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At NLC's State Municipal League staff workshop in Chicago last week, former mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley spoke to attendees about the importance of public service and the need for cities to come together to affect change.
Invoking the theme of NLC's upcoming Congress of Cities, "Cities Lead," Mayor Daley stressed that cities are at the forefront of issues such as sustainability, alternative energy, and innovative use of public-private partnerships. For example, Chicago's renowned Millennium Park was developed as a result of a public-private partnership and now draws an estimated 4 million tourists a year to the area.
Daley served as mayor of the City of Chicago for 22 years, stepping down only two years ago. He described his favorite part of the job as getting out into the community on Saturdays, because it provided an opportunity to see citizens working on behalf of their communities, organizing neighborhood clean-ups, serving as little league coaches and volunteering in numerous other ways to improve their neighborhoods. Mayor Daley noted that Saturdays provided him an invaluable perspective on what was important to Chicago residents.
This perspective informed his policy decisions and motivated him to build coalitions between various constituent groups since many of their needs and concerns, such as public safety and education, were the same.
At the end of the day, change has to come from local government. As Mayor Daley aptly remarked, "local government is the future." As the nation becomes more urbanized, it is cities, large and small alike, that must push for the change they want to see at the state and federal levels. NLC works with its members and 49 state municipal leagues in a "funnel-up" partnership to shape policy decisions that will improve quality of life for all city residents.


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i will attach information as i have time, and as i come across it in my work and research. however i wanted to share a bit what helped for me, in my own experience with sexual assault.
first of all, it took time. it happened at a time in my life where i had no emotional defenses, no support network or real understanding of what was happening to me. my body reacted in the best way it could: it repressed the memories, and shut down the emotional pain.
as a result i was a very angry child, and i got into trouble routinely in school and outside of school. my anger kept me alive in a way, but it also almost destroyed me. as i teenager i dealt with the surge of memories and feelings connected with the sexual assaults by learning to live in a way where i did not need anything or anyone, where i was my sole emotional support.
i tried to get away from my family and all that could remind me of the assaults, and fell in love with music. for how cheesy it sounds i found real strengh in the nascent riot grrls movement, even if it was happening one ocean away. i started to read about feminism, and observe around me the societal patterns that excused and perpetrated a culture where rape and sexual assault are condoned, and hidden beyond a curtain of silence and shame.
i got to the point where i knew i had to get away from the memories and the people suurounding the assault, so i moved to the states, thousand of miles away from where i was born. i am not suggesting that moving is the answer. personally, it helped me feel safer, and to look at the messy pain i was carring around for the first time.
in a way it was vital for me to finally let the enormity of the sexual assault experience come out. on the other hand, at the age of 17, i was not able to deal with the past by myself, and i freaked out. this was the period of my life where i did the most drugs, drank the most, and made the most self-destructive decisions. i was assaulted again.
that was 9 years ago. since then i made the deliberate effort to ask for help, and to start loving myself instead of harboring all the anger and hate i had for my assaulters. i still hate them, i still am angry, but i learned to not let that hate and anger hurt me.
what helped the most was being patient with myself, become my own advocate and let people know when they are doing something that makes me uncomfortable. i also learned to be surrounded by people that are supportive, and let me be in pain when i need to be, without expecting some miracle cure, or without expecting to save me or make it all better.
it also helped me to learn about sexual assault, to listen to other people that share that experience and become their advocate and ally. it helped to work with other survivors to create a world where there is no sexual assault.
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Thank you for sharing your perspectives on being a woman. A big reason why sexual assault and domestic assault happens in such epidemic proportions is due to women and girls being 2nd class citizens under the US Constitution. These crimes and more are the faces of sex discrimination that have not been eradicated because our government continues to pigeonhole men and women into gender boxes instead of celebrate our commonality as human beings. Please join FB United For Equality to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment by 2015.

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Okay, above is what you'll see coming down the hall to the room. I'm calling it my cutting center and there is a better picture below.Above is what I call my ribbon wall and is the wall on the right hand side as you come in the room. The ribbon holders are from Clip it Up (but I paid much less than retail price for them) and my Nesties hang below the bottom holder. I won a wonderful piece of vinyl art from EAD Designs that says "create" and it will center over the top of the ribbon holders and punch rail on that wall. So excited to get it!
Again, above is the window area of my room. Yep, that is my new window covering, a top down, bottom up double cell blind and it is gorgeous! We got one for the living room too! I use the counter area under the window to place my Fiskars Cutter and Scoring board when I use it. Right now the swaps for stamp club are laid out so I can distribute them when the orders come in. Oh, see...the bouquet of flowers in the vase on the window sill? Well, that is the bouquet of flowers Todd had for me when we he proposed to me. Lily of the Valley are my absolutely most favorite flowers and we don't have them around here so he had a bouquet of silk LOTV along with lilacs made for me!Above is my main crafting area. You can see my computer with printer underneath the table...love that! What I didn't get in the picture, darn it, is my Mother's Day present. I'll have to take a photo of that later and show you! Underneath the table and to the left of the printer you'll see a tote with stuff on top. The tote has stamp sets in it and on top I keep my cutter, scor-pal, and a smaller tote with stuff that I use often when I craft..adhesive, stamp cleaner, glue dots, sponges...you get the idea. I like this because it is all together yet put away when I'm not using it.
Yep, that is my cutting center. You can see my punches, Nesties, Big Shot, and the supplies for the Big Shot are in the container on the storage unit...the plates are in the top drawer of the unit.
Something I'm excited about is my paper center. I have SU!, Gina K, and PaperTrey Ink paper within the magazine holders, about 4-5 different colors per magazine holder. I'm going to get some 8 1/2 x 11 cello bags to put my scraps eventually...when I can find them.
And finally...my other storage. The white paper holders are big enough for my 12x12 papers and they are organized by bright, light, earth, winter/Christmas, baby/misc. holiday, Valentine's/love, and I have a chipboard box as well. There are stamp sets on the top shelf, stamps, paper, re-inkers on the 2nd shelf, paper on the 3rd shelf, the 4th shelf is embellishments, and the bottom shelf is Dove Chocolate Discoveries stuff and that is also what is in the corner.
Well, I think that is it? Was it worth the wait? It was for me for sure! Please...give me your feedback, let me know what you think. Do you have anymore ideas for me? I'd love to hear them!
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By Tania Ho
February 16, 2017
Speaking of a curveball, two days ago on Valentine's Day, I prepared all the information in this newsletter and was ready to launch something new and exciting. That same night I received new information that changed everything.
So today I have to rewrite the newsletter, but it's still with new and exciting information! 🙂
This is definitely not the first curveball that Life throws at me this year (and we are only 2 months down this year).
I think many people may have the same feeling as I do. Perhaps with the US presidential election and new policy changes that lead to guests unable to travel overseas, or when seemingly-bad things just happen to really good people.
So what to do, when life throws a curveball at you?
1. Embrace All the Emotions
Initially there is the shock. Different emotions may arise, perhaps fear, worry, anxiety, frustration, and so on. It's important to allow yourself to feel these emotions, embrace and acknowledge them.
Even if you are too shocked to feel anything else, allow yourself to do so. You may find yourself in denial for a while – like this is so not happening, I'm dreaming.
That's okay. Just be gentle with yourself. Rest well. Sleep early.
2. Release the Emotions in a Healthy Way
It's important to find a way that works for you, so you can release any negative emotions in a healthy way.
Jot down your feelings in your journal. Speak to a friend or family. Sweat it out. Color a mandala. Get a massage. Use flower essence, or any other types of healing methods that work for you.
If we keep these negative emotions inside too long, they may turn to resentment and manifest in a certain illness in the future.
3. Trust and Surrender
Emotionally perhaps you still haven't calmed down yet, and that is absolutely okay.
Instead of worrying, focus on repeating the affirmation similar to the below:
I trust that the answer/ solution will come to me in the right time.
Trust that if any problems arise or plans change, there must be a solution present already; it's just that we cannot see it yet. Perhaps it's not the right timing, or we are not ready to look at it.
For me personally, the answers would come to me mostly during meditation or Shamanic journeys.
A lot of time, I realize that it is my ego who doesn't want to let go of the original plan or expectations, because my mind is attached to a certain belief.
I'm someone who likes to make plans (though I feel like I have learned to become more flexible as I live in Thailand). I had a plan for Museflower but now that plan had to be postponed. I then realized the unwillingness for the mind to "let go" of this plan was because it was linked to my belief that this original plan was part of my life purpose here on Earth, to help and serve others. If I didn't get to carry out this plan, it could mean that I was not doing what I was supposed to do.
Turns out, my new plan is also service in itself. Perhaps it didn't seem as 'grand' as my original plan. I'm still carrying out my life purpose but just not the way my ego, or my mind expects it to be.
So, check in with yourself and reflect on what kind of beliefs the curveball triggers for you. Be honest with yourself, there is no need to judge anything. Once you are aware of the limiting belief, this is now part of the answer you have received already.
4. Acceptance
Finally, the big A word. As cliche as it sounds, we cannot change the outer environment. The only thing we can change is ourselves.
Remember that whatever choices or decisions you make, or do not make, always ask yourself if you are acting from a place of fear, or from a place of love and gratitude.
My last piece of advice is to accept the curveball with love and gratitude. It may take a few days, weeks or even months for the acceptance to happen. But yet again, just trust that it will happen one day.
Has Life thrown you a curveball recently? What did you do about it?
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About Tania Ho
Founder and owner of Museflower Retreat & Spa, Tania is a Hong Kong native who now makes her home at the retreat in Chiang Rai. Trained in a number of holistic therapies including Flower Essence consultation and Hado Counseling, Tania believes that healing can take place when we start making changes from within, and it starts from listening to the voice of our soul within.
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Prep slugger basks in the spotlight after HR Derby
- Jacob Gatewood still can't believe All-Star home run experience
- Gatewood was one of two high schoolers who earned a chance to participate in the Home Run Derby
If this is a dream, Jacob Gatewood pleads, don't wake him up.
Here he is, a 17-year-old kid from Clovis, Calif., and strangers are following him into gas stations and asking for autographs. They want pictures. They want to shake hands. And, yes, they want to talk.
"What was it like meeting Miguel Cabrera? Did Torii Hunter really give you advice? Was that Mike Trout actually cheering for you?"
Funny, how life changes overnight when you make a guest appearance at the All-Star Home Run Derby, clout nine homers in a four-minute span during commercial breaks and become a Twitter sensation.
"I'm having people come up to me and say, 'Congratulations,' and I've never even seen in my life," Gatewood says. "It's crazy."
Gatewood, one of two high schoolers who earned a chance to participate in the Home Run Derby between rounds, put on a power display that had the All-Stars cheering. Sure, he was using an aluminum bat, but he was hitting moon shots into the upper deck.
When he was done — and had gotten all of his own pictures and autographs from dozens of All-Stars — he caught up with his parents and checked his cellphone.
He had 124 text messages. And 40 to 50 calls.
"I just deleted everything in my voice mail," Gatewood says, laughing. "I didn't have enough time to call everybody back. ... It was unbelievable.
"It was the greatest day of my life."
Gatewood, a possible No. 1 pick in June's amateur draft with a scholarship commitment from Southern California if he decides to go to school, can't believe the experience.
"Well, the one thing I know is that when I go back to high school and play games now," Gatewood says, "there won't be 50,000 people in the stands. So how can I ever feel pressure now? ... Going back to school is going to be a little weird."


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The mushrooming of league cricket in India especially the Indian Sub continent in form of the ICL & IPL brings new dynamics the game is perceived and viewed by the fans.
Till now serious cricket was confined to only international matches or domestic competitions. Most other formats that were tried in form of super sixes tournaments or super 8s was confined to purely off-season entertainment cricket, therefore restricting the growth of cricket.
To its credit the ICL pioneered the city based format and stressed on the game being played with utmost seriousness by its players. The fact that they created 8 competitive sides with the right mix of domestic and international talent saw to it that level of cricket was at par with International standards.
One of the surprises emerging out of the league format of cricket is the dominance of Chennai across both leagues.
A UK based company (cricket 20.com), which has carried out a comprehensive study on all domestic cricket competitions across the globe has thrown up a few revelations.
And surprise-surprise, the two Chennai teams Chennai Super kings (IPL) and Chennai Superstars (ICL) stand in 5th and 6th position respectively in the top 10 world rankings for T20 teams around the world.
So does this mean a change in order as far as the nursery of Indian cricket is concerned; a shift from Mumbai to Chennai? I guess it would need more than year one to answer the question.
One glaring fact about both the Chennai teams is in the heavy Australian influence on both the teams. The Superstars has Michel Bevan (Coach) & Stuart Law (Captain) at the helm of affairs. On the other hand it is Kepler Wessels (former Australian& South African player, coach) & MS Dhoni (probably the most valuable player in India) at the helm of affairs.
The calming influence that Dhoni brings at the helm of the national team is what one of ICL's main find R Sathish brings to the Chennai superstars stable, as deputy captain & captain of ICL-India.
While it has been a masterstroke by both Chennai teams to inculcate the Australian way of cricket into their respective city teams; the domestic players from both sides; Vignesh, Badani, Syed & Kumaran ( ICL ) & Ghoni, Balaji, Bhadrinath ( IPL) have raise their hand to be counted as proven performers at the big stage.
I guess the jury is out, the Chennai sides in both leagues have cracked the T20 code and set the bar in terms of performance level & success achieved, now it is for the other cities to follow suit.


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An Eccentric Agenda All of Its Own
London, June 2-3, 2010
This week is the UK's National Family Week. According to the official Web site, "thousands of record-setting, action-packed and fun-filled family events are taking place in every corner of the country." Perhaps one of the most fun-filled events is likely to be the World Congress of Families Regional Congress, its first-ever UK event, organized in conjunction with Family Values, a Mormon organization. It takes place at Baden Powell House in London on Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 June. The World Congress of Families Regional Congress has a similar flavor to last summer's meeting in Amsterdam, with speakers from the conservative wings of a variety of religious denominations, including Catholics like Christine Vollmer of the Alliance for the Family and Edmund Adamus, director of the Westminster Diocese's Pastoral Affairs Department. Vollmer is a woman of significant experience in this field. She is widely described as a founding member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. It was founded in 1603.
While National Family Week celebrates "the great diversity of families in the UK," this conference has something a bit more particular in mind. According to its Web site, the purpose of the World Congress on Families is to defend the traditional family from "ideologies of statism, individualism and sexual revolution," and a shopping list of associated problems including "divorce, devaluation of parenting, declining family time, morally relativistic public education, confusions over sexual identity, promiscuity, sexually transmitted diseases, abortion, poverty, human trafficking, violence against women, child abuse, isolation of the elderly, excessive taxation and below-replacement fertility." To call this gathering conservative would be an understatement. And what happened to the fun?
Family Values director David Eaton puts the conference in the context of the recent General Election in Britain: "The election has concentrated minds and debate on the threats to the traditional family, and the Family Values conference will provide an excellent independent and open forum to discuss issues that could shape political, societal and institutional thinking and decision making for the next five years." In fact, threats to the so-called traditional family barely featured in the election campaign, with the only relevant controversy surrounding Conservative proposals to give a rather measly £150 tax break to married couples (amounting to less than $5 a week), and this is not even supported by the Conservatives' coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats.
While most Britons are more worried about whether the new government can successfully tackle the grim economic situation and offer a brighter future, the Family Values Conference has an eccentric agenda all of its own. The following brief descriptions of the speakers will give an indication of what's coming.
Session 1: The Family Structure
Brenda Almond on Family – Social Construction or Natural Phenomenon?
Almond is Emeritus Professor of Moral and Social Philosophy at the University of Hull, UK. She is president of the Philosophical Society of England and vice president of the Society for Applied Philosophy. Her books include: The Fragmenting Family, Exploring Ethics: a traveller's tale, Moral Concerns, and The Philosophical Quest. She is regularly cited in the press lamenting the effects of sex education and other "liberal establishment" attacks on the family.
Don Feder on Declining Birth Rates
Feder is the WCF's communications director. He is a former opinion writer for theBoston Herald and now a media consultant and freelance writer with a somewhat alarming shock-jock style Web site: www.donfeder.com.
Janice Crouse on Is There Hope for Marriage and Families in the 21st Century?
Crouse is a senior fellow at the Beverly LaHaye Institute, the think tank for Concerned Women for America, and claims to be an authority on sex trafficking, the United Nations, US domestic issues, as well as national and international cultural, children's and women's concerns. She was twice an official US delegate to the United Nations (2002 and 2003). She serves on five task forces and coalitions on national and international issues: Against Sexual Trafficking, Against Abuse of Women, Against Childhood Obesity, Promoting Human Rights, and Promoting Religious Freedom.
Session 2: Defence of the Family
Christopher Carmouche on Pornography and the Family
Carmouche is executive director at GrassTopsUSA, based in Washington, DC (tagline: WAGE WEB WARFARE AGAINST THE LIBERAL ESTABLISHMENT).
Darko and Marijo Zivkovic on Council of Europe and Report from Croatia
The Zivkovics run the Catholic Family Center in Croatia which distributes free books, posters and brochures promoting "justice, honesty, kindness and love."
Paul Diamond on Christian Concern for Our Nation
Diamond is a UK barrister who works with the Christian Legal Centre defending Christians and other religious people who are allegedly persecuted over questions of faith. High profile cases range from Christians dismissed from their jobs for wearing religious symbols to teachers and counselors in conflict with the employers over attitudes to homosexuality.
Sharon Slater on A Strategic Plan to Defend the Family
Slater is president of Family Watch International which aims to "preserve and promote the family, based on marriage between a man and a woman as the societal unit that provides the best outcome for men, women and children." She founded the organization after attending the World Congress of Families in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1999, and is also the author of a book, Stand for the Family.
Session 3: Faith and the Family
Bryan Appleyard on Observations over a Period of Time and the Buddhist Relationship
Not to be confused with the well-known British journalist of the same name, Appleyard is vice president of the UK Buddhist Society.
Dr A. Majid Katme on Our Shared Islamic-Christian Values on the Family
Katme is the Muslim Coordinator of the UK Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) – a vehemently antichoice organization. As well as opposing abortion, he has attracted controversy for advocating the segregation of the sexes in medicine, and for arguing that the use of vaccines is against Muslim teaching.
Farooq Hassan on The Sanctity of Life – Faith as the Underpinning of the Family
Hassan is a jurist in Pakistan and the US, and a member of the Pakistan Family Forum. He is critical of the emphasis on diversity of families among international NGOs, and has described the legalization of homosexuality as a "very pernicious and ominous development."
Elder Patrick Kearon on Family Proclamation
Kearon is a British Mormon and has lived and worked in the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and the United States and has worked in various fields, including healthcare, food, automotive and transport. He currently runs his own communications consultancy. Civic and community involvement has included service on the boards of a charity, a school, an enterprise agency and a college.
Session 4: The Influence of Media on the Family
Andres O'Hagan Threats to the Family from Addiction to Pornography
Hernandez represents the Institute for Safety and the Internet and describes himself as a magician and lecturer.
Amy King on The Front Page Campaign
King is a Scottish Mormon who set up the Front Page Campaign to oppose the display of sexually explicit magazines where they can be seen by children. The campaign's goal is to have all printed media with sexually graphic covers sold in bags from the top shelves, and to establish appropriate age-ratings for material containing sexually graphic photography, sexualized language and themes of sexual violence.
Vivenne Pattison on Media Watch UK
Pattison is director of Media Watch UK, which was founded by Mary Whitehouse in the 1960s. The late Whitehouse was notorious as the scourge of sex and violence on British TV and a staunch upholder of family life, social cohesion and "Christian values." Pattison is keeping up the fight for good taste and decency, opposing pornography, violence and swearing in the media.
Session 5: Family & Marriage
James Parker on Religion and Social Action
Parker facilitates the London EnCourage group for men and women "with homosexual attraction" who want to resist adopting a gay or lesbian lifestyle. The group is Catholic, but open to non-Catholics. Parker opposes equality legislation concerning homosexuality.
Miguel Moreno on The Concept of Marriage with Respect to Family
Moreno is director of International & Government Training at the Leadership Institute in Arlington, VA. The institute's mission is "to increase the number and effectiveness of conservative activists and leaders in the public policy process." He has worked with and trained for USAID, Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, University of California, and the National American University.
Edmund Adamus on Building Strong Marriages for the Future
Adamus is director of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster's Pastoral Affairs Department. He represents the diocese in a range of capacities with public bodies and is frequently asked to conduct interviews by the media on the hierarchy's teaching across a range of topical issues. More recently he has represented the diocese at the Pontifical Academy for Life and the Pontifical Council for the Family. He has also had work published by the John Paul II Institute for Studies in Marriage & Family in Rome.
Session 6: The Education of our Family
Matthew Nichols on Promoting a Culture of Sexual Responsibility
Nichols works at Merchant Taylors' School, one of the original nine English public schools.
John Smeaton on The Fight against Compulsory Sex-Education in England
Smeaton is director of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). He became director of SPUC in the UK in 1996, having been general secretary since 1978. He was elected vice president of International Right to Life Federation in 2005. He has coordinated more than 150 antichoice/pro-family groups at UN conferences in Cairo, Copenhagen, Beijing, Istanbul and Rome.
Louise Kirk on A Different Approach to Sex Education and PSHE
Kirk represents the "Alive to the World" PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) program. The program was established by Christine Vollmer to emphasize the teaching of moral values. It is Catholic but not exclusively so.
Session 7: Strengthening the Family
Theresa Okafor on Strengthening Motherhood – the African Perspective
Okafor is CEO of Life League, Nigeria, an organization in Nigeria for young professionals committed to promoting the dignity of the human person, character formation and sanctity of life. She is also a director of the Foundation for African Cultural Heritage (FACH), a network of 20 antichoice and pro-family organizations in Africa.
Sam Smethers on Strengthening Family Life – an Intergenerational Approach
Smethers is chief executive of Grandparents Plus, a national charity which champions the role of grandparents and the wider family in children's lives – especially when they take on the caring role in difficult family circumstances. She has also written on related issues for the Guardian newspaper's Web site.
Christine Vollmer on Educating for Strong Families
Vollmer is president of the Alliance for the Family in Latin America and Europe. In addition to her work with the Latin American Alliance for the Family, which was "established to help children learn to cherish themselves and others," Ms. Vollmer claims to be a founding member of the Pontifical Academy for Life (it was founded in 1603 by the pope) and a member of the Pontifical Council for the Family. She is opposed to women working, claiming that "it is also a proven fact that children brought up by their mothers have a better intelligence level and health than those in day care." She also claimed that "it is worth any sacrifice for mothers to stay home until their children are in school…. This is an urgent need in order to preserve the family in the future." She developed the "Alive to the World" PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) program.


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Discover Atlanta Launches Mobile App to Personalize the User Experience
The Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) has launched the Discover Atlanta: Official Guide mobile application. While mobile applications are not new technology, this is the first destination marketing app powered by the artificial intelligence of a gaming platform.
Released on Oct. 12, Discover Atlanta: Official Guide was designed and built in partnership with Winistry, makers of the Intelligent Mobile App Platform. This technology enables ACVB to promote Atlanta in a unique, personalized manner, based on user preference, behavior, location and even time of day.
"We strategically chose to produce a mobile app when we would be able to offer a product that would set itself apart from others," said Andrew Wilson, ACVB executive vice president and chief marketing officer.
Through this digital platform, meeting planners can showcase the events, dining and nightlife options available to their event attendees, which can be a useful tool for both planners and attendees in mapping out activities for the times they are not in conference sessions.
After booking through ACVB, meeting planners will receive a customized link to share with their attendees so they can install the app and receive content relevant to the meeting they are attending, and in the time period they are in Atlanta.
Planners will also be able to push notifications to attendees who install the app, such as logistical changes, happy hour deals or exclusive offers.
"The app gives meeting planners a completely new resource when selecting Atlanta to host their events," said Wilson. "It provides an additional way to communicate during the event, expanding the resources available for a tailored experience within the destination."
Beyond listing events, restaurants and attractions, the app offers curated content such as Insider Guides, Best of Atlanta and videos that explore Atlanta's various neighborhoods.
A private, not-for-profit organization, ACVB bolsters Atlanta's $15 billion hospitality industry, which generated nearly 52 million visitors in 2016.
Discover Atlanta: Official Guide is available for download on Android and iOS devices.
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I have previously written about how I was glad to see the American Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA bill crumble into dust as the internet backlashed against it. Similarly, I am glad to see the strong opposition to ACTA in Europe which will hopefully have that bill destroyed. However, I did note that vigilance was necessary, because others would continue along the same lines – like Sean Sherlock, the Irish Labour TD who purports to be the Minister for State in the Department of Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation.
Recently, this treacherous snake introduced an equivalent bill to SOPA into the Irish Oireachtas, one that wasn't even voted on by the Oireachtas, let alone the Irish populace. In a country where the growing IT industry is one of the few assets of the economy, this slimeball decides to introduce a bill against the wills of at least the 80,000 people who signed a petition against the bill, and one which could well harm the chances of IT firms setting up in Ireland for fear that they might be repressed. Enterprise, jobs and innovation, my ass. All Sherlock (and we're all aware of the irony of that particular name) cares about is his kickback from the fat cat media industry, rather than actually supporting innovation from the companies which don't just rely on derivative bullshit to keep them afloat.
I don't get many Irish readers, and less still from the Cork East constituency where Sherlock runs, but if I do reach anybody in the constituency, make sure you don't let this cockweasel anywhere near even a local council seat, let alone the Dáil. Clearly, all he's good for in his current position is representing a big joke – and not a very funny one.
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5 Ruff!! Life Benefit Wine Tasting
Norris-Penrose Event Center, 1045 W. Rio Grande St., milldogrescue.org
Sure, other charity benefits do silent auctions, wine and nibbles. But where else would "nibbles" mean doggy kisses as well as hors d'oeuvres? Meet the pups your patronage helps to save at this benefit for National Mill Dog Rescue.
5-7 Lindy on the Rocks
Various venues, Denver, lindyontherocks.com
Get your old-school dance on at this Lindy Hop and Swing gathering of dance aficionados and people who aspire to be. Workshops, social dances and competitions run all weekend long.
6 Bronc Day Festival
Gazebo Lake Park, 10530 Ute Pass Ave., Green Mountain Falls, broncdayco.org
Lakeside summer fun is a long-held tradition in Green Mountain Falls, where the 73rd annual Bronc Day Festival will feature everything from a pancake breakfast to radio-controlled boat races. Other family activities include a parade, Western entertainment, games and arts & crafts booths next to Gazebo Lake.
6 Pasta in the Park
Myron Stratton Home Campus, 435 Gold Pass Heights, tessacs.org/events
An annual fundraiser for TESSA, featuring a pasta sauce cook-off, wine tasting, dinner and dancing. Oh, and some chefs in crazy costumes.
6-7 26th annual Mountain Arts Festival
Ute Pass Cultural Center, 210 E. Midland Ave., Woodland Park, themountainartists.com
More than 75 artists in a plethora of media will exhibit their works en plein air during the juried weekend exhibition, sponsored by the Mountain Artists nonprofit, which promotes the work of Teller County artists of all ages and disciplines.
6-7 Colorado Faerie Festival
Vermijo Park, 2601 W. Vermijo Ave., coloradofaeriefestival.com
A park full of wings, glitter, and mystical sprites: Come here to get your faerie on.
7-13 Everybody Welcome: A Celebration of Culture & Diversity
America the Beautiful Park, 126 Cimino Drive, and various sites, cospdiversityforum.org
This is a celebration of differences. To start a week of events, an Aug. 7 festival will put performers, artisans and community forums outside in a beautiful location. Bring the family.
8 Heritage for Hope Classic Charity Golf Tournament
Country Club of Colorado, 125 E. Clubhouse Drive, manitouspringsheritagecenter.org
A joint event to benefit the Manitou Springs Heritage Center and Rachael's Ribbons of Hope Foundation, the golf tournament comprises 18 holes of play as well as prizes and a post-tournament cookout and silent auction on the grounds of the country club.
13 Vino & Notes Wine, Food & Jazz Festival
Memorial Park, corner of Lake Avenue and North Park Street, Woodland Park, vinoandnotes.com
Twenty wineries, three jazz bands and one good cause: Woodland Park supports apprenticeships for special-needs youth through the festival, which benefits local nonprofit Charitable Treasures Workshop.
13 Burro Birthday Bash and Bluegrass Festival
Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 North Gate Blvd., wmmi.org
Oro and Nugget's birthdays involve a two-band bluegrass concert and a meet 'n greet with a bunch of starry-eyed kiddos, plus food and drink vendors and the running of historic mining machinery. It's good to be a burro.
13 Cotton Club
Stargazers Theatre & Event Center, 10 S. Parkside Drive, cospdiversityforum.org
The Colorado Springs Diversity Forum honors local proponent of inclusion Henry Sachs with a trip back in time to Fannie Mae Duncan's Cotton Club. Think hot jazz, zoot suits and Springs diversity, 1920s-style.
13-14 Craft Lager Festival
Memorial Park, 500 block of Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, craftlagerfestival.com
Benefitting Friends of North Cheyenne Cañon, Fountain Creek Restoration, Manitou City Parks and the Colorado Brewer's Guild, the festival features samples from more than 30 craft brewers.
20-21 Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon
Barr Trail, Manitou Springs, pikespeakmarathon.org
Participate, volunteer or watch as the fittest Coloradans and out-of-towners tackle our 14,115-foot behemoth. With 7,815 feet of vertical gain from downtown Manitou, it's simply punishing (for them — not you). Ascent is Saturday, marathon is Sunday.
20 Newhoma Music and Mountain Festival
Midland Pavilion, 201 W. Hwy. 24, Woodland Park, newhoma.org
Presented by KRCC-FM 91.5, in conjunction with Peoples National Bank, this second annual festival features live music, vendors and other activities in a beautiful outdoor setting.
26-Sept. 5 Colorado State Fair
State Fairgrounds, Pueblo, coloradostatefair.com
Last year, the fair brought in half a million people, with highlights including gator wrestling, gigantic fruit sculpture and a Smokey Robinson performance. For this year's musical highlights, see http://www.csindy.com/colorado/survival-of-the-fittest/Content?oid=2190930>here.
27 Pikes Peak Derby Dames
City Auditorium, 221 E. Kiowa St., pikespeakderbydames.com
The PPDD All Stars attempt to outwit, out-punch and out-swagger the DC Rollergirls.
27-28 Mountain Music Festival
Soda Springs Park, 1000 block of Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, manitousprings.org
A family-friendly event featuring live bluegrass (and other mountain-y) music from local and national bands, with vendors aplenty.
28 Assault on the Peak
Pikes Peak Highway, ridepikespeak.com
After the drivers and runners take their cracks at the mountain, watch the cyclists do the same, if only for fun. Spectators can hang around in Manitou Springs that day for the fourth annual Peak Region Cyclist Bicycle Festival, a cornucopia of all things human-powered and be-wheeled.


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I like debates about players but I also don't want to diss someones favorite player.....
So without trying to tear anyones game down, I'll just say this comparison is unfair to Kobe. There is no one who's close enough to be compared to MJ. Maybe down the road that statement may need to be ammended but not at this time...
& one more thing to Enoch about using Salley's comments as proof....
If he says you can't say MJ was a better defender cuz nowadays you can't put an elbow on a player, reverse that & say Bryant has a free ride on offense. MJ would have guys hanging on him, hooking him, holding onto his jersey etc.
MJ was a superior ball handler, especially in traffic (where he was most of every game) & was known as AIR for exactly that reason. & if anyone wants to see a 1 on 5, check out the playoff game with the vaunted Celtics when he dropped 63 on 'em. & this was with the Celtics knowing all they had to do was stop MJ.
Besides that, the Celts lineup didn't have the likes of a Rip Hamilton, Ben Wallace, Rashheed Wallace, etc. Those were Hall of Famers & top flight defenders & he did the majority of those points in their face, not against 1 defender out at the 3 point line...
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Oil climbs to above $96 as U.S. chill cuts stocks
The price of oil rebounded to above $96 a barrel Tuesday as the freezing weather in the U.S. cut into heating fuel inventories.
By early afternoon in Europe,
benchmark U.S. crude for March delivery was up 62 cents at $96.34 a barrel in
electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
On Monday, the contract fell 92 cents to settle at $95.72 a barrel amid jitters in global financial markets, forecasts for moderating temperatures in the U.S. Northeast and ahead of the next meeting of the U.S. central bank.The prospects of a break in the deep chill that has enveloped the upper U.S. Midwest, the Northeast and parts of the South pushed down the price of natural gas and heating oil, but analysts said spring was still too far away to disregard more cold weather.
"The low inventory levels will
keep these markets supported for quite a while as the heating season is far
from over," analysts at JBC Energy in Vienna said in a research memo.
"For heating oil in particular, the onset of the spring refinery
maintenance cycle should add further support."
The Federal Reserve meets for two days
from Tuesday. Officials are widely expected to reduce the central bank's
monthly bond buying that has underpinned an economic recovery.
Oil prices have benefited from the
Fed's stimulus because it has kept the dollar from strengthening -- making oil
more affordable for traders using other currencies -- and because low interest
rates have attracted investors to commodities like crude in search of higher
Markets will also be monitoring fresh
information on U.S. stockpiles of crude and refined products.
Data for the week ending Jan. 24 is
expected to show builds of 2.1 barrels in crude oil stocks and 1.6 million
barrels in gasoline stocks, according to a survey of analysts by Platts, the
energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos.
The American Petroleum Institute will
release its report on oil stocks later Tuesday, while the report from the
Energy Department's Energy Information Administration - the market benchmark -
will be out on Wednesday.
Brent crude, used to set prices for
international varieties of crude, was up 32 cents at $107.01 a barrel on the
ICE Futures exchange in London.
In other energy futures trading in New
- Wholesale gasoline was up 0.72 cent
at $2.6401 a gallon.
- Natural gas rose 23 cents to $5.077
per 1,000 cubic feet
- Heating oil price was up 0.82 cent
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What are the 5 key elements you should take into account when buying art for the home?
1. Make sure you are bringing art into your home that is the right scale. If your room is big it commands big art. Hanging art that is too small will dwarf the space and your bare walls causing the art to feel and look off-balance.
2. Mix up the types of mediums you are curating and never stick to just one. Think oil paintings, line drawings, watercolours and photography prints – the perfect cocktail. Hanging too much of any one type of art will make your home feel flat and too much like a gallery.
3. Invest in framing your artwork correctly by a professional. This may occasionally cost more than the art itself if you are framing a print but is worth it. A good frame job will elevate your piece and protect it for years to come.
4. Hang it right! So many times, we'll walk into a space and the art is hung way too high. Art should almost always be hung at eye level. This makes sure the art stays connected to the space and you can admire the detail. If your ceilings are five metres high, and you hang your art somewhere in the middle – not only will it look like it's floating and be very hard to dust – you won't get to admire any of the detail.
5. So you've fallen in love with a particular piece of art? Don't jump straight in just yet, do your research. Get online (Instagram is our go-to) and go to the artist's personal page to see what else they have created, is there a gallery exhibition coming up? Do they create custom works? Make sure you have seen everything that is available to make sure you are getting the best piece for your home at a price you are most comfortable with.
What are the important key elements when framing artwork?
Keep it simple and classic, not to distract from the art itself. No matter how many different directions your art collection moves in; a clean timber frame or classic black or white will never date. Choosing an ornate frame with lots of personality will immediately compete with the art inside.
Who are your favourite artists?
Zoe Pawlak, Hector Frank, Lina Iris Viktor, Carly Williams and Lisa Madigan. I also love to support friends of mine who are new artists and my latest love is an acrylic and gouache titled 'Good Morning' by Brett Goodrich in Sydney.
What about when buying a TV? What do you think about size? Should you conceal your TV, or make it a statement in your home?
Your TV should seamlessly work into your decor and be well thought out, we suggest you apply the same principles as you would to your artwork: select the right size for your home, hang it at eye level and get it installed properly so you don't damage your walls. I love a TV that sits flush with your wall. We just got The Frame by Samsung for our home as this not only had the tech aspects we needed but felt like it was created with intelligent design and intuition, like a good piece of art.
You may not have noticed, but in all the photos above, the art is actually the television! Yes, it's The Frame by Samsung…
The Frame is a TV that turns your living space into a mesmerising gallery of curated art. The Frame takes your TV experience beyond entertainment, converting into a beautiful piece of art when the TV is not in use, and with an array of artwork, photography, and bezel colours available for purchase, it will suit every mood and style. Plus, with the inclusion of the One Clear Connection cable, which transmits both power and AV data from the One Connect Box to the TV via a slim translucent cable, The Frame would enhance any living space.
With the addition of an upgraded Art Mode, you can customise the look and feel of your home in a greater variety of ways. Samsung's Art Store houses an ever-growing and diverse library of artwork and photos from some of the most prominent museums, galleries, and artists around the world. These include The Albertina, a leading Austrian art museum, Magnum Photos, one of the world's most prestigious and influential photography agencies, and Lumas, a major Berlin-founded gallery for photography and art editions.
The Frame has an easy-to-use interface, which makes it possible to browse different art pieces based on the colour scheme of a room or to search by a particular medium, like drawing or photography. Plus, its new Slideshow and Favourite features empower you to curate your own collection of masterpieces that will shuffle through at preset intervals.
Visit our Pinterest page to see more inspiration like these pix below…
The Frame is available in 43-inch, 55-inch and 65-inch models from Samsung.com.au, Harvey Norman and David Jones.
The customisable bezel is available in three colourways – white, walnut and beige wood.
For more information on The Frame, visit the samsung.com/au/explore/the-frame-tv
*Samsung gifted bellamumma a The Frame, 55-inch with a beige wood frame.
{*bellaMUMMA only collaborates with brands and products she would recommend to her friends!}


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Samsung has introduced its new Samsung AMOLED 12M (Samsung SCH-W880) in Korea, which the company claims as the world's first mobile phone to sport a 12 megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom, featuring world's most advanced WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) AMOLED full touchscreen display, providing users a latest camera technology and display technology to enhance their mobile experience.
"Samsung has led the camera phone market introducing the very many first of its kind camera phone – the first 5-megapixel (SCH-V7800, June 2005), the first 7-megapixel with an optical zoom (SCH-V770, July 2005), the first 10-megapxel (SCH-B600, October 2006), and recently, the first 12-megapixel camera phone for global market (Samsung Pixon12, June 2009)," said JK Shin, Executive Vice President, Head of Mobile Communication Division at Samsung Electronics. "The Samsung AMOLED 12M is a living proof of our continuous commitment to introduce the most up-to-date technology to enrich users' mobile experience."
Powerful Features And Specifications Of Samsung AMOLED 12M (Samsung SCH-W880):
- Brilliant 3.3-inch WVGA AMOLED full touchscreen display
- 12 megapixel camera with 3X optical zoom, xenon + power LED flash, Touch Auto-Focus (AF) tracking, Smart Auto, Beauty Shot and image stabilization
- Dedicated Camera Power Key provides a real digital camera-alike look and grip feeling
- Fast image saving for next shot enabling users move to next shot within around 2 seconds
- Ability to record 720p HD videos (1280 x 720 pixels) at 30 fps
- Built-in 4GB internal memory, and MicroSD memory expansion slot supporting up to 32GB
- Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0 HS (micro USB) connectivity
The new Samsung AMOLED 12M (SCH-W880) which measures 115.8 x 56.9 x 16.3 mm will hit Korean market by early October 2009 for about 1 million won, but no words on other areas' availability yet. In addition, Samsung is expected to swap T-DMB (Mobile TV) with Wi-Fi and GPS in an International version of Samsung AMOLED 12M – Samsung M8920.


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We hope to release this Item by Late December 2008, More Specifications Coming Soon! RAIDCube™ 4 X HDD to 1394b/USB/eSATA 3Gbps 4-Bay Raid Box 4-Bay RAID System Expands Storage Easily and Backup Data Safely Massive storage capacity and fault tolerance are the major concerns in terms of RAID storage management for any enterprise, SOHO, or power user. Commercial enterprises that fail to deploy a RAID System or implement disk mirroring can face even greater costs in the event of disk failure. Potential adopters of the RAID technology will discover that the utmost cost of disk failure is the accumulated long-term loss of sales. The RAIDCube4x4 3.5 eSATA/USB2.0/FireWire 400/FireWire 800 SATA HDD 4-Bay RAID System helps prevent data loss and makes storage management easier. The RAIDCube4x4 offers RAID modes, which include RAID 0(Striping), RAID 1(Mirroring), RAID 5, RAID 5+HotSpare, and RAID 0+1, to facilitate your different considerations. RAID 0(Striping) mode is the best choice for maintaining optimum performance when working with giant files, and storage-hungry audio or video editing applications. RAID 1(Mirroring) mode provides real-time data protection and fault tolerance by making an exact copy of everything you have as you go, perfect for security sensitive users. If catastrophe strikes and the first HDD fails, an exact duplicate backup is always available. With automatic rebuild support, mirroring is the ideal solution for backing up and protecting your large mission-critical databases. The RAID 5 mode requires a minimum of 3 drives to implement. Each data block is written on a data disk. Parity for those blocks are in the same rank and generated on Writes, recorded in a distributed location, and checked on Reads. The RAID 5 mode provides a fault tolerance feature by using block-level striping with parity data distributed across all the disks in the RAID System. When a block of data is written onto a disk in a RAID 5 disk array, the parity data is generated within the same stripe. If one of the disks fails, when the broken disk is replaced with a new one, the source data can be reconstructed back through parity calculation. The RAID 5+Hotspare mode uses the same RAID structure, but the last drive is used as a spare disk and will automatically replace the drive itself if it breaks down. The RAID 0+1 mode requires a minimum of 4 drives in an array. The RAID 0+1 mode is implemented as a mirrored array which its segments are RAID 0 arrays. It provides addition features such as higher performance and data security. If one of the drives becomes defective, the identical backup data is still right in front of you. Model RAIDCube4x4 Connector eSATA x 1, USB 2.0 x 1, 1394a x 1, 1394b x 1 Chipset Oxford OXUFS936QSE HDD Support 3.5 SATA HDD* *Identical HDD recommended same manufacturer, capacity and RPM RAID Level RAID 0 (Striping), RAID 1 (Mirroring), RAID 5, RAID 5+HotSpare, RAID 0+1 Data Transfer Speed eSATA: up to 3Gbit/sec USB 2.0: up to 480Mbit/sec 1394a: up to 400Mbit/sec 1394b: up to 800Mbit/sec System Material Aluminum case with plastic parts LED Indicators Power / Connection / Health / Access / Rebuild / RAID Alert Power Supply Input: AC 90-264V Output: DC +12V/5A Peak current: 12A FAN Dimension: 80 x 80 x 10 mm x 1 Speed: 1900 R.P.M +-10% Noise: 17.13 dB(A) max Dimension 210 (L) x 138 (W) x 213 (H) mm Weight (without HDD) 2.3 KGS Certification CE, FCC { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Product", "name": "RAIDCube™ 4 X HDD to 1394b/USB/eSATA 3Gbps 4-Bay Raid Box", "offers": { "@type": "Offer", "price": "259.98", "priceCurrency": "USD", "image": "https://www.cooldrives.com/media/catalog/product/cache/17/image/150x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/o/cooldrives_2042_23989245.jpg", "mpn": "RAIDCube4x4", "availability": "http://schema.org/OutOfStock" } }
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We find special venues; unique, lesser known (or impossible to get into) restaurants; off the beaten path sights; closed to the public vineyards; stunning ruins…and that's where we take our clients. We combine the things you know you want to see (like that great Provencal market, or the home of that world famous artist) with the things you never knew existed, or only dreamed you'd be able to d0. Imagine being invited into the home of a chef and 'hanging out' while he cooks you dinner, or being asked to dine on the farm of local family, or invited into a tiny restaurant that opened just for you. Sound like Bliss?
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I have been working for DTG Recycle for 3 years. I recently went through some life struggles and this company supported me through it all. By providing steady, year-round work, I was able to have a purpose to wake up for every morning. My co-workers are respectful and we look out for each other's health and safety, on and off the clock. I want to thank DTG Recycle for being there for me while I get my life back on track.
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– Paul Jerome, Environmental Health and Safety Manager DTG Recycle ise able to provide the documentation required for our large commercial projects, especially when uniformity is a huge requirement. Locations, people, cost, recycling rates, and reporting – all our documentation being uniform makes us much more efficient.
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This is a simple dish but it is amazing how many people over complicate it or make a total hash of it.
With any recipe it's good quality ingredients , 25% execution and cooking technique.
So if you are making this dish in winter or live in a country where good sun ripened tomatoes are not easy to find then use a good brand of tinned San Marzano tomatoes like Analissa , avoid the Cirio brand who ruin the tomatoes by pasturisation. Choose a decent Italian virgin olive oil , good fresh garlic (my preference is for L'Ail Rose de Lautrec)fresh basil again with a provenance from a hot sunny country rather than northern EuropeAn greenhouse varieties.
Also choose a good brand of 'artisanal" orindustrial Spaghetti ( forget fresh pasta - this should only be homemade using the best durum wheat flour and fresh farm eggs and suitable for certain types of shapes/dishes Tagliatelle, Parpadelle, Tortelli, Ravioli etc.( why millions of Brits buy chilled fresh pasta from supermarkets I really don't know) I recommend Spaghetti Giueseppe Cocco or better still one of the top Gragnano pastas like Gentile , Di Nola , Di Martino etc..
Four 4
500g of Pasta
800g of ripe Italian San Marzano Tomatoes or 900g or a top DOP tinned product
4 Table Spoons of good Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 full heaped tea spoon of tomato concentrate
4 cloves of garlic
6-8 Basil Leaves
2 tea spoons of good sea salt
pinch of sugar
Pepper to taste
For Sauce
Heat oil in large frying pan and add garlic chopped
Before garlic turns brown add peeled and de seeded tomatoes
Add sugar and concentrate salt and pepper
Keep heat on full and help tomato flesh break up
Cook on full for 2-3 minutes then on low for 5 minutes then push on the tomatoes a bit more with a woden spoon to bing the sauce so it looks like a lumpy sauce
For Pasta
Bring water in a large pan to the boil add two or 3 tea spoons of sea salt
Add pasta and cook til al dente
Drain the pasta and throw into the frying pan with sauce tear half the basil by hand and mix in
Serve the pasta in deep dishes and decorate each plate with the remaing Basil
Serve with or without (mimimum) 24 month old King of the Cheeses - Parmigiano Regaino !
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text: Civil servants have not been paid full salaries since March Policemen fired rifles into the air and smashed concrete to stop traffic on Thursday in a further sign of growing unrest over delayed salaries. Most police were from security services loyal to Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, who in an increasingly bitter confrontation with the Hamas-led government of Ismail Haniya, the prime minister, over forming a unity government. Palestinians hope a unity government will lead to the lifting of sanctions imposed when Hamas took office in March. The embargo has prevented the Palestinian Authority from paying full salaries to tens of thousands of civil servants since. "Our protest is not politically motivated, it is motivated by the hunger and needs of our children," said one policeman. "Haniya or Abbas, we do not care about their problems. We care about our welfare." Aid suspended Direct aid was suspended over Hamas' refusal to recognise Israel, renounce the armed struggled and accept peace accords with Israel. Security officials blocked the main roads in Gaza City Mushir al-Masri, a senior Hamas politician, accused some "political parties" of sponsoring the rallies. He blamed officials in Abbas' office for not making good on the president's promise to help make a full salary payment to 165,000 government workers in September. "There are administrative measures that were supposed to be made by the president's office. They have not been finalised yet," al-Masri said. Financial crisis Tawfiq Abu Khoussa, spokesman for Abbas' Fatah movement in Gaza and the West Bank, said that Hamas was trying to escape its responsibility for ending the financial crisis. "The reality on the ground says people need food for their children. They do not care who pays the salaries, the government or the president," he said. The police protest comes during a month-long strike by many other government workers, such as teachers, over unpaid salaries. SOURCE: Agencies


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Expectations Part 2, By Chaim Heller, Head of School
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While our focus is always on your child's development as a thinker and learner, this year we are placing a strong emphasis on ethical and spiritual grounding, as well. Whether in the meaningful conversations that take place in modeh ani/tefillah/minyan/kabshab every week, or our desire to place reciprocal expectations in a Jewish values-based covenant, or our increased focus on explicit classroom guidance in these areas, we think our world needs more ethical and spiritual development.
And it is for our kids' sake as well as for the world's sake! Dr. Lisa Miller at Columbia University has been researching the impact of spirituality on child development, and what she has found is stark: adolescents who describe themselves as having a sense of personal spiritual connection are 80% less likely than their peers to abuse drugs and alcohol, 70% less likely to engage in risky sexual behaviors, and 60% less likely to suffer from major depressive disorders. I believe Dr. Miller's work is at the forefront of a wave of research around spiritual grounding in childhood, akin to the one in the 1990s that brought the importance of Social and Emotional Learning to our collective attention.
The fact that SDJA is turning as a school toward ethical and spiritual grounding does not mean that we do not have an obligation to be as academically innovative and creative as our peers. Quite the contrary. That is why our school believes that challenging minds and inspiring purpose go hand in hand.
We expect our students to be challenged by their teachers and peers and to challenge themselves. We expect them to be inspired by Jewish teaching to find a higher purpose and to lead lives of intention. We expect them to ask hard questions and imagine new possibilities, and to put their lives in joyful service of repairing the world.
We know that you share our expectations and we look forward to working with you to see them come to fruition in our children and our world.
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Take advantage of the training courses and home study programs of The Travel Career Institute in Boca Raton, FL and enjoy studying in the comfort of your home. The program is designed for people who need homebound training. Because students can study at times that are right for them, it's easy to work the course into their schedule.
Students can move at their own pace and go as fast or as leisurely as they please. You have 1 year to complete the course. Some students complete the course in as short as 2 months, others take the entire year. It's entirely up to them.
After enrolling, the student receives their welcome/instruction letter, textbook, geography book, atlas, several industry brochures, photocopies of industry resource materials, cruise and tour video, and flash drive quizzes.
The student then begins their studies. After completing each section of the theory portion of the course, the student takes the appropriate quiz for each chapter. The flash drive quiz automatically grades and records the students' progress. Upon completion of all quizzes, the student takes the final exam and returns it to us. This must be completed and returned as quickly as possible. Once the theory portion is complete, the student begins computer training.
Students will use an internet interactive version. For students who are charged for extra hours or students with no internet access, the Sabre CD-ROM is used. Only Sabre is available on CD-ROM. The internet interactive version allows the student to choose which reservation system they would like to learn. The student can choose from Sabre, Apollo/Galileo, Amadeus, or Worldspan. These are the 4 major systems used around the world. We will suggest which system we believe the student should learn based on the area where the student resides or wants to work.
There are two computer training options:
- Home study training utilizing internet connection which is comprised of interactive instructions and exercises dealing with basic computerized reservations tasks. Students must have basic computing skills.
- Home study training utilizing CD-ROM media which is comprised of interactive instructions and exercises dealing with basic computerized reservations tasks. Students must have basic computing skills. Note that the CD-ROM is for Sabre training only.
Upon successful completion of the computer portion of the course and the return of all materials (CD-ROM), the students will receive a certificate of completion from the institute. Since we are an educational affiliate of the Institute of Certified Travel Agents (ICTA), the certificate is recognized worldwide.
After completion, the student begins the job search. The student will receive telephone counseling on the strategies and activities necessary to become employed. This job placement assistance will continue until the student is placed. Some students choose to pursue ownership of their own business at this point. This option is covered in detail during the course.
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Majella Kelly is a native of Tuam, Co. Galway. A graduate of UCC she also holds an MA in Modern Drama Studies from UCD. She was short listed for the Cuirt New Writing Prize 213 and The Fish Poetry Prize 2014. She is a photographer, half of the creative duo known as Fotissima. Her first poem will be published in the Autumn issue of Skylight 47.
Double Tap A Lifetime
Impromptu thumb and forefinger
touch and separate on your face
in the photograph, as if on a screen.
I double tap a lifetime,
slip you on again
like a pair of skinny jeans,
zip our hips together, button
your sun-kissed navel to mine
from the inside.
My digitised mind reverse pinches
to the dance where we began,
in monochrome.
Looking down I see your feet.
are not always easy to love.
I loved your feet.
Intervening sacraments delete,
divine absolution of two weddings
and three holy communions,
leaving only your tight buttocks in that tuxedo
and the sad ashes of hand-written love letters
that were not hers to burn.
The Architecture of a Nest
For Elizabeth, My God-Mother
A tiny white crown on her little black head
she hangs upside down from the branch-ends
—her long tail a tight-rope balance pole.
In and out of the honeysuckle hedgerow
she flits together with a modest flock
—cartoon teaspoons stirring the air—
and roosts in group-tuft-hugs of dusty-pink
plumage, toasty as a dense fleece thicket.
She is a true master of nest-building,
three weeks it takes for her to finish it,
back and forth to the fork in the hawthorn,
her needle-point beak embroidering moss
and spider silk, tempered with fine, fox-hair
filigree, roofed with sea-foam green lichen
and lined with two thousand feathers—her own
breast feathers plucked out if necessary.
My Auntie Lil knows the architecture
of a nest. An engineer of cosy,
she'd tuck you in to a burrow of wool
and cotton. She was my Walton's Mountain—
my childhood's safest, down-filled snuggery.
I can still see her smile when I'd call out—
Goodnight Elizabeth!
—the pastels of plastic curlers dimpling
under the soft brown criss-cross of her hairnet.
The Hammock
Grizzly, he re-emerged from the cave
with floury paws, rolled-up sleeves, a grinning confession:
I've never actually made scones before.
Then, with the marsupial tenderness of a kangaroo
licking out its pouch for a new embryo, she was swathed
in mohair, and settled into the hushed passion fruit
and pomegranate stripes of a hammock
in the crook of his garden, with a book.
Cradled between powerful haunches, she could suckle
at last on a lullaby. Purring, she became the blithe chime
of silver cutlery in the branches above her; the stark
heart pirouetting four letters, naked in the bark;
the thirsty parchment drinking ink from a skilfull nib—
Romance—it used to be just for other people.
The clink of china tea cups in the kitchen promised intimacy
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4m saltie spotted metres from swimmers at popular tourist spot
Port Douglas' world famous Four Mile Beach was closed for about four hours yesterday after a 4 metre saltwater crocodile came within about 30 metres of people enjoying the iconic stretch of sand.
It is the second time in a week that a croc has been seen cruising in waters off the beach, with swimmers allowed back in the water about 2pm.
The latest sighting comes a week after the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection removed a crocodile trap it had set in Dickson Inlet for a month, targeting a large croc that was reported in the inlet that was regarded as a possible threat to swimmers on Four Mile Beach, as reported by News Corp.
Port Douglas surf lifesavers say the distance between the patrolled area at the northern end of the beach and the rest of the strip, as well as the large number of tourists enjoying a swim in the area, can make it a challenge to let everyone know the beach was closed.
Tourism Port Douglas and Daintree executive officer Tara Bennett said authorities are reacting to and handling crocodile sightings in the local area well.
"The lifesavers are patrolling the beach to ensure swimmers safety," she said.
"Actions have been taken, and certainly our council has been very active in ensuring EHP have changed the zoning up this way.
"We are now seeing more responsiveness from the department, not just through education about crocodiles but actions as well."
Surf lifesavers re-opened the beach about 2pm with no sightings of the crocodile for about four hours, in line with their croc management procedures.


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Head and tail. That's what makes them. The epitome of non-complexity. The exact opposite of what our lives are. What we have made them to be. Tadpoles. The beginning, is what they symbolize.
Our beginnings. Simple, unmoved by the shark that is life. Head and tail. The beginning and the end. That simple. Yet it never is. The head calls for eyes. Eyes want to explore. See. Visions need to be processed.
Thus starts the decline of the simple. Into questions, rationalizations, explanations. Wanting to know more. Wanting that more explained, examined. Always more. The need to touch, to feel. Because the eyes cannot convince the head. It need the fingers to touch.
The tail always being chased. By ourselves. By others that are within ourselves. The demons are that us, that we have made into sharks we always swim away from. Chasing our tails, scared of ourselves.
Like fish out of water.
We gasp for air, for a bubble that will burst to release that precious oxygen. The head will turn, the tail will flip. A communication. You are running away from me, screams the tail. I am saving you, shouts the head. I am you, interjects the shark.
The sweetness. That comes from knowing that you can always outlast, outswim the shark. Like a pot full of honey. Your fingers dipping. Feeling the warmth, the slickness, the smoothness. That warmth. Envelopes you, consumes you. The texture. Like a tadpole. Swimming round and round. Looking for that spot. That with a bit a roughness, yet smooth. Like velvet. Dark velvet. With secrets. That place that is home, but so elusive. That place that is your heaven, and your hell. Because the existence of one creates the other. The darkness and the light. The head warns the finger. But the finger knows. It's been to the gutter. The filth of it is the reason it appreciates the honey.
Darkness has not given way to the light. Darkness has mixed with light and their union is the sweetness. The tail flips. Shark is chasing. Again. Head and tail. Head no longer warning. The fingers have convinced. The warmth is real. The shark is chasing. Tail stops. Time slows. Everything in motion. All at once. The realization that the shark might be real. The shock, the the pleasure, the awakening.
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SAN BERNARDINO (CBSLA.com) — The elite firefighting crews known as "hotshots" who fight wildfires across the country are continuing to work despite uncertainty surrounding their pay during the government shutdown.
Managers with the Del Rosa Hotshots crew based in San Bernardino declined to speak to KCAL9's Crystal Cruz, referring her to a local press spokesperson with the U.S. Forest Service.
Calls to the spokesperson were sent to a voicemail recording: "I am not in the office at this time. I am on furlough."
Attempts to reach the agency's Washington, D.C. office by phone and email were met with the same automatic reply.
However, Leo Kay, Director of Communication for the U.S. Forest Service, issued the following statement Wednesday about whether hotshots would be paid for work during a furlough:
"Agencies will incur obligations to pay for services performed by excepted employees during a lapse in appropriations, and those employees will be paid after Congress passes and the President signs a new appropriation or continuing resolution."
The United States Office of Personnel Management also has information about shutdown furloughs online.
KCAL9 contacted several hot shot crews around the Southland, but no one would consent to an interview.
In a statement, William R. Dougan, President of the National Federation of Federal Employees said federal employees have endured enough cuts to wages and benefits already.
The statement reads in part:
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By David Joel Miller, MS, Licensed Therapist & Licensed Counselor.
Excessive worry can lead to poor mental health.
Excessive worry can be a part of generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder and can be a symptom of many trauma and stress are related disorders. Life has its problems, and it's not unusual to worry about the things you need to deal with. An occasional worry is a common thing, but if you find yourself worrying all the time, if worry is taking over your life, you may be on the road to mental health problems. Here are some of the reasons you may be worrying.
If you see doubt as danger, you will worry.
People who learn to focus on the positive aspects of things are less likely to see ambiguous situations as dangerous. When you interpret doubt as danger, the world will become an anxiety-filled situation. Whenever in doubt look for the opportunities rather than the risks. Sometimes great happiness is hiding behind that question mark.
The unknown is not always dangerous. If you look at life trying to spot every danger, your mind will magnify small challenges into impossible problems. If you look for the positive you're likely to find the silver lining.
Is worry is one of your best friends?
If you believe that worry is a good thing, that worrying will keep you safe; you will do a lot more worrying. Worriers tend to think that their worrying will prevent bad things from happening. Unfortunately, many of the worst parts of life are totally outside our control. Believing that worrying will help you solve problems will increase your anxiety. Trying to prepare yourself for every possible bad outcome leads to an increase in worry.
Rather than trying to anticipate every problem, try to focus on the handful of significant challenges. Time spent planning and acting moves your life forward. Time spent worrying but doesn't lead to a decision to do something is unproductive time.
You may be using the wrong worry rule.
Worriers who try to worry about every possible undesirable outcome become overwhelmed and locked in a repetitive worry cycle. People who are high in perfectionism are far more likely to become worriers. People who adopt the rule "good enough worrying" only worry about the big things that have a high probability of happening. Good enough worriers are less bothered by pathological worry. Learning to stop worrying when you have covered the significant risks will reduce the amount of worrying you do.
Excess worry can be the result of Hypervigilance.
Sometimes excessive worry is not the result of current problems but has its roots in the past. People with a history of trauma frequently become hypervigilant. Someone slammed the car door out on the street, and the hypervigilant person jumps. Even the smallest unexpected sound can upset them, and their brain adds a threatening interpretation. Because of a history of trauma, the startle response is turned up too high. If you are hypervigilant and are often jumping, examining your history of anxiety and trauma, if you have unhealed wounds from the past, professional counseling may be needed to turn down the level of hypervigilance.
Ask yourself if you worry is helpful or has it taken over your life? Maybe you need to move from worry to action. Stop obsessing about the things that are outside your control and take back control of your life.
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Whether you're looking for a bike, a coach or a friend, it's hard to best Coach Cottle. He listens and learns in order to expand his library, which he uses to create solutions to meet any client or customer's needs. My experiences with Coach Cottle and family have mainly been about bikes – at least 5 to date. Each time seems to have been a rush job for him, and he always comes through. Now, as a coach, he is instilling a new sense of success in me – getting me first over an injury, and then on to training. And he will listen to you, and deal with your "issues " (come on, we ALL have them), in a patient yet no nonsense manner. If you're looking for a coach and friend, you'd be hard pressed to find better. Thank you, TriLifeUSA and Coach Cottle.
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Before working with TriLifeUSA and Coach Cottle, I thought I was maximizing my workouts. However after my first week with TrilifeUSA I realized I had a lot to learn and a long way to go to reach my potential. Even with a busy work schedule Coach Cottle has designed effective workouts that fit my schedule. He has helped me reach my short term goals of being well prepared for each race I enter, staying mentally focused with interesting workouts and getting in the best shape of my life. I have no doubt with Coach Cottle, I will reach my long term goal of completing a Half-Ironman. At 52 I am looking forward to getting better over the next few years and pushing myself to a new personal record. With advice on my equipment, nutrition and racing tips TriLifeUSA and Coach Cottle has help me beyond words. At a time when many of my friends are slowing down to fish and play golf, I feel like I am getting that competitive spirit that drives you to succeed.
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PMA 2009: Show wrap-up
We perused the PMA show floor on Wednesday afternoon, taking in the big name manufacturers booth displays which ranged from fun and interesting to just plain weird. Samsung had a particularly noteworthy (scary?) display of animatronics globally diverse teddy bears (catch a video of this crazy display on our sister site, DigitalCameraReview.com).
Besides the handful of products from HP and Canon, there weren't many new printing related products on display at PMA this year. While Samsung and Xerox were in attendance at the show, none of the office lasers they released in the past month were on display given that it was a photo centric show.
There was no presence from Dell or Epson at PMA this year. Understandable from Dell since they have just recently crossed into the photo printing market with the P703w and the new Wasabi handheld printer but I was surprised to see no sign of Epson, a major player in several imaging related market.
Kodak and Sony were in attendance but did not have much related to printing on display. Kodak did have their ESP line of printers on the show floor – we've reviewed the ESP 5 and the ESP 9 if you'd like more information on those devices.
Sony had their line of SnapLab printers on display as well as two of their newer digital photo printers, including the DPP-FP67. We reviewed the DPP-FP75 last year and the newer models seem very similar in design if not function ability.
Overall a good show, but like CES, the slow economy seemed to take its toll in both sheer size and product releases.