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The History of China
The History of China
A wise and senior American colleague once told me that the true test of making a difference as a history professor is found in those chance supermarket or mall encounters with former students from ten years ago. What do they remember from the lectures, discussions, and assigned readings?
I have not yet taught in a university for ten years, but when my time comes to face up to this test in the cereal aisle, I hope the student will be able to dredge up a few particulars from her memory banks on those decade-old lectures. More important, I hope she will remember a few concepts that have helped her make some sense of what is happening in that teeming, endlessly fascinating behemoth of a nation across the Pacific. I doubt I will be too disappointed if she scrambles the Chinese dynasties a bit or gets one treaty confused with another. If she can recall some conceptual points about, say, how li and ren interrelate in Confucian thought, or explain why Mao's Communists won the Chinese civil war and Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists lost it, or speculate about why imperial China fought so much with its pastoral nomadic neighbors, then I think I shall conclude I have not taught entirely in vain.
My hopes and purposes for this book are similar. I have written it for general, interested readers and hope to entice them into increasing their

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text: Posted August 2, 2011 · Report post The nuclear mess over at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan never seems to end. Today the media is reporting that "record levels of radiation have been recorded at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant reactor". And these radiation levels are "fatal to humans": Al Jazeera's Aela Callan, reporting from Japan's Ibaraki prefecture, said the level recorded was "fatal to humans" but that it was contained just to the plant's site. However, scientists are planning to carry out more tests on Tuesday. "Authorities are working on the theory though that it has come from those initial hydrogen explosions that we've seen at the plant in the days after the earthquake and tsunami," she said. "It is now looking more likely that this area has been this radioactive since the earthquake and tsunami but no one realised until now." I am glad I am not one of these poor people who are working at cleaning up in and around the remains of that nuclear plant. A nuclear plant clean-up that Japanese officials thinks might take "several decades". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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1. Lipgloss/lipstick: Seriously, this is possibly the best piece of make up I've ever bought (okay so there's probably not massive competition as most of my make up bag is very cheap and cheerful), its just as bright and vibrant as a lipstick but has the added bonus of moisturising your lips too... what more could a girl ask for?!
2. Hair product: This Schwarzkopf volumising powder really does what it says on the tin, granted the packaging doesn't mention that it will leave your roots feeling oddly sticky underneath, but I absolutely swear by it for giving my hair a bit of a boost. Plus there's none of risk of crispy, rock solid hair that comes with hairspray! Definitely a winner for me.
3. Perfume: Vera Wang's Lovestruck- pretty smell and a gorgeous bottle... need I say more?
4. Nail Polish: Okay, I'm cheating slightly here... there's more than one favourite in this picture. But I can back myself up because technically for the Barry M shatter to work it needs another colour underneath, hence why this lovely pale blue little number also made the cut. Sneaky!
5. Earrings: I'm going to say these are my favourite earrings even though 99% of the time I wear the same ones that are in my ears right now (just little studs from accessorize, the first hole with an aeroplane and the second with a dragonfly). But they're basically just part of my body they've been in my ears almost constantly for the last 2 years so they don't really count. These little Topshop crosses are far more fun and really catch my eye whenever I look in a mirror if I'm wearing them (probably through shock of actually wearing something different...).
6. Top: Look at the ye olde Topshop label on this top! I've had it since I was in year 10 at school... sixth form, uni and a year of work have passed since those days which says a lot about how ancient this top is! And yet, I still wear it pretty regularly despite the ever increasing number of little holes appearing at the seams. Impressive for such a simple little top.
7. Shoes: I don't feel like this favourite is actually a favourite by choice really. My real favourite shoes had to sadly be retired and sent to shoe heaven a few months back, so until I can find another pair of brogues that I can let into my heart, my stripy Vans will have to do. I must admit, I do love them though. They're not as clumpy as regular Vans plus the candy stripes are pretty damn cute.
8. Bag: Again, I'm cheating by putting two favourites... The battered River Island is my day to day bag of choice at the moment- I'm one of those people who uses a bag to death before buying another, but the Accessorize backpack is possibly my most essential bag solely because its the only bag big enough to fit my camera in when I'm out and about. So really, the backpack comes out with me almost everywhere as its either bring the backpack or be a MASSIVE nerd walking round with my horrible camera bag. Not happening any time soon. Or ever for that matter.
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Arbitration is a well-accepted form of alternative dispute resolution ('ADR'). Rather than undertaking costly and lengthy litigation through formal court proceedings, parties in dispute are turning to arbitration to help resolve their issues. In fact, the UK Courts actively encourage parties to seriously consider ADR before pursuing a case to trial.
The object of arbitration is "to obtain the fair resolution of disputes by an impartial tribunal without unnecessary delay or expense". Arbitration allows parties to have their dispute heard in a less formal setting, with the time and costs incurred usually being lower than court litigation. The additional benefit of arbitration hearings is that they are private and the final decisions are not publicized. Arbitration has also become far more popular in the commercial arena due to the parties abilities to enforce arbitration awards not only in the UK but also internationally by virtue of several conventions (in particular, the New York Convention 1958) and reciprocal agreements.
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom"
An arbitration hearing can be conducted by a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators, called a tribunal. A tribunal is usually an odd number of arbitrators to avoid a split decision). Fees will be payable to the arbitrators. The parties are free to agree on the powers that may be exercised by the arbitral tribunal during the proceedings; they may also be represented by a lawyer during the process. The arbitrators are often appointed for their technical knowledge of the issues in dispute; however, they can also have the power to appoint an expert, legal advisor or assessor to assist on complex points.
The decision of the arbitral tribunal is called an "Award" (even when the Claimant's claim fails and no damages are paid), it is just as final and binding as a court judgment. Final awards cannot usually be appealed (although they can be challenged in limited circumstances such as bias). Courts generally try to uphold the jurisdiction of arbitrators, and therefore challenges waged on these grounds are rarely successful. However, any remedy awarded must be certain and capable of performance.
The parties are free to agree what costs of the arbitration are recoverable. If there is no such agreement the tribunal will award the recoverable costs of the arbitration on such a basis as it thinks fit.
Awards are not only made for damages. Parties can, for example, obtain injunctions ordering or prohibiting the doing of an act, specific performance of a contract or the rectification or cancellation of a deed or contract.
Several different types of arbitration award can be made:
- Interim Award – This is a temporary award until the tribunal has given its final decision. A provisional award can only be made if the parties have agreed that "the tribunal may have the power to order on a provisional basis any relief which it would have power to grant in a final award" (s.39 Arbitration Act 1996).
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Ukraine reports 67 militant attacks, 1 WIA in last day
Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 67 times in the past 24 hours with one wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.
In the Mariupol sector, the occupiers fired mortars of various calibers on the villages of Pavlopil and Novotroyitske, and the town of Krasnohorivka.
"The militants used rocket-propelled grenades and small arms shooting on the villages of Pavlopil, Novotroyitske, Hnutove, Novohryhorivka, Chermalyk, Mykolaivka, Lebedynske, Vodiane and Shyrokyne. Enemy snipers were active in Novotroyitske and the town of Maryinka. Additionally, infantry fighting vehicles were used to attack Novohryhorivka," the report says.
Read alsoATO HQ daily report: 59 militant attacks, 2 WIAIn the Donetsk sector, the Russian occupation forces opened fire from mortars on the village of Verkhniotoretske and the town of Avdiyivka, as well as rocket-propelled grenades and small arms -- on the villages of Zaitseve, Pisky, Novoselivka Druha, Kamianka and Luhanske.
"The enemy fired from infantry fighting vehicles on the Ukrainian positions near Avdiyivka. Furthermore, snipers were active in the villages of Troyitske, Novoselivka Druha and Kamianka," the headquarters said.
In the Luhansk sector, the militants launched grenades shot small arms on the villages of Novo-Oleksandrivka and Novozvanivka.


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Oy!Chicago asked Chicagoans to tell us the biggest piece of advice they'd give (if they could) to their younger selves-back at the time of their bar or bat mitzvahs. Here's what they told themselves!
It's ok to not have all the answers. Sometimes it seems like we need to have life figured out when we're still kids. What classes do you want to take in high school? Better decide now so you can be ready for the right college program, and get a good internship, and get your dream job. And what extra-curricular activities will you do? You want to be well-rounded. To my 12-year-old self, I'd say, it's ok to not have the answers. In fact, it might be better. Give yourself the room to try things. Give yourself the room to make mistakes. That's how we learn and discover what works for us and what doesn't.
-Aleeza Lubin, Chicago
Wear your retainer.
-Caroline Musin Berkowitz, Chicago
I would tell her to recognize the value of what we have and the value of our religious beliefs and be able to appreciate them on behalf of someone who might not have those same freedoms. I'm 100 percent sure I didn't fully appreciate that at 13.
-Dawn Smith, Chicago
Don't be afraid to ask for help. Even now in high school, people want to get to know you and those people are the ones that will push you forward and give you the opportunity to succeed. Also, celebrate mildly--that is, don't dance so hard at your own bar mitzvah party that you have to change your shirt halfway through the night.
-Josh Kahn, Chicago (JUF News summer intern and rising high school senior)
If there was one thing that I would tell my 13-year-old self, it would be a quote that was said to me when I was a little boy at White Sox Summer Baseball Camp and stuck with me forever, yet often times would forget its meaning. It was easy to remember because it was comprised of ten two-letter words, but it packed quite the philosophical punch: "If it is to be, it is up to me." Hearing that would help boost my own self confidence and motivation to succeed and reach any goals I wanted to set for myself, in any and all aspects of my life and not just sports. It was this quote that made me realize how much sports can teach you about life and it is through sports that I learned some of the most valuable experiential life lessons.
-Ari Moffic Silver, Chicago
My advice to my 12-year-old self would be: "You will never please everybody, so stop trying. Laugh instead of cry, especially at yourself. Mean girls don't always grow up and grow out of it. Sometimes mean girls are just mean. Find friends who love you regardless of your size, shape, color of your hair or clothes you wear. Cherish them. Good friends, ones who don't love you one day and ignore you the next, are hard to find and hard to keep. Make the effort. Boys are stupid. Love them anyway. But love yourself more. Be proud of your accomplishments, even if they are embarrassing. Take risks. Sometimes it's okay to not be the best, and not care. Life is not a competition. You were unique and wonderful and cute when you were little, you are unique and wonderful and beautiful now-and you are only getting started."
-Sandy Rockind, Chicago
Have a simple, haymish bar mitzvah. It means more to really understand what you're doing than to offer party favors and videos.
-Jonathan Edelman, Chicago
Only pursue what you love to do in life. Money isn't worth chasing as it's a road to nowhere.
-Harold Gerber, Chicago
To her I would say: First, do whatever you can to try to accept yourself and your family since you all have many, many years together ahead. Second: Some people have absolutely no idea what they are talking about while other people have really helpful and important things to say; listen selectively. Third: Watch less TV, read more books, listen—really listen—to music, make more art, look out the window, lie under a huge tree, and if you want to play more kickball with the neighborhood kids—it's still fine—you aren't that old.
-Joyce Heyman, Chicago


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On the track of the Red Kite
At first sight the name "Red Kite" for Milvus milvus seems strange to non-English speakers. What has a bird to do with a flying kite in autumn? Actually a lot if you watch the Red Kite using the thermal, how it glides through the air. Even if one cannot recognize the rusty brown feathers against the light, you always identify the bird species by its fork tail while coasting in the sky. A little bigger than a common buzzard the Red Kite looks for prey on its glider flight. If the kite finds a field mouse, a mole or thrushes and blackbirds it kills its prey with strong strokes of its beak in the next tree it comes across.
In general the Red Kite is quite flexible in regards to options on nutrition: In spring lots of beetles and earthworms are on its menu, close to water it likes to hunt fish. Even carrion is an acceptable meal. In some areas the Red Kite became scarcer where dumps were closed. In winter when hunting prey gets more difficult the Red Kite robs Black Kites or crows. If it cannot wrangle their prey directly, it harasses them long enough until they regurgitate the food and provides it to the Red Kite.more


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Change is hard!
Changing the way you eat, the way you live, and what you buy in order to avoid toxins and nourish your body…well that's massively difficult!
To be more specific it's a huge change that requires the right mindset to get healthy and follow through if you want to succeed.
I've been there!
I know because I've been through it myself. In my early twenties I had ballooned from a 110 pounds to 165 pounds! That's a lot of weight on a 5 foot frame!
Besides the weight gain I was just physically miserable. I was tired, moody, sleeping sporadically, and felt foggy all the time.
When I decided enough was enough I made the decision with a sense of commitment and purpose. I HAD the right mindset. And that's exactly what you need to succeed, without it your chances are pretty low.
Now I didn't go cold turkey on all the crap food I was eating. I gave up soda and fast food first. Later I gave up processed food, and eventually I started eating clean and exercising.
The initial process from typical processed junk food eater to super clean eater took about three years!
But I succeeded because I wanted it. I wanted it baaaad! I committed to the process one step at a time. Actually a better way to say it is that I committed to my good health!
Over the years I've seen people succeed and fail at changing their health and there always seems to be one critical component. The mindset.
You have to want it, baaaaad!
You see it's not enough if your family wants it for you. It's not enough if you are doing it for some metric of success like pounds on a scale either. Those who succeed long-term always have an intense motivation to GET HEALTHY.
Sure weight loss, clearer skin, and more energy are all great metrics, but the people that STAY on the Filtered Living lifestyle (or clean living lifestyle) all really deeply want to get healthy.
Truthfully, it isn't easy.
Anyone who says it's easy isn't being honest…or they are a unicorn.
Giving up your favorite foods, convenient snacks, having to cook all the time, researching new products, and dealing with temptation EVERYWHERE…that all takes a TON of commitment! 360 degrees of commitment.
Those who lack the powerful drive usually fall off the wagon, permanently.
Finding YOUR motivation
And what motivates each person is different. It's your own personal journey…your story.
Today my motivation is being present and healthy for my daughter. And while I do have slip ups (everyone does) my motivation always shoves me back on the wagon.
I have a good friend who was hospitalized from a c-diff infection before she made the permanent change. Although a series of health issues before the (often fatal) infection definitely pushed her in that direction beforehand. Unlike my slow and steady snail's pace of change, she went 100% cold turkey on every bad, processed, sugar loaded, gluten laden food. THAT'S dedication!
So my friends, if you are ready for this journey you NEED to really want it! You need to want it so deep down in your soul that you'll move mountains to make it happen. You need to want it so sincerely that even lapses won't deter you.
But you don't have to almost die to be motivated (though that will do it too), there's an easy path toward that motivation that I haven't mentioned yet. Education.If you understand the damage happening when you eat toxic food, it's actually easy to stay the (healthy) course. Click To Tweet
Educating your way to motivation
One of the biggest catalysts for me was reading the book, Fast Food Nation.
I couldn't put it down and by the time I was done I was completely disgusted with the fast food industry. I looked at ever package of meat with suspicion.
Soon thereafter I became a vegetarian. I stayed a vegetarian for three years until just before I became pregnant (Turns out vegetarianism wasn't right for my body to thrive). However when I did go back to meat I kept it clean with grass-fed beef, organic chicken, and humane products.
The more you understand how truly toxic your food is the more motivation you end up with. The more books you read, research you do, health writers you follow, the more motivation you have.
The more you grasp how modern food and toxic products, toxic air, and toxic water are destroying your body, the more drive you end up with.
How about imagining the red dye in your kid's crackers or cereal killing off their neurons (excitotoxins…Google it). Is that knowledge motivation enough?
You see, if you choose to stay in the dark it's rather easy to keep destroying your health one fast food burger or brightly colored drink at a time. But IF you understand the chemical chain reaction happening when you eat the fake colored cereal or the antibiotic laden meat then it's actually pretty easy to stay the (healthy) course.
And yes, temptation and lapses will still happen. We are humans and food acts like a drug on our brains (explains a lot right?!). BUT the more you live a clean Filtered life the easier it gets.
So my friends, I want you to succeed! I want you to get healthy!
So let's motivate each other on this journey and CHOOSE to live a Filtered clean eating, toxin avoiding life so we can all thrive! Oki-doki!
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Terracotta Toolkit was released as part of Terracotta 3.3.0. The Toolkit is a delight for developers working on Scalable Apps, Frameworks. For more details on features of Toolkit, refer this link.
In this post we shall work out a few samples using the Toolkit. We shall start with looking at Cluster Events, Clustered Queues and move to clustered Locks.
Lets start with some general information about Toolkit. Refer Toolkit javadoc for more details here
Initializing the Toolkit
Before any operations can be performed using Toolkit, it needs to be initialized first. The initialization code is very simple, just single line
ClusteringToolkit clustering = new TerracottaClient("localhost:9510").getToolkit();
This line initializes the Terracotta Client and gets an instance of Toolkit to work with. The argument passed to the TerracottaClient is the IP Address and Port of the Terracotta Server.
Have created a simple function for initialization of the Toolkit.
ClusteringToolkit clusterToolkit = null; public void initializeToolKit(String serverAdd) { clusterToolkit = new TerracottaClient(serverAdd).getToolkit(); }
Playing with Toolkit Queue
Toolkit provide various Data structures that you can use, Queue being one of them.
Lets try and create a Producer-Consumer sample, using Toolkit Queue. Here is what we are trying to do
We have a producer which is going to produce some work, and the consumer shall process the work in different JVM's.
To achieve we need to do the following
- Create a Work object which shall be pushed by Producer to consumers.
- We need to create a Producer that shall produce the work
- We need to create a Consumer which shall consume the work. We can have multiple instances of Consumers
Lets have a look at Work Object
class Work implements Serializable, Runnable { private String workItem; Work(String workItem) { this.workItem = workItem; } public String getWorkItem() { return workItem; } public void setWorkItem(String workItem) { this.workItem = workItem; } public void run() { System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + "processing - "+getWorkItem()); } }
NOTE: The Objects that shall be pushed onto the Queue should implement Serializable.
What we have done here. Its a very simple implementation, where we just print what the Producer pushed.
Implementing Runnable is not necessary. I just added it so that I can push the work unit directly to an Executor
Creating Producer
static final String QUEUE_NAME = "DATA_QUEUE"; public void startProducer(int capacity) { BlockingQueue<byte[]> queue = clusterToolkit.getBlockingQueue(QUEUE_NAME, capacity); System.out.println("Starting Producer...."); int i = 0; while (i < capacity) { queue.add(serializeObject(new Work(""+i++))); try { Thread.sleep(1000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }
Creating a clustered Queue is a one line job. We have already initialized the Toolkit, now we just call getBlockingQueue() API from the toolkit, and we get a Distributed Queue backed by Terracotta 🙂
After creating the Queue, we keep on adding work to the queue till its capacity is reached.
Creating Consumer
public void startConsumer(int capacity) { BlockingQueue<byte[]> queue = clusterToolkit.getBlockingQueue(QUEUE_NAME, capacity); // Lets add some threads to consumer ExecutorService executors = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(5); // a dumb way for a loop while(true) { try { executors.execute((Work)deserializeObject(queue.take())); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }
Aha! no difference in creation, the only difference is our Consumer calls take() API on the Queue to consume the work objects. Here we have a fixed size Thread pool that keep consuming the work that the producer is pushing.
This is it. Our implementation is complete 🙂 We are ready to run the sample. To execute we need to do three steps
- Start Terracotta Server
- Start Producer
- Start one or more Consumers
See them in action yourself.
The complete code can be found at http://code.google.com/p/terracotta-samples/
Some ideas around what can we do with Distributed queue
1. Distributed SEDA stages across JVM's
2. Distributed Task processing
… add your own ideas..
Would be interested in knowing what you do around Terracotta Toolkit Queue. Please do add comments with your implementations.
What's Next?
In the next post we shall be exploring more about the Cluster Events as part of Terracotta Toolkit.


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Independent Agency Bailey Lauerman Names Former RAPP President as Its New CEO
Nebraska native Greg Andersen returns home
Omaha, Neb.-based Bailey Lauerman has hired Greg Andersen, former U.S. president of Omnicom's RAPP, as its new CEO. Andersen, who started the job this week, replaced Andy Fletcher, who departed in July after more than four years in the role.
Andersen, a Nebraska native, brings more than 25 years of agency experience to the independent shop.
"I am truly honored to be joining Bailey Lauerman," Andersen told Adweek. "It is an agency that I have known intimately and kept an eye on for some time, not just because of my Nebraska roots but because of its national profile, my appreciation of its work and my history on the global board of the Effie Awards, where Bailey Lauerman has always done well."
Bailey Lauerman chairman and chief creative officer Carter Weitz said in a statement: "Greg knows how to inspire teams to develop the kind of work that brands need to be successful today—work that is emotional, culturally relevant and harnesses the continuous evolution of media and technology. He also has a great deal of integrity—something that is demonstrated in what clients and colleagues consistently say about working with him, as well as in his commitment to fostering change that is needed in our industry."
Andersen also sees great growth potential for the Midwestern market, which recently earned the nickname "Silicon Prairie" due to the influx of technology companies and other startups seeking a more affordable base of operations. He said he plans to aggressively work on new business initiatives at Bailey Lauerman and foresees the shop pitching against agencies owned by major international holding companies.
"We are a national agency, we run national brands, and we consider ourselves to have a national footprint," he said, adding, "We want to continue on the path to being a world-class agency with the output to compete with any other agency in the U.S."
Prior to joining RAPP Los Angeles in 2013, Andersen spent almost six years with BBH in New York and eventually assumed the U.S. CEO role at the Publicis shop, which was named 4A's Mid-Sized Agency of the Year more than once during his tenure. Earlier in his career, he held top accounts and strategy roles at several New York-based shops including EURO RSCG, Merkley + Partners and Lowe. And he has worked with major brands such as Google, Cadillac, Toyota, Westin Hotels, Axe and Mattel.
Andersen made headlines in May when he filed a lawsuit against his former boss, RAPP global CEO Alexei Orlov. The suit accused Orlov of discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination, alleging that he had fired Andersen after the latter filed complaints with the company's human resources department regarding the chief executive's allegedly discriminatory behavior. Orlov resigned the following month, and Andersen's case continues to make its way through the Los Angeles County court system.
Bailey Lauerman's client roster includes Disney, Panda Express, Phillips 66, TD Ameritrade and Union Pacific. It also serves as creative agency of record for the Nebraska Tourism Commission and has released several award-winning campaigns encouraging viewers to visit the state.


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Whom Should I Call? Dr. Harry or Dr. Freud?
Before he met my boyfriend, Nigel was vaguely offhand with me; friendly without being enthusiastic and really only excited to see me if I was holding a leash (for the purposes of walking him, not the purposes of sex-play). But when he discovered that he couldn't have me, he started behaving very strangely indeed...
For instance, he began humping my leg very passionately at every available opportunity. This behaviour got more and more intense (and more vigorous, I might add) until finally one day my boyfriend tried to give me a hug and found that a very eager Nigel was mounting him from behind. Thankfully, this attempted (and rebuffed!) threesome seemed to represent the climax (so to speak) of this behaviour and it has subsided. In fact, he's been quite discreet, waiting patiently outside my bedroom all night until the opportunity of a door left ajar allows him to leap, mouth foaming and tongue dripping, onto my bedsheets. (I now have to wear pajamas to bed as a kind of protection.)
Nigel is also a snowdropper of the worst kind. He once stole a pair of my worn underpants and turned them into a mid-afternoon snack. I actually walked in on him in the lounge room with his muzzle firmly pressed to the gusset, licking away, like it was the last supper. Needless to say, I have since made sure that the lid of the laundry hamper is firmly shut to prevent further molestation of my undergarments. This doesn't prevent him from attempting to extract my knickers from my person. He quite frequently creeps under the computer desk while I'm working and will then, in a surprise attack of the most shocking kind, try to stick his head between my legs.
He will also, creepily enough, fish a used condom out of the bin, if he gets half a chance. He will then proceed to chew on it, like a bacon flavoured Schmacko, all the while waggling his little tail. The other day I had to chase him around the garden for a good 10 minutes in an attempt to wrestle one out of his mouth. I'm not sure exactly what it is about condoms that he finds so appealing. Is it the taste? The texture? Either way, I can confirm that Nigel likes to swallow. (And he's single, fellas!)
Too much information? Possibly. But I think you can now properly grasp the extent of the violation that has taken place. It's strange because, apart from these perversions, Nigel is a very pleasant pooch.
* - The name of the spoodle in question has been changed to protect his privacy.


text: 2013 Virginia Uncodified ActsCriminal Procedure8/8/2020 CHAPTER 796 An Act to place a moratorium on the use of unmanned aircraft systems. [S 1331] Approved April 3, 2013 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. § 1. No state or local government department, agency, or instrumentality having jurisdiction over criminal law enforcement or regulatory violations, including but not limited to the Department of State Police, and no department of law enforcement as defined in § 15.2-836 of the Code of Virginia of any county, city, or town shall utilize an unmanned aircraft system before July 1, 2015. Notwithstanding the prohibition in this section, an unmanned aircraft system may be deployed before July 1, 2015, (i) when an Amber Alert is activated pursuant to § 52-34.3 of the Code of Virginia, (ii) when a Senior Alert is activated pursuant to § 52-34.6 of the Code of Virginia, (iii) when a Blue Alert is activated pursuant to § 52-34.9 of the Code of Virginia, (iv) for the purpose of a search or rescue operation where use of an unmanned aircraft system is determined to be necessary to alleviate an immediate danger to any person, or (v) for training exercises related to such uses. In no case may a weaponized unmanned aircraft system be deployed or its use facilitated by a state or local agency in Virginia. The prohibitions in this section shall not apply to the Virginia National Guard while utilizing unmanned aircraft systems during training required to maintain readiness for its federal mission, when facilitating training for other United States Department of Defense units, or when such systems are utilized to support the Commonwealth for purposes other than law enforcement, including damage assessment, traffic assessment, flood stages, and wildfire assessment. Nothing herein shall prohibit use of unmanned aircraft systems solely for research and development purposes by institutions of higher education and other research organizations or institutions. 2. That the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General and other state agencies, shall develop model protocols for use of unmanned aircraft systems by law-enforcement agencies and shall report such findings to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before November 1, 2013.


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Sattahip military and police officials arrested a suspected human-trafficker and accused loan shark.
Capt. Khomphan Uplanont, director of Intelligence and Strategy at the Sattahip Naval Base, and Sattahip police superintendent Col. Chonaphat Naowalak announced the two arrests July 16.
In the first case, Cambodian Nong Pimpmanee, 48, was captured after allegedly running a service that found jobs for illegal workers. She was charged with illegal entry into the kingdom herself, plus human trafficking, and finding employment for illegal aliens.
Sattahip military and police officials arrested suspected human-trafficker Nong Pimpmanee (right) and accused loan shark Thanasak Senna (left).
In the second case, Thanasak Senna, 28, was busted for making illegal loans at 20 percent interest rates. He was caught after making the illegal loans to wives of Royal Thai Navy personnel.


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Filed under: Journalism | Tags: bracknell, cineworld, Kettle Magazine, pinewood cafe, princess anne, this festival feeling, waitrose, woodchips
Monday will mark six months since I started as a trainee reporter on the Bracknell Forest Standard and I still love it. This week has been a particularly good week..the week before was hard as I had ten days off and felt massively behind when I got back. But this week things are back on track, and even though the nights are darker and colder, everything is very positive.
This week I joined the Reading Post's 60 second news rota which means now and then I will be writing and reading out the lunchtime headlines online. Here's what my first attempt looked like (well it took four takes actually!)
Also, we had some pretty good news for Bracknell this week. Regeneration of the town centre has been a hot topic for way longer than my six months and on Wednesday top cinema chain Cineworld signed on the dotted line and agreed a 25-year lease as part of a shopping complex in the town. That story can be found here.
My favourite human interest story this week has to be one about a community cafe facing an 1,000% rent increase, and being given two weeks notice. I popped down to Pinewood Cafe for the morning on Monday and chatted with Pauline and Andy about how they will have to close if they are forced to pay this. They are lovely, welcoming people and make a superb cup of tea. Read about it here.
After I'd spent some time at Pinewood, I whizzed over to Waitrose, Bracknell, where they have an amazing and innovative new energy system, where the whole store is powered just by burning locally sourced woodchips. I had a tour and met some very clever people who designed it all. The video I took while I was there will be on getbracknell next week.
I do love getting out and about and also for this week's paper went to the opening of Victim Support a week ago to see Princess Anne open their new Bracknell office. She is incredibly down-to-earth and made time to speak to every person there. Here's a video I filmed while I was there. All I can say is, thank goodness for editing as my voice always sounds silly when I interview people.
Something today reminded me how as a reporter you should follow every lead no matter how small…a simple car crash turned out to be a pregnant bride-to-be and her fiance on the way to their wedding today. Thankfully through the wonder of Twitter I know they are OK and I hope we can get a photo of them getting married tomorrow, in next week's paper.
In other news, my role as news editor for ThisFestivalFeeling.com is winding down a bit and I will be moving to a staff writer position next festival season. Instead, I am taking on the role of music editor for our sister site kettlemag.com. I am looking forward to plenty of gig and album reviews and trying to think of creative things to write about.
Oh and one more thing I spotted this AMAZING opportunity for any student wanting to break into magazine journalism. You can basically get printed in LOADED magazine while you study!
Have a lovely weekend, I am working so hopefully something interesting will happen. 🙂


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text: Eric Fletcher (firstname.lastname@example.com) sez: ---------------snip--------------- >Change ALL the fluids. Oil, Gearbox, Diff (Front and Rear) Coolant and >Most importantly Brake Fluid, try getting a high temp brake fluid like >the BMW stuff, ATE super blue, Motule, etc. > >Tires that have resonable tread. Full tread depth tires should be >avoided.... (Unless your "Renting" tires) For a novice I do NOT suggest >race compound tires. Z rated yes, race compound no. > >New airfilter or clean your K&N > >Make sure that all of your suspension members are in good condition. >Check ALL your bushing's, rod ends, sub-frame mounts etc. > >Check your CV boots > >Are your shock's and struts good?? (Hint, Hint...) > >BRAKES!!! Cool Carbons are a must if you plan do do anything more than 3 >laps. Crossdrilled rotors are VERY nice, Gas slots are good too. Your >rotors and pads should be almost new.... Like a few weeks old at most. >Brake ducts are also suggested. > >You might want to ease back on the boost a touch. > >That should do it for now. Anything that I missed Scott? -----------------snip----------------- Couple of other safety items come to mind: - New fire extinguisher securely stored inside the cockpit or trunk - Check both driver and passinger-side seat-belt latches and centrifugal locking mechanism. Also, isn't it mandatory to wear a helmet at most of these events? Ljubisa Stevanovic '88 5ktq


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Ancient egyptian pyramids mountains into mole hills? Sphinx may tell that the giza pyramids were once mountain terrain & constructed downward this is why the sphinx is submerged its was mainly engineered from the ground down or so it seems. And this raises another question why was wasn't the sphinx at leveled with the pyramids this suggests to me that the sphinx is much older than the great egyptian pyramids? News Blogger
Even if you look on mars there are mountainous figments that shows that there may have been intelligent made structures built on its surface,
the ancient egyptians may have thought the same as the mars peculiar mountain terrain when perhaps they seen some large mountainous terrain sticking out of the egyptain desert, as I theorized?
Reference The Great sphinx the Guarian of Giza
Researcher – Keith Ranville


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Ant-Man & The Wasp is perfectly fine. Its ok. It is certainly a two hour movie in which things happen. I was entertained by things that happened in this movie, that I definitely saw, but I don't think matter at all. I love Paul Rudd. Evangeline Lily as Wasp is delightful. Michael Pena steals every single scene he is in again. Michael Douglas certainly enjoys his paycheck. Walton Goggins is wasted, but my face lit up every time he spoke. This is without a doubt the best cast of all the solo Marvel films. The problem with the movie is that it was released at the worst possible time to get anyone to care about it.
Hi everyone, Bryan here….
Good news, everyone. Disney/Marvel are prepping the Ant-Man sequel titled Ant-Man and the Wasp, which will star Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man and Evangeline Lily as the Wasp. Michael Douglas, Michael Pena, and T.I. are set to return to the sequel as well. Peyton Reed will also sit in the director's chair once again. It's been announced today, which is before Marvel's big panel at Comic Con that Walton Goggins (Vice Principals, The Shield, The Hateful Eight) will be joining the cast in the sequel.


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Oregon sunset – because summer is almost gone
Posted by bunchgrasser on August 28, 2008
I was looking at some pics that I took on the Oregon coast a few weeks ago. We rented a house at the beach for a couple of nights and the sunsets were amazing. I managed to snap off a couple of pics one evening while we were building a fire to roast marshmallows.
As Kirsten and I were walking the dog earlier this evening, we both noticed a certain coolness in the air and it dawned on us that our short Oregon summer is almost over.
So, take a good look at that glowing orb now, because it won't be around much longer. Fall is right around the corner and we've got 7-9 months of cold, rainy, depressing weather ahead of us.
Have a really, great day…


text: There are 6000 AU peacekeepers in Sudan "Two of our military were killed and three AU military were wounded, and two civilian personnel were killed," Jean Baptiste Natama, acting head of the AU mission in Sudan said, adding the ambush took place in South Darfur state on Saturday. "We are investigating, but it is serious being the first time our personnel are killed in Sudan," Natama said, adding there were no details on who was behind the attack. About 6000 AU troops are deployed to monitor a shaky ceasefire in the region but violence has escalated in recent weeks, prompting the AU last week to voice its harshest public criticism of Darfur rebels and the Sudanese government. A senior AU official accused all sides of ignoring all deals signed so far and said the government had used disproportionate force targeting civilians in the remote region, where more than two million have fled their homes and live in wretched camps. Responsibility Samani Wasiyla, Sudan's state minister for foreign affairs, said he did not know who was responsible for the ambush but that it was definitely not government troops. "I want to assure all that the government is committed to seeing that the mission of the African Union forces succeeds"Samani Wasiyla,Sudan minister for foreign affairs"It is unfortunate that there has been casualties," he said. "I want to assure all that the government is committed to seeing that the mission of the African Union forces succeeds." The ambush of the AU patrol on Saturday happened near Khor Abeche, where government-backed militias wiped out a rebel base earlier this year. South Darfur was the scene of a rebel attack on a government garrison last month, which sparked a wave of tit-for-tat violence. A sixth round of peace talks began last month to try to end the revolt that has killed tens of thousands in Sudan's remote west. Rebels accuse the central government of neglect and of monopolising wealth and power. SOURCE: Reuters


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To conform to, comply with, or be fixed or determined by; as in the expression "costs follow the event of the suit." To go, proceed, or come after. To seek to obtain; to accept as authority, as in adhering to precedent.


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MapQuest Introduces New ActionScript API For Richer Maps
In the second mapping-related announcement of the morning, MapQuest has introduced a new, Adobe ActionScript API for third party developers to build on. The bottom line is that this new platform will apparently enable richer and more complex mapping applications and mashups. Here's a sample, mocked up for the announcement: golf course finder (see the drop-down menus and "full screen" option [upper right]).
Here's how the press release explains it:
Developers can now build rich applications with Adobe® Flex™ or Adobe Flash® software using a true, native API for ActionScript for superior developer productivity without runtime abstraction layers that can slow application performance.
Whether applications require compelling, complex animations and graphics or quickly rendered multitudes of custom points, lines and shapes to display points of interest (POIs), routes or physical boundaries, MapQuest's API for ActionScript allows developers to tap into the deep capabilities of the MapQuest® platform.
Because Adobe's Flash Player reaches over 97% of the world's Internet-enabled desktops1, developers can spend less time focusing on cross-browser support and more time building compelling applications that bring business value.
MapQuest has managed, largely through consumer brand loyalty, to maintain its traffic advantage despite the intensifying maps competition from Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. And the MapQuest team, which seemed for some time to watch from the sidelines as others innovated, appears to be much more active now.
I'm not a developer and some of the discussion I had with MapQuest was too technical for me to entirely understand the full range of advantages of the new API. But, as mentioned, it appears to permit a new, richer generation of mashups to be born on using Flash and other Adobe platform tools.
We're listening.
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It's almost impossible for those with any fondness for either guitars or indie music – in its historical form, rather than its current incarnation as the home for hyped youth – not to greet news of a Johnny Marr solo album with a smile of indulgence. It's hard to think of someone granted so much goodwill, not just for his glorious past, but also for dealing with it with such dignity.
Rather than wallow in the afterglow of the Smiths or descend into a parody of himself, Marr has worked ceaselessly on projects more likely to amuse him than enable him to upgrade from the house he calls an "indie pile" into an actual rock'n'roll pile. What's more, unusually for a rock star, he manages to come across as pleased and proud of his past and what it means for his admirers, rather than embarrassed or grudging. And so you pick up The Messenger – the second album to carry his name on the front cover, following 2003's rather misfiring effort as Johnny Marr and the Healers – willing it to be good.
The good news is that The Messenger serves as a whistlestop tour of The Many Moods of Johnny Marr: whichever style you like best from his past, he'll give you three minutes of it. Had enough of Smithsish melancholia? Here's a little bit of Modest Mousey scratchiness. Wondering what the point of the big commercial rock song is? Then in a couple of tracks' time you can thrill to garage rock reminiscent of the Cribs.
At times, the revisiting of past styles is so blatant it's startling. Marr could probably sue himself for European Me, which opens with one of those cascading, trilling guitar lines that popped up all over the place in mid-period Smiths, then gives way to what is, more or less, the riff from Rusholme Ruffians (itself nicked from Elvis's His Latest Flame). Put a dancey synth line behind the title track, meanwhile, and you've got an Electronic single.
Those are not intended as criticisms. Because the thing most people will want from a Johnny Marr album – probably the only thing – is that it sound like Johnny Marr. And The Messenger certainly does that. There's one moment, too, that stands comparison with almost anything he's done: New Town Velocity begins with a Bigmouthesque acoustic guitar riff, before Marr's delicious lead line comes in, one of his circular, logical melodies, so perfect and simple you can't believe it hasn't already been done. The lightness of touch suits Marr's voice, which is pleasant but slight, and it helps that this is the best lyric on the album – nostalgia for schooldays truancy that reads true and warm, without posturing. It makes a direct emotional connection that's missing elsewhere.
The connection is missing because of The Messenger's overarching weaknesses: the voice and the lyrics. Marr has spoken of this being an album "about Britain and living in cities in Europe", but you don't get much sense of that – he's not adept enough with words and not a strong enough singer to overcome those deficiencies through sheer conviction. Some of the vocal phrasing is ugly, with Marr's emphasis too often falling in the wrong places: he sounds jerky and forced, and draws attention to the odd blandness of the words. How one longs for a writer and performer with the command of Marr's former partners Morrissey or The The's Matt Johnson, someone who could make the vocals sound less like an afterthought and more like an equal partner with the guitars. Because those glorious guitars deserve an equal partner.


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The newly demoted Brigadier General Ras Qahira growled under his breath. Not only had he been demoted to brigadier but he was also back in defensive warfare. He knew that if he was ever just given the chance, he would be a monster on the offensive battlefield.
He had to deal with the defense of Cairo. The Rhinos were spread through the streets in good positions for guerilla urban warfare, as per his orders. At least they were on even terms with the mercenaries. The mercs had no greater weaponry than any of the Africans did.
"General Qahira, I've rigged the city as you ordered."
"Thank you, lieutenant," Qahira said.
He turned to Yutas. She handed him a panel which was similar to a keyboard, and a map. Each key was clearly marked with a grid coordinate, and the coordinates corresponded to the coordinates on the map. The map was the city of Cairo.
"You're a lifesaver, Yutas. I've already put you through for a promotion."
"Thank you, sir," she said, wiping the soot off her hands and onto her overalls.
Qahira decided not to shake hands. He saluted, and the younger officer returned it. She left. Ras crouched down and looked out toward where the mercenaries would be coming from.
"We have to determine where they expect us to be coming from, then come from a completely different direction. Don't you agree?"
Mossad al-Xyz said nothing.
"Dammit, al-Xyz," Abd Qajar said angrily, "Are you even listening to me?"
"I am," he grumbled.
"Then what do you think?"
"I think that you think too much. Or maybe you act without thinking enough that it looks like you think a lot."
"I'm talking about the invasion of Cairo, al-Xyz! What direction should we attack from? And frankly, I'm getting tired of your stony, deaf, dumb, and blind attitude in the middle of a campaign."
Al-Xyz looked down at the map. He pointed with one of his sausage-like fingers at a point on the map.
"There," he said simply.
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Alexandria Column: Finding Happiness on a Dare
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Originally from Raleigh, N.C., Rebecca* was in Alexandria visiting a friend in the '60s. While the two girls were out on the town one evening, her friend dared her to ask out a member of the band that was playing in the club. Rebecca accepted the dare. That band member became her husband and Alexandria became her new home.
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I have really made some significant progress since I last posted. My body has definitely toned up and I have lost 15 pounds since the beginning of June. I still have 40 pounds to go, but I know the Universe is going to suck that off of me with the quickness. One reason I know this to be true is that I have experience with affirmation prayers of abundance working WELL and now all I have to do is come up with an equally powerful prayer around my weight loss.
The abundance is prayer is amazing. Since I have been saying it consistently, I have been seeing contracts that were already for a good amount of money get DOUBLED by the client, have seen checks come in weeks early that were for thousands more than I expected them to be, have seen small projects pop up out of nowhere for work I've already completed. It's amazing - like magic.
I have a friend who is skilled in the Law of Attraction and she swears that since she figured out how to apply the Law of Attraction principles to her weight loss, she now has the figure of a Victoria's Secret model. She says what she does is to put on the best music she can think of (for me, that's currently "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5), gets all into an uber happy state of mind and then and ONLY then, she envisions herself at her perfect weight.
I know for a fact that I have been disallowing my ideal body to manifest by making the mistake of thinking and talking about weight loss from a negative mindset. Only starting today, I have started getting really excited about the fact that I KNOW the Law of Attraction works, so it absolutely has to work in this area if I am diligent about keeping my thoughts and words positive.
I know how it feels to be in really good shape. I know how it feels to be eating healthy and exercising, to look in the mirror and like what I see. I know that's right around the corner. I'm just going to focus on how good it's going to feel when I get there. I have seen it work with regard to manifesting abundance. Now it's time to see it in action with regard to achieving my ideal body. Oh, and case you're wondering, it looks like THIS:


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I was teasing Princess about her birthday last night on the phone and was in the midst of bickering when Princess suddenly stopped it with a loud 'Haiya mummy!!!'
Me innocently replied 'What?'
She thumped it with 'Don't play play lah mummy! If you want to play, go to taman permainan and play lah!!!'
Me couldn't helped LOL!!!
Children will always say the darnest thing! Ain't they all sweet and innocent?


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Today there are many forms of meditation, and pretty much anyone can read two pages on the internet and call himself a "meditation-teacher".
But this will not bring the experience of transcending. Transcending is a very powerful, but also a very intimate personal experience, and it cannot be learned from a book. The books have always been there, for thousands of years, but nevertheless the experience of transcending has been lost, because there were no teachers left who had the right formula to guide people to this state.
Transcending is a natural experience, but "natural" means something different for every single person. Because everyone is different learning to transcend also requires a detailed personal guidance, at least during the first few sittings. A TM teacher has received an elaborate professional training to guide any person, independent of his state of mind, intellectual background, religion or education, to the state of transcending. Once people have reached this state regularly, after the first 4 days of training, the memory of this experience is ingrained in the mind, and the mind will go there by itself, in a completely effortless, natural and enjoyable manner, as long as people use the correct technqiue, which is also taught over the same 4 days. Then he will be able to practice the technique on his own for the rest of his life, but still it is important that the teacher is there to follow up on his practice, verify regularly that the practice happens correctly, and answer any questions people may have with their experience.
Becoming a Transcendental Meditation teacher, to teach the TM technique correctly, requires an intensive 5 month in residence training. After this training, the TM teacher receives a certification. This certification is the guarantee that he can pass on the TM technique correctly. Only the teachers that are found on this website have this certification. (see where do I learn TM?)
Over de last 40 years, more than 40.000 TM teachers have been trained, but this is currently not sufficient to meet the demand, so we are always inviting more people to take the training to become TM teachers.
All Transcendental Meditation teachers are part of a worldwide non-profit organization, the "Global Country of World Peace".


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Spoons Soups, Salads, & Sandwiches Link Lane
- 320 S Link Lne
- Fort Collins, CO 80524
- 970-484-8163
Spoons is a local Fort Collins restaurant offering made from scratch soups, salads, and sandwiches for the past 15 years. Featuring local produce and meats, our soup menu changes daily. We offer plenty of gluten free, vegetarian, and vegan choices to fit any diet. Come to Spoons if you are looking for anything from a light, healthy lunch to warm satisfying comfort food.


text: Alright boys, and girls, time to take a nice close look at yet another one of the leaders of porn, this time you'll have the pleasure of learning everything there is to know about the ever so famous Brazzers, some consider it to be number one, others rank it in the top 3, but regardless you can bet this all access site is undeniably one of the best of the best. This elite network of adult content boasts a total of 33 exclusive sites that constantly dishes out only the finest adult stars who have hardcore sex like professional athletes play sports. Brazzers provides you with such amazing content and quality that it leaves you constantly wanting more, and more is what they keep on giving their members. This isn't a 'here today, gone tomorrow' type of network, they launched in 2007 and have not once skipped a beat nor have they slowed down when it comes to giving fans exactly what they want.


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List of Job Boards Included!
So today's UBC writing prompt is to share a step-by-step guide to something we know how to do, so I thought I'd share my process of looking for freelance work (and it's applicable for regular on-site jobs, as well). I've noticed in many of my Facebook blogging groups that some of you bloggers also work from home, as I do, and are often looking for the next freelance contract job to do. I have shared this before, but I am updating it now to include a few more job boards I've discovered since the last time I shared this! 😉
First of all, I have a couple of email templates I use, saved in my email drafts folder. I use these as my email cover letters, unless a job ad specifies sending a cover letter as a Word document or PDF. When I see a job lead, I customize the email cover letter with information relevant to that job.
Next, I keep my resume up to date in a folder on my desktop. I also have it saved in three different formats: Word, PDF, and text. I also keep samples of different types of work in that folder, such as assessment writing items, reading passages I've written with their accompanying test questions, and storyboards. I also have a bookmark online for many of my published articles, so I can easily retrieve links to published samples of that nature. I also recently added samples to a portfolio on Google Drive, so I can provide that link to hiring personnel as well.
Then I have my regular job boards I visit online (I'll share those in a moment). When I see a job lead posted that sounds suitable for me, I prepare my email cover letter and include my resume if the job ad specified to send it. Sometimes for the educational work I do (assessment writing, for instance), the job ad specifies to send samples, so I include those.
Depending on what's happening with work, I might do the job search once a week, or once every couple months. I also follow up a week or two later if I haven't heard anything, or if a client or company rep responded that they were reviewing resumes and job applicants.
As promised, here is a list of various job boards I regularly visit and I have snagged legitimate jobs from many of them–yes, even Craigslist! The secret with Craigslist is to use good keywords relevant to your job search and watch for a well-written ad, with contact information, and hopefully a client or company name and/or link to their website. The more information offered, the more likely the job lead is legitimate (most of the time–just use caution!)
I also wanted to add this note about paying for memberships to job boards. Keep in mind you should NOT pay to GET a job. Also, these job boards are NOT managed by employers or recruiters (unless otherwise noted); nobody from the job leads sites will be contacting you to hire you. They simply offer a list of job leads, saving you the "leg work" of searching for jobs– or perhaps "finger work" is more accurate, since you're conducting a job search online from your keyboard or keypad! 😉
But you CAN choose whether or not to pay for the service of someone else's time and effort in searching, researching, and listing jobs. Some sites also include within that fee the option to list your profile and store your resume, to make it easier to apply for jobs directly from the site. Your profile and resume are therefore visible to potential clients, as well, who may contact you (it has happened to me).
In SOME cases, I feel like the fee is worth it for the quality of the jobs listed and the fact the site owner has saved me the time and effort of searching the Internet. It's a personal decision. Most of these job boards are free for browsing and finding jobs to apply for; I've noted the ones that charge a membership fee, all of which I've tried at one time or another. Those that charge fees all offer a one-month option, which is good if you want to try out their service to see if it's worthwhile for you. Just remember to cancel prior to the auto-renew date if you're NOT satisfied.
Here they are in alphabetical order, actually A to Z! (Please note: There is a mix of freelance, contract, remote, AND on-site jobs requiring local folks or relocation; just read each job description carefully – when in doubt, apply anyway and ask!)
Career Builder [FREE: Allows you to upload your resume, a cover letter, and build a profile – keeps stats on saved and applied jobs, resume views and searches by companies; sends notifications for posted jobs matching your qualifications]
EdSurge [Educational technology jobs; FREE: Allows you to set up a profile, receive notifications when matching jobs for your qualifications are posted]
Experteer [6-figure executive-level jobs! Has free and paid membership level options, which are rather expensive, but matches the kind of jobs offered. Paid membership levels start at $24.90/month – other options for 3, 6, 12, and 18 months are cheaper monthly rates from $22.90 to $13.90 respectively, BUT you have to pay for the whole period of time, NOT monthly; allows you to build a profile and upload your resume; choose to make your profile public for HR managers and "Headhunters" to view]
Flex Jobs [Charges to access job listing; you can store a profile and resume on-site. Fees are $14.95/mo., $29.95/3 months; $49.95/one year]
Glassdoor [FREE: Allows you to upload your resume and a cover letter, and build a profile – keeps stats on saved and applied jobs, resume views and searches by companies; sends notifications for posted jobs matching your qualifications]
Home Office Careers [*Expensive. Charges to access full job listings and to apply; requires setting up a virtual resume on-site before applying; rather convoluted sign-up process. Fees: $19.99/mo; $39.99/3 mos.; $99.99/one year.]
Instructional Design Central Jobs
Mediabistro [FREE: Allows you to upload your resume and build a profile]
Virtual Vocations [*Expensive. Charges to access job listings with hiring company and contact info visible; you can store a profile and resume; keeps track of jobs you apply to. Fees are $15.99/mo, $39.99/3 mos., $59.99/6 mos.]
Write Jobs PLUS [This is one of those cases where I think it's fine to pay a fee, because the good folks at the WJ site research for better and higher paying jobs for their PLUS version, for a very reasonable donation of $5/month, $10/3 months, or $40/year.]
ZipRecruiter [FREE: Allows you to upload your resume, a cover letter, references, and build a profile – keeps stats on saved and applied jobs, job alerts, sends emails when companies have viewed your applications; sends notifications for posted jobs matching your qualifications]
**About bidding sites: In my personal experience and opinion, you should stay away from job bidding sites (Constant Content, Elance, Outsource, to name a few). Again, just my opinion, and others may have more positive opinions–but I have never had good experiences with bidding sites, as many of them charge for membership and bids tend to go to the lowest bidder the majority of the time (so you might not ever make enough to justify the cost of membership).
This only devalues the work we do and diminishes the efforts we make to present ourselves as professional freelance writers, worthy of what we should be paid. Check out the recent victory in New York City, via the efforts of the Freelancers Union (which offers free membership and many benefits): Freelance Isn't Free Act Passes in NYC!
Here's hoping you snag an interview AND a job! 🙂
So What About YOU?
Are you currently looking for a new job, either freelance or on-site work?
Do you know of any other job boards not listed that you care to share? (and I can update my list again!)


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Davina is an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl who often escapes into a beautifully twisted fantasy life. Having grown up quickly as the sole caretaker of her disabled mother, she looks for salvation in a new relationship with an older boy. Davina is swept into a whirlwind of romance and adventure, but the enchantment of her new relationship quickly fades when Sterling's volatile side begins to emerge. I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS takes us on a road trip through the stunning and complex landscape of troubled young love. Leah Meyerhoff's debut feature film I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS premiered in narrative competition at SXSW 2014 and traveled to over 50 film festivals around the world, winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Atlanta Film Festival, Best Score at the Nashville Film Festival, Honorable Mention at the Woodstock Film Festival and additional awards from IFP, San Francisco Film Society, Tribeca Film Institute and the Adrienne Shelly Foundation. Director and writer Leah Meyerhoff joins us to talk about her imaginative, daring and emotionally resonant feature film debut.
For news and updates go to: ibelieveinunicorns.com
For upcoming screenings go to: Unicorn screenings
I Believe in Unicorns open at the Arena Cinema Hollywood in LA this Friday, June 19th and opening in San Francisco at the Roxie Theater July 3rd.
"Haunting, and beautiful, and as painful as love can be, "I Believe in Unicorns" left me musing on the power of our personal magic, wondering why we choose to spend it where we do." – Huffington Post
"Writer-director Leah Meyerhoff asks a lot of Dyer for the emotionally taxing role, and Dyer flies with the challenge. She's complete dynamite." – Indiewire
"I Believe in Unicorns is one of the most authentic and down-to-earth coming of age stories I've seen in cinema." – Filmmaker Magazine.
"Refreshing in its sexual frankness and uniquely feminine perspective on young love's complications, the dreamily evocative Unicorns is a beautiful 16mm nightmare." – The Skinny


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Creating community.
Building bridges..
Bridges believes that the parent, child, and teacher create an important tie. The Bridges Parents Association (BPA) works to foster a sense of community with Bridges families and teachers.
By planning class and school-wide events, the BPA brings students, faculty, and parents together.
Welcoming new and returning families
The BPA fall ice cream social provides children and their families time to spend in the classrooms with their new teachers.
Celebrating the season
At the annual Pumpkin Party, families gather to celebrate autumn festivities, complete with pumpkin decorating, costumes, music, and more.
Honoring our home
In the spring, the BPA plans the annual Earth Day event in conjunction with Bridges faculty, during which students celebrate the Earth and the knowledge they've gained about how to care for their precious planet.
Bringing parents and teachers together
The BPA also plans parent events throughout the year, culminating in our Spring parent-teacher party hosted by a Bridges family.
It is a constant value for the children to know that the adult is there, attentive and helpful, a guide for the child. Perhaps this way of working with the child will build a different understanding of our role than we have had before.
Clarifying the meaning of our presence and our being with children is something that is vital for the child. When the child sees that the adult is there, totally involved with the child, the child doesn't forget. This is something that's right for us, and it's right for the child.


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Diggers Woolly Hat
Woolly Hat bearing the Diggers logo.
For all the those avid vinyl record collectors and lovers of music. Diggers represents the art, pass time of making authentic hip hop music. Digging, searching for samples, looking for that perfect beat.
The Diggers Hats is for all people who love to music, what ever Genre. if you love to dig for music this the hat for you.


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From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 18 August 1798
Quincy August 18. 1798
Mr. William Gray of Salem, a capital Merchant of that place called on me to request a Convoy, for an hundred sail of American vessels now at the Havanna, watched by twenty or thirty French Privateers. I desired him to write to you and to pray you to afford them a Convoy, if possible. Mr. Simmons of Charleston SC on a visit to me Yesterday informed me, that Dispatches & Petitions to Government had been forwarded, from the Havanna by the way of Charleston, requesting a Convoy.—
If it is possible for you to afford them the Protection they want, I wish you to give the necessary orders for that Purpose.
I am.— / Sir. Yr. Mo. obt. Servant
John Adams
MHi: Adams Family Papers, Letterbooks.


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break silence(redirected from break one's silence)
break (one's) silence
To voice one's opinion or comment on something after initially avoiding doing so. It took days, but the mayor has finally broken his silence on the scandal at city hall.
break silence
To address or publicize an issue that is not garnering attention. Our station broke silence on the mayor's scandal, and now even national news outlets are covering it!
break silence
to give information about a topic that no one was mentioning or discussing. The press finally broke silence on the question of the plagiarized editorial.


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Hello all
Falling from Charybde to Scylla when I tried to fix things on the Roadster I bought from a german guy last november, all turned to be clear: It would be a complete rebuild.
The car received its V5 in 1984 but prior that experienced a complicated birth: hole drilled and closed with mastic or left open everywhere, screws and nuts of very different quality from new stainless metric to used imperial, electric harness taken roughtly from the donor car and stretched to the limit...
Yes Cameron, you were right, nothing but a complete rebuild was mandatory
I was advised to open a diary, so here it is.
Now the beauty is totally nacked, the serious game will begin with de-rusting and repainting.
On the kitchen table Santa returned in April and all the necessary stuff for a brand new electric harness was received from English suppliers.
Stay tuned


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Ready, Set, Dig!
The summer is off to bang starting with Cherry Creek Academy! CCA students, staff and board members, along with DCS, JHL Constructors, RTA Architects and Cherry Creek School District representatives, celebrated the groundbreaking on May 12, 2017. Check out the project website at www.ccaconstruction.com to keep up on all current project events. It's bound to be a busy and exciting summer; we are off to a great start!


text: On the auspicious day of Christmas, the people love to decorate their home, Christmas tree, porches, shop, and even more. The people want to make their place attractive and different from others. Thus, for that, they use the different-different things like outdoor Christmas lights, outdoor Christmas trees, outside Christmas flowers, etc. to decorate their place in an efficient manner. There ... Read More »


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Compelling drama can be drawn out of small, intimate stories, but there comes a point where a story is so humble, so quiet, and so commonplace that there's almost nothing there. Mark Webber's The End of Love wants to hang its drama on a man coping with the death of his wife and struggling to be a single father, but Webber chooses to have the story live mostly in the moments between a dad and his son. Webber paints a warm and intimate family portrait but his attempts at any deeper drama outside of the father-son relationship feel out of place against the central and simple family portrait.
In addition to dealing with the death of his wife a year ago and struggling to raise his two-year-old son Isaac (Isaac Love), Mark (Webber) is desperately trying to find a job, meet new women, and reclaim a bit of the easy-going days he had before becoming a full-time dad. That's about as deep as the plot goes and the majority of the story is just the day-to-day of Mark spending time with Isaac. Even when Mark hangs out with fellow single-parent Lydia (Shannyn Sossamon), much of his time is still spent playing with Isaac.
The entire heart of the film is Mark and Isaac, but the audience enters an artificial and predictable void every time Mark goes solo to explore his feelings. The relationship with Isaac isn't filled with twists and turns, but it doesn't have the self-consciousness of Mark's soul-searching. Watching Mark interact with Isaac feels like any good father talking to his two-year-old son. Isaac is incredibly adorable and never much trouble, which is good since Mark is such a laid-back dad. At his worst, Isaac accidentally ruins his dad's acting audition. The End of Love doesn't really need a rambunctious toddler and Webber wisely shows all the warm moments so we can see how Mark's soul is being sustained by his love for Isaac.
The semi-autobiographical aspect of the story can be a bit distracting at times since we're left to wonder how much Webber is using from his real life and why he's using it. In one scene, he goes to party with his Scott Pilgrim vs. The World co-stars Michael Cera, Alison Pill, and Aubrey Plaza, but we also see Mark as a struggling actor even though the real Mark Webber is in three movies playing at Sundance this year. Isaac is Webber's real-life son which is why they're relationship feels so natural, but Cera is Webber's real-life friend, and yet his presence feels like an unnecessary cameo.
But regardless of how much he's drawing from his real-life, Webber always plays his movie low-key. There are a few moments where Mark spins out of control and while the acting feels a little forced, the moments are almost a welcome relief from the movie's subdued, sleepy quality. There's nothing wrong with making a quiet, intimate movie, but The End of Love can be so still that you have to check for a pulse. The film isn't supposed to have much momentum, but it goes so slowly that it almost sits still and you want to poke it with a stick so we can see Mark do something other than grieve for his dead wife or play with Isaac.
The calmness and closeness of The End of Love keeps the story emotionally honest even when Webber distracts us with the extent of the autobiographical aspects of the story. However, The End of Love mostly stays away from Mark Webber: The Writer/Director/Actor vs. Mark Webber: The Character, and instead lets us spend time watching a father try to raise his child. But then we start to get restless and want to congratulate Mark on having such a cute kid before making a polite exit.
Rating: C+
For all of our coverage of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, click here. Also, here are links to all of my Sundance reviews so far:
- The Ambassador
- Arbitrage
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Black Rock
- Celeste and Jesse Forever
- Corpo Celeste
- Hello I Must Be Going
- The Law in These Parts
- Monsieur Lazhar
- The Raid
- Red Hook Summer
- Red Lights
- Smashed
- Wrong


text: Although antecedents of the University existed that, in some cases, went back to the mid- 19th century, UPC itself was founded in March of 1971 and was originally known as the Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona. UPC is a public university that specializes in the fields of architecture, engineering, merchant seamanship, economics, health sciences and applied mathematics. The University has approximately 2,800 teaching and research staff, 33,000 students and 3000 PhD students. Its location is at the Mediterranean north east Spain.