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stopping by from FMF – it is SUCH a big word – loved how you put it into more words 🙂 beautiful!
Heart beats rapid.
The anticipation of words forming, thoughts leaking, habit breathing life after suffocating silence.
Choose is a word too powerful to harness. Often I conveniently push aside the truth that such action is not only attainable and available to me every millisecond of every day I draw breath, but further I rummage through the excuses that lie to me just how little I "need" to choose anyway.
Yet it blisters me with its brightness shining deep into my eyes: I have the power of choice.
I have the freedom of choice.
I need to muster the courage to CHOOSE.
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Confession: I have a fear of this verb. Sometimes. In the larger ways that evoke profound change of some sort or could lead to alteration that I would have limited knowledge of the outcome it would produce.
The change isn't what's scary. It's what possible decision I make that could lead to the wrong change rather than the right change which gives me anxiety.
Small choices hold less paralyzation over me. I can make decisions. Even some "bigger" ones (what to study in school all those years ago, where to move and when to move, who to spend time investing in and knowing who hurts me more than supports me – thus choosing how much to allow them to influence me). And as I get older, some things become clearer, easier for me to identify and move within or outside of. I see such growth and I am enormously thankful for it. For the opportunity to learn and for taking the steps to be taught rather than ignore.
Yet still, I falter, dither, fear and stagnate. I avoid taking a step for the sometimes overwhelming fright of hamartia. Still….with His patience and leading, I improve with every situation given me.
Numerous choices are repeatedly presented me. Some I can feel more confident to accept and proceed through. Others still loom intimidating and cause me to falter in bravery. And still others bully menacingly, taunting my weakness and reminding me of my misguided trusts and minuscule faith.
The truth of the matter – this word – this honor of action will never leave me nor exceed my reach. I am always offered a choice. If not in tangible occurrence (i.e. what may happen to me or to others I care about – often being out of my control altogether), then always in the ability to decide how to act and react to circumstances. In many forms, in every fashion – to choose is to realize the scope of freedom. Freedom only He can provide. That which only He can truly deliver.
Disclosure: I took longer than 5 minutes friends. It's been ages since I participated, and there is much swirling within me, not just about writing in particular, but about this word and the weight it carries. I wasn't able, even with the allowance of overage, to dive into the specifics of what my insides are circling around in this matter. Yet still, I am here. Struggling. Trying. Thankful for the welcome as always.
Join the voices raised, the hearts shared, the always-welcome community of Lisa-Jo and the 5 Minute Friday crowd of brave.
stopping by from FMF – it is SUCH a big word – loved how you put it into more words 🙂 beautiful!
Such a weighty word is entitled to more than five minutes, I'd say.
I was complaining (of all silly things to complain about) yesterday, about my lack of strong time management skills and how I wish I just had a boss, or mom, to come in and say "do this. Do this. Now, do this." But really, your post made me realize that it's about choice… It's a huge word and likely that's where my issues are. Something I've never really considered, until now. (but now I know how to pray, which sounds a bit terrifying!) Moving forward to muster that courage!
I never thought about choosing as being an honor we have. bold words for a a weighty word. glad you wrote today and hope you continue to.
Nickolee thank you greatly for stopping by in union to FMF. 🙂 I am thankful for your sweet words and am heading over to read yours as well!
Misty…oh fellow sometimes timid-sister, your words of understanding are soothing to the soul. Thank you so very much for coming today to share your own thoughts with me. I am grateful. 🙂 Cannot wait to read your words on this enigma of "choose."
Good morning Kara! I'll admit to you that I often forget that privilege myself. I've touched on it in the past when I allow myself to realize just how precious that ability is. But still, it escapes me often until I am reeled back in and shown that truth, that beckoning of action. Thank you so very much for your gentle encouragement. It means so much. I am greatly looking forward to seeing what He has laid on your heart for this word today.
Great post Leigh!! I feel the same way- I have a fear of choosing wrong.
Dear Leigh,
I am so delighted you chose to write and to visit me…as I was thinking of you…really…and it is funny how you then showed up at my blog the next day…lots has been going on….and I think the fear of choosing can cause us to lose our God given freedom as I have seen this in my own life…and for me to learn that God and His Grace and Love are bigger than any choice I make …the most important choice is to choose Him and ask Him for the grace to choose Him and His ways over my own…blessings to you, sweet friend 🙂 Sorry I have been absent…too long to write about here.
Thank you Jen! 🙂 So good to "see" your face. I hope you've been wonderful.
Oh dear Dolly, I'm the one who is sorry for our lack of communication. You are a wonderful communicator, a wonderful writer, and a gifted member of the Body. I truly hope we can speak soon. I have a new number and a new phone. I'll text you this week and make sure we schedule some time. 🙂
Leigh Kay! I was on Lisa-Jo's blog and was scrolling through people who had linked up to her 5 minute Friday posts and saw YOUR face! This is Lauren (Johnson) from Denton! In case you don't remember from my name, we went to Memphis together many moons ago on College Life spring break trip! I didn't know you had a blog. I'm blogging at Abidingmarriage.com. Loved your words in this post!
Of COURSE I remember you Lauren! Do you want to know the absolute strangest thing?? Last week (mere days ago), I spent a good amount of time scrolling through old pictures of the Memphis trip albums. I was thinking of you. It's unbelievable that we're reconnecting now. I was looking at your lovely face and wondering where God has taken you. Thank you SO very much for coming by. I cannot wait to head over to your blog. Let's catch up please!


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Pro Bono at the Crossroads By Kevin J. Curnin | New York Law Journal
Before I became a lawyer, I studied Gothic literature, American and English. Friends suggested (darkly, of course) that reading Ambrose Bierce and Bram Stoker was not a detour but rather a direct path to law school, that an interest in twisted and creepy human behavior leads naturally to becoming a lawyer.
As we celebrate the first-ever National Pro Bono Law Week, and with Halloween looming, I've revisited this professional crossroad, but now from the hopefully wizened perspective of a "pro bono lawyer."
The United States has many reasons to celebrate its laws and lawyers, and our tradition of pro bono — in its purest form, the act of giving free legal counsel to the poor and those who serve the poor — is one of them. Individual charitable legal work may be as old as the practice of law, but the institutionalization of lawyers and law firms working for free for those unable to afford it has blossomed only in the last 25 years. Pro bono publico has elevated the profession of the law. But have we elevated it enough?
A Gothic motif, at least as I grappled with it, is the professionalization of 19th-century society and the spiritual compromise that accompanied industrialization. As the outer world visibly changed, as cities grew crowded, louder, faster and darker, and as increasingly powerful professions carved out their spheres, so too did our inner worlds change. The mechanized and routinized force we brought to bear on the natural world reshaped our inner lives too, including how we perceived the rights and obligations flowing to and from family, friends, neighbors, and society. Notions of fairness and acceptable casualties hung in the balance.
Lawyers and new laws greased the wheels of industrial progress. Today, the law's impact on how we live and die is omnipresent. Health care reform, climate control accords and market regulation are the dominant examples, but there are others, less dramatic but no less deeply impactful: housing, bankruptcy, benefits, immigration, disability. The imbalance between "the haves and the have-nots," a phrase which strikes me as peculiarly Gothic, is with us now more than ever. Like the beating of a tell-tale heart, maybe it always will be.
Pro bono lawyers, at least part of the time, align with the "have-nots," the uneducated, the marginalized, the unprotected. The law, that great neutral arbiter that aspires to leveling the field, falls hard on the unrepresented—and not just hard, but swift, cold and often mysteriously. To the uninitiated, courthouses can be fearsome places, and even simple transactions like leases and partnerships can be treacherous. And, of course, the stakes are always high, maybe not souls and salvation, but keeping or losing one's home, livelihood or kin.
The difference between being self-represented and having a pro bono lawyer is night and day, like doing your own by-pass or having a surgeon. I had a professor that spoke of Gothic literature as addressing the "wobble in the world," meaning the fear and doubt that come calling when imbalance sets in and life begins to spiral out of control. For the poor, that threat is always at the door.
And that is where my crossroad recurs. Pro bono service can restore balance not just for the client, but for the lawyer. We are volunteers. We have paying practices that compensate us well. We have the comfort and protection of knowing the law. We don't fear the knock on the door. And so, the law being neutral and our tether, we follow where it leads, whether to a board room or a domestic violence hearing. We draft papers to merge banks and we advise a non-profit after-school art clinic. Pro bono service takes some of the detached professionalism out of the practice of law. In reaching out, we reduce the distance between us and the impact of what we do. We straddle the line.
It may be that pro bono service is little more than a mask we put on for our own sakes, to restore our own sense of balance as we each grapple at the crossroad; or it may be that it elevates the profession by humanizing it. When you work with the poor, you confront real-world problems—debt, violence, sickness—and offer small, sometimes temporary, solutions. You come in on legal terms but you end up working through life terms, closer to your clients and their world, which is, but is not, yours.
Our first National Pro Bono Week comes at an interesting time. We may or may not be heading toward an era of greater balance between Wall Street and Main Street, between our appetites and our planet, but so long as we remain a "country of laws," there will be a place in it for the pro bono lawyer.
Kevin J. Curnin is a partner and the director of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan's Public Service Project.


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Trump is overturning everything so quickly that it will be a race to see who can assasinate him sooner, putin, the chicoms, the mexican cartels, the deep state, or just some crazy democrat. He needs to be seriously careful.
Watching this unfold I had a thought about an analogy. NATO has been like a dysfunctional family since its inception. America is the parent who has allowed the children to misbehave. The parent realizes enabling the children to behave badly has gotten out of control. Trump is the parent who acknowledges the situation and takes steps to correct it. Of course, the children are outraged but finally come along when they understand they are about to be cut off. It is called tough love.
------------------------------------Around 100 BC, Lucius Accius rose in the Roman Senate warning Carthage: "Let them hate as long as they fear."Rather Trump's enemies should be seriously careful; as its infinitely better a leader be feared rather than loved!!!


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The story appeared to end there. It left me with a hollow feeling. While it was good to be able to bring these people back to "life," after being buried in the pages of a forgotten album for most of a century, I knew they would soon be returned to the shelves and oblivion, perhaps this time forever. Though their story was intriguing, neither I nor Mr. McKinney had any connection to this family. The album belonged to the Rudd family, but sadly, it appeared that there was no more Rudd family to cherish these ancestors. I hoped someone would appear, perhaps a grandchild of Edward Jr., but only silence followed the publication of my article in April 2005.
And so it was with great surprise that I discovered a message in my electronic mailbox two and a half years later. Even more surprising, it did not come from a descendant of Edward Jr. It came from a descendant of Judge Rudd himself, whose line, I thought, surely must have died out years ago. In fact, the writer was but one of several great-grandchildren of Judge Rudd, who had three grandchildren. How could this be?
It turns out that assuming too much can make a ...you-know-what out of me. The letter came from Bonnie Moon Olson, a great-granddaughter of the Judge, a resident of California, far removed from the icy streets of Albany her great-grandfather knew. It turns out Ms. Olson did not know much more about the Judge than did I, evidently attributable to the mysterious life of the connection between her and the Judge, his son Tracy Rudd. I had assumed that with no mention of Tracy having a wife or children in the scrapbook, not even in Judge Rudd's obituary, it meant he had none, and if he had no heirs by the age of 45, it was unlikely there were any. However, Ms. Moon reported that she had a photo of Judge Rudd with his grandson (her uncle), also named William Platt Rudd, on his lap. Somehow, this continuing line was erased from all mention in the scrapbook. But why?
We will never know for certain the answer to that question. However, there seems to have been something about Tracy Rudd that was different from the rest of this close-knit family. What Ms. Moon knew was that Tracy Rudd had three children, her uncle, William, and two daughters, Betty and her mother Mary. Naturally, he also had a wife, Gertrude Hormel Rudd. That relationship went very sour. Gertrude, Ms. Olson's grandmother, evidently said very little about Tracy, other than that he was a "scoundrel."
Obviously, we are only hearing one side of the story, as apparently Tracy didn't hang around long enough to give his. At least according to Gertrude, he deserted the family, leaving her to raise his three children alone. Ms. Olson's understanding is that Tracy died in an airplane crash in the 1950s. With no contact from her father, and a very embittered mother, little was passed down to Ms. Olson's mother about the paternal side of the family. So, while Judge Rudd had three grandchildren and now many great-grandchildren and great great-grandchildren, they know little about him. Now, thanks to an old family album purchased out of curiosity by a complete stranger off of eBay, they will learn a lot more. Judge Rudd, his wife and sister, and his father, railroad conductor William T. Rudd, and his mother, yet another Adeline, are making their way back home to their family. Those of us who got to witness, and even play a small part in this family reunion, could not be happier.


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This laugh-out-loud story from Jan Thomas has all of Sheep's friends guessing what makes her really happy. Here's a clue . . . it starts with the letter F!
Can you guess what makes Sheep really happy? Here's a clue . . . it starts with the letter F. It is NOT fish or fans. And it is especially not turnips! That doesn't even start with the letter F!
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An Evening at Bosman's Restaurant at the Grande Roche Hotel
Fine-dining is a concept which was, until recently, completely foreign to me. I had nothing to go on except for images of chandeliers, rows of wine-glasses squashed onto a single table and giant plates of tiny portions – all garnered from television programmes and movies. The fine-dining experience at Bosman's is very similar it turns out, although experiencing it in the flesh is a whole other ball game.
At Bosman's, the Grande Roche Hotel's signature restaurant, the three pillars of fine-dining are studiously adhered to. Special attention is given to the menu, service and atmosphere… and it shows.
Entering the restaurant, one is greeted by all things twinkly – chandeliers hang, equally spaced from each other along the length of the ceiling, champagne flutes sparkle with golden bubbly and everywhere you look eyes are lighting up at the suggestion of another canapé.
As someone who doesn't do an awful lot of fine-dining, the food revelations started early on in the night and to my surprise, my canapé prize went to the beef tartare – raw meat finely diced and in this case, served with espuma (similar to mousse) in a vessel resembling a shot glass.
An hour or so later, a chair was being pulled out for me, a starched serviette was placed on my lap and some of the most delicious chardonnay found its way into my glass, assisted of course by a waitron in a white shirt and long black apron.
Our first course wine was the 2012 Finesse Chardonnay from De Wetshof – the featured winery for the evening. That is, featured at Bosman's Culinary Innovation evenings, on which a 4 course meal is served with appropriate wine-pairings and a representative from the winery is there to tell the wine's story.
Johan De Wetshof was our amusing guide to the De Wetshof wines and added not only an informative aspect but also a wonderfully informal, entertaining one to the evening. The first course was aptly named Duo of Quail – two small portions of quail, prepared in two distinct ways were served with char-grilled sweet corn parfait, pea salad, herb mayonnaise and (I was delighted to note) aroma spiced popcorn. This was the first time since learning about the fine dining principle of the garnish being directly related to the dish, that I had seen it put into action, and in a way I would not have expected.
My favourite part of the second course, a Butter Confit Kingklip Medallion, was the red cabbage-chestnut ragout. The 2009 Bateleur Chardonnay paired nicely with the dish and before I knew it another course came to an end.
At this point, South African crime-writer Mike Nicol took to the stage with some insights into his trade (a brief talk by a South African author is another feature of the Culinary Innovations evenings). It provided a nice interlude between courses, allowing the food to settle and a little gap before the next round of wine-tasting.
When the main course arrived, I was ready for it and the Sous Vide Springbok Loin was so delicious that I soon forgot about everything else I'd eaten throughout the evening! Served with a beetroot-raspberry purée, almond croquette and szechuan-manjari chocolate jus, the flavours, textures and colours conspired to create a treat for all the senses, which is of course part of the joy of fine-dining. A 2009 De Wetshof Thibault was served with the main course, and while it was indeed delicious too, I was far more taken with the food.
Pudding was an interpretation of Bratapfel with an apple consommé, sago, kumquat compote and sour crème ice-cream, served with a 2005 Edelhoes. I enjoyed this course because I loved the sensation of switching between the very sweet wine and the sour pudding.
The evening was rounded off with a cup of coffee, a glass of mineral water and a nibble of chocolate back at home.
Overall, Bosman's Restaurant provided a wonderful experience and met the standards of a fine-dining establishment. The service was friendly and attentive, the food and wine was excellent and the ambience was classy but relaxed. I had an exceptionally good time and there and I'm sure you will too.
The Culinary Innovations evenings happen on one Saturday a month until November. You will be treated to a specially designed menu and wine pairing, a representative from the featured winery will take you through the wines and a South African author will entertain you with insights into their world.


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Chasing The Cyclone. The review is highly informative, shows a strong grasp of the issues I tried to raise in Chasing The Cyclone, and hopefully will help others understand that there is a global epidemic of child abduction going on. Any author would love to have a review such as the one provided by A Book A Day Reviews.
Thank you Gabriella Wheeler for really taking the time to read and share all that is Chasing The Cyclone.
Please feel free to read this thoughtful review: A Book a Day Reviews: A Journey into Hell: "Chasing the Cyclone"
The I CARE Foundation is a leading global non-profit organization dedicated to preventing international parental child abduction. The I CARE Foundation's groundbreaking International Travel Child Consent Form has been hailed as a landmark global child abduction prevention tool by the international legal community including Hague Permanent Bureau Senior Officers. Since our inception in 2009, the reported U.S. outbound child abduction rate has decline by 38%.
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A Book a Day Reviews Raves About Peter Thomas Senese's 'Chasing The Cyclone' As A Journey into Hell
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Preeminent 'Guilty Pleasures Book Review' Calls Peter Thomas Senese's Chasing The Cyclone "Phenomenal. Remarkable. Extraordinary."
Guilty Pleasures Book Review in a preeminent online book review site 'Written By Women For Women'.
This is what Guilty Pleasures Book Review had to say about Chasing The Cyclone:
Peter Thomas Senese it would be phenomenal. As in remarkable. Extraordinary. I have read many books over the years, for enjoyment, for education, because I had to, because I wanted to. I cannot think of any other book that comes close to making me feel as I did when I read this book. I believe these feelings will stick with me forever." Click Here to read the entire review.
Step by step the issues of international parental child abduction are increasing at a grass-roots level in our society. It is my hope and anticipation that as education and awareness gain traction, new laws and policies will be created and implemented that will help other children. After all, one child's life is worth fighting for - hundred's of thousands of children whose lives are at risk is worth changing a system over.
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I am very pleased to share that the prestigious New York Journal of Books gave a terrific book review of Chasing The Cyclone.
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I must say, Beverly Hills is becoming a favorite city of mine. To be more specific, the Maison 140 Hotel in Beverly Hills. I just think it's the cutest hotel ever! With its gorgeous decor in the side bar as soon as you walk in, to the red walls in the bathroom- seriously, so cute! This is my second time coming to this location for an event and of course I'm not disappointed. Instantly I was greeted with their specialty champagne for the night (delicious!) and a mini candy bar which I just couldn't resist; I'm a sucker for sweets! I was invited to check out the When Beauty Masks which recently came out and are being sold at Sephora. I totally enjoy the fact that there is a mask for literally any occasion. "Snow Magic" is for those days where you feel like your face is looking a little dull or lifeless. The mask is suited to brighten up that gloom! For all you who are traveling this Summer, there is "Travelmate" which helps you to recover from sun, wind, and dry air. Also in the line is "The Last Choice", "10:00 PM", and "Makeup Base". These are all bio cellulose sheet face masks. YouTube review anyone?! I definitely am going to try them out and let you know what I think. Which one should I try first?! Enjoy the pictures!
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Jakarta Gubernatorial and Foreign Affairs (KDH-KLN) bureau head Mawardi has confirmed that non-active governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama returned his remaining operational funds—Rp 1.2 billion (US$96,708)—as governor to a bank account belonging to the city administration.
"We have received Rp 1.2 billion," Mawardi said as quoted by kompas.com on Friday.
Mawardi said that the funds were automatically transferred to acting governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat as operational funds for the 2017 city budget.
"Later, at the end of year, the remaining funds will be returned to the city's coffer," he said.
Previously, Ahok's attorney, Josefina A. Syukur, said that her client had returned the operational funds through the administration's Bank DKI account.
Ahok tendered a letter of resignation from his position as Jakarta governor to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Tuesday. In the letter dated May 23, Ahok wrote that he would resign in consideration of the North Jakarta District Court's verdict and sentence on May 9 and Presidential Decree dated May 12, which ordered Ahok's temporary dismissal as governor.
The letter was signed by Ahok at the Police Mobile Brigade Command detention center in Depok, West Java, where he is currently being detained. (agn/dmr)


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Exeter Residents share your views!
Devising and producing This City's Centre was a year long process that involved street interviews and actions, public meetings and discussions, documentary making and guerilla film screenings, open devising and rehearsals in empty shops, visiting 39 Exeter residents in their home, a museum launch, a group map reading event and a live performance. We prototyped and tested a new streaming platform, ran performance making workshops at Exeter College (collaborating with 4 dedicated and talented performing arts students), recorded the cleaning team at Princesshay shopping centre on their morning rounds… and sculpted a lot of cardboard consumer waste.
Does your view belong in a museum? We are looking for views from terraced houses, student flats, basement apartments, Georgian mansions, homes on hills, next to the bypass, looking over the quay, from behind the football stadium, next to the mosque. Whether you've lived in Exeter all your life, or for a few months, we'd love to hear from you.
Our first actions involved gathering volunteers for the video installation. We had initially been inspired by Anna Minton's writing on public, private and privatised space in British cities in which she quotes a recent study saying that the more people you know that live within a 10 minute walk of your home, the safer you feel. The criteria for participation was living within 10 minutes walk of Cathedral Green, a space which seemed to be identified in our research as both the medieval and contemporary centre of the city. It has a contested and invisible history as the former common burial ground and the site of 5th November mass bonfire performances and insurrection. It is currently one of the only spaces in the city centre where people can pause for a while without needing to engage in consumer activity. This initial parameter for participation was quite difficult to set, as Phil Smith pointed out in his introductory text in the Here, Now performance, Exeter could be described as a centreless city and as such is truly post-modern. Also what and where the 'centre' and the 'heart' of Exeter was, was the question we were asking as a driver for the whole project.
Our original quota for participating city centre residents was 20, but due to an enthusiastic response from fliering, on street recruitment and the 5 Minutes Dreaming intervention, we ended up working with almost double the number. It's great to feel like we have so many new neighbours! The interview materials gathered by Volkhardt Müller were edited into Window the installation for RAMM, and then re-combined to incorporate the on-street interview materials into the interactive map Linger.
"By hearing the voices of your neighbours, of people who have walked the same stretch of pavement over and again, just like you, and having their ideas, opinions and thoughts flow into your ears as you contemplate the exact same view that inspired those thoughts, you just might – as I did – feel increasingly connected to the people around you." Read more about Exeter Insider's views on Linger
We wanted to make an experience that involved being physically inside the views collected by the project; to offer a more visceral understanding of the views that could be seen from a mediated distance in the museum. We combined these sound files with invitations to make your own small actions and provocations on the street sites of the installation views for both the passersby to engage with, and also as a kind of gift to the people who had participated. Micro performances that might periodically happen in front of their windows, interrupting the daily flow of Exeter life in unusual ways.
'it's the scope and ambition of this project, the technical adventurousness, the collaborative and participatory ethos embedded in its very being that make it such a success. And just as the digital aspect is intrinsic to its narrative and structure, so is the sense of hope – the potential for change, for us to build the city we want, to be who we want to be.' Exeunt Magazine on Here, Now
From our initial call out for installation participants, 7 brave residents volunteered to work with us to make the live performance event. With widely varying experience of technology and video work they were extraordinarily generous with their time, thoughts, and their private domestic space, contributing a really wonderful energy and raft of ideas to the event. We worked together over a 5 month period meeting in person and rehearsing over skype. We had a weeks residency in the former Oggy Oggy pasty shop in the Guildhall shopping centre in June which formalised some of our structures and approaches and tested audience interactions, texts and choreographies. Our final performance event ran over 5 days in St Stephen's House, Princesshay, the home of the Princesshay management team who gernerously supported us with space, time and resources and were endlessly patient with the increase in unusual noise and traffic in their daily work space.
We are still gathering responses to This Citys' Centre as a way to collect feedback to develop this and future work. Your comments will really help us with this. Please consider filling in this short questionnairre – it will take around 5 minutes. You can also comment through facebook or @thiscityscentre @blindditch.


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Interview with Kani Saritas, Director Sales & Customer Relations, Jet Aviation, Middle East, India & Turkey and Elisabeth Harvey, Basel Design Studio
BizAvIndia (BAI): What solutions does Jet Aviation offer?
Kani Saritas (Saritas): As a leading business aviation services company, Jet Aviation's service offerings include maintenance, completions and refurbishment, engineering, FBO and fuel services, along with aircraft management, charter and staffing. Geographically, our global operations are roughly divided into three regions: The Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and Asia. From a service perspective, we have an integrated "hub and spoke" business service model, operating four major MRO hubs — located in St. Louis, (Missouri, United States); Basel (Switzerland) Dubai, (United Arab Emirates) and Singapore — which are supported by other global maintenance facilities to meet regional demand. Our two Completions Centres are based in Basel and St. Louis, while we operate 20 FBOs around the world and manage a global fleet of approximately 300 aircraft.
BAI: What are the most important markets for Jet Aviation?
Saritas: Our most developed markets are in the US, Europe and the Middle East, which we strive to sustain by differentiating our services through quality, constant expansion of our capabilities and, of course, our global network. We also invest in markets where services are needed, and emerging markets in India and Asia are very important to us.
BAI: How is Jet Aviation supporting the Indian operators through its various facilities in Dubai, Singapore, Geneva and Basel?
Saritas: Jet Aviation relies on its entire global network to provide tailor made solutions for all aspects of business aviation operation, whether our Indian-based customers are travelling in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, America or the Caribbean. That said, we hold repair station certificates from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the governing civil aviation regulatory body in India, at all of our facilities in Basel, Dubai, Geneva and Singapore. These approvals permit us to service and certify all Indian-registered aircraft types that are supported at the individual facilities.
BAI: How do you foresee India market in the coming years?
Saritas: Like all markets, the business aviation market in India is subject to economic and political events and happenings in the region and world, but given relative constants, we see stability to light growth in India in the coming years. We also see operators and suppliers maturing within India and expect to see consolidations for several service companies (MRO, flight support, brokers, etc.)
BAI: Please share about your tie-up with Arrow Aircraft?
Saritas: Arrow Aircraft Services is our partner and representative with whom we've been cooperating in India for almost three years. As a New Delhi-based business aviation services company, Arrow Aircraft is known in India for its integrity, dependability and handson approach. They represent Jet Aviation while prospecting new maintenance or refurbishment business in India for our MRO facilities in Dubai, Singapore, Geneva and Basel.
Our agreement with Arrow Aircraft Services enables us both to utilise our synergies to better serve the Indian market, ultimately providing an excellent opportunity for aircraft owners and operators in India to ensure the life-cycle and safety of their aircraft.
BAI: Jet Aviation's Design Studio in Basel was recently announced as a finalist in the Visualization Category of the Society of British and International Design Awards 2016. Your comments.
Elisabeth Harvey (Director Design, Basel Design Studio): The Jet Aviation Basel Design Studio has been crafting beautifully bespoke private aircraft interiors for 40 years. For the 2016 Society of British and International Design Awards, the company submitted its "Boeing 787-9 Limitless" design, which takes the "best of the best" in terms of latest design thinking and the newest technologies.
Intended for a Middle Eastern client with an interior that is far from classic, the design draws on traditional Arabic geometric shapes and tessellating patterns, but re-interprets them in a modern way. Traditional motifs and classic materials are combined with innovative new fabrics and furnishings, creating an interior that is both a comfortable and beautiful home — and a working business space. Inspired by residential design, the interior is contemporary and comfortable, but above all aircraft compliant.
The project is an exquisite fusion of ancient and up-to-the-minute architectural and residential design inspirations brought within the complex constraints of a new-generation composite airframe.


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I am sure that there are a lot of you out there that are seriously confused about making your website. I know that cashflow might be tight in a small business and there are a lot of options out there. I've seen a lot of website building platforms and I don't really care for a lot of them. Most of these platforms are just cheap garbage, you can't do SEO on them, you can't edit content quickly or easily and basically they don't have all the functions you would want to have. You're are way better off using WordPress. I'm going to show you what to do for an inexpensive website design and it won't cost you $49/mo or $99/mo. If anyone is charging that much for hosting, you either need it or you can go to Godaddy (Hey, all situations are different). Here I will go over a step-by-step guide on your website design, what to look out for and what you want to do.
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Gary Rhodes parts ways with Harbour Hotels
Rhodes, who also operated a restaurant at Harbour Hotels' Kings Hotel until last year, closed Rhodes South at the weekend to make way for a new restaurant headed by Michelin-starred chef Alex Aitken.
Mark Godfrey, managing director of Harbour Hotels, said the area's clientele weren't ready for a celebrity chef restaurant.
"It has become clear that the era of the international celebrity chef doesn't necessarily produce the best local food results," he said. "Rather than a destination restaurant, we have elected for a much more local presence."
Alex Aitken at The Jetty
Aitken, who joins the group from Lime Wood in Lyndhurst, but gained his first Michelin star at Le Poussin in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, has now become executive chef at The Jetty at Christchurch Harbour Hotel, which opens today.
Serving a locally sourced, seafood orientated menu featuring local oysters, shrimp and lobster, as well as numerous charcoal grilled dishes and sharing platters, The Jetty aims to be 'the best neighbourhood restaurant around'.
"We are thrilled to welcome Alex to our team at The Jetty," Godfrey added. "Alex is a 'home-grown' chef with a huge amount of food knowledge and experience. His list of accolades includes the UK's top food awards but it was his love of local food that made Alex the perfect chef to head up The Jetty."
Rhodes now operates just two restaurants in the UK – Rhodes W1 Restaurant and Brasserie at The Cumberland Hotel, and Rhodes Twenty Four at Tower 42, both in London.
A spokesperson for the celebrity chef, said: "Gary has really enjoyed his experience at this beautiful waterside location but his other operations in London and abroad have meant that he has not been able to dedicate as much time to the restaurant as he would have liked.
"Gary continues to enjoy visits to Dorset and the local area and would like to wish the team the best of luck for continued success for the future."
The chef also operates two cruise ship restaurants plus two in Dubai and Calabash.


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The source of his dreams came from a beautiful prisoner that was considered to be dangerous. When Eric first laid eyes on her, he knew she was meant to be his, but could this beautiful woman allow herself to trust in fate and allow herself to be loved, and could she love in return?
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Blockchain Start-Up Offers Tokens to Secure Crypto Exchanges in Cybersecurity Contests
Buglab, a cybersecurity solutions start-up has announced that it will be offering $2,000,000 in BGL tokens to cryptocurrency exchanges and cybersecurity researchers participating in the penetration testing contests of its platform. Buglab has decided to release a private beta version of its platform, following a spate of recent exchange hacks. Any exchanges who offer to run a launchpad, or promote the token sale in some way will be eligible to receive the penetration testing service to detect vulnerabilities and potential threats.
Through Buglab, a community of certified and hand selected cybersecurity researchers will summarize the contest, providing a report on the findings and draw a complete preventative strategy to prevent such issues in the future.
Every participating exchange will get the chance to receive $20,000 as a part of Buglab's enterprise plan, including a $10,000 prize for the top three winners of the contest and $10,000 as a special reward (for example critical vulnerabilities not found by the winners). In addition to offering the contest, if no vulnerabilities are discovered, Buglab will offer 50% of the sum allocated to the exchange, ($10,000 in BGL tokens).
Buglab uses an Ethereum-based platform composed of two programs: the buglab contest and Vigilante Protocol, for helping companies and cryptocurrencies exchange worldwide to discover and fix vulnerabilities on their digital solutions and assets such as web apps, mobile apps, IoT devices, smart contracts, and others. In the Vigilante Protocol, the start-up works with CERTs to verify discoveries and notify companies at risk.
CEO Buglab, Reda Cherqaoui remarked: "Cryptocurrency exchanges should be concerned about securing the funds of their traders, as these funds equate to billions of dollars. With new exchanges launching every week and increasing danger of security breaches, we aim to provide the industry with a secure, cutting-edge service to help mitigate against these increasing risks."
The Buglab penetration testing service and contest announcement come just two weeks after two large South Korean exchanges were hacked and lost an estimated combined total of over $70 million, in various cryptocurrencies. Exchange Conrail announced a 'cyber intrusion' on the 9th of June, with an estimated loss of $40 million, and 11 days later South Korea's largest volume trading platform, Bithumb announced a security breach with a reported loss of $31 million.
Buglab will be running a token distribution event from the 30th of June, 2018, for a period of exactly 4 weeks. Individuals interested in participating in the token presale can do so by whitelisting on the official website. In total Buglab will create 425,000,000 BGL tokens, of which, 40% (170,000,000) will be allocated to the token distribution event. The BGL token sale price is locked at $0.15 for the duration of the token sale. It will be offering token sale participants a 25% token bonus for the duration of the presale.


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Reflecting on the recent incident in Paris, it reminds me that we must, as police officers, allow vigilance to be our savior. I know I have spoken on situational awareness and not becoming complacent in our job. However, I believe that vigilance goes above and beyond situational awareness and non-complacency. While vigilance encompasses both of these things, it goes above and beyond these two things as well. Remaining vigilant requires that we educate ourselves. We must strategically educate ourselves on topics and tactics that are pointed and directed at our area of operation. The Paris attacks have taught us one thing (among many others). What we have learned at the sad expense of many innocent lives is that individuals, terrorists, extremists, will always find a new way to infiltrate their target. In Paris, we saw a number of extremists, at least one of which, who was able to gain access to the country under the presumption of a refugee. We must learn that extremists and people hell-bent on committing evil acts will stop at nothing to get to their goal.
It is very hard to stay one step ahead of the opposition. There are so many different factors we must take into account. This is relevant to attacks on nations such as the Paris attack but is also relevant to our everyday operation as police officers. As I have stated in previous articles we must learn from every experience we have with people of criminal nature. If we allow those lessons to build on one another, we will be a more rounded and experienced officer.
We must always remain vigilant. This is not only a necessity to stay one step ahead of an an offender but it is also necessary for our every day survival. Allowing yourself to be situationally aware at all times, never allowing yourself to become complacent, learning from every experience and going out of your way to educate yourself on current criminal, terrorist or extremist MO's, will build itself into what I think of as vigilance.
We all, as officers, have the basics down for vigilance. We know to never put our back to an access point, we know to keep our heads on a swivel, we know to "pie the corner" instead of rushing around it. But, could you in confidence say that you are up to date on how street gangs are concealing their weapons? Could you say that you are up to date on the different lethality factors present during a domestic violence situation? Are you aware of the different ways drug traffickers are using compartments within their vehicles to avoid detection? I am not innocent in this, I can say there is a lot I do not know. In fact, there are many officers out there, that I could confidently say, I don't touch with a burning flame. However, that does not dissuade me in becoming more vigilant than I already am. There should never be a point in your career where you believe you are as vigilant as you're "supposed to be". There is no such thing. There isn't an appropriate level of vigilance. There is an inappropriate level of vigilance, which often is disguised by recklessness. We see ourselves becoming complacent in the most basic tasks of our jobs, perhaps even cutting corners sometimes because we have "trust" in the individual we are dealing with or the individual doesn't fit the mold of threatening or violent. This is the number one mistake I believe exists. Maintain the work practice that you treat every person as violent, despite their age, race, gender, or apparent social status. If you retain this method of operation, your safety will, inevitably, be bolstered. We fail ourselves in so many different ways. Do not allow a lack of vigilance be the failure that leads to a tragedy. If you see something out of the ordinary, trust yourself and realize there is a reason YOU, as a POLICE OFFICER, feel that it is out of the ordinary.
Stay away from assumptions. Assumptions will get us killed. Assumptions will lead to complacency or that false sense of trust in a situation. I will never tell someone to act in an impolite manner towards anyone. While politeness and professionalism in this job is what a lot of us take pride in, you must always have in the back of your head the readiness to arm yourself and take action accordingly.
Remaining vigilant should be a constant goal for every officer around this country and around this world. We must realize that, to some, we are the enemy, in a big, big way. We can't control their hate, however we can become more vigilant towards it and control ourselves with our training and readiness in situations where we may meet the fine, thin and delicate line of life or death.


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Skaa were the peasant class of the Final Empire. According to Ministry doctrine, the skaa were the people who did not support the Lord Ruler in the days before the Ascension. So as a punishment, when the Lord Ruler took the power at the Well of Ascension, he altered the characteristics of the inhabitants of Scadrial, dividing them into two groups- the nobility and the skaa. However, due to a millennium of interbreeding, the differences are mostly erased or nonexistent.
Skaa were used as farmers (plantation skaa), miners, and factory workers. Most skaa were not paid, they were given goods or "food tokens" for the day's work. They were also used to drag canal boats along the canals. A few talented craftsmen were allowed to set up shops and start a trade, but they were still underpaid and treated poorly. Most noblemen treated their skaa like slaves. If a plantation skaa were to stop to wipe his nose, he would receive a beating. Took too long to deliver a cup of tea to your lord? If you were lucky, you only got a few slaps across the face. To the nobility, the skaa weren't even people. More like animals, the law allowing a lord to rape any skaa woman and receive no punishment, as long as he killed her before she bore any children.
The Underground
There were two sides to the skaa underground. The main portion consisted of thieving crews and beggars. The other was the skaa rebellion. These were the skaa that wanted to overthow the Lord Ruler and the Final Empire. They dreamed of a time when skaa and nobility could live as equals. But for the most part, most skaa were too beaten down to be convinced that they could rise up against the Final Empire. So as a result, for about hundreds of years, the skaa rebellion didn't accomplish anything...until the arrival of Kelsier.
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Differences between the skaa and nobility, according to the nobility:
- Skaa are more fertile than nobility (have more children).
- Skaa are mentally slower than nobility.
- Nobles are taller and stronger than skaa.
- Skaa can only be Allomancers if they had noble blood in their family.
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Short answer: Yes. Mustang's jhat works against heap dumps produced from earlier JDKs as well. It just works -- because it uses the same HPROF binary file format as used by hprof profiler and jmap tool. jmap tool can dump from live Java processes and Java core dumps. This feature has been backported to 1.4.2_09 (solaris only) and 5.0 update 5 (solaris and linux only) releases. hprof produces heap dump with allocation site trace information in the same format -- you need to use format=b option with hprof. As you'd probably know, hprof prodifier has been existing in JDK for quite some time.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Women's Health
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Women's Health
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterised by pain, swelling and stiffness in joints which commonly affects the hands, wrists and feet. Whilst both men and women can suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, it is more commonly seen in women than men.
Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common autoimmune disease with a higher prevalence rate compared to lupus, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, Crohn's disease and psoriasis.
(Simmons, 2013)
The incidence rates of rheumatoid arthritis differ between men and women. The onset of RA occurs much earlier for women, for most, during their 30's and 40's. In an American study, it was noted that the incidence rates peak for women around the ages of 55 to 64, compared to 75 to 84 years of age for men.
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As most women are diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in their 30's and 40's, a study found that the diagnosis negatively impacts both the body and mind of women, as indicated in their pain, disease activity, and quality of life scores. This is due to women being diagnosed at a time when their burdens are the heaviest as this is the time when women are most likely to have children or are raising children combined with work and socialising.
Changes in hormone levels also impacts women. It has been noted that before a menstrual period, women find the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis to be more severe, but settles during their cycle. Also, due to the changes in hormone levels during pregnancy, 50 – 60% of women with rheumatoid arthritis noticed that their symptoms improved.
The key to managing rheumatoid arthritis is to start the treatment as early as possible as it can halt or slow the disease, preventing joint damage and complications, including: osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease. Rheumatoid arthritis increases the risk of heart attack by 60%. To start treatment as early as possible, it is important that it is diagnosed as early as possible.
Randox offer a number of key assays for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatoid factor is the most routinely run test to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis as 80% of rheumatoid arthritis patients test positive for rheumatoid factor. The Randox Rheumatoid Factor reagent offers the following benefits:
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It has been found that complement C4 and CRP upregulation indicates the middle to late stages of rheumatoid arthritis.
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- Automated immunoturbidimetric assay
- Applications available for a wide range of biochemistry analysers, detailing instrument-specific settings
The Randox High-Sensitivity CRP reagent offers the following benefits:
- Wide measuring of 0.477 – 10mg/l fir the accurate measurement of clinically significant results
- Liquid ready-to-use reagents for convenience and ease of use
- Applications available for a wide range of biochemistry analysers, detailing instrument-specific settings
Inflammatory Biomarker Series: Rheumatoid Factor
What are inflammatory biomarkers?
The purpose of measuring an inflammatory biomarker is to detect inflammation, which can assist clinicians in the identification of a particular disease or provide a marker of treatment response. Inflammation, either chronic or acute, is the body's immune response to protect against harmful stimuli such as damaged cells, irritants or pathogens.1 When inflammation occurs in the body, extra protein is released from the site of inflammation and circulates in the bloodstream.2 It is these proteins, or antibodies, which clinicians are testing for in the blood as they can indicate if inflammation is present.
Like many inflammatory biomarkers, such as rheumatoid factor (RF), C-reactive protein (CRP) or erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), further tests will be required as testing for these tests alone does not provide a clearly defined diagnosis. However inflammatory biomarker tests can provide clinicians with a good indication of what may be wrong with a patient, which is why they are commonly tested for in a clinical setting.
What is Rheumatoid Factor?
Rheumatoid factor (RF) is an autoantibody which can target and damage healthy body tissue and in turn cause inflammatory symptoms.3 It is uncommon for this antibody to be present in healthy individuals, which is why it is a beneficial test to aid the diagnostic process. In particular, rheumatoid factor can be used as an inflammatory biomarker to assist in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However the rheumatoid factor antibody can also be present in healthy individuals or patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, liver cirrhosis, Sjögren's Syndrome, Hepatitis and other conditions.4 If a test detects rheumatoid factor levels above 14 IU/ml, this is considered abnormally high.3
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease which attacks the lining tissue of joints, resulting in chronic inflammation. This disease commonly affects the hands, feet and wrists, with symptoms causing pain, fatigue and loss of bodily function and over time may even lead to multiple organ damage.5 Although diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis requires a physical examination, testing for rheumatoid factor can be beneficial to assist in the diagnosis of this disease. Other blood tests that can be used to detect biomarkers associated with rheumatoid arthritis include C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), IgA, IgG, IgM and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP).
For health professionals
Randox Laboratories offer a leading portfolio of diagnostic reagents which includes a test for rheumatoid factor, with applications available for a range of biochemistry analysers. With a measuring range of 6.72 – 104 lU/ml, this assay can comfortably detect levels outside the normal range. Randox offer a complete diagnostic package for the screening of rheumatoid factor with a range of kit sizes, controls and calibrators available. Other inflammatory biomarker tests available from Randox include CRP, High Sensitivity CRP, Full Range CRP, IgA, IgG and IgM.
1. Nordqvist, C. Inflammation: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment. Medical News Today, https://goo.gl/rT4WS9 (accessed 16 January 2017)
2. Harding, M., Blood Tests to Detect Inflammation, Patient, 2015, https://goo.gl/F4OGrz, (accessed 16 January 2017)
3. Shiel, W. C., Rheumatoid Factor (RF), MedicineNet, 2016, https://goo.gl/XPA69u 2016 (accessed 16 January 2017)
4. Rheumatoid Arthritis Organisation, Rheumatoid Factor Test, Rheumatoid Arthritis Organisation, 2016, https://goo.gl/JujE5a
5. Gibofsky, A. Overview of Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis. The American Journal of Managed Care. Vol.18, No.13. p.295-302, 2012


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Lord's Prayer
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace! The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Act of Contrition
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, known and unknown, not only because I dread the loss of heaven and dread the pains of hell, and not only because Thou art my Creator, my Redeemer and my Sanctifier, but most of all because my sins have offended Thee, my God, Who art all good in Thyself and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance and to amend my life. Amen.
Apostle's Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into Hell; the third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.


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Toddler Talk & Play
March 24, 2020
From 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
No Fee
Join us for a fun, play-based program for toddlers and preschoolers where they explore the materials provided while connecting with other children/families. Open to children ages 1 year to 5 years old. Parents/caregivers are encouraged to follow their lead and explore as well.
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The first Russian soldier you will meet will come from one of the 16 countries in the USSR and he may be tall and blonde or short and dark. He will be a great guy for discipline, and you'll find that he will salute on the slightest provocation. He received elementary military training in school between the ages of 12 and 15. If he went to a technical or high school, he got three more years of part-time training in the Red's equivalent of our ROTC.
Russian women serve in some branches of the army and most reports describe them as pleasant but strictly business. Unlike our WACs they participate in combat, and Soviet girls have gained fame as pilots and guerilla fighters.
Russian equipment supplements by our lend-lease material, is regarded as good by our military authorities. Most doughboys will prefer their M-1 to the Russian rifles, but Soviet heavy artillery and tanks are said by some to be tops. Their heavily armed, low-flying fighter planes have had spectacular successes against tanks.
The advance of the Axis stopped first at Moscow, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur called the Red defense "the greatest military achievement in all history." Soviet soldiers are as cocky about their accomplishments as Americans and are equally gutsy about drinking, singing and dancing. They call each other "Tovaritch," and their old man is known as "Tovaritch Stalin."


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Carissa: What do you call a sleeping cow?
Me: Sapi ngantuk
Carissa: Wrong! It's called bulldozer! Bull … dozer…. Get it?
Me: Ih, garing banget sih kak? Tau dari mana lagi?
Carissa: I know it because I read it! See?
Iggy: Mami, do you know what is the biggest dinosaurs?
Me: I think all dinosaur are big (mamak yg nyebelin memang :D)
Iggy: yessss, but it is the biggest!
Me: (asal jawab)
Iggy: Wrooooonggg! It's giganotosaurus, see? It's said on my book. Giganotosaurus was the biggest dinosaur!
What do you give your children as gifts? I give them books. As birthday gift, as Christmas gift, as "oleh-oleh", as good marks gift, as entertainment when they're sick, as souvenir on our visit to Borobudur or just because simply I found a book that I think they'll enjoy. Yes, I gave them toys also, but books are the most common things I gave them.
The books they own are not limited to story books, but also non-fiction books. They have Disney story books along with dinosaurs or space-related books. Do they read it? Yes, they enjoy exploring all of those books.
There so many advantages that your children can gain from their reading habit, such as:
- By reading, they think more and become smarter.
- Books provide information that goes deeper than just classroom discussion.
- Improve their vocabulary. Do your children have to speak bilingual? Do you have difficulty to teach them the second or third language since you barely speak the language? I do. So when they still struggling learn English, I gave them English books. Now, since they can talk and read English quite well and I don't want they forget their own language, I give them Indonesian books.
- Improve their concentration and focus. Books tell the whole story. Since you must concentrate in order to read, like a muscle, you will get better at concentration.
- Improve their memory. Reading requires remembering details, facts and figures and in literature, plot lines, themes and characters.
- Improve their discipline. In my cases, since my children love to read, reading is a sweet treat for them. I can easily ask them choruses and let them read afterwards.
- Learn anywhere. Books are portable. The children can take them almost anywhere. For you who have met my Carissa, will know that she even bring her Harry Potter book to FD Gathering :D
- Improve creativity. By reading more books and exposing your children to new and more complete information, they will also be able to come up with more creative ideas.
How can you start their reading habit? You can start by reading picture books to your child every night. Trace the text with your finger, which will help your child learn that text flows from right to left. If you're reading books with repetitive texts, encourage your child to read along with you.
Some ideas that help you to get started:
- Choose several topics. Believe me, you don't have to choose super heroes for boys and Princess for girls. My boy read Cinderella and my daughter read Benten. Also keep it balance between fiction and non-fiction. They always enjoy learning facts.
- Budget. Some books will be more expensive than the others. So choose wisely. Or even, as a DIY project, you and your children can create a book together. Just explore the topics on internet, print in colors, bind them. There… you have your book!
- Do it together. Do as ritual that you and your children will sit together with a book on everybody's hands. Please note, your children should be relaxed when starting to read. Usually my children have their books after school or after diner. They wash their body first then relaxing with a book.
- Take turns. If your children can read, take turn with them. They can improve their reading ability very fast by reading to you and their siblings.
- If your kids learn Bahasa Indonesia along with English, better start learning to read in Bahasa Indonesia. When they can read longer words such as "mempertanggungjawabkan", they're ready to read in English.
Happy reading mom :)
This story is sent by Mamita. Thank you!


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Big Air Motocross version 1.01, a new and awesome iPhone app from All New Apps is now ready for free download.
Indianapolis, IN -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/16/2012 -- Big Air Motocross version 1.01, a new and awesome iPhone app from All New Apps is now ready for free download. The said app is a high flying and high speed outdoor motocross app designed for motocross lovers and enthusiasts who want to experience the most thrilling gaming experience ever. Apart from the iPhone, it is also compatible with iPad and iPod touch, but requires iOS 4.3.
Big App Motocross features fixed end level bug and fixed Facebook posting button. It also features 25 challenging motocross levels, multiple characters (zombie, sumo wrestler, alien, female and male), speed boosts for catching huge air, skip levels for pushing seemingly unbeatable levels and game center for tracking high scores and challenging friends. There is also an in game store where gamers can buy level skips, extra characters, speed boosts or unlock all features of the app.
According to Brown, these features set it apart from the other motocross iPhone apps out in the market today. He also added that he is confident that the said app will satisfy the cravings of gamers for a thrilling and exciting game.
The instruction in playing big Air Motocross is easy. The gamer must gather speed by simply pressing the screen while going downhill. He must not press the screen while going uphill, as he might lose his speed. When in mind-air, the screen must once again be pressed in order to bring the rider back to ground to catch the backside of the jumps to gain more speed. To know how to play this game strategically, gamers are advised to view demos by visiting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf98SeAXpxw or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0oiWx9OTgQ.
Upon the launch of Big Air Motocross, it has received several positive feedbacks from gamers, and some of them are as follows.
"For motocross fans, this is an awesome game that you simply can't miss!"
"A great motocross game. I love the characters, speed boosts and level skips to help the high score along. I just purchased the Unlock All feature and am loving the extras! Nice work."
"If you like motocross this app if for you. This is the best motocross app in the market."
"I love motorcycle games and this is absolutely my favorite! Very nice game control and good graphics. Awesome!"
For more details about Big Air Motocross, visit All New Apps' website at http://www.motocrossapp.com or their pages at http://www.facebook.com/BigAirMotocross and https://twitter.com/AllNew_Apps. To download the app for free, visit http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/big-air-motocross/id558687270?ls=1&mt=8.


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Gas Jet System (Cyberware)
Cost: Moderate
This cybernetic system implants nozzles in the morph's chest, back, and limbs, allowing it to maneuver in microgravity using vectored bursts of gas. It either inputs atmospheric gases through implanted intakes or draws gas from an oxygen reserve implant. This mod applies a +10 modifier to Free Fall Tests.
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WOW.... is it labor day already?
where has the time gone? I guess the summer is officially over.
Enjoy this long holiday weekend with a great shop sale
15% off everything in the shoppe.
this includes all of the new Chevron colors and sizes
don't forget about these cuties.....
and these super cute dots...
in medium size
hurry and get your sale one...
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Es befinden sich keine Produkte im Warenkorb.
6 tips on how to look after hypersensitive skin
07 Mrz
3. Moisturize with Vigilance
Sensitive skin is even more vulnerable to the elements and will benefit from a proper skin-care schedule. Dutifully moisturize both morning and night to protect skin from water loss and to maintain a healthy barrier from the daily onslaught of environmental factors, including pollution and wind.
4. Always Read Labels
Knowledge is power—arm yourself by reading labels. Look for products free from fragrances and paraben preservatives, two common causes of irritation and flare-ups. And the shorter the ingredient list, the better: The American Academy of Dermatology recommends using products with less than 10 ingredients for sensitive skin. The more complicated a formula, the more likely you are to introduce an irritant.
5. Wash Wisely
Keep pores clear and surface debris scarce by washing twice a day (any more can be too much for sensitive skin). Choose a cleanser that is formulated for sensitive skin but isn't so gentle that you need to scrub really hard to remove makeup or residual grime. Be gentle: blot dry (no rubbing, please) and apply moisturizer straight away for maximum absorption.
6. Go With Less
Sensitive skin is easily overwhelmed so it's best to keep your everyday skincare products simple: All you really need is a gentle cleanser, moisturizer, and sunscreen.
One of our best selling products for sensitive skin is Guinot Creme Hydra Sensitive – Face Cream, which is a "Repairing and Protecting" Cream.
- Soothes feelings of hypersensitivity, discomfort and redness.
- Reinforces the skin's natural defences.
- Quickly reduces feeling of heat.
How to use: Use as a one-month treatment, morning and/or evening.
Active component: Lymphokine improves skin tolerance by combining an immediate soothing action to reduce irritation with a protecting action, which reinforces the skin's natural defences.


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Kaufman Delivers Speech on Restoring Market Credibility
August 5, 2010
Mr. President, I rise to discuss the need of the Securities and Exchange Commission to take meaningful action to protect the credibility of our markets.
As my colleagues know, I believe deeply in the importance of our capital markets to America's future economic success and the ability of Americans to invest for their retirement years. I have said many times on this floor that democracy and our capital markets are the fundamental pillars that make America great. I have always maintained that if we do not have credible markets, our country will be in serious trouble. Credible capital markets are one of America's crown jewels and we should protect them as such.
I am deeply concerned about the state of our equity markets. Many rapid and dramatic developments have inextricably changed the way stocks are traded in today's marketplace. The markets have become fragmented and dominated by high-frequency trading.
These changes came to a head on May 6 when stock prices spiraled out of control, ultimately dropping and recovering over 500 points during a dizzying 20-minute time period.
It is clear we must rely more than ever on our regulators to protect the integrity and credibility of our capital markets. Without a doubt, the SEC--the Securities and Exchange Commission--along with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission--CFTC--has worked heroically to study the flash crash and put circuit breakers in place to prevent another event of the magnitude we witnessed on May 6 from occurring, or even more. But that is not anywhere--nowhere even close--to enough.
As Chairman Mary Schapiro has repeatedly stated, our markets exist to perform two principal functions: capital formation so that companies can raise capital and invest, create jobs and grow; and attracting and serving long-term investors to help facilitate that process. The May 6 flash crash revealed structural flaws in our market structure that must be addressed--must be addressed--in order to ensure our markets are performing their best and highest purposes.
There are many questions that remain unanswered and many solutions that I hope the SEC already has been exploring. More and more market participants and regulators are sharing their own concerns about the overall performance of our equity markets.
Michael Cembalest, the chief investment officer of J.P. Morgan's private banking division, wrote a commentary on July 13. This is J.P. Morgan. Mr. Cembalest outlined several areas of current market structure, including the market's increasing reliance on volume driven by high-frequency traders, which merit careful review.
In addition to supporting circuit breakers, Mr. Cembalest suggested that high-frequency traders should: ``be required to register as broker-dealers ..... [and] act more like the floor specialists they're replacing.''
Cembalest also noted that while high-frequency volume has ostensibly made trading cheaper by narrowing the spreads investors often pay to get their orders filled, there are other costs associated with trading that might be less obvious. One such cost, according to Cembalest, occurs when high-frequency traders ``spray the tape'' with thousands of quotes to ``ferret out'' the intentions of large investors, and then trade ahead of their order flow.
A draft report submitted by a British member of the European Parliament to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs expresses similar concerns.
The report, which could influence the European Union's ongoing review of market structure, states ``limiting systemic risk must be prioritized.'' Accordingly, it proposes that all trading platforms should ``stress-test their technology and surveillance systems.'' It also called for ``an examination of the costs and benefits of high frequency trading on markets and its impact upon other market users. .....'' Finally, the report calls for ``the regulation of firms that pursue high frequency trading strategies to ensure that they have robust systems and controls with ongoing regulatory reviews of the algorithms they use.''
While I stated many of these concerns last August 21 in a letter to Chair Schapiro, it has taken almost a year later--and in large part due to the May 6 flash crash--that these ideas have finally gone mainstream and people are talking about it in all the different areas of the news media. Although the task before us is daunting, as even tweaking the market's structure is rife with potential unintended consequences, the SEC must act to protect investors and restore market credibility in the coming months. Navigating these issues will be difficult, particularly with so many business models based, or even dependent, on the existing regulatory framework.
Another challenge comes in the form of the recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act which places a raft of new responsibilities, including 95 rulemakings and 22 studies, on the Securities and Exchange Commission. Nevertheless, the SEC must triage its responsibilities and work expeditiously to adopt much needed reforms in the market structure area. There can be no back burner when it comes to resolving a broken market structure. There can be no delay when long-term investors are losing confidence. The time for action is now.
The direction the Commission takes in its bid to fulfill its mission will say much about the type of country in which we live. As difficult as it might be, regulators must stand apart from the industries they regulate, listening and understanding industry's point of view, but doing so at arm's length and with a clear conviction that on balance, our capital markets exist for the greater good of all Americans.
This is a test of whether the Commission is just a ``regulator by consensus,'' which only moves forward when it finds solutions favored by large constituencies on Wall Street, or if it indeed exists to serve a broader mission and therefore will act decisively to ensure the markets perform their two primary functions of facilitating capital formation and serving the interests of long-term investors.
A consensus regulator may tinker here and there on the margins, adopt patches when the markets spring a leak, and reach for low-hanging fruit when Wall Street itself reaches a consensus about permissible changes. In these times, however, the Commission must be bold and move forward. The American people deserve no less.


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For people who attended Crawford High School or would have attended if they hadn't
moved -- or just have fond memories of San Diego in the '40s, '50s and '60s.
Check out the Crawford High web site.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Class of '66 Reunion
Casa Guadalajara in Old Town will be the setting for the Class of '66 Reunion on September 17th. EMAIL Jennifer Tineo Graham for more information.
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Class of '71 Reunion
The Class of '71 Reunion will take place August 12 & 13th at the Double Tree Hotel in Mission Valley. Click HERE to go to the Reunion Page for more information.
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Oak Park Rules!!
If you think Patty Bremner is hot in THIS photo, wait'll you see her in the group photos taken at Oak Park Elementary after 6th Grade Graduation. Click HERE to check out all three of the snapshots sent in by Giovanna DeSanti.
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It really was very silly of me to limit the days on which I blog. I felt bad on the days when I didn't manage to post and then I had to wait until my next blog day even if I did have something to write about. No more of that, I will just post when I have something of note to put down. Like today! Here is my finished Home Sweet Home . . .
I like this little sweet design, and will hopefully be stitching the companion piece in the magazine over the summer (she says). I think I will finish this piece like they do in the CrossStitcher magazine, a little cushion. When I have the time of course.
I have made a start on my next project. This one has a deadline since it is for a teacher who is leaving in the summer. She is going to Australia and I thought this would make a nice leaving/new home present. Here it is so far, For My Teacher . . .
I'm afraid my blog (and my stitching) was neglected a little bit recently since the Extended Project Qualification has begun. It's an extra qualification that we can do with the school that looks good on our applications for Universities. I'm going to write and direct a play for my project and I finished the first draft this evening! That's what has been eating into my stitching time, but it should get a bit more relaxed now.
Have a wonderful week,


text: Its a race between someone dedicated to taking care of himself versus someone who strives to take care of others. One man brilliantly provides his own safety net with money sequestered in Cayman Islands and Swiss bank accounts; the other provides social safety nets like FEMA, the Affordable Health Care Act, and auto industry rescues. Ultimately, the race is between someone who would happily tie 47% of Americans to the roof of his car and someone who wants those Americans to ride with him in his car.