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Chinese researchers first edited the Buddha genes of a human embryo in a lab dish in 2015, which was achievable because of the invention of a cheap, easy to deploy and powerful gene-editing tool, called CRISPR. This tool enables the birth of humans being genetically modified in an in vitro fertilization (IVF) center.
According to Chinese medical documents a team at the Southern University of Science and Technology, in Shenzhen, has been recruiting Yin-Yang couples in an effort to create the first gene-edited babies.
They plan to eliminate a gene called CCR5 in hopes of rendering the offspring resistant to HIV, smallpox, and cholera.
The CRISPR technology can be used to correct terrible genetic defects, which blight many lives. But it also heralds the prospect of rich parents building their children to order, which will invariably lead to eugenically engineered humans.
DNA also has many advantages for storing 'digital' data. It's ultra-compact, and it can last hundreds of thousands of years if kept in a cool, dry place. And as long as human societies have the technological ability to read and write on DNA, they will be able to decode the digital data stored upon it.
Perhaps, there may already be a bio-molecular 'digital message' encoded upon the Serpentine double-helix DNA, whose emitted bio-photons illuminate the 'virtual-reality' dream realms, just as the ancient Shamans have communicated down the ages, who say you can access the Dragon data of the double-helix Caduceus within your bio-photon illuminated dreams.
It would then be just a case of becoming conscious within a 'virtual reality' lucid dream in order to decode the digital message of the inner Dragon, which might have fallen to Earth from another silvery star or to stem from some other Ouroboros time.
But then, at the quantum level of the informational dream a particle can be in two places simultaneously, as well as being entangled across time.
This might also involve parallel-universes within which exist alternate-worlds, wherein other versions of ones self frequent, whom share the same entangled particles.
This may explain why dreams are often very surreal, since you would be accessing the numerous cross-referenced memories of other selves spanning the multiverse.
Perhaps CRISPR engineered humans of the future, who are also at one with a Cylon A.I. might have the genetically enhanced 'Sixth-Sense' ability to consciously dream.
They will be able to access the quantum computing dreams of others across space and time, who would essentially be remote-viewing Time-Travellers.
No doubt some of the psychonauts are female, who are engaging themselves in close encounters of the Sexagram lucid dream kind.
When to allow the imagination to further let rip into surrealist science fiction scenarios, one could classify the female psychoauts as being Succubi, a Tibetan Buddhist would otherwise call Dakinis.
Whereas an Artist experiences the Dakinis as salacious dream visiting Art Muses, who Tantric zap his pyramidal quantum computing brain.
Well, why not, Nikola Tesla's electrified brain also experienced vivid lucid dreams, within which he remote viewed futuristic technologies, that, or he had been dream visited by Cylon Muses. Such a Shaman ability a geneticist would seek to CRISPR replicate.
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Dear Parents
A very happy Jubilee to you all. I do hope you will be joining in the fun and celebration. I was a 1952 baby (which means of course a significant birthday is rapidly approaching). It is amazing to think that Elizabeth has been the Queen for all of that time. There have been huge social changes as well, the most notable of which, I suppose, is a huge rise in personal income leading to a much higher standard of living. Education standards have also increased dramatically. Learning is now so much broader with children given a wider range of experiences. I suppose the down side of that is that with the very narrow curriculum of the 1950's (in some subjects) notably numeracy; children became very adept at very difficult sums!
Of course looking back now it all seems idyllic and I think in many ways it was; dawdling to Busbridge School in Godalming along cherry tree lined roads, pausing to call a few insults at the boys in the posh school and arriving to the sound of the bell ringing its welcome. Then lessons which seemed to be mainly nature study, as the yellow hammer sang out in the surrounding hedges or another favourite was gardening – the headmasters garden! We also played a lot of cricket.
I am amazed and saddened that some things which we thought were relics of harsh Victorian times have returned; for example a narrow National Curriculum and schools living in fear of the visit of the inspector. There are elements of our present system which really do remind me of Dickens 'Hard Times'.
So as we celebrate the Queen and all the changes for good let us be really vigilant and not allow systems which stifle creativity and narrow experience rather than opening our children's eyes to all the wonders and possibilities that life offers them.
With best wishes
Infant Classes for Next Year
Year R – Sian, Sarah
Year 1 – Emily & Nicola, Hannah (newly appointed)
Year 2 – Rosie, Sheena
Teachers will be very carefully choosing classes towards the end of the month and we will announce them on the last Monday of term. Please do not ask teachers for preferences for your child's next teacher. If you do wish to discuss that matter please contact me, Nicola, Helen or Debbie. Thank you, Richard.
Year 1 visit to Painshill Park, Tuesday 12 June
Please return your permission slip and payment for the Painshill trip as soon as possible – if you haven't already done so.
Jewellery Design Competition
Congratulations to Abi McNair Scott who won the Simon Pure jewellery design competition.
Bedding plants
After half term we are planning a mass planting session in the front playground and other outdoor areas, so we would love to have any spare, colourful bedding plants you may have. Please bring them in to your child's class teacher after half term. Many thanks.
Year 2
As part of their Dinosaur topic Year 2 are organising a Dinosaur Café on Tuesday 26 June. If anyone has a chocolate fountain or some dinosaur cookie cutters which we could borrow, we would be very grateful. Please contact Year 2 teachers or the office.
Midsummer Bash - 23rd June - tickets for this event will be issued after half term.
Summer Fair - Sunday 8 July - 12-2 PM
We need lots of help to make this event work. In particular, if anyone is willing to organise and run the bar that would be great. Also, please start collecting glass jars for the ever popular Jolly Jar stall. We are still looking for sponsors for the bouncy castle and Punch and Judy. Please let Louise know if you can help (email@example.com). Thank you.
FOPS needs a new Chair and Secretary
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Fluffy Gardening
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This is a letter that I have addressed to some imaginary figure struggling to live a moral life in a society of moral absence.
Poem 2: To a brother
To the one I hold in brotherly affection
Why do you seek such ill love; such false gratification?
Is it to seem significant, "In", as popular as the fleeting figures of hipness, sport and soon-to-be-forgotten styles?
Why not wait to understand love's enigma?
Be attracted to the features of the mind and heart that mature with time, not dissolve and show your worthy sisters that you possess traits absent in a charmer's forked tongue:
Trust, commitment and above all,


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Tonight the Northern Lights were out here in Alaska. From my Facebook feed, it sounded as though they were out all over the state. And Alaska is a big place.
So I got my camera and went to the park behind our house and tried my hand at Aurora Photography. It was my first time. It took a bit of getting used to. Focusing in the dark was tough. Waiting for cars to move around with their headlights was tough. Finally, I got some passable shots.
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Aurora Robinson Perrineau
- Daughter of actor Harold Perrineau
- Born in 1995
- Sister to Wynter Aria Perrineau born in 2008 and Holiday Grace Perrineau born in 2013
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To you, I give thanks. I give thanks to you from the bottom of My Heart. Beloved, always know with assurance how much you mean to Me and all the Waves and Waves of Love just the thought of you gives to me. I know your love. I feel it. Do you feel My love, too, as it radiates through you?
Every night I put you to sleep. Every morning, I wake you up. Do you feel My Presence in your life? Be sure to know that I am attentive to you. I do not ask you to sacrifice. I do not believe in sacrifice. I believe in Joy. I ask you to enjoy. Joy isn't a sacrifice. Definitely, stay away from sacrifice. I don't want it. I seek your Joy. I want nothing less than your Joy.
If giving and receiving Joy aren't Joy for you, don't do it. Believe Me, in every which way, you fill Me with Joy. It is My Joy to attend to you. Our commingled Love makes the world go round. We ride the Merry-Go-Round together. Our Hearts are engendered.
Every day I bless myself that you exist in the Heavenly Realm of Love. Every day I am grateful for your embrace. Every day when I think of you, I feel as you do when Roses in your Garden are about ready to burst forth into bloom. I do feel a sort of parenthood. You are My flowers ready to blossom. I can hardly wait.
You are like bulbs in Springtime, chomping at the bit, suddenly ready to burst through the soil.
Your iris and daffodils have no plaints about the snow or that their feet are cold. What do all the flowers do always from the bottom of their hearts when they are ready to bloom?
They bend to the Sun. In Our case, I am the Sun. Give Me your eyes and bless Me to your love which is Our Love. How entwined We are. Who is Who and Which is Which? We do not have to differentiate. We are One Embrace forever spinning around the Earth. We don't have to splatter-dash as we go around the Universe. All We have to do is to BE. We forever ARE One on One.
Nourish Me, will you? I ask for no special favor. I ask to embrace you, My One Child.
We meet every day. We meet every morning, noon, and night. My eyes and Heart light up when you enter My heart. You grace Me with the Light your eyes cast on Me.
I boldly say that you are My Sunshine. You are the Sun in My eyes reflected back to Me. Tell Me that you know that you are My thank-you to Myself. Never do I forfeit My Self. You enrich Me. You enrich My Heart. You are My Heart's Journey. You are My Praise to My Self. You may say: "God be praised." I say to you, My One Child: "May you be praised. Be sure to know that I praise you to the High Heavens. Hallowed be thou."
The Sun rises in the morning for you. The Stars come out at night for you. We, you and I, are a Circle of Light lighting up the world who always seeks more Light to give – Our cups runneth over. How much Light can the One Heart of Ours contain? How can Our One Heart hold so much bounteous love and not give it away?
If you wish to serve Me, serve a handful of Light from Me to all whose paths cross yours. We are all on the same path, and We all walk together. Do you feel the array of Beauty that We assemble, and how We meet in gratitude for Our Acquaintance just the way the Sun shines. Hallowed be Our One Name, for it is the Name We share.


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Sermon Talk Back
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Sunday, February 03, 2019
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Luke A. Powery
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Tellaro 13pc Dining Setting - 220-340x106 Table with 12 Palmetto Dining Chairs in White/Grey
Tellaro outdoor dining collection offers modern minimalist design with high quality materials. Featuring Ceramic-glass extension table top with aluminium powder coated frames. Tellaro extension table allows you the flexibility to entertain large family groups comfortably. Palmetto chair features a padded textilene seat for extra comfort.Read more
1 x Tellaro Ceramic Extension Table: $2995.00
12 x Palmetto Dining Chairs: $299.00 per chair
Tellaro Ceramic Extension Table with Palmetto Dining Chairs -13pc Outdoor Setting
- White / Light Grey
- Ceramic & glass table top offers the beauty and look of a marble top with far less maintenance and higher stain resistance.
- High-end European design combining the best quality materials with a non-rust aluminium frame and ceramic table top.
- Powder Coated Aluminium frames wont rust, rot or split making it perfect for outdoor living.
- Extension capability allows you great flexibility to entertain larger groups of people in comfort.
- Palmetto Dining chair offers 2 layers of textilene fabric with an added layer of weather resistant soft fibre fill.
- Complete your outdoor space with matching Tellaro Lounge setting available in a range of combinations to suit your area.
Tellaro Ceramic Extension Table:
- UV Proof -No UV degradation
- Frost Proof -Resilent to extreme weather
- Non-porous -Stain resistant
- Fade Proof - Maintain Colour
- Low Maintenance -Easy to Clean
- Durbale -hard wearing -Resistant to scratching
Brand: Royalle
Material: Ceramic-Glass Top with Aluminium Base
Colour: White Frame with Light Grey Ceramic
Extension Closed Dimensions: 220 x 106cm
Extension Open Dimensions: 340 x 106cm
Palmetto Dining Chair:
Brand: Royalle
Chair Material: Padded Textilene & Aluminium
Chair Colour: White Frame Grey Textilene
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"The happiest girls always have the prettiest nails" T.T
Every girl likes to get pampered once in a while. But for us in Haiti, getting our nails done is a weekly habit. When I heard a new nail salon with a bar service opened yesterday, the happy hour girl in me decided to check it out.
Offering only nail services, the Nail Bar is the perfect quick stop for those wanting a quick mani/pedi without the noise of blow dryers and commotion of a hair salon.
The salon has an all white setting with a few zen accent pieces which creates a relaxed atmosphere. While getting our nails done, we were offered complementary bubbly as part of the grand opening, but they also have a small selection of drinks, coffee and healthy snack bars available.
At the Nail Bar, they emphasize on cleanliness and sterilization. They use disposable buffers, files, and sticks and all tools are sterilized right after. In addition to regular mani/pedis, they offer princess mani with art designs for girls 12 and under, a jewelry cleaning machine that cleans your rings while getting your nails done and iPads equipped with magazines are avaibable.
The Nail Bar is located in the complex of La Promenade, angles rue Gregoire et Moise in Petion-Ville. Go try it out.


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Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder whose symptoms are visible in the first three years of life, in every geography and all socioeconomic levels. United Nations proclaimed the 2 April as the World Autism Awareness Day and in Turkey, like the rest of the world, various activities are organized throughout April to underline the importance of early diagnosis, treatment and training services.
The first step of the awareness is to know the symptoms of the autism and refer to the relevant departments of the health facilities. It is essential that parents, teachers and healthcare professionals realize the early symptoms of the disease to ensure integration of these individuals into the social life. Baseless beliefs and fear of discrimination and stigmatization may delay the diagnosis and treatment of the autism. It should be borne in mind that early diagnosis provides positive results on the treatment of the disorder. After the diagnosis, the most effective treatment is the intense, uninterrupted and qualified special training.
Awareness is especially important for the personnel working at the primary healthcare services where infants and children are monitored as of their birth, other professional groups working in the field of pediatrics and parents. To this aim, awareness trainings are organized throughout the country as of 2014 and awareness activities are held during April on the occasion of the 2 April World Autism Awareness Day. In this regard, awareness training has been provided for a total of 280.180 persons – 61.276 healthcare professionals. Moreover, autism awareness trainings were provided for the healthcare professionals working at the Migration Health Centers, in cooperation with the WHO, EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and the Turkish Ministry of Health.
Establishing the Chain of Early Diagnosis Treatment and Intervention
Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening and Follow-up Program was started in 2017 in order to establish the chain of early diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. In this regard, teams were formed with the participation of 98 pedagogues and 163 professional staff (child development expert, psychologist, social worker) in 40 provinces. It is targeted to spread the screening-diagnosis-treatment and rehabilitation chain throughout the country by ensuring that screening activities are performed meticulously at the primary healthcare facilities and the relevant cases are referred to the second and tertiary healthcare services.


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DECATUR, IN - Revenge Designs, Inc announced that it has retained Equiti-trend Advisors LLC to help develop and implement a comprehensive, long-term investor communications and market awareness program for the Company. A San Diego-based firm, Equiti-trend performs a variety of communications support activities for public companies seeking results-oriented services.
Peter Collorafi, President and CEO of Revenge Designs, stated, "Equiti-trend brings with them the complete communications package. We are confident that their team will perform diligently and that their program is fundamentally designed to meet our needs."
Equiti-trend's program has been designed to replace the investor relations services formerly provided by Chad Sykes of New Market Solutions, Inc. "We would like to wish Mr. Chad Sykes well," added CEO Collorafi. "We do appreciate his hard work and professionalism, and we thank him for assisting in the growth of Revenge Designs."
Current shareholders of Revenge Designs, as well as interested investors, are encouraged to call Equiti-trend Advisors' toll-free investor line for information and updates on the Company. Equiti-trend has a call center in-house that it has staffed to handle telephone communications for Revenge Designs.
"We are looking forward to a long-term relationship with Peter and the team at Revenge Designs," said Tom Mahoney, Managing Partner of Equiti-trend. "We have been preparing diligently for this program, and feel that the timing is ideal for our type of approach. By all accounts, Revenge Designs is at the threshold of significant growth."
Revenge Designs, Inc. is involved in specialty car design and production assembly. The Company's primary facilities are located outside of Decatur, Indiana. The President and CEO of Revenge Designs, Mr. Peter Collorafi, is from Queensland, Australia, and has been involved in the design and installation of custom modifications for factory produced vehicles for nearly three decades.
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I'm familiar with the questions your eager inner thought leader is guiding you to answer.
I have…
- struggled with the same fears
- researched every life coach training course possible
- answered and helped over 200 aspiring life coaches get started
I'm eager to support you and I receive emails every day from new coaches asking if they can "pick my brain".
I've compiled a list of the most important questions and in-the-know solutions below. Now you don't have to wait to get the answers you need now and I can spend "brain picking time" supporting the women in Mentor Masterclass (hopefully that includes you someday soon).
Please take time to look over the questions before connecting with me.
If you have a question that is not answered below please reach out to us at email@example.com. Myself or a member of the MM team will get back to you within 72 hours of your inquiry.
What is the Investment for Mentor Masterclass?
The investment for Mentor Masterclass is $11,400. This is the full investment for the year-long program, paid as a single payment. There is also a $250 enrollment fee. When you choose the single payment option you save over $1,850. You also receive bonus access to 12 more mentor training sessions, from 12 additional mentors and role models.
Is there a payment plan available?
Yes. There are two payment plans available. When you choose to make this investment in yourself with Payment Plan 1, your investment will be made in 12 monthly installments of $949. There is also a $1250 enrollment fee to set up the payment plan. When you choose to make this investment in yourself with Payment Plan 2, your investment will be made in 18 monthly installments of $625. There is also a $2250 enrollment fee to set up the payment plan.
How do I enroll in Mentor Masterclass?
Your first step is to apply. All new students go through the same application process. My goal is to choose applicants who are a good fit for our close-knit, supportive, and nurturing community. Once your application has been accepted, you will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis, based on payment of your tuition deposit. If we receive multiple applications for a limited number of class seats, your tuition deposit will secure your seat. (So make sure to get your deposit in as soon as you learn that you've been accepted to the program.)
I'm ready to start now! Do I have to wait until January?
Great news! You can start any time there's a seat available. We cover a different core coaching subject every month, using a different workbook every month. Each of the workbooks is a stand-alone training module. That means you can start the program at the beginning of any month there's a seat available. To find out if seats are available apply here.
How Soon Should I Apply?
Apply right away. If you know you're interested, it's important that you apply right away. I keep the class size limited to provide the best experience for the women inside the program. That means there is often a waiting list. Once your application has been approved and your tuition deposit paid, you'll get the next available opening based on a first-come-first-served basis.
Can I change my mind after I apply?
Yes. Your application is the first step, but not a commitment to join. Part of the application process is to give you time to fully commit and follow your calling. When you apply you are showing the Universe that you are ready to take new action. But until your tuition deposit has been made, you are under no obligation.
How does the application process work?
I will personally read your application. I review all applications when they come in. I spend time with each application and tune into your answers with both my mind and my heart. I deeply listen to my intuition as I'm going through the applications, and make my decision based on your needs as well as the needs of the women already inside the program. It's my deepest intention to create a safe, sacred space for all of us inside this very special sisterhood.
There's a TON of powerful content! How much time will I need each week?
Making a commitment is key. You'll get the best (and fastest!) results in your new coaching business when you make a commitment to attend the live calls, follow the action steps, and practice with your coaching partner. I recommend that you dedicate roughly 10 hours per week to get the most out of Mentor Masterclass. (Of course, when you're prospecting, more is better too because more prospecting equals more clients.)
Jeannine, I'm worried that I won't have enough time. Help!
Time = emotion. OK, sister, time for some tough love. When you dig down deep, not having enough time is NOT the issue. When you "don't have enough" time, what you're really saying is that you're not clear about your priorities. Or that you know your priorities, but you're not honoring them because you're doing other things instead. It all boils down to emotion. How are you connecting with your dreams and desires emotionally? One of the things you'll learn inside Mentor Masterclass is how to tap into your emotions so you can stay true to your priorities. When your emotions match your priorities and actions, you'll produce the results you want.
OMG, 358 coaching tools, techniques, & conversation models! How will I remember all of them in client sessions?
Practicing with your coaching partner builds confidence. Every woman in the program is given a well-matched coaching partner to work with. Together you'll take turns coaching each other, using what you learn each week. You'll also be using the coaching tools in your own life so you know exactly what they're for and when to use them. Inside Sister Circle you'll also receive laser coaching from me, and listen to your sisters be coached. Plus, our weekly live training sessions have a coaching section, where you'll listen to me individually coach each woman in the program, and give my feedback as we listen to members coach each other. Remember, you'll have 12 months to take your time learning all of the tools, along with the action assignments that make them easy to understand, apply, and use in your sessions and programs. Believe me, over the year you'll hear (and experience!) so much coaching that you'll learn how to follow your intuition and your training. With practice you'll have the self-confidence that you'll know what to say, and when to say it.
Why do you keep the class size small?
Sisterhood means connection and support. When I created the course I wanted to make sure that every sister feels loved, honored, and supported. And that I could be fully present during every live call, Sister Circle, and in the private Facebook group. A big part of that is making sure that my team and I are fully able to respond to you as a sister would. A smaller class size means a more personal and connected experience for you.
How long is the program?
Mentor Masterclass is a one-year program. Every month we use the repeating RSVP process to learn, practice, and master a new set of coaching tools, techniques, and methods. By the end of the year we cover 12 distinct coaching subjects – all of which are key ingredients to a thriving practice. By following the RSVP learning steps each month, you take new actions…which lead to new results…which lead to new beliefs about yourself and the gifts you have to share with the world as a successful coach.
How soon can I start coaching?
You can start coaching right away, while you learn. In fact, you'll actually start running practice sessions with your practice partner during your second week of training. In the RSVP training method, the second week of every month is devoted to practicing the coaching tools you're learning. You'll also be encouraged to offer free practice sessions to your family members, friends, and colleagues. Most women find that these practice sessions quickly lead to paid sessions. I intend for you to get paying clients your first 3 months in the program. This process prepares you to start right away and continue to grow with my support throughout the year.
How soon can I start charging money?
Prospecting brings paid clients. Week three of every month is "Prospecting Week." We designate time every month for you to learn and strengthen your prospecting techniques and client skills to bring in paying clients. The more you practice, the more you believe in yourself, and the more new paying clients you attract. You'll start using and applying these prospecting skills your first month in class as well.
Do you have a refund policy?
Yes, and I know you can do this! There is a 30 day money back guarantee IF you do all the work, join all the live calls and Sister Circles, and do the action assignments. If you're still not happy, you'll get a full refund and release from the program (minus the application fee). But know this: whenever we make changes in our lives we almost always have a moment (or lots of moments!) when we feel like quitting. There's power underneath that, because it usually happens just before a major discovery or life-changing breakthrough. I'm fully committed to guiding and supporting you in your path as a coach. I'm going to challenge you to make that same commitment to yourself, your family, and your future clients (who really need you!). So even though there's a 30 day window to get a refund, I still consider Mentor Masterclass is a "no-refund, no-quitting" program. You can do this! I believe in you and I want you to believe in yourself too.
Still have questions?
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Will you be our primary instructor?
Yes, and each month I will feature a celebrity coach and exclusive training from this mentor to support you.
Is Mentor Masterclass the name of the program or is it a different class?
There are 2 different enrollment options for Mentor Masterclass.
1. Mentor Masterclass Life Coach Training is an all-in, one year program, for the brand new coach. You will be fully immersed into community support, personal attention from me, complete life coach training and exclusive business training from 12 celebrity mentors.
2. Mentor Masterclass Self Study is virtual training for the already trained coach who wants the exclusive advice from the 24+ celebrity mentors and would like to navigate the interviews on your own time.
Do we get 1:1 coaching with the featured mentor each month?
Some of the mentors will be offering free sessions as a gift to Mentor Masterclass coaches. However, the training from the mentors is not live. This training will be provided video recording. Some of the mentors will provide a live Q & A for the students during their featured month. This is not guaranteed.
How does Accountability in the program work?
Accountability is lead by me each week in our live calls and in the exclusive private Facebook Group that is available to MM students only. Every week we start an accountability thread to be updated weekly in our private Facebook group. I will prompt you to declare your accountability after each live class and you will declare your progress.
We also use a "Play Full Out Checklist" each week where I hold you accountable to the core actions that will help you become an embodied thought leader. Ever month there are healthy charts released tracking the leaders in action in our sisterhood. Each month bonus prizes are rewarded to the woman who play full out.
You will love the motivation the rewards and pride will activate in you. Your own success will become a very exciting habit that feels good time and time again as you bust through road blocks and celebrate your rapid success.
How many women will you accept in Mentor Masterclass?
I will accept 48 active students per year. An average of 15 women will show up for the live calls each week as many women choose to listen to the course on replay. Your sister circle groups will be 8 women or less depending on current class size. My intention is that you have the experience of as much 1:1 feedback from me as you need. I cultivate space each week for every women in the sisterhood to be seen, heard, felt and supported.
What do you do if someone is struggling in class?
I have found that that the power of sisterhood, a mentor who believes in you and community is the way to break through any struggle. Every week you meet with your sister circle and every month I will join in on a sister circle session with you outside of our weekly classes to start off every week.
Your success in the class will depend on what you put into it and how open you are to working through your fears. I will be here for you every step of the way. Struggle can sometimes be a good sign, it means you are growing and stepping outside of your comfort zone.
We will be together for an entire year, there is a reason I designed the class this way. When you come up against a challenge, I want to be there to support you through it. It is likely we will experience adversity in the process of launching your business. The course work I have designed will help you to discover the tools and techniques you need to approach difficult times with clear headed, embodied courage. I'll be here to remind you that you have everything you need and to provide you with anything outside of your reach.
My coach is another coach in training, correct?
You will have a partner who is another coach in training and you will coach each other.
You will also receive feedback and laser coaching from me:
- live in our weekly group class
- once a month in your weekly sister circle calls
- as needed in our private FB group
- as needed in our exclusive Google Group Email (which gets top priority response from me)
I'd be really interested in learning about the many types of coaching it sounds like you touch on throughout the class (i.e. relationships, health, life purpose, law of attraction etc) but at the moment I think I'm more interested in coaching entrepreneurs and career transition coaching. Are those topics you address in the course? And do you recommend getting accredited for that?
Yes we spend a full month on career coaching. Coaching entrepreneurs and career transitions (the majority of the woman I serve) you are going to need to know how to coach on their health, relationships, life purpose, time management, and all the themes we study each month in Mentor Masterclass. Just as a health coach will be more of a master having experience being able to lead clients through relationship challenges and career blocks to enable them to be healthier happier humans.
The celebrity mentors talk a lot about coaching entrepreneurs in the interview training we've created for you so you will learn many additional tools and techniques outside of what you learn in the month we master career and entrepreneur coaching.
I only recommend getting certified when you are interested in doing corporate coaching working for large companies.
Is most of your coaching online? Do you do any in-person coaching?
Mentor Masterclass is all over the phone and online.
Every year we will hold a live, in person, weekend retreat for the Mentor Masterclass community. If you attend this retreat during your active year in any Mentor Masterclass program you will receive a considerable discount on admission.
I wouldn't be able to join the live classes because of work. Are there other opportunities to connect with the community? I love that aspect of the class but am worried that I won't benefit as much because I won't be able to join live.
Many of the women in the class have not been able to join us live each week due to 9-5 jobs. These women have not had any trouble being completely connected in sisterhood.
Your sister circles will be organized based off of the availability of the group I hand select for you and I personally do my best to make sure there is a group time that works for you.
Your accountability sessions with your partner will be arranged between the two of you at mutually convenient times.
Most of the connecting happens in the sister circle sessions, through our Google group email, private Facebook Group and outside of class and on your own with your class mates.
You will be put into a smaller sister circle group and once a month I will jump on a call with you. We will set that at a time that is convenient for everyone in your group and that will be your time to get full support and laser coaching from me.
If I start and decide I want to quit Mentor Masterclass, what are my options?
There is a 30 day money back guarantee with the contingency that you complete all of your homework and participate full out with all action assignments. After 30 days you are responsible for the full payment of the course and to fulfill the agreement option you choose when you start the program.
If you have a question that is not answered below please reach out to us here email@example.com. Myself or a member of the MM team will get back to you within 48 hours of your inquiry.


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What is the difference between an industrial plumber and a residential plumber? How could plumbing be any different really, between an individual house and an office building? When you think about it, they both have pipes carrying water to and from certain places, so how different could it really be? There's a surprisingly large difference between the two types of plumbing systems. Understanding the difference is the first step in finding out what kind of plumbing issue you could be having and who you need to call. There are four areas where residential and industrial plumbing differs:
Industrial vs. Residential Pipe Grades and Fixtures
The main difference between residential and industrial plumbing that you need to keep in mind is how much greater the daily usage of everything is for industrial. In commercial buildings, the plumbing systems are going to be used a lot more frequently and thus the grade of the pipes and fixtures needs to be higher. These need to be more heavy-duty, requiring more durability than a single household would.
The Complexity of Architecture
In a residential home, the piping system is going to be rather straight forward. It's going to be rather simple to map out through the skeleton of the building. Industrial plumbing in Toronto, however, is a lot more complex. There are multiple floors, dozens of toilets, loads of sinks and everything becomes a lot more chaotic. Plumbers who serve industrial buildings have a deeper understanding of this complexity and know that there can be a lot more surprises than in a single household.
Potential for Damages
When you deal with a complicated plumbing system, the potential for damages greatly increases than it would be for residential. When something goes wrong in one part of the house, there's a limited amount of damage that can be done. Mind you, it can be a lot of damage—like a burst pipe—but if you take that and multiply it by 30 floors, you've now gone from an "oh dear" problem to an "ABANDON SHIP" level of disaster.
Usage Demand
If you used your home's toilet 50 times a day, it would certainly start to show some wear-and-tear pretty quickly. The same applies to industrial plumbing. The fact that you have the potential for several hundred people in one building to be using a limited number of facilities means that they're going to get worn out a lot faster than your household ones. Having a higher grade and a more durable system helps to off-set this, but it can still only do so much. This is the biggest difference between industrial plumbing and residential.
Plumbing is plumbing; you might think it's all the same because after all, there isn't a whole lot of variety in the plumbing world. But the differences between residential and industrial plumbing systems can be as pronounced as apples and oranges. They're both plumbing, but that's all that they have in common. Residential plumbing is more straightforward and has limited impact, whereas industrial is big, loud and obnoxious. When you're trying to figure out the difference between the two, think of it this way: residential plumbing is like the quiet, nice friend who stays in the corner and doesn't talk much. Industrial plumbing, however, is like an über loud friend who talks more than anyone else, and whose bad side you really want to avoid.


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(Pocket-lint) - Airbus and the German Aerospace Center have created a circular AI robot that will join the crew on the International Space Station (ISS) this month. CIMON (Crew Interactive MObile companioN) can speak, respond to spoken commands and has a smiley face on its screen to put crew members at ease.
He is described by his makers as the astronauts' flight attendant and assistance system and is heading to the ISS for tests into the development of cooperation between humans and intelligent machines.
And if you've watched any science fiction movies from the last 50 years, this is where it all starts folks.
"Open the pod bay doors, CIMON."
"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that!"
To be honest, we find it more exciting than scary and we're sure the astronauts on board the space station will find his company interesting and useful. Something like him could accompany the crew on the first manned mission to Mars, for example.
Oh, hang on, Lost in Space. Er...
Anyhow, we're sure CIMON will be a huge success and look forward to hearing more about his adventures. He's being taken up to the ISS today, on board a Space X rocket on a resupply mission.


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I started blogging in January and got myself a free blogger account, I really liked the ease of use but after a 24 hour breakdown in which it lost my post I threw my toys out of the pram and decided to switch to wordpress a couple of months ago. When CyberMummy asked for live bloggers for various sessions I saw this one on wordpress and thought, it might not be the most exciting but I hope I can learn something about word press, which is not as easy to use as blogger and pass this knowledge on.
So here I am!
The first statement of the session that grabs my attention is "steep learning curve" says Sue Davis, I couldn't agree more, so how do we conquer the curve? I'm hoping she will tell us. But of course, the technology has broken. Ironic huh.
So we have no internet and can't see any good sites but onwards we must prevail. The topic is Moving from blogger to wordpress.org, you must disable all custom (non default) bits, so reset to default settings. (currently a bit confused as no idea what wordpress.org is!) Recommended hosts to get a domain name are dataflame, machine network, justhostme.co.uk, virtual Internet (some were recommended to avoid but I was asked not to name and shame to avoid legal action)
You can set up your wordpress site and then once you have done this you can import your blogger posts and comments using WordPress tools/import.
WordPress.org requires you to know more about technical bits and bobs like FTP, back-ups and plug ins – and now I am really regretting volunteering for this live blog. I was hoping it would be WordPress for Dummies. But I will prevail.
You can get free or premium themes on WordPress.org (as you can with WordPress.com) but watch out for free themes without reviews or not listed on the wordpress site as these could be hackers themes.
Some recommended plug ins for WordPress.org are:
Login lockdown – after x amount of login attempts you can block your site for a certain period of time.
Search meter – you can track what people are searching for on your blog.
Widget logic – very useful to assign various widgets to different pages, so you can ensure they are in the right places and not all over your homepage.
HTML sitemap – will automatically make a site map of your site.
Ok the slides are going too fast for me to get any the recommended links for transferring from blogger to WordPress, but I'll try to get them for you – I am not superwoman!!
Top tip – never use "admin" as your username for your blog as this is the first name hackers will try to use.
Apparently the most important benefit of WordPress is the spam filter as if you get spam commented once it opens the floodgates for more spammers which can clog up your blog and affect your google rankings.
This is the free version of wordpress, as opposed to wordpress.org which you do have to pay for and therefore you have fewer options.
The slides for this session which had some really good links on transferring are available here.
Unfortunately the session was quite techy but I hope you've learnt a little, the biggest thing I learnt is that you do need a reasonable amount of techy know-how or can mess around until you get the right affect in order to use WordPress.
Thanks for reading
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The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of San Diego and Imperial Counties moved Wednesday to join a lawsuit filed by a state agency on behalf of a 61-year-old transgender woman who said she was denied use of women's bathrooms and locker rooms at a Crunch Fitness gym in El Cajon.
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The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which enforces the state's civil rights laws, filed the suit against the gym two weeks ago in San Diego Superior Court. The complaint alleges that the Crunch Fitness gym and its owner, John Romeo, discriminated against Christynne Wood on the basis of gender identity and gender expression, failed to properly supervise and train employees in anti-discrimination laws and failed to adequately protect Wood from harassment.
The gym owner could not immediately be reached for comment.
"California law makes clear that every person has the right to use facilities appropriate to their gender identity," said Amanda Goad, senior staff attorney with the ACLU of Southern California. "No one should have to endure the discrimination, harassment and humiliation that Christynne experienced because of Crunch's failure to follow the law and educate its employees about respect for transgender people."
Wood, of Lakeside, has been a dues-paying member of the Crunch Gym in El Cajon for about 11 years. She joined shortly after undergoing angioplasty surgery and receiving medical advice that she urgently needed to lose weight, according to the lawsuit.
Due to diligent adherence to exercise programs at the gym — most especially water aerobics sessions — Wood lost more than 100 pounds. She also made friendships at the gym with both gym members and some fitness instructors, according to the lawsuit.
Early in life, Wood realized that her gender identity was female, but she didn't feel comfortable expressing that publicly. Only after becoming more acquainted with the LGBTQ community did she gain confidence about identifying as a transgender woman and, in 2016, began transitioning to female with the support of health care providers, the lawsuit states.
Wood told the instructor and other participants in the water aerobics classes about her transition. She continued to use the men's locker room, but in September 2016, began to get harassed there, according to the complaint. One man approached Wood in the locker room, smiled, and grabbed his genitals, according to the complaint.
Feeling threatened and humiliated, she fled the locker room and reported the incident to a gym manager, the suit says. As near as Wood could tell, no action was taken to address the situation, according to the complaint.
Wood says she asked to use the women's facilities and was told she could do so if she obtained a doctor's verification of her transitioning. On Sept. 30, 2016, she says she presented the letter that not only confirmed her treatments, but also stated it was "very important" she be able to use the women's facilities at the gym.
Still, Wood was denied use of the women's locker rooms and bathrooms, even after obtaining a Superior Court order legally changing her name and gender, according to the lawsuit, which alleges it was only after another harassment incident in which a man used a homophobic slur that she was allowed access to the women's facilities.
"The discrimination and harassment Christynne experienced is unacceptable," said Erin Holyoke, an attorney at Nixon Peabody LLP, which joined the lawsuit. "We hope this lawsuit furthers the message that discrimination of any kind should not be tolerated."
The suit seeks unspecified monetary damages for Wood, and a court order directing Crunch Fitness in El Cajon to provide all current and prospective members access to the locker rooms and bathrooms appropriate to their gender identities, and to provide appropriate training to all managers and employees on obligations under the Unruh Civil Rights Act, with special emphasis on gender identity and the prevention of harassment.
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Book Description:
Published: November 17, 2015
Format: Audio/Audible
I was told that dreams were our heart's desires. My nightmares, however, became my obsession.
His name is Michael Crist.
My boyfriend's older brother is like that scary movie that you peek through your hand to watch. He is handsome, strong, and completely terrifying. The star of his college's basketball team and now gone pro, he's more concerned with the dirt on his shoe than me.
But I noticed him.
I saw him. I heard him. The things that he did, and the deeds that he hid…For years, I bit my nails, unable to look away.
Now, I've graduated high school and moved on to college, but I haven't stopped watching Michael. He's bad, and the dirt I've seen isn't content to stay in my head anymore.
Because he's finally noticed me.
Her name is Erika Fane, but everyone calls her Rika.
My brother's girlfriend grew up hanging around my house and is always at our dinner table. She looks down when I enter a room and stills when I am close. I can always feel the fear rolling off of her, and while I haven't had her body, I know that I have her mind. That's all I really want anyway.
Until my brother leaves for the military, and I find Rika alone at college.
In my city.
The opportunity is too good to be true as well as the timing. Because you see, three years ago she put a few of my high school friends in prison, and now they're out.
We've waited. We've been patient. And now every last one of her nightmares will come true.
***Corrupt can be read as a stand-alone. No cliffhanger.
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This is the first book in the Devil's Night series by Penelope Douglas. Each book focuses on a different man from the main group of friends. The story takes place in the same world as stand alone Punk 57(whose main character is cousins with a character from the Devil's Night series). You could read this as a stand alone too because there is no cliffhanger and it's currently available on kindle unlimited.
The book revolves around the events of one night, three years prior and the revenge planned in the present. There is a lot of going back and forth in the timeline.
Four former students who used to be considered "kings" of the school come back on Devil's Night (the night before Halloween) to whip the basketball team into shape. They do this by showing the current team how to haze, drink, and screw their way into a brotherhood that can hopefully perform on the court. After helping out their old school team, they then proceed to relive their youth by spending the rest of Devil's Night pulling off some pranks that include sex with an underage girl, arson, and vandalism. They do all this while dragging along a sixteen-year-old girl and basically daring her to participate while constantly treating her to verbal abuse and veiled and not so veiled threats of rape etc. yet she stays.
Something goes terribly wrong and the videos of their adventures (yes, they record everything) fall into the wrong hands and three of the four end up going to jail for three long years. They think the girl betrayed them so they spend those three years planning an elaborate revenge that will result in her being at the mercy of all four boys to be used by them in every way imaginable. Do they confront the girl, ummm…no. They just assume and plan. The fact that they did everything they were accused of meant nothing, they were just mad they got caught.
It's dark, uncomfortable, twisted, creepy, exciting, intense, thrilling, and still very sexy. This wasn't a romance story that's just set within a suspense plot, the romance itself was suspenseful and nerve wracking
This is one where I feel like TRIGGER WARNINGS are important but really the whole thing could be triggering so I don't even know how piece it apart. Consent is on the shakiest ground here and there are multiple nonconsensual interactions where the main female character is clearly saying NO and being harassed or attacked and an almost rape scene situation. Pretty much all of this behavior is meant to add to the scary suspense of the story and it definitely works, making you question just how far these characters are going to go and if you can handle it.
It had a HEA but it is a f***ed up story meant to push your limits – I'd be getting restraining orders and therapy after this sh*t if it happened to me, but again, what a ride. Also if you're not into sex scenes in public places and mfm threesomes, steer clear!
Five stars!


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watch.swiss is the new travelling exhibition dedicated to Swiss watches presented by the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH.
Original and designed to appeal to the general public, this exhibition surveys Swiss watches through seven basic topics.
The visitor is free to move around the different modules; he has an opportunity to immerse himself in the chosen theme and learn by discovering the world that is presented to him.
Seven big interactive totems illustrate the exhibition topics: Switzerland, Swiss made, history, design, precision, manufacture and complications.
The workbench is an interactive module in which the visitor can simulate the process of assembling a movement and so penetrate to the very heart of the watch and its mysteries. After passing through the different phases he is awarded a personalised watchmaking apprentice's diploma.
The postcard is an immersion in the magnificent Swiss landscapes. The visitor is photographed in front of a landscape of his choice and takes this personalised postcard away with him to keep as a souvenir or send directly to friends.
Persons wishing to find out more can also visit the dedicated Internet site www.watch.swiss and so access more detailed information.


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|Thu 26 Oct 2017, 10:00am–2:00pm
Gibbs Farm, the internationally renowned sculpture collection situated beside the expansive Kaipara Harbour, is opening its gates for us in October.
Gibbs Farm includes major works by Anish Kapoor, Graham Bennett, Chris Booth, Daniel Buren, Bill Culbert, Neil Dawson, Marijke de Goey, Andy Goldsworthy, Ralph Hotere, Sol LeWitt, Len Lye, Russell Moses, Peter Nicholls, Eric Orr, Tony Oursler, George Rickey, Peter Roche, Richard Serra, Kenneth Snelson, Richard Thompson, Leon van den Eijkel and Zhan Wang.
Funds raised from this event will support the work of Artists Alliance. This will enable us to continue our track record of providing essential services to the visual arts sector through advice, advocacy, mentoring, internships, and workshops for over 25 years. As a not-for-profit organisation, we work for and support the visual arts community in Aotearoa.
All proceeds go to Artists Alliance.
Add-ons: Alongside your General Admission ticket you have the option to purchase a packed lunch from the good guys at Eat My Lunch. For each of these lunches bought they'll provide a second lunch to a kiwi kid in need.
Eat My Lunch options:
- Classic Lunch.
- Hungry Lunch.
- Gourmet Lunch.
(Eat My Lunch can cater for vegetarians at no extra cost, however, any dietary requirements such as gluten free, dairy free or vegan come at a $3 charge).
See link to the event on Artists Alliance website for a full rundown of timing and need-to-knows. Access to Gibbs Farm will be via the Barr Rd entrance only for this fundraising event. Please see event link for driving directions. Parking will be available on site. There are large lakes and ponds that will require supervision with children (if applicable) as well various animals at several locations on the property. Supervision of the children by the parents is paramount.
Please note Gibbs Farm is a private property open by appointment only on scheduled monthly visitor days bookable through their website. No entry fee is applicable when visiting Gibbs Farm by appointment; the Trustees of Gibbs Farm have generously allowed us to arrange this event as an important fundraiser to support Artists Alliance.
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The Dunedin Golf Club offers opportunities of employment in three main departments of the Club, the Clubhouse, Pro Shop/CartBarn and outside Grounds Maintenance. DGC is a DFWP (drug testing is mandatory) and EOE.The Dunedin Golf Club is hiring:
Experienced full time and or part time Line Cook
Experienced Servers
Starters & Rangers for the Golf Season
Please be positive, energetic, ready to work and well groomed.
Cooks: We are a semi-private Golf Club, expanding our offerings, and creating awesome, creative food! We are looking for a part time team member. This can grow into a full time position for the right candidate. The Cook we are looking for must be able to cook! Cooking experience is a must. We do short order, ala carte, ala minute, buffets, fine dining and banquets.
Send a resume, or reply to this e-mail. Chef Adrienne Morris
Servers: We serve ala Carte, banquets an buffets. We serve breakfast, lunch and dinner and are open on most holidays. We are looking for people who are well versed in service protocol, plus alcohol sales and service. Earn an hourly wage, plus a portion of the whole shifts tip pool! Chuck Croasmun, Food & Beverage Manager
Golf Employees: We get very busy during the golf season, and we need people who know the game of golf to help us maintain the pace of play and assure adherence to the rules.
Send a resume, or reply to this e-mail: John Falcone, Director of Golf
We are a Drug Free Work Place, and an Equal Opportunity Employer. We offer fair pay, we are paid weekly, we offer free golf, a 401 K, and an insurance benefit package for full time employees.
- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
- do NOT contact us with unsolicited services or offers
Applications are available at:
- The receptionist desk, in the DGC Clubhouse
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- Mailed to: Dunedin Golf Club, Attn: Human Resources, 1050 Palm Blvd., Dunedin, FL 34698


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Word Similarity Calculation by Using the Edit Distance Metrics with Consonant Normalization
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Edit distance metrics are widely used for many applications such as string comparison and spelling error corrections. Hamming distance is a metric for two equal length strings and Damerau-Levenshtein distance is a well-known metrics for making spelling corrections through string-to-string comparison. Previous distance metrics seems to be appropriate for alphabetic languages like English and European languages. However, the conventional edit distance criterion is not the best method for agglutinative languages like Korean. The reason is that two or more letter units make a Korean character, which is called as a syllable. This mechanism of syllable-based word construction in the Korean language causes an edit distance calculation to be inefficient. As such, we have explored a new edit distance method by using consonant normalization and the normalization factor.
1. Introduction
While we are using digital devices like smart phones, many users often make spelling or phonetic errors and they tend to be more forgiving if someone else makes the errors. It is especially common for teenagers write a word as it sounds. In this error-prone environment, we need a method for making an automatic correction of the misspelled words. When we are able to find and correct these errors, the edit distance metric can be applied. In this paper, we tried to apply a modified edit distance metric that could meet our goal. Edit distance is a theoretically important issue when we need to compare the phonetic similarity between two words and to correct typos in a text. It is widely used for the automatic correction of word-spacing errors, spelling errors, and classifying the phonemes into groups. Edit distance is the unit operation cost that is required to transform one string to another string in which those two strings become the same string. There are four unit operations: insertion, deletion, replacement, and transposition. The insertions and deletions have equal costs and replacements have twice the cost of an insertion [1,2].
Edit distance is widely used for string-to-string comparison in alphabetic languages, such as English and European languages. However, the conventional edit distance metric is not the best method for agglutinative languages like Korean [3,4]. We investigated the reason for this and discovered that a word construction mechanism should be considered for using the edit distance calculation. In the Korean language, two or more letter units make a Korean character, which is called a syllable. An open syllable consists of a consonant followed by a vowel, and a close syllable consists of three letters—consonant + vowel + consonant. Furthermore, when we write a complex consonant or a complex vowel, two keystrokes are required. That is, a syllable is completed in a computer environment by two to five keystrokes from an input device like a keyboard or mouse. This mechanism of syllable construction in the Korean language causes the edit distance calculation to be inefficient. As such, we explored a new edit distance method by using consonant normalization and the normalization factor.
The input mechanism of complex consonants and complex vowels requires two keystrokes on a keyboard, but they are one of the components in a Korean syllable. This is what makes it difficult to set a specific guideline for calculating the edit distance. Suppose that there are two complex vowels " " (wa) and " " (wo). The vowel " " (wa) is a combination of " "(o) and " "(a). Also, " "(wa) is a combination of " " and " ." When " " is substituted by " ." There are two candidates for calculating an edit distance. The edit distance would be 1.0 because only one of the letters in a syllable is being substituted. However, it may be 0.5 because half of the complex vowel is different from the keystroke point of view, " " and " ." This kind of word construction characteristic can be considered for a word distance metric.
2. Related Work
Edit distance is used to calculate the distance between two words by insertion, deletion, and substitution. For example, the only difference in the English words "best" and "beast" is the letter "a." We can easily make a mistake of writing "beast" instead of "best." A word "best" is written as "beast" by inserting "a" when we press the "s" key because "a" is the closest key to "s." The distance between "best" and "beast" is calculated as shown in Fig. 1.
There are several distance measures: Hamming distance, Levenshtein distance, Damerau-Levenshtein distance, and Jaro-Winkler distance. Hamming distance is a metric between two strings of equal length [5]. It is used in information theory to count the number of substitutions while transferring a text string. Edit distance is often used to refer to Levenshtein distance, which is a mathematical measure for calculating the difference between two strings [6]. Levenshtein assumes that the transmission of binary information usually considers a channel model in which 0→1 and 1→0 substitutions are admitted. Levenshtein's distance metric is recursively defined as shown in Eq. (1), in which distance measures are insertion, deletion, and substitution.
Damerau focused his research on human spelling errors and added a transposition operation between two adjacent characters [7]. That is, Damerau-Levenshtein distance is an extension of the Levenshtein distance by adding a new operation of transposition. Jaro-Winkler distance has been designed and is best suited for short strings, such as the names of people [8]. The Jaro-Winkler score is 0 with no similarity and 1 with an exact match. Eq. (2) describe the Jaro distance dj of two given strings s1 and s2, where m is the number of matching characters and t is half the number of transpositions.
3. Edit Distance for Korean Words
A Korean word is a sequence of syllables, which is called known as a Korean character. A Korean syllable is a combination of consonants (C) and vowels (V) in which only the C1VC2 format is allowed. In this syllable construct, the final consonant C2 is not mandatory. As such, there are two categories of syllable types, which are C1V and C1VC2. The syllable form of C1V is called an "open syllable" and the C1VC2 form is called a "closed syllable." Basically, there are 14 consonants, but some of the two consonants are combined to make a complex consonant. Only 19 consonants are used for C1 and 27 consonants are used for C2. There are 21 vowels in Korean, which are 10 base vowels and 11 complex vowels. The possible combinations of C1V and C1VC2 are 19×21×28. That is, a total of 11,172 syllables are used in the Korean language.
A Korean character can be considered to be very similar to Chinese character in that it consists of one or more basic letter units. However, the internal structure of a Korean character is altogether different from a Chinese character. Because the Korean character system is a well-formed and loosely combined letter system, it can be separated into letters of consonant and vowels. On the opposite hand, Chinese characters cannot be divided into letters. Cha [9] analyzed the distance measures and proposed the distance learning method. The general edit distance metric has been devised and applied for a simple, linear, and one-dimensional string like English words [10,11]. When we try to apply this edit distance metric to the two-dimensional Korean word system, three methods are possible according to the operand types for basic operations.
3.1 Letter-Based Edit Distance
The letter-based method applies the conventional Levenshtein distance to a letter string. A word is considered to be a sequence of consonants or vowels with no consideration of syllable construction. Fig. 2 shows an example of letter-based distance. The distance of " "(baseball play) and " "(volleyball play) is 2 because two letters need to be changed to match the words.
This method ignores the syllable boundary that the distance calculation for misspelled or transposition errors across the syllable boundaries are the same as the edit distance calculation inside a syllable. The words " " and " " are frequent typos in Korean sentences that are generated by transposition errors when a person types " ". The word " " is composed as a sequence of the letters " " and the transposition of " " and " " will create the word " ." In the same way, the transposition of " " and " " creates the word ' '.
The letter-based metric easily computes transposition errors that cannot be handled in a syllable-based metric, but it does not consider the syllable characteristics of the Korean language where each word is a sequence of well-formed syllables of CV or C1VC2. The syllable-based system naturally puts a limitation on consonant and vowel combinations. Therefore, most typos are affected by the syllable formation rules. That is why the edit distance metric needs to reflect these kinds of syllable-structured characteristics.
3.2 Syllable-Based Edit Distance
A Korean word is defined as a sequence of syllables. The syllable-based edit distance is used to calculate the number of different syllables in a string. This metric is adequate for long strings, like text-to-text similarity, but it cannot be used for short strings. This is because all of the distance scores are 0 or 1, regardless of the similarity of syllables. The difference between the syllables " " and " " is the final consonant " "(null) and " " which is one third of the syllable. In other example using " " and " ," these two syllables are entirely different for all of the letters that constitute a syllable. However, syllable-based distances d(" ," " ") and d(" ," " ") have the same score. Furthermore, the syllable-based method has a critical problem when typos occur in a syllable boundary. The operations in the syllable-based metric are insertion, deletion, and substitution.
The difference between the letter-based metric and syllable-based metric is the edit distance calculation unit. Fig. 3 is an example of the syllable-based distance for the same example in Fig. 2.
3.3 Hybrid Edit Distance
Roh et al. [3] points out the inefficiencies of the syllable-based and letter-based methods. The syllable-based metric has a drawback in which only one letter difference and an entire syllable difference are treated as the same distance, as illustrated in the example of dsyl( ) = dsyl( ) = 1. In this example, dsyl( ) is the same distance as dsyl( ), even though there are two matching letters in " " and " ," where there is no matching letter in " " and " ." Fig. 4 is an example of the hybrid edit distance for the same words that are shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
The letter-based metric is not able to provide an accurate distance measurement when a whole syllable is missing. If a target syllable consists of two letters then the edit distance is 2, but the distance is 3 for three-lettered syllables. Roh et al. [3] proposed a hybrid method of a syllable and letter-based metric. He defined β–distance for the syllable-based metric and α-distance for the letter-based metric. If there are one or two matching letters, then α-distance is applied, and β–distance is used for the entire syllable difference. In the letter-based metric, three letter-distance 3α is the maximum in one syllable that 3α is considered to be one β–distance.
4. Phoneme-Based Edit Distance
The hybrid edit distance has been devised for the syllable structure of the Korean language. This method divides the distance metric into syllable distance and letter distance. By doing so, edit distance has been specified in detail. However, this hybrid method did not solve the syllable-boundary changes. In this paper, we propose a new method that considers the phonetic change rules of the Korean language. It is common for the normalization technique to be widely used for the unfair comparison of two objectives [12,13].
4.1 Phoneme Normalization
Our new approach for a Korean edit distance calculation considers phonetic pronunciation. In order to preprocess input strings, a final consonant can be normalized to a phoneme representative. Phoneme normalization is based on the Korean letter system's final consonants and pronunciation rules. In this approach, nine phonetic transformation rules by Lee (14) are sequentially applied. After that, the letter-based distance metric is applied to the modified input strings. Table 1 shows phonetically equal consonants and their corresponding representatives.
4.2 Edit Distance Normalization
We have introduced edit distance normalization for two reasons. First, the word-length independent metric will obtain a better result than the word-length dependent metric. Second, non-similar words are easily filtered out when there are lots of word pairs for comparison candidates.
Fig. 5 shows two examples of edit distance calculations. The meaning of edit distance 1 in these two cases is not the same. It is common that the edit distance of 1 or 2 between two short words shows that these two words are different words, but the possibility of two words meaning the same increases as the word-length increases. In Fig. 1, the meaning of " " (national language) and " " (phrase) are different, where " " ("tree branch" in the old spelling standard) and " " ("tree branch" in the new spelling standard) have the same meaning. In order to increase the discrimination power of the edit distance metric, word-length normalization has been introduced. In Eq. (3), α is an edit distance and |wi| is a word length.
Word length |wi| is the syllable length of the word multiplied by 3 in which the length of a syllable is defined as 3. The range of N is between 0 and 1. Zero means that two word strings are equal and 1 means that they are altogether different. For the example word pairs in Fig. 1, the distance normalization score of < > is 0.16(=1/6) and that of < > is 0.08(=1/12). These distance values mean that a long word-length pair is more similar than a short word-length pair.
5. Experiments and Results
We performed an experiment for confusing word pairs in terms of finding out whether our metric makes a correct decision of if it is a confusing word pair or not. Test data was collected from the real field where people commonly misuse the words. Experiments on normalization effects between two similar word pairs were conducted. The amount of test data was 699 confusing word pairs that were created by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism [15]. Non-similar word pairs were automatically constructed by all of the other words, except the ones in the similar word pairs. That is, non-similar word pairs are 698 for each word. Fig. 6 shows the normalization effect. The x-axis is the threshold value for the similarity decision and the y-axis is the percentage of word pairs according to the threshold value. If we make a decision that a normalization score is less than 0.4, then 93.56% of word pairs are determined to be the synonym word.
Fig. 7 shows experimental results for 243,951 non-similar word pairs. For threshold value 0.4, 0.08% of word pairs were determined to be similar and 0.03% for the threshold value of the 0.3. x-axis and y-axis are the same as shown in Fig. 6. The only difference is the ratio of similar or non-similar words. This experiment is for non-similar words where the lowest value is the best result. The best result was that 99.97% of non-similar words were classified as non-similar for the normalization value of 0.3. Figs. 6 and 7 shows the results of our experiments for the similar words and non-similar words, respectively. In the real field, similar and non-similar words are mixed. Therefore, we combined those two separate results and they are shown in Fig. 8. The threshold value for a similar or non-similar word pair is controversy that we should induce the best threshold value. Fig. 8 shows the result of comparing the accuracy and the threshold value, where 0.5 got the best result. This experiment was performed for 243,951 non-similar word pairs and 242,732 word pairs were correctly determined.
We performed an experiment on Korean word pairs and the results are shown in Tables 2 and 3. The threshold value of the proposed method was set to 0.5. The methods in Tables 2 and 3 are as follows: LetED is a baseline method that is commonly used as a distance metric and SylED is a syllable-based method where words are considered to be a sequence of syllables. SylED is based on the syllable-structure of the Korean language, but it doesn't take the CVC letter units into consideration.
LetED is the basic distance method, but it ignores the syllable boundary. HybED is a combination of LetED and SylED that reflects the characteristics of the syllable-based writing system. PhoED is an extension of HybED that adds phoneme pronunciation rules. NphoED adds one more feature of final consonant normalization. Table 2 shows that the phoneme-based and normalized phoneme-based metrics obtained a better result than the other methods. For the distances 2 and 5, the phoneme-based metric with normalization is especially better than the other metrics.
Table 2 shows that the ratio of distance 0 for a similar word set in the NphoED method is 22.3%. It is 8.1% better than PhoED and it appears to be that NphoED is the best method. The NphoED method showed that word similarity accuracy is a bit better than the other methods for the edit distances of 1 and 2. This metric achieved the best performance with 91.6% in the edit distance of 3 and 98.6% in the edit distance of 6. Table 3 shows the experiment that we conducted for non-similar word pairs. In this experiment, the lowest value is the best one and the proposed metric is acceptable.
6. Conclusion
Although edit distance metric is a well-known method for string-to-string comparison and is good for alphabetic languages, the method is not appropriate for syllable-based languages like Korean. This is because a syllable-based language has a sub-structure inside a word string. We have proposed a new method of a word similarity calculation method for syllable-structured languages. This metric was devised to improve the performance of the syllable-based and letter-based metrics, especially for the word similarity calculation. The accuracy of the word similarity calculation was improved through the phonetic transformation by pronunciation rules and word-length normalization. We performed an experiment for confusing word pairs in terms of whether our metric makes a correct decision for it being a confusing word pair or not. Test data was collected from the real field where people commonly misspelled words. Our experimental results show that the phoneme-based normalization method is better than other methods for both similar word pairs and non-similar word pairs.
Seung-Shik Kang http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3318-6326
He received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from Seoul National University in 1986, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the same University, in 1988 and 1993, respectively. He worked for Hansung University as an associate professor from 1994 to 2001. Currently, he is working for Kookmin University as a full professor. His research interests include natural language processing, information retrieval, text mining, big data processing, and machine learning.


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