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|Sat 13 Jan 2018, 8:00am–5:00pm
|Sun 14 Jan 2018, 8:00am–5:00pm
Bathurst Tribute for 2018 Festival.
In 2018 (13-14 January) the Waikato circuit will celebrate all things, Bathurst. Hampton Downs owner Tony Quinn is excited about bringing the cars and stars from the iconic Australian racetrack to New Zealand.
"Bathurst holds a special place in the hearts of everyone involved in motorsport in New Zealand and Australia. Everyone has their favourite Bathurst moment and some of the best drivers in this part of the world made a name for themselves around Mount Panorama including legends of the sport like Peter Brock, Dick Johnson and Jim Richards," said Quinn.
"The festival will still celebrate classic cars but there will be a big emphasis on Ford and Holden and other cars synonymous with Bathurst. On a Sunday afternoon, we might have a handicap race featuring cars from the different decades, from the 1960s through to the present day.
As well as some famous cars that have raced around Panorama, we'll also try and get the likes of Dick Johnson, Jim Richards, Craig Lowndes, Greg Murphy, Shane van Gisbergen and others who have driven at Bathurst to come to Hampton Downs for the festival."
Grant DaltonGrant Dalton, the boss of Emirates Team New Zealand falls under that category. Dalton raced at Bathurst for the first time last year in his 1970 Chevrolet Camaro. The sailing supremo has been involved in the Central Muscle Cars category for the last four years and he enjoyed his weekend at the 2017 NZFMR.
"I finished 4th in the first race of the day I'm slowly coming to grips with the car," says Dalton. "I've gone a bit better this weekend than I have done for a while. Motorsport is a passion for me. I wouldn't call it an escape because I've got the best job in the world."
"I've always been into motorbikes and I loved watching guys like Barry Sheene and Graeme Crosby. Graeme was one of the guys I looked up to growing up and now he helps me out with my bikes which is pretty cool. I've raced in the Isle of Man TT for the last three years and that's an incredible experience. The people that do road racing over there are nuts in the nicest possible way and there's nothing to compare to coming down Bray Hill on the TT course."
Not even a rough day on the high seas in an America's Cup yacht?
"That's not scary," says Dalton. "Bray Hill is scary. Even Bathurst wasn't quite daunting as I thought it would be. You can only go so fast when you're winding your way down the hill at Mt Panorama."
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The International Association of School Librarianship 2012 Conference takes place in Doha, Qatar, November 11-15, 2012. There is a call for papers. The theme is The Shifting Sands of School Librarianship and the major strands are: Internationalism, Innovation and Creativity, Collaboration, and Literacies and Fluencies. They seek presentations:
Workshop or Presentation for Concurrent Session (50 minutes or 1 hour and 50 minutes): Application deadline: April 15, 2012
Presentation of Professional Paper or Previously Published Article or Paper: Application deadline: April 15, 2012
Presentation of New Research as Part of the Peer-Reviewed International Research Forum: Application deadline: March 15, 2012
More information at http://iasl2012.org/CallForPapers.html
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It should be an easy question – what's my most memorable, incredible journey so far. But I've been pondering for days after I was challenged to answer it on The Mum Blog. I've been to some fabulous places, with China, Madagascar, Laos, Lebanon and the South Pacific springing to mind as a few that really opened my eyes to the amazing places around the world.
But for somewhere I remember for the emotional experience as well as the destination? Well, there was my wonderful honeymoon in Brazil, where I explored the Amazon, saw one of the world's most impressive waterfalls and the incomparable Rio de Janeiro, all with a huge smile on my face and my brand new husband beside me.
All contenders without a doubt (and that's barely scratching the surface). But the surprise winner is one of the earliest trips I took aged 21, to Egypt.
I'd travelled before – family holidays to France, an Interrail trip with my then boyfriend around Europe, I'd even explored a lot of Germany during the year I lived there (though that wasn't so much of a holiday). But as I finished my post-grad diploma and prepared to start my first ever grown-up job, I wanted to do something a bit more adventurous.
Egypt had always fascinated me, and when I couldn't find anyone else who wanted to come along, I bit the bullet and decided to go alone. Which surprised even myself! Not completely solo, but given how shy I still was and my tendency to overthink everything, even a group trip with Explore was daring.
Needless to say, it was amazing. I saw the pyramids, no less breathtaking for their familiarity, and the fabulous temple of Abu Simbel. I sailed on a felucca up the Nile, relaxing under an awning in between stops at riverside temples, loved riding a camel and hated being in the saddle of a maniac donkey, tried my hand at haggling, plus my first scuba dive in the Red Sea – with an extremely dodgy instructor who nearly let me run out of air.
So it wasn't all perfect – I ate dodgy food and discovered the wonders of Immodium, as well as learning to make do with holes dug in the river bank instead of toilets and encountering more than a few tourist scams. But I survived, I loved it and I've never looked back since.
What's your most memorable and incredible journey so far – and why? I'm tagging Room For A Small One, Far From Home Mama and On The Luce but hope it inspires a few other people to join in. Don't forget to link back to this blog and The Mum Blog and tag a few other bloggers of your own.
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When buying a new home, it's important to work with a Realtor who has the knowledge, experience and integrity to help you find the home of your dreams. Impact Real Estate can help make the home buying process less stressful for home buyers. Because Impact agents work all over mid-Michigan, we have an expanded knowledge base that allows us to offer each client a unique experience.
Your agent will provide you with an initial free consultation to discuss all of your unique home parameters and buying needs! We will also explain to you what to expect in the home buying process, as a buyer it in very important that you feel 100% comfortable with purchasing. Your agent will educate you on all of the different types of financing options and guide you through the pre-approval process.
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A cool wind blew off the ocean; it tasted of yesterdays.
Being by the churning Atlantic brought back memories of the past and the weeks I spent at the seaside with family. They were happy times, I think. There was a certain innocence to watching the waves crash against the shore without wondering where they came from or where they'd go.
I started worrying about such things much later in life. There was a name for it, an abbreviation, but I could never recall it; I'd forgotten so much.
But as I took my last laboured breaths those memories returned with a clarity bordering on cutting. Like a crisp winter's day, they entered my throat, coursed through my veins like ice, froze away the pain.
A cool wind blew off the ocean; it tasted of today. Until I dipped beneath the waves, anyway.


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wanderer, who doesn´t know his way ?... strolling in the mist ?
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Having specialized in the treatment of eating disorders since 1991, Stacie joined the Duke University Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) in 1998 as the Coordinator of Duke's Eating and Body Image Concerns Treatment Team, concomitant with her work at The Duke Center for Eating Disorders, a renowned outpatient program at Duke University Medical Center.
In 2006, Stacie was recruited as the first Executive Director of Carolina House, a well-respected residential eating disorder treatment center for adult women. In this start-up venture, Stacie partnered with Chase Bannister to develop a clinically sound and home-like environment for women to initiate and continue work in eating disorder recovery.
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#43 Jan Kisiel (PL)
Jan Kisiel is a high-flyer not only in a race car cockpit. The Pole is a trained helicopter pilot. On track, he not only knows how to set fast lap times but has been demonstrating his consistency on clinching several podium places in recent years as well. In both 2013 and 2014, Kisiel secured third place in the Volkswagen Castrol Cup. The grid always sees him well-rested: taking a nap before each race is a ritual he has been following for years.
Date of birth: July 14, 1994
Place of birth: Warsaw (PL)
Residence: Warsaw (PL)
Height/weight: 1.73 m/56 kg
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2013 3rd Volkswagen Castrol Cup, Formula Latam powered by Volkswagen
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Many debt collection agencies are professional organizations that work as a third party resource for businesses who need to recover losses from delinquent accounts. These agencies follow rules and guidelines throughout their collection efforts, but there are other entities that don't.
Because some collection agencies have been guilty of harassing customers, trying to collect on ineligible accounts, and other fraudulent or aggressive practices, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was created as a means of protecting consumers from these practices. Debtor's rights are laid out in this legislation and include:
Collecting Within Boundaries: Debt collectors must adhere to the parameters set out by the FDCP Act when trying to collect on a debt. This means that accounts that have been inactive for 7 years or more are not eligible for credit reporting, and agencies can't try to collect more than is owed from a debtor.
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Alma Sommer is creator of Agorist Marketplace, a website connecting the free market. She is also known as the "founding mother" of the Jackalope Freedom Festival, the first Temporary Autonomous Zone. "Jackfest" has no registration or fees to enter. After designing cell towers for seven years, Alma quit her slave job to work fulltime as an agorist. Her first son Neo, became Bitcoins first Undocumented Human. Alma founded the Undocumented Human Project and Unschooling Arizona. Shortly after the family decided to leave the city "on grid" life and travel fulltime. They traveled in their 1986 Winnebago, the "Dash Mobile", doing crypto tours and speaking at events all over the U.S. In July 2017 Alma and her family traveled to Texas to search for a sailboat. While in Texas they welcomed their second undocumented child, baby Tate, into the world. Alma started Freedom Fleet which promotes the idea of documenting identity and property on the blockchain. The family now travels on their sailboat, while furthering the idea of Decentralized Borderless Voluntary Nations.


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"A Slice Of Cake"
Workshop with Me and My Sister Designs
Sunday 26th July 2015
Remnant Warehouse - Alexandria
"Jelly Rolls Gone Wild"
Workshop with Me and My Sister Designs
Thursday 23rd July 2015
Hobbysew - Top Ryde
|Lyn's machine applique of Anne Sommerlad's design
'Summer', from our workshop with Anne last year.
|Former member Maureen came up from the south coast.
Her very large hexagon quilt has been some time in the making!
|Maureen's Japanese quilt won a Viewers' Choice award
at the recent Red Berry Quilters show. The strips
are woven rather than pieced.
|Miriam mixed fabrics for her hexagon quilt p everything
from batiks to reproductions. It was only when she finished
that she saw the happy accident of the light stars where
she had used light-value hexagons.
Read more about this quilt on Sew Miriam.
|Pat's 'Jolly Stars' quilt top from our workshop with
Catherine Butterworth is elegantly sophisticated.
|Peggy has made wonderfully whimsical quilts for each of
her grandchildren. This is number eight.
|Robyn's cheerful daisy hexagons are her own design.
The quilt brightens a common area at Robyn's village.
|Val's contemporary design was made for a
competition in the late 1990s. It travelled
to the US and Austria for exhibition.
|Roslyn's beautiful applique is based on the Rose Window
in Notre Dame, Paris.It was made in the late 1990s
|Sue S's classic sampler with a delightful dancing dollies border.
|Susan brought one her early quilts that suited the
occasion well.She didn't know she had done broderie
perse borders until a more experienced quilter
pointed it out.
|Sue C's mother made her reversible quilted
jacket more than forty years ago, and it still fits!
|Lynette showed us two of her antique quilts, from the early 1800s.
Bear's Paw blocks with red sashing.
Thanks to Phyl and Fran for being such excellent holder-uppers
of so many quilts in a crowded room.
|Lynette's second antique quilt - hexagon diamonds each with a
red centre - someone commented on how popular hexagons
are now, and that this design could have been made today.
Lynette bought her first antique quilt from an American dealer
at a quilt show in Japan, and then sought her out in New Jersey
because of the quality of her stock and expertise.
|Dawn has recently returned from a holiday on
Norfolk Island, where she did a workshop
with Gloria Loughman. This is her second
quilt from the workshop, based on the
local environment. The first is here.
|Elsa also brought her very first finished quilt, started in a
workshop with Margaret Sampson George, and finished last
year - not the easiest design to choose for your first quilt!
|Marilyn made this quilt for her mother.
|Nerida made this one a class with Sue Cody
at Killara Village Quilts about 10 years ago
|Louise made this beautiful hand-quilted whole cloth as a wedding
quilt for her daughter and son-in-law ...
|... and it is holding up well after 13 years of use.
|Janice showed us her Jane Austin quilt.
|JoAnn and Roslyn took a quilting tour to Japan in 2008.
The group set a challenge to make a quilt about the trip, to be
revealed at their one year reunion. Joann's challenge quilt
includes fabrics acquired on the tour.
|Georgie enlisted her sister Phyl - they are a formidable team.
|A beautiful spread - note the quilt as tablecloth.
|Stained Glass Quilt
designed and made by Peggy Molchanoff, Lyn Lang and Susan McMahon.
Fairholme Quilters 2014 - 2015
|Just after the awards presentation this morning
- from left, Susan McMahon, Peggy Molchanoff, Lyn Lang
Quiltsmith (Annandale)
Patchwork on Pittwater (Mona Vale)
Remnant Warehouse (Alexandria)
Craft Depot (Pennant Hills)... there could be others, and of course some shops are actually at the Show.
|Now that the large project Susan has been working on is
finished, she is back to her own work, and has finished
her lovely quilt started in a class with Sue Ross last year.
|Dawn recently enjoyed a class with Gloria Loughman,
during a holiday on beautiful Norfolk Island to celebrate
her birthday. She finished her wall hanging during the trip.
|Sue C is most comfortable working with her favourite
colour, blue. But this quilt is for a little girl who
loves pink, so Sue adapted!
|Lyn will definitely be the first to finish her Jolly Stars
quilt, even after she needed to do a little correction
to some of the border blocks that had got their colours confused.
She is on the final stretch of binding now, and then
it will be handed over to her 16 yr old nephew.
|Lynette has been mining the blue fabric in our community
stash - this her fourth in a series of blue and white quilts, and
there are more to come. The pattern 'Lattice', successfully
blends a range of blues, some with a touch of pink in a
pretty, fresh design.
|Dawn pieced a gorgeous selection of blocks from
our 2014 end-of-year-challenge to produce
the second finish in our 'Pittwater' series of
quilts made with some beautiful fabric scraps
donated by Robyn Evans of Patchwork on
Pittwater at Mona Vale.
|A long overdue photo of a bright and beautiful
quilt pieced by Robin W from her Kaffe Fasset stash
Well, most of it does, anyway! It may surprise you to know that many batting products have a right side and a wrong side, just like fabric. If you place the batting wrong side up, you'll typically experience more batting "bearding" (small slubs of batting that pull to the back side of the quilt) or difficulty in maintaining consistent thread tension ...


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Sharif Rahman, CEO, IEC, gives an open talk to Venkat Raghavan, assistant editor of PrintWeek MEA.
Volumes have become shorter and shorter, publishers and advertisers are looking to attract dedicated groups of people, so in which way the event would be helpful for the visitors and exhibitors?
SGI Dubai has been a good partner for advertisers and publishers. While the market situation has caused some organisations to cut down on spends, it has also made many organisations invest strategically in ways to improve their business outcome. For example, print media has been engulfed by the digital media to some extent in publishing but in advertising, marketers know the importance of the written word and how to strategically utilise it to achieve sales.
The best way to counter-balance decreasing volumes is to increase your target audience, reach out to demographics that were beyond your scope. SGI Dubai 2019 would be the perfect way to reach out to your audience in the greater MENA region.
Due to heavy competition the margins went down that enforce many print shops go to the new market niches. So what is your opinion on this?
Competition that sustains on margin cuts isn't sustainable. In the end, those with fatter wallets will survive. To be able to survive competition a print shop needs to innovate and rise from the clutter to distinguish itself from the rest. Reaching out to new market niche is one such way. Participating in SGI Dubai can help the exhibitors to expose their brand and business to a new market that may have not been accessible to them before.
Do you think that the printers/brands have to adapt to the latest technologies? How to stay in front and embrace the change?
The printing industry like any other business must adapt itself to the evolving technology and what it has to offer. And not just technology the industry must respond to the current trends that are visible in the market.
For print shops to stay relevant, they need to make capital investments in the latest machines that serve their customer's purpose.
What different ideas you are planning to bring in the coming edition?
We would like to keep that as a surprise. However, with regard to the show we are looking at a growth in LED, Textile, Retail, Digital signage and several other segments within the show.
Do you think that Sign, graphics, and visual-communications companies have unlimited opportunities to decide what and how they want to print?
Signage and specifically digital signage have huge opportunities in the region. The consumer consumption pattern for digital media has grown rapidly here and marketers are looking at fully optimising their communications to stay ahead of the pack. That's not to say that print communications have mellowed down completely.
Companies are looking at finding the right balance of print and digital media to attract customers to their brands. This provides the signage and graphics companies with a huge potential for business.
What was the outcome of the last edition and have you changed your approach after getting the feedback from the industry?
We have a dedicated feedback system in place that is fitting appropriately into the event, during and once it gets over. We have had positive feedback from the exhibitors and the visitors and also constructive feedback with regard to our show. We are operating here for the last twenty two years and we have learnt from each show and we will be continuing to do the same in the upcoming years. We always value the feedback which we receive from our global, regional and international exhibitors and incorporate their valuable feedback always to further strengthen our show.
What do you think about the overall Middle East and Africa market and where it will be heading in the coming years?
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text: Thaler said he intends to use the $1.1m prize money to support further research [TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery/Reuters] US academic Richard Thaler has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to behavioural economics. Thaler, a professor at the University of Chicago, won the $1.1m prize on Monday for his "understanding [of] the psychology of economics" and "profound impact on many areas of economic research and policy", the Nobel committee said. "In total, Richard Thaler's contributions have built a bridge between the economic and psychological analyses of individual decision-making," the committee added in a statement. Speaking by phone at a news conference after he was announced as this year's winner, Thaler said the most significant impact of his work has been creating a "recognition that economic agents are human". He added that he intends to use the prize money to support further research. "I will say that I will try to spend it as irrationally as possible," he said. Since it was first awarded in 1969, Americans have dominated the economics prize, with 56 of the 79 laureates holding US citizenship, including those who have dual nationalities. The Swedish National Bank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was first granted to its first recipients, Ragnar Frisch of Norway and Jan Tinbergen of the Netherlands, almost 70 years after the series of prestigious prizes that Nobel helped establish through funding set aside in his will. Despite this, the economics prize is widely considered to be an equal to the other Nobel awards. SOURCE: News agencies Business & Economy United States Europe


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you can view a free newsletter with statistics related to social networking and youth today, not limited to just teenagers. It is a great resource and also very interesting. It is surprising to me how many children are online today. It is a little scary too.


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New Illinois Water Day to focus on water issues, research
More than 20 years ago, the United Nations established World Water Day, observed annually on March 22, to focus attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for sustainable management of freshwater resources. This year on April 11, CEE students and faculty will hold the first Illinois Water Day, a related event to recognize the importance of safe, clean and abundant water resources and showcase some of the water-related work being done on campus and locally.
Illinois Water Day is scheduled for Friday, April 11, from 2-6 p.m. in the M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Student Center in Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory. It will feature a number of speakers, a poster session presenting research and other water-related work, as well as refreshments. This year's theme, set by the United Nations and observed by both World Water Day and the local event, recognizes the links between water and energy. The keynote speaker will be Professor Paul Bishop, Associate Dean of Research at the University of Rhode Island.
Lead organizers include Ph.D. students Paul Noël and Majid Shafiee-Jood and master's student Andrew Rehn, all members of Illinois Water Resources Association student chapter; CEE Assistant Professor Ashlynn Stillwell; and CEE Adjunct Associate Professor Yu-Feng Forrest Lin, a hydrogeologist at the Illinois State Geological Survey Prairie Research Institute. Other organizers include students from CEE's cross-disciplinary programs Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Systems and Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability; CEE's Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering program; students from Agricultural and Consumer Economics; students from Agricultural and Biological Engineering; and students from Engineers Without Borders.
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Triathlon is sort of like a disease in that it is infectious. Once you do one, it is easy to become hooked. Even if you haven't done one, it is possible to be bitten by the bug. One way this can happen is by watching a race. The energy surrounding a race is infectious. The excitement is palpable, cities become abuzz on race day. This is especially true at Ironman WI, where the city of Madison becomes electric.
My husband does not work out, in fact he has not gotten much exercise since we met. I had always secretly hoped that my obsessive training would rub off on him, but I had come to accept the fact that he was just not into it. I felt bad during some weekends of Ironman training, when I would be gone for 6 hours at a time biking. I would try to get up really early so I could be back by early afternoon so we could still enjoy the summer days together.
Where is this all going? My husband came to Madison to cheer me on at Ironman. Sometime throughout the course of the day, he was bitten. Maybe it was standing out on the hills on the bike course watching the athletes grit their way to the top, determined. Maybe it was on State St, watching the runners go by and feeding off the excitement of the crowds. Maybe it was walking back to the hotel in the dark after the race, seeing the athletes still out there on State St, running, walking, moving slowly towards the finish line with great tenacity.
Whenever it was, it definitely happened, and the day after the race my husband told me he wants to do this. Not just a tri, but the Ironman. Once I picked my jaw up off the floor, I was excited picturing the two of us training together. I was also a bit skeptical, after all, I have heard him express his distaste for running on multiple occasions. When I suggested he get into things slowly, do some shorter races next year and then decide if he wants to go for Ironman, he informed me that he would be doing Ironman. It was very matter of fact, and I understood because like me, he doesn't do things half way. You are either in or you are out.
So it looks like we are both in for Ironman WI 2011. We went out and got an amazing closeout deal on two tri bikes.
Hopefully we will get to ride outside at least once before we are relegated to a long winter on the trainer. I have taken this journey once alone, and now I am more than excited to take it again and share it with my husband. Let the fun begin!


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We love us some minimalist movie posters here at Collider. I dig them because like the t-shirts from Last Exit to Nowhere, you can only appreciate them if you've seen the movie. There's also the simple artistic style that boils a movie down to one iconic image and then finds the right color to compliment it.
Artist Grischa Stanjek has done just that with ten movie posters you can check out after the jump (I particularly like the poster for Once Upon a Time in the West)
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By Billy Graham • March 14, 2012 • Topics: Supernatural
The real question isn't what my view or anyone else's view is about this — but what is God's view. And God's Word is very clear: He alone is our guide, and we are to look to Him alone for the wisdom we need. Nothing else is to take His rightful place.
The Bible teaches that we should have nothing to do with occult practices, including the things you mention. I realize you may not think of them this way — but they are, because they all involve mystical attempts to foretell the future (which the Bible rejects). The prophet Isaiah mocked the ancient Babylonians for depending on their astrologers for guidance instead of God: "Those stargazers who make predictions month by month…. are like stubble" (Isaiah 47:13-14).
Only God knows what is ahead of us, and we are to trust Him alone as we face the future — even when the way is unclear. And we can trust Him, because He loves us and wants what is best for us. How do we know this? We know it because of Jesus Christ, who went to the cross so our sins could be forgiven and we could abide in God's presence forever.
You have made the most important decision any person can ever make by committing your life to Jesus Christ. Now build your life on the truth of His Word, the Bible, because it alone is "a lamp to my feet and a light for my path" (Psalm 119:105).


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A second attempt was made to pour a silicon mold around the shaped resin form.
The pour was not the best, and the liquid resin did not flow correctly. An ugly bumpy lump of silicon can be seen in one corner. Normally the silicon would flow and form a very flat level on each half of the mold.
The first attempt failed when attempting to degas the liquid silicon. In the first attempt the liquid silicon immediately cast inside the vacuum chamber into a spongy foam. The silicon resin was 12 months old, and has a recommended shelf life of 6 months.
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The user is expected to have working knowledge of the MODBUS protocol. For more information on MODBUS, go to: www.modbus.org, where you can also find the references listed in Section 7.
MODBUS is a serial communications protocol designed to allow a number of different devices to communicate with a single MODBUS master. The AquaVent logger is able to communicate with a MODBUS master using the 3500 AquaVent SPX Wellhead (translator) and a RS-232/RS-485 Connector Cable.
The SPX Wellhead converts MODBUS commands to the Solinst communications protocol for AquaVent. The SPX Wellhead and Connector Cable provide a hardware and protocol conversion interface between a Solinst AquaVent logger and a MODBUS network.


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Real Time Summary
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The literary renown that Amit Chaudhuri has achieved over a relatively short period is the result of three factors. One is the interest in Indian literature outside South Asia, in Britain, Canada, and the United States in particular, beginning with the publication of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize-winning novel Midnight's Children in 1980. Since then, first books by Indian writers, including writers of Indian extraction, have often achieved considerable critical and commercial success, for example, Jhumpa Lahiri's The Interpreter of Maladies (1999), Manil Suri's The Death of Vishnu(2001), and Hari Kunzru's The Impressionist (2002). A second factor is that Chaudhuri deals so extensively with a region and, more especially, a social class that have previously received very little attention. Chaudhuri's Calcutta (not his only setting, but certainly his most important) is not the Black Hole of nineteenth century colonial writing, nor of Dominique Lapierre's La Cité de joi(1985; City of Joy, 1985), the city of the latter parts of Satyajit Ray's Apu film trilogy (1955-1959), nor the site of the Hindu massacre of Muslims that looms so large in Richard Attenborough'sGandhi (1982). Chaudhuri's Calcutta is not a teeming city of twelve million, mainly poor, residents; rather, it is that part of the city occupied by the business class. The fact that this is a class that Bharati Mukherjee dealt with as early as her 1972 novel The Tiger's Daughter leads to the third, and perhaps the most interesting, factor that has contributed to Chaudhuri's success. This is his distinctive yet unassuming style, so different from Mukherjee's penchant for melodrama, Rushdie's high-energy postcolonial postmodernism, or the faux-exoticism of popular "curry- powder" writers such as Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Chaudhuri's style is more subdued, not in the folksy manner of R. K. Narayan, closer to V. S. Naipaul, though differently aware of, and indebted to, his European literary roots.
Chaudhuri perfected his distinctive style early, in the collection A Strange and Sublime Address(1991), a novella and nine stories. This was followed by two more novellas, Afternoon Raag (1993) and Freedom Song (1999). The fact that many of the fifteen stories in Real Time: Stories and a Reminiscence first appeared in the London Review of Books, Granta, The New Yorker, and The Times Literary Supplement says a good deal about the kind of audience Chaudhuri has attracted. Early reviews suggest, however, that Real Time will not put to rest doubts about Chaudhuri's work that first surfaced with the publication of A New World (2000), especially about his command of structure and his unwillingness to put his considerable talent to better use. "A major talent working in a minor key," is the way one reviewer has described Real Time. Real Time is a slight book, but its slightness is, if not always effective, certainly deliberate, riskily so, as Chaudhuri in his way tries to deal with the question Robert Frost posed more than half a century earlier: what to make of a diminished thing.
Smallness is a key, so evident in what Shashi Tharoor calls Chaudhuri's "languid love of detail." Slowness is another, as this languor extends over sentences and paragraphs (some of them two pages long) in prose that develops not just languorously but lyrically. "The temperature had fallen, imperceptibly, gracefully, to 27 degrees, til the school itself seemed raised to a timeless stratosphere that was neither heaven nor earth, a place raised upon the coolness." How one responds to a sentence such as this will determine how one responds to the collection overall, for the stories themselves follow a similar path, developing gracefully, moving imperceptibly to an awareness of a world that is not so much timeless as saturated with memory and time's passing, frozen yet fluid, suspended yet in motion. The lyricism that is central to...
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|ICB buys Oriental
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Switzerland-incorporated ICB Financial Group Holdings has purchased the problem-ridden Oriental Bank, officials said Thursday.
ICB has bought a 50.10 percent stake in the bank for Tk 350.67 crore and renamed it ICB Islamic Bank Limited. ICB takes over management of the bank 15 days from now.
A tripartite agreement was signed at Bangladesh Bank in Motijheel Thursday morning. The proposed chairman of ICB Islamic Bank Ltd Dr Hadenan bin Abdul Jalil signed the agreement on behalf of ICB while Bangladesh Bank's acting general manager Jahangir Alam and Oriental Bank chairman AH Toufique Ahmed signed on behalf of their organisations. ICB, incorporated in Switzerland, is the holding company for several banks operating in Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia.
The Group made its foray into Asia in 2003 by acquiring an indirect stake of 11.3 percent in Bank Internasional Indonesia, one of the largest banks in Indonesia, according to the company's website. ICB was listed on AIM (alternative investments market) of the London Stock Exchange in May 2007.
After the signing of the agreement, Dr Hadenan told reporters that his first job after takeover would be to increase the efficiency of the bank. He said necessary steps would be taken to bring back transparency to the bank, and that all banking activities would be conducted abiding by the rules and regulations of Bangladesh Bank.
The would-be chairman said that no officers or employees of the bank would be retrenched. The bank will be overhauled with the appointment of new officials and employees, he said. A plan is underway to increase the number of branches to 50 from the existing 30, Hadenan added.
Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Murshid Kuli Khan who was present at the ceremony said that being able to sell the troubled bank in such a short time was a great success for the central bank. Of the 49.90 percent shares that remain of the bank, ownership of about Tk 300 crore would be given to general shareholders. Depositors will also get a chunk of general shares proportionate to their deposits, according to a scheme.
The bank has about Tk 1,400 crore deposit liabilities . Bangladesh Bank in a formal letter on Feb 14 gave permission to ICB, the highest bidder, to buy a 50.10 percent Oriental stake. A tender was initially invited for the crisis-ridden Oriental on Feb 4, 2007. Six firms showed interest in buying the bank.
Only ICB and Domestic Investors Consortium Bangladesh submitted tender bids. Bangladesh Bank acquired Oriental Bank on June 19, 2006, following charges of financial irregularities. An official of the central bank was appointed administrator of the bank.
On Aug 6, 2006, the central bank removed Oriental Bank's managing director and suspended the activities of the bank's management council. The central bank, with the government's approval for reconstruction of the bank, increased the approved and paid-up capital of the bank.
The EC will hold talks Thursday with two other parties Islami Oikkyojote and Liberal Democratic Party. The EC began the second round of electoral reforms dialogues with political parties on Feb 24.
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Anything Floyd Mayweather Jr. does ends up being amazing P.R. for the boxing industry, and Showtime's All Access was no different. The show took a behind the scenes look at the training camps and daily lives of Mayweather and his September 13th opponent, Marcos Maidana. One week after his unanimous win over Maidana, the champ has been summoned for a hearing with the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) for some issues that surfaced on the show.
Excessive Sparring
One of the All Access scenes showed fighters Sharif Rahman and Donovan Cameron engaging in, what could be considered an excessively intense sparring session, followed by Cameron and Hasim Rahman partaking in 31 minutes straight of sparring, while Mayweather watched ringside.
On the show Mayweather stated, "The dog house- the rules are, you fight 'til whoever quits."
The concern from Chairman Francisco Aguilar is that the way the training gym was depicted on All Access made it appear unsafe. The The over-30 minute single round equates to about 11 consecutive regular rounds. The NSAC is responsible for the safety of boxers in and out of competition. Aguilar is planning to meet with Mayweather to discuss the issue before taking any further measures toward an investigation.
The worst-case scenario would be that Mayweather is found guilty of a violation and striped of his license to promote boxing in Nevada. On sheer numbers alone this is a bad idea for the state. The recent rematch against Maidana grossed nearly $15 million and was the 5th best gate in the state's history.
Marijuana Depiction
In true "Money" Mayweather fashion, there was one episode that introduced controversy of another kind. Though the boxer was not depicted actually using marijuana, he was shown mingling with women while they and his friends partook in the substance. He was also shown telling someone to purchase more rolling papers.
Marijuana is only legal in Nevada for medical use.
The Chairman stated that the marijuana issue might be less relevant from the sparring debacle, but still needs to be addressed. As a licensed promoter Mayweather is under more scrutiny than the average fighter.
Who are we kidding? There is nothing average about anything Mayweather does.
The hearing will be held on Tuesday, September 23rd. SciFighting.com will keep you posted as new information arises.


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Najmi Healing Energy FAQs – General Information
1. How does Najmi Healing Energy work?
2. Who is a Najmi Healing Energy healer?
3. Who can receive Najmi Healing Energy treatment?
4. How much time it will take to cure my disease?
5. What does the recipient feel during the treatment? Does it cause any pain?
6. If I learn Najmi Healing Energy, can I treat myself?
7. How can Najmi Healing Energy help me?
8. Will Najmi Healing Energy surely cure me?
9. Can Najmi Healing Energy prolong life and save dying person?
10. Can Najmi Healing Energy do any harm?
11. Can medicines be used with Najmi Healing Energy treatment?
How does Najmi Healing Energy work?
Najmi Healing Energy flows through the whole body especially through the affected parts and charges their energy positively. It removes the energy blockades, clears the energy pathways and lets the life force flow naturally. It thus gradually clears up the negative energies and replaces with positive energy bringing health and harmony.
Who is a Najmi Healing Energy healer?
Anyone, male or female, who has received Najmi Healing Energy attunements from a Najmi Healing Energy Master, is a Najmi Healing Energy healer. Anyone, male or female can receive the attunement and become a Najmi Healing Energy healer.
Who can receive Najmi Healing Energy treatment?
Najmi Healing Energy treatment should be given to all those who are willing to receive it. Amongst other ethics of Najmi Healing Energy treatment, one basic rule is that Najmi Healing Energy treatment should only be offered and not forced on any one. Free will of a person must always be respected and must never be violated. However, it may happen that a person says "yes" to the treatment outwardly but is not accepting it inwardly. Should this happen, the recipient is not likely to get full benefit from it.
How much time it will take to cure my disease?
One treatment session can last from a few minutes to more than an hour depending upon the gravity and nature of the problem. Number of sessions would depend on the recipient's needs and his/her response to this energy. Some cases may require only few sessions while some would require regular, daily treatment for several weeks whereas a chronic case may have to be treated regularly for many months. The number of Najmi Healing Energy sessions cannot be predicted because it greatly depends on the response of your body, nature of the disease and many other factors. Since Najmi Healing Energy practitioner is only a channel for the flow of energy and is not the one who controls the energy or does the healing, he/she cannot and should not predict the number of sessions. Cure or no cure is controlled by God, not by the practitioner.
What does the recipient feel?
Najmi Healing Energy treatment does not involve the use of any equipment or machine. The treatment is given by simply placing the hands on the body of the recipient without rubbing or exerting undue pressure. The recipient generally feels a pleasant sensation of warmth in the area being treated. At times one can even feel waves of energy entering the body through the areas where hands of practitioner are resting at that time. The flow of energy is very soothing and gentle. Therefore, no pain of any kind is caused by the treatment. As the energy balances and settles itself, pain, stress and tension gradually vanish leaving a pleasant sense of relaxation and a feeling of wellness.
If I learn Najmi Healing Energy, can I treat myself?
Yes, certainly. You can use Najmi Healing Energy to treat ailments of the physical body. You must start treating yourself from the day you receive the attunements. Unlike most other healing systems, Najmi Healing Energy Master and advocates self treatment to begin with. Your treatment sessions must start with self treatment. This must be done everyday whether you are sick or not. You can also start treating others soon after initiation but the lesson is to begin with yourself. However, it must be remembered that Najmi Healing Energy is a complimentary healing system and is not meant to replace the regular medical treatment. Medicines must be used if advised by your physician.
How can Najmi Healing Energy help me?
Najmi Healing Energy can help in curing physical, emotional and mental diseases, improving general health, repairing and improving relationships, and above all it can help you in self development at all the four levels. It can help you in mental relaxation. Manifestation techniques used with Najmi Healing Energy can help in solving lots of problems and achieving various goals. It depends on how you use it.
Will Najmi Healing Energy surely cure me?
Najmi Healing Energy is a healing system, not a magic. It can treat a person but does not guarantee any cure. The cure always comes from God, not a physician or Najmi Healing Energy healer exactly as it happens in allopathic, homeopathic or any other medical system. No healing system can guarantee any cure. While there can be miraculous cures through Najmi Healing Energy, at times there may be very negligible or no cure at all. One must be realistic in his approach.
Can Najmi Healing Energy prolong life and save dying person?
The person will live for as long as he is destined to live. In most cases, Najmi Healing Energy calms the patient. If a person is destined to live longer, then yes otherwise Najmi Healing Energy cannot prolong anyone's life. Najmi Healing Energy cannot prevent or postpone death. However, it makes the process of transition much easier and brings peace of mind to the person.
Can Najmi Healing Energy do any harm?
Some of us are rightly very conscious of side effects of any medical treatment. Since Najmi Healing Energy is also a healing system, people have questions about this too. Let this be known for certain that Najmi Healing Energy treatment has no harmful Side Effects whatsoever because Najmi Healing Energy does not use any physical medicines. This infallible life force energy always works for our greatest good whatever that might be. So there is nothing to worry about it. The best part of Najmi Healing Energy treatment is that one cannot be harmed by it. In Najmi Healing Energy, there is no over-dosing or over-saturation. Najmi Healing Energy with its supreme intelligence goes only to the benefit of the recipient and makes no mistake. It is pure love and fully positive. So be at peace and use it as much as you want to.
Use of medicines with Najmi Healing Energy treatment
According to scientific findings, Najmi Healing Energy supports and increases the effectiveness of almost every other kind of medication and treatment. It is truly complementary, is neither disturbed by nor hinders any other form of medication. It goes very well alongside. There may be cases where Najmi Healing Energy treatment alone may take a longer time to heal up, necessitating medication also. In such cases, it would be better to use medicines with Najmi Healing Energy without the fear of any interference. You can easily charge/energize your allopathic or even homeopathic medicines before use. This would usually increase their effectiveness. Ask your Najmi Healing Energy Master on how to charge liquid and solid medicines.


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A new project aims to help visitors experience famous buildings in a new way
Music journalist, Radio 3 presenter and SE1 resident Nick Luscombe has worked with architect and sound artist Paul Bavister and a variety of new music composers to create short pieces which evoke the spaces within several SE1 buildings.
They have developed an app which can be downloaded from musicityglobal.com to a smart phone or iPad with wifi.
To hear the pieces it is necessary to travel to the location of the building and when in range the piece will play. Headphones are a good idea as some locations, such as Borough Market, maybe very noisy at some times of day.
Once played in situ the piece can be retrieved anywhere.
The compositions are inspired by a range of acoustic data. A balloon is blown up as large as possible and then popped. The resulting reverberation and sound waves can be captured electronically and guide the composers in the sound worlds they wish to create, making truly site-specific works.
The local venues include The Shard, Borough Market and Elephant & Castle. There are further sites in SE16 and SE15.
Nick and Paul want to encourage people to go out and explore new places and to experience buildings in a different and inspiring way.
The piece made for The Shard, called The Facades, is by composer and performer William Doyle. 'Forever City' inspired by Borough Market is by Throwing Shade, a DJ and composer, who has also worked on a commission for Tate Tanks.
A map and explanatory leaflet is available to download from the musicityglobal.com website.
The Southwark pieces are supported by Southwark Council as part of the High Street Challenge. There are tracks available for different parts of London. The team is shortly to visit Seoul with UK and Korean musicians to extend the project on a global scale.
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Provides an elegant DSL in Ruby for performing backups on UNIX-like systems.
Backup is a system utility for Linux and Mac OS X, distributed as a RubyGem, that allows you to easily perform backup operations. Backup has built-in support for various databases, storage protocols/services, syncers, compressors, encryptors and notifiers which you can mix and match. It was built with modularity, extensibility and simplicity in mind.


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Project Overview
Ganz became aware that its existing eCommerce application had architectural flaws, making it more difficult to maintain, and expensive to implement new features. With the requirement for physical and virtual products and currencies, and the need to integrate with their existing physical fulfillment and Webkinz® online gaming systems, Ganz started the process of selecting a new eCommerce platform.
Ganz was looking for an extensible, feature rich eCommerce platform. Ganz was also looking for a platform that was built on best of breed technologies like Spring and Hibernate. Finally, Ganz was looking for a partner that could provide support and highly skilled professional services. Ganz considered a number of possibilities, including building a solution from scratch, using an eCommerce solution targeted for the gaming industry, and open source frameworks. After considerable due diligence, Ganz decided on Broadleaf Commerce to provide the platform to launch its fully re-vamped eStore.
Broadleaf Commerce provided the foundation for unique, complex features such as virtual and physical products and currencies. Broadleaf also made it possible for Ganz to customize and extend the core framework to meet every business requirement without compromise. The solution accomodates complex pricing rules, merchandising, content management, and complex workflows and checkout processes. The solution also integrates with Ganz's existing warehouse management and order management systems, as well as their Webkinz® online gaming system.


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It is extraordinary how much politicians invest on world's most popular sport to improve their image. It is certain that Vladimir Putin has heavily invested on 2018 FIFA World Cup football tournament that is taking place in Russia, to upgrade his image and the image of his country.
Football's impact on the masses is so great that many people conceive such tournaments - involving national teams - as an opportunity to give a kind of rebirth to their national pride through a successful presence of their team.
Unfortunately, behind such a popular sport we can frequently find big interests involving huge amounts of money and other dirty games behind the curtain. And World Cup's history is full of stories involving not just a popular sport, but also intrigues and rigged games based on political decisions.
For example, concerning the 1934 FIFA World Cup tournament when Italy won its first title, several sources have reported that the tournament could have been marred by corruption and influenced by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who used the tournament as a propaganda tool for fascism. According to these accusations, Mussolini personally selected referees for the matches where the Italian national team were playing, while the Italian government meddled in FIFA's organisation of events, re-organizing the logistics of the matches to further promote fascism.
During the next decades, countries taking responsibility to organize FIFA World Cup were using it to exhibit their regional and economic strength. The event has also been exploited by these countries in order to attract visitors in their soil, promoting themselves as favorable destinations. Although highly debatable, many argue that World Cup has also been evolved into an unofficial indicator of development and economic strength for some traditional football powers, like Germany.
So, what can we say about the fact that the title holders and four times world champions, didn't make it even to the knockout phase?
Germany suffered a humiliating group stage elimination following defeats to Mexico and South Korea and managed just one victory against Sweden. They were in the process eliminated from the World Cup in the first round for just the second time in their history.
Recall that in previous 2014 tournament, Germany won the title, while defeated the football superpower hosts, Brazil, with the unreal 7-1 in the semi-finals.
Could current failure be an indicator of Germany's decline?


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LEARNING, TEACHING AND EDUCATION RESEARCH IN THE 21st CENTURY
Learning, Teaching and Education Research in the 21st Century: An Evolutionary Analysis of the Role of Teachers
By Joanna Swann
Publication dates: 22 December 2011 in theUK; 23 February 2012 in theUSA
ISBN: 9781441163172 (paperback); 9781441161260 (hardcover)
Learning, Teaching and Education Research in the 21st Century: An Evolutionary Analysis of the Role of Teachers draws on Karl Popper's evolutionary epistemology and challenges widespread assumptions about learning, teaching and research that are embedded in the practices of many teachers and in the design of most education institutions worldwide. Joanna Swann argues that to promote the growth of learning we need to encourage children and adolescents to exercise and develop their facility for creativity and criticality, and that we need to provide and maintain environments in which they can safely engage in self-initiated and self-directed exploratory activity. In accessible and engaging language, the author presents philosophical arguments that support the defence and development of non-authoritarian approaches to learning and teaching that can be used by individuals and groups working in or outside state-funded schools. In particular, she provides tried-and-tested guidelines for student-initiated curricula and a problem-based methodology for professional development and action research.
Joanna Swann is a Popperian philosopher of learning and method, known internationally for her innovative theoretical and practical explorations of the implications of evolutionary epistemology for teaching and education research. Formerly a Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton, UK, she is now a freelance author.
Acknowledgements \ 1. The Purpose of this Book \ Part I: Learning \ 2. The Challenge of an Evolutionary Analysis of Learning \ 3. What Happens When We Learn \ 4. Addressing Some Problematic Ideas About Learning \ Part II: Encouraging Learning \ 5. What Promotes and What Inhibits Learning \ 6. Against the Intensive Use of Prescribed Curricula with Children and Adolescents \ 7. Developing Student-Initiated Curricula \ Part III: Developing Teaching \ 8. Research and the Development of Teaching \ 9. Developing a Popperian Science of School Teaching \ 10. Improving Our Practices as Teachers \ 11. Teaching for a Better World \ References \ Publisher Acknowledgements \ Index
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Yearly Archives: 2017
New Beginnings
Posted by suzanne on Dec 31, 2017
Happy New Year. The best time for new beginnings is now as the new year begins.
New mindset. New shift. New direction. Redirection.
Congratulations on your retirement. Now it's time to redirect.
Congratulations on intentionally contemplating your future retirement.
Redirection…because you don't know what is just around the corner.
The time is ripe to figure out your next challenge and your next chapter.
Vital engagement. The time is now.
Category: Active Engagement, Aging Workforce, Career, Life and Living, Longevity, Redirection, Social Participation, Vital Engagement
Three Tips for Mentoring
Posted by suzanne on Nov 28, 2017
People are sometimes interested in mentoring opportunities in their community. A mentor is someone with experience, knowledge and skill who provides guidance to someone. A mentor helps others develop and grow to their full potential.
Mentoring may be part of your redirection journey.
Being a mentor is a powerful role because of the possibility of having a large influence on someone and assisting them in a meaningful way. It is very exciting to be a part of someone else's success and achievement.
Where can mentoring opportunities be found?
It takes time to research and find mentoring opportunities. Here are three tips.
1. First, assess what skills and expertise you have to provide to someone. Where will you be most useful and valuable as a mentor? Find organizations and associations where you can use your skills and expertise. Contact them and find out more about what they do and how they develop and train new members or new hires.
2. Mentoring can provide benefits to both the mentor and protege. It is a teaching and learning opportunity for both individuals. While the mentoring relationship is mutual, usually the emphasis is placed on what the proteges gain. In fact, a common bit of wisdom is that mentors walk three steps behind and keep their protege in the limelight. This is a lovely way of emphasizing the importance of helping the protege to shine. In other words, mentors receive accolades for their skill at guiding, counselling and advising while cheering and applauding the protege. In addition, outcomes related to protege achievement are usually measured in a formal mentoring program. More recent work has begun to examine mentor outcomes and goals. This is an interesting direction for research.
3. It may be possible to leverage a mentoring role into a paid opportunity. This may take time and negotiation; however, sometimes an organization requires a teacher/mentor in a formal role to guide and nurture skills and knowledge development in the younger generation. If you find the right fit and prove your value to an organization, you might find this type of role both personally and professionally rewarding.
Category: Active Engagement, Aging, Career, Intergenerational, New Retirement, Redirection, Relationships, The Redirection Project, Work
Lifelong Learning
Posted by suzanne on Nov 10, 2017
You are never too old to learn. In other words, you never stop learning. There is something new to learn everyday.
Moreover, the benefits of learning are many. Lifelong learning opportunities provide social connection, mental stimulation and a sense of purpose.
Learning helps people to expand their horizons. Learning fuels personal growth and development. Furthermore, advances in personal development stimulate learning.
Every community needs to provide lifelong learning options for mature residents. In some areas and locations, there are lifelong learning and Third Age Learning Groups. There are also learning programs offered through municipal park and recreation centres, school boards, seniors' centres and other community organizations. Furthermore, in Canada, book clubs are a favourite way to learn and connect with others.
Learning is an important later life pursuit. Intellectual and personal growth are a critical for healthy aging.
Category: Career, Lifelong Learning
6 Tips for Enhancing Motivation
Posted by suzanne on Nov 5, 2017
People sometimes ask me, "Are there ways to enhance motivation?" It can be difficult to keep trying to find new work opportunities or your 'redirection' when there are significant barriers and obstacles in the way.
It is important to find ways to motivate yourself to reach toward your goals and objectives. What are the best ways to enhance motivation?
Here are six tips:
- Set your Ikigai. Ikigai is pronounced 'ee-kee-guy' and is your reason for being, or your reason to get up in the morning. This is a Japanese term that I learned after reading Neil Pasricha's book The Happiness Equation. An Ikigai is like the 'la raison d'être' in French. Write out your Ikigai. Put it where you can see it first thing every morning.
- Set small, measurable goals or objectives. Write them down. Then, track your progress on a weekly basis.
- Choose a mantra. Use a mantra, motto or quote that connects to your goals and speaks to you. The mantra can motivate and help spur change. It points to where you are going. Pick a mantra that makes you want to reach your goals and keep moving forward.
- Select a touchstone, an image to ground and inspire you. Choose a visual image or object that makes you want to keep striving towards your goals.
- A social network can be a good source of support and encouragement. Share your goals with your family and closest friends, or more publicly with colleagues, friends, neighbours and your broader social circle or network.
- Get out and spend time everyday with nature. This regularly creates reflective time in your life to help you design, review and evaluate goals and to think about your objectives.
Good luck!
Category: Aging, Career, Economic Issues, New Retirement, Redirection, Work
If not now, then when?
Posted by suzanne on Oct 12, 2017
Incredible motivation, or lack thereof. Motivation is a great strength. It makes a big difference when working towards goals and objectives. As with all things in life, success and achievement take work. High motivation makes it happen.
Searching for the 'next challenge?' Strong motivation can be an asset when making this transition – an occupational redirection or change in your life. It takes work to redirect and the pathway forward may not be clear.
Motivation is key
Let's be honest. Nothing is easy. Work is involved in redirecting. Forethought and effort are required. It is possible to lose motivation, or temporary 'misplace' it. Sometimes motivation is 'low' or lacking. It is a huge downfall when motivation is absent. This is when motivation must be recaptured.
At other times, success comes more slowly than expected; therefore, motivation needs to be sustained. Transition takes time. In addition, it is not easy to maintain motivation when the going gets tough. Everyone needs a push forward now and again. Using a mantra is one way to increase motivation. The Mottos to Motivate in the image above may help when choosing a new mantra. A motto or mantra can help people to reach toward their goals and keep moving forward.
To stimulate motivation, it often helps to look back on previous accomplishments. Once you have reached a certain age, it is possible to gain greater perspective and realize that many obstacles and hardships have already been overcome in life. This indicates how resilient people just keep trying. They eventually achieve goals and objectives through hard work and perseverance. It is possible to look to previous experiences and see how resilience made it possible to overcome barriers. Being a resilient person helped to keep you motivated and moving forward.
Today, it is important to take steps towards your redirection.
It is up to you. If not now, then when?
I will discuss additional tips for motivation in my next post.
Category: Active Engagement, Aging, Health and Wellness, Life and Living, Lifelong Learning, New Retirement, Work
Talent Management and Later Life Career
Posted by suzanne on Sep 30, 2017
The workforce is aging. This is a critical business issue and organizations are paying closer attention.
With this new demographic shift in the workplace, the talent management and career development of mature workers must be redesigned. These are two new emerging and interconnected issues that are discussed in my latest book chapter.
I co-authored Talent Management and Older Workers: Later Life Career Development, Chapter 6 of Ageing, Organisations and Management, with Victoria Rougette (see pages 113 – 140). Here is a short description of the chapter:
"The Canadian workforce is ageing and there is greater labor force participation among older adults. These unprecedented shifts require business and industry to examine the talent management of older workers while considering their career development. In fact, a top strategic issue facing organisations is the talent management of the ageing workforce such as the recruitment, retention, training and development, and career progression of older workers. This chapter examines the career development of older workers and talent management policy in organisations through a critical lens in order to shift the discourse surrounding work and ageing. This approach can support the labor force participation of older workers and their career development needs while also strengthening talent management within organisations."
The new book, Ageing, Organisations and Management, edited by I. Aaltio, J. Helm Mills and A. Mills and published by Palgrave Macmillan, is now available.
This edited book examines business, organizations and work with a focus on aging. The chapters are written by scholars from Europe, North America and Australia. Other chapters are entitled: Age Management in Organizations: The Perspective of Middle-Aged Employees; Reifying Age-Related Employment Problems Through the Constructions of the "Problematic" Older and Younger Worker; and Old Age as a Market Advantage: The Example of Staffing Agencies in Sweden.
Category: Aging, Aging Workforce, Business, Career, Economic Issues, Work
Movers and Shakers and Best Breakfast Choices
Posted by suzanne on May 4, 2017
People share with me that they want to continue to be active and engaged in the community. They want to create a retirement lifestyle that they can enjoy for the next few decades. They envision and anticipate spending time in volunteer or paid work roles, engaged in travel or pursuing leisure and recreation activities during their retirement. Some individuals expect to accomplish all of the above, which is wonderful.
Being active and engaged requires good energy to start the day.
With active living, it is especially important to select foods that are healthy and nutritious. In addition, individuals want to take better care of themselves.
Which foods provide good nutrition? After discussing nutrition and diet with my colleague Sandra Crowe, Registered Holistic Nutritionist, we decided to create a joint video blog about healthy breakfasts that individuals can choose for an energetic day. This will assist people who are eager for knowledge and information conducive to an active lifestyle and increased healthspan.
View the video to learn more about the ways to emphasize high protein and low carb healthy breakfast options.
Movers and Shakers and Healthy Breakfasts
It is important to have enough energy for the day. It all starts with a healthy breakfast.
You can sign up for Sandra's blog at http://www.fitkitchendiva.com
Category: Active Engagement, Aging, Health and Wellness, Life and Living, Longevity, New Retirement
Seven Dimensions of Active Aging
Posted by suzanne on Apr 30, 2017
Thanks to our aging population, increasing numbers of people are reaching mid-life. They have made it to a certain age and realize they need step it up a bit to maintain their health. Some decide they need to work harder in order to become healthier.
In fact, people are paying more attention to the benefits of healthier, more active lifestyles across the lifespan. It is possible to improve health by working at it. The objective is for people to have not only increased lifespans, but increased healthspans. The approach of using the seven dimensions of active aging can help.
The seven dimensions of active aging is a model for health and wellness. I often share this model when people are interested in learning more about health, wellness and aging and want to understand how to live fuller, healthier lives. This model helps people to design a rich, well-rounded lifestyle and set goals for health and wellness.
The seven dimensions of active aging are the key areas to be aware of for healthy aging in order to improve the quality of life as individuals age. The seven dimensions of health and wellness are:
- Cognitive – brain health
- Physical – body fitness and sexuality
- Psychological – emotional health
- Social – relationships and social connections
- Spiritual – divine, psychic and transcendent
- Occupational – vocation, work and calling
- Environmental – the natural and build world
With this holistic approach to health and wellness, these dimensions are interconnected to create the whole person and their life. Being active and engaged helps individuals by stimulating at least one, and often, many of these dimensions. It is important to live a balanced lifestyle so that each of these dimensions are developed or stimulated. This is what individuals strive to achieve.
The Canadian population is aging and there are more older adults than previously. People are also living longer today than ever before. They want to live longer and healthier lives. They want to maintain or even improve their health and are paying more attention to health and wellness in order to achieve health-related goals and objectives. Healthspan is very important. The seven dimensions provide a broad perspective of the best ways to think about health and wellness. In addition, the dimensions indicate the areas for improvement in order to live healthier, more satisfying lives.
Category: Aging, Aging Population, Health and Wellness, Life and Living, Longevity, Relationships, Work
Freedom of R & R, or to Continue Working
Posted by suzanne on Apr 12, 2017
There is a realignment of work and retirement in society as the population ages. It is a growing trend. Older adults are continuing to work past traditional retirement age.
CBC's The National followed a couple of Canadians as they reflected on their decision to keep working into their later years. They found work opportunities for their 'next act' that help generate an income and maintain their lifestyle. Furthermore, their work is personally fulfilling and meaningful to their community.
Benefits go beyond the paycheque; working keeps people active and engaged. It was also nice to hear another perspective on the benefits of hiring mature workers.
I coined the term redirection to refer to the new stage of career as people transition into new pursuits and occupation to stay engaged and continue to work. Redirection is an alternative to retirement. It is an exciting time of life. New possibilities are investigated and explored. Older adults discover that their skills and competencies are transferable. My new documentary film explores five people's experiences with redirection.
CBC News discusses the trend towards delayed retirement. Provinces like Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are already rethinking and implementing policy to address this new trend.
It is time to rethink government policy to consider the ways people are and can work longer and what this means for social structures and institutions in Canada.
Category: Active Engagement, Aging Population, Aging Workforce, Career, Economic Issues, Family, Health and Wellness, Intergenerational, Life and Living, Longevity, New Retirement, Relationships, Social Policy, The Redirection Project, Work
Mature and Experienced Workers
Posted by suzanne on Feb 1, 2017
Older adults are continuing to work into their later years. They work for meaning, purpose, engagement, stimulation…and a paycheque.
Some individuals retire, then decide it is time to go back to work.
This is a beautiful video telling the story of one woman who retired, then decided to keep working into her later years.
Mature and experienced workers have a lot to offer. It is challenging and rewarding to redirect into new occupational pursuits.
Category: Aging Workforce, Career, Economic Issues, Longevity, New Retirement, Relationships, Work


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For the first time in nearly 50 years, patients with Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) have a new blood thinning option: Dabigatran. The talk is already starting about how this could replace Warfarin (which is really RAT POISON… we're just given it in doses too small to kill us!)
One can hope, but there is still a lot that we need to learn about the drug. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved it only as a preventive for stroke caused by A-Fib. Will it even work for anything else? The odds are that it will, but it still needs to be tested. How are people with mechanical valves going to react to it? Somebody's going to have to take a deep breath and test it. Yet another problem is the cost. Dabigatran is estimated to cost $8 to $12 per day; Warfarin has been around so long that the cost is a pittance. But that is just the cost of the drug – with Warfarin, you also get the required monitoring, in the form of the INR Test. Dabigatran doesn't require monitoring. Does the cost of Warfarin plus the cost of the test plus supplies make its cost roughly equal with Dabigatran?
There's another major drawback for certain CHDers: Dabigtran is currently not recommended for "patients with the presence of a severe heart-valve disorder." That sounds like Tricuspid Atresia patients, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome patients, and those with several other defects are out of luck. Perhaps it is not for us because of lack of testing; if that is the case, the recommendation may change in the future.
At the moment, Dabigatran looks like a drug with a limited potential. Hopefully real world experience will change this.