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- Choice theory, relationships and community
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- Dyson, Michael; Plunkett, Margaret
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- The themes of 'relationships', and 'community', amongst others, have been constantly framed and reframed in the research conducted at the three campuses of the School for Student Leadership (SSL), and in the SSL China project, over the past 16 years. The student participants involved in the various research projects continue to highlight these themes and others, revealing that something unique happens at the SSL. This chapter on the student perspective discusses the themes of relationships and community, in the context of an Indigenous cohort of students who attended the Alpine School, which is what the SSL was originally known as. They were a unique cohort, who attended for a 6-week shortened program in 2006. Through focus group discussions at the end of their stay, these students provided through their narratives, key insights into what the experience meant to them. It appears that while the focus of the SSL experience is different, much of what is covered is transferable into mainstream schooling, which means that schools both nationally and internationally have much to learn from the practices of the SSL. This is further evident in the next chapter (Chap. 5), which is also on the student perspective, particularly examining leadership and student engagement in relation to the SSL experience.
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- Springer
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- Surviving, thriving and reviving in adolescence : Research and narratives from the school for student leadership Chapter 4 p. 43-67
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- Copyright © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
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- Alternate educational setting; Adolescent relationships; Contemporary rite of passage; Personal growth; Student leadership; Social emotional development; Residential education; School for student leadership; Middle years education; Alternative education; Education in Australia
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This election—the Obama candidacy in particular—has so invigorated the electorate that everyone feels compelled to share, to pull everyone they know onto the emotional rollercoaster that has defined this political season. I've been Digg'ed, Flickr'ed, Tweeted and texted to death with speculation and prognostication about the outcome of the race. My e-mail box is overflowing, and I have a nagging backlog of election-related notes awaiting answers on LinkedIn, Facebook and Myspace.
It consumes dinner-party conversations, dominates wait time in movie queues, and, once, so engaged my dentist during a dental exam that all I could do was burble and gurgle in response.
The adrenaline-rush aspect of this whole thing makes me nervous.
"He's up."
"He's down."
"He's two points ahead, but that really means he's behind."
"Why doesn't he show a little more spunk; push back."
"He shoulda." "He coulda." "He oughta."
I suppose it's why I've never become a sports fan: Too much emotional investment in the team winning; too much stress stimulation when they're in the playoffs. Too much fear.
I expect Obama to win—I'm claiming it, as they say in church. After an illegal war, a greed fest on Wall Street, the sabotaging of our justice system, justifications of torture, the under-the-radar intrusions into the lives of thousands of Americans, I think my guy is the one. My decisiveness is not fully exuberant. Taking the job will be a little like becoming the mayor of Newark after the riots.
I'm just hoping that all the ardor and zeal during the campaign season translates into people going to the polls, going into the voting booth and actually voting.
Turnout in American elections historically hasn't reflected our vaunted commitment to democracy, with just 55 percent of the voting-age population turning out to vote in the 2004 presidential election. In the last half century, you have to go all the way back to the 1960s before you get the voting-age population turning out in the 60 percent range, with a high point of 63 percent in 1960.
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Indian cricket is back to square one
February 06, 2006
For all you know, that meek surrender at Karachi may well have been just our team's bad day at office -- computers down, phones out of order, an acidic tummy, the staff sick and the canteen boys on strike.
But grains of substance can nonetheless be sifted from that huge defeat symbolised by Tendulkar on both his knees, looking in awe at his castle's raw destroyer.
First, there is our bowling. On the morning of the fourth day's play at Karachi, Kumble, the 'great' Kumble of ours, was in the same plight that had affected him in the Lahore and Faisalabad Tests: he couldn't turn the ball an inch to the right or to the left of the batsman. Just a couple of hours later, Danish Kaneria, was turning the ball across our batsmen's willow or bringing his googly in almost at will.
What had caused the difference? The pitch had not crumbled to dust in just two hours, surely? The only visible reason for this chasm between Kumble and Kaneria was that while the former uses his first three fingers to effect spin, Kaneria gripped the ball with all his five and used his wrist to give the tweak. More than that we do not know because former Test cricketers who monopolise the commentators' role in the print and visual media have chosen not to deal with this phenomenon as to why Kumble can fuzz and whirl the ball but not turn it off the pitch except on occasions.
And it's worth remembering that Kumble has been dangerous, really dangerous, almost entirely on dusty, cracked Indian pitches, while Kaneria has known to whiz his leg breaks even on what are largely unhelpful tracks. Shane Warne, of course, can do that almost on any surface -- that's his genius.
It seems imperative, therefore, that with Kumble ageing, even with what he has, India very urgently must search for a genuine spinner who can spin and turn the ball to the slips region of the right hand batsman. Kumble has rendered us magnificent service on our tracks, and we salute him for that, but now is the time to hunt for an away spinner for all tracks. Murali Karthik must be straightaway subjected to an intense programme under Bishen Singh Bedi, and young leg-spinners be pooled urgently to spot and train the best two.
There is urgent need also for an off-spinner who can turn all brands of balls used at the international level. Harbhajan Singh's dismal failure in the first two Tests on the recent tour not only resulted in his exclusion for the Karachi encounter but has also given cause for seriously exploring a more versatile replacement.
The latest Test series was played with the Kookaburra ball made in Australia and this is the ball which, Harbhajan Singh confessed a few seasons ago, he finds inimical. It seems that the Kookaburra ball doesn't have the pronounced seam possessed by the Duke ball that is used for Tests in India. Harbhajan Singh grips the ball tight across the seam and whatever little seam protrusion the Kookaburra ball has when it's new withers away by the time it's his turn to bowl.<>That is a serious limitation which raises a question.
Just what has Harbhajan Singh been doing on his own, or made to do by the team's coach, to overcome that major drawback? He's been a regular in the Indian team for quite a few seasons now and therefore should have been compelled by now to deal with an almost seamless ball.
Has our Cricket Board and our coach imported Kookaburra balls in dozens and helped Harbhajan Singh learn how to spin that brand almost as well as he does the Duke ball? Has the man himself taken time out to spend an entire off-season to be with E A S Prasanna, our master off-spinner of the sixties and seventies? Has he ever volunteered to pay, from his own fortune, the now needy Pras to teach him everything about off-spin? We don't know -- we don't because those in our media who are blessed enough to earn a living by being on the cricket beat prefer to pry more into controversies rather than pore over the core cases.
A few such cases are the alarming and sudden decline of pace in Irfan Pathan's bowling, the almost complete loss of the yorker from Zaheer Khan's armoury and Agarkar's continued inability be half as accurate as a Test medium pacer should be.
Hasn't our team's trainer been employed, or whatever else, to enhance Pathan's strength? Just what did the lad himself do, or didn't do, that has reduced his bowling speed by a good 15 kph in less than two years? Has the team's bio-mechanic expert done something that prevents Zaheer Khan from bowling his once famous yorkers? What is irregular in Agarkar's delivery style that makes him spray the ball hither and thither even at his medium pace? We do not, alas, know the answer.
What we do know and see with our own eyes is that, in utter contrast with our above pace trio, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammed Asif and Abdul Razaq are smooth all the way. Asif is an aesthetic sight of sorts while Razaq looks so thoroughly effortless as he slithers over the turf, ball after ball, with even his surprise bouncer being without a hint of extra bend or energy.
Yes, yes, it's essentially our batting which capitulated after our bowlers allowed themselves to be toyed with by every Pak batsman in the second innings at Karachi. And it's good that many have become skeptic about our vaunted batting wealth; in particular, it's a healthy sign that a question mark is at least being publicly put against Tendulkar's invincibility and indispensability. The truth is that he and V V S Laxman have simply gotten leaden feet, and are almost at the end of their best-before-date.
Beginning of the end of Sachin?
If, despite all the rigorous and varied training they get, they fail to stop an incoming fast ball from hitting their pads in front of the stumps or from hitting bang on the stumps, surely age and wear and tear must have taken toll. It is so with Ganguly too and will, it appears, be so soon enough with Sehwag as well unless the daredevil opener accepts the reality that he is losing hair too fast for comfort.
One last point. It was conspicuous that more often than not, a hit on the off-side by Pakistani batsmen ended in the boundary fence while similar shots by our batsmen ended with a fielder. Obviously, laptops hadn't helped pinpointing our captain's and bowlers' field placements.
Yes, it looks as if Indian cricket is back to square one -- direly in need of batsmen, pacemen, spinners, coaches, trainers, bio-mechanic experts and psychologists. Unless, of course, the white flag at Karachi stood for just a bad day at the office for our multi-millionaire executives of Cricket Inc.
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I'm pleased to report that Jive's Bay Area office is officially open! We're still getting unpacked and the office is definitely still un-finished (note the ugly cubes that were already there). But the Palo Alto location already feels like Jive and is going to be a great place to work. Some of the good and/or interesting highlights so far:
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Students are returning to school today for roll call and a word of welcome, but don't expect youngsters to be assigned to their new classroom or to know the name of their new teacher.
Most will stay for little more than one hour, and many students in Metro elementary schools will be back in their old classrooms with last year's teacher or in temporary, multigrade groupings while staff make final adjustments to organizational plans. They won't settle into their new classes until later this week or possibly next week.
While that can be frustrating for parents who are anxious for the new school year to commence, educators say the extra time to organize means students won't experience the stress of being assigned to one class but then shifted to another later in the week.
That can be heartbreaking for kids who bond quickly with teachers, said Gerry Kent, president of the Vancouver Elementary School Teachers' Association (VESTA). "It's brutal ... and really hard on teachers as well when kids are crying in the hallways."
Organizing classrooms has become more difficult in recent years because of funding restraints, he noted. Schools try to fill classes with the maximum number of students allowed while also ensuring that special-needs children are distributed in a way that's appropriate for learning and doesn't overburden teachers.
The arrival of three or four new students or the loss of some who were expected to return to the school can upset the plan, he noted. "Budgets being the way they are, there's a lot of fine tuning [and] not a lot of cushion."
Teachers usually plan special projects for that first week and will review last year's lessons, he said, adding that the time is not wasted time.
But that's not the way some parents see it. "It's just a terrible way to start the year," said Melanie Anderson, whose children attend school in Delta. "(There's) lots of angst at the beginning of the year for many students, and it certainly doesn't help to be so unorganized."
The first week is confusing for families because schools have different setups, even when they're in the same district. While some wait a week to place students in classes, others do it right away.
Secondary school students generally begin courses Wednesday, after registering Tuesday.
The North Vancouver district's communications manager, Victoria Miles, confirmed that the first week differs from school to school. "There is not one prescribed model ... but certainly the goal is to prevent later disruptions," she said.
That's also the case in Surrey, where the routine during the first week varies greatly from school to school, said communications manager Doug Strachan. Some schools place students in the same homeroom as last year, some start students in new classes and some divide up grades among teachers temporarily before settling on more permanent groupings.
Teachers realize many parents are unhappy when their children aren't placed in classrooms right away, and some share their concern, said Gail Chaddock-Costello, the Langley Teachers' Association president. "It's not our preferred way of operating ... but finances are so tight."
Open boundaries, which allow parents to move their children to schools outside of their immediate neighbourhood, add to the uncertainty, she said. Some schools will have more registrations than expected while others will have fewer.
At Oppenheimer elementary in Vancouver, efforts to organize for the 2012-13 school year began in June, but principal Celina Mau expects a few wrinkles today and said staff appreciates having a few extra days to make whatever adjustments are necessary. The arrangement benefits students as well, especially those who are new to the school, she said.
"Some students have a tough time adjusting" she said. "This gives them a bit of a break because we're not so focused on academics."
The main theme for the first week at Oppenheimer is social responsibility, with teachers ensuring that students understand what behaviour is appropriate in and around the school. Staff also has a chance to observe new pupils, work with them and assess their needs before placing them in a classroom. "We need time to get a sense of [each] child," added Shelley Werboweski, who teaches Grades 5 and 6.
The turnover rate is about 25-30 per cent of the 350 children attending Oppenheimer. After roll call today, the school secretary will begin contacting families of students who were expected to return but didn't to inquire about their plans for this year. Efforts will also be made to connect with new families to gather information about their children and, in some cases, explain the B.C. education system.
With those additional details in hand, staff will then finalize class structures in the hope of implementing them Friday — or Monday latest.
It's not unusual for a small number of parents to request changes after classes have been formed because they prefer a different teacher or want their child to be placed with certain friends, but Mau said she rarely agrees. "We try to understand where they're coming from," she explained, "but there's no way we can accommodate all parents' wishes."
Although provincial rules about class size were relaxed last spring when the government passed a controversial law known as Bill 22, schools won't necessarily have an easier time organizing classes this year because they will pay a price when academic classes in Grades 4-12 exceed 30 students.
That includes the possibility of extra compensation for teachers ($2,500 per year for each student over 30 in Grades 4-7 classrooms and about $312 per student in Grades 8-12 classrooms), a scheme that the B.C. Teachers' Federation has decried as "cash for kids" and urged its members to reject. While extra money might be tempting for teachers, the union says it won't improve learning conditions for students.
Teachers who decline compensation may opt instead for additional preparation time, professional development or classroom supplies. But Chaddock-Costello said teachers have been asked to advise their union whenever classes exceed 30 students so the local can negotiate deals that benefit the entire school.
That will be more advantageous for students than teachers signing "side deals" with administrators, she said.
These arrangements do not affect primary classes where student numbers are capped at 22 for kindergarten and 24 for Grades 1-3.
This year, B.C. public schools are expecting 534,691 full-time students, down 6,005 from last year. Of those, 23,832 will have special needs, according to an Education Ministry report. Independent schools, meanwhile, expect to enrol more than 73,000 students, roughly 11 per cent of the school-aged population.
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A quick post to enter this card into the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches, where the sketches frequently provide me with much-needed inspiration. This card is for the birthday of my old (old being the operative word!) boss.
The car stamp by Visible Image is a recent purchase, the car & background being watercoloured with my Zigs, and the trees are a stamp by Inkylicious. The numbers are by Sapphire Crafts, the greeting is computer generated. I added Anita's Clear Gloss to the numbers & headlights to add a bit of dimension.


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Different diets for different times of our lives – trying Wheat Freeby
So I desperately need to lose about 1 and a half stones or 20lb. I've needed to lose this weight for a while now – ever since a 2nd unsuccessful pregnancy last summer followed by a load of consequent comfort eating. Plus, as many of you know, before I'd shed my extra weight, me and my husband set off on a year's backpacking around the world. (We have a travel blog at www.middle-aged-spread.com). We're living in hostels & cheap hotels so I'm unable to follow my own normal advice – my '21 Keys to Keeping Weight Off'. So desperate times mean desperate measures. And looks like I've found winning solution. Going wheat free!
Different times, different diets
I believe that different diets work for us at different times un our lives. We can't assume that because one diet worked once for us or a friend, that's the only possible answer. Our lives change and so I think the answers to managing our weight changes through time too.
I've really been struggling to find a diet I could do whilst traveling. Food replacement diets have worked for me in the past but are no good on the other side of the world. Slimming World has also worked for me but it relies on UK shops and being able to cook your own meals which I can't do. Low fat isn't going to work when it's hard enough to order veggie food when there's a language barrier and the shops just don't stock it. Alternate day fasting could be an option – but to be honest it isn't an option when meals are the only thing that break up our days. And really it's not fair on Patrick during this trip. Even just eating wonderful, healthy Thai food and lots of fresh fruit for a month didn't shift any extra weight. People back home have been telling me to just stop worrying about my weight. But I can't as it makes me unhappy to be the size I am now. It's how we feel ourselves that matters.
So I've decided to try and diet that is totally alien to me and what I normally do. And guess what? 2 weeks in its really working!!!
Gone wheat free
Strange as it may sound, writing this in Vietnam, but I've found this diet really easy here. Basically, I've cut out all wheat and most carbs and sugar, and don't worry about fat or fried food. Whilst this means no rice or noodles (I know, sounds strange) its been easy for me to get meals that are veg and protein, like stir frys or omelettes. I'm snacking on low GI fruit and loads of nuts – including loads of fresh coconut and coconut water to drink – so never hungry. I'm even having full fat milk I'm coffee (just getting milk without sugar is a challenge here!!).
And I'm having a little dark 70% chocolate bar most days. Sounds alright doesn't it. When we get to thailand I'll also be able to have fabulous Papaya Salad too. 🙂
Changing my mind too
I'm also listening to a short download every day which is telling my subconscious mind that I don't want to eat wheat or carbs and that I want to be slimmer again. It's certainly having an effect. I have started to get bloated drinking fizzy pop and I'm getting full really quickly so want to eat a lot less. Mind you, eating with chop sticks might be helping with this too!
The results? Well I don't have any scales so I'm monitoring my waist using a piece of string we used to tie up our mossie net in our last bungalow and a ruler app i downloaded onto the ipad! The first week I cut off about 4cm. This week just over 1. Not bad heh?
For ever?
The programme I'm following says you have to cut wheat out for ever. I'm not so sure as I successfully ate whole grains in moderate amounts whilst keeping weight off for a number of years ; indeed it's one of my 21 Keys. So I'll have to see what I decide to do once Im back to a size I'm happier with. But it sure is working for me at the moment.
Goes to show – different approaches work at different times in our lives.


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Here's my May UFO Challenge #9: Anita's Arrowhead. It's a pretty simple quilt top that I used fleece for the backing and tied it.
What a beautiful sunrise - since you said Good Morning - love the little quilt - also love getting them off the list. Judy C in NC
Lovely quilt Wendy - and what a beautiful photo... did you take that from your house?
Amazing/awesome sunrise--so majestic! Congrats on your finish for May!
Beautiful sunrise photo! And good finish for the quilt. Nice to have a finish, isn't it?
Nice Quilt! and I really like the way you photographed it. Mine usually have fingers and 2 legs... I'll have to work out another, more artistic way!
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Does my production require E&O? What should I be budgeting for E&O? And…. what exactly is E&O?
E&O stands for Errors and Omissions Insurance… which is producer's liability insurance. Whether or not you think it's worth the fees and time, if you plan to have your production broadcast on television or exhibited in theatres, you will likely be told that it's necessary.
E&O generally covers lawsuits relating to content contained in your production. For example, claims of defamation, invasion of privacy, right of publicity, infringement of copyright and trademarks, and unauthorized use of titles. It doesn't cover contract-related claims (for example, an actor sues the producer for non-payment), wrongdoing or fraud by the producer, etc.
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Before producers pay everyone from key creatives to the crew, producers have leverage to get everything signed that needs to get signed. Leverage is lost months or years later, after everyone has been paid, when the project has an opportunity to make a big sale requiring E&O, and the producer needs waivers signed.
As for the E&O-related costs, there's the insurance premium to get the coverage, the cost of a title report from a title clearance services, and, possibly, a script research report and legal fees.
The role of a lawyer is to help make certain that the production contains no material that could give rise to a claim, from a missing link in the chain of title, to music that wasn't but should have been cleared. Your lawyer will identify the risks, work with you to remove the risks from the production, and/or speak with legal counsel for the insurance company and/or the exhibitor to find a solution.
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On the basis of region, Asia Pacific accounts for nearly a half of the market share, representing the largest market. Within the region, China is the largest consumer by volume, replacing the US as the largest ice cream consumer. Asia Pacific was followed by North America, Europe, Latin America, and Middle East and Africa. The global ice cream market is highly fragmented in nature with the presence of a large number of regional and global players. Some of the key players include Unilever, Nestlé, Yili Industries and General Mills.
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Title: The Testing
Author: Joelle Charbonneau
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Genre: dystopia/post-apocalyptic
Page Count: 325
Graduation Day. I can hardly stand still as my mother straightens my celebratory red tunic and tucks a strand of light brown hair behind my ear.
The setting is kind of sort of Chicago (as per usual) and it's the future and everything is terrible. Sound familiar? Anyways, in this particular vision of the immediate future after an apocalypse, only a select, chosen few get to go to University once they have graduated from…regular school. The chosen few go to the big city, take some tests, and then are sent to work rehabilitating the planet for the Commonwealth. This is all Cia has ever wanted to do, so when she is chosen for the testing, she's thrilled. Until her father tells her about some night terrors that have been plaguing him since his own testing, only he can't remember exactly what happened because of some pesky erased memories. His main advice is to trust no one, which is pretty good advice becuase Cia's fellow testing candidates are the worst kind of academic brats, and the tests themselves are designed to kill you if you fail, so basically they are like the SAT but SO MUCH WORSE. Naturally, Cia starts to question everything she ever believed while making out with the dimpled dreamboat from home. It's shocking, I know.
So, why the hell did I read this book? Well, I run a book club for my seventh and eighth graders. It's an open book club so any old Tom, Dick, or Harry can join, but I usually get the same tween girls. I'm not complaining – they are LOVELY – but I immediately regretted my decision to hand over the book choosing power to them when they chose this as our next book to read together. And yes, it was horribly derivative – kind of like The Hunger Games, only…academic? Until the field test, and then it's totally Hunger Games. I could spend a lot of time listing all the different minute details that the two share, but I won't, because that's boring. Just suffice to say there are a lot.
HOWEVER. All that aside, I actually kind of enjoyed this book. I mean, I loved The Hunger Games, and this was really, really similar and wasn't terribly written so sure, I ripped through it. Did I ever actually truly care about any of the characters? Not particularly. They had about as much dimension and flavor as a piece of cardboard, so even though I was interested in the events that were unfolding, I was never actually concerned about anyone's well-being. The writing was, likewise, pretty bland. However, the story is fun, and that was enough for me to actually finish the book.


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Today I attended the first Oklahoma Regional Summit meetings in Tulsa. It was a good shot of enthusiasm to bolster up a weary batch of achievement gap warriors. The positive energy there was great and best of all, I had the chance to visit with some of my Institute pals.
The focus on the meeting was "Hope" and the various aspects of it. It gave us a lot to think about. Being reflective is certainly a part the culture of Teach For America.
I've been working a lot to pour positive energy into my work to overcome the influences of negativity. One of the things I came up with isn't particularly original, but it seems to help. It's a "Caught in the Act" form. I realized one day that we write up kids all the time for doing things wrong. We have a form for that. Thus, I made a form for the stuff they do right. I put check boxes on the form next to things like "Worked silently with great focus" or "Loaned pencil/paper to a classmate." When I notice a student doing something good, I make a check on the form and I give it to them. The positive energy this creates is noticeable.
There is so much negativity. The culture of our school seems to operate from the expectation of scarcity. For example, the printers and copiers in the school don't work most of the time. We have to bring our own paper and everyone hoards supplies and printer paper. When we arrive at a printer or copier, it is usually empty or has just a few sheets of paper in it.
The thing is that, if we were to fill the trays and replace only the paper we used to fill it back up again, we'd never run out. The same amount of paper would be used, but we'd never see the paper as an issue of scarcity. My small contribution to this is that, when I use the copier, I leave more paper in the tray than was in it to begin with. I'll trust in karma or the universe or whatever you want to call it to provide it if and when I run short. It's a way of paying it forward.
How many more little things could we do that way, to change our mindset from austerity and lack to one of surplus and abundance? The perceptual effect is more beneficial than the physical one.
Each day, I'm going to try to focus on what's right and good rather than complain on what's wrong. I have done pretty well with this over the past couple of years. School is just a new target for that positive energy. I think it has great potential to change the culture of the school–and if not the school, it will at least change the culture in my brain in a positive way.


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If you fancy some high speed racing – then this is the section for you! The club has 3 very different racing classes;
Club 500 – is a new fast electric class the club introduced in 2019 mainly aimed at those who don't want a boat that's a little too fast! The boats used must be the Model Slipway Club 500 which is a long established class used by many clubs in the UK. These boats are currently ONLY raced on Wednesday afternoons.
Club Class – introduced in 2016 this class is limited to RTR (Ready to Run) "out of the box" boats a max. of 500mm long and cost no more than £125. Don't be fool by the small size and price – they are very quick! We race this class on Wednesday evenings in the summer and Sunday afternoons in the winter.
Mini Hydro – this class is for those who want a completely "home built" racing boat. It is for Hydroplane hulls only, limited to 500mm long with a max spend of £100. They are very quick, tricky to drive but great fun! They are raced ONLY on Sunday afternoons in the Winter Series and are only suitable for those with plenty of experience in racing boats.
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A couple of months ago we were contacted about helping a breeder in Georgia that had a puppy born with a genetic defect. All the other puppies in the litter were normal, except for this little Angel. Rascal was born with Hypospadias which is a birth defect of the urethra where the tube stops short of the tip of the penis. The breeder could not find a home for the puppy and could not afford medical care, so euthanasia was a big possibility which is why we were contacted.
Little Rascal is a pure-breed tiny chihuahua that was 12 weeks old at the time and did not even weigh a pound. He was picked up and transported to Charleston Veterinary Referral Center in Charleston, South Carolina. Two Surgeons and Specialists did a thorough exam of Rascal to determine if he would need surgical repair. After hours of discussion and testing, it was decided that if surgery had to happen, this adorable puppy would have to mature and grow.
When Rascal urinates, it comes out like a shower that is upside down. He has one opening to urinate from that stops short from the end of his penis. We have had Rascal for a couple of months now and do not see him having any issues with his deformity. Tests have been done, and his quality of Life will be the same as any other tiny puppy. As he grows, he will be closely monitored for any signs of infection that become chronic. So far, he has not had one infection because nothing is stopping him from emptying his bladder completely.
As far as this little Angel goes, he is a happy, playful, mischievous little pup that goes non-stop from sun up to sun down. You would never know anything was ever wrong with him unless you turned him over and exposed his defect. Rascal does not have a clue he is not perfect because to us he is about as normal as normal could be. He loves to play and wrestle, and his best friends Mattie and Tibby think they have died and gone to Heaven.
A lot of puppies like Rascal are euthanized daily because of genetic abnormalities. Backyard Breeders are the worst because they do not care which dogs are breeding together. All they care about is the money which they never seem to have when it comes to caring for their pups. Don't put down a puppy just because they are medically different if their Quality of Life is good. As you can see from the pictures and the videos of Rascal, his Life is more than perfect.
Rascal's expenses are nothing compared to the normal ones we incur with our pups. Any Donations to cover his Specialists Bills would be greatly appreciated.


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Members of the NBER's Education Program met November 14-15 in Cambridge. Program Director Caroline M. Hoxby of Stanford University organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:
C. Kirabo Jackson, Northwestern University and NBER, and Diether Beuermann, Inter-American Development Bank
Richard Murphy, University of Texas at Austin and NBER; Simon Burgess, University of Bristol; and Ellen Greaves, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Cher Li, Colorado State University, and Basit Zafar, Arizona State University and NBER
Peter Bergman, Columbia University; Eric W. Chan, Babson College; and Adam Kapor, Princeton University and NBER
Kevin Mumford, Purdue University
Andrew Foote, U.S. Census Bureau, and Kevin M. Stange, University of Michigan and NBER
Christopher Neilson and Franco A. Calle, Princeton University, and Sebastian Gallegos, Inter-American Development Bank
Kelli A. Bird and Benjamin L. Castleman, University of Virginia; Jeffrey T. Denning, Brigham Young University; Joshua Goodman, Brandeis University and NBER; Cait Lamberton, University of Pittsburgh; and Kelly Ochs Rosinger, Pennsylvania State University
Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto and NBER, and Uros Petronijevic, York University
Phillip B. Levine, Wellesley College and NBER; Jennifer Ma, College Board; and Lauren C. Russell, University of Pennsylvania
Eric Brunner and Stephen Ross, University of Connecticut, and Shaun Dougherty, Vanderbilt University
Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER
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Tiny Love`s TakeAlong Mobile is a vibrant and engaging mobile that can be used on cribs, cots, strollers and infant carriers to entertain your little one both at home and on-the-go. From a very young age, babies appreciate the sense of security and continuity invoked by taking this mobile with you everywhere they go. This adorable toy will give your baby that sense of familiarity. It features 30 minutes of continuous music, with 5 different tunes to soothe and relax, and slow motion that encourages EQ. A universal attachment clip lets you hang this mobile on cribs, cots, strollers, bassinets and car seats. Sweet characters from the Tiny Princess Tales™ Collection inspire and engage babies' imagination. Development has never looked so adorable!
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The draw for each cup may be done "manually" (you'll do each round of the draw yourself) or "automatically" (Full-Time does the draw for you). Visit ADMIN HOME --> CUP WIZARD --> STRUCTURE
As part of the Cup Wizard Setup you have the option to automatically link all rounds, so Full-Time will know the path for each team to the final.


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Looking around the internet, there is a fairly common argument made by those defending us.
It's the claim that we are a "response to Antifa," and that we only exist because of the violent fascist nature of Antifa radicals.
Despite the well-meaning intention of this argument, it is completely wrong, and mischaracterizes our group entirely.
Those making the argument make it seem as though Proud Boys only became a group in reaction to Antifa, for the purpose of fighting them.
In reality, as a group we are nothing more than a men's drinking club. We operate similarly to groups like the Knights of Columbus, Elks Lodge, and the Shriners.
The only major difference between us and them is that we that our founder is seen as a political figure, and Antifa is working overtime to destroy him. Antifa always starts the violence against us.
But those groups are also beginning to face attacks from the left, considering that many label the Knights of Columbus as "extremist."
We meet up for beers at least once a month, help those who are less fortunate, and help those in our group be the best men they can be. As a group, we are trying to reinvigorate the Western spirit in men that built the modern world, starting off by improving ourselves.
We don't care what your race, religion, or sexual orientation is.
The only thing we can be considered a response to is a Compound Media employee being a virgin, who was on the trajectory to being one forever. That's when Proud Boys formed, so this one person could be taught how to be a man.
To look back, here is the original sizzle reel for the organization, and the points made in the video are STILL TRUE:
And here is the video description, which is my personal favorite description of the group:
"The ProudBoys are a union of like-minded individuals from around the world that have found a strong and growing brotherhood within the political and social realm. Gavin McInnes and the many contributing talents on microphones of the alternative mainstream media, have undoubtably spoken a variety of wisdoms that have rung true with those willing to listen. The ProudBoys do not denominate or discriminate by age, race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation — rather it's one's quantity and quality of pride in the valuable aspects Western culture, along with character that determines reverence. The ProudBoys are supported by facts, inspired by ideals, and committed to working toward greatness…having some fun also never hurts. Call it a club, frat…whatever—it's a space where fellas can be fellas."
We are not going to stop being unapologetic of who we are. We will continue to meet up, as hundreds, if not thousands of Proud Boys around the world are doing this very weekend.
If you're a Proud Boy, or supporter, I give you an Uhuru!
If you're some Antifa weirdo with nothing better to do, or a shitty left-wing propagandist masquerading as a journalist (you know who you are), go fuck yourself.


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Not long ago, I stood in front of 150 or so addicts and told my story. I watched them as they listened, literally with shame on their faces, because they knew the story. My story was their story. It isn't anything new. Sometimes the church is kind of shocked about some of this stuff, but not this group. While I was sharing, I noticed one girl especially. She could have been anybody's kid. Beautiful girl. Dressed great. But you could see the shame and the hopelessness on her face as she sat there listening.
But as soon as I started talking about Christ and recovery and how much I'm loved and how faithful He's been, tears of joy started streaming down her face. She was thinking, "I've got to try that! I've got to trust that." She slowly got up from her seat and walked up to the front. I handed her the mic, and sat down. She told us she'd only been doing drugs for three years, and she'd lost everything in that time. She said, "I was out of jail for only two hours before I used again! This is at the threat of going to prison for 20 years. This is at the threat of losing my children for good, of signing over custody. This is at the threat of my mom finally saying 'I'm done!' because she's been hanging in there with me so long. And I go use after two hours!" And she wept. She said, "Now my life is in the hands of the judge."
I got up and just prayed for her. I asked the pastor to come with me. I just held her while she cried and I said, "You know, we've got to go to Psalm 51, because the ultimate judge is God Himself, and He says, 'I'll create in you a new heart and change your very desires.' He is fighting for you, and that's what you have to hold on to today." She got it. You could see it on her face and in her eyes. She gave her life, her struggles, and even her drugs to Christ right there, right then.
It was incredible. The ripple went all through those 150 people who were there. When we invited people to raise their hands if they'd had some clean time or to stand up if they wanted to say something, the entire group just responded to the truth of God's mercy and His grace towards us. Everything changed that night because this girl stood up—honestly stood up—and said, "I had nothing to offer and I'm standing here free today because of Him."
When she left that night, the shame was gone! There's hope in that for all of us.
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Ariel tells Kain to go after Azimuth, the Guardian of the Pillar of Dimension, next. She's currently ruling the theocracy of Avernus– so Kain goes over there, ready to get his murder on.
Once he gets there, he discovers even more Hylden swarming about. All the townspeople have been killed by the monsters, and the remaining few are assumedly in dire straits.
Kain makes his way to the cathedral Azimuth lives in, and finds a creepy tome alluding to a cult based around the worship of the god Hash'ak'gik. The passage also alludes that there's been some ritual human sacrifice to the god going on.
In the next room, however, Kain finds it… The Soul Reaver! It's a super powerful sword of sexiness that forcefully seperates it's victims souls from their bodies… And consumes it. It has other nifty features as well, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
After some more exploring, Kain finally stumbles upon Azimuth and finds that she was summoning the Hylden, along with Anarcrothe. He kills her and finds a Time-Streaming Device among her possessions. (I know, I know; "WTF IS A 'TIME-STREAMING DEVICE'?" Kain doesn't know either. You'll find out in due time).
Upon returning to Ariel for further counsel, Ariel tells Kain that he must stop The Nemesis next. The Nemesis is the army of William the Just, who apparently became corrupted by power and decided to stop being 'Just', and start an empire. Now The Nemesis is moving across Nosgoth, getting their conquer on.
Kain however, being just one vampire, is skeptical as to how he alone is supposed to stop an entire army. But Ariel has a solution: Kain will go to Willendorf, and convince King Ottmar to militarize against the oncoming Nemesis. So Kain goes to do that, but there's one problem– the King is utterly distraught by his daughter's sudden coma.
Apparently, the King held a contest for his daughter's birthday: whoever made her the best doll for her would get a royal favor. The winner is Elzevir, the dollmaker, (which makes sense I guess). All he wants is a lock of the princess' hair, and, (because no one finds this creepy at all), he gets it. Soon after, the princess entered her coma.
One does not have to be a genius to infer that Elzevir probably has something to do with the princess' condition, and the army is scattered around looking for him. Kain figures things will go faster if he goes to kick the dollmaker's ass himself, so he does. It turns out that Elzevir had trapped the princess' soul in the doll– the King's sorcerors are able to use it to return the princess' soul to her.
Kain asks Ottmar to call back his troops so they can march against the Nemesis. Otmmar does so, but there's one problem– they lose. Horribly. Everybody's dead, and, at a loss, Kain uses the Time-Streaming Device, hoping that it'll do something useful.
Kain finds himself on the same battlefield he once stood on, but without all the dead bodies and stuff. He's gone fifty years into the past, and Moebius, Guardian of the Pillar of Time, is just a few yards away, rallying a crowd to rise agains the vampires, (which there are very few of left to begin with).
Kain decides to go after William the Just and kill him, so he can't become the Nemesis in the future. Once he arrives at William's castle, however, he comes upon an odd scene. William and Moebius are talking to each other, and Moebius tells William that a vampire, (Kain), is going to attack him. He also gives William a weapon to defend himself with. Kain storms in and finds that the weapon Moebius gave William is the Soul Reaver!
But you still have your Soul Reaver, as well. The thing about the Soul Reaver is, it exists outside of the time. That's how sexy it is. It also allows for and can cause paradoxes in the timeline. It is the only object able to do so.
Even with the Soul Reaver, William is no match for Kain.
However, William's guards see Kain kill him. Kain thinks nothing of this and goes to the next room, where he finds another, very-conviently placed Time-Streaming Device. He uses it and is sent fifty years into the future– back to the original timeline, except, no Nemesis!
But something is awry. Kain smells vampire blood and finds that the source of it is an execution– of Vorador! Moebius looks on as Vorador is beheaded, and then fingers Kain as being the last vampire remaining. In the fifty years since William's murder by a vampire, (Kain), Moebius has managed to convince the humans to exterminate every vampire in existence, and they've been pretty successful.
Posing as the Oracle; leaving the Time-Streaming Devices in Kain' path; giving William the Soul Reaver– Moebius has been manipulating Kain from the very beginning, just so this outcome could be reached. Upon realizing all of this, Kain finds that he is not amused and beheads Moebius with his sword.
Kain returns to the Pillars and sees Mortanius and Anarcrothe, the remaining guardians, arguing. Mortanius understands that all the guardians must die so that the corruption can be flushed out– so he kills Anarcrothe. Kain then reveals himself and kills Mortanius. Yay! Mission accomplished. All the Guardians are dead… Or are they?
As soon as Kain turns his back, Mortanius rises again, possessed by the Hylden Lord. He is the one who originally killed Ariel, causing the corruption in the first place.
Kain kills him too, and Ariel comes to Kain with a choice. As it turns out, Kain is the new Guardian of the Pillar of Balance. He has been since his birth, because Ariel died at the same time. However, since he's been a Guardian all this time, he has been corrupted all this time, just like the other Guardians.
His choice is this: die, and allow Nosgoth to become balanced again, or continue living and let Nosgoth fall into further decay.
Now, I don't know if you noticed– but Kain kills a lot, and he only does things because people order him around to. To tell the truth, Kain really doesn't give two shits about Nosgoth– he's the last of his race and he's been manipulated long enough. He chooses to continue living, and the game ends with him choosing the decaying Pillars as his new throne.


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The Central Bank introduced macroprudential controls on Irish mortgage lending in early 2015 with a focus on Loan to Value (LTV) and Loan to Income (LTI). The controls are subject to annual review and were initially amended in January 2017 with another set of 'refinements' just announced , to take effect from 2018.The latter includes quite a significant modification to the way the LTI control operates and in our view represents a tightening of credit controls, although one does not get that impression from the Central Bank release.
Currently, 20% of Principal Dwelling House (PDH) lending can exceed the 3.5 LTI limit. Data released by the Central Bank shows that PDH lending for the first half of 2017 amounted to €2,770m and that €487m exceeded the limit, or 17.6%, indicating that the limit is being observed, at least for that six month period ( it actually applies over a full year). Yet the data reveals a marked divergence between FTB's and other buyers; over 24% of lending to the former was in excess of the 3.5 LTI limit, while for the latter the figure was only 10%.
Clearly the LTI limit is a much bigger issue for FTB's in an environment of scarce supply, strong house price inflation and where around half of house sales are going to non-mortgage buyers . As the controls currently stand there is no specific constraint on the amount of FTB lending in excess of the LTI limit , as long as the overall lending figure is within the 20% exemption.
The Central Bank has responded by amending the LTI exemption. From January the overall 20% limit no longer operates, with a 20% exemption limit allocated to FTB lending and 10% to other lending. Had these applied over the first half of the year FTB lending would have been €61bn lower, with no material impact on other lending.
Just over half of PDH lending is currently to FTB's so the implication is that there is now a 15% overall exemption limit in practice, given a 20% allocation to FTB's and only 10% to other buyers. The Central Bank argues that FTB lending is less risky than to second or subsequent buyers ( although credit agancies seem to have a different view) , so justifying differential LTV's and now LTI exemptions, but the changes would appear to mask an effective tightening in overall lending standards. The Bank notes that 'the refinement is not expected to have a significant impact on the functioning of the market' but it clearly will limit overall exemptions relative to the current postion.


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The next Ashes Test cricket series between Australia and England will be held from August 1 to September 16, 2019 in the UK, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Thursday.
Ashes 2019 schedule: The next Ashes Test cricket series between Australia and England will be held from August 1 to September 16, 2019 in the UK, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Thursday. The summer's five-match series assumes more significance as for the first time an Ashes rubber will be part of World Test Championship.
While the first Test begins in Edgbaston, the second Test will run from August 14-18 at the Lord's. Leeds' Headingley ground will host the third Test between August 22 and 26, while the the fourth Test will be held between September 4 and 8 at Manchester's Old Trafford.
The fifth and final Test will take place at the Oval, London from September 12 to 16.
"There is nothing more important to England cricket fans than an Ashes Series. With the added element of being England's first Test series in the new World Test Championship, it's a hugely exciting prospect and we anticipate unprecedented demand for tickets," ECB CEO Tom Harrison said in a statement.
"We would love to see fans from all over the world getting to experience the unique atmosphere of an Ashes Test match after the ICC Cricket World Cup."
However, the 2019 English summer begins with an one-off T20I against Pakistan on May 5 in Cardiff before the two sides engage in five One-Day Internationals (ODIs) which end on May 19.
Then England will meet Test debutants Ireland in an one-off contest between July 24 and 27. "We fully supported the ICC's decision to award Full Membership to Cricket Ireland and we expect next summer's inaugural Test match at Lord's against our neighbours to be an historic celebration for all Irish cricket fans," Harrison said.
"It will also provide excellent Ashes preparation for England against an Irish team whose impressive performance against Pakistan earlier this year showed they can compete strongly in this form of the game."
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La Pepica: the mother church of paella in Valencia
[caption id="attachment_593" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="La Pepica kitchen"][/caption] When Valencianos say that they are "going to the beach," they usually mean Playa de Malvarossa, an urban strand blessed by fine sand, gentle waves, surprisingly clean waters—and the mother of all paella restaurants, La Pepica. While three-quarters of the menu of this venerable eatery (founded 1898) consists of fish and shellfish, the other quarter is a golden litany of nearly two dozen classic Valencian rice dishes. [caption id="attachment_594" align="alignright" width="300" caption="A maestro of La Pepica"][/caption] The main entrance is on the beach, but we prefer entering from the street just to walk past the dynamic kitchen where dozens of cooks in gleaming kitchen whites prepare pristine ingredients and juggle huge paella pans. The dining room is daunting....Read More


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Happy Friday blog friends! It's new release time at SugarPea Designs, and we are going to be sharing projects with you all week long using all the new stamps & dies that are going to be released tonight in the SugarPea Designs shop!
On our final day of Sweet Peek Week, we are sharing what is probably my favorite stamp set from the release, Eucalyptus Wreath. It is honestly just stunning! We are also sharing the new Grateful Greetings stamp set (which I didn't use, but will in the very near future) and the Grateful word die. I am a wedding photographer, and Eucalyptus just makes me happy...it photographs so beautifully!
My cards for today came to be by accident, in a way. You see - I wasn't sure what color I wanted to emboss it in. So, I decided to emboss it in all three colors that were on the list, and then I was going to pick my favorite. I ended up loving all three, and how they looked together in a set! So, I chose to make three very simple cards with the focus being on the beauty of this Eucalyptus Wreath. I look forward to doing much more with this set in the future - including watercolor. So be sure to check back!
There is nothing revolutionary about these cards, and they were super simple to put together. These could easily be created in bulk if needed. The first thing that I did was stamp & heat emboss the wreath to three heavyweight white cardstock blocks. I used the following brands/colors: Ranger Enchanted Gold, Avery Elle Rose Gold and Ranger Gold. Unfortunately, I couldn't find enchanted gold powder for my link list - so it might be discontinued. There are hundreds of embossing powders out there, so you can surely switch it out if you don't happen to have this one in your selection. Once all were heat set, I mounted them to top folding A2 card bases in cream shimmer, cashmere & kraft.
Then I diecut the word Grateful from three different matching glitter papers, and then six more times from heavyweight white cardstock. I adhered each glitter layer with two white layers, then adhered each one to the corresponding card base with mixed media glue. And that is it! Super simple & easy to create, but they are so beautiful & shimmery! I wish you could see them in real life! Here are the three cards photographed separately.
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You can get additional information at the SugarPea Designs blog, including the details on today's giveaway, the Grateful Greetings stamp set!! All you have to do is leave a comment on the SPD Blog - but you will get extra entries if you also hop along and comment on all the other designers' blogs as well!
Don't forget that everything will be in the SugarPea Designs Shop and ready for purchase at 6pm EST tonight! I can't wait to see what you all create with your new goodies. Tell me...what is on your must have wish list from this past week?
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