about my adventures. It certainly makes for great small talk to kick off a conference call.
If you are having trouble focusing, try a co-working space. They are usually quite affordable and filled with small perks like free coffee or a high-speed internet connection that digital nomads need to get things done. The top co-working spaces are scattered around the globe, so try OPEN in South Africa, CocoVivo in Panama, COIN in Croatia, or Dojo Bali in Indonesia. All the co-working options usually run between $100–$200 a month, but if focusing and even networking are your goals, a good co-working space may be well worth the cost.
Getting There
Never take a taxi from the airport or train station. This is a hard-and-fast personal rule of mine after paying half the price of my three-hour flight for a twenty-minute lift. I don't want to admit that it has happened more than once, *whispers* but it's happened more than once. Sometimes it's unavoidable, but usually because I was too busy to prepare an alternative. From tuk-tuks to rickshaws, motorbikes to prop planes, there are any number of ways to get around. I go for a combination of (1) best story and/or safety, (2) affordability, and (3) convenience.
You can fly from Belgrade, Serbia, to Podgorica, Montenegro, for 78 Euro, or you can take the Balkan Express from Belgrade to Bar for under 20 Euro. The difference is about thirteen hours of your life you'll never get back and whatever you picked up from using the most questionable toilet in history on a packed train that rocked from side to side more than a large Balkan man after too much Rakia.
The other differences, though, are taking in breathtaking mountain views, glimpsing apiaries tucked into the verdant mountainside, admiring tiny villages nestled into lush valleys, and having lively conversations with everyday folks who insist on sharing more of their food than you can eat and teaching you more than a few curse words in their mother tongue.
You can't put a price on all of that.
Join me next time for the final installment in the Digital Nomad Starter Kit: Step 4: Digital Nomad Tips and Tricks for Maintaining Your #RemoteLife.
Michelle Sander is a journalist and marketing and brand positioning leader. While traveling abroad and working remotely, she helps her clients tell their brand stories. Michelle wrote this post next to the largest sea island in Montenegro, near the coastal city of Budva on the Adriatic Sea. Niksicko, the local brew, comes in gold and dark and costs about 1.70 Euro (about $1.86).
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Michelle Sander is a journalist and marketing and brand positioning leader. While traveling abroad and working remotely, she helps her clients tell their brand stories. Michelle wrote this post as she marveled at the verdant forests and remarkable Austro-Hungarian architecture of the Transylvania region of Romania, where a beer costs about 7 Lei (about $1.65).


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August. Is there a better month for eating? Not if you live in a part of the world where corn, beefsteak tomatoes, and peaches are available in abundance this time of year. Farmers markets and roadside stands are loaded with so much bright, beautiful produce you hardly need to actually cook anything.
Of course fresh, juicy peaches are a satisfying dessert on their own, but it's always a treat to taste them baked in a pie. My aunt has been making this peach cream pie for decades, and it never disappoints. It's also easy, which is exactly how summer cooking should be. I promise you, this recipe is totally worth turning on the oven, even in this August heat.
1 raw pie crust
6 fresh peaches, peeled and sliced
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
Pinch of salt
Preheat oven to 450°F
Place peach slices into the pie shell, cut side up. Combine remaining ingredients in a bowl and stir well. Pour mixture over peaches.
Bake at 450°F for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 325°F and bake for 30 minutes.
Baking tips: If your peaches aren't super fresh, briefly pour boiling water over them to loosen the skin. If there is too much liquid in your pie shell, use a measuring cup to carefully remove the excess. Bake the pie on a cookie sheet in case the filling overflows.


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Bare-hand is a fighting style only usable in Soul Edge (Soul Blade in US). This style is only available when a character's weapon broke while in-game.
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- Character's winning pose was actually composed by the ARIKA.
- Although the style is only used in Soul Edge, two characters use the Bare-hand fighting style in later games: the guest character Heihachi Mishima and Devil Jin (although every custom character can use this style once they defeated Katsuhiro Harada.
- If Viola use her orb in passive way (put it on the ground) she will fight bare-hand, reducing the damage and range.
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
Notts County 0 Sheffield Wednesday 2
It's a spring evening in 2005. It's the fag end of the football season. Sticky Palms is stood in his civvies, under the floodlights, at Cotgrave Colts Welfare Ground. Two under 13 teams are battling it out in a cup final.
There's a small, slender, slight boy orchestrating the game in centre midfield. He can pick a pass, find space and bite in the tackle. I make discreet enquiries about the lad with a few parents. The feedback is that he's been at Nottingham Forest, but he didn't quite cut the mustard during his trial. He was considered too small – the same reason why Darren Huckerby wasn't given a scholarship at Meadow Lane.
Someone has dropped a clanger across the river. The boy is quality. The best I've seen in donkey's years. We sign him up immediately. He's our star man.
Twelve months later Howard Wilkinson controversially rubber stamps the closure of the Notts County Centre of Excellence. I'm devastated. I get the boy a trial at Chesterfield.
I follow his career with interest. He gets a scholarship (apprenticeship). He becomes the Spirerites youth team captain.
On Saturday 2nd October 2010 I arrive home from watching Notts County narrowly lose to Sheffield Wednesday. I scroll my mouse pad down the League 2 scores. Chesterfield have drawn 5-5 against the Railwaymen of Crewe. Clifton boy, Craig Clay, has smashed home a stoppage time equaliser in the 92nd minute. The Groundhopper is bursting with pride. Well done Craig! He should be playing for 'us.'
It's Friday teatime. I'm sat in the glitzy, glamorous gastro pub, the Griffin Inn in the hamlet of Plumtree. The barman takes an age to serve us.
The peaceful surroundings are shattered by the constant bleeping of Mrs P's phone going off.The kids are hammering her with texts and phone calls about bus times to Nottingham. They've cooked up a night out at the Nottingham Ice Stadium. They've hooked onto the fact that Nottingham's finest teenage totty rock up with their skates on every Friday evening.
It's Saturday morning. I rise from my slumber at 7.30am. I've promised to give the 'Keyworth Babe Magnet' a hand with his papers. He has about a dozen Daily Telegraph's on his round – they weigh a ton on Saturday's, with all those extra supplements.
I'm back home for 8.30am. I make a brew and flick on the DAB radio. John Inverdale (Lincoln City fan) is fronting Five Live's Ryder Cup coverage from a wet and windy Celtic Manor.
Golf's not for me with its stuffed shirts, men only bars and collar and tie. I was on the 7th hole at Stanton on-the-Wolds Golf Club about 30 years ago. I fluked a 6 iron from 165 yards straight into the hole. I thought, it will never get better than this, and retired on the spot.
I play with the DAB radio dial until I find the Sound of the Sixties Show, hosted by veteran DJ Brian Matthew. He's playing a rare Northern Soul track, which is now worth £5000 on vinyl.
Sticky jnr departs for a Notts FA Shield tie at Welbeck, close to Mansfield. 'The Skipper' is playing at home against Bildworth Welfare in an early kick-off.
I've volunteered to help the team out, as our manager and good friend 'Garts' has suffered with his health recently.
I get all the kids in the changing room. We have some light banter. I ask them if anyone watched Strictly Come Dancing last night. Not one of them raises their hand. I try to explain that they might learn quick feet from Uncle Len Goodman if they watch the show. They reply that FIFA 11 on the PS3 is a better tutorial.
We play a beautiful game of football. We win well. The score is irrelevant. The match is played in a good spirit and is excellently refereed by Mark Bancroft.
The clubhouse is not quite open for business yet. It's a shame we can't sample the award-winning tea I purchased a few Sunday's ago.
I manage to grab a few words with KUCFC legend Alan Jackson before racing across to Stapleford to scout a game.
It's a local derby. There are some x-rated tackles flying in. They make me wince. No quarter is given. No-one complains. I make a mental note of a couple players who have caught the eye. I will enter them on the database. I don't rush people into the centre of excellence. They have to tick all the right boxes.
I don't normally get the chance to watch the Pies on a Saturday afternoon, with scouting and groundhopping top of the agenda. This game was on my radar though. The Owls have sold out their allocation in the Jimmy Sirrell Stand. The atmosphere should be electric.
A text comes through from Mrs P, Sticky junior's team have bagged a 3-2 win up north. The day's going to plan.
We rock up at County Hall and park close to the water's edge. I treat 'Garts', 'The Skipper' and 'Paddy' to pop and sweets at the smallest sweet shop in the world.
Garts queues up for a ticket. It's £23 to sit the Derek Pavis Stand and £6 for a juvenile. The excellent programme is £3.
It is rumoured that Howard Wilkinson, Roy Hattersley and Paul Hart are sat close to the directors' box.
Sheffield is in South Yorkshire and has a population of over half a million people. The River Sheaf runs through the city. It was once well known for iron, steel-making and coal mining.
Celebrities from Sheffield include: the politicians Roy Hattersley and David Blunkett, Sean Bean, Michael Palin, newsreader Sir Alastair Burnett, World Cup winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks, Bolton defender Gary Cahill, athlete Jessica Ennis, the boxer Naseem Hamed, referee Uriah Rennie and QPR manager Neil Warnock.
Sheffield Wednesday are due in court on November 17th over an unpaid debt to HMRC of £600,000.
The Pies are fresh off the back of a 3-2 win at the Posh. The game ended in mayhem. Sticky's favourite 'Rocky' Ravenhill was dismissed from the field of play in the 97th minute. I want 'The Skipper' to watch his work rate, but sadly he takes no part today.
Notts are out of the blocks quickly. They play at a high tempo and force the Owls on the back foot. Lee Hughes thumps a shot at former Stags 'keeper Nicky Weaver, who beats it away. Scottish striker Kevin Smith hits a cross shot across the face of goal.
The Pies play with high energy levels. Wednesday look punch drunk. Charlie McParland's Bosman signing, Neal Bishop, looks inspired. He's taken to League One like a duck to water. He's spraying passes all over the heavily-watered surface. Harley and Thompson bomb up the flanks.
A little ginger haired boy in front of me looks disinterested. He plays with his 'Woody' and 'Buzz' Toy Story models. He's missing a treat.
Mark Beevers and Tommy Spurr, at the back for Wednesday, continue to fire fight. Shots are blocked and last-ditch tackles are made. Luck is not on Notts' side.
Wednesday miss a gilt-edged chance on the stroke of half-time. A neat move prises open the Pies' defence. Former Magpie forward Paul Heffernan tees up Marcus Tudgay, whose goal bound shot is deflected away for a corner.
We all drew breath at the half-time whistle. Notts have been par excellence, Wednesday almost anonymous. Their 4,800 following will be disappointed.
There's not much doing at the break. 'The Skipper' is bleating that he wants some chips, Mr & Mrs Magpie are prancing about in their new outfits, and I can't hear any music on the tannoy. Managerless Lincoln City (Chris Sutton tribute in next blog... lol) are losing at Southend.
The visitors come out all fired up. They'd have had a dressing down from Alan Irvine. Tudgay gives them the lead with a ferocious strike from 22 yards which has Pies' keeper Rob Burch clutching thin air.
Alan Irvine shuts up shop earlier than Alf Roberts. With 30 minutes remaining both strikers are hauled off. Neil Mellor ploughs a lone furrow. As Wednesday go 4-5-1.
Gaps begin to appear as Notts chase the game. Mellor spurns an opportunity. The Pies lose their shape. Hawley and Rogers are the last throw of the dice.
Despite their best efforts Owls 'keeper Weaver has been largely redundant for the second half.
Alan Judge is sent off for kicking out at a Wednesday player. That's four reds in four games for Craig Short's team.
Wednesday put the game to bed deep in stoppage time. Notts are caught up the field pressing for an equaliser. Darren Potter makes it 2-0. The scoreline isn't reflective of the game. Notts will play worse and win.
Man of the Match: Neal Bishop.
Attendance: 11,355
3 comments:
- The Rushcliffe Rover said...
Are you sure you were at the match, surely there was a shout of 'Scab', 'Sign On...' or the cries of 'Arthur Scargill - what a wa......'?
You also missed mentioning Steel City's fine musical heritage of ABC, Heaven 17, Monkeys, Cabaret Voltaire, Pulp, Age of Chance, and my fave Joanne Catherall & Susan Sulley.
Good work fella
- October 5, 2010 at 7:25 PM
Not interested in golf Sticky?
What about Golf Courses?
- October 6, 2010 at 4:32 PM
Sorry for the stupid question. What is the best search engine http://google.com or http://yahoo.com?
- January 29, 2011 at 4:46 PM
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This October, electronic music musician David Sulgalski aka The Polish Ambassador will partner with a team of permaculture educators and community organizers to bring Pushing Through the Pavement: A Permaculture Action Tour to venues in major cities across the United States. This revolutionary tour will converge live music, local organizations, permaculture groups, sustainability educators, and gardeners to bring the know-how and skills to put the principles of permaculture into tangible reality. The audience members will be encouraged to join "Impact Days" on urban sites following each show that will be immersions focused on sustainability, food justice, ecological education, and regenerative living practices.
Permaculture is the practice of living in a balanced way on the earth; of designing relationships of mutual support between people and the ecosystems we inhabit. Through the collection of skills and practices that permaculture teaches, people can learn to once again live in a way that fosters healthy human communities and cultivates ecologically diverse and productive habitats for all beings.
To make the tour happen, The Polish Ambassador launched an Indiegogo campaign that surpassed its initial 35K goal, earning $43,760 with 783 funders. Keyframe-Entertainment--a media network that creates global positive change by inspiring, informing, and entertaining through Transformational films, Visionary Art, electronic music and festival culture--joined in support of the initiative as a Sponsor of the tour.
The Polish Ambassador states, "We're embarking on a 30-city tour and we've linked up with a team of permaculture teachers, urban farmers, community organizers, and network weavers to add to the already growing team of musicians, lyricists, and visual artists that make up Jumpsuit Records and The Polish Ambassador experience." The tour's objectives includes teaching audiences about permaculture and land practices; organizing impact projects on urban sites to get peoples building and planting together; connecting people with groups and organizations doing this work in the cities they live in; and introducing and weaving people into Project Nuevo Mundo's social network that will keep people connected. "This tour will be one step of many in making our cities greener, healthier, and happier places to live through the action of community," states the artist. As such, the goal of the Permaculture Action Tour is to inspire and empower people with the tools and know how of co-creating a sustainable and regenerative world.
"This project has become something greater than the music that's come through it, not because of me or you, but because of an open invitation to co-create together. It's my intention to extend that invitation even further," adds the artist.
Confirmed Action Days of the tour include October 11th, 2014 in Eugene, Oregon and November 1st, 2014 in Austin, Texas. For additional upcoming dates, visit the website's tour page: http://www.permacultureaction.org/tour/.
About Pushing Through The Pavement: Permaculture Action Tour
The Permaculture Action Tour is a project that will be connecting a network of local organizations, permaculture groups, sustainability educators, and food growers that can put the principles of permaculture into action through on-the-ground projects and re-skilling.
About The Polish Ambassador:
David Sugalski, aka The Polish Ambassador is an electronic musician and DJ from Oakland, California. Sugalski is a multi genre musician, producing styles including electro, breaks, hip-hop, dub, funk, chiptune, and glitchy IDM. The Polish Ambassador's fall 2014 Permaculture Action Tour is bringing together permaculture educators and community organizers to inspire and educate people about how we can make a shift towards a more sustainable and regenerative way of living, and channel this energy into local project builds in each of the cities visited.
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Keyframe-Entertainment is a media network that creates global positive change by inspiring, informing, and entertaining through Transformational films, Visionary Art, electronic music and festival culture. Keyframe produces, finances, and distributes cutting edge projects in order to generate growth for our partners and strengthen community-building worldwide.
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Wall Street just isn't as remunerative as it used to be.
And the chart below, which is based on compensation data from the annual Options Group survey, shows just how much less Wall Streeters earn now than in 2007.
Aside from a short-lived blip in 2009, total compensation has been heading in one direction: down.
The only business line in which compensation is even close to the boom-year level is foreign exchange, while at the other end of the spectrum, those working in equities, prime finance, securitized products and credit all earn less than half of what they did in 2007.
The survey takes in the views of the top 25% of performers at the top 10 firms in each business line. They are asked what they expect to earn for each calendar year, which includes their base salary through that year and the bonus paid the following spring for work through the previous year.
And there are fewer front-office traders too. According to the data analytics company Coalition, front-office headcounts at the top 10 banks was 51,000 at the end of the third quarter, down from 63,900 at the end of the third quarter in 2010. Fixed-income headcount alone has fallen by 7,000.


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Harry Styles vs. Miley Cyrus: Who Wears the Tiny Top Knot Best? – Readers Pollby Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
When Harry Styles pantsed Piers Morgan at a charity soccer match, our eyes were a little distracted by something else — the 1D singer's man bun! That's right: Harry pulled his curly locks back into a tiny top knot that totally reminded us of Miley Cyrus at the 2013 VMAs. Which singer wears the tiny top knot best?
The "man bun" (a la Jared Leto) is all the rage right now, and Harry Styles looks cuter than ever sporting the chic — but also athletic! — look. After all, the reason he had to do up his hair in a bun was to prevent it from getting in his eyes while he played soccer (or football, as they call it in England). We love how itty-bitty the top knot is and Harry totally rocks it in confidence. Get a better peek at it in the Vine below!
Miley Cyrus' raunchy act at the 2013 VMAs wasn't enough to draw attention away from the two small top knots that she donned last night. The look was totally '90s (Sporty Spice, anyone?) but also reminded some of Angelica's doll Cynthia from 'Rugrats.' Still, we think the buns gave an innocent-but-playful look to her ensemble (which was anything but innocent!), and we love that she was working with the hairstyle choices she had — after all, there's only so much you can do with hair as short as hers. Check out her top knots in the photo above!


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