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Let Me In (2010)
"A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian."
No, I haven't seen this. It isn't even released until October 1st. I'm not ever going to watch it either.
When I first heard that there was going to be a remake of "Let the Right One In", I honestly thought it was a joke. Unfortunately, it has now become a reality and it disgusts me.
Why would anyone feel the need to remake one of the most perfect Swedish vampire movies ever apart from the slightly dodgy CGI cat scene? And now it seems that Eli really will be a girl rather than a castrato just to completely dumb things down for the masses.
Honestly, if subtitles are that much of an effort to read then do yourselves a huge favour and learn how to read and write in the first place rather than whining about it until some other moron has to remake every foreign movie for the hard of understanding. What next? Remakes of the entire collection of Jean-Luc Godard or Ingmar Bergman classics?
For those of you who loved "Let the Right One In", just watch the trailer and weep over the terrible casting and piss poor hack job that the director of the equally crappy "Cloverfield" has made. I wonder how many hundreds of times the characters will shriek and cry, "Oh My God!" in this travesty?
I suggest you boycott this film at the movie theatres and then let it rot in the bargain DVD bins in 6 months time alongside all those copies of "The Fog" and "Psycho" remakes that nobody in their right mind will ever buy.
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Each year as part of its budget setting process, the Council looks to allocate a figure to Community Grants. The Council is thrilled to have been able to support local voluntary and community groups and charities every year since its formation in 1999.
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"Unorthodox Jukebox" is a bit more mature for "The Lazy Song" artist. The album takes a more serious note to the majority of songs and only a few mimic the mood of his freshman album from 2010, "Doo-Wops and Hooligans." It's common for artists to expand more creatively with their sophomore albums. Mars builds on the tunes he is known for and expands his horizons by mixing in more acoustic and ballad like characteristics.
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New Delhi, July 31 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed deepest condolences to the families of those killed due to lightning in various parts of Odisha.
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At least 29 people were killed after being struck by lightning in different parts of Odisha yesterday.
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Environmental justice is fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people with respect to development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Fair treatment means that no population bears a disproportionate share of negative environmental consequences resulting from industrial, municipal, and commercial operations or from the execution of federal, state, and local laws; regulations; and policies. Meaningful involvement requires effective access to decision makers for all, and the ability in all communities to make informed decisions and take positive actions to produce environmental justice for themselves.
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The legal basis for incorporating environmental justice in DOE operations is Presidential Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations. This Executive Order tasked each federal agency to make achieving environmental justice part of its mission. The agencies were directed to do so by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, the disproportionate high and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs, policies, and activities on minority, low-income, and tribal communities. The Executive Order also required the agencies to prepare a strategy for integrating environmental justice into all of their activities. DOE revised and reissued its Environmental Justice Strategy and Environmental Justice Five-Year Implementation Plan in 2008.


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Combine yeast, sugar, and water and let sit until bubbly, approx. ten minutes. Meanwhile, beat butter, egg yolks, salt, sugar, vanilla and evaporated milk. Gradually add two cups of flour. Then add yeast water and mix thoroughly. Then add one more cup of flour, mixing well, until you have a soft malleable dough. Let the dough rise in a warm place with a towel on top of the bowl, approximately 1-2 hours until doubled in size.
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A wide range of optional excursions are offered with bilingual guides where appropriate, and can be booked onboard.
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The Purser will undertake to reach a doctor or emergency services at the nearest landing stage. There is no doctor on board. A defibrillator is available on board.
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A safe is available in every cabin.
Smoking is not permitted inside CroisiEurope ships. Smoking areas are allocated on the sun deck.
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Theresa Saunders
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership
John W. Porter Bldg, Suite 304
Ed.D., Urban Education, University of Southern California
Professional Summary
Dr. Saunders teaches courses in resource allocation and data-based decision-making. Her research focuses on leadership, resource allocation, and school improvement in under-performing schools. Additionally, she is interested in leadership in charter schools and alternative school settings. She is the recent recipient of the Provost's New Faculty Award and the eFellows Award at Eastern Michigan University. She has presented her research at a number of conferences and has co-authored a policy brief on school safety for the National Association of Professors of Education Leadership (NCPEA). Dr. Saunders is also a musician, having been a music teacher as well as a composer for choirs, orchestras, and bands; and prior to coming to EMU, she worked as a superintendent in Illinois and Michigan.
Interests and Expertise
- School Finance
- Human Resource Administration
- School Improvement and Innovation
- School Leadership
- Data-based Decision-Making
Selected Publications
Social Justice Framework, (for School Reform Office of Michigan Department of Education)
Social Justice in Education, Illinois Women in Educational Leadership Bulletin, Fall 2012)
School Safety: Implications for Policy and Practice, (co-authored, NCPEA Policy Brief ,2013)
Rewarding Careers in Education Panel, (2013 Black Executive Exchange Program Leadership conference, National Urban League)
Michigan Department of Education Principal's Academy, (co-facilitator, April 2013)
The Business of Education, (Michigan Association of School Boards Conference, Fall 2012)
Selected Presentations
- EDLD 612 Economics of Public Education
- EDLD 617 Administering Human Resources in Education
- EDLD 714 Data-Driven Decision Management Leaders
School Finance, School Reform, and Educational Leadership
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
- Facilitator - African American Young Men of Promise Initiative, Michigan Department of Education
- Member - National Alliance of Black School Educators
- Member - National Black Child Development Institute
- Member - Equity Team, Michigan Department of Education
Licensures and Certifications
- Michigan Superintendent Credential
- California Teacher Credential
- California Administrative Services Credential


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That's Virgin Australia's boss talking about the destructive effect of the Carbon Tax on businesses. Qantas's half yearly loss of $235 million is about half due to the Carbon Tax.
Yet we have some foolish CEOs like BHP's Andrew MacKenzie and Chairman Jac Nasser, supporting the global pricing of carbon!!! As a former geologist MacKenzie should know better but being a Scotsman there is probably no hope for him. This has put me off owning BHP shares until there is a change of management and common sense at board level prevails. Also it does no help matters having Christine Lagarde, MD of the IMF, promoting the climate change hoax but then she is an economist with little understanding of geology. She is forgiven.
Australia, like our icon airline Qantas, will continue to go down hill economically until the Carbon Tax has been eliminated, together with all the Renewable Energy Target (RET)legislation which like a spider web entangles all our businesses unnecessarily. When this is done we can look forward to a prosperous future.


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With over 10 years of experience and expertise in curatorial art installation for museums, galleries and private collectors, Main Field Projects is well known for its excellence, precision and esthetics. Employing a strong combination of artistry and efficiency, our installation teams ensure use of the most appropriate installation techniques, tools and methods to achieve the jointly agreed effect desired by its clients. Our range of expertise spans all scales and mediums including large scale outdoor sculpture and new media and video installations.
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|Indira Gandhi National Open University Admissions 2019 : July Section
|Category : Distance Education Admissions 2019
|Published : On June 10, 2019 By Webindia123 Editor
Important Dates
|Last date of submission of application for Certificate Programs
|15th June 2019
|Last date of submission of application for All Other Programs
|31st July 2019
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, announces admission to the following Open & Distance Learning (ODP) Academic cycle commencing from July 2019.
Master's Degree:
MA (Philosophy), MA (Gandhi and Peace Studies), MA (Extension & Development Studies), MA (Education), MA Anthropology), MA (Gender & Development Studies) , Master of Social Work (MSW), Master of Social Work (Counseling), MA (Distance Education), MA (Economics), MA (English), MA (Hindi), MA (History), MA (Political Science), MA (Psychology), MA (Public Admin.), MA (Rural Development), MA (Sociology), MA (Tourism Management), MA (Adult Education), MA (Women's & Gender Studies); MCom, Master of Computer Applications(MCA), Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), MSc (Dietetics and Food Services Management); MSc (Counseling and Family Therapy), MA (Translation Studies)
Bachelor's Degree:
Bachelor of Science (BSc) (with major in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Botany and Zoology), Bachelor of Arts (BA) (with major in Hindi, English, Urdu, Economics, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Psychology, Public Administration, Political Science, Sociology), Bachelor of Arts Tourism Studies, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA), Bachelor of Library & Information Science (BLIS), Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), BBA in Retailing (BBARL)
Bachelor Preparatory Program:
Bachelor Preparatory Program (BPP) (preparing students for taking admission in IGNOU's selected programs)
PG Diploma & Diploma
PG Diploma in Library Automation and Networking, Analytical Chemistry, Audio Program Production, Criminal Justice, Disaster Management, Educational Management and Administration, Educational Technology, Environment and Sustainable Development, Extension and Development Studies, Folklore and Culture Studies, Gandhi and Peace Studies, Higher Education, Information Security, Intellectual Property Rights, International Business Operation, Journalism and Mass Communication, Pharmaceutical Sales Management, Pre-Primary Education, Rural Development, School Leadership and Management, Social Work among the Tribal, Translation, Urban Planning and Development, Maternal and Child Health, Adult Education, Women and Gender Studies Counseling & Family Therapy, HIV Medicine, Plantation Management, Book Publishing, Food Safety and Quality Management, Applied Statistics
Diploma in Aquaculture, BPO Finance and Accounting, Creative Writing in English, Early Childhood Care and Education, HIV and Family Education, Nutrition and Health Education, Panchayat Level Administration and Development, Para-legal Practice, Tourism Studies, Urdu, Women Empowerment and Development, Value Added Products from Fruits and Vegetables, Value Added Products from Cereals, Pulses and Oilseeds, Meat Technology, Dairy Technology, Watershed Management, Fish Products Technology
Advanced Certificate, PG Certificate & Certificate Courses
Advanced Certificate in Power Distribution Management, Information Security
PG Certificate in Extension and Development Studies, Adult Education, Cyber Law, Patent Practice, Bangla-Hindi Translation, Malayalam-Hindi Translation, Agriculture Policy, Gandhi and Peace Studies, Information and Assistive Technologies for the Instructors of Visually Impaired, Geoinformatics
Post Doctoral Certificate in Dialysis Medicine
Certificate in Indigenous Art Practices, Visual Arts-Painting, Applied Arts, Performing Arts-Hindustani Music, Karnataka Music, Bharatanatyam, Theatre Arts, Arabic Language, Disaster Management, Environmental Studies, NGO Management, Business Skills, Teaching English, Functional English (basic level), Urdu Language, HIV and Family Education, Social Work and Criminal Justice System, Health Care Waste Management, Newborn and Infant Nurisng, Home Based Health Care, Community Radio, Tourism Studies, Food and Nutrition, Nutrition and Child Care, Rural Development, Sericulture, Organic Farming, Cooperative Law and Business Law, Anti Human Trafficking, International Humanitarian Law, Technology, Guidance, Laboratory Techniques, Value Education, Communication & IT Skills, Maternal & Child Health Nursing, Teaching of Primary School Mathematics, Competency in Power Distribution, Energy Technology Management, French Language
Appreciation Course on Environment
IGNOU also offers B.Com (A&F) and M.Com (F&T), B.Com (CA&A) and M.Com (BP&CG), B.Com (F&CA) and M.Com (MA&FS) in collaboration with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Institute of Cost Accountants of India.
How to apply
Application form can be downloaded from the official website of IGNOU. Cost of prospectus from Regional Centre in person: Rs.1000/-, or (add Rs.1000/- for getting By post).
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The 500-plus artists and vendors at the 2014 International Quilt Festival are set to keep the action going for the expected 60,000 attendees with their amazing woven and stitched and sewn works - as well some that are cool, even delightfully nippy.
Taking the top award at this 40th event is a quilt depicting a nostalgic, wintry scene with children making snow angels and snowmen, horse-drawn carriages carting bundled people about and couples ice skating on a frozen pond.
Made by Nancy Prince and Linda French of Orlando, Fla., On This Winter Day received The Handi Quilter Best of Show Award and a $10,000 prize.
Six other notable works also won the judges' attention, as well as cash prizes.
The festival opens to the public 7 p.m. Wednesday and continues through Sunday at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
Let's take a look at the other winners, as well as selections from some of the special exhibits on display during the fair.
On This Winter Day by Nancy Prince and Linda French of Orlando, Fla., The Handi Quilter Best of Show Award, $10,000.
Zeruah's Legacy by Barbara Korengold of Chevy Chase, Md., The Founders Award, $7,500.
Gift of Appreciation by Kyoko Yamauchi of Kumamoto-Shi, Kumamoto-Ken, Japan, The World of Beauty Award, $7,500.
Breezy Garden by Kayoko Hibino of Shiki, Saitama, Japan, The Robert S. Cohan Master Award for Traditional Artistry, $5,000
Beneath My Wing by David Taylor of Steamboat Springs, Colo., The Fairfield Master Award for Contemporary Artistry, $5,000.
Stars on Mars by Gail Stepanek and Jan Hutchison of New Lenox, Ill., The Pfaff Master Award for Machine Artistry, $5,000.
Summer Wind by Marina Landi and Maria Lucia Azara of Sao Paulo, Brazil, The Baby Lock Master Award for Innovative Artistry, $5,000.
Bike Boys by Lea McComas of Superior, Colo., The Superior Threads Award for Thread Artistry, $5,000.
Lobster Night by Jeanelle McCall from the special exhibit, What's For Dinner?
City Center by Angie Henderson from the special exhibit, The Modern Quilt Guild Showcase 2014.
Los Perros de Panama by Kathleen Kennedy-Dennis from the special exhibit, Festival Awareness Project 2014: It's Raining Cats and Dogs.
Alleyway by M.C. Bunte from the special exhibit, Tactile Architecture™ 2014.
Two-Color Pineapple by Anita Grossman Solomon from the special exhibit, Ruby Jubilee: A 40-Year Celebration.
Exodus by M.C. Bunte from the special exhibit, Hands All Around 2014.
Felted Trees #1 by Charlotte Hickman from the special exhibit, Hands All Around 2014.


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Has been flying for 32 years, and been flying Gyroplanes for 22 years. First issued a Gyroplane Display Authority (DA) in 1991. Peter became an Display Authority Evaluator (DAE) in 2012. Has displayed aircraft at several major shows including – Paris Air Show, Biggin Hill, Farnborough, Blackpool and Manchester.
2500 Hours+ flying Gyroplanes FI (Gyroplane Flying Instructor) and FIC (Instructor of Instructors).
Notable Achievements
First British Gold Colibri – at the time the only Gold to be awarded in the World. Fourth in the 1st World Microlight Championship, winning the speed event outright Set a FAI World distance record in category C-1a/0, which still stands to this day.
Won the 1994 Around the World Air Race in 'Tiger' a 1500 hp Cessna Conquest II twin turbo prop aircraft owned and flown by Vijaypat Singhania, along with Peter Davies and Dan Brown.
Recorded as official 'Earthrounders'– persons who have flown around the world in the name of adventure
FAI's 1st World Air Games – The Olympics for Aviation – attained 4th in the World in the discipline of Long distance navigation flying a Mooney 252 with its owner Bryan Eccles. Peter has flown virtually everything type of flying machine from Hang gliders through to Wessex helicopters and the Worlds largest biplane, the Antonov AN2.
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The approach of the ERRC involves, in particular, strategic litigation, international advocacy, research and policy development, and human rights training of Romani activists. Since its establishment in 1996, the ERRC has endeavored to give Roma the tools necessary to combat discrimination and win equal access to government, education, employment, health care, housing and public services. The ERRC works to combat prejudice and discrimination against Roma, and to promote genuine equality of treatment and equality of respect.
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Turkey says met EU conditions for visa-free travel
ANKARA - Turkey said on Wednesday it had fulfilled all conditions on visa-free travel to Europe, adding it hoped Brussels would respond and lend "momentum" to better ties between Ankara and the EU.
As part of a controversial agreement signed in March 2016, the EU offered Ankara billions of euros and visa liberalisation in exchange for Turkey stemming the flow of migrants after Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II.
But Turkey has long been irritated that Brussels has not yet approved visa liberalisation because of its continued calls for Ankara to reform its anti-terror laws.
"The 72 criteria for visa-free travel have been completed," presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told reporters in Ankara, saying Turkey had informed the EU.
"We hope and expect that this will add new momentum to Turkey-EU relations."
Kalin hailed the development, saying "from today we can say there is a new process".
Kalin did not elaborate on how Turkey intended to satisfy the EU on anti-terror laws.
His comments came after European Council chief Donald Tusk's spokesman said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would meet top EU officials next month in Bulgaria.
Relations between the EU and Turkey have taken a nosedive since the July 2016 failed coup as well as Brussels' continued objections to Ankara's crackdown. Over 140,000 people have been suspended or sacked over alleged links to coup-plotters.
Membership talks that officially began in 2005 have stalled since the coup bid, to the chagrin of Erdogan who previously said the wait was "exhausting".
"If this is secured, the perception of the EU will change in Turkey without a doubt," Kalin insisted, adding Turks have long deserved the right to access the Schengen zone without the need for a visa.
According to Metropoll research company, 51.7 percent of Turks surveyed in January said Turkey should not become an EU member, compared with 35.5 in support of it.
Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron said Turkey should renounce its ambition of becoming a member of the EU and settle instead for a looser "partnership".
But Erdogan told an Italian newspaper this week that Turkey rejected such proposals, saying Turkey wanted full membership and urged the EU to "keep its promises".


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Jocko Willink (@jockowillink) rejoins us to discuss his latest book, The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win. [Photo credit: Ryan Hartford]
What We Discuss with Jocko Willink:
- What happens when we take the "extreme" part of extreme ownership too literally.
- Why otherwise positive characteristics can be detrimental to progress when we forget the importance of balance.
- When to take responsibility, and what the limits of this actually are.
- Why we should stop being the easy button for those we manage and lead.
- The concept of leadership capital: how to build it, when to use it, and when not to use it.
- And much more…
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Effective leadership consists of more than simply having the authority to boss other people around. It requires an understanding of when it's time to have your team lean into extremes to progress toward a goal, but also when to lean back with restraint to strike the right balance. Or, as an old gambler once wisely imparted: "You've got to know when to hold 'em; know when to fold 'em."
If you're wondering how you might strike such a balance to develop or improve your own leadership skills, you're in the right place. SEAL Task Unit Bruiser commander Jocko Willink returns to the show to talk about his new book (co-authored with Leif Babin), The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win. Listen, learn, and enjoy! (If you like this one, be sure to check out Jocko's last appearance here.)
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The Dichotomy
Like a skilled chef, an effective leader understands the importance of balance. Too much of what can be a good thing in moderation — like paprika or covering a coordinated team from enemy fire — can upset that balance. Few understand this better than The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win co-author Jocko Willink.
"You can be too simple," says Jocko. "Even something like cover and move, which is, 'Hey, we're going to support other teams around my team.' If I'm on Team A and Team B is doing something, well, I'm going to cover and move. I'm going to help them. I'm going to support them. And that's a really positive thing. But what happens if I take that to the extreme, and now I start getting into the weeds with what they're doing and I start stepping on toes and I start interfering with what they're actually trying to get done?
"So, yes, the idea of extreme ownership is awesome, but there is a tendency for people to try to take things to the extreme."
An aggressive leader is capable of leading his or her team to greatness. But an overaggressive leader is likely to lead that team into cutting corners and taking unnecessary risks; an underaggressive leader doesn't take the necessary risks to get anything done. Moderation is key, and it takes a good leader to find that delicate line.
The Contingency
Every leader knows that unforeseen variables can intervene to throw his or her best-laid plans into chaos. And while it's easy to take ownership of such a scenario on the surface level for the sympathy of your team, a leader taking extreme ownership would have anticipated the possibility of such variables and composed an alternative — a contingency plan.
Jocko gives an example of an uncontrollable variable to which we can all relate: the weather.
"So you're going to take helicopters to go hit a target somewhere and the weather turns out bad and the helicopters can't fly," says Jocko, "and you go, 'Hey, that's not my fault because the weather was bad and I can't control the weather!' Everyone would agree that we can't control the weather…but a good leader will say, 'You know what? We didn't execute the mission because the helicopters couldn't fly and I can't control the weather, but what I could have done is I could have come up with a contingency plan in case the weather was bad. I should have thought of that. I should have had vehicles on standby. I should have prestaged somewhere that was closer so that if we did get a weather problem, we could still execute the mission. So I'm still going to take ownership.'
"When you have that attitude, what it does is it drives you to be more successful because you know if you always have some kind of excuse in your back pocket that you can whip out at any time, then you don't try and cover all the bases. You're not going to plan as well. But when you know, 'Hey, this is on me; it's on me to get this mission accomplished; it's on me a hundred percent,' if that's your attitude, you'll cover those bases and you'll get the mission executed."
Listen to this episode in its entirety to learn more about how Jocko learned to delegate without surrendering ownership, symptoms of micromanagement, why bold actions are usually better than no actions (even when hindsight tells us they weren't the right actions), what your team gains when you stop being its easy button whenever a problem needs solving, what leadership capital is and when you should use (or not use) it, how to build trust between a leader and team members, what "be humble or get humbled" means, what happens when a book with potentially classified information has to go through a review process with the Pentagon before it can be published, and lots more.
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Resources from This Episode:
- The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
- TJHS 15: Jocko Willink | Why Discipline Beats Motivation Every Time
- Marc's Mission: Way of the Warrior Kid (A Novel) by Jocko Willink and Jon Bozak
- Way of the Warrior Kid: From Wimpy to Warrior the Navy SEAL Way: A Novel by Jocko Willink and Jon Bozak
- Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual by Jocko Willink
- Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
- Echelon Front
- Jocko Podcast
- Jocko Willink at Instagram
- Jocko Willink at Facebook
- Jocko Willink at Twitter
- Psychological Warfare by Jocko Willink
- Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual, Pt. 1 (Thoughts) by Jocko Willink
- Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual, Pt. 2 (Actions) by Jocko Willink
- Jocko Podcast 21: Tim Kennedy, Police Self Defense and Use of Force, Women in Special Forces, UFC, Chaos
- Producer Jason's Jocko Care Package
- Jocko White Tea


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Because Houston Uptown Dentists is not a chain practice, you can look forward to seeing the same smiling faces each time you visit us. This also gives our dentists and team members the opportunity to get to know you and your particular smile goals better.
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The spa-like decor of our practice will also help you relax. Feel free to take a digital tour of our office to see what we mean!
We also provide comfort options to entertain you:
- Headphones with calming sounds or music
- personal movie glasses so you can watch your favorite Netflix shows or movies
Dental Sedation Options
To help relieve dental anxiety, we can also provide three different options from a sedation dentist:
- Laughing gas is a gas you inhale through a small mask on your nose. You will feel a mild euphoria as your stress melts away.
- Conscious oral sedation is in the form of a pill so you can arrive at our Houston, TX dental office already relaxed.
- IV sedation will take effect almost immediately. We are thoroughly trained to control your level of sedation.
In the case of oral sedation and IV sedation, a friend or family member will need to give you a ride to and from our office.
If you're ready to treat yourself to the calming and soothing staff of Houston Uptown Dentists, call our Houston, TX dentist office at 832-463-1021 to schedule your stress-free visit. You can also use our online form.


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August 2, 1998, Section CN, Page 14Buy Reprints
CHARLES ATKINS of Woodbury has followed an unusual career path on his way to becoming a novelist. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in theater from New York University, he went back to school for premed studies. Then he worked as an emergency medical technician, earned a medical degree at Emory University in Atlanta and completed a psychiatric residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven.
Today, Dr. Atkins is the medical director of behavioral health at Waterbury Hospital, one of the state's largest departments of psychiatry -- and the author of ''The Portrait'' (St. Martin's Press), a psychological thriller.
Published in June to favorable reviews, the novel follows a Soho artist, Chad Green, who suffers from manic depression, through the chaos that follows his hospitalization, successful gallery show and the murder of his psychiatrist. The fast-paced story runs on two parallel tracks -- can Chad discover who stole his paintings and shot his psychiatrist without giving in to the paranoia and mania that dog him? His symptoms only worsen when he skips his medication so he can paint better.
While the storyline is fiction, all the medical information is true. Dr. Atkins, who is 36, said he wrote the book to give people an insider's perspective on what it is like to have manic depression.
''The truth is you have millions of people with mental illness, who live in the community, have very normal lives, and struggle with medication, just as people may struggle with problems with their kids,'' Dr. Atkins said.
He estimated 1 percent of the population has manic depression; another 4 percent suffers from schizophrenia, and 5 to 10 percent will experience a major depression in their lifetime. Between the ages of 65 and 85, the percentage of the population facing dementing illnesses increases from 10 percent to about 50 percent.
''There are many people who have high-powered professions who have manic depression,'' Dr. Atkins said. Winston Churchill, Napoleon Bonaparte and Beethoven are believed to have been manic depressives. One of the more enviable symptoms of the illness is hypomania, the overactive state one step below frank mania or madness.
''Most people would like to be hypomanic,'' Dr. Atkins said. ''It's very energized, very productive. You need little sleep, and you can get a whole lot done. These are the people who write a symphony over a weekend.''
In ''The Portrait,'' Chad skips his lithium pills and stays up all night painting. Dr. Atkins said he hoped his readers would be able to relate to Chad's troubles and empathize with him.
''We probably have more in common with people with mental illness than we have not in common,'' he said. The author believes his fiction, written as a first-person narrative, is a better vehicle for educating people than reference books.
''Reading about it in a textbook will tell you you'll sleep less, you may become hypoverbal, and possibly psychotic and paranoid,'' Dr. Atkins said. ''But you won't really know what that means.''
Kirkus Reviews describes ''The Portrait'' as a ''recklessly entertaining debut,'' but it advises readers to ''forget the canned ending.'' Publishers Weekly was more flattering: ''Chad's waking nightmare neatly balances surreal surfaces with paranoid reality as the novel whips towards its satisfying conclusion and the reader is reminded, yet again, that even paranoids have enemies.''
Dr. Atkins has since completed two more novels and is working on a third. So far, none of the manuscripts, which also deal with psychiatric issues, has been accepted for publication. Dr. Atkins has a contract for two books with St. Martin's Press.
Currently, he is working on a book he calls ''Soulless,'' which deals with childhood and adolescent development ''gone really wrong.'' The protagonist is Molly Katz, who is completing a psychiatric residency in an in-patient adolescent unit when a nurse is murdered.
Dr. Atkins makes time for writing by rising at 3:30 A.M. and spending one to two hours on a project.
''I try to do at least 1,000 words in the morning,'' he said. ''It's very much stream of consciousness, because I'm half asleep.'' In the 12 years he has been writing seriously, Dr. Atkins said, he has learned two tricks that work for him.
''The biggest trick to creativity and productivity is turning off your critical mind,'' he said. When he begins to feel stuck, he looks inside himself for something that is unsettled and tries to write into that.
''Let's say I've had a bad day on the unit, or I'm worried about a patient -- it leaves me with a feeling in my body and mind,'' he said. ''Without writing about the specifics of a case or a patient, I can just allow myself to look into the feeling state and let the writing emerge.''
Dr. Atkins said he has never experienced writer's block. But he did admit, almost gleefully, ''I can write absolute garbage.'' Perhaps his biggest obstacle is his full schedule. He rarely writes more than two hours a day, because he must be at the hospital by 7:30 A.M. Generally he works at the hospital or its various clinics until about 5 P.M. He gives frequent evening talks to community or professional groups. In addition to his fiction, he writes a bimonthly column for the American Medical Association's newsletter, and he is an assistant professor at the Yale University School of Medicine.
That leaves vacation time. Last year, Dr. Atkins took two weeks off and wrote half a novel. But his normal rate of 1,000 words a day does add up. With the average book weighing in at 60,000 to 90,000 words, Dr. Atkins is able to finish a rough draft in two to three months, despite working full-time.
Why does he write?
Dr. Atkins says he enjoys doing the research. While working on ''Soulless,'' for example, ''I look at the kids throughout the department with a fresh set of eyes,'' he said. ''It helps me reinvest myself in the work of being a psychiatrist, to learn something new and to see what is the new research, the new data, the new rates of child murder and homicide, which is horrible.''
In his spare time, Dr. Atkins browses in flea markets. ''That's my weekend thing,'' he said. ''It's an addiction.''
He favors heavy, carved Victorian furniture and old clocks. Currently, more than three dozen Dutch, German and Connecticut clocks keep time in his house. There are more awaiting repairs in a basement workshop. He sells some of his finds at the Heritage Village Antiques Center in Southbury, where he and a partner rent space.
There was one last question. Psychiatrists have a reputation for being close-mouthed about themselves. Yet, Dr. Atkins requested an interview at his house. Was that hard for him?
''It's not difficult talking to reporters,'' he said breezily. ''I do a lot of public speaking, and I'm a bit of a ham.''


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Few realize that in the land of Judea the Nazarene, the one known as Yashua ben Yoseph ~ JESUS was ridiculed, and looked down upon by many of the scholars of the day in that region, as this 'Indigenous" peasant , who was a wild dreamer, and could only speak Arabic. He was a wanderer, and a nomad. He had traveled to many strange lands and spoke of strange religions, and people who built pyramids, He spoke of Tibetans, and Mongols, and even Mayans. He spoke of Druids, and Egyptians as being the children of God.
Fewer still realize …the Legends of the Pale Prophet which are told in the many Legends of the Indigenous Peoples of the world seem to indicate that he was. As do the the Wisdom Teachings of the Ascended Masters. There are also many ancient texts from varied global cultures that state it as fact; as does recent archeological evidence bespeak the existence of the Christ and even the Apostles in Ancient America. The continued reoccurrence of this is becoming too numerous and widespread to be merely a matter of coincidence. The Greater Story can no longer be ignored; as the prophecies he shared with so many cultures are now manifesting before our eyes.
Throughout the epic Indigenous Tales of the Ancient American Peoples, and the Scriptures from the middle east that were used in the creation of "the Bible," but the Euro-Mediterranean Texts were not used in their simple entirety. They were heavily edited, and many were never allowed to be put into the Bible as a finished compilation of " Christian" theology. Plainly it is evident that many of the teachings of the master can not be found in the Bible, in fact few exist at all. Neither are many of the works of his apostles included. Further we find upon diligent inquiries into surviving historical documents, that all mention of any of the women who were apostles have been totally excluded, Although the historical documents tell us on many occasions, that there were twelve men, and twelve women who traveled with the Nazarene during his ministry. So why didn't the Bible include all the teachings of the Christ?
© Golden Braid Ministries
The teachings of the Golden Braid do not represent any particular Religious Sect. They are based upon the Sacred Texts of the Indigenous Peoples of the World, and the teachings of the Pale Prophet , Jesus~Sananda, Quetzalcoatl, Deganaweda, the bringer of the Great Peace. ' Kioneri Kowa' the way of the Christos. The Greatest Story Never Told.


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Build a Bach houses on the Market!
Interest in the two student-built relocatable Build a Bach houses is growing as they near completion.
"We had some very interested parties at a recent open day and I have my colleague who specialises in sections on the job now as well," says Kylie Moore from McDonald Real Estate.
The modern mono-pitch houses are priced at $185,000, plus relocation fees, and feature three bedrooms, good storage and an excellent floor plan.
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If you missed the open home, call Kylie at McDonald Real Estate on 06 757 3083 or 027 334 2276 to find out more or check out the online listing: https://eieio.co.nz/listing/NP01152
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South End Creative Lab
It's back! We are thrilled to announce the 2017 South End creative microgrant program, now called the South End Creative Lab.
Here's what it is:
You know all those times when you have thought, "This place would just be better if someone would ________…" Well, we want to help you be that someone. Tell us what you want to make better. We'll give you $50 – $1,000 to make it happen.
Why are we doing this?
- Life happens on the street. We want to help you bring the creativity and serendipity that happens within four walls in South End out onto the streets and sidewalks where everyone can see it.
- We want to help you live your dreams. Sometimes a few dollars and a team of people standing behind you to cheer you on is all you need to take matters into your own hands and make something awesome. We believe that this program will build community and local leadership with people like you.
- Creativity thrives in South End. We hear all the time about neat start-ups, art collaborations and new ideas taking root in South End. Let's show off all the neat things that can happen here.
So, you'll just give me money?
Almost. There are a few requirements.
- Creative Lab projects must be designed for and implemented in Historic South End. If you aren't sure exactly where the boundaries are, see this map.
- Creative Lab projects must enhance the public realm, meaning that they are outside or visible from the street or sidewalk. They can be in the street or sidewalk (we'll help you through the red tape on that one), on private property, on the side of a building, in the sky… just as long as anyone can see or interact with it. Creative Lab projects should be accessible all (or most) of the time, and be welcoming to all.
- Eligible projects can be temporary or semi-permanent. (Nothing lasts forever). Previous winners of our microgrants have done things like create public seating on the Rail Trail, offer free pop-up classes for dog owners, create interactive art experiences like the coloring-book wall on Camden and collaborative collage, and add art and color and poetry in unexpected places. We are looking to fund things like static improvements (a little library, a garden, a bench, art) and interactive programming (yoga, dog training, dance, performance art, games).
- Funds can help pay for materials but generally cannot pay for your time. Sometimes there are exceptions.
Challenge Areas
New for 2017, there are bonus funds available if your project enhances one of a few challenge areas along the Rail Trail. These are:
- Edna's Porch (Location) Edna's Porch is the Rail Trail's front porch in South End. The bright yellow porch swings and amphitheater seating make it a natural spot for performances, art or events.
- Trolley Powerhouse (Location) The Charlotte Trolley Powerhouse building is at the heart of South End, and right at the Bland Street light rail station. What could you add to the alley, the windows, or someplace else to make this space more than a walkway?
- Duke Substation – Yellow Chair Lawn. (Location) The yellow chairs on the grass are a natural chill spot during the day, and the Duke substation has an illuminated light show at night. What else could happen here? Art, games, furniture, flowers?
- Dilworth Artisan Station. (Location) The back parking lot area at Dilworth Artisan Station once hosted the Neighborhood Living Room (a temporary, creative South End project) and it's ready for the next big thing. All summer, pushcart vendors will set up shop here. What else would you want to see here while you eat an ice cream? Art, seating, signage, shade?
- Shook-Kelley Porch. (Location) The low wall that runs along the Rail Trail at the back of the Shook-Kelley building at 2151 Hawkins Street is where the Runners' Respite bench popped up last summer; one of the first round of creative South End microgrants. The bench was fabulous but nothing lasts forever. What should go here next? This area is a great opportunity to make a big impact on a long, and busy stretch of the trail.
How do I apply?
The initial application is easy. Tell us about what you want to do and why, how you think you might do it, and what you think it might cost.
If your idea is a winner, we'll give you funds to help make it happen, and invite you to a workshop with our partners and past winners to help you get started.
When is the deadline?
May 8, 2017: South End Creative Lab 2017 announced
June 8: Applications due
June 23: Winners notified on or before June 23rd
July 11 or 13: Winners' workshop – 6-8pm
July 15 – October 31: Creative Lab takes flight! (Bring your idea to life.)
November 30: Report about your experience
Like everything great, it takes a village to make great things happen. Here's who you'll have on your team:
- Advice and coaching from the staff of planners, designers, and event wizards at Charlotte Center City Partners
- Advice and coaching from previous microgrant winners
- Fabrication guidance and access to the Makers Space at C3 Lab
- Borrow tools from the Charlotte Community Toolbank
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I apply?
Fill out this form. Don't forget to email us your inspiration images. (Details in form.)
Will you help me find a location to implement my project?
It's up to you to research location options. We can support you in connecting with property owners, but you are ultimately responsible for obtaining permission from them. Check out the challenge areas for a few places where we know we can help.
If I receive a grant, can I have more money than the amount I applied for?
Winners will be awarded the specific amount for which they apply. The application requires a budget outline so you may identify upfront how much is needed to implement your project. We cannot guarantee additional funds if you incur costs beyond the amount identified in your application.
What can the grant money go towards?
Funds may be used to purchase materials, rent equipment, or enlist expert assistance.
How long does the installation have to last?
Depending on the scope of your project, temporary physical improvements may last anywhere from a few days to several months.
May I submit more than one application? Can previous applicants and winners apply again?
Yes, yes and yes! Bring it on.
Am I allowed to do a project on the Rail Trail?
LYNX Blue Line platforms are off limits for safety reasons, but CATS has a Task Order process to allow for temporary installations on the Rail Trail. There are a few extra steps to gain permission. We can help.
Am I allowed to do a project in the street?
If you want to do something in the street (jargon: "public right of way"), you must work with the Charlotte Department of Transportation. For safety reasons, there are some specific rules. Permits are required to close a street or a lane for work, events, or placemaking. We'll help you connect with the right people at the city to figure it out.
How do you define the "public realm"?
Public realm means all of the places and structures that are accessible or viewable by the public. That means parks, sidewalks, plazas, bus stops, street trees, parking spaces, landscaping, planting strips, walls, windows – everything you can see from the street that gives a place its character. Not all parts of the public realm are "public"–a window or a wall might be owned by a private owner, and managed by a business tenant; something you should think about when you consider your project, partners and permissions.
Do you have more questions? Drop us a line: email Megan Gude at mgude (at) charlottecentercity (dot) org.


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F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby, 1925
THE PERIOD 1913 to 1933 was a time of great change in America. The early years were an extension of the staid Victorian era when culture and refinement were eagerly sought and jealously guarded. Tradition and respect were paramount and excess was something to be avoided … as were excitement, risk, and drama. Sons dutifully followed their fathers into business while daughters were taught that womanly fulfillment could only come through marriage and motherhood.
Things changed dramatically after 1918. Disillusioned by the dark, violent destruction of World War One, America's young people made a choice to forget the past, embrace the present and ignore the future. America lost her inhibitions in the 1920s and entered a period of raucous living. It was a time of Flappers, Jazz Babies and Flaming Youth; of ragtime, silent movies and vaudeville; of Scott & Zelda, Laurel & Hardy, Gin & Tonics. These were America's heady Days of Wonder when almost anything could happen – and very often did!
By the end of the 1920s, America was running on sheer momentum. When that energy gave out, the country entered an era known as the Great Depression. Although many blame the Depression on the New York Stock Market Crash of 1929, that event was merely one symptom of a worldwide economic instability that had been developing for years. Combined with the Great Plains drought (the "Dust Bowl") and a host of other events, the economic downturn eventually impacted every segment of American society.
The Great Depression that gripped the nation in the 1930s marked the end of America's modern age of innocence. It would be many years before the country would again know a time of such youthful exuberance as that experienced between 1913 and 1933. Although no one suspected it at the time, the 1933 appointment of Adolph Hitler as Chancellor of Germany marked the beginning of one of the darkest periods in modern world history.
John Held in National Lampoon, 1927 (Kendrick Collection, TESHS)
A Whole-House Exhibit at the Trail End State Historic Site
April 1999 - December 2001
Detail from movie poster, 1916 (Private Collection)
State Historic Site
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ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday observed that if in any matter the constitution and law are not clear then the convention would prevail.
Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, heading a five-member bench, was hearing the case of Muhammad Aslam vs federation of Pakistan. The chief justice said if in any matter the constitution and law are not clear then the convention would prevail.
However, Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa raised a question if there were 10 additional judges and out of them five were made permanent this year and other five next year then what would be the criteria for seniority.
Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali remarked that when the President makes a judge permanent then the date a notification for the purpose is issued would be considered the seniority. The bench said that Sindh High Court had declared that a judge's seniority starts from the date when he is made permanent.
The petitioner's counsel Zaka-ur-Rehman argued that in the judges' pension case the apex court had ruled that there was no difference between the additional and the permanent judges. He pleaded that the present seniority committee composition is against the constitution and also the verdicts of the courts.
He said that the additional judges were appointed according to the Article 193, 197, 18th and 19th Amendments. The additional judge gets benefit under Article 197, however, there was no provision of it under Article 193. An additional judge would be considered permanent on completion of his duration, he argued.
He contended that 34 judges were appointed as additional on 17th February 2010 for one year, of them 18 judges were give one year extension, while 16 judges were dropped after one year. He further said that out of 18 additional judges 15 were made permanent.
The case was adjourned till tomorrow. Attorney General for Pakistan would give arguments.


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Dr Kirkham has published widely in the fields of whole life costs, stochastic service life prediction and quantitative techniques in performance measurement, and is co-author of two texts on building/engineering cost modelling. He is scientific secretary of CIB-TG62 Complex Systems and the Built Environment, and co-managing editor of RICS Research Innovation in the Built Environment.
My career started in power systems and power electronics, and involved work on the modelling of power systems, using both dynamic and computer models. I have since worked in textile instrumentation, and on circuit breaker actuators for vacuum switches.
Dr Magda Sibley 's research interests focus on the following areas:
Maria Balshaw has been Director of the Whitworth Art Gallery since June 2006. She has coordinated a challenging programme of historic, modern and contemporary exhibitions that capitalise on the Whitworth's university location as well as having a strong international profile. She has led a successful campaign to expand the gallery and reconnect it to the surrounding park as well as modernise and revitalise the whole gallery.
With a background in planning and urban development research and previous experience in UK social housing, my interests involve connecting the built environment to social processes through exploring the everyday activities that construct cities, often neglected by formal theories and practices of planning and urbanism.
I am primarily interested in plant physiology in terms of plants' responses and interactions with the environment. I am especially keen to work on gas-exchange (photosynthesis, respiration and transpiration) and also resource-use efficiency across environmental gradients.
While doing my PhD I have investigated the effect of urban trees on adapting our cities to the urban heat island by measuring their growth and transpiration across environmental gradients. I have also attempted to carry out comparative ecophysiological studies on simulated changed climatic scenarios.
Jenni's current research portfolio includes future cities/ urban technologies, energy and housing.
She is an expert advisor to the FP7 project IREEN (ICT Roadmap for Energy Efficienct Neighbourhoods), and a researcher on a number of projects including SMARTiP (Smart Metropolitan Areas Through Innovation and People); Housing in Multiple Occupancy: Energy Issues and Policy (HOME); and Community Approaches to Housing Retrofit in Greater Manchester.
Joe Ravetz is a leading thinker on sustainable futures for urban and regional development, and the methods and tools which are needed to help make the transition. His landmark study 'City-Region 2020 – integrated planning for a sustainable environment' provides new insights and new pathways, drawing on a major case study of the long-term future of a large conurbation.
John Handley's current research interests are focused on landscape dynamics and the management of change, ecologically informed and participative approaches to resource management and the development of adaptation strategies for climate change impacts.
One of the University's growing number of Sustainability Enthusiasts. Find out more about the initiative here.
Research interests: Reintegration of offenders; illegal immigration; Cross border crime; illegal movement of people; Communities and crime; Sentencing for criminal offences.
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