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Today, I pose a few hypothetical questions. What if when we get to heaven we realize just how literal God was when he said, in Genesis, that He had given man dominion over the Earth? What if when we get to heaven we realize just how many of our life outcomes were under the control of our prayers and our tongues? What if we realize that our lives and the lives of others could have been dramatically changed by a simple declaration of our faith? Would we do things differently now? Would we declare more things in the name of Jesus? We do know that nothing happens outside of God's will, but what if much of our lack (e.g. spiritual, physical, emotional and financial) is due to a failure to ask—a failure to make a bold declaration? What if many of our prayers confused begging for asking with belief (i.e. faith)? I don't recall the woman at the well begging Jesus to heal her. She simply touched Him, and she knew that she was healed. In fact, Jesus told her that her faith had made her well. How about we hedge our bets here on Earth and start declaring things that be not as though they were. What do we have to lose?
Wasn't technology supposed to make our lives better and easier? Clearly, that isn't always the case. Nowadays, it seems as if our lives are even more complicated than ever before. The limits of our boundaries are constantly being ebbed away. The idea of personal and family time has almost been obliterated. That person who dares to leave work at exactly 5:00 p.m. is either a trailblazer or simply lazy. Whatever happened to the days when our free time was just that—free? Once upon a time, we were not slaves to our cell phones or emails. People didn't always have an expectation that others should immediately beckon to their every request. Today's employees, particularly those who are salaried, are expected to be available around the clock. Somewhere throughout the course of employment, an employee's negotiated, and agreed upon, hours of employment became blurred and transcended into a 24-hour service. Over time, there became an unspoken, and sometimes verbalized, expectation that employees should come in early and leave late. Don't even think about leaving "on time" if you ever want to be considered for promotion. Doing so would almost always guarantee that you would be placed at the bottom of any promotion list.
Before I continue, I must make one disclaimer. Generally speaking, this post is geared solely towards honest, hard-working people, not individuals who go to work to buy time between paychecks and whose morning and evening clock outs rotate around their 20 coffee, water and bathroom breaks. It's not geared towards those who approach work and life with a sense of entitlement and a spirit of mediocrity. While those individuals might go through the motions of pretending to work, their attention and focus are usually elsewhere. Those individuals are usually toxic and, almost always, help to further tax and over burden their co-workers, who then inadvertently take on their share of the workload. I digress.
Diminishing boundaries are stifling our quality of life and potentially the productivity that we so desire. It is impossible to continuously perform at a 100 percent capacity without hitting our refresh or reset keys. Think about our computer programs. Sometimes, in order to get them on the right track, we have to restart the program, which require that the computer is complete turned off. As far as I know, there is no way to partially restart a computer. Every terminal action is usually an attempt to force a program to quit and start over. In our personal lives, the end of each day should be an opportunity to quit and start over. However, too often, our days and nights have become one continuous blur. Many of us in corporate America have become slaves to the grind. We have become slaves to capitalism. However, Christ did not die on the cross for us to be slaves. Galatians 5:1 says, "So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law," (NLT). It is important that we heighten our awareness of the things in our lives that challenges our freedom and try to draw us back into the confines of slavery. We have to constantly reaffirm that we are not slaves. We are free. Christ died on the cross so that we could be free. We are not slaves! I am not a slave!
The name of this blog is called That Next Level Thinking. Part of the reason why I decided to write this blog is because I believe that in order to separate ourselves from the pack, we have to learn to think outside the box—to think on that next level. In a spiritual context, that means leading with our spiritual minds and seeing past the vision of our natural eyes. Today, I am starting a new series called the "Seven Deadly Sins." Hopefully, over the next seven days, I will challenge you to think outside the box as we look at these seven vices and discuss how they impact our Christian walk.
The theory of the seven deadly sins has captured the interest of scholars, historians, philosophers, artists and even movie directors for centuries. In 1995, the American movie, Se7en, told the story of two police detectives who tracked a serial killer who profiled his victims based on the seven sins: wrath, gluttony, sloth, greed, pride, envy and lust.
Although the concept of the seven deadly sins is not Biblical per se, some scholars have said that the principle has a Biblical derivative, specifically Proverbs 6: 16-19 and Galatians 5:19-21:
16 There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
17 haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19 a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community, (Proverbs 6:16-19, NIV).
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God (Galatians 5:19:21).
What is greed? Greed is an insatiable appetite for possessions. In other words, it's a bottomless desire for more "stuff." Usually, that "stuff" is material in nature. According to 1 John 2:16, "For everything in the world–the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life–comes not from the Father but from the world," (NIV).
As I was thinking about the topic of greed this week, the parable that came to mind was "Jesus and the Prince of Demons." In the parable, Jesus cast out a demon from a possessed man. As usual, the Pharisees tried to entrap him. They accused him of being in allegiance with the prince of darkness. Jesus responded to them saying:
19 And if I am empowered by Satan, what about your own exorcists? They cast out demons, too, so they will condemn you for what you have said. 20 But if I am casting out demons by the power of God, then the Kingdom of God has arrived among you. 21 For when a strong man like Satan is fully armed and guards his palace, his possessions are safe— 22 until someone even stronger attacks and overpowers him, strips him of his weapons, and carries off his belongings, (Luke 11:19-22, NLT).
I am sure many of you are not quite seeing the greed connection. Just bear with me.
If greed is from the devil, then it stands to reason that the devil himself is greedy. He IS the father of greed. We should also keep in mind that the devil is a spiritual being, hence, the things that the devil craves are not "natural". In other words, the devil is not enticed by designer labels and premium neighborhood. He craves spiritual possessions. He has an insatiable appetite for our souls. He's greedy. This brings me back to the passage: "For when a strong man like Satan is fully armed and guards his palace, his possessions are safe," (NLT).
Satan tries to gather us like possessions. One of the possible reasons why many of us have not experienced our breakthrough is that we haven't realized that there are principalities that are trying to resist us. Ephesians 6:12 says we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities. Our battles are spiritual.
Now, I feel like I need to interject for a second. We should understand that we are never outside of God's reach. Some of us are exactly where God wants us to be. Just like Jesus, the Spirit drove us into the wilderness. Others of us, on the other hand, have created our own wilderness experience. The good news is that even when we detour off course, God can use our mistakes for our edification and for His Glory. However, regardless of which situation we find ourselves in, we have to acknowledge that there is a spiritual battle taking place. The "strong man" is always trying to vie for ALL our souls (greed). Verse 21 says that "when a strong man like Satan is fully armed and guards his palace, his possessions are safe," (NLT). Thankfully, there is a caveat to that statement. The following sentence in that verse says that Satan's possessions are safe with him "until someone even stronger attacks and overpowers him, strips him of his weapons, and carries off his belongings," (NLT). We should know that even though we have an enemy, we also have an ally who is far stronger and will rescue us from the devil's wiles.
Today, if there are any of you facing difficulties or praying for breakthroughs, ask God to tie up the "strong man" so that you could walk out of his house and into your destiny with ALL of your "possessions." In Jesus' name. Amen!
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John Cameron
Dear John Cameron,
I would like to make a referral.
I would like to refer Jane Fisher to you.
I think she may be either a child or in need of being one.
I say this because she has repeatedly injured me in her unbalanced and untrue statements to and about me, has been unreasonable irrational and lacking in responsibility and unable to take responsibility for her actions, instead she has incessantly intervened in my life and violated my privacy, dignity and human rights in the worst possible ways, whilst claiming to care.
Unfortunately, if someone is a safeguarding officer, and they destroy an abuse victim and leave the abusers and the people who cover for them in their positions and able to go on harming the cictim, whilst the safeguarding officer not only condones and backs up this behaviour, but further damages the victim herself, ie getting her a terrible record and having her subjected to police brutality, this safeguarding officer's claims to care simply do not ring true.
Thus I am referring her to you, I am sure she wont mind referrals behind her back to any agency that I can now dream up, all because 'I care'.

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Think Small With a Library Card Cabinet
Libraries may have moved into the digital age, but those old style card catalog cabinets have just the right heirloom look for a scrapbooking room. The small drawers are perfect for embellishment storage, and there are lots of CD storage cabinets available these days that have the scholastic look of library card cabinets but with relatively shallow drawers. One of these petite cabinets will fit comfortably in a corner and solve a lot of your problems with small item storage.


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Young Dresden: Traveler's Highlights and Things to Do
I was in Dresden on an autumn weekend, exploring the city, but mainly the region around it. I loved the region of Saxony Switzerland, but Dresden itself just didn't get me... Why?
Dresden is well known for its old town with the Frauenkirche, Semperoper, museums like the Green Vault, Zwinger Palace, Kreuzkirche, Fürstenzug, its castle, Hofkirche, Blue Wonder (bridge) or the very popular christmas market.
Those buildings are awesome and some of the nicest you can find with baroque style!
I liked them, but I missed some atmosphere. The rain didn't help, but I've been in other cities where it rained and which I liked right away.
Maybe I should have walked around a bit more... Maybe? No, definitely!
Just recently there were 21 travelers exploring the 'young' Dresden and I've followed them online, as they used #youngDresden to find their content. I was amazed by what they shared and experienced! Though they have been there not in the best time of the year (January - March), it seems they had a fab time!
Dresden got far more than I have seen! Seems I have to head back!
Here the traveler's share their personal highlights:
Nick from www.TheCrowdedPlanet.com
One of the things I enjoyed the most in Dresden was exploring the street art scene. There aren't many big pieces, it's mostly stencils or small paste-ups, and for a street art enthusiast such as myself it was great fun to explore the city looking at the walls, keeping my eyes peeled to see what surprises I could find. The street art scene appeared to be up and coming, not yet established like in Berlin for example. Most pieces I saw were located in the Neustadt area, the bohemian center of town.
Sofie from www.WonderfulWanderings.com
I thought two hours would be more than sufficient to visit the Military Museum of Dresden. Boy, was I wrong! This place is huge, with five floors and an elaborate collection of authentic military items. It's especially interesting because the museum goes beyond the battlefield and also looks at broader military life, including exhibitions on military fashion, music, sports and more. I don't know if I would have gone in had it cost more than €5, but after having been, I think they could easily charge double.
Bruno from www.votretourdumonde.com
I really loved the street-art spirit that was in this city especially in Neustadt. Everything was linked to it! I also fell in love with a currywurst place (Curry & co). It's ranked as the best one in Germany, and it's still pretty cheap (less than 5 euros). If you go to Dresden, don't miss this place!
Veronika from www.veronikasadventure.com
I really enjoyed staying in the Neustadt district. It's so funky and alternative. I liked the street art and the cultural scene, with abundance of restaurants and pubs. Dresden is a college town and this is the place where they all go out (and sometimes get lost in famous "Bermuda triangle"). Getting late is no problem actually, as I found restaurant that serves breakfast until 4 pm. :)
Interestingly enough, Neustadt is actually one of the oldest districts in Dresden. There is lot of historical buildings with courtyards. I loved especially the Kunsthofpassage. It is really a highlight for anybody who likes architecture and art.
Luiza from www.360meridianos.com
Nightwalk Tour - The Nightwalk Tour isn't a pubcrawl, but you get to go to a lot of bars! You also get to learn a lot of curiosities and funny facts about Neustadt Dresden. For example, did you know that the district used to be micro republic in the middle of Germany, with its own flag, currency and passport? Danilo Hommel, the guide, is super fun. You'll definitely see great stuff that you missed during the day, like the picture in the gallery, taken in Kunsthofpassage at night. The walking tour costs 15 euros and happens everyday, at 9 pm, no matter if its only you or a bigger group. Its necessary book in advance.
Claire from www.thegreengeekette.fr
Dresden is the best of both worlds : a young dynamic city on the side of Neustadt, an historical city on the side of Altstadt and a nature gateway with the Saxon Switzerland National Park next door. Everything in a maximum 30 minutes walkable distance or transport ride! You want a perfect day in Dresden? Take a train to the countryside to discover the famous Basteibrücke, then climb on the top of the Frauenkirche to get a spectacular view of the city, walk on Alaunstraße, discover the hidden Kunsthofpassage, stop in a vintage photobooth to take some silly pictures, eat a striezel and end the night at the Stilbruch bar playing "gollard" a combinaison of mini golf and pool!
Jessica from www.theflyawayamerican.com
I have dreamed of visiting Dresden since high school, when I first read Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. Thanks to an amazing opportunity with 'Kurt Vonnegut Tour' I was able to not only hear about this period of history in Dresden, but venture inside the actual slaughterhouse where Vonnegut and the other POW's survived the bombings of Dresden in WWII. As a history geek, Dresden exceeded all my expectations, and I feel so grateful that I was able to see the incredible growth that this city has experienced in person. I'm looking forward to a return trip so I can spend more time at the gorgeous Zwinger Palace and Old Masters Picture Gallery, I had no idea that Dresden had such an awesome art community!
Victor from www.machbel.com
Dresden is a city that attracts by its classic historic center near the river Elbe. However, what surprised me most was not the excellent reconstruction of the city´s heart, but the futuristic and open factory Die Gläserne Manufaktur, where Volkswagen manufactures its most luxurious car, the Peathon, in a totally quiet environment in the middle of the city. The technical quality and the accuracy of work in this factory are amazing.
Denise from www.inhetvliegtuig.nl
Dresden is a beautiful photogenic city. I especially liked the big contrast between Neustadt and Altstadt. Baroque buildings, street art, fancy restaurants and urban concept stores. In Dresden you can find it all! For the young crowd Neustadt is the most interesting part of the city. It's artistic, vibrant and it has a creative atmosphere. Rent a bike and explore it for your self. Go out with your camera to spot some great pieces of street art and eat a delicious juicy burger at Beat 'N' Burger. A really cool burger bar that serves the best burgers in town!
Seems I will head back to Dresden and explore what I haven't seen and missed out!


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Horticulture and Production
Field cultivation (continued)
Noni cultivation in cinder soil in the Puna district on the Big Island of Hawaii. Plant spacing is approximately 12 feet. This photograph was taken about 1 year after planting.
Noni cultivation in lava rock soil near Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. Planting holes were prepared by hand, and filled in with a mixture of red cinder and soil. Young transplants were then placed in the holes, under drip irrigation. These plants are showing evidence of nutritional deficiency (leaf yellowing) caused by root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne sp.) which infested the cinder-soil mix used to prepare the planting holes.
Noni cultivation in lava rock soil near Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. These farmers place mulch or compost around the plants to improve plant growth. Note the drip irrigation tube, which is also used to deliver fertilizers.
Noni cultivation in lava rock soil near Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Plant spacing between plants within rows is approximately 6-8 feet.
Ten-year-old noni plants (
Morinda citrifolia
) growing in deep soil at Kealakekua,
Hawaii (on the Big Island, near Kailua-Kona). Lower branches were pruned for landscaping purposes.
Noni cultivation in lava rock soil covered with a layer of cinders in a newly-established field near the Kailua-Kona airport on the Big Island of Hawaii. Plant spacing is about 3-4 feet within rows. Overhead, sprinkler irrigation is used here. The airport with aircraft and the Pacific Ocean are visible in the background.
A "rocky soil" noni farm in the lower Puna District on the Big Island of Hawaii. Plant spacing is approximately 3 feet. The planting line was "ripped" prior to transplanting noni seedlings into the shallow furrow. This field will receive no irrigation other than natural rainfall.
Noni plants in the Puna District on the island of Hawaii, about 9 months to 1 year after transplanting. , Planting holes were dug by hand for each plant. Plant spacing is approximately 3-4 feet between plants within rows. Rows are spaced with enough distance to allow tractors or pickup trucks to pass. The field was bulldozed before planting to ensure a relatively flat and level field surface.
Noni trees in exposed areas grow well when protected by a windbreak. To the right is a windbreak of ironwood trees, which lie about 50 meters from the Pacific Ocean on the Hamakua coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. This area has deep, rich soil. These noni plants are certified organic.
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Sunday with Kuriocity, Charmaine and Andre
Planet J in its continued mission of bringing value to its readers organised a workshop on grooming and etiquette on July 26 at Dempo House, Panaji. Open to the age group of 16 to 23, the workshop aimed at giving Goan youngsters some important tips on grooming, social graces and etiquette. Seventy two youngsters participated in the half day workshop conducted by Charmaine Shakleton Godinho and Andre Shakleton of Chrysalis Trainers.
Andre worked on the conditioning of their minds and what the participants needed to do to develop the requisite skills to groom themselves and then present themselves to the world. He used some very innovative exercises to introduce the participants to how their mind works. In an exercise with dots and lines Andre indicated the need for out of the box thinking to face a challenge and the fastest way of resolving the same was also revealed through a dance sequence. This had the youth engrossed and entertained at the same time. In a competitive spirit the participants pushed themselves to do the best they could.
Charmaine on the other hand gave out some very valuable and practical tips on what to wear, what to say and how to behave when presenting one's self. Her examples and stories had the group hanging on to every word she said and this was evident from some very intriguing questions being asked on social behaviour. Charmaine not being one to stand on stage or behind a podium was down in the middle of the audience demonstrating what poise and posture meant and teams were made to experiment with the same to much laughter and enthusiasm. The participants eagerly absorbed all that was said and demonstrated.
The workshop ended with participants receiving certificates of participation from the trainers.\
It was difficult waking up on a Sunday morning for a workshop but the experience was totally worth it.
-Ruchika Yadav, St Xaviers, Mapusa
It was a good interactive workshop and met with all my expectations. All my queries were also answered.
-Laila Fernandes, Sharada Mandir, HSS, Miramar
The workshop was excellent as it will help develop our personality.
-Prachi Deshpande, Chartered Accountant
The workshop taught us how not be crass and different etiquettes that we should follow.
-Sanika Bharne, Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Panaji
It was a fun-filled workshop and we learnt a lot and enjoyed the activities. We also learnt a new dance. It was a brilliant workshop.
-Stephanie DeSousa, student
It was an amazing workshop and I had a great time. Please have more workshops.
-Divya Usapkar, Government College, Marcel
In four hour I gathered a lot of knowledge that will help me for the next thirty to forty years, actually for the rest of my life.
-Aparna A P, Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Panaji
It was amazing and fun. I now feel more confident about myself.
-Raveena Deshpande, People's Higher Secondary School, Panaji
It was a very knowledgeable workshop and couldn't be more fun. I shall try and put what I have learnt into practice. Thanks Planet J and Ms Godinho.
-Vishesh Kulkarni, Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Panaji
The workshop has taught me a few tips in how to become polished and feel not only confident but also good about myself.
-Rosita Sousa, St Xaviers, Mapusa
I learnt a lot and the instructors were very efficient and friendly. Thanks Planet J for organising such a wonderful workshop.
-Sagar H, Dempo's Higher Secondary School, Cujira
It was a Sunday really well spent and the experience was amazing. Thanks to Ms Godinho and Mr Shackleton and of course Planet J.
-Disha Sawant, St Xaviers, Mapusa
Feel the confidence level already shooting up after the workshop. Thanks to the trainers for the invaluable contributions.
-Apurva Haldankar, St Xaviers, Mapusa
The workshop helped me to recognise my abilities and be spontaneous.
-Melissa Dias, V M Salgaocar College of Law, Miramar
The workshop made me feel very good about myself and I also feel more confident.
-Sangeeta Sidhgavli, St Xaviers, Mapusa
Indeed a wonderful workshop. Thanks a ton Planet J for organising it. Found a lot of precious tips and it was fabulous.
-Krupa Naik, Government College, Marcel
Thank you for a super workshop. Hope you have many more.
-Sarvang Bandodkar, Agnel Institute of Design, Assagao
Thank you Planet J for organising such a wonderful workshop and to the trainers for conducting it so well.
-Siya Wadji, Padre Conceicao College of Engineering, Verna
Since I study in Bangalore, this was my first Planet J workshop and I must say it was very interesting. Thanks to the trainers for imparting quality training to us. Hope to attend many more.
-Abhijit Bandikatte, Sir MVIT College, Bangalore
It was action-packed and very interesting. Would love to also express my appreciation to Navhind Times.
-Melanie De Sousa, St Xaviers, Mapusa
The workshop was enlightening and has added plus points to my personality.
-Rajat Kerkar, Agnel Institute of Design, Assagao
It was an awesome workshop and I learnt many great and new things.
-Heramb Karpe, TN University
The workshop was an amazing experience for me. A big thank you to Planet J for organising the workshop and to Charmaine and Andre for their time and generosity.
-Supriya Pereira, Dhempe College, Miramar
The workshop helped in making us aware of many small things which we need to do in our day to day life. I also had fun and it was very entertaining.
-Charmaine Dourado, V M Salgaocar College of Law, Miramar
It was a great experience and a cool workshop. Thanks Planet J.
-Riviera Luis, St Andrew's College, Vasco
Charmaine and Andre were fun and it was a unique experience learning from some of the best.
-Tanushree Chandavarkar, Goa University


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Spring is the perfect time to wear blush tones. So now that the weather is getting nicer, we all need to start blushing!
Lucca Couture Crepe Chiffon Dress
The stud details on the hem give this girly dress a little edge. Would be super cute for a date night!
Tiered Lace Knit Top
Pair with some wedges, jeans, and some earthy accessories and you are all set.
Gossamer Lei Necklace
Like wearing darker colors…even in the spring? This necklace would be a great contrast to a black or navy dress.
Beacon Tote
Functional and cute. Would be perfect for work…especially since I basically carry my life around in my bags.
Abby toe cap ballet flats
You can never go wrong with a great pair of flats.
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me…
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Small Talk with Scott: Batch 100!
This past week, the single most important, triple-digit arbitrary number for our young brewery came and went – Our 100th batch!
To celebrate, we're taking a moment to reflect on what brewing 100 different batches of beer means for Creston Brewery. (We're also here to make a major announcement, but more on that later.)
Let's go back to the start, back to Batch #1: Polar Bear.
Back in May of 2016, we needed to brew something light to get our house ale yeast growing and acclimated to its new forever-home at 1504 Plainfield. We also needed to brew something special to differentiate our brand-new brewery for that fateful Batch #1. In order to later brew business plan-tested, backyard-brewed beers like GRale, Clickety Clack, and Fox Deluxe, we needed something Creston-centric to appease any and all palates. We selected a recipe of all Michigan-grown citrusy hops, a multigrain malt base for a medium body, shot-for and nailed a 4.20% abv and named it Polar Bear, after the gone-but-not-forgotten Creston High School mascot.
From that very first Polar Bear, we have relied on and pushed the limits of that single house yeast strain in many different directions (as well as switched things up with a rotating seasonal yeast selection of hefes, lagers, and belgians). Brands like GRale, Fox Deluxe, Sweet Street, Braveheart 2, The Bloody Fifth, Bokonon, OPE, The Golden Glo, Harvest Ale, Lookout Hill, and many, many others can all be genetically traced back to that original Polar Bear. And Batch 100, wouldn't you know it, is brewed with that same exact yeast that the original Batch #1 Polar Bear blessed upon Creston with its now billions upon billions of single-celled progyny.
So, what exactly did we brew to commemorate such an occasion at Batch 100? The Golden Glo, our Spring Seasonal, because, duh, it's supposed to be Spring and we've got a production schedule to follow! Once the flowers finally decide to send up their shoots, a tart, light, hazy, and aromatic delight simply needs to coincide with the occasion.
What makes this batch of The Golden Glo so special beyond its same-yeast-as-always but new 3-digit brew code? Well, the answer is not that easy, friend! To properly explain, let's go back to batch 98 from two weeks ago.
No, better yet, let's go back to batch 44: Creston Lager.
Creston Lager was special because of its intent: brew something clean and amazing utilizing only Michigan-grown ingredients. In short, it worked. In fact, it worked really, really well. So we brewed batch 55 Creston Pilz with the same goal in mind, but a different recipe of ingredients. That worked out even better. Then we brewed batch 86 Copper IPL and dear LORD, the concept was fully proven. (That's, like, my fav beer ever if you couldn't tell).
By Batch 98, the concept became the passion that is now, at Batch 100, our guiding light: let's just use all Michigan grown ingredients for the majority of every single brand and batch. Let's get to know our suppliers and farmers as the friends and neighbors that they are. Let's procure the best they have to offer and brew some damn fine, distinctive beer out of the products of their land. (And if you're a Bokononist, it's our land in the Michigander granfalloon.)
Batch 98, as luck would have it, was Polar Bear. For this special batch, we switched our malted 2 row barley supplier from a supplier I had never met, producing grain coming from fields unknown to me, grown and malted in parts of the world foreign to me, to the brand-new Emergent Malt out of Zeeland, MI – malting barley sown and grown by Hop Ridge Farms in Kent county and delivering fresh, local product free of all packaging, long distance-transportation, storage, and waste. (Our local friends Pilot Malthouse of Byron Center, MI will also be still getting the majority of our specialty grain business, along with our hops coming from West Michigan Hopyards, Hopyards of Kent, Big Mitten Hops, Michigan Hop Alliance, and others.)
That batch of Polar Bear with 100% Emergent base malt came out incredible. Batch 99 was Quimby; it also came out incredible with the switch to Michigan malt, alongside the specialty grains procured from Pilot Malthouse.
Both of these batches are still green, so they're not quite on tap yet, but commemorating the surpassing of our 100th batch and all the beery goodness that awaits our Creston community, we think it prudent to announce:
It's not just a concept, an ethos, or even what we intended to do in the first place.
It's just the best way that we can think of to make the best damn beer you've ever had in your life. And you simply cannot get it anywhere else. That's what Creston Brewery terroir means to us: Community. Growers, suppliers, brewers, workers, and drinkers alike.
We hope you can get with that….
Cheers towards batch 1000!


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The past six months have been a blur, to say the least. I look back at my last entry and realize it's been a LONG time since I've blogged.
Things at work are still as hectic as before. Though I've settled into the routine, enough to be able to take a step back and breathe a little easier. I'm no longer stressing about having to learn so many new things.
Gym routine is nicely settled. It's something that happens during the week before work. I no longer have to muster the motivation to go. It's not a thought, I just go. I love that! Aside from a couple of months where I plateaued, I'm still losing weight. 26lbs lighter and almost approaching the year mark from when I started this journey.
I'm not sure I talked about why I started this journey. I supposed it was sparked by a breakup. No, not some revenge to "get back at them" nor was my weight a factor in the break up. It honestly came down to keeping my mind busy. I wanted to cry. I wanted to get so inebriated I wanted to drown the hurt away, but I couldn't. I invested myself in a routine to better myself, because I needed the distraction. Plus, I hate regret. I don't want to look back when I'm in my old age and regret never feeling good about my body.
Regret. It's been a big motivator lately. It's motivated me to wrap up a lot of lose ends in my life, and to take more chances. Overall, I'm pretty happy about a lot of things in my life right now 🙂
And here is where regret comes in again…
I miss it. Yes. I've been saying it. I need to finish things and I'm making April all about getting back into the "swing" of it. I would hate to regret never finishing the trilogy–or never moving on to all the other "lovely" writing projects I have started. I won't make any promises of when I'll finish anything, but I know for April I'll set aside Sundays as a "study" day; read, write, craft. Just like my gym routine, this too shall set in and hopefully get me back to something I really love.


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C. Life Science
For Grades: 5-8
Populations and Ecosystems
The number of organisms an ecosystem can support depends on the resources available and abiotic factors, such as quantity of light and water, range of temperatures, and soil composition. Given adequate biotic and abiotic resources and no disease or predators, populations (including humans) increase at rapid rates. Lack of resources and other factors, such as predation and climate, limit the growth of populations in specific niches in the ecosystem.
Diversity and Adaptations of Organisms
Millions of species of animals, plants, and microorganisms are alive today. Although different species might look dissimilar, the unity among organisms becomes apparent from an analysis of internal structures, the similarity of their chemical processes, and the evidence of common ancestry.
Biological evolution accounts for the diversity of species developed through gradual processes over many generations. Species acquire many of their unique characteristics through biological adaptation, which involves the selection of naturally occurring variations in populations. Biological adaptations include changes in structures, behaviors, or physiology that enhance survival and reproductive success in a particular environment.
Extinction of a species occurs when the environment changes and the adaptive characteristics of a species are insufficient to allow its survival. Fossils indicate that many organisms that lived long ago are extinct. Extinction of species is common; most of the species that have lived on the earth no longer exist.


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Lake Erie College split three dual matches going 1-1-1 as the host of a quad meet Saturday (Feb. 5) at the Jerome T. Osborne Athletic & Wellness Center.
The Storm tied Tiffin University, 24-24, in the opening match, narrowly defeated Ohio Valley University, 25-24, and closed the day with a 40-6 loss to Mercyhurst College.
Freshman Andrew Gasber (Madison, Ohio/Madison) led Lake Erie on the day with a perfect 3-0 mark at 165-lbs. Gasber picked up first pins in his first two matches before picking up a decision. Freshman Josh Linden (Broadview Heights, Ohio/Brecksville-Broadview Heights) also went 3-0, with a pin at 184-lbs, a decision at 174-lbs and a forfeit.
"Andrew and Josh are our top wrestlers right now and both had really nice days," said Head Coach Kevin Hoogenboom. "With Regionals coming up in three weeks we think that these two guys, and a few others, can perform well.
Freshman 165-lb Zev Green (Marysville, Ohio/Marysville) and 125-lb Justin Toth (Painesville, Ohio/Riverside) each went 2-1 on the matches. Green picked up a pair of decisions while Toth won by decision and forfeit. Freshman Tyler Tesney (Munroe Falls, Ohio/Cuyahoga Falls) won his lone match against Tiffin, 5-4, in a third period comeback.
Against Tiffin, the first four matches were all decided by forfeit, three going in favor of the Dragons. Led by pins from Gasber and Linden, Lake Erie took the first four contested matches to take a 24-18 advantage. The final two matches went to Tiffin's Alek Hughes and Josh Franklin, but because Lake Erie limited both to decision wins, the Storm preserved a 24-24 tie.
Lake Erie got the win over Ohio Valley, 25-24, by taking three of the five contested matches. The bout came down to final contested match at 125-lbs. Toth trailed 2-0 early in the match before five unanswered points led to the 5-3 victory.
Against Mercyhurst, Gasber each won on decision, 12-5, and 7-3, respectively. Green nearly finished the day perfect as well, falling 3-1 in the closest match of that contest.
The Storm is idle until February 16 when they host Gannon University a dual match starting at 7:00 p.m. The match will be Blackout Night, sponsored by SAAC.


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To mark the end of the Hertford Arts Festival, Hertford Castle will open its doors to the public for the first time this year. Visitors are welcome to explore the Castle Gatehouse and grounds free of charge. Up to 50 craft stands will exhibit an array of handmade assortments from jewellery to homeware, homemade produce to vintage clothing. Children will be able to get creative with a variety of craft based activities on offer.
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text: Eclipse Community Forums - RDF feed https://www.eclipse.org/forums/ Eclipse Community Forums 2.0.0 RC1 with one small language change https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/209669/672509/#msg_672509 The simultaneous release train is rolling along its way to Indigo. Today the full availability of Release Candidate 1 has been announced. From the Object Teams Project this includes the first build with our new version number: 2.0.0 RC1. At this late stage our focus is shifting towards preparing the review (scheduled for June 1-8, as for all projects participating in Indigo). IP log and release docuware are in good shape and have been submitted. I'd like to mention that scanning all bugzillas fixed in the last months showed that we have some relevant contributions coming in on that channel: Jan Marc Hoffmann has submitted several bug reports where I could directly copy his test cases and incorporate them into our test suite. Thanks, Jan Marc, for this contribution! Language Change regarding LiftingFailedException: Right before entering the polish phase, I made the changes discussed in bug 337413, which could possibly require changes in existing OT/J programms: Note: if you've never used @SuppressWarnings("ambiguousbinding") or @SuppressWarnings("abstractrelevantrole") you're probably not affected by this change. I was originally alerted by a discussion with Erik Ernst, who - together with his student Matthias Diehn Ingesman - had investigated OT/J's translation polymorphism with critical remarks on binding ambiguities. They criticized that a team with potential binding ambiguity and a client turning potential into actual ambiguity would require whole-system analysis to find out whether a program is safe or not. Obviously, we don't want that. When a program fails at runtime due to a binding ambiguity it does so by throwing a LiftingFailedException. All I had to do in order to make contracts more explicit is hardening this exection from unchecked to checked. As a consequence OT/J code with binding ambiguities (which always triggers a warning in the first place) may have to declare that a LiftingFailedException could be thrown in some places, notably methods with declared lifting. Now the interface contracts are clear: if a method declares LiftingFailedException it's the clients responsibility to handle the case where a provided base object can indeed not be lifted. OTOH, if this exception is not declared, clients may assume that lifting is indeed safe. Interestingly, our own implementation of the OTDT contains not a single occurrence of binding ambiguities. However, we have several parts in our implementation that exhibit unsafe lifting for a different reason: potentially relevant abstract roles, i.e., abstract bound roles, where smart lifting from specific base classes may not be able to find a suitable non-abstract role for lifting. After the change, also this situation may require the declaration of throwing a LiftingFailedException in certain places. From my experience of updating these locations, I collected some alternative strategies in the corresponding paragraph of the N&N: -> http://www.eclipse.org/objectteams/pages/new_in_2.0.html#bug337413 I hope that with these hints adopting this language change imposes no problems. Else, please let us know here. Request for Testing: OK, I should stop here, because we're already into RC2 week, and on Tuesday the OTDT 2.0 RC2 is due. But for now: please give RC1 a try, so any severe bugs can be found and resolved before the great release on June 22. best, Stephan ]]> Stephan Herrmann 2011-05-21T12:43:04-00:00


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Supernovae and the origin of cosmic rays
(Phys.org) —In the spring of the year 1006, one thousand and seven years ago this April, observers in China, Egypt, Iraq, Japan, Switzerland (and perhaps North America) reported seeing what might be the brightest stellar event in recorded history: a supernova ("SN1006") that was relatively close to Earth, only about seven thousand light-years away. It was reportedly so bright that it cast shadows at night. In 1965, radio astronomers identified the residue of this event, a so-called supernovae remnant, in the form of a sixty light-year diameter shell of glowing gas. Current models of the cataclysm find that it resulted when two white dwarf stars (each being a late stage of a star's life) merged together.
Supernovae are critical to life in the universe. They and their progenitor stars create most of the elements in the universe, and their explosive deaths disburse them into interstellar space where they can later be incorporated into new stars and planets. Supernovae are also active research topics because their bright emission enables them to be used as probes of the very distant universe. Not least, supernovae are astrophysical laboratories for the study of very high-velocity shocks and the physics of particles under extreme conditions.
CfA astronomer John Raymond and seven colleagues, writing in the latest issue of Science magazine, investigate the links between supernova remnants and cosmic rays - the very rapidly moving nuclear particles that impact the earth from space. Cosmic rays can have energies millions of times larger than the most energetic particles produced in man-made particle accelerators, but astronomers are not sure where they come from or how they are accelerated to such fantastic energies. Supernovae have been a likely suspect for over fifty years because their powerful shocks were thought to be capable of accelerating subatomic particles to high energies. In their new paper, the scientists used a new optical spectrometer to analyze in detail the shock activity at the outer edge of SN1006.
They report finding gas motions of over five thousand kilometers per second and evidence for the presence of fast-moving protons (as well as for fast moving but much less massive electrons). The team suggests that such protons may be the seed particles for cosmic rays once they are further accelerated by the shocks. The study with its new techniques offer powerful new evidence towards clarifying the role of supernova remnants in the production of the mystery cosmic rays.
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Bath International Music Festival 2014
The Bath Music Festival is a 11 day, city-wide, music festival this year taking place mid to late May 2014. The festival has been going strong since 1948 and is host to a wide variety of different musical genres including contemporary jazz, folk, world, orchestral and ...... Read More
Moers Festival 2014
The 2014 moers festival is now in its 43rd year, with it comes a new purpose built venue and a star studded lineup with jazz artists attending from all around the world, this year with a special focus on Europe, USA and Brazilian acts. Over the years many famous musicians ...... Read More
French Quarter Festival 2014
The French Quarter Festival is the largest free music festival in the south of the USA! It is expected that the 2014 will be biggest yet which makes the French Quarter Fest. the biggest free music festival EVER (…in the south ;-))! Come on over to the historic French ...... Read More
Sydney Festival 2014
The Sydney Festival is taking place on January 9th – 26th 2014 and should not be missed! This city-wide festival transforms Sydney into the cultural heart of Australia with a diverse range of music, dance, visual arts, talks and various free & family events. ...... Read More


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The Student Minsitry is for Students grades 7-12.
This group meets regularly each Wednesday from 6:30-7:30 pm during the school year. A FREE Dinner will also be offered at 6:00 pm.
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We DO NOT meet during the summer months.
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Michael Grant, a student of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts has begun a ten-week internship in Preservation Services. Michael is pursuing a Masters in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation; in partial fulfillment of that degree he must complete three internships. Over the course of the summer Michael will inventory and assess the condition of 16mm and 8mm films collected by the college in order to help Peter Carini, the College Archivist, determine which films should be added to the permanent collection of the College Archives.
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By Guest Writer Colin Brazier.
I joined journalism when it was on the cusp of an evolutionary leap.
It was the early 1990s and the Murdoch revolution was well underway.
The print unions had been put to flight. The National Union of Journalists was in retreat. Hot metal had cooled, typewriters had been supplanted by new-fangled word processors.
Grizzled old soaks still disappeared for long liquid lunches. At TheYorkshire Post four pints of bitter was not unknown, and appeared to be no impediment to lucid copy.
New boys like me tried to keep up, but preferred the smell of coffee beans to hops. We still signed 'indentures'; a promisory note of loyalty in return for tutelage, and a throwback to a world where a 16-year-old apprentice like Charlie Wilson could rise from running copy between hacks to editing TheTimes without troubling the higher education sector.
Yet we were different, or so we arrogantly assumed. We had been to university and this enlightenment had changed the terms of our engagement with local newspapers. They were a means to an end, and the end – metaphorically if no longer literally – was Fleet Street.
Our link with a locality had been snapped by leaving home for university. Any idea of a life spent toiling at the coal-face of a regional title was disdained. Journalism was no longer a trade, but a profession. Media studies was not yet a byword for dilletantism and hinterland-free mediocrity.
The people, I was told, got the journalism they deserved, since we reporters were a reflection of the society from which we sprang. But a quarter of a century ago, as I was starting my adventures in medialand, this eternal verity was beginning to wear thin. Now the garment which stitches polity to people is very nearly sundered.
The extent to which a group-think holds sway has been much in evidence post-referendum.
The utter incomprehension of some colleagues at the result would be comical were it not so injurious to the sub-constitutional role played by the Fourth Estate.
There is a sense of indignation that a majority of voters did not cleave to the group-think. The whiff of class-hatred hangs heavy in the air. This morning I risked pariah-status in the canteen queue by suggesting it was patronising to ascribe the working class with prejudices we could neither test nor vouch for. Dismissing their opinions as motivated by xenophobia precludes any notion that those uneducated poor folk might actually have a coherent view on sovereignty or national self-determination.
This democratic deficit has been well ventilated over the weekend. Janice Turner, in particular, wrote beautifully and wisely in Saturday's Times about the folly of denigrating "retired miners who now drive taxi cabs". It is no surprise that contrarians like the brilliant Julie Birchill, who has written at length about the demonisation of white-working class 'chavs', came out for Brexit.
Part of the seething fury felt by some of my co-workers lies in that feeling of being hoodwinked, of not being as smart, as omniscient as they, hitherto, imagined. Their self-esteem is bruised. Nobody likes to find out that the world they thought existed turns out to have been built on miopia and wishful thinking.
The biggest reality check since Clement Atlee's 1945 election landslide should not have been such a revelation. In the absence of newsrooms peopled by journalists who broadly reflect the country (and who, therefore, might have had a chance of understanding what was happening on the council estates), journalists fell back on polls.
And, even though they turned out to have been of dubious reliability during last year's general election, we elected to trust them again. What option did we have? A dwindling number of journalists, mostly to be found on tabloid newspapers, have anything approaching an intimate appreciation of Britain's demonised white working class.
Middle-class media-folk have a default position. They assume the lumpens are incapable of parsing the world around them. Oh, dear reader, they do. They just arrive at different conclusions.
I was brought up by a single mum, not least because my father was held at Her Majesty's Pleasure. One of my sisters, a teacher, followed me to university. Another works on the check-out at the local Co-Op in Bradford. One of them has a good grasp of politics, but don't assume to know which one.
My background permits me to venture two perspectives unconscionable to many of my colleagues. They are paradoxical but no less true for that.
First, many working class whites repudiate the post-war orthodoxy regarding aspiration and higher education. They look at people – like me – who have gone to university and forsworn their communities as a consequence. They know they ought to encourage their children to work hard at school. But what's the point? Raising children is hard work. Why expend all that emotional capital only to see the offspring embarrassed by your table manners.
Second, many working class whites think journalism is a crock. They may not have been to university, but they know people who have. And they realise that a media studies course offers poor value for money. Local newspapers, once an outlet for bright poor kids, are often populated by graduates who are just passing through, supported by the bank of mum and dad.
The answer.
Hire more 'chavs', especially in broadcasting. It's not, as Pope Francis avers, always easy to love the poor. But if you want to understand Brexit Britain, it's an idea whose time has come.


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This Project is called "Biomass Briquetting Plant" and is simply a process of converting Agro waste and Forestry waste into biomass Briquettes / Bio-coal. The Biomass Briquetting is the best renewable source of energy for healthy environment and economy. It's a complete Eco-friendly green energy project.
We all are well aware with the importance of Energy and its sources. Energy is the key factor in the economic development of every country. The demand of energy is increasing day by day and the supplies of sources are limited. It is globally red alert for fossil fuel like Petrol, Kerosene, Natural Gas, LPG, and Lignite etc. This has made a huge gap between the demand and supply of energy. Renewable energy is the ultimate solution, which can fill this gap. Most of advanced countries has adopted this concept, accepted this project and have retained their natural resources to get the solution of energy and fuels.
This renewable energy project is ideal for the agriculture based countries like India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Europe and African countries as there is a huge availability of agro-forestry waste. And Of course it is quite good for the industry based countries. It is the best project to generate revenue from agro-forestry waste, saving the Global environment and to produce green energy.
Main concept of this project is to produce the material as a bio-coal, which is made from the wastages. We cannot destroy the wastages totally. But we can use it with the help of Briquetting Plant and produce the Briquettes, which ultimately produce the energy. We can say that "To provide the energy in low cost is the main concept of the project."


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text: Launch of third NAS Cullum Centre (9 November 2016) Around 50 students, staff and parents gathered at Hinchley Wood School in Esher, Surrey, this week to mark the formal opening of the latest NAS Cullum Centre. It's the third of four purpose-built specialist centres our charity and Surrey County Council are opening in the area, thanks to generous financial support from the Cullum Family Trust. Two centres are already open at Salesian School and Rodborough School. The aim of the centre is to help students on the autism spectrum to thrive in mainstream lessons, by providing them with specialist support from trained staff and a calm setting to retreat to if they become overwhelmed. It is run by four school staff who've had training from our charity, using our 50 plus years of experience educating children on the autism spectrum. The staff currently support four students but the centre will eventually cater for up to 20. Through the centre, students can access additional academic support and a range of other services, including occupational and speech and language therapies and life skills lessons. Cutting the ribbon The centre was built on top of the main building of Hinchley Wood School, which teaches children and young people from Year 7 right through to sixth form and is rated as 'Outstanding' by Ofsted. It was designed with the needs of children on the autism spectrum in mind, taking into account how some children can be highly sensitive to light and sound. The colour scheme is low-arousal to provide a sense of calm throughout the centre. There are different teaching spaces and a chill out room, break out area and roof garden for students to go to when things get too much. The NAS Cullum Centres are a response to a local need, identified by our charity and Surrey County Council, for specialist support for students on the autism spectrum who have good academic potential but find it difficult to learn in busy school environments. The centres will improve Surrey's capacity to offer support and education tailor-made for students on the autism spectrum, meaning fewer students have to go out of county to get the right education, making savings of up to £1.7m a year. Mark Lever, our Chief Executive, said: "It's a huge pleasure to be part of such an innovative project, which is going to make a real difference to children on the autism spectrum. "Autism affects everyone differently and some children need more specialist support to thrive in mainstream school because, for instance, they are extremely sensitive to light or sound or face difficulty communicating. So when Peter and Simon Cullum outlined their vision to improve specialist support in Surrey, we were keen to get involved and share the expertise we've built up over the past 50 years. But it's only been possible thanks to the enthusiasm and commitment of the schools involved, including the outstanding team at Hinchley Wood School. "With the right education and support, children on the autism spectrum can achieve great things and live full and happy lives." Ben Bartlett, Head Teacher at Hinchley Wood School, said: "We are delighted to have been able to work so closely with The National Autistic Society and the Cullum Family Trust to create an environment in which youngsters on the autism spectrum are able to flourish and fulfil their potential. "It has given staff and Governors at the school great pleasure to see our first four NAS Centre students settle so well and bring so much to the Hinchley Wood School community." Linda Kemeny, Surrey County Council's Cabinet Member for Schools, Skills and Educational Achievement, said: "These pioneering centres mean that more pupils with autism can be given tailor-made support to learn in mainstream schools which will also lead to £1.7million-a-year savings for local taxpayers because more children will be able to remain in Surrey for their education. "With the financial pressures we're facing, we couldn't have achieved this on our own so we're very grateful to The National Autistic Society and the Cullum Family Trust for making this project possible." Dominic Raab, MP for Esher and Walton, helped open the centre and gave a speech. He said: "The NAS Cullum Centre is an amazing opportunity to integrate autistic children into one of the very best secondary schools in Surrey, by creating the space and facilities for specialist support. I know first-hand from my own constituency casework just how valuable this centre will be. "It is fantastic to see Hinchley Wood School, The National Autistic Society and Surrey County Council working so closely together to make the Cullum Family Trust's vision a reality. It just shows how we can do better at integrating special needs children into mainstream education." Peter Cullum CBE, Cullum Family Trust, said: "It was a privilege to share this important moment with so many students, teachers and local families. "I first learned about the challenges and many joys autism brings when my grandson was diagnosed a few years ago. My family quickly saw the difference the right education made to his life and wanted to make sure other local children on the autism spectrum have this opportunity. "I'm delighted that The National Autistic Society and Surrey County Council bought into our vision that we could work with such outstanding schools, like Hinchley Wood, to make it a reality. The new centre really is fantastic and I hope it will improve the lives of many local children in the coming years. "Our long-term ambition is for the model, once it's a proven success, to be adopted at schools across the UK." Cullum family with students For all details, information and advice on the admissions process, visit Surrey County Council's web pages on SEND and admissions.


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Covington Celebrates 50 Years in Business
In the 1960s Josée Covington wanted to start a travel agency. There was only one problem — she didn't have any money.
To address this problem, she sent a telegram to her family in Luxembourg, saying, "Starting my own business. Need money. Send me lots." They did. She used the money to launch Covington Travel in 1967 in a 500-square-foot office in downtown Richmond.
Fifty years later, the Glen Allen-based company has grown to 84 full-time employees serving more than 300 corporate clients. Profitable since its third year in business, the company is on track to reach $95 million in sales this year.
The biggest challenges currently facing Covington Travel are geopolitical issues impacting how or where people travel. The Zika virus, for example, caused people to avoid trips to impacted countries. However, the company says it was able to find other suitable destinations.
Overall, Covington credits the travel agency's growth to its employees. "Nobody is ever successful on their own," she says. "It takes a village, and that's what we have."
For the complete article: Covington Travel Celebrates 50th Birthday.
Source: Virginia Business Magazine, October 1, 2017, Written by Veronica Garabelli


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This paper describes an early lumping approach for generating a mathematical model of the heating process of a moving dual-layer substrate. The heat is supplied by convection and nonlinearly distributed over the whole considered spatial extend of the substrate. Using CFD simulations as a reference, two different modelling approaches have been investigated in order to achieve the most suitable model type. It is shown that due to the possibility of using the transition matrix for time discretization, an equivalent circuit model achieves superior results when compared to the Crank-Nicolson method. In order to maintain a constant sampling time for the in-visioned-control strategies, the effect of variable speed is transformed into a system description, where the state vector has constant length but a variable number of non-zero entries. The handling of the variable transport speed during the heating process is considered as the main contribution of this work. The result is a model, suitable for being used in future control strategies.
Multivariable MPC Algorithm with Separated Prediction Horizons : Application to Simultaneous Control of Tension and Drawing Speed in Optical Fiber Manufacturing Processes (2018)
This paper focuses on the multivariable control of a drawing tower process. The nature of the process together with the differences in measurement noise levels that affect the variables to be controlled motivated the development of a new MPC algorithm. An extension of a multivariable predictive control algorithm with separated prediction horizons is proposed. The obtained experimental results show the usefulness of the proposed algorithm..


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Taoiseach's 'Republic of opportunity' is nothing but a dupe – Mary Lou McDonald TD
Raising the findings of two housing reports published today by Daft.ie and the ESRI with An Taoiseach during Leaders Questions Sinn Féin Deputy Leader Mary Lou McDonald TD called on Leo Varadkar to urgently introduce a new affordable housing scheme and legislation to deliver real rent certainty as provided for in the party's fully costed alternative budget for 2018.
Speaking in the Dáil, the Dublin Central TD said;
"Two reports published this morning confirm the people have known for quite some time. The Government's housing policy is a catastrophic failure.
"The overriding message of the reports from Daft.ie and the ESRI is that accommodation has become unaffordable and supply is at an all-time low. As things stand, renting or buying a home is now beyond the reach of an entire generation.
"Rather than delivering opportunity, Fine Gael's housing crisis has delivered extreme stress, depression and hopelessness for thousands of citizens. These are people who work hard, who aspire to a better life – all the things that An Taoiseach so earnestly praises and yet for them there is very little reward.
"Ten years ago, a couple would make sacrifices in their daily lives to save for a home. Today couples are making the exact same sacrifices simply to make the extortionate rent at the end of each month, if they are lucky.
"For lots of people in their late twenties to mid-thirties, even the idea of starting a family now falls into the bracket of unaffordability. These are the very real human consequences for those struggling to get on the property ladder or struggling to pay the rent.
"The Taoiseach's 'Republic of opportunity' is nothing but a dupe. It's time this Government changed track.
"Instead of attempting to normalise homelessness in this state with crude statistical exercises, the Taoiseach should demonstrate real leadership by implementing policies that will actually work.
"Government can and must increase the supply of affordable housing and introduce measures to reduce the cost of purchasing and renting a home. Affordable housing means properties at a sale price of between €160,000 and €260,000 in Dublin.
"Sinn Féin proposed costed, deliverable solutions in our alternative budget for 2018. Today I called on the Taoiseach to follow Sinn Féin's lead by committing to introduce a new affordable housing scheme that delivers homes on a level that matches the scale of this crisis and legislation that will deliver real rent certainty by linking increases to the cost of living."


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Standings, schedule
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 8 3 0 .727 407 244
Buffalo 4 6 0 .400 230 299
Miami 4 6 0 .400 187 205
N.Y. Jets 4 7 0 .364 221 290
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 10 1 0 .909 327 211
Indianapolis 6 4 0 .600 210 260
Tennessee 4 6 0 .400 219 311
Jacksonville 1 9 0 .100 164 289
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 8 2 0 .800 267 206
Pittsburgh 6 4 0 .600 217 190
Cincinnati 5 5 0 .500 248 237
Cleveland 2 8 0 .200 189 234
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 7 3 0 .700 301 212
San Diego 4 6 0 .400 232 221
Oakland 3 7 0 .300 208 322
Kansas City 1 9 0 .100 152 284
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants 6 4 0 .600 267 216
Washington 5 6 0 .455 295 285
Dallas 5 6 0 .455 242 262
Philadelphia 3 7 0 .300 162 252
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 9 1 0 .900 270 193
Tampa Bay 6 4 0 .600 287 230
New Orleans 5 5 0 .500 287 273
Carolina 2 8 0 .200 184 243
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 7 3 0 .700 263 207
Chicago 7 3 0 .700 249 165
Minnesota 6 4 0 .600 238 221
Detroit 4 7 0 .364 267 280
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 7 2 1 .750 245 134
Seattle 6 4 0 .600 198 161
Arizona 4 6 0 .400 163 196
St. Louis 3 6 1 .350 174 237
Sunday's games
Denver at Kansas City, noon
Minnesota at Chicago, noon
Oakland at Cincinnati, noon
Pittsburgh at Cleveland, noon
Buffalo at Indianapolis, noon
Tennessee at Jacksonville, noon
Atlanta at Tampa Bay, noon
Seattle at Miami, noon
Baltimore at San Diego, 3:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.
San Francisco at New Orleans, 3:25 p.m.
Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 7:20 p.m.
Monday's game
Carolina at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Injury report
The updated National Football League injury report, as provided by the league:
OAKLAND RAIDERS at CINCINNATI BENGALS - RAIDERS: OUT: RB Mike Goodson (ankle), RB Darren McFadden (ankle), DT Richard Seymour (knee, hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: DE Jack Crawford (toe), RB Taiwan Jones (ankle). PROBABLE: S Tyvon Branch (neck), WR Darrius Heyward-Bey (hamstring), TE Brandon Myers (shoulder), RB Marcel Reece (hamstring, quadriceps). BENGALS: DOUBTFUL: WR Andrew Hawkins (knee), TE Richard Quinn (hamstring). PROBABLE: C Jeff Faine (hamstring), CB Adam Jones (calf), WR Marvin Jones (knee), S Reggie Nelson (hamstring), CB Terence Newman (head).
PITTSBURGH STEELERS at CLEVELAND BROWNS - STEELERS: OUT: WR Jerricho Cotchery (ribs), T Marcus Gilbert (ankle), QB Byron Leftwich (ribs), QB Ben Roethlisberger (right shoulder). DOUBTFUL: S Troy Polamalu (calf). QUESTIONABLE: WR Antonio Brown (ankle). PROBABLE: S Will Allen (shoulder), G Willie Colon (knee), DE Ziggy Hood (back), RB Isaac Redman (concussion), LB Stevenson Sylvester (hamstring). BROWNS: OUT: CB Dimitri Patterson (ankle), S Ray Ventrone (calf). PROBABLE: TE Jordan Cameron (groin), WR Josh Cooper (knee), WR Joshua Cribbs (back), CB Joe Haden (oblique), DE Juqua Parker (shin), RB Trent Richardson (chest, rib, finger), DT Ahtyba Rubin (calf, back), DE Frostee Rucker (shoulder, illness), G Jarrod Shaw (illness), CB Buster Skrine (head), S T.J. Ward (calf, back).
BUFFALO BILLS at INDIANAPOLIS COLTS - BILLS: OUT: DE Mark Anderson (knee), CB Aaron Williams (knee). QUESTIONABLE: DE Spencer Johnson (ankle), RB Corey McIntyre (knee), WR Brad Smith (hamstring). PROBABLE: CB Ron Brooks (teeth), S Jairus Byrd (back), DT Marcell Dareus (shoulder), T Chris Hairston (knee), RB Fred Jackson (concussion), DE Chris Kelsay (neck), G Andy Levitre (knee), CB Leodis McKelvin (groin), DE Shawne Merriman (groin), CB Justin Rogers (hamstring), S Da'Norris Searcy (hand), LB Kelvin Sheppard (back), RB C.J. Spiller (shoulder), DT Kyle Williams (ankle), DE Mario Williams (wrist, ankle), C Eric Wood (knee). COLTS: DOUBTFUL: CB Vontae Davis (knee). QUESTIONABLE: TE Coby Fleener (shoulder), DE Cory Redding (hip). PROBABLE: WR Donnie Avery (head), S Antoine Bethea (ankle), RB Donald Brown (knee), NT Josh Chapman (knee), QB Andrew Luck (knee), CB Teddy Williams (hamstring).
TENNESSEE TITANS at JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS - TITANS: DOUBTFUL: S Al Afalava (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: LB Xavier Adibi (knee), RB Jamie Harper (ankle), WR Lavelle Hawkins (ankle), TE Craig Stevens (hamstring), T Byron Stingily (back). PROBABLE: WR Kenny Britt (knee), QB Jake Locker (left shoulder), LB Colin McCarthy (ankle). JAGUARS: OUT: RB Greg Jones (thigh), CB William Middleton (concussion). QUESTIONABLE: S Dwight Lowery (ankle), CB Rashean Mathis (groin). PROBABLE: C Brad Meester (foot).
DENVER BRONCOS at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS - BRONCOS: QUESTIONABLE: CB Omar Bolden (concussion). PROBABLE: DE Robert Ayers (groin), TE Virgil Green (hamstring), RB Ronnie Hillman (hamstring), G Chris Kuper (ankle), RB Knowshon Moreno (groin), CB Tracy Porter (illness), WR Demaryius Thomas (knee), DE Derek Wolfe (quadriceps). CHIEFS: DOUBTFUL: T Branden Albert (back). QUESTIONABLE: G Jon Asamoah (thumb), G Ryan Lilja (knee). PROBABLE: WR Jon Baldwin (head, neck), WR Dwayne Bowe (neck, back), TE Steve Maneri (ankle), TE Tony Moeaki (shoulder, back).
MINNESOTA VIKINGS at CHICAGO BEARS - VIKINGS: DOUBTFUL: WR Percy Harvin (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: DT Letroy Guion (foot), G Charlie Johnson (toe). PROBABLE: DE Jared Allen (shoulder), WR Stephen Burton (ankle), WR Michael Jenkins (foot), P Chris Kluwe (left knee), RB Adrian Peterson (ankle), CB Antoine Winfield (knee). BEARS: OUT: WR Alshon Jeffery (knee). QUESTIONABLE: QB Jay Cutler (concussion), TE Kellen Davis (ankle). PROBABLE: LB Lance Briggs (thumb), QB Jason Campbell (ribs), G Lance Louis (ankle), WR Brandon Marshall (shoulder), DE Shea McClellin (concussion), DT Stephen Paea (shoulder), DE Julius Peppers (thigh), DT Matt Toeaina (calf).
ATLANTA FALCONS at TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS - FALCONS: OUT: S Charles Mitchell (calf). QUESTIONABLE: WR Kevin Cone (groin), DT Peria Jerry (quadriceps), WR Julio Jones (ankle), CB Asante Samuel (shoulder), DT Vance Walker (ribs), LB Sean Weatherspoon (illness, ankle). PROBABLE: DE John Abraham (back), DT Jonathan Babineaux (neck), K Matt Bryant (back), CB Christopher Owens (thigh), QB Matt Ryan (finger), RB Michael Turner (groin). BUCCANEERS: OUT: S Cody Grimm (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: CB Eric Wright (Achilles). PROBABLE: DE Michael Bennett (shoulder), S Ahmad Black (illness), CB Leonard Johnson (heel), DE Aaron Morgan (shoulder), WR Tiquan Underwood (head), LB Dekoda Watson (hamstring).
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS at MIAMI DOLPHINS - SEAHAWKS: PROBABLE: DE Red Bryant (foot), G James Carpenter (concussion), RB Marshawn Lynch (back), CB Byron Maxwell (hamstring), DT Clinton McDonald (groin), DE Greg Scruggs (oblique), LB K.J. Wright (concussion). DOLPHINS: QUESTIONABLE: LB Austin Spitler (ankle). PROBABLE: LB Karlos Dansby (biceps), TE Anthony Fasano (hip), P Brandon Fields (left knee), C Mike Pouncey (ankle), S Jimmy Wilson (ribs).
BALTIMORE RAVENS at SAN DIEGO CHARGERS - RAVENS: OUT: CB Jimmy Smith (abdomen). DOUBTFUL: CB Chris Johnson (thigh). QUESTIONABLE: DE Pernell McPhee (thigh). PROBABLE: LB Brendon Ayanbadejo (shoulder), NT Terrence Cody (arm), TE Ed Dickson (neck), LB Dannell Ellerbe (toe, finger), S James Ihedigbo (neck), WR Jacoby Jones (ankle), DT Haloti Ngata (shoulder), TE Dennis Pitta (head), S Bernard Pollard (chest), S Ed Reed (shoulder), LB Terrell Suggs (shoulder, ankle), LB Courtney Upshaw (shoulder), G Marshal Yanda (ankle). CHARGERS: OUT: LB Larry English (calf), T Jared Gaither (groin), WR Eddie Royal (hamstring). DOUBTFUL: G Tyronne Green (hamstring), TE Dante Rosario (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: DT Aubrayo Franklin (knee). PROBABLE: S Atari Bigby (shoulder), P Mike Scifres (right ankle), G Louis Vasquez (ankle).
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS at NEW ORLEANS SAINTS - 49ERS: QUESTIONABLE: QB Alex Smith (concussion). PROBABLE: CB Tarell Brown (knee), CB Chris Culliver (shoulder), S Dashon Goldson (ribs, calf), LB Tavares Gooden (shin), RB Frank Gore (ribs, wrist), WR Randy Moss (finger), LB Aldon Smith (shoulder), S C.J. Spillman (finger), DT Will Tukuafu (wrist), LB Patrick Willis (shoulder). SAINTS: OUT: T Charles Brown (knee), DE Junior Galette (ankle), CB Elbert Mack (concussion), CB Corey White (knee). QUESTIONABLE: T Zach Strief (groin). PROBABLE: LB Ramon Humber (illness), RB Darren Sproles (hand).
ST. LOUIS RAMS at ARIZONA CARDINALS - RAMS: OUT: LB Mario Haggan (elbow). DOUBTFUL: WR Danny Amendola (foot). QUESTIONABLE: TE Lance Kendricks (knee), S Rodney McLeod (calf). PROBABLE: RB Steven Jackson (foot). CARDINALS: QUESTIONABLE: DE Calais Campbell (calf), WR Early Doucet (ribs), QB Kevin Kolb (ribs), RB LaRod Stephens-Howling (ribs). PROBABLE: S Justin Bethel (shoulder), G Daryn Colledge (foot), CB Jamell Fleming (back), CB William Gay (groin), TE Todd Heap (knee), TE Jeff King (knee), TE Mike Leach (back), RB William Powell (shoulder), S Kerry Rhodes (back), RB Alfonso Smith (illness), CB Greg Toler (hamstring), RB Beanie Wells (toe).
GREEN BAY PACKERS at NEW YORK GIANTS - PACKERS: OUT: LB Terrell Manning (shoulder), LB Clay Matthews (hamstring), LB Erik Walden (ankle), S Charles Woodson (collarbone). QUESTIONABLE: WR Greg Jennings (groin, abdomen), TE Andrew Quarless (knee). PROBABLE: WR Donald Driver (thumb), RB John Kuhn (hamstring), DT B.J. Raji (ankle), CB Sam Shields (ankle), LB Vic So'oto (illness). GIANTS: OUT: WR Domenik Hixon (ankle), LB Jacquian Williams (knee). QUESTIONABLE: S Kenny Phillips (knee), LB Keith Rivers (calf, knee). PROBABLE: C David Baas (ankle, elbow), RB Ahmad Bradshaw (foot), DT Linval Joseph (knee), S Tyler Sash (ankle), G Chris Snee (ankle).
CAROLINA PANTHERS at PHILADELPHIA EAGLES - PANTHERS: DNP: DE Antwan Applewhite (hamstring), DE Greg Hardy (illness), LB Jordan Senn (ankle). FULL: LB Thomas Davis (not injury related), DT Dwan Edwards (not injury related), DT Ron Edwards (not injury related), T Jordan Gross (not injury related), C Geoff Hangartner (knee), S Colin Jones (head), WR Steve Smith (finger). EAGLES: OUT: RB Chris Polk (toe). DNP: WR Jason Avant (hamstring), RB LeSean McCoy (concussion), QB Michael Vick (concussion). FULL: WR Riley Cooper (knee), WR Mardy Gilyard (hamstring), DT Cullen Jenkins (foot, ankle), G Danny Watkins (ankle).


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Truth and Power
A provocative new series spotlights injustice, resistance, and reconciliation in Canada's fractious history with its First Nations
"So much history can be lost if no one tells the story — so that's what I do. I tell the stories. This is my way of fighting for social change." —Alanis Obomsawin
Like all the arts, filmmaking is a social act, which means that — emerging as it does from the particular historical context of its time, and persisting beyond that time in ways that cannot always be predicted or controlled — it can't help but be political. Whether implicit or overt, unexamined or fully cognizant, the political convictions, beliefs or assumptions of a film's makers are embedded in its sounds and images. And for those artists whose art is bound up with their political consciousness, the utility and value of film as a political tool remains constant.
Cinematheques have a history of engaging in the cultural politics of their time and place, as destinations for discussion and debate and as centres for learning and truth. (Let's not forget that the French government's attempted removal of head curator Henri Langlois from the Cinémathèque française in 1968 led to riots in the streets — a precursor to the enormous student and worker uprising in May of that year.) In an age when "content" is available virtually everywhere, cultural spaces such as cinemas provide much-needed venues for meetings of minds and art — places of consideration and engagement away from 140-character limits, emojis, and the often hyperbolic positions of media discourse.
In that spirit, our year-long programme Aabiziingwashi — named after an Ojibwe word meaning "wide awake" or "unable to sleep" — aims to marry the political potential of cinema with the conversations it can create. Pairing film screenings with accompanying talks by subject-matter experts, this series will be a forum for ideas, discussion and debate, with the goal of building empathy and empowering social change. For Canada's sesquicentennial year 2017, Aabiziingwashi will be devoted to perhaps the most pressing issue facing this nation: the process of official governmental reconciliation with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, as embodied in the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the ongoing work of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Presented in collaboration with the National Film Board, this year's programme will present films curated entirely from the NFB's collection, showcasing the Board's long history with Indigenous artists and communities.
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College application season is not a time for grieving, though your admissions anxiety is a clue that this time may come soon enough. Nevertheless, the emotional rollercoaster you're forced to ride right now can look a lot like The Five Stages of Grief: Stress Edition.
Do you really need to go to college? I mean, sure, you've pushed yourself to be your very best your whole life, but maybe that was never the right call. Maybe your true calling is to abandon this whole college quest and live a quiet life in the mountains.
Well, probably not. But it's tempting to entertain those escapist fantasies sometimes. Sometimes the college application process can just be too much to wrap your head around. There are so many choices to be made.
First, you have to choose the schools you're applying to. Then, you have to choose the strengths you'll showcase in your application and how you'll put them on display. You have to pick a teacher or two to write recommendation letters. You have to decide among fifteen different ways to tackle the essay for each school. And finally, you'll have to choose each and every word you put into that essay!
And so you might ask yourself, "Is all this really necessary?" "Why am I putting myself through so much stress?" "Will it be worth it?"
When the stress and uncertainty and pressure get to be too much, it can be a lot easier just to pretend the whole thing isn't happening. You probably won't actually convince yourself you don't plan to go to college, but you might pretend for a while.
Or you might tell yourself a different, more dangerous lie. You might tell yourself it's not that big of a deal. And on one level—the de-stressing, chilling-out level—you're right. Life will go on no matter what happens on the other side of admissions.
But one thing you shouldn't deny is how much your future matters to you. You shouldn't have to pretend you don't care about something just to get by. Yes, you'll survive either way, but you have a right to place value on a school you really want to get into. You have a right to work hard explicitly for an outcome you really want.
Don't shortchange yourself by denying what a college acceptance means to you. It might be hard to bear the truth, but your commitments and your courage will benefit from it.
If you're going through the college admissions process, chances are you're going to get angry. Why? Because it's difficult, it's nerve-wracking, and a lot of the time, it seems a little unfair.
You'll get angry at essay prompts for daring you to be different but not telling you how different is too different. You'll get angry at having to highlight all your strengths and accolades without seeming pompous. You'll get angry because you have no idea if all this energy and anger is even going to amount to anything.
Anger isn't fun. It makes you feel trapped, and makes it hard to think clearly. You might not even realize you're angry. You might be sitting in front of your computer, seemingly unruffled, and out of the blue you'll realize how discontented you are with the half-finished essay in front of you or with the English teacher who's taking six weeks to write your recommendation letter.
Don't feel bad if you get angry. More importantly, don't let your anger make you feel worse. That will just set a vicious cycle in motion that will be almost impossible to break.
If you can't get over your anger right away, try to channel it into something positive. You're a different person when you're angry, but that person isn't all bad. Maybe you have some qualities on display when you're angry that would normally take a backseat, like realizing you deeply value timely communication.
Because another important function of anger is to show us what we value. If you're angry at the college admissions process, maybe it's because you value security and are upset to see it being threatened; maybe you value your personality but are frustrated at not being able to express it as favorably as you'd like.
If you're discouraged with yourself or the situation and don't see any way forward, don't fault yourself for taking a break. A lot of the time anger is just there to (aggressively) show us what we need. Listen to it by giving yourself what you need and taking care of yourself in stressful times.
With all the contingencies at play during this time in your life, bargaining is an inevitable part of the equation. "If I submit this paper ahead of the deadline for once, I'll gain an Integrity Point that will shine through in my application and help me get into Harvard!"
No one said your deals had to make sense. When you're scared and desperate during admissions season, you'll come up with any reason to feel better about the unknowable fate that awaits you and the difficult struggle that takes you there.
Most of the bargaining happens in your own head, since you can't exactly go to an admissions committee meeting and make your case to them directly. And this is an important point to note: that part of the process is almost completely opaque to you.
The only thing you can really be sure of is the effort you put into your own work. You can speculate at the sentiments and standpoints of the admissions committees, but at the end of the day, you have no idea what they'll think about anything you have to say or any bullet point on your resume. Which is exactly what makes this ordeal so scary, right?
But part of the reason it's scary is because it can be empowering. You get to own your self-portrayal and the impression you make on the group of strangers who will "decide your fate" (although, really, you'll be the one doing that).
A college acceptance is a fickle, elusive creature for many of us. Sometimes stellar applications slip through the cracks for no apparent reason, while objectively weaker applications seem to perform better. It all just proves that what goes on after you submit is as good as magic.
There are no bargains to be made with anyone except yourself. Make a deal with yourself that you'll do your best, and that if you do, you'll hold your head high no matter what.
You can get a little down as application season wears on. It can be difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel, or to believe there's even a light there at all; the tunnel might end, but what if what's on the other side isn't what you wanted after working so hard?
But there's no sense in getting pre-discouraged by the possibility of a rejection. If it comes, you should deal with it then, but until then, there's nothing you can do about it. Being sad that all your work might not be "good enough" isn't going to do anything.
That's not all that helpful, though, is it? Because when you're feeling down over college admissions stress, there's not much rational about those emotions. It's not something you can talk (or bargain, or deny) your way out of. And the knowledge that it won't last forever is almost more daunting than it is comforting—because after this, what's next? What if that's more depressing?
Well, there's more certainty after it's all over. Then you'll have something concrete to feel good or bad about. Everything you're worried about now is basically just an abstraction, or simply put, a lie. Once point of real truth and certainty is reached, more options than you'd ever previously imagined will solidify in front of you.
But you're totally right to be stymied by the fact that those options aren't apparent right now. You can only see over the hill once you've come to the top of it. And climbing a hill is hard work, hard work that makes you feel bad sometimes. Don't worry. It's part of the process, and no matter what the admissions results are, you'll see a million more possibilities when they come.
Acceptance won't come right away. It might not even come until you've reached the top of the hill and seen all the opportunities that you couldn't see before. They'll be much easier to accept than the struggle that brought you to them. But you can take steps to accept the struggle, as well.
Take time to be mindful of which stage of stress you're in at any given moment. What is it telling you about yourself? What can you learn about how to tackle challenges, accept yourself, or see the big picture?
This won't be the last time you'll have to put yourself out there, with your future on the line, and allow circumstances and others' decisions to share the weight with you of deciding what happens next. This probably feels like the most important decision of your life thus far—and some would argue it is—but no matter what happens, you will get more opportunities to succeed and reach for your dreams.
And if you want those opportunities to run a less stressful course, learning to accept them as they come is a good place to start.
Sarah Chandler
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