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This post is written by one of our guest authors, Jill Johnson. We are so excited for you to hear from her. She is also the author of the children's book, Bipolar, Daddy, & Me and the creator of www.sunnysideupcompany.com.
So it's that time of the year. You were coerced into being at the family gathering to do the turkey thing and somehow survived it. Now Christmas is around the corner and, no doubt, you'll be spending it with the family. No worries! But what about the holiday that really matters to you? You know, the one that you want to spend exclusively with friends. If you're young, or at least, feel young at heart, chances are you don't want to be stuck in the house again with Grandma Moses and the FAM on one of the biggest social eves of the year – New Year's Eve.
Instead, you're banking on getting out with friends, your own age to have a little fun. So you say to yourself, this year will be different than last year. I'll shop for the perfect little black dress, my makeup will be flawless, and I'll rock those slamming shoes that I never did get to wear last New Year's Eve. It all sounds good until …you start to think about it! The very idea of going out on the town with friends and maybe even busting a move starts to give you the heebie jeebies. In fact, it paralyzes you. What gives?
Well, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out you may be suffering from Social Anxiety. Everyone experiences anxiety at some time or another in life. It's common to everyone. If speaking in front of an audience makes you nervous and causes a level of anxiety to rise in you, that's Ok. You are in good company with everyone else. Some experience anxiety at job interviews while others driving in heavy traffic, but it's still all good. The anxiety we sometimes feel during these times can actually propel us upward. It can help us to prepare and perform better in the things we are trying to accomplish. However, when feelings of intense fear and distress overwhelm us and keep us from doing everyday things, and when it keeps us from socializing with others, we may have a big problem. [http://Nami.org/November 8, 2015]
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one of the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization said that anxiety disorders are the most common mental health concern in the United States. An estimated 40 million adults in the U.S., or 18%, have an anxiety disorder. It affects more women than men. Whether it's in the form of Social, Panic, Phobias or Generalized disorders, all anxiety disorders have one thing in common. It attacks one at the gut level and can do a number in one's head.
Emotionally, the symptoms of anxiety disorders leave one feeling apprehensive, restless, irritable, dreaded, anticipating the worst and being watchful for signs of danger. And like an uninvited guest, physical symptoms can take over the body. You may feel like your heart is pounding or racing so much that you cannot breathe. The palm of your hands may get sweaty. You may suffer tremors, twitches, fatigue, insomnia, upset stomach, frequent urination, and diarrhea. These are the signs and symptoms of anxiety disorders.
Social Anxiety, unlike shyness, causes intense fear. It's often driven by irrational worries about social humiliation such as being afraid of saying something stupid or not knowing what to say. Sufferers may not participate in conversations, contribute to class work, social discussions, or offer their ideas. They may become isolated and have frequent panic attacks. [http://Nami.org/November 8, 2015]
Self-help Tips:
According to John Tsilimparis, MFT, director of the Anxiety and Panic Disorder Center of Los Angeles and one of the therapists on A&E's Obsessed, a show about severe anxiety disorders, "Three of the most common characteristics of someone with an anxiety disorder are perfectionism, relying on others for approval and need for control."
Here are 7 tips that will help you in your journey.
- Check out how this contributes to, feeds into, and ultimately affects your life.
- Keep your thoughts in check. Distortional thinking feeds your anxiety.
- Follow this mental exercise: Is it true to that person, that thing you're feeling, etc.? If you do not have any evidence of what you're thinking or feeling is true, send the distorted mind packing. Worrying is fictional not factual.
- Look for, the evidence. Is what you're thinking or feeling true?
- Give up the control. Realize that you cannot control life. "While we can't control the world, we can control our reaction to it," Tsilimparis said.
- Give up absolute, black and white thinking.
- Trust Yourself. "Self-trust is the ability to believe that you can handle what life throws at you," Luciani said.
- According to Luciani, "If you're anxious, your trust muscle has atrophied, and your insecurity has become muscle bound." Strengthen your muscles by taking risks. [Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S.]
- Stop people-pleasing. Do you say yes to someone when you really mean no? [Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S.]
- Paying attention to how you interact with people and the times you initiate people-pleasing behavior.
- Last but not least, learn to laugh at yourself. So what if you commit a social faux pas. No one actually cares?
Now that you know, go ahead and put yourself out there. You don't have to overthink it. Give that work presentation you've always wanted to give. Speak up more loudly. Wear that little black dress that has been hanging in your closet. Go out and bust a move on a dance floor. The sky's the limit. Who knows, this may be the start of something sweet!
About the Writer: Jill Johnson is the author of the children's book, Bipolar, Daddy, & Me. She is also the creator of www.sunnysideupcompany.com.


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Recap Day 1: 2014 Symposium Kicks off to Great Start
Day 2
Thursday began early when Senators Barbara Mikulski and Richard Burr were honored during breakfast with the Working for Working Families Award, kicking off day two of the Child Care Aware® of America 2014 Symposium.
Burr attended breakfast with symposium attendees to receive the award, where he offered this:
"I'd like to make this challenge," he said. "I'm not going to wait 20 years to reauthorize [the Child Care and Development Block Grant] again. My challenge to you is to begin as soon as this bill becomes law, to figure out what changes need to be made so a long time in advance we can look at how to enhance the outcome of the next generation."
He closed with thanks to the Child Care Resource and Referral community, "There's one thing I'm certain of," he said. "We can make an impact on the lives and futures of my children and grandchildren, and yours. And for that, I'm here to say thank you."
Day on the Hill
Attendees from all over the country met with their congressional members that afternoon. Starting with a celebratory photo, they returned to Symposium having made more than 347 visits with members of congress.
"It was really exciting to go to the Hill and talk about why early childhood is so important and hear why they believed it was important as well," said one attendee, Caroline, who came to Symposium from Florida.
Those hill visits helped everyone move significantly closer to the 1K for Kids goal, bringing the total actions taken for children through social media over the first two days of Symposium to more than 800. By the end of Symposium, attendees and virtual participants had sent more than 1,500 social media actions, letters, visits and donations on behalf of children.
Evening reception and awards
That evening, during a reception filled with dinner and dessert, we honored Congressman George Miller (D-CA) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) with Lifetime Achievement Awards for all of their work on behalf of children during their careers.
Day 3
We couldn't have picked a better closing keynote speaker than Dr. Myra Jones-Taylor, Executive Director for Connecticut's Office of Early Childhood. She received a standing ovation for her talk about innovating for the future of children and families, and for supporting the value that we must make the child care system work for families.
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting included a farewell from Michael Olenick. He concluded his term as board president of Child Care Aware® of America and handed the gavel to Dr. L. Carol Scott, CEO of Child Care Aware® of Missouri.
The Raising of America
Symposium ended with a special screening of the forthcoming documentary, The Raising of America.
The film explores how a strong start for all children leads not only to better individual life course outcomes (learning, earning and physical and mental health) but also to a healthier, safer, better educated and more prosperous and equitable America.
After the screening, Dr. Jones-Taylor joined a discussion panel that included Matthew Melmed, Executive Director of ZERO TO THREE; and Dr. Renee Boynton-Jarrett, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, who also appeared in the film.
Dr. Boynton-Jarrett, a mom of three, thanked the attendees saying, "I wouldn't be doing this work if I didn't have child care providers who made us comfortable and confident in their care."
Matthew urged attendees to create local movements to support the discussions about early childhood that the film will generate. "The film does a great job of making the case between early education and inter-generational transitions," he said. "If we can get the broader world to understand this, we can make a difference. We need public investment to make change."
Dr. Jones-Taylor spoke to the role of families, "How do we help raise the voice of parents, understanding they are very busy? The child care system must work ultimately, for them."
Dr. Boynton-Jarrett closed the discussion paying respect to those early childhood educators who help all of us on our education journey, "We must do better giving credit to early childhood educators for helping children succeed long term."
What was your favorite moment from the 2014 Symposium? We'd love to hear it in the comments below.
Thank you to all our attendees, sponsors and presenter s who made the 2014 Symposium one of our best year's ever. Stay tuned for more!


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Posted by Michelle Vidotto | Posted in Language Arts | Posted on May 26, 2017
Students created a file folder project about a mystery of their choice and then used the file folder project to write a narrative story. The video below was created using the, "Book Creator App," and is about Jack's missing crown! Enjoy!


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Here's an interesting article about our well being that my friend, Au Yeong, has emailed to me. I share with you here with his kind permission. Thanks, Au Yeong. After you have read Gina Kolata's thorough researched article, maybe it'll give you some thought about ourselves as we age. Or perhaps we can sleep on it first…
The Elderly Always Sleep Worse, And Other Myths of Aging
As every sleep researcher knows, the surest way to hear complaints about sleep is to ask the elderly.
"Older people complain more about their sleep; they just do," said Dr. Michael Vitiello, a sleep researcher who is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington.
And for years, sleep scientists thought they knew what was going on: sleep starts to deteriorate in late middle age and steadily erodes from then on. It seemed so obvious that few thought to question the prevailing wisdom.
Now, though, new research is leading many to change their minds. To researchers' great surprise, it turns out that sleep does not change much from age 60 on. And poor sleep, it turns out, is not because of aging itself, but mostly because of illnesses or the medications used to treat them.
"The more disorders older adults have, the worse they sleep," said Sonia Ancoli-Israel, a professor of psychiatry and a sleep researcher at the University of California, San Diego. "If you look at older adults who are very healthy, they rarely have sleep problems."
And new studies are indicating that poor sleep may circle back to cause poor health. At least when it comes to pain, a common cause of disrupted sleep, a restless night can make pain worse the next day. Then with worse pain, sleep may become even more difficult — a vicious cycle common in people with conditions that tend to afflict the elderly, like back pain and arthritis.
The new view of sleep emerged from two parallel lines of research. The first asked what happened to sleep patterns when healthy people grew old. The second sought to uncover the relationship between sleep and pain.
To find out what happens with aging, some investigators, including Dr. Vitiello, studied older people who reported no sleep problems. They actually make up a large group — nearly half of people over 65. Were these people somehow spared age-related changes in sleep?
They were not. Their sleep turned out to be different from sleep in young people: it was lighter, more often disrupted by brief awakenings, and shorter by a half hour to an hour. Dr. Vitiello reasoned that the age-related changes in sleep patterns might not be an issue in themselves. Something else was making people complain about their sleep.
Dr. Vitiello and his colleagues also asked what normally happened to sleep over the life span. It had long been known that sleep changes, but no one had systematically studied when those changes occurred or how pronounced they were in healthy people.
With analysis of 65 sleep studies, which included 3,577 healthy subjects ages 5 to 102, the investigators had their next surprise. Most of the changes in sleep patterns occurred when people were between the ages of 20 and 60.
Compared with teenagers and young adults, healthy middle-aged and older people slept a half hour to an hour less each night, they woke up a bit more often during the night, and their sleep was lighter. But after age 60, there was little change in sleep, at least in people who were healthy.
And even though sleep changed during adulthood, many of the changes were subtle. Middle-aged and older people, for example, did not have more difficulty falling asleep. The only change in sleep latency, as it is called, emerged when the investigators compared latency at the two extremes, in 20- and 80-year-olds. The 80-year-olds took an average of 10 more minutes to fall asleep.
Contrary to their expectations, the investigators found no increase in daytime drowsiness in healthy older people. Nor did aging affect the time it took for people to start dreaming after they fell asleep.
Instead, the biggest change was the number of times people woke after having fallen asleep.
"Healthy young adults sleep 95 percent of the night", said Dr. Donald Bliwise, a sleep researcher at Emory University. "They fall asleep," he said, "and don't wake up until the alarm goes off."
By age 60, healthy people are asleep 85 percent of the night. Their sleep is disrupted by brief wakeful moments typically lasting about 3 to 10 seconds.
"There is some aspect of sleep that isn't going to be as good as when you were 20," Dr. Bliwise said. But he added, "When that crosses the threshold and becomes a significant complaint is difficult to say."
The real sleep problems, he and others say, arise when people have any of a number of conditions that make them wake up in the night, like sleep apnea, chronic pain, restless leg syndrome or urinary problems. That, of course, describes many older people.
"The sheer number of challenges to maintaining solid sleep in old age is just huge," Dr. Bliwise said. "You come out with the question, Well, what is normal? What should I expect?"
The new frontier of what to expect, and what to do about it, involves studies of the relationship of sleep to pain. It's no surprise that pain can disrupt sleep.
But what is new is that a lack of sleep can apparently increase the sensation of pain.
Michael T. Smith, the research and training director of the behavioral sleep medicine program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, reached that conclusion with a study of healthy young people. One group slept normally for eight hours in the hospital.
Another was awakened every hour by a nurse and kept up for 20 minutes. Their sleep pattern was meant to mimic the fragmented sleep of elderly people. A third group was allowed four hours of solid sleep.
Comparing the second and third groups allowed Dr. Smith to tease apart the causes of the problems that arise from fragmented sleep: were they because of the short total sleep time, or because of the disrupted nature of the sleep?
Fragmented sleep, he found, led to severe impairments the next day in pain pathways. The subjects felt pain more easily, were less able to inhibit pain, and even developed spontaneous pain, like mild backaches and headaches.
Timothy Roehrs, director of the sleep disorders research center at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, also found that healthy young people became exquisitely sensitive to pain after a night of fragmented sleep.
And getting more sleep, Dr. Roehrs found, had the opposite effect. His subjects were young healthy people who said they were chronically sleepy, just not getting enough time to sleep at night. Dr. Roehrs had them stay in bed 10 hours a night. The extra sleep, he said, reduced their sensitivity to pain to the same degree as a tablet of codeine.
Now, Dr. Smith says, he and others have markedly changed their attitude about sleep problems and aging.
Of course, he said, sleep is different in 20-year-olds and 70-year-olds. But he added, "It's not normal to get a clinical sleep disorder when you get old."


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HÀ NỘI (VNS) — The Hà Nội People's Court today sentenced Emmanuel Sillo Camacho from Philippines to death for trafficking drugs across the border.
Earlier in December 2013, the 40-year-old man was caught carrying over 3kg of cocaine in black plastic bags concealed in 18 socks at Nội Bài International Airport, the online newspaper of Voice of Viet Nam (VOV) said.
According to the investigation, Jessica, a woman living in Brazil known to Emmanuel via Facebook, hired him to carry drugs to Việt Nam and promised to find him a job in Brazil or some other country with a monthly salary of US$1,000 to $1,500.
When Emmanuel agreed, another woman who introduced herself as Jessica's friend gave him six plastic bags containing 18 socks filled with cocaine and asked him to bring these to Việt Nam.
Someone in Việt Nam would contact him to receive the drugs, she told him.
He flew from Brazil to Singapore, and then to Việt Nam where he was arrested.—VNS


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In recent days, big-name CEOs of large corporations have come out to support global efforts in reducing carbon – despite the lack of support from the U.S. Federal government. Many of them are already embracing the scientific facts that support the growing industry of benchmarking existing buildings and carbon reductions.
Here in the USA, the words "carbon reduction" are often thought of as the equivalent of a "carbon tax" – something few politicians are willing to embrace. Yet, many of the steps that building owners and operators are already undertaking can be expanded upon with the BREEAM standard to create a carbon reduction.
BREEAM has been a driving force in lowering carbon emissions and in the reduction of energy consumption since its inception in 1990. BRE (Building Research Establishment) which created BREEAM, published a briefing paper in 2015 entitled "Assessing carbon emissions in BREEAM" that cites a recent analysis of assessment data showing BREEAM assessed buildings achieve 22% reduction in CO2 emissions.
A year ago today, BREEAM USA announced that it was rolling out the BREEAM In-Use program across America. This was the first BREEAM program to make it to the United States, however BREEAM has been available internationally for over 25 years. In fact, as the original green building certification program, BREEAM has been used as the foundation for all other rating systems, and today it's the world's most widely used program with over 2.2 million buildings registered and over 560,000 certifications.
In a recent interview with NPR, Andy Pharoah, vice president for corporate affairs at Mars Incorporated was asked why the company was using renewable energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – they have successfully cut carbon by 25% since 2010. His reponse: "It makes economic sense for us." He added that, "in the future, carbon is going to have an economic price to it. And if you can build a company based on low carbon, you put yourself into a strong position. That's why you see all the old companies speaking out on this. That's why you see investment firms investing in the low-carbon future."
Mars Incorporated in not an outlier. Many top companies are already undertaking the necessary steps to mitigate potential long-term risk management if they are to stay competitive in their chosen field and get in front of offsetting the costs. Many CEOs are realizing if they don't carry out reductions now, the cost to do them later will be much higher.
So how does carbon reduction work with BREEAM?
The energy assessment for BREEAM New Construction is able to quantify predicted savings for New Construction projects by comparing predicted actual emissions with regulatory baseline performance. Figure 1 below shows significant CO2 emissions savings from BREEAM New Construction assessments for a range of building types.
The data analysis shows a clear link between higher BREEAM ratings and lower CO2 emissions as shown in Figure 2 below.
While these BREEAM New Construction numbers demonstrate measurable results, we have all seen many non-BREEAM new construction projects being promoted as low carbon that do not live up to that standard. In fact, many building are built to low carbon standards that have never been third party verified because it involves too much paperwork and high costs.
You can design and build the lowest carbon building in the world, but without low carbon performance operational controls and monitoring, the resources that were poured into the building are not only misleading – but are a complete waste.
That's where BREEAM In-Use comes in. The program is a fast, fiscally sound and easy to use year-by-year benchmarking program. It measures carbon performance in real-time, as often as the building team desires. Once improvements on a building are made and management is satisfied, the team can have the data verified by a BREEAM USA Assessor for certification.
What's different about BREEAM In-Use when compared to other programs, is that there are no prerequisites to use the program. Any building, no matter the size, age or condition can register with BREEAM USA and get an immediate unverified score of performance levels.
In 2015, BRE made the COP21 Climate Pledge in advance of climate negotiations in Paris. The pledge is a commitment to deliver over 9000 certified building with emissions savings in excess of 900,000 tons of CO2 between 2016 and 2020.
BRE prides itself on remaining beyond reproach and embraces a partnership with you as we build a better world together. Our cutting-edge research brings positive change in the built environment through over 2,250,000 projects registered with BREEAM and over 560,000 certifications awarded worldwide.
That's a lot of data. That's why BREEAM is the most widely used green building rating system in the world. It's the science behind it.


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Guest Blogger – Trista Cave – Cave Babies. Infant and Child Sleep Coach, Educator
It is a questions I get a lot… when is the right age to start sleep training? There is no "perfect age" to make changes for your family, the perfect time is when you are READY. Every family and every baby and every toddler is so different but here are few questions to ask yourself if this is a good time or not to work on your child's sleep:
Is your baby waking frequently through the night? We need to be quite realistic here. A baby who is 3 months old and waking two times for a feed is quite reasonable. However, a baby who is 8 months old waking every hour or two can likely benefit from some changes. Remember, our bodies need sleep! Our children are no different.
Are you dragging your feet during the day? Your baby needs more sleep than you, so if you are tired from interrupted sleep and significant night wakings, then good chances your babe won't feel his best during the day either. Even working at reducing bedtime battles or early mornings can make a great positive impact on you and your family.
Are naps short or non-existent? Daytime sleep plays a significant role in night sleep, so if you are struggling with naps during the day, there is a good chance that your night sleep is affected. Consistent and good quality naps are important for your child's health and development (as well as mom's much deserved break!). Sleep training is not just about "sleeping through the night".
Are your habits no longer working? All of a sudden, your baby can't be rocked off to sleep. What??? Or maybe feeding off to sleep used to work like a charm and now it's just stimulation? Noooooo! You might find this a perfect time to sleep train so you are not simply introducing another sleep association. Learning to sleep independently is a great skill that can improve your sleep. But don't be alarmed if falling asleep without a prop doesn't solve all your sleep woes… this is a very small portion of your babies' sleep routines.
Finally, you need ask yourself if you are ready. Are you ready for change? Are you ready to really commit to a new routine and build a new foundation? Sleep training is a lot of work (although the rewards are substantial!) and requires patience, love, commitment and caffeine!
Only you know what is best for your family!
Trista Cave
Sleep Coach, Educator and Child Nutritionist
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Out Now: International Handbook on Shareholders' Agreements
Sebastian Mock (University of Hamburg), Kristian Csach (Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice) and Bohumil Havel (Institute of Law, Czech Academy of Science, Prague) have published an "International Handbook on Shareholders' Agreements – Regulation, Practice and Comparative Analysis" addressing various issues of shareholders' agreements. The book includes general remarks on specific topics related to shareholders' agreements and numerous country reports. One chapter also specifically deals with cross-border shareholders' agreements and private international law. More information is available on the website of the publisher (here).


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Greetings from Boston,
I'm currently now in Boston, MA. I'm here to join a conference called Harvard National Model United Nations, which will start in 6 hours.
In an extremely cold weather like today (10 degrees Celsius), it is probably a wise decision to post something on my blog. Yknow, how typing makes your fingers to move fast. It warms my hands pretty good :p
On a training for this conference back in Indonesia, me and my fellow delegates were having a caucus session about "Small Arms and Light Weapon". The 1997-Report of the UN Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms (United Nations,A/52/298, 27 August 1997) distinguishes between small arms, which are weapons designed for personal us and light weapons, which are designed for use by several persons serving as a crew.
The international community has been concerned with the Small Arms and Light Weapon (SALW) trafficking. See that weapons are continually fought over. Why? I believe because the conventional wisdom defines weapons as powerful things. However, the definition of powerful things, in my opinion, is
I believe ideas are priceless. One thing that differentiate a human to another human is his/her brain. No man has the same stuff on their mind. We are created unique to others. Ideas can take you everywhere. Ideas has taken Mark Zuckerberg becoming the youngest billionare today!
Idea also can injure people. My weapon, ideas, could injure or even kill people. The idea of building the Panama Canal killed million lives. Did the idea stay? Yes, the Panama Canal was built, and is now making a way for ships from Pacific to Atlantic. It may not kill more people than nuclear weapon does, but my weapon stays everytime it kills people. Nuclear weapon? It destroys while destryoing others.
You can kill the person possesses the weapon. But that is it. Your weapon becomes less powerful. With ideas, you can kill the person, but you can't kill an idea. I believe that the most powerful thing is something that intangible. It doesn't mean that I'm a superstitious person. It is just because tangible things could be destroyed easily.
In my opinion, the definition of weapon is something you have that make you even more brave in facing everyday life. To police officer, yes, light weapon could make them even brave in facing every day crimes. To me, knowing how things work is what makes me even stronger.
In every conference, there's always an Opening Ceremony, so does HNMUN. On the Opening Ceremony on February 17, 2011, we had a key note speaker to speech. He is Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of 'One Laptop per Child' program.
His idea is to educate children in poor country, mostly poor country in a conflicting area. Children don't go to school in there, they are also illiterate, and so do the parents. In most of the African countries, conflicts regularly happen who many of child soldiers participate.
Nicholas Negroponte proposed his idea to United Nations. The program was accepted and developed. Now, it has been helping children all over the world to get and education for 5 years long.
Now, every kids whether come from develop or developing country can share the same story, and has the same chance to get connected. Every kids have the chance to embrace braveness in living their life, simply because they do have something in their head.
That's all I guess! Remember that you can go anywhere with (some) idea and (some) education.


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Honestly, now, I don't think France has the team to go through Spain. Last game against Sweden, we were pathetic, and players had a fight in the locker room after the game
Our huge problem is the mentality of the players, there not here because they want to represent their country but because they want bigger club to notice them. They are acting like child and don't know how to behave properly.
I really hope we will lose the next game so the team Manager gets fired and all the arrogant players kicked out of the team. We've seen enough of their imature way to handle things in South Africa.
Anyway, tonight, Germany has a much better team than greece, it would be very surprising if they lose...


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Control Alt Achieve: Hipster Google - 21 Google Tools You Probably Never Heard Of. Google is well know for certain tools and services - Search, Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Maps, Chrome, and such.
These are all powerful and useful tools that are transforming teaching and learning in schools around the world. However, in addition to those tools, Google has also created a wide range of services, apps, extensions, features, and other tools that are not as well known. Even though these tools may not be as popular or as widely known, they are still very useful in school settings. These are the "Hipster Google" tools. In our culture, one of the defining characteristics of the hipster movement is to appreciate things that are not mainstream, to use services that are not well known, or to embrace something before it becomes popular among the masses. Of course with any such list, there will be some tools that you do know, but hopefully you will pick up a few new ideas and resources from the bunch.
Session Slideshow. Com-Phone Story Maker – Applications Android sur Google Play. Humans of New York. Internet Scavenger Hunts. To make it easier for teachers to search our archive of Internet Scavenger Hunts, we have reorganized them by month.
Click a month below for Internet Scavenger Hunts that are appropriate for that month. Click the "Anytime Scavenger Hunts" link to search out Internet Scavenger Hunts that might be used at any time during the year. (Note: We are aware that some of these scavenger hunts include inactive links. Make Your Own Book - Kids Self Publishing. Poll. English drag&drop tests - VisualESL.com. Create your own animated video. CoSpaces: Making space for imagination. Edmus. Let's get started making music... 1draw on the grid with your mouse to make a beatshow me2 save your track and share it with friends. show me3 out of ideas?
Roll the dice and start remixing. show me4 explore the beatlab community show me For more tips, tutorials vidoes, and FAQs, check out our community wiki. You can use the following keyboard shortcuts while composing a track. spacebar Press to start or stop playback. commandcontrol key Hold down the commandcontrol key while drawing notes to create "loud" notes. optionalt key Hold down the optionalt key while drawing notes to create "soft" notes. shift Hold down the shift key to select a region of notes. Playback starting point By default, playback always starts from the beginning of a track. You can change where playback begins by setting the playback start marker. Monkey Machine - online drum machine. BandLab: Music Starts Here. Projeqt - dynamic presentations for a real-time world.
Trucage photo Halloween : transforme-toi en monstre ! American Board and Card Game History - Google Arts & Culture. Where the Wonders of Learning Never Cease. Amazing QR Code. Passive Voice & Active Voice: Top 5 UFO Conspiracy Theories - ESL Video.
Synopsis of English / ESL Video Wake up from the matrix & see the truth about UFOs.
Teach intermediate learners passive voice & active voice using this eye-opening ESL video about UFO conspiracy theories. Title of English / ESL Video Top 5 UFO Conspiracy Theories Target English Grammar Passive voice and active voice. Student Proficiency Level Intermediate level grammar Suggested Courses General English Instructions – Play the video in class after delivering a warm-up activity first. – Pause the video whenever the narrator asks students a question to give students time to answer.
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Finding ways to maximize the potential of every moment of class time, reach each and every student, and engage them in a meaningful activity seems like the most difficult task in the world. Luckily, the team at Nearpod is consistently working to improve their product to reach learners of all ages and abilities in ways that inspire imagination and curiosity.
As a member of the Fulton County Vanguard team, I have the opportunity to work with the teachers in my elementary school as a coach to seamlessly integrate technology into the classroom. Nearpod is the tool my teachers gravitate toward, from kindergarten through fifth grade. At the beginning of the school year, I participated in one of Nearpod's incredible "webinears" in which they unveiled an exciting new feature, Virtual Field Trips! Yes! Through Nearpod's polling feature, students are offered the opportunity to drive the lesson. Perusall. Home. AddText — Captions for your photos, quick and easy. Discover Shelfit. What would you like to learn today? American Panorama.
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Since you are already looking for gadget gifts, why not buy ones that benefit education, a public service or the less fortunate? You would be surprised at how many great toys are affiliated with charitable organizations.
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Without a doubt, 826 National's line of quirky stores and products offer the biggest and nerdiest bang for your charity buck. For example—at the Brooklyn Superhero Supply company you can purchase a set of vacuum suction cups for scaling the exterior of buildings. If the whole Spider-Man thing isn't for you, how about the power of invisibility? An "invisible" suit is available for the low price of $20,800. Of course, these products are meant as novelties only, but the proceeds benefit 826 National—a nonprofit tutoring, writing, and publishing organization for kids. The Suction Cups are priced at $19. [826 National Stores]
The Smithsonian museums are some of the best in the world—the storehouse of our nation's treasures. The products the Smithsonian Institution offers through their stores directly support the museums, and are patterned after artifacts in their archives. Designed to look like a classic car dashboard, this weather station includes dials for a clock, thermometer and hygrometer. $45 [SmithsonianStore]
If you have a love for modern art and design, you have probably paid a visit to the MoMa gallery in New York. In addition to their collections, MoMa also has a top notch retail store with thousands of unique gifts. The Icon Watch pictured here would be great for fans of classic gaming. All proceeds from purchases benefit the museum. $75 [MoMa]
It seems like the vast majority of products tied in with Susan G. Komen for the Cure are offering half-assed donations at best. At least KitchenAid is taking it seriously by donating $50 for each pink stand mixer sold (and there is no "charity premium" tacked on to the price). A bit tacky, but this is probably the best countertop mixer you can buy, making it a great gift for anyone that loves too cook. And I'm sure they can look past the pink when you tell them that the proceeds benefit breast cancer research. $300 [KitchenAid]
The (Product) Red movement has endured its fair share of criticism, but if you prefer to have part of your gadget gift purchase go to an organization raising awareness about AIDS in Africa instead of Apple or Dell, the option is there. Just make sure that the manufacturer isn't charging a premium for RED products. The RED iPod nano starts at $149. [Apple]
If you are going to get an indoor cycling bike for you or a chubby loved one, it only makes sense to buy the one endorsed by the greatest cyclist of all-time. Plus, proceeds from the sale go to the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research. $1000 [Dick's Sporting Goods]
If you are a fan of NPR, you can show your support by purchasing their exclusive internet radio from Livo. You can listen to NPR member stations from around the country, to the 16,000+ radio stations streaming on the internet, or to the music on your MP3 player. Plus, built-in NPR menus allow classical music fans to easily find, search and bookmark NPR stations, podcasts, and content, by topic or by program. $200 [NPR]
Zambi the baby elephant "responds to your voice and touch with trunk curls, ear wiggles and baby elephant trumpeting and chewing sounds." It also giggles and blows kisses. Surely, your kids will love it, and a portion of the proceeds go to benefit children in Africa that have been orphaned by AIDS. $34 with free shipping [Amazon]
Don't forget to recommend your own favorite charitable gift ideas in the comments—include pic and pricing if possible.
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Spend four weeks with us in Northern Ireland, immersing yourself in a unique academic and cultural experience, and pursue your interests in one of three tailored summer school programmes.
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• A unique immersive academic and cultural experience, with the opportunity to pursue your academic interests
• Guaranteed accommodation on campus for 27 nights with arrival on Sunday 21 June and departure on Saturday 18 July 2020
• Optional credit- bearing programme at Year 2 undergraduate equivalent, following assessment
• Opportunity to explore Northern Ireland with cultural and historical field trips
• A social programme including welcome reception, film nights, social events and 'Ceilidh' Night – traditional Irish music and dancing
Northern Ireland is ripe for discovery with a remarkable past, an exhilarating present and an exciting future.
Study in the home of Belfast and the Causeway Coast, named by the Lonely Planet as the number one region in the world to visit!
Students will have the opportunity to see their learning in action with a range of field trips across Northern Ireland to sites of cultural and historical importance. As well as programme specific field trips, there are a range of joint cultural and historical field trips, including:
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You can choose if you wish to be assessed in order to receive credit. A student successfully completing one of our Summer Schools following satisfactory essay assessment will be awarded 20 CATS points at Year 2 undergraduate equivalent. Queen's recommends that this credit equates 10 ECTS credits or five – six US credits.
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Avaya to host Technology Forum in Dubai
Forum to bring together Avaya experts, customers and channel partners from across the region
Avaya Inc has announced it is hosting its popular Avaya Technology Forum (ATF) at the Atlantis Hotel in Dubai from March 31 to April 1, 2015.
ATF is a hands on learning environment, featuring expert workshops, live demonstrations, and solid recommendations for enterprise and midmarket technology planning.
As the first ATF event in this region, the Dubai venue serves to educate and engage partners and customers from the Middle East, Africa, China, India and Russia, Avaya said in a statement.
According to the UC solutions vendor, ATF is a rare opportunity to hear from Avaya experts, channel partners and customers on strategies for migrating, designing and implementing innovative customer and team engagement solutions.
The company said more than 70 sessions will take place over the three-day event, covering a number of topics, including customer and team engagement, software-defined networking, cloud-based services, virtualisation, security and mobility.
"ATF is the place to experience the next big thing in customer and team engagement technology," said Fadi Moubarak, Avaya channel leader for Global Growth Markets. "It's the meeting place for market and thought leaders from across our region, and we look forward to meaningful conversations on the technologies and trends that will transform how business is conducted today, and in the future."


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The races I designed for my campaign (for my children) have become an official supplement for Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game. The 'official' download (if one can call such clone material official) can be located here:
PDF: http://basicfantasy.org/download.cgi/BF-New-Races-Supplement-r1.pdf
OpenOffice: http://basicfantasy.org/download.cgi/BF-New-Races-Supplement-r1.odt
In addition, a class supplement I was working on is also available. It contains an alternate Ranger, a Knight class, and a new take on some others via what I called Quasi-classes (archer, barbaric, and holy). The quasi classes are something of an add-on to the standard classes, allowing one to create things such as Archer-Fighters, Barbaric-Fighters, Holy-Fighters, as well as more unique Barbaric-Magic Users, Holy-Clerics, Archer-Thief, and more.
PDF: http://basicfantasy.org/download.cgi/BF-Quasi-Classes-Supplement-r1.pdf
Open Office: http://basicfantasy.org/download.cgi/BF-Quasi-Classes-Supplement-r1.odt
There are other fine offerings that have recently made appearances on the BFRPG site. Go to http://www.basicfantasy.org/downloads.html
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In celebration of Textile Month, join artist-in-residence Rachel Frank as she leads visitors in creating a sculptural plant using fabric and sewing techniques. This iteration of MADmakes is inspired by Frank's own artistic practice, which examines issues of environmental awareness and climate change through sculpture and performance. Participants will have the opportunity to work individually and in groups, and their "natural environments" will be placed on view at the Museum throughout the month of September.
MADmakes is a drop-in, hands-on series where visitors can test their skills at art making and creative production. Led by current artists-in-residence, MADmakes offers visitors the opportunity to better understand and appreciate the workmanship that goes into contemporary studio practice today.
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Banish bad posture forever with the unique Roost MacBook stand
I was supposed to get a Roost to review last year after the successful Kickstarter went into production. I didn't, but we fixed that at the beginning of this summer, and think God we did – this stand will change the way you use your MacBook.
The Roost is a crazy collapsible scaffold that unfolds from nothing to become a sturdy stand the holds the MacBook at eye-level. Assuming you combine it with regular breaks, and set your keyboard at the right height, you will never have to experience neck, arm or back pain ever again.
Xistera crams every iPhone photo accessory into single awkward package
Take the Xistera out of its box and you'll be disappointed. It's ugly as hell, like a cheap corkscrew, and it looks like it won't really do much. But hidden in those graceless curves and eye-gouging corners is what a lazier journalist than me would call a "Swiss Army knife of iPhoneography."
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Film or digital? Campfire or BBQ? Car or bike? Cable or wireless?
No matter which way you swing, this week's gadgets have you covered. iPhoneographers can enjoy the Shoulderpod hand grip or slip the new iPad Olloclip onto their Mini or Air, and film nuts can get instant satisfaction with the new Lomo Instant Camera.
Camping? Take it easy in the giant Meriwether tent or go survivalist with the Blastmatch fire-starter. You can even choose how to arrive at the site, with accessories for your car or your bike. Happy traveling!
VersaKeyboard combines iPad Air case, keyboard and stand
We like Moshi's Verso covers, which fold – origami-like – into a variety of handy stands. And we (actually probably just me – nobody else here uses one) love the InCase Origami, which covers the Apple aluminum keyboard with a case that folds out into an iPad stand.
So how could I resist Moshi's VersaKeyboard, which kind of does both?
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Beautiful Wooden Stand Elevates Your iMac
Sometimes the simplest things are the best. A pen and paper for writing shopping lists. A broom instead of a Roomba. An Aeropress instead of a crappy K-cup. And now, a Lifta iMac stand instead of, uh, more complicated iMac stands.
Grip&Shoot, A One-Handed Camera Grip For The iPhone
I find anything that promises one-handed operation of your iDevices suspicious, but then I have a dirty mind. The Grip&Shoot – seen by Buster last week and Macworld – is one such gadget, and it adds a trigger grip to the iPhone to make shooting videos and photos way easier.
Air Mount, A Totally Useful Stand For Your AirPort Extreme
Oh man. If you make a product. Then somebody, somewhere, will make a case of a stand for it. This is a rule as fast as death, taxes and death taxes. So, if you were thinking that your AirPort Extreme was doing a pretty crappy job of sitting on your desk, and of not falling over, then the Air Mount is for you.


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July 4th Horrors: Joe Dante's Homecoming
Horror movies sometimes become powerful metaphors for political subjects, perhaps unintentionally. But Gremlins director Joe Dante certainly knows what he's doing when he takes on the War in Iraq in his Masters of Horror DVD, Homecoming.
Adapted from Dale Bailey's story "Death and Suffrage," Homecoming tells the story of U.S. soldiers who, in a manner of speaking, have returned from Iraq. And, it turns out, that's not all they've returned from.
In the movie, a shifty political consultant (Jon Tenny, in an excellent performance) exploits his brother's death in Vietnam, using it to defend the current administration's policies. Tenny claims that if his brother were still alive, he'd vote for the (unnamed) sitting president. But Tenny is soon proven wrong when the bodies of recently killed American soldiers come back to life — not to eat people but to vote against the president.
Considering that Dante's brilliant Gremlins 2: The New Batch is one of the most vicious satires of America's consumer culture, it's no surprise to see him produce such a clever anti-war message with Homecoming — a film that shows free speech has not been zombified.Read More


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To be able to approach every subject under Electrical Schematics, such as inserting wires, components, contacts of a component, linking accessories, and others, in a neater way, we created a project to control the direct start of an engine.
Inserting phase and neutral…
- Double click on the page 03- COMANDO DIRETA to start
- Select the red wire with a single click on it.
In the palette's upper left corner, there is a tool shaped like red line, called "Insert single-phase wire".
This tool allows you to add just a single wire. If you wish to add more than one, press "Insert single phase wire". You will notice two more options, "Insert double-phase wire" and "insert triple-phase wire"
3. Choose "Insert double-phase wire"
4. Select the wire's insertion point on quadrant A1-
5. Define the wire's orientation as horizontal
6. Specify its length (either manually with a click or by typing it into the command window). Choose the next point on quadrant A9. The wire may continue either up- or downwards.
7. Press either Space or Enter on your keyboard.
When you conclude the first wire, the second one will appear automatically.
8. Set the distance between the wires by clicking or by typing into the command window.
9. Add the second wire at the end of the D line on the workspace.
A window with the wire information will pop up, in which you can attribute a name to each wire and visualize other information pertaining to each wire, such as gauge and color.
10. Click Ok.
Inserting three wires (triple-phase wire)
- Select the red 0.75mm² wire
- Select the option Insert triple-phase wire
- Indicate the first wire insertion point above the phase wire on column 2 of the workspace
- Press Enter on the keyboard
Note that the distance between wires will be uniform.
5. Add the central wire in column 5
6. Click Ok.
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There's this great word – disintermediation – that you should get to know. Wikipedia says, "In economics disintermediation is the removal of intermediaries in a supply chain: cutting out the middleman."
In publishing, the traditional printed newspaper delivered to your door is being disintermediated by online sources that deliver better information online faster – almost immediately, in fact. Over the next decade you will see an increasing number of bankruptcies among print media outlets, and the continued rise of online media and blogs. The Tribune Company / Los Angeles Times bankruptcy is just the most recent example.
And you'll see citizen funded reporting grow. I'm an advisor to Spot.Us, a community where people choose and fund stories they want written. Then those stories are made available so anyone can publish them.
Apple's iTunes service has became the largest online seller of music disintermediating retail music mega stores like Tower Records, Sam Goody's and others. If we can buy music online, delivered digitally for less money, do we need the brick and mortar retail outlets and all the related waste products (plastic, plastic and more plastic) that is wrapped around physical CDs?
The Post Office and shippers are being increasingly disintermediated by email and electronic communications. DHL is halting express deliveries in the US. They lost about $10 billion in the US trying to challenge Federal Express and UPS. So they're packing it in.
Mobile DJ's can spin popular party music from an iPod less expensively than hiring physical performing musicians, disintermediating opportunities for musicians who make a living playing music live.
And the Amazon Kindle, a wireless reading device that lets me download and read books and similar devices that will follow, will (over time) disintermediate the brick and mortar book store business. If we can download content faster and less expensively than buying a physical books, the bottom will fall out of the traditional publishing business, impacting store owners, shippers, and building owners who rent space for stores.
What other areas are being disintermediated by technology?


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Sometime we need to intercept HTTP request and perform some logic on it also can decide whether to forward that request or can redirect to any other resource.
So, for this purpose Spring has something called as filter.
You need to add filter configuration in web.xml-
<filter> <filter-name>MyFilter</filter-name> <filter-class>com.spring.MyFilter</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>MyFilter</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping>
filter-mapping shows to which URL pattern you want to apply filter.
Now Actual Filter Code is written as:
public class MyFilter implements Filter { @Override public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException { String token = new String(); token=request.getParameter("token"); String expected_token = new String("12345"); if(token != null && !token.isEmpty()) { if (token.equals(expected_token)) { chain.doFilter(request, response); } else { request.getRequestDispatcher("/WEB-INF/pages/error.jsp").forward(request, response); } } else { request.getRequestDispatcher("/WEB-INF/pages/error.jsp").forward(request, response); } } @Override public void destroy() { } @Override public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException { } }
I have written sample filter which checks for URL parameter named token, retrieves value of it and check whether it matches with expected value
if yes then request is forwarded using dofilter(..) method else it is redirected to JSP page showing error.
Basically what I did is, I have implemented interface filter and have overridden its methods init(), destroy() and dofilter().
You can write your own business logic inside these methods.


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Starting to see results
What a brilliant way to start the day! Just found out about two of the kids we are supporting under Urjayati that:
1. Ronti, who would have had to drop out of class had he not received funding last year, stood first in his Class 11 exams.
2. Tulsi cleared her Class 9 exam after having been at it for two years, and finally receiving mentorship support last year.
It is news like this that keeps us going even when funding starts to dwindle at times. To all those who donated to Urjayati for these kids, thank you! And huge shout out to both their mentors, Tonmoy Roy and Ritu Moudgil !
And to those who keep losing our donation link and pinging us for it, bookmark it Here it is – https://milaap.org/campaigns/Urjayati


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Angela Duckworth
Professor; Best-selling Author
Angela Duckworth is a professor of psychology at University of Pennsylvania and founder of Character Lab, a nonprofit whose mission is to advance the practice of character development. An advisor to the White House, the World Bank and Fortune 500 CEOs, Duckworth studies grit and self-control, two attributes critical to success and well-being. Her first book, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, debuted in 2016 as a New York Times bestseller.
Years at GLS 2017


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Vishal, Sundar C's next shooting started!
Viewers are aware that actor Vishal and director Sundar C have signed a new film...
Viewers are aware that actor Vishal and director Sundar C have signed a new film that casts Hansika as the female lead. Latest on it is, the untitled film went on floors today [July 9].
Sathish is playing an important role in this yet-to-be-titled Vishal starrer probably will also provide the comedy. Kalakalappu director has shot few fun sequences with Vishal and Sathish on the first day of shoot.
"Acting in Sundar.C sir's direction with hero Vishal Bro.. Get ready for a fun ride.. #shoot starts today #fun #hilarious", Sathish Tweeted.
This is the first time Vishal and Hansika pairing opposite each-other. Aranmanai producer will be funding this untitled film under Vision I Global Media Entertainments.
Meanwhile, SundarC's Vishal's Madha Gaja Raja and Hansika's Aranmanai are still waiting for release dates...


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The Bad Earth
September 29, 2014 § 3 Comments
Slander of title is one of those rare actions that one sees a couple of times in a career. The recent MSSC case, Mize v. Westbrook Construction, et al., handed down September 4, 2014, illustrates, perhaps, why that is.
Jerry Mize purchased 56 acres of land. The seller told him that, although most of the tract sat north of County Road (CR) 206, a small part of it lay south of the road. Westbrook and the other defendants (Westbrook), however, took the position that their deeds gave them title to all the property south of the road.
Mize then employed an engineering firm to survey the property and prepare a corrected deed in an effort to resolve the difference. The corrected deed was also necessary because the original deed had a description that did not close. The survey confirmed Mize's position, but Westbrook refused to recognize it, relying instead on their own deeds that had been prepared by another surveying firm in 2004, which set the boundary in the center line of CR 206, not south of it.
Mize went ahead and recorded the corrected deed and filed suit to quiet and confirm title. Westbrook answered and counterclaimed to quiet and confirm their own title, and for slander of their titles.
After a trial, the chancellor accepted Westbrook's survey and found that, even if Mize's property did extend south of CR 206, Westbrook had obtained title by adverse possession. The trial court also found for Westbrook on the slander-of-title claim, and awarded damages of $32,530.05. Mize appealed. The COA affirmed, and the MSSC granted cert.
Justice Randolph, for a unanimous court, laid out the framework for a slander-of-title suit:
¶7. To succeed in an action for slander of title, a claimant must show that another has falsely and maliciously published statements that disparage or bring into question the claimant's right of title to the property, thereby causing special damage to the claimant. Walley v. Hunt, 212 Miss. 294, 304, 54 So. 2d 393, 396 (1951). The slander may consist of a writing, a printing, or words of mouth, but they will provide grounds for a cause of action only if the statements have been made falsely and maliciously. Id. Whatever the statement, however, in order for it to form the basis of a right of action, it must have been made not only falsely but maliciously. Id. (citations omitted).
¶8. Malice, however, may be inferred from one's actions. Phelps v. Clinkscales, 247 So.2d 819, 821 (Miss. 1971). "The law determines malice by external standards; a process of drawing inferences by applying common knowledge and human experience to a person's statements, acts, and the surrounding circumstances." Id. As such, the chancellor's finding of malice should be given great deference and can be reversed only if it is clearly erroneous. Mason v. Southern Mortgage Co., 828 So. 2d 735, 739 (Miss. 2002). Here, the chancellor found malice in Mize's actions; however the record is silent as to whether Mize knowingly made a false publication.
The court then turned its attention to the filing of the corrected deed. Was that sufficient to support a finding of malice?
¶9. This Court has held that the mere filing of a corrected deed is not sufficient to show malicious intent. Wise v. Scott, 495 So. 2d 16, 21 (Miss. 1986). Wise involved a dispute of mineral rights between parties following a conveyance of a mineral deed. Id. at 20. After realizing that there had been a drafting error in the original deed that had a material effect on the parties' property rights, the defendant sought to correct the error through a corrected deed. Id. at 21. The plaintiffs successfully sued the defendant for slander of title in chancery court. Id. On appeal, this Court reversed the chancery court, finding that malice cannot be shown by the mere filing of a corrected deed, if the party who filed the corrected deed had a bona fide belief of ownership. Id.
Since Mize had a bona fide belief based on his sellers' representations, and he had reason to file a corrected deed to remedy its failure to close, it was error for the trial court to find malice in the filing of the corrected instrument in the absence of proof of "falsity, guile, or trickery."
And what about the filing and pursuit of the suit by Mize? Did those actions constitute malice? The court answered, "No" because communications published in the course of a lawsuit are absolutely privileged. And, as for continuation of the litigation after the seller had given an affidavit that she never intended to sell any property owned by Westbrook, the MSSC said that a party who acts under a reasonable belief of title can not be held to have acted maliciously. Since Mize had his survey and corrected deed, his acts were based on a reasonable belief.
The court reversed the chancellor's finding of slander of title and the award of damages.
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Nice case that reaffirms my rule-of-thumb that there is essentially no such thing as slander of title. Basically, they'd have had to show Mize committed malicious prosecution to have a claim.
Any particular reason they didn't use the word "render"? Is it because they left the ruling that Westbrook had title to the land standing?


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Stop keeping the secret of domestic violence.
Domestic violence is an equal opportunity offender. It cuts across all racial, gender, cultural and socioeconomic lines. According to domestic violence (DV) statistics*, in the United States 1 in 4 women and 1 in 14 men are annual victims of intimate domestic partner abuse, with up to 10 million children witnessing some form of DV at home.
What allows domestic violence to persist is silence, "keeping the secret." There are many reasons male and female domestic violence victims keep quiet about what is happening to them in the privacy of their homes. Two of the most common reasons are embarrassment and fear. Typical worry includes what friends and family will think, the loss of security if the abusive partner is discovered, goes to jail or loses their job.
Physical aggression in relationships is a line that should never be crossed. However, when one partner does cross that line one of two internal dialogues will take place:
- They will say "OMG, what have I done?" By doing so, they recognize what they have done is completely unacceptable, will take full responsibility for it and vow to never let it happen again, or
- They will say "It's your fault, if you hadn't..." By doing so, they blame their partner. They justify their actions because they truly believe they were provoked by their partner.
Those who experience the first dialogue are far less likely to become abusers, but the same cannot be said for those from dialogue two.
Love should never hurt, and it is never acceptable put your hands on your partner, child or other family member in anger.
Not sure about your situation? Take the quiz. www.psychcentral.com/dvquiz
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, don't keep the secret any longer. Help is just a click or phone call away.
Get the facts! http://www.nrdcv.org
These national resources are available 24/7 and always anonymous and confidential.
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More Abusive Relationship Advice from YourTango:
5 Signs Of Verbal Abuse In Your Relationship [EXPERT]
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Following the appointment of Martin Grubb as head coach of Great Brtiain's U18 side, Ice Hockey UK are advertising for the position of assistant coach for GB U20.
The successful candidate will be a strong, communicative person to assist the men's U20 head coach in executing the overall strategic direction and delivery of the Great Britain U20 Team Programme.
Candidates will be considered on submission of a current CV (maximum three pages) and cover letter (maximum two pages).
The closing deadline is Friday, 31st August, 2018.
Send your application to Ice Hockey UK's general secretary, Andy French, at email@example.com.
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Pluripotent Stem Cells - How to Raise the Quality of your PSC Culture
PSCs represent an important tool in a wide range of applications, including basic research, disease modeling, drug discovery, and regenerative medicine. As stem cell cultures are very sensitive and respond to the smallest influence, stable culture conditions are crucial to maintain reliability and reproducibility of experimental data. In this educational webinar we will look at the different cultivation parameters, which can affect the viability and proliferation of PSCs during expansion. Join us to learn more about how to assess the quality of your stem cells and to preserve their pluripotency.
Learning Objectives
- Important parameters for PSC culture: growth surface, medium, and culture environment
- Assessing stem cell quality: PSC characteristics and genetic stability
- Improving reproducibility: Detecting cryptic contamination (e.g. Mycoplasma, cross-contamination)


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We, the undersigned, hereby call upon
the Welsh Government to make it compulsory for all pupils in their GCSE years
to undergo basic First Aid training.
We believe that first aid is an essential life saving skill that every young person has the right to have and as such should become a compulsory part of secondary education. Being trained in first aid can carry a lot of responsibility but has a lot of benefits. In dangerous situations first aid training can make the difference between life or death. So just knowing how to put someone in the recovery position or even by calling an ambulance effectively can save lives.
Petition raised by: Tim Clarke
Date Petition first considered by Committee: 13 May
Number of signatures: 11
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Assembly Business;
Status: For consideration
First published: 07/05/2014


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In this week's episode of Getting Work To Work, I respond to listener feedback, discuss whether professional is a label or an attitude, share wisdom from books by Steven Pressfield and Austin Kleon, and encourage creative professionals to create work daily regardless of whether it is "professional" or not.
Show Links
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
- Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon
- The Curiosity Lab
How You Can Be More Professional:
- Stop using professional as a label. Not being "professional" can prevent you from getting your work to work.
- Create work daily, share it, and then repeat the process.


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tunesday – emma davis premiere
Filmed by Good Stuff photography winner Nick McKk. (Nice one, Nick!)
We're always chuffed to present a local muso's video premiere, but we're a bit extra chuffed this time around, because the fellow behind the lens is none other than frankie Good Stuff 2018 photography winner Nick McKk! The tune is "Best of Times" by Sydney-based songstress Emma Davis, who says it was inspired by "the realisation you're growing up and the fear that you may start to lose the ability to do the things that you love". Hit play just below to check it out, then scoot over to Emma's Facebook or Soundcloud for more. Oh, and don't forget to scroll down to check out her upcoming gig dates, too.
Thursday June 14th – Waywards, Sydney
Saturday June 16th – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne


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8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)
10 and find out what pleases the Lord.
Ephesians 5:8-10 (NIV)
The above verses further confirm the context I set in this series I wrote on Ephesians 5. In the earlier installments, I have shown you verses that are frequently abused by theology infested religious preachers to blackmail their church members. They tell their church members that if they do not obey God, God will be angry with them. There is no limit on the type of perverted things God can do to them when he is angry.
What is obeying God? It means doing everything the preachers tell you to do. Your role as an obedient Christian is to behave like the mindless drone who will obey everything the preacher say. If the preacher tells you to go witnessing to get more victims to become church members, you must do it. If he asks for money, you must give him money. This is how religious preachers survive.
I have shown you the true meanings of those verses. Those verses are not instructions, nor threats to us but confirmations on our special positions in Christ. The above passage reinforces the confirmations I wrote in the earlier articles.
Let us look at Verse 8:
"For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light"
1. It started by stating the past : "For you were once darkness"
2. Follows by stating the present: "but now you are light in the Lord"
3. The result of the present status: "Live as children of light"
Can you see the flow? We live as children of light not because we are afraid of God sending us to hell or doing perverted things to us if we don't. We live as children of light because we are light in the Lord. The phase "light in the Lord" is a state. "Live as children of light" is an act.
To put it in another words, we have to believe that we are completely holy in order to live holy lives. You cannot live holy life if you see yourself as a sinner. This is another hypocrisy of religious churches. They label their members as sinners and demand them to live holy lives. This is like demanding a cat to bark. No wonder they fail.
Ask yourself right now on your status. Are you a sinner or a saint? If you are a sinner, you should sin. Sinning is your nature. It is unjust to force a sinner into not sinning. However, if you are a saint, holiness is natural to you. Sinning is unnatural to you as barking is unnatural to a cat. If you happen to sin, dust it off and move on. Your status as saint is not affected.
Here is an analogy. Pigs love mud. They like to wallow themselves into mud to keep cool. Sheep don't do that. They stay away from mud. If a sheep happens to fall into a mud-pool, it will struggle to get out. It will be filled with mud. When the shepherd sees it, he must do his job to clean up the sheep.
Throughout the scenario, its species does not change. It remained a sheep regardless of its cleanliness. A sheep will not turn into a pig when it touches mud.
Likewise for the saints. No amount of sins can change your status. If you find yourself covered in sin, just let the Shepherd do his job to clean you up. Sit back and enjoy life.
Verse 9 and 10 tells us the natural result of our present status.
9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)
10 and find out what pleases the Lord.
Ephesians 5:9-10 (NIV)
Our fruits are all goodness, righteousness and truth. As believers, we don't have to try to obtain all goodness, righteousness and truth because these things are our fruits. They are our natural characteristics. We already have them.
Verse 10 tells us to find out what pleases the Lord. The question here is how to find out? Who should we ask? For those who have been reading this blog long enough, I hope you have enough common sense not to ask any theologians. Theologians are nothing more than messengers from the demons in hell.
Who to ask? The answer is yourself. The moment we believed in Jesus, we are sealed with the Holy Spirit. From that moment onwards, the Father and you are one. If you want to know what pleases God, all you have to do is to find out what pleases you. As long as you are happy, God is happy. This is how a Christian life should be. Do not let anyone rob you of this joy.
This is how we please the Lord.


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Job Opening At CAMRIS International For Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Advisor
Job Opening At CAMRIS International For Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Advisor. CAMRIS International is a growing international development and research firm that realizes innovative solutions to health and development challenges through high-quality, cost-effective program and research management services.
With experience working in more than 80 countries, we combine our proven systems with today's most effective, evidence-based best practices to improve the lives of people around the world. We apply a customized, customer-centric, cost-effective business approach to offer greater value to our clients and challenge the way things have always been done in our field.
Job Title: Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Advisor
CAMRIS International, a member of PGRDG, seeks a qualified Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Adviser candidate for an upcoming multi-year USAID-funded contract with the overall goal of The Learning Program is for USAID/Nigeria to become a premier practitioner of program monitoring and evaluation with an embedded learning and adaptive culture which ensure Mission activities strategically align with USAID/Nigeria's CDCS development objectives. The ultimate expected results are to strengthen USAID's M&E system, to enhance M&E capacity of local entities, to improve accountability and the use of empirical evidence for programming, learning and adapting, and to maintain strategic alignment with the Development Objectives outlined in the Mission's CDCS.
The Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Advisor will:
- Provide leadership, guidance and overall direction to the Mission's collaboration, learning and adapting efforts.
- The advisor will plan and state organizational reflection and learning opportunities, such as special studies, after action reviews, and partners' meetings, organizational learning surveys to facilitate overall CDCS implementation.
- Progressively responsible, professional-level experience in organizational or action learning, development and/or knowledge management;
- Demonstrated understanding and experience in interpreting monitoring and evaluation analysis and subsequently developing and leading collaboration, learning and adapting programs among various stakeholders in international development contexts,
- Exceptional communications and interpersonal skills, including written, verbal presentation, and facilitation skills applied within multi-cultural
- Fluency in English, written and spoken.
- The Advisor will assist with incorporating research design and methodologies in the application of learning to project design and management.
- S/he will work with the Program Office to guide iterative course corrections and ensure ongoing and evolving alignment of the portfolio with Mission Strategy.
- S/he will work with the Program Office and Mission management to refine and implement the Mission's learning agenda and CLA strategy, e-sharing and learning tools, to include outcome mapping.
- S/he will assist in the re-orientation of key staff's "activity" orientation to holistic program management and to foster peer and cross- learning techniques and opportunities.
- A minimum of a Master's Degree or higher in one or more fields related to organizational learning or development assistance such as public, business or development administration, knowledge management, political science, economics, development studies or closely related, inter-disciplinary fields;
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