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The social sector invests heavily in the tools of social change. But tools don't build or fix things. People do. Specifically, it's social change leaders with vision — shaped by love and intellect — that wield tools effectively (see parts #1 and #2 of this series). We must invest in developing highly effective social change leaders to create a more just and equitable society.
But, this leaves us with a very important question:
How do we develop social change leaders of this caliber?
Origins of Social Change Leaders
Great social change leaders like those mentioned in previous posts (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Muhammad Yunus) are treated like charismatic super heroes. It's assumed their exceptional vision is a supernatural power.
The truth is, they are humans who lived and learned. Their experiences, studies, and personal reflection developed their capacities for love and intellect. Their love was agape love, which requires empathy for all, even those who oppress. It also requires faith in everyone's capacity for that same love. Their intellect was couched in honesty, humility, and determination to pursue truth to empower all. Their love and intellect continually shaped the vision with which they wielded the tools of social change effectively. They were not born with these exceptional capabilities.
When we founded Thinking Beyond Borders (TBB), we believed these capabilities could be developed.
Teaching Love and Intellect
TBB seeks students with aspirations of social change leadership. During a critical period of their development, we provide them carefully structured learning opportunities that challenge and support them as they shape their capacities for love and intellect. The entire process happens as each student creates a vision for how she'll address critical global issues.
Students participating in our programs are 17-19 years old: a critical developmental period as they shape their adult identity. They're thinking critically about the values they grew up with. Their brains are developing the ability for meta-cognition — seeing the "big picture," the players involved, and the dynamic ways they relate to one another. They're shaping a vision for who they want to be and what they want to accomplish. They're ready to be challenged, and they need to be supported.
Challenging and supporting students requires a carefully structured learning environment. During TBB's Global Gap Year, for example, students study HIV/AIDS and public health in South Africa. They live in a wealthy White community while doing fieldwork in surrounding townships. As students develop relationships with their host families, the health care workers they shadow, and patients in the townships, they examine the varying perspectives of the many players in a complex system.
Agape love is developed through social, cultural, and emotional learning. TBB students naturally feel empathy for the patients as they fight for health with virtually no resources. But, those same students often struggle to find empathy for their more privileged host families. The host families pose a problem: they show love to the student despite being virtual strangers, but often fail to show the same love to members of their local community. This creates cognitive dissonance for the students. Through structured analysis, students are pushed beyond seeing oppression in South Africa as the result of the malevolence of wealthy White citizens. Rather, the TBB program and curriculum challenges students to look for factors within the cultural, political, and social systems that prevent agape love from creating greater equity and justice.
Developing an intellect rooted in honesty, humility, and a determination to pursue truth to empower all means unraveling how we learn. The readings and seminars of the TBB curriculum add to the dynamic reality students encounter each day in the host community. The students explore the roles of drug makers and intellectual property law. They explore policies that have slowed and sped the spread of HIV. They explore the roles of foundations that have to make decisions about which diseases to treat and what to research. Through the examination of the myriad of related issues, students see the dynamic and complex nature of public health. By juxtaposing the perspectives of authors with those of patients and care workers in the host communities, students learn to treat every perspective as valid. Learning in this way builds a sense of humility; students are taught to value questions that lead to dynamic understanding rather than simple answers.
The TBB curriculum challenges students to question their assumptions about themselves and the world. As they do, they find core values and beliefs that conflict, resulting in cognitive dissonance. In South Africa, many TBB students confront their assumptions regarding the ability of the West to solve the problems faced on the continent of Africa. As they come to know brilliant and committed local people and the incredible complexity of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, it seems ludicrous that they ever believed they could be uniquely qualified to address such issues as Westerners. Through seminars and discussions, the students examine the origins of those assumptions, and how "Western culture" has shaped their world view. Analyzing these points of cognitive dissonance pushes students toward intellectual honesty.
This learning process is neither easy, nor linear. Each student encounters a wide range of thoughts and emotions. Their understanding of the world, its issues, and their individual capacity to create change evolves. The end result is a belief in agape love and a well-honed intellect that work together to create a vision of a more just and equitable world, and an understanding of how that individual student can lead most effectively.
Developing this love and intellect doesn't happen simply by sending students abroad. It takes fieldwork partners and host families who are willing to take emotional and intellectual risks. It takes teachers with exceptional skill in creating a challenging and supportive learning environment. It takes a curriculum that teaches how to think, not what to think. It takes time and faith that each student will reshape their learning. It takes a major investment to help each student develop the capacities of love and intellect that will make them exceptional social change leaders.
This can be done. Thinking Beyond Borders' gap year programs serve as one example of the possibilities for creating social change leaders.
The tools of social change are important. Improving them and teaching about them is key to equipping social change leaders. But, without a highly developed vision for social change leadership — based on a conscientious development of love and intellect — those who go into the world wielding powerful tools like social innovation run the risk of creating more harm than good.


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The Apple Store has lately created updates obtainable for its German news service provider application, de Deutsch On the web. Apple describes the application as a simple, simple e-news reader that would offer Germans with all the most recent information and info that may well come from trustworthy and trustworthy German news resources. Even so, before thinking about several application downloads, some privateness issues have been forwarded and it looks like Germans require to be far more aware of how their private data is getting employed.
Sourcing a customer group's assertion on its website in a report by Karen Matussek of Bloomberg, 8 out of the fifteen provisions in Apple's common data use terms have been hacked down by a Berlin courtroom. The purpose for this is that Apple's basic data use terms are way too farfetched and deviate from German laws. The Berlin court also reiterated that Apple can not summon international consent to be capable to obtain and utilize client data, such as their places.
With the advent of applications becoming essential to many smartphones and tablets which includes the Apple iphone and iPad, ranging from social media like Facebook and Twitter to other mobile purposes from PayPal to VoIP to Town Maps, non-public information sharing is some thing many ought to be wary about. In the EU5 by yourself which involves France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and Spain, there are about seventy three million mobile mobile phone end users who perform cellular video games on their smartphones and tablets. Eighteen million of them are so into it that they locate themselves playing for a number of hrs every day.
Person web sites have made steps to assure the privacy of end users and searching haven Nordstrom is one excellent case in point. The cell shopping software can make confident that their terms and problems are very easily accessible and that their FAQs contain details about their safe servers, and how users' information is currently being utilized. Social online games like poker, puzzles, RPGs and many others are just some of the best programs currently being put in on thousands and thousands of iPads and smartphones and it is only crucial for consumers of these cell purposes to make confident that their personal data is secure and secure by getting informed of the phrases and circumstances of each and every application. So, no matter whether you are busy in an add-to-cart spree on Nordstrom or checking on standing updates in excess of at Fb,, make positive your personal data is currently being utilised effectively and securely.
Apple's consumer data sharing procedures have been discovered violating Germany's buyer privacy protection laws. The Apple iphone maker has been ordered to redo the way it deals with some of the consumer data as a outcome, ModMYI.com studies, sourcing Bloomberg. Apple Inc. is already in the midst of a privacy lawsuit relating to its strategies of details-sharing and the German situation would seem to be proving that they are in very a debacle when it comes to properly managing the personal details of their customers.
The head of the team Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband or VZBV Gerd Billen intimated that the Berlin court's ruling only showcased the unparalleled but usually ignored importance of info safety for customers in a very and widely digitized entire world. "Apple had already signed a binding declaration that it wouldn't use 7 of the 15 clauses VZBV had objected to before the German go well with was filed, the client group said. The remaining eight provisions ended up invalidated by modern ruling, VZBV explained. German law enables acknowledged client teams to sue organizations more than illegal terms and situations. Apple asked consumers in the conditions for "international consent" to use their information, while German regulation demands that consumers know in depth what knowledge is utilized for what goal, VZBV stated. Apple also may possibly not ask for authorization to use names, addresses and phone numbers of users' contacts." (Stephen Warwick)
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Silloth Tourism Action Group (STAG) are arranging a 'Celebration Evening' to mark the end of the Silloth Airfield Project, funded by Heritage Lottery in March 2014. The event will be held in the Solway Community Technology College on 24th April 2015 at 7.00pm. All welcome
A live 40s Big Band, Cumberland Hot Shots will provide music, and refreshments will be available. Also during the evening, STAG are pleased to present the following:
- A drama about the Airfield performed by pupils from the College
- A short Film (covering Silloth Airfield's use and significance during WW2 and stories from those who served there,
- The Silloth Airfield Website –https://sillothairfield.wordpress.com/(still in development)
- A diorama of Silloth Airfield and model planes from WW2
- Exhibition of Airfield Artefacts
- Exhibition of information and photos
- Simulator (specially written to land a WW2 'Beaufighter' on Runway 21, Silloth Airfield)
Members of the audience will receive a newly designed leaflet describing the airfield's history and significance and a souvenir 'heritage style' programme for the celebration event. Items from the WW2 era will be displayed and the Solway Aviation Museum will also have a table display.
The hope is that the current project will lead to further action to preserve the history of the airfield and bring new visitors to Silloth, where they can also share in the town's many other attractions.
STAG hopes people who are interested can come along and celebrate the airfield's heritage with them.
Silloth Tourism Action Group (STAG)
Project Background 'Sharing Heritage: Silloth: The Impact of War'
This exciting heritage project, 'Silloth: The Impact of War' led by Silloth Tourism Action Group (STAG) was given £9,600 in March 2014, for a project to research the history of Silloth Airfield and community memories of the town's wartime years, in order to preserve this rich information for future generations.
Volunteers have participated in the project and have gathered detailed information, letters and photographs. People who were themselves involved at the airfield or family members who have listened to anecdotes from their relatives, have shared memories of the time, The project has looked at the history of the airfield, built just before the start of WW2 in preparation for defence of the country. It has also noted the influx of airmen and civilian personnel from all over the UK and allied countries, how Silloth accommodated the many airmen who arrived in the town during World War 2, what aircraft were used, how pilots were trained, the planes used, airfield buildings, defences, air accidents and the area of the Solway that became known locally as 'Hudson Bay,' where many aircraft crashed into the sea, sadly resulting in loss off life for some airmen, many of whom are now buried in Causewayhead Cemetery. In addition, the project has covered the decommissioning of the aircraft and the legacy of the airfield, including the arrival of new businesses. A number of formats are being used to tell the story of the airfeld, eg. film, drama, exhibitions, and a new website, even a simulator with a specially written programme allowing a Beaufighter to land at Runway 21, Silloth Airfield.
STAG and the project co-ordinator, Anna Malina, who is also the Community Engagement Officer for Silloth Green, agree that the initiative has been an exciting one that acknowledges the importance of Silloth Airfield during the last world war and its impact on the local community and the people who served there. The hope is that while this funded project is now coming to an end, it will mark the beginning of a new interest in the airfield and renewed efforts to preserve its rich history.
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About Silloth Tourism Action Group (STAG)
STAG works inclusively and in partnership with others to promote and regenerate tourism in Silloth. Supplementing the many events already run by dedicated community organisers in Silloth, STAG are striving to organise new events and are also exploring tourism opportunities offered by the town's long and extremely rich heritage. The group strives to work closely with Silloth Town Council and other organisations to achieve common aims
Sharing Heritage
1Sharing Heritage is for any not-for-profit group wanting to explore their community's heritage. With a commitment from HLF of £3m each year, Sharing Heritage grants between £3,000 and £10,000 are available to groups who want to discover their local heritage. Projects can cover a wide spectrum of subject matter from exploring local archaeology and a community's cultures and traditions to identifying and recording local wildlife and protecting the surrounding environment to managing and training volunteers, and holding festivals and events to commemorate the past.
Heritage Lottery Fund
Using money raised through the National Lottery, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) aims to make a lasting difference for heritage, people and communities across the UK and help build a resilient heritage economy. From museums, parks and historic places to archaeology, natural environment and cultural traditions, we invest in every part of our diverse heritage. HLF has supported almost 36,000 projects with £5.9bn across the UK. www.hlf.org.uk. Images available on request.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Below are some frequently asked questions by my clients when looking at having professional photography.
(click on the headings to find out more).
If you have further questions please feel free to contact Danielle.
General Business Questions
1. Are you a member of any professional photography organisation?
Yes, I am a fully accredited member and Associate of the Australian Institute of Photography (AIPP)
2. Are you covered for Public Liability Insurance?
Yes I am covered up to $20,000,000
3. Do you have a current Working With Children License and Current Police Check?
Yes all licenses and checks are up to date.
4. Are you a qualified Photographer?
Yes I graduated from Photography Studies College in Melbourne 2003
Portrait Photography Questions
1. Do you photograph families, young adults, pregnancy, newborn and children?
Yes, I photograph all styles of family and couples portraiture, including pet photography!
2. Do you photograph Corporate Portraits?
Yes, I often work with a make-up and hair stylist for these shoots. - these are priced at commercial rates - please contact Danielle for further information, and read "Corporate Portrait" section below.
3. How much will it cost?
I have a portrait 'starter' collection at $375 - click here to see the details and from there it depends on what you choose to purchase in your design appointment. To give you a rough guide, my families usually invest between $895 – $2495 when they purchase collections for their walls or family albums. You are welcome to contact me and make a time to come in and view samples of my finished products, individual pricing and more detailed pricing.
There is also a $50 Booking Deposit to hold your portrait session date and time, it is not redeemable for cash, but is put towards your portrait art order at your viewing and design session.
Click here to see a selection of products I offer and pricing.
4. How far in advance should I book my portrait session?
We all know how busy life is these days, so we recommend, the sooner you book in, the more likely you are to get the date that works for you and your family. Click here to read more about your photography experience.
5. How long is our portrait session?
Generally a portrait session will last anywhere between 1-1.5 hours depending on the day, location and family members participating. Please allow enough time either side of your portrait session so that you are not rushing to either get there, or to leave to go onto another appointment. You need to be able to relax in order to achieve the best final outcomes.
6. How long after our portrait session do we come in for a viewing of our images?
Most times we allow between one to two weeks, depending on the current workload. It is important that all decision makers are present at the time of the viewing, and generally it is advisable that you have your children cared for during this session. We will book in your viewing session at the time of your initial portrait session booking – again this allows for you to choose a date that works for you.
7. Can we have location photography at our favourite place?
Generally I will offer you a selection of locations to choose from in order to obtain quality results. however if you have a favourite place that you go to as a family, I will look at photographing either there or work to choose somewhere similar, but where I knows the light and backdrops are more suitable for the day.
8. What should we wear?
Once you book with Danielle you will have a more detailed discussion on clothing, hair and make-up for the photography session. Danielle will then also send out an information sheet with more information for you to consider. In general try not to wear clothing that is distracting for the viewer of the photo – we want the main focus of the photo to be you! If you want to showcase your family, then organize to co-ordinate your clothing, and the look and feel that you want to portray. We can also assist with this.
9. What to bring?
This is where you start to showcase your families interests and personal style. So I encourage you to bring sports equipment, musical instruments, if you wear hats, scarves, coats, bring these along - we will discuss this further in your booking session. If you have young children, bring snacks and drinks for when they get hungry, and maybe some of their favourite toys - not computer games though - too distracting, and hard to get off once started!
10. Should I get my make-up done professionally?
This is a very personal choice, and although I feel that if you are happy with how you apply your make-up - stick with this, if you are not used to applying make-up and you would like to just have that natural yet finished look, why not spoil yourself and have your make-up and maybe hair done as well. Getting your make-up done does not mean heavy makeup so that you don't look like you! It just means, professional makeup that can highlight your features, hide your flaws, and generally make you feel great. Professional make-up artists are skilled in creating looks that suit you and your complexion, as well as helping your skin look great in front of the lens. This is an extra fee, and needs to be booked in advance if having Danielle organise your make-up artist. Alternatively, you may already have a make-up artist you already use, and are happy with.
Danielle is happy to recommend a make-up artist that she has worked with many times before if you would like to choose this option.
11. Do we receive the digital files for printing?
For all orders over $895 your receive the digital negative of the images you have ordered - these are saved as high resolution at the print size you have ordered. For all orders under this amount you are able to purchase the digital negative of any images you have ordered for an additional $150 - these are saved as high resolution at the print size you have ordered. For digital negatives you wish to purchase without a print, these are $300 each and are saved as high resolution at 8" x 12" print size. ALL digital negatives are supplied fully retouched and colour corrected. You also receive Web/Social Media resolution digital files of all images purchased.
Commercial/Corporate Clients - Click to contact Danielle regarding digital files and how your work is supplied.
12. Do we own the copyright to our images?
We have duel copyright of the images. This allows you to use them how you would like to, whilst also giving Danielle Benson Photography the right to use any of your images for self promotion on my Website, Facebook or published media and competitions.
Commercial/ Corporate Clients - Click here to contact Danielle regarding copyright and usage.
Click to enquire about your portrait Session With Danielle here.
Corporate Portraits
1. How long should I allow for my portrait?
This depends on a couple of factors. If you are having your hair and make-up done please allow 2 hours. If you are just wanting to have a head-shot please allow 30 minutes - 1 hour. If you are wanting a full branding collection, please call Danielle to discuss your requirements.
2. What should I wear?
Please bring a couple of different outfits and options. Wear clothes that show who you are and your brand. Make sure your clothes are ironed and clean, and unless your brand requires it, do not wear outfits with slogans or logos - unless they are your business/work logos! Keep it simple and coordinated. We will also discuss your options over the phone before your session.
Click here to see samples of corporate portraits.
3. Where does the photo session take place?
Your session can take place at you work, out doors, or in a studio - we will discuss this when we chat.
4. Booking Deposit and Payment?
Booking Fees:
A 50% booking fee to secure your date, full payment must be received prior to delivery of final files.
A cancellation fee is payable if the client cancels or significantly amends the services within 48 hours of the booking date. The cancellation fee is equal to 50% of the total fee quoted or invoiced to the client, plus all incurred costs - please see below.
Please note:
Studio Hire Cancellations made within 7 days of a booking will incur a 75% Cancellation Fee, and within 2 days of the Clients booked date 100% Cancellation Fee.
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Model/Talent Cancellations made within 7 days of a booking will incur a 75% Cancellation Fee, and within 2 days of the Clients booked date 100% Cancellation Fee.
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I accept, Cash, Eftpos, Visa & Mastercard. All credit card payments incur the 2.0% bank charge added to the total payment of your purchases. I do not accept Amex, Diners Club or Cheques.
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This month, Arts & Sciences researchers have been awarded grants from organizations including the National Institutes of Health and Sigma Xi.
Richard D. Vierstra, the George and Charmaine Mallinckrodt Professor in the Department of Biology, was awarded a four-year, $1.16 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a project titled "Autophagic clearance of inactive proteasomes and ribosomes as models for protein quality control."
Timothy Wencewicz, assistant professor of chemistry, received a three-year, $450,000 grant from the Children's Discovery Institute of Washington University and St. Louis Children's Hospital in support of research on blocking nitrogen metabolism in tuberculosis.
Mark McDaniel, professor of psychological and brain sciences and co-director of the Center for Integrative Research on Cognition, Learning, and Education (CIRCLE), is co-recipient of a 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Conference of Prospective Memory. McDaniel was recognized for his work on prospective memory, a form of memory that involves remembering to perform a planned action or recall a planned intention at some future point in time.
Brian Carpenter, professor of psychological and brain sciences, was awarded $286,000 from the National Institutes of Health in support of enhancing undergraduate preparation for research in aging and neurologic diseases.
Arpita Bose, assistant professor of biology and of earth and planetary sciences, received a $40,000 collaboration initiation grant from the dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences to pursue cross-disciplinary research with Mark Meacham, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and material sciences in the School of Engineering & Applied Science.
David Balota, professor of psychological and brain sciences, received $23,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation for a research project on rejuvenating the English lexicon.
Lauren Cubellis, a doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology working with Rebecca Lester, associate professor of sociocultural anthropology, was awarded $9,500 from the National Science Foundation in support of her research on the cultural contexts of mental health care. Lester also won the 2017 Stirling Prize, which is presented annually by the Society for Psychological Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association to recognize a published work that makes an outstanding contribution to any area of psychological anthropology.
Jamie Elias, a graduate student in the Department of Physics working with Erik Henriksen, assistant professor of physics, received a $1,000 award from Sigma Xi, the scientific research honor society, for her research project titled "Effect of transition metal adatoms on graphene transport."
Gayle Fritz, professor of archaeology, and Natalie Mueller, a 2017 doctoral graduate of the Department of Anthropology, received the Patty Jo Watson Award for the year's best article or book chapter on Southeastern archaeology. Presented by the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, the award recognizes their co-authored chapter titled "Women as symbols and actors in the Mississippi Valley: Evidence from female flint-clay figurines and effigy vessels."
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If you have been reading my blog you will connect with what I am saying more easily. I have a body that does not listen to the commands from my brain. My body is more a 'reaction and impulse' machine than a 'purposeful action driven by the cortex' machine. You see, given my hyper sensitivity to my environment, things that would not even cross your radar send my body into fight or flight – anything from the change in air pressure to daring family adventures in crowds (read recipe for sensory overload).
Doing anything purposeful requires a minor miracle if done independently. I need to build motor patterns for everything, always with an outside register and initiator until pathways are strongly myelinated. Lots of verbal prompting and sometimes even physically being assisted help me really build a strong brain-body connection where one didn't exist. The end goal is autonomy, but it always starts with being taught. How do you learn a new skill? I bet much the same way, but without your body fighting to flee the whole time. Being dependent on outside initiation, feedback, and support is how we all get good at anything to the point that it becomes automatic and purposeful. Doing any new physically challenging activity requires a coach, so how is my need for prompting and feedback any different.
Back to the question at hand. Not only is having a Communication Partner needed for me to get my body to behave enough to be concentratedly purposeful, but the partnership elevates my ability to stay purposeful. Let me unpack that a bit for you. I am an impulsive being, impacted by oodles of external and internal triggers. Left to my own ability to initiate and maintain purposeful motor control you would not be reading this now. Can you imagine being trapped watching baby videos with zero ability to stop yourself? Brutally torturous existence, yes? Well guess who stops that incessant loop that plays in my brain whether I'm in front of the videos or not? You got it, my Communication Partner! Creating an environment that pulls for me to be purposeful and productive is their job, whether they are skilled on the boards or not yet proficient. There is a direct correlation between how great a purposeful environment they create and our effectiveness on the boards or with purposeful motor activities. The way of being lovingly assertive and completely believing in my competence makes it easier to stay on task.
A final factor is that my Communication Partner desires to only empower my voice. Communication is a you and me exchange of information. My Communication Partner listens powerfully for what I am saying, without adding or taking away anything. Never interrupting or influencing. Don't think many people are able to be that powerful a blank listening for another. That power creates a trust and partnership that isn't easily replicated. Any person holding my board doesn't work. Each partner must build that trust and capacity to listen powerfully with nothing in the way. Totally a skill!
Why not independent typing yet? Well, I am building motor pathways with my partners. Putting my keyboard on a stand without a connection to these humans is a whole lot harder. My impulses fire more often and I no longer have that environment pulling for purposefulness. It takes all of my available energy to do like 2 sentences in 20 minutes with a lot of backspace key use, versus writing something like this blog in about an hour with virtually no backspace use. While I am committed to being independent and will continue to work hard toward that goal, I am grateful to be powerfully supported and self-expressed in my communication partnerships until that day.
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How awesome would it be if wildly popular bands who decided to tour together would open their shows by meeting each other for a no-holds-barred cage match to see who would be the opener, and who would close the show?
Rock 'n' roll heavyweights Chicago and REO Speedwagon are playing Ak-Chin Pavilion on Saturday, June 17, and the merger of these two titans of the '70s and '80s has the potential to bring a swirl of emotion to anyone who has paid even a modicum of attention to popular American music over the past five decades. They are both big bands with multiple touring members, and their duel to the death (or at least who goes on first), would be epic.
To some, this pairing may be one of the more revolting things they could consider. Can't you hear it now?
"Those are bands my grandparents listen to … eww!" could roll right off the tongue of the average teenage Kanye or Kesha devotee.
To others, the idea of sweating your appendages off to Chicago and REO, as they are affectionately referred to quite often, on a hot summer Phoenix night, sounds like a great excuse to drink a lot of Bud Light and whoop it up. While Chicago received major notoriety first with hits like "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is" and "Beginnings" in 1970, when the band was still known as Chicago Transit Authority, none of their records have sold as many as REO's big hit, 1980's Hi Infidelity, which is certified diamond (10 million copies sold). Both bands have had multiple singles hit No. 1 in the U.S., and both have had a lot of lineup changes over the years, but that is not where the similarities end.
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Being incredibly popular can take its toll on even the strongest bands, and a revolving door of members is another thing Chicago and REO Speedwagon share with one another. REO Speedwagon has had well over 20 "official" members, and Chicago several times that if you include all of the musicians who have toured with the band over the years. The lineup changes, though, some of which having had significant impact on the sound of each band, have not hampered their popularity with fans of either the soothing, jazz-oriented soft rock sounds of adult contemporary music that Chicago excels at, or the more straight-up, midwestern America rock 'n' roll sound of REO. Each band continue to sell records and concert tickets at relatively brisk rates, so why not get together and jam it out for the presumably khaki-loving masses?
To their credit, each band have had measurable success with at least five members handling lead vocal duties over the years, which speaks volumes about the musicianship and songwriting talent. Peter Cetera, who was a founding member of Chicago, sang many of their best-known songs, including "If You Leave Me Now," and "Hard To Say I'm Sorry." Unfortunately, he will probably never play with them again — he left the band in 1985. Ironically, Michael Bryan Murphy, who handled the vocals (and keyboards) on REO Speedwagon's first hit, "Ridin' The Storm Out," got a credit on Chicago's 2002 anthology, The Chicago Story: The Complete Greatest Hits, for programming cowbell on multiple tracks, including soft-rock classic "Baby, What A Big Surprise." Murphy left REO Speedwagon after the utterly forgettable This Time We Mean It, which came out in 1975.
Regardless of why you might love or hate these bands, you have to tip your cap to each of them as they have existed in one form or another for over 50 years, and created some of the most iconic songs in rock 'n' roll history. From power ballads like REO's "Keep On Loving You," to contemplative jazzy interludes like Chicago's "Saturday In The Park," to straight-up rockers like "25 or 6 to 4" (Chicago) and "Don't Let Him Go" (REO Speedwagon), there is a little something for everyone. Remember to get there early, just in case they decide to rumble.
Chicago and REO Speedwagon play Ak Chin Pavilion on Sunday, June 17. Tickets are $19 and up at livenation.com.


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Chicago Bulls announce new contract for guard Jimmy Butler
The Chicago Bulls officially announced on Thursday that they have signed guard Jimmy Butler to a new contract.
The Associated Press reports the deal is a five-year maximum contract extension worth $90 million. ESPN's Marc Stein reports that it contains a $4.6 million signing bonus.
"Chicago is where I wanted to be," Butler said on Thursday, according to the team. "I love playing here. I love the city."
Butler, 25, who became a restricted free agent this off-season, has played his entire four-year career with the Bulls. He started all 65 games he played in last season, averaging 38.7 minutes, 20.0 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, all career highs. He also shot 46.2% from the field and 37.8% from three-point range, also both career bests.
He was selected to his first All-Star Game and chosen as the NBA's Most Improved Player for 2014-15.
Butler was offered a four-year, $44 million contract extension by the Bulls before last season, but he rejected it, saying he was betting on himself to have an even better 2014-15 season than his solid 2013-14.
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Butler has the option to opt out of his new contract after four years.
By signing Butler, the Bulls return virtually their entire 2014-15 roster. Chicago lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2015 Eastern Conference semifinals.
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Saturday, May 21, 2011
Sending Smiles To Special Angels Adoption
Adoption. Whenever I hear this word my heart automatically overflows with complete and absolute bliss. I've never experienced this blessing first hand, but some of my most near and dear friends have adopted or are in the works to becoming adoptive parents. There is just something miraculous about seeing parents joined with a child through the beauty of adoption. Whenever I witness this sacred event I automatically sense that those individuals were always meant to be together...they just needed to take a unique journey to find each other.
As one may know, however, the journey of adoption doesn't always lead one down a smooth and carefree path. There's often bumps and barriers that can cause headaches....and heartaches. It's not always an easy voyage but as one may tell you, the hardships are always worth it once that precious child is finally in their arms.
Yep I just love, love, (that's capital L-O-V-E) love adoption!!! I also love those that set their sights on helping others adopt, just like our newest Sending Smiles nominee, Kelly Grove of Special Angels Adoption. She is a wonderful woman who, for the past three years, has been able to help special needs little ones find their forever families. Up until this point, her ministry has been able to help unite families for no monetary gain. With the new website and application for a non-profit status, however, Kelly and her ministry need our help.
On Saturday, June 4th, Kelly will be hosting an online auction. She currently needs items to be donated for that event. Crafts, gift certificates and business services are all welcome.
All items and such need to be mailed and received before June 4th.
Items can be mailed to:
Special Angels Adoption
Layton, Utah
There are other ways we can help as well...
**A donation button is on her new website if you would like to make monetary donations. That link can be found here: Special Angels Adoption.
**Attend the online auction on June 4th. Details will be on her website the day of on how to participate and bid the desired items. I believe the auction starts on 9:00 am and will run until 12:00 pm. I do know there are going to be a lot of fabulous things. I for one can hardly wait!
**Pass on the word! Blog, email, facebook, twitter and such to all of your friends. Let them know how they can help as well. The more that participate the merrier!
**In Kelly's own words, "Pray for Special Angels Adoption. Pray that birthmoms and adoption agencies will know how to find us. That adoptive families will consider special needs as an option. That we can raise the funds we need to grow and move forward."
I know time is short but I believe we can still do a lot to help Kelly with her goal. I hope you will join Kirsti and I in this latest Sending Smiles endeavor. We are so excited about it and can't wait to see what you girl's come up with! Be sure to let us know how you are helping. If you can, take pictures of your donated auction items and email the images to firstname.lastname@example.com
We'll be sure to post the picture along with your name on the next Sending Smile update!
Until then... Happy Auctioning!!!
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- Savannah said...
Kelly is an AMAZING force in the adoption world. I was already planning to donate some items (and hopefully win a few items), but I'm glad you posted this reminder. I didn't know I needed to mail her the stuff before hand. I'll try to remember to blog about this when I have a minute.
- May 23, 2011 at 12:04 PM
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Exploiting the Same Price Level more than Once and Making the Most of Limited Opportunities
August 25, 2014
Monday was one of those trading days where there's a decent amount of movement, yet not much going in the way of actual trade set-ups. Pivot points weren't a factor and it took a price level to manifest on its own from the price data to actually get something worth trading.
On the 6:40(AM EST) candle, price closed out around 1.3272. The next candle was bearish, while 1.3272 was rejected again on the 6:50 candle. So here we already had the basic footing of a resistance level in the market. A common question that traders have is what constitutes a "resistance level," for example? Basically it can be as simple as a green/up candle followed by a red/down candle. Mainly, I'm just looking for how price acts around these levels – pivot points, high of day, low of day, any type of support or resistance created from previous price history – and, of course, how price acts on its own.
I addressed this matter in some detail in these posts:
Identifying Horizontal Support and Resistance from Previous Price History
Identifying Horizontal Support and Resistance from Previous Price History — Part 2
When the 6:55 candle was bearish, I felt I had what was necessary to support a put option set-up at 1.3272, expecting that the resistance level would keep price below. The trend was also slightly down.
Once price hit 1.3272 on the 7:00AM candle, I entered a put option. The trade received a nice boost down on the 7:05, and made challenges up to my entry point on the 7:10 and 7:15 candles, but the level held and ultimately expired about one pip in-the-money.
Given the set-up was still valid to me, I decided to re-enter the same trade, a put option at 1.3272, on the 7:20 candle. The 7:25 fell about five pips in my favor, before settling as about a four-pip winner.
In today's trading, despite a grim early outlook, it came down to simply finding a good spot to trade. And since the situation was favorable, I was able to make the most of it and take two pretty good winning trades going with the trend.
As you can see below in the daily chart, the EUR/USD has been in a steep downtrend for the month of August, so with all the daily downtrends that have been frequent as of late, put options have tended to not be a bad idea.
The exchange rate is currently below 1.3200, which is a low that hasn't been seen since the beginning of September 2013, about a year ago.
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This had to be a first! I got my hands on the keys to our long-terming Jaguar XF, within a month of its arrival and more unusually, it was squeaky clean. If you follow this section in the magazine then you will doubtless be aware that it's sort of a wheels tradition to pass on a long-term car to someone only when it's filthy and running on fumes, so yes this was definitely a first. Well, almost. The moment I started the engine I was greeted by the dreaded gong telling me that I had a driving range of exactly zero kilometres. Or about two kays less than the nearest petrol station. Haven't lost the touch boys!
I flicked to Eco and nursed the XF to its watering hole, and after a lavish Dh25 worth of 98 Octane treatment, I noticed that the fuel indicator had actually not budged from the depths of its petrolless chasm. It only revealed the glorious three bars of fuel when the engine was restarted. Not exactly the best first acquaintance.
The XF does look good though. I agree with Amit, that it is a sophisticated-looking thing and the design, which has hardly changed from the first-generation car, is still fresh and contemporary. More importantly however, the new car is about 190kg lighter than the one it replaces and at 1,595kg it is one of the lightest in its class. This means that even though our tester has the smaller four-cylinder engine 2.0-litre turbocharged engine, its 238 horsepower and 340Nm of torque are sufficient to make the XF move in a hurry.
What's also noteworthy is the superb balance between ride and handling. It's comfortable without being too wallowy, in fact it is quite brisk and pointy on the move. The reduced weight is clearly evident in the way the XF changes direction.
The cabin, is pretty neat too, with great attention being paid to the quality of materials and finish. All in all it's more refined than its predecessor in every way.
Complaints? I feel the throttle and the brake pedal sit too close to each other, which is extremely annoying. But then I'm probably nitpicking here.
I'll hand over the key to Amit next week and I promise to uphold the wheels long-term tester tradition.
The progress
Week 1 wheels Arabic editor Fadi is not impressed with the XF's styling; he thinks it doesn't stand out enough. But then he's impossibly shallow when it comes to his choice of cars sometimes. He likes the cabin, though, and finds the ride quality superb.
Highs Good to drive, ride, cabin.
Lows Bland exterior styling.
Week 2 Editor Amit disagrees with Fadi on the subject of the XF's exterior aesthetics. He doesn't quite like the cheesy graphics on the infotainment display, though, or the engine's lack of enthusiasm in Eco mode.
Highs Self-assuredly handsome.
Lows Cringe-worthy graphics on the central infotainment system display.


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Samuel started the Ketogenic Diet in April. It was quite soon that we could see a positive change in Samuel and his seizures. Despite his ketones being low and sometimes very up and down, there was a noticeable difference in how settled Samuel had become. It wasn't just us that noticed but his carers at Julia's House and our friends and family.
But over the last few weeks we had noticed that Samuel's seizures had started to increase and he had also begun to lose weight, which in turn was affecting his ketones. It seems that Samuel had not been absorbing his fats properly and his dirty nappies, let's just say they looked very fatty!
So we went into hospital for a few days to try a new enzyme called Pancrex to help him absorb fats. It didn't seem to be making a big difference. He's being weighed regularly and the scales are showing that his weight isn't improving, in fact it seems to be dropping.
We are now moving on to Plan B. We are starting Samuel on the MCT (Medium Chain Triglycerides) Ketogenic Diet. If Samuel fails to gain adequate weight on this diet then we will be coming off Ketogenic Diet all together. If we do have to do this, it may not be the end of the Ketogenic road for Samuel. If we come off the diet, he puts on a good amount of weight and the experts are happy, then we may revisit the diet once again.
As Samuel is fed via a gastrostomy button, the diet is made up in a liquid form. Preparing his feeds feels like a cookery lesson (but with no added spices!). For example, today I'm feeding him 100ml Ketocal (Ketogenic liquid that he was on before), 12ml Liquigen (MCT fat), 3ml Maxijul (carbohydrate), 3g Carbohydrate free mix – the rest of the feed is made up with water. This doesn't come to us in a made up liquid, we have to put it all together ourselves.The quantities and ratios will be tweaked as time goes on but this is our starting point.
What is MCT Ketogenic Diet?
Most naturally occurring fats are called triglycerides and usually they are Long Chain Triglycerides which take longer to metabolise than carbohydrate and protein. MCT fats also occur naturally, the most abundant source is coconut oil and MCT oil is refined from coconut oil. This type of oil is different because it is metabolised in a different way than LCT fats and a lot quicker too and because of this it produces a lot more ketones.
The rationale for the MCT diet is that because the MCT oil is more 'ketogenic', it is possible to increase the levels of carbohydrate and protein, and still achieve the basic objective of the diet which is the body going into ketosis. Because this oil produces a lot of ketones quicker than LCT fats – this oil is used as a 'supplement' with this version of the Ketogenic diet and it therefore allows more carbohydrates and calories to be taken in whilst still achieving 'ketosis' and hopefully the beneficial effects of that ketosis.
(Taken from Matthew's Friends' leaflet)
To find out more about the Ketogenic Diet, please visit Matthew's Friends. Matthew's Friends is a charity set up to support families like ours with a child on the ketogenic diet. They have provided a lot of support and information to Samuel's dieticians.


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Shares of Amarin (AMRN), a biotech company focusing on treatments for cardiovascular disease, plunged last week after a prior court ruling involving GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pronova Biopharma was overturned, clearing the way for generic versions of Lovaza, which will compete against Amarin's only drug, Vascepa. Daily ChartAmarin has been depending on sales of its omega-3 fish cholesterol pill, Vascepa (AMR-101), approved last July and launched in the United States in January, to fuel the company's top line growth.
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The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11:6 (NKJV)
Sometimes family reunions can give rise to tensions and emotions which can turn quickly from happy, light-hearted banter to stinging squabbles or fights about long held resentments. That's why instead of looking forward to a day of togetherness, you may find yourself dreading the possibility of a major family catastrophe. You may not be able to prevent all problems from arising, but you can reduce the chances of triggering them. Leslie Becker-Phelps[i] gives us a few tips to survive family reunions:
Keep your expectations realistic. There's a difference between the family that you'd like to have and the one that you really do have. When we have an idealistic view of the family, or how the family reunion will go, you may be disappointed, frustrated, or even angry if things don't turn out like the image you had develop. Becker-Phelps suggests you "be honest with yourself and set realistic expectations for a good day with the family that you have." If you don't, you are just setting yourself up for disappointment.
Attend to your basic needs. Before the event, do all you can to take care of yourself by sleeping well and by eating enough so you don't show up as a hungry, cranky version of yourself. And when you need a break from the family, be sure to take one. For instance, if things are getting a bit tense, or you feel your frustration rising, excuse yourself and take a walk around the block, get some fresh air, take the time to pray, or do what helps you to calm down.
Feel the love. As Becker-Phelps says, "Remember that your concerns, frustrations, and even anger exist largely because you care." Consciously thinking about how you love your family can help fill you with compassion for them, and keep you from being sucked into a vortex of anger and frustration. Consider the option of not having a family to love or be loved by, and do what you can to enjoy the time you have together.
Father God, remind me that my family is as imperfect as I am, and help me to show them and experience their love.
[i] http://blogs.webmd.com/art-of-relationships/2015/06/how-to-survive-your-family-reunion.html?ecd=wnl_men_061915&ctr=wnl-men-061915_nsl-promo_5&mb=K2VcbkxhrhREAZ5zC2UpheHnVev1imbCHYS8QQY8uqo%3d


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Have you noticed how many cameras have been installed on stoplights? And not just at busy intersections. Everywhere. The intersection without a spy camera is the exception, it seems. What are these cameras for? Are we supposed to feel better because "big brother is watching?" Are these cameras there for our safety? Fans of the police state would say "there's no harm in just collecting data, is there?" "No harm in just watching."
This is how I would recommend you look at the prevalence of electronic medical records. Your health information, once digitalized, is not secure. Why is the federal government actually paying physicians to convert their medical record systems to EMR? And punishing them with lower Medicare payments if they don't! There's no harm in collecting this information in this sharable way, is there? There's no harm in sharing this with Uncle Sam, is there? Don't think this will be used as a rationing tool? Really?
Government at the state and federal level claims that none of the medical privacy laws apply to them. I think they want our health information and they want it very badly so that they can "allocate scarce health resources in the most efficient manner." There's always some government creep that thinks he/she can do this better than the market. This EMR craze is very troubling stuff and I would encourage you to be very careful with your health information. Your medical records are your business and your physician's business only. Transforming this information into an electronic database is the first step toward begging someone in our wonderful government to do something about whatever inequities they think they have found.
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For the past couple of years I've been in a slump, stuck in one place with nothing to strive towards, so I eventually came to the conclusion that if I didn't do something, I'd keep being miserable. I couldn't just stay in my safe, counter-productive space forever. There had to be more to life than … Continue reading 365 New Days, 365 New Chances
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Baby Days
I've actually had quite the eventful weekend for a change. Friday saw me meeting with my friend for tea and a catch up after months of not seeing each other, before moving on to the Grimsby Auditorium to see British comedian Joel Dommett on stage. It's safe to say we were laughing our pants off, … Continue reading Baby Days
Spider Wars 2: Return of the Beast
Since returning from a family trip to Scotland (which you can read about over at victoriasvoyage.blog), nothing very exciting or notable has happened in my life. Having said that, on Saturday afternoon I headed into town to meet with an ex-work colleague/dear friend for a local music festival, Barge Fest. Hosted by The Barge, a … Continue reading Spider Wars 2: Return of the Beast
The Reality of a Gaming Addiction
Welcome my readers. No, I haven't vanished off the face of the Earth for a month, but I also haven't found the motivation to contribute to this blog either. Try as I might, I just have nothing to talk about, and that's probably partly because I have nothing to tell. I mean, I did go … Continue reading The Reality of a Gaming Addiction
OMG I Fly On Sunday!
I had my birthday on May 23rd, and so far, 25 hasn't treated me so badly - I would imagine mostly due to the fact I'm now just a stones throw away from my first ever solo travel adventure abroad (And partly that I got some awesome new video games that have had me hooked … Continue reading OMG I Fly On Sunday!


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"For a team to achieve at it's highest level, everyone needs to be on the same page and using the same vocabulary. A common language will help align the sails." – Read More
"There is no greater testimony and verification of a life well-lived than the life altering acknowledgments from so many others." – Read More
"Enriching team unity is one of the building blocks of the 3D model and this provided an opportunity to achieve that by strengthening and widening the team's relationship web." – Read More
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"As coaches embark upon a journey of understanding the 3D framework, they begin to discern with clarity their transformational purpose." – Read More
"Power can and will be abused, so it's important to remember that positional power is not the same as the power that comes from relational trust." – Read More
"We must see purpose beyond our goals because every goal will eventually become a piece of history. " – Read More
Great Power Requires Great Character
"Great POWER requires great CHARACTER for it to be a blessing and not a curse." – Read More
"The helicopter approach to governing our kids' lives doesn't seem to be working out so well for the kids!" – Read More
"Through her negativity, she demanded that I show her I cared. Once I did, she was willing to give me her best." – Read More
Investing in the Culture You Want to Create
"You must invest in the culture you want to create. This may require a new perspective on how you use the resources you have." – Read More
"What are we doing systemically wrong that 75% of the kids quit sports after a few short years?" – Read More
"MLK's dream was for a day when people would be judged by the content of their character, not by the content of a caricature." – Read More
"Very few things have the capacity to stunt our growth like an attitude of contentment does." – Read More
"Coach "Raz" made everyone feel important. She cared about her player's feelings—and now, despite that faint Bobby Knight voice in my head, so do I." – Read More
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"Don't be mastered BY your emotions. Define your "WHY" and allow your purpose to reign OVER your emotions." – Read More
Motivation: The Essence of Coaching
"A coach is somebody who gets people to do what they DON'T want to do in order to obtain that which they DO want to obtain." – Read More
"…the relentless pursuit of dreams, even if we never realize them, is what makes us who we are." – Read More
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"When the level of joy in a program increases, the athletes' collective attitude and effort will elevate with it." – Read More
"If you don't teach and model honor and respect for all then you are assuming that every home environment is teaching and modeling it for your athletes." – Read More
"There has never been a more difficult time to coach than right now. There has never been a more rewarding time to coach than right now either! However, we must first help coaches define WHY they coach." – Read More
"In a transformational culture, athletes should understand that seniority and athletic success does not earn them more RIGHTS. " – Read More
"The 3D Coaching framework helps coaches see their athletes with new eyes in a new way." – Read More
"As coaches when we allow ourselves to be consumed by a singular goal like winning, we fail to develop the whole player and build a culture that teaches so much more than how to win" – Read More
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The 3D Coaching Success Factor
"The culture you establish must have the factors of success, within the 3D Framework, woven throughout it." – Read More
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"All growth requires change. All change requires a growth mindset. Change is uncomfortable. Therefore all meaningful change is a process. The process we like to use is called the "Formula for Change." – Read More
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The Magic Bullet for Happiness
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Transactional vs. Transformational Coaching
"Transactional coaching is focused on actions. It's about performance. Transformational coaching is focused on the person." – Read More
"We demand our athletes get out of their comfort zone, but sometimes we are unable to do it ourselves." – Read More
Understanding is the Basis of Care
"If we don't know the purpose of something, we will misuse it, abuse it, and/or frustrate the original purpose of it." – Read More
Using the 3D Framework to Teach Non-Cognitive Skills
"Non-cognitive skills have been shown through research to be excellent predictors of numerous successful life outcomes such as academic achievement, workplace performance, and leadership effectiveness." – Read More
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French cableco Numericable Group – which agreed to acquire domestic telecoms giant SFR for USD23 billion in April – has signed a closing agreement to buy 100% of the capital of Omea Telecom Limited. According to a press release, the acquisition agreement was reached after successful negotiations with employee representatives. The deal remains subject to approval from the relevant administrative authorities.
TeleGeography notes that Omea Telecom is a holding company, which markets mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services in France under the brand names Virgin Mobile France, Tele2 Mobile France and Casino Mobile. Omea Telecom is owned by the Carphone Warehouse Group (46%), Richard Branson's Virgin Group (46%) and the French company Financom (8%). In March 2014 reports in local media suggested that Carphone Warehouse Group was planning to sell its stake in the company; the retailer's decision prompted the Virgin Group to consider its own investment in the MVNO. The owners were said to have initially offered their shares to SFR, upon whose network Virgin Mobile piggybacks.
As previously reported by TeleGeography's CommsUpdate, in May 2014 Numericable entered into exclusive negotiations with Omea Telecom to buy MVNO Virgin Mobile France for an enterprise value of EUR325 million (USD445.79 million). The broadband provider stated that the acquisition would help it to accelerate its convergence strategy. Numericable, noted that former SFR owner Vivendi would contribute EUR200 million to the deal.


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Top,sides,and back are oak veneered particleboard with solid oak edging.Legs,drawer and knob are solid oak.Legs taper inwards,cut in a thickness planer with a jig,everything joined with biscuits and notched web frames inside dados.
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Well, I've just visited a blog where there was quite a bit of dialogue, heated dialogue based on the bloggers critique of a certain interior designer...I wanted to jump in and be the big saviour. You know, say something profound to resolve the whole thing. I love to play the "fixer". I quickly realized it wouldn't be wise to jump in the mix. I would easily get wounded if someone lit into me with harsh words. Then I'd be pissed and have to come back with proof that I can be clever and sarcastic....no good can come of that.
I will, however, comment here on my own blog. My observation....I believe that if someone is going to post an opinion and critique another's work, etc. it's cowardly to remain anonymous.
Anonymity can be a beautiful thing when someone is involved in an act of generosity or some noble deed and they don't want to bring attention to themselves. Otherwise, to rip someone a new one and do so anonymously is, in my opinion, lame.
I'm not sure why people find the need to tear others down anyway. I guess I do know why. Jealousy. I've certainly had my share of being envious of what others have in comparison to what I don't have. There are some extremely talented and wealthy people out there! I see some unbelievable homes on the design blogs, wow! When I get into the place where I'm comparing, that's no good.
Anyhow, this painting is interesting because the angel is below rather than above.
Friday, May 2, 2008
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- cotedetexas said...
Hi - great post - I know who and what you are talking about. It may make you feel better that the post has been removed. check for yourself. anyway - interesting blog you have!!!! Glad to find it and thank you SO much for your comment!!! I truly appreciate you leaving.
take care!
- May 3, 2008 at 8:08 PM
- femme hesse said...
Thanks Joni, we are talking about the same post. I thought you're comments were very supportive and positive.
- May 4, 2008 at 1:03 PM
- Pigtown*Design said...
I have almost given up reading that blog because the of nastieness that is allowed and even encouraged. There's a culture of our mean-ing each other and I am not interested in being a part of it.
Dear sweet Joni's come in for more than her fair share of vitriol by expressing her opinion and defending others. She does not deserve such treatment.
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The Hunds invade Southern Bohemia
Well this post is beyond overdue...I started it while we were still in the Czech Republic, but it was right near the end of our stay and Amanda and I hit the ground running on another experiment as soon as we were back in Colorado. But these stories and pictures are too good not to post, so I hope you enjoy!
Time Warp back to June of 2013
I'd really like to draw some parallel between the Hund family vacation to the Czech Republic and one of the Griswold vacations, but the Hunds have their own unique version of crazy...and I mean that in the best possible way!
After spending a few days in Prague, the Hund clan - Fred, Kathy, and Sarah (with her new fiance, Ryan, in tow) - headed south for their Bohemian adventure. Due to some unfortunate timing, their stay in nearby Trebon coincided with our second round of adult capturing (the subject of the previous post), but Amanda and I sucked it up and spent a week working hard and playing hard. We met up with them at their penzion after our day of banding. As many places in South Bohemia do, their penzion had an aviary with several exotic birds, a pond with a statue of the waterman, and a garden where the guests can taste the local brew. After giving us the tour of their tiny room, we headed toward the square for dinner. As any college or graduate student knows, the best time to go to the fancy restaurant you've always wanted to try is when mom and dad are in town...so we took them to Šupina. On our first day in Southern Bohemia, Martina (also a graduate student) showed us this restaurant and told us it was very good, but a little pricey and that it would be a good place to go when Amanda's parents came to to town. As we've mentioned before, Trebon and the surrounding areas are known for their fish, specifically trout, and Šupina (and it's little sister Šupinka) is one of the best fish restaurants in town. All the meals were amazing! We found out that our server, who was wearing the required bow tie better than anyone else, was heading to San Francisco for work in a few weeks. Before leaving the restaurant, Fred slipped him an extra 200 crowns (on top of his tip) and told him to go to Fisherman's Wharf when he got to San Francisco - always willing to help a fellow traveller!
We were lucky to have one day off from banding to do touristy things. All 6 of us piled into the Hunds' rental car (Tomas would later inform us of the trouble we could have gotten in for not having enough seat belts) and headed to Hluboká nad Vltavou to visit a Windsor-style castle. After a delicious meal in town where we discovered Sarah did not like Kofola, we trecked up the hill to the main event. Unfortunately, the castle wasn't open for public tours the day we were there, but we were able to walk around the grounds and see the amazing gardens.
In the afternoon, we met Tomas and his family (Jana and baby Adam) at the zoo. All you Americans, forget the image you have in your head of zoos. At this zoo, the fences were low and there were no moats separating us from the animals...you want to stick your finger in the cage and have it bitten off by a monkey, go right ahead, you'll learn your lesson right quick. One of the first exhibits we stopped at was the prairie dogs. Anyone that's been near a prairie dog colony knows that they're pretty active little dudes. But one of these prairie dogs was sprawled out near the mound, and all of us agreed that he looked a little dead as indicated by the flies accumulating on him...luckily, as we walked away, he came back to life and ran into the burrow.
Some of the other highlights included the meerkats, where one attempted to sit on the lap of another, the diverse array of bird exhibits, the insect exhibit, and feeding the carp. Yes, I said feeding the carp...you could buy a handful of what looked like cat kibble and drop it into the pond. Within seconds, a mass of carp would be swimming around, mouths open, waiting for more food to drop. By the end of the day, Amanda and I had discovered a fundamental difference between us (the biologists) and Kathy and Sarah - while Amanda and I were swooning over the wallaby joey, Kathy and Sarah couldn't get enough of baby Adam. Granted Adam has some adorably chubby cheeks, but...baby wallaby!
We concluded the day with dinner at one of the oldest restaurants in the region, Masné Krámy - the first reference of it was as a meat market was in 1336! It had clearly been renovated, but the food and beer selection were quite traditional. Unsurprisingly, our waiter spoke little to no English, but don't worry, Kathy commiserated as her ability to speak English apparently disappears when ordering food at a restaurant in a foreign country. Despite the language barrier, we ordered through a sophisticated method called, 'pointing at the menu'. In an unprecedented move, Amanda was not hungry and was starting to feel a little under the weather. So we ended our fun-filled day on a bit of a downer, but all in all it was a great day.
The next day, Fred helped out with some field work. Amanda and I had a couple swaps to do during another big banding day. The extra car made the process go much quicker and then Fred stuck around to take some pictures. Now all of Amanda's family has assisted with the barn swallow project in some way.
While everything at that time was a bit of a whirlwind, I wouldn't trade the experience for anything...and I know that I'm guaranteed a big hug any time I see a Hund (wink, wink Kathy).
See more pictures of our trip to Hluboká nad Vltavou and the zoo here
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Turn tables have been used in theater for a very long time. They allow for quick scene changes. They can be effective in adding movement to the show. On Broadway, a great example of turn table use is in the musical, Les Mis. They use the table to allow the actor to walk, but stay in one place.
The most interesting turn table I've worked on is the one built into the stage at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The turntable is built across three elevators. All three elevators must be at the same level.
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A turntable is simple to make and to operate. It can be any size and shape. Round is the most popular. The one on this page is 4 feet square. You can also take a look at a turntable during the building process...
What's needed for a turntable?
- A platform, any shape.
- Wheels.
- A pivot point.
- A method of keeping it from wandering off the pivot point.
- A drive. This can be hand driven or motorized.
- A method to stop it from turning. A brake and/or locking device.
start with a basic, round turntable. The pivot point is in the center
and the round platform doesn't need to move anywhere else on stage. On
paper, we start with a drawing of a circle. We add the required framing
for the platform. We need to figure out the locations for all the
wheels. We would use straight casters for this. The shaft of the caster
must be aligned with the pivot point. This is very important! Each
caster will be traveling on a continuous curved line that doesn't
If you were to use swivel casters, it would be harder to get the turntable to turn in the reverse direction.
To see a larger, more detailed and less blurry version of the board, click on it...
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Mary Kate & John Luke -
I had the pleasure of meeting with this beautiful, Godly and humble young lady today. We are so excited to have a part in their wedding. Here is their engagement story in her own words. . .grab a tissue!
In December of 2013, exactly a year ago, I was 17 years old…a 17 year old girl who had never had a boyfriend and never even kissed a boy. Writing this, exactly a year later, I am engaged, and not to just anyone, but John Luke Robertson…the most incredible and loving young man I have ever known. Yes, in case you were wondering it blows my mind too! How in the world could this happen? Who could have ever imagined this? Well definitely not me, but I can tell you who could. God. It was definitely by the grace and goodness of God that I am where I am today, and I am who I am today. He had such a greater plan in mind then I could have ever even dreamed of!
It all started in the summer of 2011 at King's Camp in Mer Rouge, Lousiana. This particular Christian camp had been a part of my life for many summers, but this was actually John Luke's first year to attend. You see, his family has their own church camp in the same area that they help run, and so JL spent most of his time in the summer there helping life guard and lead the younger children. So it was kind of a big deal that he was leaving his usual camp! Totally a God thing. This was pre-Duck Dynasty John Luke, by the way! I was going into my sophomore year at Delhi Charter and JL was about to start his freshman year at Ouachita Christian. There were boy cabins and girl cabins, and one of each would pair up together, and it must have been fate that our cabins happened to be together. So throughout the week we got to know each other through fun and games, all the while having our focus on God as we both learned more about Him and grew in our personal walks with Christ.
Our first real one-on-one conversation happened as we both represented our team by competing in (of all things) a wall-sit competition. To get our mind off the pain we just started talking. He told me about his sister, Sadie, and little did I know that one day she would not only be my sister-in-law, but my best friend.
The week finally came to an end and we said our good-byes. To be honest, nothing more than a sweet friendship came out of that week. Of course I thought he was a cutie, but he was a grade under me and that was weird for a 15 year old to even consider (I had no idea he was actually older than me!). As the second semester of my sophomore year came around, my parents decided they wanted my sister and I to transfer schools. So my junior year we finally made the move that my dad had always hoped and prayed for to Ouachita Christian, also known as, OCS, also known as John Luke's school. What a crazy thing that was! Not only were we moving to a school where I could count the people I knew on one hand, but also moving into a temporary house an hour away from our real home and everything we had ever known.
Not long after I had sat down by myself in homeroom on my first day, in waltzed John Luke Robertson (with a broken arm) like he owned the place…I mean, he had gone to OCS since he was three! As we caught up, another "God thing" happened…we got placed right beside each other in the seating chart. Crazy, right?! Due to him having a broken arm, he was very limited in what he could do in school. That next week he asked if I could help him write a paper since he physically could not. Next thing I know he was at my house for so long one afternoon that I basically had to push him out so I could go to sleep! Due to other relationships though we could not even consider dating and I accepted that fact. It was simply not in God's plans at that moment, so we made the best of our friendship by telling stories everyday in class and "helping" each other with schoolwork (basically him copying my homework when he forgot to do his). Not to mention, we had so many awesome conversations about Christ and gave each other spiritual advice.
Throughout that school year and into the next, our friendship grew and, subconsciously (or maybe even consciously) our feelings did too. But I would not admit that I liked him, because honestly I had made myself believe that I didn't for the sake of someone else. BUT along the way, John Luke ventured into a mission with me! We were determined to grow my youth group at my old, small-town church, so every Wednesday night we would make the hour drive to Delhi together to introduce new songs and discuss the Bible. Due to crazy schedules and massive amounts of homework, we just couldn't afford to drive two hours every Wednesday, so that mission had to come to a halt. So it really only made sense that I start visiting his church! By the winter of 2013, he was openly pursuing, but funny enough I kept turning him down. We had a few awkward months, but in the meantime Sadie and me were becoming really close. (Disclaimer: mine and Sadie's friendship had nothing to do with mine and John Luke's relationship). So you may ask, "hmmm… how in the world did they end up engaged?" Well as soon as he gave up and moved on, I realized just how crazy I was! I saw that everything that I had prayed to God for in a guy was standing right in front of me. I had 100% confidence that God would bless my faithfulness to Him, because I would settle for nothing less than God wanted for me. The Lord was telling me "Dear child, you are about to miss that blessing that I have so evidently placed in your life?" After admitting to Sadie that I liked him, I did what I had to do. JL and I had a heart-to-heart where I came clean and told him how I really felt about him. Well the shoe was on the other foot now, and I think he knew that! Instead of professing his love to me, like I would have hoped for, he put me on hold for a few weeks. Man, was that a humbling experience! But eventually he came around and within the month we were "official". He never really asked me to be his girlfriend… the conversation went more like this:
Me: "So, John Luke, are we like dating?
JL: "Well, I like what we're doing…"
Me: "Yea, me too…"
JL: "I mean, if we were at school and you walked in front of me and my friends, I would be like 'yep, that's my girl!"
So that is how that went down. March 15. The "Ides of March". Or as Sadie likes to call it "The Iddies of March." When asked, we say we started dating on "The Iddies."
I graduated high school as a barely 18 year old. Summer began and before me knew it, we had become world travelers together. I mean we hit up everywhere: California, Washington, Canada, a million places in Italy, Dominican Republic, and Virginia…all in a few months. While at home we picnicked, we rode bikes, we took the boat out on the lake, we swam, we "hammocked", we watched a million movies, and we even went sailing. I would count my first summer romance as a success.
It didn't take us very long at all to say "I love you" and honestly talk of marriage came faster than I ever could have expected. But as I say…when you know, you know! When summer came to an end, I moved an hour away to go to college, but actually was only 30 minutes from JL's house. I didn't even make it through one quarter of college before he decided to propose. But I could not be happier.
October 11, 2014. The day John Luke turned 19! We had been planning for a huge celebration at his farmhouse with both of our families and close friends (seriously, how did I not see this coming?). As I drove to his house, for some reason or another, I began to pray. Oblivious to what was going to happen later that evening, I felt the urge to pray for both mine and John Luke's families. I arrived early at his home so we could ride together to his party and also so he could open his presents from me. The house was empty as we sat together in his family room and he unwrapped his gifts. Now looking in hindsight, he did go through those presents rather quickly! Sitting on the table was a photo album he had made completely full of pictures of us… from when we first met at King's Camp to the previous weekend when went to a festival in Austin. We laughed so hard as we flipped through the pages! I finally came to the last page as he leaned over to "put his shoes on". There was a handwritten note stuck on the page and as I read it, it finally struck me what was going on. I noticed a page had been taped down, John Luke assisted me in flipping the page, and there was one more photograph. It was a image of the most beautiful ring I had ever seen (John Luke actually found a ring I had pinned on pinterest and took it to his cousin who is a jewelry-maker…together they went by that and designed a one-of-a-kind ring). I looked up to find him on one knee, holding the ring out, and he said "Mary Kate McEacharn, will you marry me?" Despite my shock, I managed to say yes…and then say it again about twenty more times to get my point across! As we walked outside, our youth group had made a line from the house to his jeep, while firing roman candles and cheering for us. We listened to his "She said yes!" playlist as we made the drive to the farm where we were welcomed by family and friends who were screaming and cheering while holding sparklers and hand-made posters!
That night was a night I will always remember and actually the proposal was caught on a video camera that was secretly set up by sneaky JL. It was such a wonderful celebration filled with live music, fireworks, food, cake, dancing, singing, praying, lots of laughter, and even tears of joy. Our friend Ben Rector even came and performed! But best of all is we got to share it with all the people who mean the most to us.
Being engaged has been awesome and we are counting down the days until the wedding in June. Although our families couldn't be happier, we have received some flack for deciding to get married so young. So many people think we are not ready because we are not fully grown. But the thing is…we realize that. We don't claim to be ready and we do not claim to be grown yet…we just decided that we want to grow up together. We want to experience this exciting part of both of our lives together! With God as our leader, we know that we can make it. A lasting marriage doesn't depend on your age, it depends on your love for God and your love for each other, and your willingness to make it work. I honestly could not be more excited to spend the rest of my life with John Luke Robertson.
Cody Turner + Chelsea Gregory
We are so happy to add Chelsea as one of our 2015 brides. She is so beautiful inside and out! Here is her engagement story in her own words -
Our engagement has been a long time coming, for both of us J. Cody and I met 10 years ago via mutual friends. Over the past 10 years, we had dated off and on. But three years ago next month, we decided to give it one last try to see if we were truly meant for each other. After all, we had invested a lot in the past 10 years.
Giving it that one last try has been the best decision we have made {next to getting engaged}! I think most girls know or have some inkling of when their guy may be thinking of proposing. For Cody and I, we had known each other long enough that we have talked about it for the past year. It is a decision we did not take lightly and wanted to both be sure this is what we wanted. Cody wanted to make sure he picked out the perfect ring that I wanted. We had been to several jewelry stores just to "look" at the time. We finally found "the one"! But even after finding it, I truly did not think he planned on popping the question any time in the upcoming months. Little did I know….
Cody's 30th birthday was this past August. As a surprise, I planned a weekend trip to New Orleans with four of our closest friends. Cody thought it was only the two of us going. Our four friends were to be at the Jackson train station to surprise Cody before departing.
Stepping back a month…. Cody revealed to these four friends that he planned on proposing during our trip to New Orleans since he thought it would only be the two of us. Realizing this could make for either a disaster or a great trip, our friends decided to tell Cody they were planning on going as a birthday surprise. We have always loved to go on group trips; so what better way to celebrate than incorporating our friends for a weekend celebration.
Cody told them he still wanted them to go and be part of the engagement. So unbeknownst to be and my anxious self trying not to let it slip to Cody that our friends were going on his birthday trip….Cody was planning the best weekend and surprise of our lives, thus far! Cody and I walked in the train station to his friends holding a "Happy Birthday" sign. Cody hugged me and pretended to have no idea they were coming. But somehow I knew something else going on when he hugged me, it felt….different. Our friends started saying my name, but I was too caught up in the moment of knowing something was about to happen to look. Cody got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. Of course I said YES! All along I missed the beautiful "Marry Me" sign our friends had made and were holding. For us, it was the best engagement in a unique place with our best friends. Then we were off to celebrate our ENGAGEMENT in New Orleans!
October 2017