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Revising gas tariff study report suggests
Lastnewsbd, 9th November, Dhaka: A general trend can be observed that the ownership of passenger cars start growing rapidly from the time when the country's GDP per capita exceeds $5,000 after late 2020, it said. Bangladesh's electricity demand will soar to 68,660MW by 2041, the study estimates. A government-sponsored study recently suggested reviewing the natural gas tariff considering the estimated fossil fuel consumption of 8000mmcfd in the year 2041. The Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) and the Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI) jointly conducted the survey for the Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) with financial support from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The report styled 'Data collection survey on development infrastructure in power and energy sector' was submitted to EMRD in October. "The current gas tariff structure needs to be revisited as there is a gap between the supply cost and price," the study said. The report also suggested conducting further studies on the gas demand forecast and financial impact in due course.
Currently, Petrobangla is the sole entity permitted to import LNG. "The involvement of the private sector in LNG market is desirable," the study noted. Last month, Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) announced that natural gas tariff would not be hiked now as Petrobangla could not import liquefied natural gas (LNG) as planned. "We've decided not to hike natural gas tariff as Petrobangla could not import 1000mmcfd of LNG as planned until placing the tariff hike proposal," BERC Chairman Monowar Islam said. Besides, National Board of Revenue (NBR) waived Tk 7,300 crore in supplementary duty and VAT on LNG import through issuing an SRO on September 18, 2018. "The gas distribution companies will require Tk 3,100 crore to minimise their current loss on LNG import and for supplying the imported gas on subsidised tariff," Monowar said. He also expressed hope that the government will subsidise the loss. The existing natural gas tariff is Tk 7.17 per cubic meter but the distribution companies would have required additional Tk 1.46 per cubic meter if the NBR hadn't waived the SD and VAT, he added. It will be important to develop capacity in the public sector, including energy and power strategy planning and operations and maintenance of assets, the study said. It also suggested popularising electric vehicles to help reduce the use of fuel oil in vehicles. "Electric vehicles can spread rapidly in the place of fossil fuel vehicles depending on cost competitiveness," it observed.
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Introduction: The Rhapsody Tart
A chewy coconut and brown sugar filling compliments a toasty warm roasted walnut crust. Rich, comforting flavors that are uniquely contrasted by the tart and refreshing layer of raspberry compote. Garnished with chantilly cream, mint leaves and strawberries, this dessert pairs well with a robust, black cup of coffee.
About the Rhapsody Tart
The Rhapsody Tart is an old and esoteric recipe. As far as I know, this dessert is one of a kind and I don't believe this dessert exists anywhere else. There may have been a time when the Rhapsody Tart was known but I haven't seen or heard of it anywhere, on the internet or other places.
The reason why I have this recipe is from a chance encounter which makes for a somewhat interesting story.
The story behind the Rhapsody Tart
Dark red brick walls, a white balcony and three stories high, a "restaurant" was a modest name to call it. That restaurant behemoth however, was older than my great grandparents; with walls that held so many stories that Poe would be jealous. A naive teenager at the time, I eagerly earned my first job there as the low life dishwasher.
Two years flew by; and I couldn't stop peeking behind the shadows of those great chefs. Every Tuesday afternoon, the Sous Chef would be making the final additions to the demi-glace, the Garde Manger prepared his fresh charcuterie and chicken pate, and the Pastry Chef would be hand dipping his ganache truffles. As an impressionable adolescent that had an infinite appetite, this restaurant could make heaven seem bitter.
I was finally allowed to help prep the pastries, and when the Pastry Chef quit: I gradually took his place.
After I finally established myself as competent; a server approached me during the tea time.
"There's a group of elderly women here, they're asking me about the Rhapsody Tart dessert we have."
I never heard of such a dessert. "I don't even know what that is, when did they have it?"
"They were mentioning that the last time they came here was 30 years ago."
"Sorry," I replied. "They're mistaken."
And 1 minute later, the name: Rhapsody Tart left my mind and I didn't think about that dessert for 3 months.
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"Could you go check the attic?" The head chef asked me. It was a slow Thursday morning, and the chefs were preparing food for the weekend rush. "We need more plates and there's extra in the attic."
I quickly went up two floors to the attic above and grabbed a crate of plates, and began my trek to the kitchen.
Now, let me take this moment to describe the inside of this restaurant. The restaurant decor is very old fashioned Victorian with an insane amount of objects hanging on the walls: picture frames, book shelves, ornate stained wood working, and mounted taxidermy.
I was walking down the stairs when I stopped suddenly. Setting the plates on the floor I took a few steps back. On the wall there, hung a rustic wooden frame containing a light brown piece of paper. Approaching it, I saw that it was an old magazine article, however there was a title in this page that caught my eye.
I picked the frame up from the wall. Ah, there's that title: "The Rhapsody Tart"; the title of this article was "The Rhapsody Tart". I started reading:
"8 eggs; 5 cups of brown sugar...." It's a recipe! But there was more to the article: a woman sent a letter to the magazine, explaining that the restaurant I worked at made a fantastic dessert called: "The Rhapsody Tart", but the stubborn pastry chef at the time would not reveal the recipe to the dessert for the woman. The woman went on hoping that the magazine could make a request to the pastry chef, and essentially glorify him for his dessert to publish the recipe. Apparently this was tempting enough and the recipe was shared, and here it is: the Rhapsody Tart!
When was this written? I checked the bottom of the page: "April 1972".
I took that frame and the crate of plates and rushed down to the kitchen. My eyes darted across the page.
"1st stage: 3 tbs sugar and 11 tbs butter...."
I got to work right away: I grabbed a large bag of raw walnuts, roasted them and processed them in the Cuisinart. The walnut crust was made, baked into a shallow quiche pan.
Now for the filling: eggs, brown sugar, coconut, walnuts, flour and salt. While that was baking I made the compote from raspberries we got from the market yesterday. The compote was spread onto the baked pastry and allowed to cool.
Temptation was mercilessly murdering my self control: okay, okay, fine! One bite.
At that moment, my dessert tray was impacted for the rest of my pastry chef career. I never had a staple dessert on my tray, but every week: the Rhapsody Tart was served. I loved that dessert, and it is still my favorite dessert to this day.
Why is this dessert being shared
I haven't worked at that restaurant for a few years, but I recorded the Rhapsody Tart recipe for myself and made it again and again just for family and friends. That recipe has still remained something of a secret, but I decided to finally share it with the Instructable's community. Until now, I was keeping the recipe to myself out of respect for the restaurant I worked at as they continued to make it. Later I realized that the restaurant had acquired the services of a local pastry shop and are no longer serving the Rhapsody Tart.
This dessert is far too good to be wiped off the face of the Earth so I feel it needs to be shared.
Step 1: Ingredients and Necessary Utensils
See the ingredient list below. You may choose to scale the ingredients by weight, volume or percentage; the three units are listed for your convenience.
Link to the above recipe here for printing. Right click on the image to print.
What are Stages?
The ingredients above are conveniently listed in stages, and stages are basically ordered steps. For instance, with the Roasted Walnut Crust, the first stage is the granulated sugar and the butter; which means that the first step involves mixing the granulated sugar and the butter together. You can think of the stages as the order in which the ingredients are added. Ingredients of the same stage are added together.
The recipe here will go stage by stage. Every stage will have a dedicated step to it in this Instructable.
You will likely require the following tools when creating the Rhapsody Tart:
- Pastry Brush
- Measuring cups
- Scale (optional)
- Food Processor
- Stand or Hand Mixer
- Oven (convention or convection)
- Cooking Bowls
- Rubber Spatula
- Rolling Pin
- Wooden cooking spoon
- Small pot
- Quiche or pie pan
Step 2: Preparations
Before baking, we must set up our mise en place, a common kitchen term which means: "putting in place" to refer to arranging the ingredients that are used in the preparation.
Walnut Roasting
For the walnuts, you could use the "recipe ready" walnuts, but raw walnuts that have been roasted yourself have such a satisfying flavor to them. For this recipe, I recommend purchasing the raw walnuts.
Take all your raw walnuts that you'll be using and lay them out flat on a sheet tray. Preset your oven to 375F and start roasting the walnuts when the oven is heated. The walnuts will be ready when they begin to brown and you can smell their toastiness. This takes roughly 5 to 8 minutes.
Take 3.75 ounces (1.5 cups) of the walnuts and grind them in a food processor. The ground walnuts go to the crust and the walnut pieces are for the filling.
Scaling out the ingredients
Either measure or scale the ingredients out separately or you can combine some of them into their appropriate stages.
Step 3: The Walnut Crust: Stage 1
Now we will begin creating the Roasted Walnut Crust.
The first stage of the walnut crust is the butter and the sugar.
Put the butter and the sugar in a stand mixer with a paddle and mix on a medium speed until well combined.
Scrape the bowl and paddle of the butter/sugar mixture with a rubber spatula.
Step 4: The Walnut Crust: Stage 2
The second stage is the single egg. Add the egg to the butter/sugar combination and mix the ingredients with the paddle at medium speed until everything is well combined.
Scrape the bowl with the rubber spatula again to make sure that the butter/sugar combines with the egg completely.
Step 5: The Walnut Crust: Stage 3
Take the ground walnuts and the flour and combine them in a separate mixing bowl very thoroughly. With the mixer is running on a low speed, slowly add the dry mix to the butter/sugar/egg.
After all the dry ingredients have been combined, continue to mix the dough at a medium speed for a few minutes.
Once all the dry ingredients have been added, your dough should begin to take shape.
Step 6: The Walnut Crust: Prepping and Baking
Preheat your oven to 375F.
Prepare the quiche pan. Take a couple tablespoons of butter and melt it in a small bowl. Use a pastry brush or paper towel to apply the butter to the inside of the quiche pan and then liberally dust the pan with flour. Lightly tap the pan with the counter top to knock off the excess flour.
The dough at this point should resemble something like a short dough. It won't be that stretchy and it'll break apart if you try.
Take the dough out from the mixing bowl and roll it very thin. The dough should be no thicker than 1/8".
The next task is to get the dough into the quiche pan. However, the dough may not be willing to be lifted all together, so you may have to take pieces and piece the crust together. In many cases, I've used a spatula to lift the dough, and lay it into the pan.
Use your fingers to push the dough against the pan, forming a complete crust.
I've found in the past that the dough on the sides may have a tendency to cave, so I give the crust a little more integrity by applying small amounts of dough on the edges to hold it up. This forms something like a thin ring around the pan that slightly goes over.
Bake the crust for approximately 10 minutes at 375F. You may err on the side of less time.
Now that the crust is finished, allow it to cool for half an hour. You could spend this time making the filling. Don't attempt to remove the dough from the pan. We still have to bake the filling inside of the crust and the crust requires the strength of the pan to hold it up.
When the crust has cooled, take a knife, and gently cut away the excess crust from the top, using the lip of the pan as a guide. When you are finished, you should have a nice clean edge all along the crust.
Step 7: The Brown Sugar Filling: Stage 1
Now we will make the brown sugar filling that will be poured into the crust you have baked.
Combine the eggs and the dark brown sugar in a stand mixer. Mix the two ingredients with a paddle on a medium high speed. Continue to mix for a few minutes until the mixture has become light in color and density.
Step 8: The Brown Sugar Filling: Stage 2
Combine the walnuts, coconut, flour and salt in a separate mixing bowl. While the stand mixer is running on a low speed, slowly add the dry mixture to the egg and brown sugar mixture.
Step 9: The Brown Sugar Filling: Baking
Preheat your oven to 325F.
Pour the filling into the crust. The walnuts may sink to the bottom of the mixing bowl so ensure that you are mixing while adding the filling to the crust so everything is homogeneous.
Bake the Rhapsody Tart for about 40-45 minutes at 325F. Immediately after baking, the tart should have a hard thin top, but if you peek underneath the top layer, it'll still look runny. But don't worry, the sugar is still very hot so when it cools, everything should solidify. An undercooked Rhapsody Tart is significantly better than an overcooked tart.
Cool the Tart completely in the fridge.
Step 10: The Raspberry Compote
While the Rhapsody Tart is baking, now is a good time to make the compote.
Building the base
All together you will need 32 oz of raspberries. Save 12 oz of the raspberries to the side to add at the end.
Combine the first stage: the raspberries and granulated sugar in a cooking pot. Add just enough water to aptly wet the sugar. Heat the mixture over MEDIUM HIGH, while stirring from time to time. The acidity from the raspberries will prevent the sugar from crystallizing.
When the mixture begins to boil, lower the heat to a MEDIUM and continue to cook the mixture. The berries should break down after about half an hour. Continue to cook until the fruit mixture has become thick and syrupy.
Take the compote off the heat and allow to cool in the fridge. If the compote is cooled but does not seem thick enough, you can heat it again to remove more of the water. The compote should be thin enough to easily spread, but thick enough to hold its place: like soft butter.
Seasoning the compote
The compote is very important because it takes the powerful sweetness of the tart itself and adds a whole new dimension to the dessert. The compote should be somewhat sweet, but also tart. There should also be a touch of saltiness to the compote.
You will need to add lemon juice, lemon zest and salt to your taste. Without these three ingredients, the compote will just have a one dimensional sweetness to it and will be boring. Be somewhat liberal with the lemon juice and salt when seasoning. You should add enough lemon juice to the point to cut the sweetness a bit and introduce a tartness to the compote. Then add the salt to the compote just to the point where the salt is noticeable on the palate.
When the compote is thick and cooled, stir the remaining raspberries into the compote.
Step 11: Final Touches
Remove the Tart from the Quiche Pan. In theory it should be a matter of flipping upside-down. Sometimes removal can be accomplished by heating the pan with a butane torch, but the Tart should fall out easily. Occasionally, the tart can be stubborn: take your time. Take a small paring knife and gently pry the dessert from the pan in trouble areas.
Place the Rhapsody Tart right-side up onto a cardboard cake circle and bring about a pint of water to a boil.
Pour the boiling water into a tall plastic cup that could hold a chef knife.
Place the knife into the hot water in the cup. Hopefully, a majority of the knife is in the water. Allow the knife to get hot and shake excess water off.
Slice the Rhapsody Tart into small wedges, usually I cut it into twelves. The slices should be small, remember that this tart is very sweet and flavorful and can easily overwhelm the palate with too big of a serving. Wipe the knife clean in the boiling water with every cut. Be gentle on the tart and ensure that you are not damaging the crust on the edges.
Then take the raspberry compote and apply a nice layer to the entire tart. You will probably have some compote left over.
Step 12: Garnishes: Strawberry, Chantilly Cream and Mint
The garnishes are optional but they really go great with the Rhapsody Tart.
The Strawberry Garnish
I learned this garnish trick from the Sous chef at the restaurant I worked at. The end result of the garnish you can see above.
See the image below on the cuts that need to be made to do this. The numbers signify the order in which you cut the strawberry. You can really add as many layers as you want, but this is an example:
First by cutting off the stem so the strawberry has a flat base to sit on. Rest the strawberry on that flat face.
Cut down on an angle on both sides near the base, cutting out two wedges from the berry.
Then work your way up, holding the strawberry gently; cutting into it and forming "v"s.
Take the small wedges from the base and spread them apart, still supporting the berry. Then offset the layers to a desirable amount.
Chantilly Cream
Chantilly Cream (Shan-till-ee) is really a fancy word for whipped cream with vanilla. To make the Chantilly cream, take a pint of cold heavy whipping cream and mix it with about a quarter cup of sugar (the amount of sugar you use is variable, and just to your taste) with the whisk attachment on high. In some minutes, the heavy cream should begin to form peaks. Whip the cream to desired peak level. Be careful not to whip too much or you'll make butter.
When you are done whipping, fold some vanilla extract or the seeds of a vanilla bean into the cream.
Place a wedge of Rhapsody Tart onto a ceramic white plate. Dollop some Chantilly Cream to the side and pair it with the strawberry garnish. Place a mint leaf into the Chantilly Cream.
Best served with a black cup of coffee.
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Amazing! My house mates loved it!
That's awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, amazing! Looks terrific and I love the story behind the recipe! :) Yummy...time for lunch!
This sounds absolutely delicious! Very pretty too :)
Thanks! I really take pride in things I make so it means a lot.
What a wonderful story, so romantic and totally appropriate to this lovely dessert!

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Cuomo Wieghs In
Lou Dobbs also interviewed Mario Cuomo. The subject of religious voters was discussed. Here's what Cuomo had to say:
I have a problem. The report is moral values is 21 percent or whatever of the people who voted. You'd have to define moral values for me. I suspect what they mean is religious values. I suspect that with 40 percent of the people in this country being evangelical, when you say moral values, you're not talking about culture generally, what you wear, the way you talk, what sports you like, NASCAR or basketball. I think they're talking about religious values. If it's religious values, I think there's a lot of space for the Democrats. What they're talking about are basically negative religious values -- you can't do this, you can't do that, this is wrong, this is a sin. The largest part of most religions is the positive agenda. The agenda, for example, for Christians, Catholics specifically -- I happen to be a Catholic -- is an agenda that says take care of the poor, take care of the sick, provide for the working man. That whole area is a very strong one for Democrats to seize.
Cuomo is right here. The religious right has a very blinkered view of what Christian values are. They are so blinded by issues like abortion and gay marriage, that they simply overlook the affront to Christianity entailed in Bush's economic policies and his rush to go to war in Iraq, not to mention his incessant lying and willingness to engage in the most scurrilous attacks against political opponents.
So Cuomo is right that thoughtful Christians should naturally gravitate to the Democratic party. Sadly, it is the not-so-thoughtful Christians who are running the show.


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On Saturday 10th October 2015, Afewee founder Steadman Scott spoke in front of an audience of 600 people at Brixton Rec, delivering a motivational and passionate speech about his life and upbringing in Brixton. It was streamed across several venues in Brixton, such as the Ritzy and the link will be posted as soon as it is up!
For more info on Steadman and his moving story, vist; http://tedxbrixton.com/blog/speaker/steadman-scott/
What is TEDx Brixton?
Their mission is to put Brixton on the global map for positive reasons; to spotlight the change that is happening in Brixton; to share innovations and ideas coming out of the area, and to make connections with like-minded people around the world.


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We got notice in early July that the house my kids and I are renting was being put up for sale. So began the Great Summer Rental House Search, and thus explains the lack of posts on this blog!
We found a house at the end of August and are just now in the process of packing up and making the big move tomorrow! The good news is it's only 1/3 mile from the house we are currently in and $75 cheaper in rent!
We have been blessed along this journey and coaching has helped a lot regarding finding the right balance with me taking two classes this summer (One coaching class and one Applied Behavioral Analysis class to help me get certified to work with disabled kids in the State of Idaho.), not to mention helping the kids get ready to start school. My three older kids are starting public school for the first time as I have home schooled them for 9 years, due to me having to go back into the work force. It has been amazing how things have come together and having my coaching triad from my coaching class, as well as the class time where we practiced and critiqued one another's coaching has been so helpful as we each take turns being the client.
From first hand experience, I have found coaching to be quite beneficial and have signed up for a Group Coaching class starting on September 18th, which I am really excited about as it can benefit even more people with not only the coaching skills, but also with the group process involving learning from others along the way!
Coaching is a powerful service that can set you in the direction and support you where you want to go. Contact me if you would like to explore coaching and see if it can work for you. I am setting up an Introductory Rate 6 month special of $30 a session or $90 a month for three 45 minute sessions. If you are interested, e-mail or call me today and we can schedule your first month. And remember that the first Introductory session is free!
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com or call: 208-966-4338.
We are created in the Image and Likeness of God. This coaching/mentoring business is devoted to helping others discover who God designed them to be and encourage those on the journey to discover their path and strive to achieve their goals. "For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope." Jeremiah 29:11 NRSV
Friday, September 6, 2013
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And so we begin with the start of series twelve of Red Dwarf and this is an episode that really does feel like a step back into the classic era of the show. While much of series eleven was all over the place though good this one feels like a much better return to form for the show.
The main plot of the episode sees the team find a lab started up during the days of United America, a thinly veiled dig at the United States and the War on Terror where the US became United America after it merged with all countries who signed a global peace treaty before going to war with anyone who didn't in the name of peace. The lab itself was set up as a way to cure "evil" and successfully treated cretins such as Hitler and Stalin though was unable to cure Rupert Murdoch. Before long the team find that the whole set up is a lie, with the surviving doctor being the real patient and having turned the android staff into terrible copies of evil doers in the process, though the team soon prevail.
Much of the early humour of the episode largely comes from the knowingly ridiculous nature of the situation with particular focus on a "reformed" Hitler who has gone from a vicious genocidal maniac to "Dolfy", a lovable hipster who just wants to jam on the guitar and "explore himself". The fun not only comes from his sudden turnaround but the fact he's unable to completely separate his former personality from his new one, taking selfies with his right arm held out straight up and carrying tea around while doing a half-salute. Just as the set up starts to become stale the episode finds a quite brilliant climax to the gag when it's unveiled he's an android with the true villain pointing out that the android looked nothing like the actual Hitler and should've been a dead giveaway.
Following this however the episode ends up being stolen quite deservedly by Cat in a final standoff as it's revealed his cat psyche means psychologically he's a psychopath with him having no loyalty to those around him and living only out of self-interest. This label itself is little more than confirmation on what we've seen from the guy since his first inception all those years ago but how it ends up with him easily switching sides over and over again without a care in the world is put on screen so well, culminating in his betrayal of the villain to demonstrate his "pokey face" skills to Lister, a gag set up all the way at the start of the episode at the Cat's expense.
While the Cat largely gets his attention the episode does feel like the others take a back seat in the episode, Rimmer in particular, but given how this is only the first episode and the last series managed to give every character their own episode at some point it's not a dealbreaker at this point. Kryten and Lister do get a couple of moments of good gags of their own, namely with the former finding his "torture" being his head impaled on a mop for all of time while the latter has a good card game scene, but overall they're in the shadow of their feline friend. One good "posse" gag however is during the setup phase of the episode with the startup of Starbug in a strangely complicated method of bodgery before the revelation it can now only turn left, leading to a stupidly long landing sequence.
Looking at other elements the production team clearly didn't lose any quality between series with the sets once again of a great standard compared to the old BBC days, making great use of the obviously limited budget they had, that it's still shocking we don't see the set fall apart the moment someone touches it. As it's no doubt come across the script also has a surprising amount of meat to it compared to other episodes in the past, last season's Samsara feeling a bit stretched in particular, with it still finding the right twists to add in to keep it moving strongly and some surprising self-mockery with the not so accurate casting.
As a starting statement Cured is a good one. While not as imaginative or out there as Twentica from last season it's a solid first outing that is very funny and enjoyable.


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This Fashionista loves nothing more than a wander down Carnaby Street, indeed it is adored by fashionistas everywhere! And what better time to celebrate its wonder than today, its 50th anniversary?
In the 1960s, Carnaby Street proved popular for followers of the hippy style and housed many fashion boutiques and designers such as Mary Quant and Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin, as well as various music bars in the surrounding streets. With bands such as the Beatles, the Who and the Rolling Stones in the area to work, shop, and socialize, it became one of London's coolest destinations associated with the swinging sixties!
Today, Carnaby Street remains home to numerous fashion retailers, including a large number of independent fashion boutiques: Fur Coat No Knickers, Twenty8Twelve and Eley Kishimoto to name a fabulous few.
Launching today, 'Carnaby Street: 1960 - 2010' will celebrate 50 years of fashion and music. The exhibition, at 38 Carnaby Street, is open from today until the beginning of April 2010 and is FREE admission. It will be followed by a series of events throughout 2010 to celebrate Carnaby's 50th Anniversary including a live music weekend in June and a unique fashion show in September. This Fashionista for one, will be sure not to miss it!


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Grounded in Values
As a pioneer in equine facilitated coaching, I have intentionally built my business model on my values. My fundamental premise is that in order to include horses in our learning, we must be prepared to work with them from their perspective, and on their terms. We must walk the talk with them just as we would in all our relationships. Working and playing with horses is an inter-cultural as well as an inter-species experience. They have their own language, culture, rituals and behaviours, which are distinctly different from the language, culture, rituals, and behaviours of humans. This difference has made a ground-breaking shift for me, and it has informed my work in a profound way.
Allow me to try to explain it like this:
Imagine your business is taken over by a foreign-owned company and you get a new boss. You like the look of him. He comes with a great resume and seems to have all the right stuff for your industry and company. He doesn't speak your language very well though. In fact, there is something about his body language that puts you off a little, but he seems oblivious to this. Still, he is a good solid guy who means well and is apparently very knowledgeable about the business. You get to know him a little better and think "I just need to give him the benefit of the doubt".
As the weeks go by, incidents accumulate where he is borderline rude to you in your one-on-ones and in front of others. He says one thing but his body language signals something completely different. You aren't really sure what he wants. He has made some rude gestures along with his broken English that left you feeling that you can't really trust him, he doesn't understand you, and he doesn't seem to have your best interests at heart. The other members of your team are feeling pretty much the same way. In fact, most of the original members of your company are feeling that this foreigner really don't get it and he may be a liability to the longevity of the business.
You decide to speak up and try to tell your boss that there are some serious communication problems and that he needs to learn more about your language and culture, but he doesn't listen. Instead he becomes more insistent and authoritarian, telling you to just do what you have been told to do and everything will be fine. Over time you start to feel trapped and unhappy, misunderstood, under-appreciated, and resentful at work. You don't show it though, because you can't afford to get fired and there just aren't any openings for you anywhere these days. Occasionally you have outbursts of temper and your job performance suffers. You try to suck it up but it is pretty hard. Your health is suffering a little as well. You decide all you can do is maintain a positive outward appearance and wait for your chance to move on to something better. Meanwhile, you know you have to look out for yourself because you can't trust your boss.
You also know that this state of affairs is the opposite of what is required to achieve real results for the business. You know that under these circumstances your business will never produce high-performing individuals or teams. Instead, competition will flourish where collaboration is required, disdain replaces respect, suspicion instead of trust.
In this story you are the horse and the boss is the human. Domestic horses live for the most part as prisoners in our care, and we expect them to understand us but we are not aware enough to know that we are failing in our obligation to truly understand them and their needs. Once I discovered, through following my intuition, that it is possible to understand and speak their language the way they speak it, I knew I could not ignore their need to be understood. Just as we must do as parents, leaders, managers, friends, and citizens, we must walk the talk.
A Student of Venerated Horse Teachers
The honouring of this core value required that I find my equine teachers. I have studied the methods of many – through riding, being in the round pen, reading books and online resources, and by watching video. However, the teachers that have informed my work the most have a single defining characteristic – they learned about horses directly from the horses, not from other people. Learning the unique perspective of these "horse whisperers" created a ground-breaking shift for me. In my experience it informs learning with horses in a profound way: when we take the time to build a bridge of understanding between us and the horses, we can trust that we are not just projecting idealized Walt Disney fantasies onto them. We can instead venture into real communication with them, from a place of respect. As a result we encounter ourselves – and them – in a very real way.
Learning Equus – the Language of the Horse
In the pursuit of this ideal I have invested a great deal of time and effort in becoming a fluent communicator of 'Equus': the unique language, rituals and culture of the horse, which I have integrated into my coaching practice. I am a translator, and promote true understanding of the horse. While my clients are not expected to become speakers of Equus, over time they become attuned to the basics. A consistently surprising and important realization that clients have, is the fact that horses assume that we are conscious, fluent speakers of Equus. Horses do not know that we do not know their language. However, we are speaking to them all the time with our body language, although we are usually unaware of this. The client's realization that they need to become conscious of their communication in relation to the horses translates into every other area of our lives and leverages the learning available in this unique form of coaching.
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Integrating Horses with Executive Coaching
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While other practitioners use horses in therapeutic and healing work, my goal in coaching with horses is to stimulate an immediate and transformational connection to our deep inner selves. Over the last ten years I have honed the ability to move masterfully between pure coaching, and facilitating my client's relationship with the horse so that they encounter themselves in an intimate and powerful way. This ultimately opens them to actualizing their ideals and desires.


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Last year I answered some of Into Mind's list of questions to reflect upon 2014. This year I am answering the full list right here.
1.What one event, big or small, are you going to tell your grandchildren about?
This year is a fork in the road kind of year. Hopefully I will be able to tell my grandchildren I made a tough decision and it paid off, in a really good way.
2.If you had to describe your 2015 in 3 words, what would they be?
fear. hope. faith.
3.What new things did you discover about yourself?
I love torturing myself.
4.What single achievement are you most proud of?
Still standing after everything that has happened this year. And finishing my degree
5.What was the best news you received?
6.What was your favourite place that you visited in 2015?
Cape Town and the Blyde River Canyon
7.Which of your personal qualities turned out to be the most helpful this year?
Probably my stubbornness
8.Who was your number one go-to person that you could always rely on?
My bestie. We've been distant the past couple of years and somehow she is still so in sync with what is going on in my heart. And she is always close when I need her.
9.Which new skills did you learn?
10.What, or who, are you most thankful for?
My colleague – her ears must be falling off by now. In between the moans and whines, she listened to my fears. She encouraged me and talked me through the tough parts.
11.If someone wrote a book about your life in 2015, what kind of genre would it be? A comedy, love story, drama, film noir or something else?
Sci-fi horror with lots of drama
12.What was the most important lesson you learnt in 2015?
Last year I said, I am stronger and more capable than I thought I am — this year I would say exactly the same, while touching wood and declaring that it isn't a test or a hypothesis that should be proven next year.
13.Which mental block(s) did you overcome?
Perhaps overcoming is the right word – at the moment I feel like I am being taught to say my say, speak my mind and give the recipient a fair chance to (1) prove me wrong (or right) (2) allow them to rise to the occasion and for us to find a happy medium.
It feels like I am writing a riddle. Really I had a couple of courageous conversation and instead of continuing to judge or deal with the situation in a way I normally would – I have had to let go and allow the person the room to come to the party.
14.What 5 people did you most enjoy spending time with?
Me. Oliver. Logan. My previous boss. friends
15.What was your biggest break-through moment career-wise?
I don't feel like I've had a big break-through moment career-wise. I realised that my loyalty was more towards my line manager than it is to the organisation and that if I am presented with an opportunity I will take it. Which is something I wouldn't really have considered in the past
16.How did your relationship to your family evolve?
I learned that during tough times your family will stand by you. They will hold you up when you feel like you are falling. They will go our of their way to meet your needs. And some times they will be the root cause of your troubles even when they don't mean to be.
17.What book or movie affected your life in a profound way?
I didn't read much this year. I loved "Me before You" and I am currently reading Daring Greatly by Brene Brown.
18.What was your favourite compliment that you received this year?
I received plenty of compliments, none that I can remember the exact wording or intricacies of, but one friend says something so special that it's touched my heart and made me appreciate how much she understands me. She mentioned where she thought I would be in life if I hadn't fallen pregnant with Logan when I was 20. She was pretty accurate.
19.What little things did you most enjoy during your day-to-day life?
Podcasts on my way to work
20.What cool things did you create this year?
A black and white vision board. Some motivate me printables and some pretty watercolour handwritten quotes in my diary.
21.What was your most common mental state this year (e.g. excited, curious, stressed)?
22.Was there anything you did for the very first time in your life this year?
Capoeira! Undercut haircut
23.What was your favourite moment spent with your friends?
Drinking funny tasting tea and giggling like girls at the spa at the Taj Cape Town while waiting for our treatments.
24.What major goal did you lay the foundations for?
I've mature a bit this year. I feel like I'm more prepared for certain major goals, that I'm no longer working blindly to achieve them but I am being smarter about it. I am facing uncomfortable realities better.
25.Which worries turned out to be completely unnecessary?
Most :)
I guess at the time you feel like worrying will help. But it doesn't, things fall into place whether it happens the way we want it to or not. We need to adapt, accept and move on. And maybe one day we will understand.
26.What experience would you love to do all over again?
Witnessing life – Roxy's puppies, meeting Reinard.
27.What was the best gift you received?
My previous boss's going away present
28.How did your overall outlook on life evolve?
Living a life of gratitude was harder and more rewarding that I thought and praising God during the tough times is the only way I know how to stay positive and hopeful.
I have started looking at things holistically instead of in isolation.
29.What was the biggest problem you solved?
Many problems were solved by asking and receiving help. Receiving help has never been easy or comfortable, but pushing through the discomfort has been liberating.
30.What was the funniest moment of your year, one that still makes it hard not to burst out laughing when you think about it?
Giggles with a cortisone filled Oliver – pure, delightful, medicine induced giggles. Giggles that made up for the terrors of the unknown and the horrible emotional tear-struck moments called the downside of cortisone.
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Notice the swollen cheeks and tummy – that is cortisone for you!
31.What purchase turned out to be the best decision ever?
Colouring in pencils, books, notebooks, paints… embracing my desire to create.
32.What one thing would you do differently and why?
Trust me / my gut more. Leaning into the discomfort of situations more rather than trying to numb the pain / run away from it.
33.What do you deserve a pat on the back for?
Completing my degree. Reading a self help book.
34.What activities made you lose track of time?
Spending quality time with my kids one on one.
35.What did you think about more than anything else?
Staying hopeful and positive by remembering everything I have and being thankful for it.
36.What topics did you most enjoy learning about?
Vulnerability and somatic experience.
37.What new habits did you cultivate?
I started writing again
38.What advice would you give your early-2014 self if you could?
To follow my gut and to be patient
39.Did any parts of your self or your life do a complete 180 this year?
Spending time with me and my thoughts are good and necessary and not selfish. I would like to say, I made some mental 180's this year.
40.What or who had the biggest positive impact on your life this year?
Friends and family that came around me and my family and really supported us.


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Today is a "believe" day. Yep, that is the cup I am using this morning. As I sit here at my mobile office (today it is the kitchen bench) with my ionic salt lamp on one side and my potted flamingo flower on the other, I contemplate the year ahead and the whole work/life balance conundrum. I can hear the kids out there on the trampoline (yes it is up and functional and they love it), I can hear my husband in the dining room sitting at his mobile office, there are dogs barking in a yard nearby, the washing machine is going downstairs, birds are singing, the sun is shining and life is good. I can hear the buzz of traffic in the distance as everyone shuffles their way to work in the throng that is peak hour. I am grateful I am no longer part of that throng, but I realise that when I was, I was actually earning a bloody good wage and contributing healthily to the family budget. There was a time when I was the main breadwinner (albeit a short time but there WAS a time). Do I really want to go back to that? Do I have a choice?
As my books sit with a major publishing house awaiting their final verdict, and as I try to run my little business in a mobile world around school hours, volunteer work and family duties, I wonder if I should be going back into the full time business world. The kids would need to go to after-school-care, and I would have to put other things on hold (because there just aren't enough hours in the day), plus my role as Principal Coach and Joint Coordinator with the school cheerleading squad would have to be analysed carefully, and my other volunteer work would cease, and the house work would have to be shared, but I could do it (we could do it). Other people do it. I used to do it! But you know what? I've done that. I HAD a perfectly good career, I HAD a job that I loved (and which seemed to love me back), I HAD the money and the car spot and the office, I HAD my kids in daycare and a house that was spotless because we paid for a cleaner (and because no one lived in it as no one was home). I HAD all that and we all made a conscious and well researched decision for me to come home. And I will never regret that decision because it gave me my family back, and I have been able to contribute back to society in a way that surpasses money, and I was able to follow my dreams.
But the reality is we need more money soooo .... is there a middle ground? Hmmmm. Where is the ultimate balance? Can I actually have my cake AND eat it too? I don't suppose I have to go back out there and chase a career. I could just get a job that fits in with my current work. Yes, maybe I could even have someone pay me directly for the work I already do as a life coach! Yes!! There has got to be a way ....
As I sit here in my mobile office, drinking green tea from my "believe" mug and listen to the sounds of my stay-at-home world, I contemplate the opportunities that await me. My books will be published this year, and my business will continue to grow, AND I will contribute to the family funds. Yep ... I know it to be true ... how do I know? Because I believe ...
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Day 102
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Nothing defines who we are as individuals more than the essence of our natural mothers and fathers. We each come into this world preceded by one father, one mother and two grandfathers and two grandmothers who also influence our being. The lucky ones among us descended from men and women of fine character and ability. Those of us fortunate enough to have truly known and experienced all six of these key individuals while maturing into adulthood are additionally blessed. A few weeks ago, I was combing though some family photographs and came upon this one, a scarce image of my paternal grandmother, Martha Koss Kubitz. I possess few images of her and this is the most personal of those, taken late in life.
I "knew" and remember both sets of grandparents, but only through the gauzy veil of childhood memory given that our family of four left its Chicago roots in 1948 when we moved to California. I was then eight years old. Gazing at my grandmother's image both fortified my distant memory of her and caused me to contemplate, yet again, the fleeting nature of our existence on this earth. Our own four young grandchildren have no real knowledge of Martha and her husband, Elmer, my grandfather. Nor are they likely ever to express the degree of curiosity which cares to know what kind of people their great-great grandparents were. It seems almost certain that today's third generation removed will not be interested in their family roots beyond their own grandparents – and that seems such a shame. The connection between one's own grandparents and grandchildren, a separation of four generations, seems palpable and significant to many of us in the middle of that generation span who are now in the later stages of life. I can see personality traits and physical resemblances that are recognizable across those four generations, but I know that once my time is up, those connections could easily be lost forever unless recorded somewhere. Martha and Elmer Kubitz would typically become merely names on census rolls and other archived documents in the years ahead. This written blog post about my grandmother Martha is my humble and personal attempt keep her memory alive in a medium separate from the vanishing recollections of her descendants. It was only within the last twenty years that I learned the bulk of what I know about Martha. Nancy, my childhood Chicago cousin, furnished much of that information via her handwritten letters from the East Coast.
I had earlier heard conjecture that Martha Koss emigrated to America from Hamburg, Germany which turned out to be partly true. Once here, she eventually found her way to the Chicago area where she met my grandfather, Elmer Chester Kubitz. Through internet perseverance, I was able to locate the immigration paper documenting her family's arrival in New York aboard the ship Moravia on March 10, 1890. The ship's ledger lists her father Anton Koss, her mother Marie, sisters Mathilde and Pauline, and brothers Auguste and Franz. Martha is the middle child at age 4. This document lists her hometown in Germany as Bolchau, not Hamburg, but the Moravia's port of embarkation is noted as Hamburg/Kerre.
A 1910 U.S. census report from Chicago shows Elmer and Martha Kubitz residing with four-month old first child, Elmer Junior, and living next door to Martha's parents and her brother Frank (formerly Franz). I have a photo-copy of Martha's certificate of marriage to Elmer C. Kubitz in Michigan, dated July 17, 1909 – courtesy of my cousin Nancy.
Such documents gleaned from the internet that illuminate the family's history are very special to me. There are no letters, original documents, or mementos of any kind in my possession that relate to my paternal grandparents save a few notes from my grandmother sent to me from Chicago in the 1960's, long after my father was transferred to California by United Air Lines in 1948. Even during a time when sentimentality, a sense of personal history, and the luxury of introspection and perspective often played second fiddle to the urgencies of getting on with daily life and living, the dearth of things-saved with respect to both sets of my grandparents is sadly unusual.
My grandmother Martha was a dutiful wife and mother, raising four sons and one daughter while eking out a living in a small West Chicago storefront which was divided into a candy/toy store run by Martha and Grandpa Elmer's radio repair shop. My grandparents lived in the back of the same building, just behind the storefront curtains, in spartan quarters quite devoid of natural light as I recall. It was only last year that I came upon a photo of that Diversey Avenue storefront circa 1950 with Uncle Elmer Kubitz Junior standing out-front, thanks to second cousin Mary.
I wish I had known my grandmother and grandfather better. There are so many things I would like to know. Throughout my youth, my father always spoke well of them both given the underlying tone that life was not easy for the family of seven. My grandfather was reportedly an intelligent, amiable man with a great sense of humor and an innate honesty. Despite his amiability, Grandpa Elmer believed in discipline when appropriate for his children. My father, and consequently I, both were raised to respect adult authority. My grandmother was a stoutly-built, caring woman who stood by her husband's side through thick and thin during some very hard financial times. Doctor's visits to the Kubitz household were virtually unknown due to the lack of money: Home remedies were the order of the day for any ills. Warm Castor oil in the ear was administered by Martha when my father had one of his frequent severe ear-aches. One of these bouts left him with a punctured ear-drum. I recall that my grandparents often retired to a local tavern after the day's work was done, their way of dealing with life's demands. I can picture the scene with Elmer calling out to Martha: "Hey Mart (he called her that), let's go down for a beer!"
My dad, Alfred, attended only one year of high school at Chicago's Austin High in order to work and contribute to the family's support during the lean depression years. Despite Dad's meager early education, he became the quintessential life-long learner who studied his way to a long and successful career in mechanical engineering at United Air Lines.
Dad's mother was barely literate in the written English vernacular as evidenced by the few letters I received from her during my college years and after graduation. This language challenge was palpable despite her life-long residence in the United States after coming to America at age four. Nevertheless, my grandmother's offspring all did well for themselves as career-oriented adults with families. Somehow, my grandparents managed to pass the torch of opportunity and achievement to their children despite their own humble beginnings. While writing this blog post, I retrieved from my files the cache of four items sent to me by my grandmother which I have fortunately retained. This excerpt from one of the letters she wrote to me in 1966 sums up my fondness and respect for my grandmother. Using some license in translation, page three reads:
"…that sweetheart of yours [my young wife, Linda] sure is pretty. You sure know how to pick them. I am glad that you like her…Linda looks to be a very nice girl. You bet she is pretty. So you had a good time together [in Hawaii]. This place here [probably her daughter's house] was so dry – no beer, only Nehi Root Beer. Well, you can keep sober with that. Your Mother-Dad-Karen sure is a family to be proud of. I have four daughter-in-laws. I like them all: They're are all good to me and they're all good-looking. My sons know how to pick 'em. Well, Alan, a simple letter: Really isn't very much, but when it's so sincerely said, it has a special touch and when it goes to someone who's very dear to me."
Grandma Kubitz
who loves you
and always will
What can I say? Thank goodness that I have a few such letters in my possession which shed light on the earthy and perceptive lady who was my grandmother. They, my dim recollections, and letters from cousins who knew Martha well are my sole substitute for all the years of isolation from my grandparents and other Chicago roots.
Despite my grandmother's limited ability with written English, her son Alfred, my father, was surprisingly fluent with the written word given his truncated early schooling. This ability of self-expression was complemented by his fine aptitude for engineering and things mechanical. I still retain several tautly written letters by my father eloquently expressing displeasure over poor service or unreliable products he had encountered as an adult. One of these was addressed directly to Roger Smith, the past CEO of General Motors, expressing displeasure over some negative aspect of Dad's Oldsmobile that was not adequately addressed by previous letters to GM's lower management. Dad was very good at going right to the heart of the matter at hand and succinctly stating his case, reminiscent of an experienced attorney but without the legalese! Alas – predictably, Dad never heard from Mr. Smith… which frustrated him no end! I still marvel at his ability with the written word, and I wonder where in the world it came from and just how it blossomed in him as he matured. I wonder about that and so many other things connected with my grandparents and ancestors. As I write this, there is currently much discussion in the United States about "merit-based" immigration into this country – a policy which would give heavy preference to those applicants who already have resources and a solid education. While the proposal has some merit, I cannot help thinking that so many multi-generation success stories in the United States had their roots in seemingly unexceptional immigrants who came to America in crowded shipboard steerage with little to their name. Most likely, that was the case with Martha's father, Anton Koss, who is listed in the 1910 U.S. Chicago census as a "hod-carrier" working on "new buildings."
I sum up my feelings about my grandmother, who I barely knew, as follows: Martha, you and Elmer did good – real good – in passing the torch of opportunity to your offspring despite the great difficulties you both faced along the way. This is my acknowledgement of same and my personal tribute to you. Rest in peace…you are loved and remembered.


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A quote I heard today that I really like...
Nothing will change if you keep doing everything the same.
Simple but true, and I like it. :)
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I like it too.
Have a terrific day. ☺
You too, Sandee. :)Delete
True indeed, never get anywhere doing the same old deed, unless you are there of course.ReplyDelete
Yes, very true! I've heard someone say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results. Good food for thought! :)ReplyDelete
It is good food for thought. :)Delete
So true! Another one I like is you can't help someone who won't help themselves.ReplyDelete
Ah, it took me a LOT of years to learn that one.Delete
Absolutely and it is true for almost every aspect of your life!
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I love this! It's so true. :)ReplyDelete
Yep, I thought that one was cool. :)Delete
that's right!ReplyDelete
So true. Sometimes we get stuck in a routine. We have to break it once in awhile.ReplyDelete
Especially if we need results with something that's gone stagnant. :)Delete
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Absolutely spot on.ReplyDelete
And easy enough to do (usually)! :)Delete
TRUE indeed! {thumbs up}ReplyDelete
I'm getting better about that, but I have to kinda push and force myself!ReplyDelete
I do w/school. I'm so close to the end, and so burnt out!Delete
I know that and you know that - it is the people who do the same thing time after time that doesn't know that - lol. sandieReplyDelete
i like that quote, its so true!
It really is true. :)Delete
So very true!! Great quote:)ReplyDelete
It's a fantastic quote. I wish in could implement it more in my life. I like my routine and it kills my wanting to go and do things! :/ReplyDelete
Routine's not always a bad thing if things are going well. :)Delete
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Thanks, I liked that one too. :)Delete
How true! Sometimes it takes someone else to make you see a better and different way of doing something.ReplyDelete
It sometimes does, I agree.Delete
So true, I like this to.ReplyDelete
Isn't that the truth!! Great quote!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Terry, I liked that one when I heard it too. :)Delete
Sometimes the simplest quotes are the truest...ReplyDelete
Here's another to go with that one:
"The more things change, the more they remain the same."
However, the application of this one may be limited. Your quote appears to universally true.
There's always the exception, and some things do change, even if you do everything the same. ;)
Your quote's a good one too, and I've seen it many a'time. :)
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One little change can sometimes be a great motivator too. :)Delete


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I find this game quite unique – and quite brilliant. Not too easy, not too hard (as you level up, and armed with a 'desert eagle' and a 'XM8', the ladies get really hard-boiled).
That you get help from enemies disliking each other is a fun idea. A lot of sneaking is required – when running into gangs of three and more, it's a good tactic to try to split the gang and fight isolated gang members one by one.
I had a good time with this, so I rate it highly.
#3 2012-11-15 10:26
Frustratingly slow. The pathing is poor, and the ladies will faceplant into a wall and stay there if you draged through one, without trying to correct.
Furthermore, why in the world does shooting someone from behind hit harder? Why does that work with a pistol, but not a sniper rifle (found that out the hard way?)
Scrolling system is just painful.
Concur with a 2/5 on this. It feels like they got the game working and just got tired of trying to make it good.
#2 2012-11-14 22:17
needs very good strategy to get past some of the levels in this game.
getting the rip badges can be a bit difficult at first but you can return to levels again and again to gain the cash for the better weapons.
this is a bit of a spam fest really if you are like me and want the 100% on each level. Upgrades are not that brilliant but start off as affordable and later levels give a good amount of cash to upgrade think carefully about the guns you want to use and stick with the upgrade path
+1 #1 2012-11-14 21:40
not bad tactical strategy game except slow paced, nice graphics and music and crappy sounds, bit difficult gameplay due size of rooms, pricy upgrades as usual, teammate helps bit but size of rooms makes usage difficultish.
overall not bad game but just too dumb.


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Negotiations between Greece and its European partners are not going well. It would appear that equity markets are more affected than bond markets. Why is that the case and what will happen if negotiators throw in the towel?
Inexperience or irreconcilable?
The new Greek government was elected on a platform of protest against the course of economic policy in recent years. It was, therefore, never likely that they would quickly succumb to the pressure put on them by the European partners. We had thought, however, that a deal would be reachable. We reckoned that both side could compromise, offer the other side something worthwhile and being able to claim to have scored some point at the same time. So far that has not happened. Perhaps the willingness to compromise just isn't there. Or perhaps neither side has enough room to make a deal. Or perhaps the new Greek government is simply too inexperienced and cannot make the switch from election rhetoric to serious policymaking.
Room and incentives to compromise
We thought that the Greek government would be willing to implement reform in areas that Europe would like and that previous Greek governments were unwilling to implement. Broadening the tax base in certain areas would be the most obvious, corruption perhaps another. On the European side, adjusting the austerity path a little would also seem doable. I obviously do not know enough details to assess whether or not a deal could be done.
It also seemed to us that the incentive to do a deal was strong on both sides. On the Greek side, the economy had started to improve at the margin. Risking renewed economic chaos seemed like a sufficiently unattractive prospect, more or less forcing the government to show enough flexibility. On the European side, a Greek default and/or departure by Greece from the eurozone seemed unattractive for several reasons. First, it would set an undesirable precedent. Second, Grexit would inevitably lead to a default and cost the holders of Greek debt great losses. A large chunk of Greek debt is now held by official creditors. Third, Grexit might lead to contagion in financial markets and be another setback for the European economy at large, the weaker countries in particular. Fourth, Grexit, a Greek default and the likely resulting economic, political and social chaos could lead to unpredictable and unwelcome developments in Greece's foreign policy.
Might we be wrong?
Our assessment might be incorrect. As mentioned above, perhaps the Greek government feels it does not have any room for compromise or, more likely, they are too inexperienced to switch from election rhetoric to sound policymaking.
And perhaps we might also be misreading the other Europeans. It could be that they are unwilling to compromise for fear of encouraging Syriza-like movements in other countries. It could also be that the European partners feel that Grexit would be manageable. Financial markets are certainly behaving very different now from how they behaved in 2011/2012. For example, Portuguese government bonds fell sharply in 2011, pushing the 10yr yield to a high of over 15% early in 2012. Admitted, the yield has risen recently, but is below 2% at the time of writing. In the case of Spain, yields rose to 7.5% early 2012, they are now below 1.5%. Of course, there is a big buyer in the market now: the ECB. Without the ECB's QE programme contagion to the other bond markets in Europe would, most likely, have been much more significant. But still…
It would seem that equity markets are more worried about Greece than the bond market or perhaps this is just a measure of the ECB's shield of QE on the bond market. Against this background, any talk of an early end or slowing of the ECB's QE programme is surely premature, although there are all sorts of other reasons as well. The ECB cannot announce an end or slowdown of its programme just two months into the process which is meant to last for some 18 months or so, or it will lose a lot of credibility.
All this remains speculation, interesting perhaps, but not necessarily very useful. We still think that reaching a suitable agreement remains in everybody's interest, but at this stage one cannot rule out that a deal cannot be done. So it is worth our while to consider what might happen should Greece leave the euro.
I don't think that Grexit is priced in by markets and if it were to happen, markets will respond strongly and negatively. But that is just the kneejerk reaction. Financial markets may soon consider that the ECB will continue to buy bonds and financial market participants will see a significant widening of spreads as a buying opportunity. The likely chaos is Greece will surely be a good reason for other countries not to follow that example. In fact, participants on financial markets will probably realise that with Greece gone, the eurozone will be more coherent and less prone to shocks. So my guess is that risky assets will soon find their footing again.
European economy going from strength to strength, US data remains mixed
European economic data continues to develop positively. Recently published data includes industrial production and car registrations. Industrial production was up 1.1% mom in February, though this series is volatile and the yoy growth rate was a mere 1.6%. Eurozone car registrations were up 13.2% yoy in March, the highest in five years. All this simply provides more evidence that the eurozone economy is recovering relatively briskly. We expect this to continue in the months and quarters ahead.
US data has been on the soft side since the turn of the year. We have long argued that weakness is caused by temporary factors. Most of these have run their course. As a result, we are impatiently waiting for an improvement in the incoming data. This week some signs of improvement, but the evidence remains underwhelming. March retail sales bounced back (+0.9% mom), so that is good. However, the rise fell short of expectations after three consecutive monthly declines. Small business confidence weakened in March. Industrial output also fell in March: -0.6% mom, although manufacturing production inched 0.1% higher mom. The yoy rate of overall industrial production fell to +2.1%, the slowest pace of growth in almost two years.
The first couple of regional business confidence indices for April were also released recently. The Empire State index, covering the New York Fed's district, was weaker than expected, the Philly Fed index a touch better. The housing sector provided modestly better news as the NAHB confidence index improved a little.
On balance, we still believe that the pace of growth of the US economy will pick up during the year.
One of the wildcards in financial markets is whether or not and when the US Federal Reserve will start raising interest rates. In my opinion, this is highly unpredictable as the FOMC members appear very divided. Our view is that the first hike will happen in September. But if the economic data does not improve during the next couple of months, participants on financial markets may push out their expectations for the first Fed hike.


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Joining me and guest co-host Rushil Vallabh of Secha Capital on this African Tech Roundup podcast is Grant Phillips. Grant is the Founder and CEO of PhilTech Consulting and has partnered with both Convergence Partners and Stockdale Street (the Oppenheimer Family's South African private equity outfit) to "build out technology ecosystems across Africa". He was previously the CEO and Chairman of the Nairobi-based credit reference bureau and debt management outsource organisation CRB Africa as well as CEO of TransUnion's Pan-Africa business.
Listen in to hear Rushil, Grant and I unpack the provocative assertion that venture capital is a Ponzi scheme, recently made by the American-Sri Lankan Founder and CEO of Social Capital Chamath Palihapitiya. Click here if you'd like to skip straight to that discussion.
Chamath - a bona fide billionaire - was an early senior executive at Facebook. Following that, Chamath founded Social Capital which in its first 8 years, he claims, made double what Berkshire Hathaway made in its first 8 years of business. But now, apparently, he's done with the limited partnership VC model and with running a successful hedge fund, and has decided to reorganise Social Capital into a holding company that will pick investments on the basis of both solid business fundamentals and "value to humanity"— offering his investees all the finance and growth support they need to thrive.
Given media reports regarding Rocket Internet's puzzling plans to exit their investment in the struggling online shopping platform Jumia via a stock exchange listing in the US, Africa's early-stage investment ecosystem might do well to soberly reflect on Chamath's controversial aversion to the VC model largely popularised by Silicon Valley.
First published in AfricanTechRoundup.com.


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· Congratulations to the Junior boys rugby team for their tournament win yesterday despite playing a man down.
· If you want to participate in Relay for Life this year but don't have a team, please come see Ms Hanley in room 126 or Ms Piroski in room 189A. You will be placed on a team by the organizing committee.
· Did you know that an estimated 202,000 new cases of cancer and 78,000 deaths from cancer occurred in Canada last year? You can help lower this number simply by raising money and awareness for Relay for Life.
· Open Improv will not happen today after school. It will return next Thursday.
· AP Chinese Language Exam students: please meet at the beginning of lunch period 3 or 4 today in room 197. You will be completing a mandatory practice test. Bring your lunch.
· The Badminton team had a great tournament yesterday at Frank Hayden. Congratulations to Willa, Liam, Paul, Camryn and Cameron for advancing to GHAC.
· All members of the Junior boys hockey team are asked to attend a short but important meeting today at 2:50 in room 153. All players must attend.
· This is a reminder that representatives from Utah State University will be here at 11:00 am today in the atrium to give out information and answer questions.
· 100 years ago, the Battle of Vimy Ridge was won with the help of the Canadian Armed Forces. Please take a moment to reflect and remember the brave Canadians that fought and died for our country at some point today.
· Just a reminder there is a practice after school for the Varsity boys Lacrosse team. Same place, same time. All players must attend.
· A representative from Kings at Western University will be here 11:45-12:45 today in the atrium to give out information and answer questions.
· Yesterday the varsity girls soccer team traveled to STA to participate in their early bird tournament. The girls earned a 0-0 draw with the host Raiders and then met a tough St Michaels team that out scored the Devils 4-2. In the bronze medal game the team bounced back and beat Owen Sound 4-0.
· This is a reminder that the first week for regular priced registration is over as of today. Registration will be a the Relay office during period 3 & 4 for $25.00 today and every day next week. Only team captains can register people and they have to register their full team at once.
· It's an Easter Egg Hunt! If you find an egg filled with treats its yours, because the Link Crew thinks you are beautiful. If you have a severe nut allergy give your egg to a friend, while none of the treats contain nuts they may have been produced in the same facility.


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Author's Note: This article uses virtual reality technology to provide an immersive experience. Click the images to view the 360-degree VRs. Adobe Flash 10 or higher is required. Average VR size is 2.2Mb each.
Eldar's Tent was filled with soap bubbles that night, reflected against multi-colored stage lights, the interior was made to appear like an underwater scene. The play was a summer special entitled "An Under the Sea Experience" which showcase the talents of EK's cast members and select GMA artists.
Dressed in colorful costumes, cast members serenaded the audience with songs and dance that told the adventures of the sea creatures with the surface dwellers. The musical play captured everyone's imagination, and for a brief moment, it can truly be described as magical!
Together with a group of select bloggers, this writer was invited to a 1-day adventure to experience Enchanted Kingdom's many attractions, foremost being the newly launched "Magicalympics."
Magicalympics is a team building activity that fuses certain tasks with the park's rides in order to accomplish a team's goal in the least amount of time. Call it ala Amazing Race with a little twist.
The purpose of which is supposed to foster camaraderie amongst the participants while immerse in the challenges of a competition, all in the spirit of goodwill.
Notable challenges include catching thrown tomatoes with a net while swinging in the Anchor's Away ride; retaining the most amount of water in a cup atop your head while taking a precipitous slide aboard the Jungle Log Jam; capturing flags in bumper cars with sentries blocking your way; singing your lungs out in the karaoke competition; and identifying landmarks atop the Wheel of Fate.
Prior to the start of the Magicalympics, all of us were treated to a 4D showing of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" starring Brendan Fraser. 4D being, apart from the 3D visual effect, the viewer gets to experience added new sensory sensations with the upgraded 4D Theater.
The day ended with a 5-minute fireworks display and with the satisfaction that our team won 2nd place in the Magicalympics, but more so in the relief that I survived the various thrilling rides, without screaming like an eight-year old kid!
All VRs taken on May 10, 2009. Enchanted Kingdom's website: www.enchantedkingdom.com.ph.


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Civics Lessons
August 26, 2009
Hometown PAC event
Civics Lessons
The return home to Key West after our Orlando mini-vacation heralded the end of the summer season and the transition into the fall and the start of the school year as well as moving into the fall election season locally. Kathy has been busy getting ready for the start of the school year at the Key West Preschool Co-op and preparing to welcome a new crop of bright-eyed three year olds to class.
I have actively participating in learning about local government and the upcoming elections this year. First I have been taking a 16 week class offered by the City of Key West called the Key West Ambassadors program. This class meets once a week and focuses on a single branch of the city government each week.
We are 6 weeks into it and to date have had presentations and tours of the police department, the department of transportation, port operations, the housing authority and the city manager's office. This week, we toured the Key West Fire Department and had a presentation from Fire Chief David Fraga. It was another in a series of wonderful, informative classes that are designed to give citizens a look behind the scenes into what makes Key West tick.
This week was especially interesting, face it, who doesn't enjoy hanging out at a fire station, getting to see all the trucks and gear that comprise the Key West fire department and getting to hang out and talk with the dedicated firemen. It was my favorite class of program to date and it certainly gave us a much better appreciation of all that being a member of the fire department entails.
City Commission Candidate Jimmy Weekley
Candidate Tom Milone
The civics lessons continued at the first official event of the local election season which was hosted by Hometown PAC at the Botanical Gardens. The "meet the candidates" gathering allowed the public to meet at greet all the candidates running for Mayor and for the City Commission in the election this October. As a Hometown PAC Board member, I was there taking photos and listening to the candidates even through the rain showers that forced us to move indoors.
Hometown's Carol Wightman
I try to avoid overt political pronouncements on this blog, but would urge Key West residents to come out to one of the future candidate forums that we have scheduled and get involved in your local politics. It is nothing if not interesting, especially the local elections here in Key West. Check out the Hometown website for details and come be entertained and informed.
Candidate Clayton Lopez
Incumbent Key West Mayor Morgan McPherson
Mayoral Challenger Mike Mongo
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(Prov. 25:25) "As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country".
As cold water to a thirsty soul is refreshing to the body, so is good news in the body of Christ. There is often so much bad news being released in the world and the church that to hear some good news from time to time is absolutely refreshing. We know that the good news is ultimately the gospel of Jesus Christ but every now and then the body of Christ needs to talk about the good things or the blessings that God is bestowing upon us, and He is still in the blessing business. Those types of reports are truly refreshing to the soul of man.
Thus, every now and then we need to tell it if God blessed us with a new job; every now and then we need to tell it if God blessed us with a promotion on our job, if God blessed us with a new house, if He healed our bodies, or if He is blessing in our marriages and families; because if the Lord blessed us it encourages others that maybe there is hope for them to receive their own blessing from God. And we must understand that everyone in the church won't celebrate our blessing; in fact, there will be some that will hate the fact that you even shared. However, good news brings about refreshment to the soul. We often spend so much time talking about the bad and what the devil is doing until we forget what God has done and is doing in our lives. The fact is we can always find some bad news, and we all need to learn how to process that news, but good news can encourage us to continue to hold on and believe.
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One day I was listening to the radio, and heard a great message by "Kingdom Builders Ministry". I don't know where the church is located or anything, but there were some great tips shared by the speaker. It caught my attention, so I pulled my car over to a safe spot to write most of them out before I forgot them. Am I the only one who does this at times? Hopefully not. I might be revealing my weird side right now. LOL.
Anyway, here are the tips I was able to remember and record on my phone's note taking app in no particular order, and I hope it helps somebody else too. I love, love, love all types of organization tips and learning from others to make my life simpler as a busy wife, mother, and teacher. There is always something new we can learn from those around us no matter how old or how young they might be, how rich or poor, or how high or low (in the world's estimation). Anyway, here's a few tips for you to check out and implement as you choose.
(Please note, that I have taken the liberty to add to and reword as I deemed appropriate to make this list of 20 tips.)
- Don't get distracted and realize too late that life has got away from you.
- Take the vacation. Stop talking about going on a cruise, going to Paris, etc. Just go do what you said you want to do before it's too late. Go make memories with those you love!
- Don't be too busy over working, watching tv, checking out Facebook and Instagram post, etc. that you miss the important while focusing on the mundane.
- Remember that man's days are limited in the overall expanse of time.
- We all have a purpose and need to be busy doing all that God has called us to be.
- Don't die without giving the best version of you and building the greatest legacy of what you have to give to those you will leave behind.
- Nobody knows how much time they will have left, so don't waste your time! Don't just dream, but do!
- Recharge your body so that you can do what God calls you to do physically and mentally.
- Listen so God can take you where He desires you to go, so that you don't become anxious, frustrated, and too tired to do what He actually wants you to do.
- Schedule time to rest and relax. Take a day to rest regularly for a moment of clarity and solitude.
- Maximize your time, instead of wasting time on tv, games, social media, etc. Focus on bible study, prayer, planning, relationship building, etc.
- Don't hesitate to take a break when needed even Jesus took a nap and separated from the crowd at times.
- Don't feel guilty for taking ownership of your time when you have numerous responsibilities, goals, and priorities. Don't allow anyone to guilt you in to fulfilling their personal desires at the expense of your own.
- Exercise. Make healthy eating choices.
- Don't allow anyone to disrespect your time! Reclaim your time just like Maxine Waters. (Smile)
- Be intentional. Plan dedicated time blocks for what you need to accomplish and limit distractions.
- Say no to nonessentials. It's okay to say no! Truly it is!
- List your goals out so you can plainly see where you are trying to go. Write that vision!
- List your priorities. Plan, add, and subtract from your schedule accordingly.
- Acknowledge the Lord in all your ways and He will direct your path.


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How to Naturally Increase Your Height 2-3 Inches Within 7 Weeks
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|Remember back to when the Russians were Communists and part of the "Evil Empire", the Soviet Union? Remember how they COMPLETELY DOMINATED the Olympics and won more medals than everyone else?
How did they do that? What you didn't see was the behind the scenes research they put into their training, methodology, and dieting for those athletes? NO expenses were spared. They literally spent billions of dollars developing and researching every little secret way they can get an advantage over American and Western athletes?
What is the price you're willing to pay to be 2-3 inches taller in 7 weeks? No, I'm not talking about money. I'm talking about effort. There is after all some effort involved in gaining those 2-3 inches. You will get what you put in. Are you willing to put in 30 minutes a day for 7 weeks?
If so, this ebook is for you. Most of what is in the ebook is simple to follow and do. There are a couple things you may have a problem with depending on what shape you are in and your level of coordination. However, that is the only drawback to this ebook and there are ways around that.
There are also color illustrations for easy reference in the ebook. So even if you don't understand the descriptions on what you should do, you have drawings to help you out.


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