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Human beings and Dogs have been living together for more than 15000 years. This time period shows that we know each other very well but still there are some things which very little people know. Given below are such 5 things you probably didn't know about your dog.
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Dogs too feel envy
Dogs know when they're not getting a fair shake. A 2008 study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that when dogs saw other dogs getting treats for a trick they'd been performing unrewarded, the unrewarded dogs became agitated, scratching themselves and avoiding the gaze of the rewarded dogs. They also stopped doing the trick much faster than if they were alone and not getting a reward.
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Our first of many community outreach programs!
With the number of homeless people increasing by 15% over the past year, homelessness in the UK is reaching a crisis point.
Here is our brief guide to the rising homelessness figures Homeless Britain.
Our Background
Living and growing up in South London, I have always been aware of the affect poverty and hard times can have on each and everyone of us. The struggle is definitely real! I believe that's something we can all relate to on one level or another. Over the past 5 years, on my daily commute to and from work, it hasn't taken much to notice the ever increasing homeless population; which leaves me with one obvious question, WHY?
After looking into the issue and connecting with people that genuinely care about helping and finding a solution, I became aware of the great work that the Brixton Soup Kitchen are doing. I met some outstanding people dedicating their life towards the cause and evidently, this organisation has become a vital pillar of the Brixton community, providing help and support, outreach and an essential safe haven for not just local residents, but anyone from anywhere in London, who finds themselves in need!
At Plus Heat, it's important to us that we help raise awareness for this great cause and give something back to the community. We decided to produced a short film outlining the work BSK are doing, the support they receive and why it is vital to support this movement.
Our Community Outreach
Our business is focused on providing stability to our customers by keeping their properties functioning all year round. We may provide emergency heating cover for homeowners, but we also wanted to provide some warmth for the homeless too! We took time out of the business to reach out to the community in Brixton, speaking to individuals who have ended up homeless and provided them with sleeping bags and the ability to join a support network like the BSK.
Working on this project has allowed us to engage and relate with these 'everyday people'. Once you can relate, you understand that it's simply a bad decisions or a turn of unfortunate events that can lead anyone down this path. This is something that is no stranger to any of us, and in this time of economic turmoil, 1 in 3 families are a months pay away from homelessness. The need for support has never been so important, so our provision of sleeping equipment was just the start!
We visited the Brixton Soup Kitchen to see first hand the effect Solomon and his volunteers are having. While the kitchen has undeniably become a vital lifeline for the Brixton community, the scope of support the kitchen can provide is limited due to the lack of funding. With no clear consistent funding, Solomon cannot push his dream further. Our main goal of our first Community Outreach Project was to raise awareness for this great cause and hopefully incentivise others to act. The scope for help is limitless. If everyone, including us, plays their part, Solomon's dream can become reality!
The Need For Support
- So far the kitchen is simply run on a donation basis. With no exact backing or regular support, the Kitchen can never reach the goals they want to achieve
- In the video you can see Franco Manca providing free fresh pizza which happens on a voluntary basis every Monday. This is the one of the few regular donations they receive. It may seem small but believe me, its essential for BSK. The appreciation and laughter that takes place around the table whilst enjoying those pizzas is heartwarming. If others like Franco Manca provided the same support, the outreach would be phenomenal!
- The need to increase soup kitchens to every major area in the UK. Homelessness is now such a vast problem, the need for this projects expansion has never been in such high demand!
- The dramatic cuts to funding seen by councils has seen homelessness rising massively. Since 2010 some councils have seen a reduction of 50% in funds. More than 60% of councils have said the lack of funding is preventing them from taking action. If the government will not act, then WE as a community have to act TOGETHER to change the UK for the better!
- The recent council proposals and measures implemented to solve homelessness, simply show how out of touch the government are! Recently in Bournemouth, the council erected 'anti homeless' bench bars, to prevent rough sleeping. It was the community who made noise and along with celebrity, Professor Green who took it into his own hands, literally, by bending the bars; this act eventually blew up on social media. Bournemouth council had no other option but to remove these bars. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bournemouth-anti-homeless-bench-bars-removed-professor-green-a8196526.html. This shows the power the wider community can have! Moreover, it shows how more and more people are starting to relate to the homeless and are trying to help!

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Trust Him
Friend, lets reach out and take the Lord's hand. Feel the healing power flow through you! Feel the love and receive the peace that He cannot keep for Himself. It is yours because you touched Him.
In faith you reached out to hold His hand and it is by Faith that you receive His Peace and Love.
All around you His robe flows and envelops you as you walk along the road of life with Him. He has so much to show you and so much work to do in you to remove all the gunk that has built up as a seal to keep you from receiving His Love.
He is not to blame for the gunk. Evil came in early to begin building it up.
Evil started many generations ago, but today is your day to say, "Enough is enough! I choose the Lord Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. I will follow Him all the days of my life because He is Goodness, Light, and Love and this is what I want for me and my household and my future, forevermore." Amen.
Friend, He is Trustworthy. Just trust Him. Know that in every circumstance, He is there. He is always on your side and will bring things about according to the perfect Law and Will of God for you.
Always trust, even in the bad times. Especially in the bad times.
Your faith in Him will see you through any circumstance. Know it!


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Simply put, I love the idea behind this board game! Wildcraft is a Candyland (remember that?) style board game for ages 4 to adult which teaches kids how to identify wild herbs and about their medicinal and culinary uses. Sure wish this game had been around when I was a kid! En route to Grandma's favorite huckleberry patch, players encounter wild herbs which are stored for use as remedies for various "troubles" such as hunger and injuries. Here are a few of the beautifully illustrated cards:
If you have young children and are trying to encourage them to look more closely at the world around them, this is a great way to get them thinking about plants without it coming off like a school lesson. Heck, even if your "kids" are 40, there's plenty of opportunity for fun to be had. Additionally, the game emphasizes teamwork and comes with all sorts of excellent bonuses like an organic cookbook and wall chart of wild herbs and their medicinal uses. If all board games were this practically educational, kids would probably be better prepared for life by the time they hit our mainstream schooling system, where, to be honest, all bets are off as to whether they actually receive the knowledge to which they are entitled. Given that the game is completely made in the USA of recycled cardboard and vegetable inks, it makes a perfect gift for parents of youngsters that you know!
We all love to play, and cloaking excellent knowledge in a game makes it so much easier to digest. Know of any other great environmental education games for children or adults? Please share!


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on WWII German soldiers, various units, matters of importance to familiy
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addresses as well addresses for individual unit organizations and
veterans groups.
Whomever you contact, the process will not likely be a quick one, and waits of a number of months are often common. Certain contacts also require proof of family relation when seeking information on a specific person, as kinship or family relation is a requirement for some organizations.
It is best to attempt to write the contact first and gauge if they are able to process your request for help before jumping head-long into a detailed query. Written request can be made in English if needed, although keep in mind, your sending mail to another country, and people across the planet don't always speak your first language. Depending on the contact, replies will often not be in English.
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Dr. Strange Beard (Winston Brothes #5) - Penny Reid
My Review - 4 Stars
How do I love the Winston brothers? Let me count the ways. This series is one of my favorites and one of the great delights is seeing how each story builds on itself. With Roscoe's book now out, we are one step closer to Billy's story, which will be glorious and bittersweet as that will be the last book.
There could be a temptation to view Roscoe's book as "the one we need to get through in order to get to Billy" but I'd caution you against that. Roscoe's story is just as worthy as being told and he deserves his due.
At the same time, there are a few things you should know going in. First, there's a time jump. A few years have passed since the end of Beard In Mind (Amazon | Barnes & Noble | The Ripped Bodice.) Second, while these books are written as standalones, you'll get so much more out of them if you start from the beginning with Truth Or Beard (Amazon | Barnes & Noble | The Ripped Bodice.) This story sets up a lot of things for Billy's book (I'm crying already) and you may feel lost if this is your introduction.
Roscoe and Simone used to be best friends until Roscoe cut Simone out of his life in high school. Simone has never understood why and she's understandably wary when her path crosses with Roscoe's years later. Their tentative reunion is also complicated by the fact that Simone is undercover, working to bring down the Wraiths motorcycle club.
Roscoe has eidetic memory, meaning he can remember everything from his past, from people to situations, as if they just happened. How his memory worked was fascinating and heartbreaking. I cannot even imagine what that's like. Some of Roscoe's recollections could be repetitive, which likely was to illustrate the nature of his memory but could have been used just once to illustrate.
While we do eventually learn what happened between them in school, I still don't entirely understand his actions, other that it being dumb 16 year old logic. If they had talked when it happened, then he could figure out if he needed space from her but he didn't even give her a chance, which shouldn't be how you treat someone you love. To not even ask if she remembered the conversation was cruel of him and not what I expected from one of my beloved Winston brothers.
Simone was so conflicted about her undercover role and where she fit in Roscoe's life. When Roscoe walked away from her, she lost her connection to the whole Winston family and it was really moving to see her get to know all of them again. She's not the greatest undercover agent, which makes sense that she's pinch-hitting because of her Winston and Wraith connections, but may require some suspension of disbelief.
It's evident Penny used sensitivity readers in writing Simone, who is African American. As a white woman, I'll be paying attention to what black reviewers say about the representation. A white woman writing a person of color is never going to be as good as an #ownvoices book so there were definite touches missing but Penny's effort to get Simone right really showed.
That said, I do wish the racism Simone experienced had been less heavyhanded. Most white people think of guys like the overtly racist cop when they think of racists. And yes those people definitely exist! But often racism is more subtle than that and that's what we white people need to see so we can examine our own privilege and figure out what we need to do to be anti-racist.
I really enjoyed Simone and Roscoe getting to know one another again. Despite Simone not believing in the possibility of falling in love, we all know it's inevitable and it was lovely watching it happen. At the same time, I wanted more from Simone's sudden epiphany about loving Roscoe and for Roscoe to have really explained why he ghosted Simone. They never really talked about important things in their history or their present. Even by the end, they still hadn't discussed how to make their relationship work or where they'd live. Pretty important things.
While I've listed a few of the things that didn't work for me, it's important to know that I really, really enjoyed this book. While it's not my favorite of the series, any Penny Reid novel is a good novel in my book. (Pun intended.) Simone and Roscoe are so great for each other and I'm looking forward to whatever happens next for them.
Hunches, horse races, and heartbreak
Ten years after Simone Payton broke his heart, all Roscoe Winston wants is a doughnut. He'd also like to forget her entirely, but that's never going to happen. Roscoe remembers everything—every look, every word, every single unrequited second—and the last thing he needs is another memory of Simone.
Unfortunately, after one chance encounter, Simone keeps popping up everywhere he happens to be . . .
Ten years after Roscoe Winston dropped out of her life, all Simone Payton wants is to exploit him. She'd also like some answers from her former best friend about why he ghosted her, but if she never gets those answers, that's a-okay. Simone let go of the past a long time ago. Seriously, she has. She totally, totally has. She is definitely not still thinking about Roscoe. Nope. She's more than happy to forget he exists.
But first, she needs just one teeny-tiny favor . . .
Dr. Strange Beard is a full-length romantic comedy novel, can be read as a stand-alone, and is the fifth book in the USA TODAY bestselling Winston Brothers series.
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Every once in a while, one of these guys really does capture me. And Jin did it. So, before he moves away, I wanted to post his pictures here on my blog and show him off a little.
I tried to photo him for over two hours here in the teddy bear room, with the lights this way and that. But nothing was working the way I would have liked it.
Finally I just flat took him outside and placed him in various flower beds. He seemed to like that quite well, as his pictures turned out just fine.
Hope all of you are enjoying springtime. We are still waiting for the warm weather to arrive. Hopefully soon!
Take care and thanks for the visit. Hugs from Vicki and the Bears.


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This Rolex Submariner 114060 has a mechanical automatic self-winding Rolex caliber 3130 movement. It's rhodium-plated, with a shock absorber mechanism, and it's constructed with 31 jewels, a straight-line lever escapement, and a monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions. It includes a paramagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring (with greater resistance to shock and temperature variations), and a self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. It has Microstella regulating screws, and a hacking seconds mechanism for precision time setting.
This Rolex Submariner 114060 is the latest generation of the Rolex diving watch model originally launched in 1953.


text: I realised that I completely forgot to mention the Travelling Menagerie exhibition by Girls Who Draw which is on at the Here & Now Gallery in Falmouth until the end of the month. Artists showing their work are: Gemma Correll, Kate Hindley, Sarah Ray, Ruth Green, Yee Ting Kuit, Jane Anderson, Karoline Rerrie, Michelle Turton, Mary Kilvert, Helen Entwisle and me. You can follow Girls Who Draw on Twitter here.


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Bourbon Barrel RIS (Stoneface Brewing Company)
Style: Bourbon Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout 9.5% ABV From: Newington, NH Brewery's Note: Brewery's Note: "Aged in American oak barrels from Heaven Hill, this Russian Imperial Stout (RIS) clocks in at 9.5% ABV. Perfect for long, cold nights. This is the type of beer you can enjoy now or set aside and age for years." The beer pours chocolatey and thick, though not quite … Continue reading Bourbon Barrel RIS (Stoneface Brewing Company)


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We have moved to a house of our own and finally our lives are routine enough to get back on track with baking and experimenting with gluten-free and vegan goodies again.
Levi baked a loaf of bread in the bread machine, and for some reason it flopped. So, I decided I'd bake it the traditional way and it flopped too. So disappointing. I think I know what the problem is now too so hopefully the next batch won't be such a disappointment.
Since I was in the baking mood I decided to experiment with a new muffin concoction based on an existing pumpkin loaf recipe.
I had two oranges I wanted to use up and decided that I'd make an orange-scented muffin. Pumpkin and orange seemed to be a great combo. I originally added some dried Montmorency cherries in with the chocolate chips and I know now that I'd omit those next time. It kind of prevented the orange flavor from coming through cleanly enough.
Spiced Pumpkin-Orange Muffins
Wet ingredients:
- 1 cup pureed pumpkin
- 1/2 cup grapeseed oil
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- egg replacer to make 2 eggs, made with warm water
- zest and juice from 2 large oranges (enough juice to = 1/2 cup)
Dry ingredients:
- 1 cup brown rice flour
- 1/2 cup tapioca starch
- 1 tsp xanthan gum
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 cup dairy-free chocolate chips (optional)
Preheat oven to 350F.
Mix all wet ingredients together in a large bowl. Combine dry ingredients in another bowl. Add in 1/2 cup of preferred mix-ins like dried fruit, nuts, or chocolate chips. Add dry to wet ingredients and mix well.
Portion into 12 paper-lined muffin tins.
Bake 30-35 min, until a pick comes out clean.


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by Jodee Brown
Acclaimed Dancehall artist, Macka Diamond is out on the defensive after a picture leaked online from an upcoming video showing her hanging from a cross, mirroring the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
The picture, taken from the shoot of her upcoming video for her single, Wicked Heart, triggered social media furor this past week, with some insisting she committed blasphemy by doing the act and crossed the line of artistic expression.
In a radio interview Friday, the Dye Dye singer denied this was the case, saying the picture and meaning behind it were taken out of context.
"To be frank, I was never looking at it that way. It's since I'm seeing the comments (that) I really started to think about it," she told IRIE FM. "According to Jamaican terms, we she, 'Chu, people a crucify mi..dem nah get mi down.' I wasn't even thinking aobut this Jesus ting or nail mi hand…like I dying for nobody sins. It is not as deep as everybody is thinking."
Macka said the scene was only done as a way to represent the recent criticisms fired her way, particularly since her controversial lyrical clash with long-time rival,Lady Saw at STING last December. Wicked Hearthas been branded by many in the music industry as a diss track aimed at Saw.
This is not the first time an artist has done a crucifixion in his or her videos or songs. hip hop superstar,Nas pulled off a similar tactic in 1999, hanging from a cross in the visuals for his smash hit, Hate Me Now, which featured P Diddy.
Seven years later, pop legend, Madonna pulled off a mock crucifixion during a stage show performance in Germany, sparking outrage from church groups and music lovers alike.
The official video for Wicked Heart will be released in the coming weeks.


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Chris Brown -- Jetting to Haiti w/ Andre Berto ... We're Here to Help!
Chris Brown Jetting to Haiti w/ Andre Berto ... We're Here to Help!
Chris Brown just jumped on a private jet destined for Haiti ... but it's no vacation -- we're told he's putting on a free concert to help out the locals ... and it's all thanks to boxer Andre Berto.
Berto and Brown have been friends for a while and Andre -- a Haitian American -- is passionate about the current crisis between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
FYI -- The D.R. is currently cracking down on Haitian migrant workers living in the Dominican, deporting them by the thousands ... and the Haitian Prime Minister called it a "humanitarian crisis" because many of those people don't know where they're going to live, work, etc.
So Berto asked Brown if he would fly to Haiti to put on a concert to lift the people's spirits -- and Brown obliged.
We're told the crew is on the jet right now.
Stay tuned ...
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No more flat batteries – Connect the clips to your battery and plug into the mains and your car, bike, boat, mower or camper van will always be ready to start.
The Pulse Master will maintain the charge any 12 volt lead-acid or Gel battery, sealed or not. It can be used with the clips permanently connected to your battery terminals, (perfect if your battery is hard to reach), or you can use it with the battery removed.
The Pulse Master lead can be discretely placed for convenience, simply plug in to the mains supply, knowing that your battery will be kept in good condition until next time you need it.
Unused batteries can lose up to 50% of their charge within 2 weeks; if they are allowed to totally discharge they may never charge again. The Pulse Master allows the battery to rest for a period then gives a pulse to make a full charge.
The pulse cleans the plates leaving the battery with full starting capacity. Can be left on the battery indefinitely.
Full short circuit protection and minimal running costs ensure great value.
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My last night.
My last night of greeting people with "Buona sera" and a kiss on each cheek.
My last night of spending time with friends sitting in a piazza as opposed to in front of a TV.
My last night of freedom from the constant interruption of e-mails and notifications.
My last night in a land where delicious red wines cost 3 Euro and are expected to be consumed with dinner.
My last night of feeling like the most gorgeous girl that the men charming me in the street have ever seen.
My last night that all this knowledge I've accumulated about this incredible city and beautiful culture will actually be of use.
My last night of casually walking by amazing Renaissance palaces and churches on my way home.
…My way home.
They say "home is where the heart is," but too many pieces of my heart will be left here in Florence–in the awe felt besides the Duomo, in the eerie silence of San Miniato al Monte, in the exhilarating tranquility of the Arno River's soundtrack, in the local musicians who summoned gatherings of strangers in piazzas, in the restaurant owners who treated their staff like family, in the bartender who reminded me that I'm in charge of my own life, in my Italian friends who I somehow learned to understand despite the language barrier, in a special someone who taught me that movie-style romance can be real.
Hell, I might even miss those damn flower guys.
Tonight is my last night, la mia ultima notte, and I'm not ready to accept it. While I know the concept of Florence as my home cannot last, I hope the millions of amazing memories tucked away in so many places and people of this city will last forever. And I hope that everything I've learned here will not just be a memory now, but will remain a part of who I am and the way I live my life forever.


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I've put off writing this for several weeks now and I'm finally getting around to posting it today. So here it goes. . .
All joking aside, what exactly is procrastination and more importantly, before we can begin to conquer it, we must understand why we procrastinate in the first place.
Procrastination is simply to put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness. To put off till another day or time, to defer or delay an action. Often times, it causes us to miss an opportunity that is in our best interest.
So why do we procrastinate, when we know it's in our best interest not to?
The answer to this question is complex; however I will note several reasons.
Fear – Fear of doing the task or project at hand. When one is moved outside their comfort zone, it often times freezes them to immobility. When fear causes us to put something off, we will often justify it by doing other tasks such as making return phone calls, answering email, or any other mundane task that will keep us from doing what needs and should be done.
Perfectionism – Sometimes our standards are so high, the thought of falling short is reason enough to delay a project or task. If the task doesn't get done, it won't be imperfect!
Crisis Motivated – How many times have you said to yourself, "I perform better in the heat of the moment or in a crisis?" For me, I can trace this back to writing a book report in grade school, waiting till the last minute, writing all night and getting an A on the project!
Paralysis through Analysis - The "whole" of the project is so overwhelming that taking the first step is like building a pyramid with a teaspoon.
Anger - If one resents doing the task or project in the first place, it will likely not get done or if it is completed, gets done with inferior results.
Pleasure Seeker - All pleasure and no pain is the mantra of this person. Only tasks that result in immediate gratification prompt this person to put off lesser or more complex tasks. Usually the burden then falls on others within their team or it doesn't get done at all.
Now, here are some tips to overcome procrastination.
Reward Yourself – The bigger the project or task, the greater the reward. This could be anything from a double tall latte to a new Porsche. (Needless to say, the Porsche is a pretty big project or task!)
Procrastination Partners – Find someone else who also procrastinates. Because their reasons for putting things off is often times different than yours, teaming up could be the little extra push you both need.
Breaking into Pieces – This is often the "best" way to begin a large task or project. Simply break it into smaller more manageable pieces. Before you know it, you've chipped away at the mountain in front of you.
Visualize the End – If you focus on a successful outcome, it will make beginning the project that much easier. How will you feel? What accolades will you receive? How will others respond to the successful conclusion? How good will you feel when it's done? Go ahead, close your eyes and make it real. . .
Public Declaration – With all eyes watching, you better perform! Once, I declared to all of my friends and family that I "would" complete a 26 mile marathon. So in order to be successful, I HAD to spend the months necessary to condition myself. (Yes, I did it)
Set a Start and Completion Date – Most of us are familiar with Parkinson's Law, which states that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion."
Self Talk – Replace I got to...," "I should...," or "I have to..." with "I choose to" "I want to" and "I will"
Trim the F.A.T. – Eliminate time wasters with these tree choices. File, Act or Toss. Putting it off is not an option.
Understand the 80 / 20 Rule - The Pareto principle (also known as the 80-20 rule) states that, for many events, 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. In other words, 20% of your actions account for 80% of your positive results.
Set an Appointment with Yourself – Set a daily or weekly appointment with yourself to plan important activates and tasks so you insure their completion.
Take 10 – Take 10 minutes at the end of each day to review your schedule for the next day. Gather any items you may need, so that you will be prepared in advance.
Sweat it Out for Fifteen Minutes – If you find yourself continually putting something off, commit to "jumping in" for at least 15 minutes. More often than not, the hardest part of any task or project is the very beginning. So use this technique to get started, with the option of stopping at 15 minutes if you're not motivated to continue.
Lower the Bar – I'm not suggesting you do inferior work; however I do suggest you can go back later to perfect that which you have created or completed. Many professional writers do their first draft in a flurry, thus getting the ball rolling. Then they go back later, doing many re-writes to perfect their work. If they tried to do it perfect the first time out, they would likely never get started.
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What do others have to say about procrastination? Here are some quotes.
You may delay, but time will not.
Benjamin Franklin
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
Napoleon Hill
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
Wayne Gretzky
I love deadlines. Especially the whooshing sound they make as they pass by.
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6 lemons
150g sugar
1.4 litres boiling water
First scrub the lemons in warm water, grate the zest of 3 of the lemons.
Put the zest in a large bowl and add the squeezed juice of all the lemons (don't bother to strain the juice at this stage) and the sugar.
Pour in 1.4 litres of boiling water, stir well, cover and leave overnight in a cool place.
Next day stir again and taste to check the sweetness, adding a little more sugar if it needs it.
Now strain through a fairly coarse sieve, as it's nice if some of the lemon remains. Pour it into bottles, and chill thoroughly.
Serve the lemonade either straight or diluted with water and lots of ice.


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Why do you think the clouds cried last night?
Why did the firefly cringe back in fright?
Why did all of it go dark at once?
Why did the raindrops refuse to dance?
Was it only me last night?
Or, were you there, too?
Did only I wish to curl up and die?
Or, did you too wish it ends soon?
It's a new day now,
Bright sunbeams have erased the clouds.
But, it's just an illusion-the sky so clear,
The clouds will cry again, their silent tears.


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The Suffocating Grip of Fear
Life is full of new and exciting experiences that we often deprive ourselves of enjoying. You might ask, "Why would anyone do that?" I have found that the thing that often prevents me from exploring new ideas or enjoying new experiences in life is fear. That little four little word, "fear," seems to play havoc with our lives in so many ways. It is an evil corroding thread that somehow gets woven into the fabric of our existence at different stages of our lives. If we allow it, it has the potential to put a suffocating grip on us, and cause us to end up in unfortunate circumstances which we do not want any part of. Fear is as a thief in the night. It robs us of true joy and happiness in life and prevents us from achieving our true potential.
Perhaps there is a better way. Perhaps there is a way to overcome fear in our lives. We need to have our lives built on a more firm and trustworthy foundation. That foundation is Jesus Christ. We need to learn to trust and rely on Him for EVERYTHING. The scriptures clearly teach us, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7). If we are to overcome our fears and move forward with our lives, we must learn to "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths" (Proverbs 3:5,6). "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:10).
If we are willing to align our lives with the will of God, and in humble obedience willingly do those things which He would have us to do, relying on and trusting Him completely, He will wash away our fears. And we will find that calamity in our lives will be replaced by serenity.
An acronym for the word "fear" is False Evidence Appearing Real. But we need not fear because the Savior Himself has promised, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid" (John 14:27).
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A Danish psychologist warns that 1,400 years of inbreeding, marrying first cousins, may be wreaking havoc on Muslim intelligence, health and sanity…
A large part of inbred Muslims are born from parents who are themselves inbred, which increase the risks of negative mental and physical consequences greatly, says Nicolai Sennels, author of the book Among Criminal Muslims and articles on the psychology of Islam and Muslims, in a Dec. 26 article in 10News.dk.
Combining his own research and several studies, Sennels says the genetic damage of such intermarriage, which is part of Islamic religion and culture since their prophet, Mohammad, allowed it, is causing lower intelligence (IQs), increased physical defects and greater incident of mental illness.
Almost half of Muslims worldwide are estimated to be inbred, with 70 percent of marriages in Pakistan, 67 percent in Saudi Arabia and 80 percent in Nubia in southern Egypt in consanguineous (blood-related) marriages to first cousins, to name just a few of the countries, he cites.
Several studies show that children of consanguineous marriages have lower intelligence than children of non-related parents, Sennels says. Research shows that the IQ is 10-16 points lower in children born from related parents and that abilities related to social behavior develops slower in inbred babies And children born of cousins are twice as likely as the general population to have mental or physical disabilities, which drain municipal funds, he says.
It probably also explains, at least partly, why two-thirds of all immigrant school children with Arabic backgrounds are illiterate after 10 years in the Danish school system, Sennels says.
Special education costs for slow learners consume a third of the budget of Danish schools, and Muslim immigrants and their children have a very high rate of unemployment because of limited skills, he says.
Sennels draws broader conclusions. The limited ability to understand, appreciate and produce knowledge following a limited IQ is probably also partly the reason why Muslim countries produce 1/10 of the World average when it comes to scientific research, he says.
The lack of interest in science and human development in the Muslim World is also clear in the UN Arab Human Development Reports (AHDR). AHDR concludes that there have been fewer books translated into Arabic in the last thousand years than the amount of books translated within the country of Spain every year.
Although consanguinity is lower among Muslims in non-Muslim countries, BBC research recently aired showed 55 percent of Pakistanis in the United Kingdom are inbred, he says, adding that the Times of India reports British Pakistani children are 13 times more likely than the general population to have genetic recessive disorders.
In the article, which is filled with supporting research citations and was originally published in Europe News, Sennels says perinatal deaths, some of which are due to genetic disorders, and mental illnesses, such as depression, schizophrenia and insanity, are higher among consanguineous Muslim immigrants than the general populations.
A legislative ban on first cousin marriages is a logical and compassionate imperative for both the Muslim world, for EU and our Western national governments, he concludes.


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I hope you all had a great weekend and are ready for a wonderful week ahead! I'm officially 37 weeks along in my pregnancy and some of the most common symptoms that I had managed to avoid for much of my pregnancy are beginning to creep up on me, one of which is swollen feet! You guys, I don't think I'll be following in my mother's footsteps (literally) in wearing heels all the way through to delivery; I give it to her and have no idea how she did it, haha. My feet have been so swollen these past few days and I don't think the fact that we've been experiencing a bit of a heat wave has made it any easer. So, I've been wearing a lot of cute flat sandals that I thankfully picked up when I went on that little Target shopping spree, remember this post?! I actually really love these because they're quite comfy, even though they have a lace up design and can make an outfit look a tad bit dressier due to the beaded details, which are super pretty!
I decided to pair the sandals with one of my favorite maxi dresses I've had for ages, in fact, I believe it was my first maxi dress ever! Remember I told you prior to pregnancy, I wasn't the biggest fan of maxi's because I was extremely picky?! This one was the only one I'd wear and 'til this day, I absolutely love! I think what I love most about it is the color, it's a nice sandy brown that I feel would look great on every skin tone and color, so pretty.
Aside from the swollen feet, I'm getting quite irritable and tired. I can't say I didn't experience these symptoms at all throughout my pregnancy though and I'm sure Eddie would nod firmly to that, lol. On most days, I literately have no interest nor energy in lifting my pointer finger, haha, that's how tired I am and it's not necessarily the fact that I want to sleep, sometimes it's just my body asking to do nothing but lay in bed and scroll through my phone.
So, these days, I'm all about comfort while still looking for ways to look cute and fashionable. It's beginning to be a bit of challenge now since it's becoming so hot and I don't have many tops that fit over the bump, which is so huge, isn't it?! It's okay though, I'm up for the creative challenge and finding ways to make it work ;)
Also, thank you all so much for your kind words on Friday's post on my baby shower! I'm so glad you loved the way everything turned out as much as I did and I'm so glad to be able to share a glimpse of it with you (I actually wish you all could've attended :)
Thanks so much for stopping by, my dear friends, and once again, I hope you have a wonderful week ahead!


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Just a quick post. I'm so busy. I'm now at home to grab a bite and then of to work..again! This is what I've made this weekend.
Thickers by AC. Ghost Flower: Heidi Swapp
I stamped with a bubble sheet, loved that :-)
The journaling: "Next time check the glass, to see if it's clean".
Yes, i so wanted to have a photobooth picture with Rinse that we jumped in the first one we saw in Vienna's underground...but it was so dirty...yaiks!
(Inspired by Kristina Contes' work)
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Love your layouts! Hope its ok have bookmarked you and added you to my bloglines, so will be back :)
- 4 September 2007 at 01:40
- Rachael said...
Oh I love this!!! Gotta love those photo booth pics!! I wish I would've saved mine from when I was a kid!
- 4 September 2007 at 02:49
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Love that layout. Especially the journaling. :)
- 4 September 2007 at 17:34
Great layout! I like the idea of using photo booth pictures! Thanks
for sharing!!
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seen this one on SIS!! love it....I am a big fan of kristina contes work too......
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BEAUTIFUL layout!!!! I love the bubble wrap stamping :)
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In Bali the romance of the monkey dance called Kecak: Kecak is a form of Balinese dance and music drama that originated in the 1930s in Bali and is performed primarily by men, although a few women's kecak groups exist. Also known as the Ramayana Monkey Chant, the piece, performed by a circle of 150 or more performers wearing checked cloth around their waists, percussively chanting "cak" and throwing up their arms, depicts a battle from the Ramayana where the monkey-like Vanara helped Prince Rama fight the evil King Ravana. It is an amazing thing to see.
I visited the monkey temples and saw the intricate folk art of Ubud, green rice fields in Bali which were the most illuminating green I had ever seen, and the shadow players dancing to the rhythm of magical gongs. Shadow puppet theater is called Wayang kulit in Indonesia and it is particularly popular in Java and Bali. The term, derived from the word wayang, literally means shadow or imagination in Javanese and also connotes "spirit." Kulit means skin, as the material of the puppet is the thin perforated leather sheets made from buffalo skin..
From Bali to Rangoon, then called Burma, with my eye and body pointed toward India.


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Maureen Mckelvey
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Professor McKelvey's research addresses innovation and entrepreneurship. An underlying theoretical proposition from an evolutionary and Schumpeterian paradigm is that innovation and entrepreneurship are closely related to processes of creating, accessing, and diffusing knowledge and opportunities.
McKelvey's research focuses on the development and use of knowledge at the interplay between innovation management and entrepreneurship with science and engineering. She has publishes in journals such as Small Business Economics, Research Policy and Applied Economics as well as books with Routledge, Oxford, Cambridge, and Edward Elgar. Professor McKelvey has had high level positions in expert groups and written reports, for Swedish organizations as well as for the OECD and EU.
Her research and results will greatly impact the transformation of society through knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship by opening up new scientific breakthroughs; building upon extreme methodologies recently developing in social science research; and pioneering new approaches into the unknown.
Scientific leadership
As an independent principle investigator since 1995, McKelvey contributes with internationally recognized contributions within the field. Her first book Evolutionary Innovations: The Business of Biotechnology was based upon her PhD dissertation and was awarded the prestigious Schumpeter Prize. Two decades ago, her research produced pioneering explanations of radical business innovations based on science. Her later work explained how universities are a central source of new knowledge within innovation systems, and in the 2009 EU Business Panel for Future Innovation Policy, she set forth grand societal challenges and inclusive engagement as the public policy vision. In recent years, international collaborators and McKelvey explicated the distinct theoretical and empirical characteristics of "knowledge intensive entrepreneurs". She is recognized as one of the international leaders in her field, also seen in numerous plenary speeches.
McKelvey's full publication list includes 44 peer-reviewed scientific articles, of which 38 are in the top journals in her field as well as in top journals of related disciplinary fields. Her research career is rooted in Innovation Studies and Evolutionary Economics, but there are links to scholars in Economics, Management & Business Studies, Economic Geography, Entrepreneurship, and Science & Technology Studies.
Earlier in her career, the field's publishing tradition consisted mainly of books, the occasional journal article, government reports and public policy projects including direct interaction with policy-makers. Following this tradition, she has written 3 books, edited 11 books and written 60 book chapters published in academic books by the most respected international publishers, in addition to the journal articles.
Scientific mentoring
McKelvey's philosophy and strategy for mentoring young talents is to promote scientific curiosity. She strongly urges young scholars that scientific curiosity is driven by four questions - the "what's right" and "what's wrong" with theoretical understanding; the "what if" of unexpected empirics; and the "what's new" of the results.
Her PhD students have all had successful careers in academia, business and government. Three former PhD students have become Professors, two in Sweden and one in Germany. One is Senior Lecturer and two are currently Assistant Professors on a tenure track position at the University of Gothenburg. One former PhD student has a top post in Swedish Government Offices and another is Business Development Manager, Region Skåne.
Her post-doctoral scholars currently have academic positions in China, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey, and the UK. These scholars are successful in pushing forward the boundaries of the field.
She has designed and implemented three successful two year MSc Programs taught in English (one at Chalmers; two at the University of Gothenburg), which together graduate more than 100 students annually.
This track record testifies to McKelvey's ability to promote and foster young talents.
Local leadership in the field
McKelvey was Professor at Chalmers University of Technology (6 years) before being recruited to the University of Gothenburg, where she is now Professor of Industrial Management. She is Deputy Head of Department of Economy and Society and has on the last decade led the design, creation and implementation of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, by building a completely new research environment together with colleagues. See www.handels.gu.se/iie.
The Institute now has 22 researchers and PhD students. McKelvey founded on the principle of integrating research with teaching and societal impact, within the subjects of innovation and entrepreneurship. These phenomena engage different actors involved in the generation, diffusion and exploitation of ideas into business and societal innovations, including change of both existing firms as well as renewal of society through new firms and industries. The Institute currently teaches 170 Masters students, who are enrolled in the highly successful MSc programs "Innovation and Industrial Management" and "Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship".
Local leadership for the university
McKelvey has taken on demanding academic leadership jobs. At Chalmers, she was Director of a VINNOVA Center of Excellence for four years. At the School of Business, Economics and Law she was Vice-Dean for three years and also the Director for Graduate School for six years, with responsible for over 400 Masters students in all business school subjects.
Creating innovative opportunities through research collaboration: An evolutionary framework and empirical illustration in engineering
McKelvey, Maureen, Zaring, Olof, Ljungberg, Daniel
Technovation, 39-40, s. 26-36, 2015
Innovation Spaces in Asia: Entrepreneurs, Multinational Enterprises and Policy
McKelvey, Maureen, Bagchi-Sen, Sharmistha
Academic engagement and commercialisation: A review of the literature on university-industry relations
Perkmann, M., Tartari, V., McKelvey, Maureen, Autio, E., Brostrom, A. et al.
Research Policy, 42:2, s. 423-442, 2013
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Olof Zaring, Stefan Szücs, Maureen McKelvey
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Journal article 2021
Journal article
Variety in founder experience and the performance of knowledge-intensive innovative firms
Ethan Gifford, Guido Buenstorf, Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey, Olof Zaring
Journal of evolutionary economics, Journal article 2020
Journal article
Exploring the Role(s) of Researcher-Based Projects in Swedish University Incubators
Linus Brunnström, Guido Buenstorf, Maureen McKelvey
in Guclu Atinc (Ed.), Proceedings of the Eightieth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Journal article 2020
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The Grey Zones of Technological Innovation: Negative Unintended Consequences as a Counterbalance to Novelty
Maureen McKelvey, Rögnvaldur J. Saemundsson
Industry and Innovation, Journal article 2020
Journal article
Introduction to Innovative Capabilities and the Globalization of Chinese Firms
Maureen McKelvey, Jun Jin
Jin, J. and McKelvey, M. Innovative Capabilities and Globalization of Chinese Firms: Becoming a Leader in Innovation Spaces, Cheltenham, U.K., Edward Elgar Publishers, Chapter in book 2020
Chapter in book
Ideal Types of Reverse Innovation for Firms without Overseas R&D Centers: Case Studies of Chinese Firms
Jun Jin, Min Guo, Maureen McKelvey, Zhengyi Zhang
Jin, J. and McKelvey, M. Innovative Capabilities and Globalization of Chinese Firms: Becoming a Leader in Knowledge-intensive Innovative Ecosystems, Cheltenham, U.K., Edward Elgar Publishers, Chapter in book 2020
Chapter in book
CEVT of Geely: CEVT as a broker and a global facilitator between Geely and Volvo Cars
Jun Jin, Maureen McKelvey
Jin, J. and McKelvey, M. Innovative Capabilities and Globalization of Chinese Firms: Becoming a Leader in Knowledge-intensive Innovative Ecosystems, Cheltenham, U.K., Edward Elgar Publishers, Chapter in book 2020
Chapter in book
Jun Jin, Maureen McKelvey
Jin, J. and McKelvey, M. Innovative Capabilities and Globalization of Chinese Firms: Becoming a Leader in Knowledge-intensive Innovative Ecosystems, Cheltenham, U.K., Edward Elgar Publishers, Chapter in book 2020
Chapter in book
Organising an early phase of academic engagement: a case study of interactions between engineering and equestrian sports
Ida Hermansson, Maureen McKelvey, Olof Zaring
Innovation: Organization & Management , Journal article 2020
Journal article
Knowledge-intensive Innovative Entrepreneurship integrating Schumpeter, evolutionary economics and innovation systems
Franco Malerba, Maureen McKelvey
Small Business Economics, Journal article 2020
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Rain and rest work wonders. I slept intermittently til after 7 a.m. today, a rare sleep-in for me. Overnight rains and a clap of thunder scored my semi-drama with a sound track performed as a lullaby to this exhausted character in my oddly-scripted play.
It worked. It cleared my head and restored my peace of mind, shutting off the busy brain chatter that serves no good purpose but recycles small worries and clutters the head with nuisance. My sleep restored me.
Virginia did not have it so well, tossing and turning, awake in the middle of the night to tweak a faulty TPN pump as it sent nutrition through a portal into my body all night long and into this morning, a 12-hour process each day. The storm had jarred her awake, the pump alarm alerted her senses, the opportunist dog stole her bed spot after she had awakened to close a window and manage her impromptu graveyard shift punch list of unexpected to-do's.
Alexis came in the room at 7:45 to check on me since I am usually up and writing hours before that. She had already brewed a pot of coffee, and I sip that hot nectar now as though I am receiving life blood itself. I managed a brief time in the studio to transfer my draft files to the manuscript zip file, ready to resume in earnest my book, to which I am totally committed after all this time. It's never too late unless it becomes too late, and that clock never struck 12, to my good fortune. I am all-in now and the timing is in alignment with the life I have known for the past 25 years and, most recently, as it has unfolded since last June's first symptoms of cancer.
These are exciting and challenging, and also fulfilling times for my family and me. Our foundation is our passion, our infrastructure the community. It is people as diverse as a rainbow's colorful spectrum; it is quirky and different, odd, and good; it is love-based and character-built thanks to the lessons of our parents, mentors and closest friends.
The wee hours are my allies, the day light stands at my side as well; and, the moon is my night light, the stars winks of approval, as I accept that my life continue to unfold, forwardly, fondly, to a more enlightened state as I age and learn, as I write and experience more of life's meaning and its message that 'goodness' is what matters most.
Today is a refresh of my heart and soul's cache page, a cleansing, another new beginning for the next chapter. I pledge to make the most of it. I owe that to myself, my loved ones, my community, my planet, and to life itself.
We all do. We all could use a cleansing, and today is a fine day to get it going. May you feel it and enjoy the peace it brings you.


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A lot of people trying to optimize their website for search engines often focus on researching and obtaining good backlinks on other websites, while ignoring the importance of internal links on their own site. I've had some great success moving a site up in SERPs by simply changing the anchor text of some internal links.
While it is true that search engines, most notably Google, do place a lot of importance on backlinks and their anchor text (the text that actually makes up the link itself), it seems to often go unnoticed that they also place a lot of importance on your own links. Every link to a page on your website should contain target keywords which explain what is on that page, and to which you are trying to market.
Keyword Power
For example, if your homepage has a navigation menu on it which links to a page called "Products," and your link anchor text is just the word "products," you are wasting a chance at creating a valuable keyword-rich link. If you instead changed that link to "Acme Company Metal Can Openers," search engines will now notice that your product page is actually about "Acme Company Metal Can Openers" and will stand a better chance of appearing in SERPs for those keywords.
It is also important to link not just from the home page, but within subpages. For example, adding a list of "Related Products" links on each product page on a website will help build internal links. These links should also contain appropriate keywords, which will further increase the effectiveness of your internal links.
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This doesn't mean you should create a hundred sentence-long links to a whole bunch of pages on your home page and your product pages. Not only will your visitors hate it, it will also decrease the effectiveness of your link strategy. The links coming from a home page should always be limited to the most important pages you wish to market. Your home page (for most websites) is usually the page which is linked to the most, and therefore probably has the highest authority, or in Google's terms PageRank, than any other page on your website. Every page that it links to will gain from the power of that link.
For example, if your home page is a PageRank of 5 and you have 100 links to sub pages on it, then each page you're linking to is only going to get a fraction of your home page's authority (5/100 = .05). But if you only have 10 links on the home page, then each page will get 10 times more PageRank passed to them (5/10 = .5).
Most people will want more than 10, but less than 100 links on their home page for an effective linking strategy. And don't forget you also have to have some kind of navigational menu which will not only be on your homepage, but also on all the subpages of your website. So take into account how many links, and the keyword effectivess of those links, that you put into your navigational menu.
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So how do you reconcile all these links so that humans can easily and intuitively navigate your site, but you also pass enough link authority to subpages? Use the "rel=nofollow" attribute on unimportant links. The nofollow attribute on a link tells Google (and some other search engines) to follow the link, but not to pass authority, or PageRank, via that link. Using this attribute will allow you to limit the number of links which decrease the power of your PageRank. For sites that use CMS software such as WordPress, you can also add Disallow statements to your robots.txt file to limit search engines from following and indexing less important pages (such as all the Tag pages in WordPress).
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North to Aztlán : A History of Mexican Americans in the United States, by De Leon, Arnoldo; Griswold del Castillo, Richard
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Contemporary observers often quip that the American Southwest has become 'Mexicanized', but this view ignores the history of the region as well as the social reality. Mexican people and their culture have been continuously present in the territory for the past four hundred years, and Mexican Americans were actors in United States history long before the national media began to focus on them -- even long before an international border existed between the United States and Mexico. North to Aztlán, an inclusive, readable, and affordable survey history, explores the Indian roots, culture, society, lifestyles, politics, and art of Mexican Americans and the contributions of the people to and their influence on American history and the mainstream culture. Though cognizant of changing interpretations that divide scholars, Drs De León and Griswold del Castillo provide a holistic vision of the development of Mexican American society, one that attributes great importance to immigration (before and after 1900) and the ongoing influence of new arrivals on the evolving identity of Mexican Americans. Also showcased is the role of gender in shaping the cultural and political history of La Raza, as exemplified by the stories of outstanding Mexicana and Chicana leaders as well as those of largely unsung female heroes, among them ranch and business owners and managers, labour leaders, community activists, and artists and writers. In short, readers will come away from this extensively revised and completely up-to-date second edition with a new understanding of the lives of a people who currently compose the largest minority in the nation. Completely revised, re-edited, and redesigned, featuring a great many new photographs and maps, North to Aztlán is certain to take its rightful place as the best college-level survey text of Americans of Mexican descent on the market today.


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Sea Grant/NMFS Graduate Fellowship Program in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics
This opportunity is currently closed.
The NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics is designed to help Sea Grant fulfill its broad educational responsibilities and to strengthen the collaboration between Sea Grant and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Since 1999, Sea Grant and NMFS have partnered to train graduate students in two specialized areas: population and ecosystem dynamics as well as marine resource economics. Population and ecosystem dynamics involve the study of fish populations and marine ecosystems to better assess fishery stock conditions and dynamics.
The goals of the NOAA Fisheries/Sea Grant Fellowship Program are:
- To encourage qualified applicants to pursue careers in either population and ecosystem dynamics and stock assessment or in marine resource economics
- To increase available expertise related to these fields
- To foster closer relationships between academic scientists and NOAA Fisheries
- To provide real-world experience to graduate students and accelerate their career development
For more information, please visit the NOAA NMFS-SG Fellowship page.
The Application Deadline for students was Thursday, January 30, 2020, 5:00 PM EST
Please contact Kathy Villarreal at the Maine Sea Grant Program as soon as you have decided to apply for the fellowship (207-581-1435 or email Kathy), so we can discuss the process and timeline for your proposal, track the number of applications coming in, and help answer questions during proposal preparation. Letters of recommendation should be addressed to NOAA Fisheries/Sea Grant Fellowship Program Manager.
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國科會活動訊 2012/7/16
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- 2012臺師大教評中心國際研討會"十二年國教的築夢與踏實"摘要徵稿延至7/22 –2012/07/16
- 『台灣日語教育學報』19號 徵稿啟事 <2012年8月31日截稿> –2012/07/16
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- 2012年第四屆科技與數學教育學術研討會暨數學教學工作坊,歡迎投稿(優秀論文將推薦extended paper至各期刊發表)(2012年08月31日截稿) –2012/07/15
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Ambiguity: one-day conference in Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Ambiguity in economics and economy: One-day conference at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands to be held on October 5, 2012 in the University Club, Huize Heyendael.
Keynote speakers:
- Dominic Bach, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging London, UK
- Luigi Guiso, University Firenze, Italy
- Stefan Trautmann, Tilburg University, NL
- Peter Wakker, Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL
- Frans van Winden, CREED,UvA, NL
Call for poster presentations
All interested researchers, including young starting researchers, are invited to present your work in the format of a a poster during a brainstorm session to be held at the conference. You can submit your poster presentation before September 1, 2012, see
All researchers interested are welcome to attend the workshop, with or without poster presentation. Registration is free, but reservation is required. Early registration closes on September 1, 2012. There is a capacity constraint of 45 attendees, and the places will be assigned on the first-come-first-served basis.
ESA-announce Antigua Experimental Economics Conference
Dear ESA members,
We would like to share with you the Call for Papers for the Antigua Experimental Economics Conference, that will take place in Antigua Guatemala from October 25-27. The deadline to submit an abstract is August 1st.
We invite submissions from researchers from all over the world using experimental methods in economics and other social sciences. We especially encourage submissions from experimentalists from (or doing research in) Latin America, as the aim of this conference is to bring together experimentalists from Latin America and strenghten the ties between Latin America and other parts of the world.
Keynote Speakers for the conference are:
Vernon Smith (ESI, Chapman University)
Dan Houser (ICES, George Mason University)
Pablo Brañas (GLOBE, Universidad de Granada)
Vernon L. Smith
Nobel Laureate 2002 / ESI / Chapman University
Pablo Brañas
GLOBE / Universidad de Granada
Dan Houser
ICES / George Mason University
In addition, we would also like to announce the Antigua Experimental Economics Workshop (October 23-25), aimed at graduate students and faculty interested in learning more about applying experimental methods in their research. Dan Houser (ICES, George Mason University) will lead this workshop. Participants are encouraged to stay after the workshop and attend the Antigua Conference, immediately following the Workshop.
For more information please visit the Antigua Experimental Economics Workshop and Conference website: www.cvs.ufm.edu/antigua
Please forward this information to anyone who might be interested in the Workshop or the Conference.
Looking forward to seeing you in Antigua Guatemala!
The conference fee is US$ 275.00 (before 1 September) and US$325.00 (after 1 September). It includes: Participation and all meals (coffee breaks, lunches and dinners, including opening Gala Dinner), except breakfast (included in lodging).
Submission deadline: August 1, 2012.
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Global Business Research Conference
Global Business Research Conference
Date: 24-25 September, 2012
Venue: Hotel Marriott Casamagna, Cancun, Mexico
Submission Deadline: 20 August, 2012
Registration Deadline: 10 September, 2012
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.thewabe.net
The above 2-day annual international gathering intends to bring together academics and researchers from all over the world to exchange and share their knowledge, experiences and research results about all broad areas of Accounting, Banking, Finance, Economic, Management and Marketing, Business Law, Business Ethics, Business Educations and e-business. People without papers can also participate in this conference. This conference is organised by American Research and Publication International, USA and World Business Institute, Australia and sponsored by nine international peer reviewed journals. In addition to mainstream session in English language, there will be special session for papers written in Spanish language.
Submission and Review Guidelines:
Please email to firstname.lastname@example.com by 20 August 2012 a copy of a completed Paper or an abstract which will undergo a double blind peer review process and outcome of the review will be announced within 2 weeks after receipt of the paper. Review process will determine the quality and suitability of the paper for conference.
The cover page should include the affiliation, address, phone and email of each author and the appropriate JEL classifications. There is an option that the participant can serve as a discussant of a paper of his/her own area of interest and certificate will be issued to such participant.
Please see the submission guidelines on the website and Sample Paper for more information on how to submit your paper. You are also welcome to volunteer toparticipate as discussants, session chairs, reviewers and members of theprogram committee. You are invited to attend the conference, even if you choose not to present a paper.
Benefits and Publication Opportunity:
There are many benefits you can enjoy if you attend this conference:
- Publication opportunity in nine refereed journals: Journal of Business and Policy Research. Journal of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Global Review of Accounting and Finance, World Journal of Management, Global Economy and Finance Journal, International Review of Business Research Papers, World Review of Business Research and World Journal of Social Sciences and Journal of Islamic Finance and Business Research subject to compliance to review report, editorial comments, conference feedback and payment of applicable publication fees.
Publication takes no more than 6-9 months.
- Best Paper Award announced from a block of 10 papers in each track and will be published in any of the above journals and a certificate will be issued at the conference dinner as well as a WBI Fellowship entitling you to discounts on future conferences.
- Written Review report to assist you to improve the paper (unlike other conferences)
- Publication in refereed conference proceedings (online) with ISBN
- Day-long feedings including buffet lunch and Conference Dinner (optional)
- Proxy presentation for those who cannot attend the conference
Important Deadlines:
Submission Deadline: 20 August, 2012
Registration Deadline: 10 September, 2012
Review Outcome: Within 2 weeks after receipt of paper
Last Day to Send Full Papers: 5 September, 2012
Further Information:
Please click on the links provided on www.thewabe.net for more information.
Send your paper to: Professor Dr. Zia Haqq via email firstname.lastname@example.com
Program Chair:
Professor Marisol Cen Caamal, Universidad Anahuac Mayab, Mexico繼續閱讀 | Make a Comment ( None so far )
國科會活動訊息電子報 發行日期:2012/6/18
- 敬邀參加「2012第三屆永續綠色科技國際研討會」(101年6月30日) -2012/06/18
- [CFP]First International Conference on Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems -2012/06/18
國科會最新消息電子報 發行日期:2012/6/7
- 國科會補助國內舉辦國際學術研討會,第一期101年3月1日起至3月31止核定申請案件,計158件。 -2012/06/05
- 本會101年度「傑出研究獎」申請案,申請人須於101年7月31日下午6時前完成線上申請作業,由申請機構將符合資格之申請案彙整送出並造具申請名冊(按申請類別及處別)1式2份,於101年8月7日下午6時前備函送達本會,逾期未送達或線上申請資料不全者,恕不受理。 -2012/06/05
- 本會補助102年度人文及社會科學領域學者國內訪問研究計畫,自即日起接受申請,至101年8月1日截止收件,逾期送達者恕不受理。 -2012/06/04
Call for Papers 18th International Business Research Conference
DATES: 24 – 26 October, 2012
VENUE: Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, USA
Submission Deadline: 3 August 2012
Registration Deadline: 21 September 2012
Conference Website: www.wassco.org
Research papers related to all areas of Accounting, Banking, Finance, Economics, Management, Business Law, Business Ethics, Business Educations and e-business are invited for the above international conference which is expected to be attended by the authors from nearly hundred countries. People without papers can also participate in this conference. This conference is organised and sponsored by American Research and Publication International, New York, WBI London, UK and World Business Institute, Australia plus Journal of Business & Policy Research, International Review of Business Research Papers, World Journal of Management, Global Economy and Finance Journal, Global Review of Accounting and Finance and World Review of Business Research which carry ISSN for both print and online version and are indexed by Cabell Directory of USA. In addition to mainstream session in English language, there will be special session for papers written in Spanish language.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION, REVIEW PROCESS and NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE
Please email by 3 August 2012 two copies of your completed paper: one copy without any information about the author (for blind review) and the other copy with all information of the authors such as the affiliation, address, phone and email of corresponding author. Review outcome will be notified by 3 September and an acceptance letter will be issued to the corresponding author. If you need earlier notification for meet the funding deadline of your university, please let us know at the time manuscript submission.
Registration fee includes a copy of the print journal containing your paper (if accepted for special issue) and free fellowship/ associate fellowship of World Business Institute. It also includes day-long feedings such as two break foods and buffet lunch for two days. The proceedings will include all papers not considered by our journals as well as abstracts only of the papers accepted for publication in our journals. You are also welcome to volunteer to participate as discussants, session chairs, reviewers and members of the program committee. You are invited to attend the conference, even if you choose not to present a paper. An author can present only one paper.
FURTHER INFORMATION: Please visit the website for more information: www.wassco.org
Send your paper concurrently to: Dr. Zia Haqq via emails email@example.com and email@example.com
Program Chairs
Professor John Okpara, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA
Professor Marisol Cen Caamal, Universidad Anahuac Mayab, Mexico繼續閱讀 | Make a Comment ( None so far )
ESA-announce Call for Papers Experimental Economics from Transportation Research Board
The Transportation Research Board has issued a Call for Papers for the 2013 Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting on Experimental Economics approaches to studying transportation and traffic issues.
The deadline for papers is August 1, 2012. Please see further information at:
Elisabet Rutstrom
Georgia State University
8th知識經濟與全球化管理國際研討會 暨 臺越企業經貿及經營管理實務研討會
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The 8th International Conference on Knowledge-Based Economy and Global Management
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Future of California Elections Fall Forum "One Year Before The 2016 Presidential Election"
By Astrid
October 29th, 2015
November 10, is the second Tuesday of November, and marks exactly one year before the 2016 Presidential Election. Future of California Elections is hosting a policy forum entitled "One Year Before the 2016 Presidential Election" on November 10 at the UC Center Sacramento to cast a spotlight on many significant election reforms since the last presidential election and to discuss what voters can expect for Election 2016.
California passed important reforms in the last four years to modernize elections and to support the voter. California's diverse electorate requires unique policy solutions and policymakers, election administrators and advocates have responded with innovation. The State has created the national standard for an accessible online voter registration system, it has expanded voter information resources and most recently the Governor signed California's new Motor Voter law, which will modernize voter registration at the DMV.
The Future of California Elections Fall Forum will touch on these important reforms. The event will open with special remarks by California Secretary of State, Alex Padilla. Secretary Padilla has been a tireless leader committed to turning around California's low participation rate since taking office, and was a champion of California's new voter registration law. The Fall Forum will also feature Mindy Romero from UC Davis Center for Regional Change, Kim Alexander of California Voter Foundation, Lori Shellenberger with the ACLU of California and Jill LaVine, Sacramento County Registrar of Voters. This panel of experts will provide an overview of the State's changing demographics, the state of the electorate, new voter information tools and changes in election practices aimed to reduce barriers to participation for all voters.
The Fall Forum is Future of California Elections' annual policy discussion on the latest developments in election administration. The event is free and registration is open at http://focefall2015.eventbrite.com
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