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I was a ball of nerves.
I was in my bathroom, just getting ready for the day, looking in the mirror as I curled my hair and tried to ignore the fact that I was so nervous to lead worship the next night.
After suppressing the nerves all week, it finally hit me.
I started trembling and actually began to tear up as a wave of anxiety hit me.
I looked at the pathetically scared girl in the mirror and thought, "I've been leading worship for almost 5 years now. This is literally a simple church prayer gathering. This is ridiculous. Why am I still battling fear?"
I'll rewind a little. I've spent pretty much my whole life hiding my voice. I'm not totally sure why or when that became a thing, but as long as I can remember, I never let anybody hear me sing. I loved singing when I was at home alone, or quietly humming when I used a blow-dryer so no one in the house could hear me, but as soon as another person was present, I could not get any real sound to come out.
It wasn't until about 5 years ago that God spoke to me in my room one day.
He said, "There's a big fear you have that I want you to get over. I've given you a voice. I want to use you to bless others in worship, and you're being selfish by letting fear keep that locked up."
At that time, I had recently made a commitment to God and myself to live fearlessly–that I would never let fear be the reason I didn't do something.
So I said, "Okay God, I'll start singing," not totally sure what that would mean or look like.
I'll never forget the night that started this whole singing thing for me. A few weeks after God told me to get over my fear, my church at the time was having youth worship team tryouts. I went back and forth with myself that whole day about whether or not I should go, until finally I found myself driving to the church, shaking, with my stomach in knots saying, "God, whatever You want to do with my life and my voice, do it. Whether I make the team or not, I'm doing this for You and to show fear that it doesn't control me."
I ended up trying out, and everybody was shocked that I could sing.
I made the team, and that opened the door to this whole new world of music and worship-leading for me.
The past 5 years since then have consisted of me learning from scratch. I learned how a band works, how to use in-ears, how to sing harmonies, I had to get used to the sound of my voice in a microphone, what it means to be a worship leader, how to feel a room and take the song where God wants it go…like I literally came into this not knowing anything haha. Over these past few years I've gotten to lead at different churches, sing at a few conferences, and even a few weddings. I'm now on my current church's worship team at Jesus Culture Sacramento, where I get to serve with some of the most humble, gifted, and passionate worship leaders I've ever known. This worship-leading thing has been one of the most unexpected and beautiful journeys of my life.
However, every now and again, that fear tries to rear its ugly head.
Fast-forward to that moment in my bathroom (of all places, haha). That was going to be my third time leading worship that week, I had some kind of bug, my voice was giving out, and leading at this prayer gathering felt like more pressure than doing background vocals like I do most often at my church. So there I was last week, shaking, feeling small, and completely unqualified. For a split second, the thought crossed my mind, "Is this worth it? Why do I put myself through the nerves and nausea?" God, I can't go on like this forever. Help me."
I had a decision to make…Should I say it was a good run and plan to close the worship-leading chapter of my life pretty soon, or continue to fight the fear head-on until every last bit of it was gone?
I said to myself, "Why on EARTH would I let fear rob me of what I was made to do? God, YOU spoke to me. YOU called me to this, so help me face and overcome this fear once and for all."
So for the sake of obedience, my refusal to let fear win, and for my hope to encourage other people that battle with fear, I decided to go to war in my bathroom.
I started singing the lyrics to "You Make Me Brave" until I was shouting them and until I believed it.
God helped me get to the roots of my fear so it could no longer control me.
I realized I had put all these different pressures on myself, that I think so many of us experience in the things we pursue.
I felt like I needed to perfect.
I thought, "The world has so many other gifted people, and I'm just some random girl that decided to be obedient. What could I have to offer?"
I didn't want to disappoint people.
I felt like every worship set I led had to turn into a super powerful, spontaneous set like the Bethel videos on YouTube haha.
And that's when God told me, "Your worship doesn't need to look like anyone else's. You don't need to be the best singer or worship leader out there for me to love your worship. You're LEARNING. Give yourself the time and the grace to learn and grow! If you're fighting your way through this fear and can only manage to sing Me the simplest song imperfectly, that is MORE than enough for Me. THAT is beautiful, costly worship."
All of this pressure, comparison, and anxiety I had started to vanish. Instead I felt the freedom to be learning, the freedom to not be perfect, the freedom to just be myself.
The next night ended up being one of my top favorite times ever leading worship. Without all the nerves in the way, I was able to actually sing out what was inside of me. I looked around and saw a room full of people singing, shouting, cheering, dancing, and excited about what God was doing in our lives and in our city. There was a new level of freedom I hadn't felt before. I remember feeling so alive in that moment, and every word I sang felt like driving another nail into fear's coffin.
I share all this not to be like, "Oooh, look what I did!" but to stand on the other side of a victory and say,
There is NO FEAR that has ANY RIGHT to control you.
(And yes, I'm shout-typing this because THIS IS IMPORTANT!)
As I'm typing this, I really feel like this is your moment to wake up and allow yourself to pursue the things that sound crazy, unconventional, and impossible.
It's time to let God to breathe on the little spark in your heart
until it's a raging, unstoppable fire.
It's time to leave behind the pressures of perfectionism, people-pleasing, and striving.
Even if you're trembling, have no clue what you're doing, and feel completely unqualified, just start somewhere.
He can only help you "walk on water" when you decide to take the first step.
If GOD has called you and made you for this purpose, that's ALL that matters.
The world will be a better place because you decided to do what you were made to do.
Take some time to sit and think about what your life would look like without any fear.
Ask God to lead you in doing whatever it is that He's put in your heart.
I promise you, friend, it will be one of the most beautiful, worth-it things you'll ever do.
I'm so excited for you and I'm cheering you on!!
P.S. – Feel free to write out what your "thing" is in the comments! What's that thing you'd love to do but maybe have been too scared to start?
There's something so powerful about saying it out loud.


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Umpqua River Spring Chinook Fishing Improving When River Flows Permit
Despite the fact that no spring Chinook salmon have yet been entered in the Wells Creek Inn's Spring Chinook Contest, the springer fishing on the Umpqua River is starting to show definite signs of improvement. Most of the reported catches have occurred between Scottsburg and Elkton. There was quite a bit of fishing pressure just prior to the high muddy water and hopefully the river will drop and clear before too many springers move through.
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WDFW News – Langlois Lake In King County To Open For One Day Angling Event
Action: Opens Langlois Lake (King County) to fishing for anglers participating in the Project Healing Waters fishing event.
Effective Dates: One hour before official sunrise to one hour after official sunset on April 18, 2015.
Species affected: All game fish.
Location: Langlois Lake (King County).
Reason for action: Project Healing Waters is dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active military service personnel and disabled veterans through fishing.
Other information: This is a one-day Project Healing Waters (PHW) event hosted by the Bellevue/Issaquah Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the North Bend Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Fish will be stocked three to four days prior to the event to acclimate them before the commencement of fishing. On the day of the event, pre-registered PHW Veterans will be permitted to fish throughout the lake from boats captained by Trout Unlimited Volunteers.
Information Contact: Justin Spinelli, Fish Biologist, Region 4, firstname.lastname@example.com or 360-466-4345 ext. 242.
Fishers must have a current Washington fishing license, appropriate to the fishery. Check the WDFW "Fishing in Washington" rules pamphlet for details on fishing seasons and regulations. Fishing rules are subject to change. Check the WDFW Fishing hotline for the latest rule information at (360) 902-2500, press 2 for recreational rules. For the Shellfish Rule Change hotline call (360)796-3215 or toll free 1-866-880-5431.
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WDFW News – Upper Columbia Steelhead & Whitefish Fisheries To Close
Action: Closure of steelhead and whitefish fishing on the upper Columbia River including the Wenatchee, Entiat, Methow, Okanogan, and Similkameen rivers.
Species affected: Steelhead and whitefish.
Effective dates: One hour after official sunset on March 31, 2015.
Mainstem Columbia River: From Rock Island Dam upstream to 400 feet below Chief Joseph Dam.
Wenatchee River: From the mouth to the Wenatchee River 400 feet below Tumwater Dam, including the Icicle River from the mouth to 500 feet downstream of the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery Barrier Dam.
Entiat River: From the mouth to approximately ½ mile upstream to a point perpendicular with the intersection of the Entiat River Road and Hedding Street.
Methow River: From the mouth to the confluence of the Chewuch River in Winthrop.
Okanogan River: From the mouth to the Highway 97 Bridge in Oroville.
Similkameen River: From the mouth to 400 feet below Enloe Dam.
Reason for action: The season is closed to minimize impacts to spawning steelhead.
Information contact: Travis Maitland, District 7 Fish Biologist (Wenatchee), (509) 665-3337; Ryan Fortier, Methow-Okanogan District 6 Fish Biologist, (509) 997-0316; Jeff Korth, Region 2 Fish Program Manager (Ephrata), (509) 754-4624, ext. 224
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Recreational Ocean Salmon Season to Open South of Horse Mountain on April 4
California's recreational salmon season will open in ocean waters on Saturday, April 4, 2015, from Horse Mountain (40° 05' 00" N. latitude) south to the U.S.-Mexico border.Chinook2
The daily bag limit is two Chinook per day and no more than two daily bag limits may be possessed when on land. On a vessel in ocean waters, no person shall possess or bring ashore more than one daily bag limit.
Between Horse Mountain and Point Arena (38° 57' 30" N. latitude), the minimum size limit is 20 inches total length. For areas south of Point Arena, the minimum size limit is 24 inches total length.
For anglers fishing north of Point Conception (34° 27' 00" N. latitude), no more than two single-point, single-shank barbless hooks shall be used, and no more than one rod shall be used per angler when fishing for salmon or fishing from a boat with salmon on board. In addition, barbless circle hooks are required when fishing with bait by any means other than trolling.
Additional ocean salmon fishing regulations for the 2015 fishing season will be decided next month by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) during its April 11-16 meeting in Rohnert Park, and by the Fish and Game Commission at its April 17 teleconference. Final sport regulations will be published in the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) 2015 Supplemental Fishing Regulations booklet, which will be posted online in May at www.wildlife.ca.gov/regulations.
Three alternatives are currently being considered for California's 2015 commercial and recreational ocean salmon regulations, including season dates, size limits, bag limits and quotas. The public is encouraged to comment on any of the proposed alternatives, which can be found at the PFMC website at http://goo.gl/OEmIuR.
CDFW reminds anglers that retention of coho salmon is prohibited in all ocean fisheries. For complete ocean salmon regulations in effect during April, please visit CDFW's ocean salmon webpage at www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/oceansalmon.asp or call the Ocean Salmon Regulations Hotline at (707) 576-3429.
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Pete Heley Outdoors 3 / 25 /2015
I almost had an anxiety attack when I heard that Laura Jackson was retiring at the end of this month. It was Laura, a District biologist out of the Roseburg office, who had called me back after I had called the Roseburg ODFW office expressing my concern about having to tag Umpqua River fall Chinook salmon as spring Chinook during the month of July starting this year. She stated that it was an oversight and was pretty certain that the "problem" would be properly handled in a department meeting prior to the fall Chinooks actually showing up in the river.
So when I found out that she was retiring and I had not heard anything, I thought the worst. However I got a quick call back from Laura's supervisor who seemed very aware of the potential problem and assured me that an April meeting would "correct" it – so, although it is not yet official, it definitely appears that anglers fishing the lower Umpqua River for salmon in July will be able to tag their Chinook salmon as fall Chinooks. August and later fall months were never the problem.
Like many ODFW missteps, this "problem" was the result of good intentions – a desire to protect a very weak run of spring Chinooks that run up the South Umpqua River. The ODFW has been very protective of this small run to the point of closing the South Umpqua River to all fishing during some of its best times to catch big smallmouth bass – but the ODFW seems to be finetuning their regulations and I feel that South Umpqua bass anglers have more opportunities than they had in the past.
While on the subject, there a few other "no brainer" steps the ODFW could take. I realize that Mill Creek, the Umpqua River tributary that is the outlet to Loon Lake was closed because a few "anglers" were snagging salmon and steelhead that often rested in the stream's lower reaches before resuming their journey up the Umpqua. But it kind of bugs me that there is a healthy population of smallmouth bass and a few largemouths that cannot legally be fished for. Since anadromous fish cannot reach the upper reaches of Mill Creek, which has always had a healthy populatiom of largemouth bass, I can't think of any valid reason for that section of stream being closed. Simply opening up the short section between Loon Lake and where Mill Creek Road crosses the stream would allow anglers to to fish the two large holes that offer the best bassfishing and increase the water available to bankbound anglers visiting the lake by about 20 percent.
Cleawox Lake is by far the most heavily stocked lake on the Oregon coast north of Coos Bay and consequently gets alot of fishing pressure. But there are a couple of options that can reduce the competition. Boat anglers can go through the shallow narrow section that divides the lake's north arm from the main lake. In years of normal or near-normal water levels fair numbers of the smaller stocked trout enter this narrow, nearly two mile long arm and receive very little fishing pressure once they do.
Lilly Lake, the small nearly two acre lake between the parking lot and the RV Park on the south side of Cleawox is seldom, if ever planted with trout, but offers pretty good fishing for bluegill and largemouth bass – and it receives almost no fishing pressure. It is easily fished with a float tube with the easiest access from the parking lot on thr south side of Cleawox Lake.
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CDFW CDFW Launches Online Form for Citizens to Report Incidents of Wildlife Mortality
Californians around the state can now use an online tool to report incidents of fish and wildlife mortality directly to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). By contributing to CDFW's growing database, citizens can help state environmental scientists gather important information necessary to monitor and evaluate wildlife populations and help prevent and control emerging di
"The CDFW Wildlife Investigations Lab is asking for this information so we can be one step ahead of a potential disease outbreak or other health concern," said CDFW Environmental Scientist Lora Konde. "If we don't know about it, we can't do anything about it."
CDFW is particularly interested in reports of dead animals with no visible injuries, sick or dead animals in unusual locations and/or more than five sick or dead animals at one location.
There are three ways to submit information:
Online: The preferred method is to submit information using the new mortality reporting form found at wildlife.ca.gov/living-with-wildlife. From the "Living with Wildlife" webpage, click on the purple box, "Report Dead Wildlife," to access the form. The form asks for such information as: observation date, the reporter's name and contact information, what kind of animal, where the animal was located and estimated mortality date. Photographs may be uploaded as well. The form is meant to be submitted online, but can also be filled out manually, printed and faxed to the Wildlife Investigations Lab at (916) 358-2814.
Smartphone: There is not a smartphone "app" available, but the mortality reporting form on the CDFW website is phone-enabled and can be filled out and submitted directly from a smartphone. To access the form, go to the main CDFW website (wildlife.ca.gov) and type "mortality reporting" into the search engine. The first suggested link that appears will redirect you to the form and submission page.
Email: Reports can also be sent via email to the Wildlife Investigations Lab email at vog.ac.efildliwnull@baliw.
CDFW's database does not include small animals (cats, dogs, skunks, possums, etc.) killed by cars or other mechanical means. These can be reported to the California Roadkill Observation System, www.wildlifecrossing.net/california/. However, please contact your local CDFW office (www.wildlife.ca.gov/regions) if you observe a deer, mountain lion or bear that has been hit by a car.
For health reasons, do not touch a sick, injured or dead animal. If you find an injured or sick animal, you can contact a local licensed wildlife rehabilitation center (www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/wil/rehab/facilities.html) for advice.
Local animal control agencies can also assist with sick animals that may need help or small dead animals that should be removed.
Public contributions to state scientists' efforts (dubbed "citizen science") is encouraged and greatly appreciated by CDFW. "When people are going about their daily activities and they keep an eye out in the field for sick or dead animals and take the time to report it to us, it is very helpful. The public's input is an extra resource to support this monitoring effort and keep wildlife populations healthy," Konde explained.
Though still relatively new, the online submission feature is already proving to be useful. In January 2015, CDFW began closely monitoring the population of band-tailed pigeons for signs of disease. Many Californians who observed increased numbers of dead birds took the time to share that information with CDFW.
"We were grateful that the public responded enthusiastically and provided us with a lot of useful information through this online reporting method," said Konde. "This makes the process of gathering data easier and more efficient. The faster we know about an outbreak, the faster we can analyze it and take action."
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Recreational Abalone Season to Open Along Northern California Coast
California's popular red abalone sport fishery season will open April 1 in most waters north of San Francisco Bay. However, new regulations effective last year closed parts of Fort Ross State Historical Park to the take of abalone. A map of the closed area can be found online at http://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=42101&inline=true.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) also enacted regulations last year that changed the start time from one-half hour before sunrise to 8 a.m. People may travel to fishing locations before 8 a.m. but may not actively search for or take any abalone before that time. The limit on abalone cards was also reduced from 24 to 18, but only a total of nine can be taken from Sonoma and Marin counties.
The changes were made because abalone abundance at eight index sites monitored by CDFW has declined over the years and the Abalone Recovery and Management Plan required a reduction in take. The 8 a.m. start time was proposed by CDFW wildlife officers who were witnessing large numbers of fishermen every low tide, and because it was becoming more difficult to find legal sized abalone (seven inches or greater measured along the longest shell diameter). During the search for legal sized abalone, increasing numbers of undersized abalone were being removed for measurement. It is likely that many abalone do not survive handling. The later start reduces the number of low tide days available for taking abalone, as well as the numbers of abalone taken and the number of undersized abalone killed during the search for legal sized abalone.
A complete list of abalone fishing regulations is available in the 2015 Ocean Sport Fishing Regulations booklet, which is available wherever fishing licenses are sold or at www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/sportfishing_regs2014.asp.
Abalone licenses and report cards may be purchased online at www.wildlife.ca.gov/licensing/fishing .
Cards should be returned to CDFW's Fort Bragg office, 32330 North Harbor Dr., Fort Bragg, CA 95437-5554. The return deadline is Jan. 31, 2016 but cards can be submitted early. The licensing webpage linked above also has a tab for reporting abalone catch online which may be done in place of returning the card by mail.
Abalone report cards must be returned even if no abalone were taken or no attempt was made to take abalone.
Abalone cling to rocks, from wave-swept intertidal ledges to deep ocean reefs, where they feed on kelp and other algae. It can take 12 years or more for abalone on the north coast to grow to legal size for harvest and biologists have concerns about the ability of the fishery to sustain current catch rates. Similar to rockfish, abalone are a long-lived species but have generally low rates of reproduction. The last major recruitment event for red abalone occurred more than 25 years ago and recent dive surveys have recorded lower densities of abalone at eight index sites.
Currently, the only ongoing abalone fishery in California is in the northern region of the state, which has remained productive for nearly 60 years. In 2013, the last year numbers are available, the catch estimated from abalone cards and telephone surveys was 230,000. The average catch has been about 254,000 annually for the past 12 years.
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CDFW's Deer Conservation And Management Plan Now Available For Public Review
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has completed its draft Deer Conservation and Management Plan, which is now available for public comment and review. The plan can be found at www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunting/deer/.
CDFW is proposing to develop 10 large-scale deer conservation units, which will assess how recent landscape and environmental changes have impacted deer population and habitat.
The draft plan also covers five important areas: unit plans, population management, habitat conservation, monitoring and outreach. Each unit will prepare separate plans, which will also be available for public comment and review at a future date.
In addition, movement corridors, winter and summer ranges and holding areas will be mapped and used to develop long-term conservation objectives. Areas needing restoration or rehabilitation will also be prioritized in order of importance to conservation and management objectives.
The deadline for comments is April 30, 2015. Interested parties can submit comments via email at vog.ac.efildliwnull@nalPreeD, or by regular mail sent to Deer Plan, 1812 Ninth St., Sacramento, CA 95811.
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Oregon Elk To Benefit From Habitat Improvement
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has awarded grants to fund 20 conservation projects that will improve more than 23,000 acres of wildlife habitat in the state of Oregon. The grants total $279,733 and directly benefit Crook, Douglas, Grant, Harney, Jackson, Klamath, Lake, Lincoln, Linn, Tillamook, Union, Wallowa and Yamhill Counties.
"Oregon is home to some great elk country," said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO. "This grant funding will pay for prescribed burning, aspen and meadow restoration, noxious weed treatments and other projects that will enhance habitat for elk and other wildlife."
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Allen thanked Oregon's volunteers for carrying out banquets, membership drives and other events that raised the money for the on-the-ground projects in their own backyard.
"We see it again and again in Oregon and all around the nation. Our volunteers and members care so much and work so hard for the benefit of elk country. To them we say 'Thank you,'" added Allen.
Here is a sampling of Oregon's 2015 projects, listed by county:
Grant County—Treat 450 acres of weed infestations across a 13,000 acre landscape that includes crucial winter range to complement an ongoing program of spring development, forage openings, fuels reduction and wet meadow protection on private land that allows public hunting adjacent to the Bridge Creek Wildlife Management Area.
Harney County—Rehabilitate and protect a rare, large, wet meadow along Alder Creek in the Stinkingwater Mountains by constructing a series of engineered check dams and fill to stabilize and rehab the stream channel. In addition, a 110-acre exclosure will be built to keep livestock out of the meadow (also affects Grant County).
Jackson County—Apply prescribed under-burning to 425 acres on the western slope of the southern Cascade Mountains in a recently commercially thinned area to jumpstart early seral recruitment in order to increase forage quality and quantity for elk on yearlong habitat and reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfire on the Rogue River National Forest.
Lake County—Thin 800 acres within aspen stands in a larger project area to reduce conifers and improve habitat on elk summer range and birthing areas on the Fremont-Winema National Forest .
For a complete list of Oregon's projects, go here.
Partners for the Oregon projects include the Fremont-Winema, Ochoco, Rogue River-Siskiyou, Siuslaw, Umatilla, Umpqua, Wallowa-Whitman and Willamette National Forests, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, private landowners and various sportsmen, wildlife, civic, tribal and government organizations.
Since 1986, RMEF and its partners completed 791 conservation and hunting heritage outreach projects in Oregon with a combined value of more than $53.6 million. These projects have protected or enhanced 768,210 acres of habitat and have opened or secured public access to 28,463 acres.
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Potholes Reservoir / Mardon Resort Recreation Report
Our nice weather has come early in Central Washington. With this early spring weather we are enjoying some very good early season fishing for walleye and perch. The trout are showing for bank fishers all over Potholes Reservoir. Trout fishers are also doing well fishing the seep lakes below O'Sullivan Dam.
The time for bass fishing on Potholes Reservoir has begun. This past week bass fishers have reported some huge largemouth from the sand dune area. I have talked to numerous bass anglers that had a successful day of fishing for bass and the occasional bonus walleye on a bass lure.
Walleye trollers are doing fare on pre-spawn Lind Coulee and Crab Creek Walleye. These pre-spawn walleye are almost all aggressive males under 22 inches.
Please call the MarDon Tackle Shop for a fishing report (509) 346-2651
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Online Education > Is It Right Option For You?
So how can you tell if online education is the right option for you?
Here are 8 signs it might well be:
1. Declining Job Opportunities in Your Current Line of Work
Due to changing market demands in Australia, a number of professions are now considered to be "in decline". Seeing demand fall for your current profession could be a good indication that it's time to head back to the books for a career that's more in demand in today's economy.
2. Your Job Doesn't Provide the Income You Need
If your current position doesn't pay enough, a new, higher paying career may be in order. This is where online education can help you get the skills you need to advance your career and increase your salary.
3. You Aren't Located Near a Suitable Education Provider
The local college in your area doesn't offer the course your seeking and/or the quality of teaching is too low.
4. You Need the Flexibility to Study When You Want
Brick-and-mortar classes are often scheduled at inconvenient times for those with full-time jobs, children, or carers. The flexible nature of online education makes it a better fit in these circumstances.
5. A Long Commute Is Not An Option
You could find yourself staring down a long commute to get your education in-person. And it isn't just the time commitment that's an issue. The cost is an issue as well. If you consider the price of public transport or petrol and other associated costs, travel costs quickly add up. The solution is obviously online learning. No commute, no traffic jams and no long-distance headaches.
6. You're Eligible for Government Assistance
If you're eligible for VET FEE-HELP loan from the Australian government, that's a perfect sign that it's time to head back to school for additional vocational training.
7. You Want To Save Money Over bricks-and-mortar Education
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The People's Opera: New York City Opera's 2013-2014 Season
The People's Opera needs your help to produce a thrilling 2013-2014 season!
The People's Opera: New York City Opera's 2013-2014 Season
The People's Opera needs your help to produce a thrilling 2013-2014 season!
It is with much regret that we announce the end of our fundraising campaign on Kickstarter and the cancellation of the 2013-2014 Season. New York City Opera did not achieve the goal of its emergency appeal, and the board and management will begin the necessary financial and operational steps to wind down the Company including initiating the Chapter 11 process.
For seventy years, since Mayor Fiorello La Guardia established it as "The People's Opera," New York City Opera has introduced generation after generation of young singers who are stars in the making, brought the public exciting new works and compelling, fresh interpretations of classics, acted as a champion for American composers and performers, and ensured that every New Yorker can experience the live art of opera.
We thank you for your continued support over the years and for making New York City Opera truly "The People's Opera."
Plácido Domingo, who launched his career at NYC Opera, tells the Associated Press:
"My early performances with New York City Opera were what really kicked off my international career, and I look back on those days with enormous pride. The company has done incredible work for so many decades, and it has played an essential role in New York's cultural scene for millions of opera lovers. It would be an absolute tragedy for that legacy to come to an end."
It's not too late to make a difference! We've raised $1.5 million so far outside of Kickstarter, but we still need your help. Every pledge on Kickstarter tells the world that you support the future of NYC Opera!
New York City Opera demonstrated how essential it is to the New York arts scene once again with its vibrant and bold production of Anna Nicole, which opened this week.
In The New York Times, Anthony Tommasini wrote that "Anna Nicole shows what we will be missing if City Opera folds," adding that "New York City Opera is again presenting a production that should not be missed."
Richard Thomas, Anna Nicole's librettist, reinforced the significance of this production when quoted in Businessweek: "That is why we need City Opera. We need an opera company that is not risk-averse."
New York City Opera is looking for support to produce its 2013–2014 Season.
For 70 years, The People's Opera – New York City Opera – has focused on producing unique works, showcasing emerging young artists, and educating the next generation of performing arts lovers.
Throughout its history as The People's Opera, NYC Opera has made opera accessible and affordable. And now NYC Opera needs help to produce its upcoming season.
NYC Opera has recently announced an urgent fundraising appeal – the Company needs to raise $7 million by the end of September; without these necessary funds it will have to suspend the balance of its 2013–2014 season after the production of the first opera of the season, Anna Nicole.
We are coming to the Kickstarter community to raise $1 million of that total to help us produce our 2013–2014 season.
We need the help of the people to save The People's Opera: audiences, artists, students, and everyone who cares about a world filled with exciting and innovative art. We are asking everyone to come together, to stand by The People's Opera, and help us produce our 2013–2014 season!
Our goal is to continue to push the boundaries of adventurous and thought-provoking opera in the 2013–2014 season and beyond. Donate at any level today and help ensure the future of opera in New York!
The New York City Opera 2013–2014 Season
Take a look at what we have in store for the season ahead if we achieve our fundraising goal.
Note: Thanks to the generosity of our close supporters, we have secured sufficient funds to produced Anna Nicole and it will run from September 17 through 28. Come see the show!
Composed by Mark-Anthony Turnage / Libretto by Richard Thomas Conducted by Steven Sloane / Directed by Richard Jones
The season opens with the U.S. Premiere of Anna Nicole, a colossal co-production with BAM that launches the 2013 Next Wave Festival. The opera is based on the flamboyant life and tragic death of Anna Nicole Smith. The opera mixes comedy and tragedy and boldly confronts issues of modern celebrity, greed and exploitation. Turnage's dynamic score draws on jazz, blues, musical theater and traditional operatic structures; Richard Thomas (co-creator, Jerry Springer: the Opera) provides the razor-sharp and darkly humorous libretto.
Composed by Johann Christian Bach / Libretto by Pietro Metastasio Conducted by Gary Thor Wedow / Directed by Michael Counts
Presenting a very rare, perhaps first-ever staging of a Johann Christian Bach opera in America, New York City Opera returns to El Museo del Barrio. The story of Endimione centers on the characters of Diana and Nice. Through the mischief of Amore (Cupid), both fall madly in love with Endimione, a local shepherd. Pastoral mayhem ensues. J.C. Bach's ravishing score makes crystal clear his enormous influence on Mozart.
Composed by Béla Bartók / Libretto by Béla Balázs
Conducted by Jayce Ogren / Directred by Daniel Kramer
Béla Bartók's only opera, the one-act masterpiece Bluebeard's Castle is a mysterious encounter between two characters, Duke Bluebeard and his new wife, Judith. In the castle, Judith not only discovers great riches, but also bloodstained weapons, lakes of tears and, finally, the bodies of former wives. In his NYC Opera debut, director Daniel Kramer presents a vision that is brutally dark and full of shocking surprises. Performed with smoldering intensity by a 73-piece orchestra under the baton of NYC Opera's new Music Director, Jayce Ogren; dare yourself to watch Bartók's only opera within the depths of St. Ann's intimate warehouse, temporarily on loan to Duke Bluebeard and his special guests.
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Conducted by Jayce Ogren / Directed by Christopher Alden
New York City Opera presents the final chapter in the landmark Mozart/Da Ponte cycle – The Marriage of Figaro. Following the success of 2009's Don Giovanni and 2012's Cosi fan tutti, critically acclaimed director Christopher Alden completes his daring trilogy at NYC Opera's original home, New York City Center.
Alden takes a darker look at one of Mozart's most popular operas, which takes a witty and subversive look at love and sex at the crossroads of revolution – all in a single day. NYC opera favorites Keri Alkema and Rod Gilfry lead the young, vibrant cast.
Since NYC Opera was founded by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in 1943 as The People's Opera, NYC Opera has stayed true to its original promise: introducing young singers to New York audiences; giving the public exciting new works and compelling, fresh interpretations of classics; acting as a champion for American composers and performers; and ensuring that opera can be part of every New Yorker's life.
NYC Opera's repertoire spans five centuries, from Baroque operas to commissioned works by today's most important composers. To date, the company has given 29 world premieres and 62 U.S. and/or New York premieres. NYC Opera is celebrated for its marriage of first-rate acting and singing in stagings that bring new insights and new life to the repertoire.
The Company is also building tomorrow's audiences by conducting an in-school education program that serves thousands of public school students each year throughout the New York metropolitan area. Drawing upon the company's contemporary approach to opera, NYC Opera Education provides students with a three-dimensional introduction to the art form, transporting them from the page to the stage and then taking them behind the scenes. As a pioneer in the field for over 40 years, NYC Opera knows firsthand the immediate and long-term benefits students reap when they are engaged in high quality arts experiences.
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As with any season, there are always potential challenges when it comes to producing live performing arts. For example, there's the possibility for production delays, or unexpected setbacks related to individual artists that are often difficult to plan around.
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Mont Kiara has been known as a magnet for expats and for the well-to-do's, as seen on the uber luxury condominiums seen within its vicinity. Mont Kiara Astana is one of the earlier batch of upmarket Sunrise condominiums (having built in 2000), and remains a favourite among buyers and tenants due to its well maintained condition and superior location right in the centre of Mont Kiara.
The condominium is made up of two blocks situated on 5.6 acres of land, each with 27 storeys. There are 281 units in total, which vary in size, starting from 1,241 square feet to 2,999 square feet. Units come in standard and super-deluxe sizes.
Though a little bit older than most of its surrounding condominiums, one remarkable thing about the Astana is its location that favours a lot of its residents. The location of the condominium is a great balance between work and play, as there are a lot of business complexes and offices that are located near the Mont Kiara enclave. Dining and entertainment spots are within reach, and shoppers can put their favourite past time into action through One Mont Kiara.
Mont Kiara not only attracts the young and privileged, its environment is also suitable for families with growing children. Nearby schools include the Mont Kiara International School (MKIS) which is within walking distance as well as the Garden International School on Jalan Kiara 3.
The condominium is served by major highways and public transportation (not that the residents would need it, anyway – Mont Kiara is quite self-contained as a community). New Klang Valley Expressway, Damansara-Puchong Expressway, and the Sprint Expressway make it easy to go to major cities and districts.
Like many other condominiums, each resident would be given access to the condominium's facilities that make living easier and more comfortable. Some of the condominium's facilities include:
- Clubhouse
- Covered parking
- Tennis court
- Squash court
- Sauna
- Gymnasium
- Barbecue area
- Mini market
- Swimming pool
- Playground
- 24 hour security
Shopping centres, convenience stores, malls, and entertainment spots are also within driving distance. Being one of the older condominiums means that the Astana has one of the prime-est spots in the whole of Mont Kiara which is perhaps its biggest selling point.
Mont Kiara Astana Pricing Analysis
The chart below shows the asking prices for Mont Kiara Astana as we have collected for the past few months.
The data above is useful to depict the trend of the asking prices, but if you want to know what's the fair market value of Mont Kiara Astana then you will need to look at the data on transacted prices instead. To learn how to do this, get your hands on GoodPlace.my's "How Much Is A Property Worth" report which you can download by going here.
About Sunrise
Few can compare to the achievements and recognitions Sunrise have received throughout its presence in the Malaysian real estate industry. For one, the company has made it into the Forbes Asia's Best Under $1 Million list of companies back in 2005. It has since merged with UEM to form UEM Sunrise.
Other stellar projects by Sunrise are mostly located in Mont Kiara, such as Mont Kiara Damai, Mont Kiara Pelangi, Mont Kiara Aman, Mont Kiara Bayu, MK10 and MK28.
Mont Kiara Astana has also received a lot of accolades and awards, recognizing the condominium's beautiful architecture and external works. Its landscaping is a marvel—it was awarded twice for it by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall Landscape Awards for commercial and condominium category in 2002, and was awarded second prize in the National Landscape Competition during the same year.
Mont Kiara: A Stable Investment…?
A lot of investors have had their eye on Mont Kiara for a while, and they would probably continue investing in the posh location for a couple more years to come. The number of residents in the area are only growing and growing every year, creating more opportunities, such as jobs, businesses, and other development projects. Mont Kiara Astana is definitely the centre of it all, with good amenities and facilities to boot.
This being said, there is also a tendency for Mont Kiara to be congested and over-populated — making traffic jams unavoidable and the streets crowded. But then again which area in KL is not getting congested nowadays? This has also resulted in the rise of mixed developments in the city (such as the Empire developments in Subang Jaya, Damansara as well as Megan Ambassy in downtown Kuala Lumpur) but that's another story. And don't even get us started on KLCC. 😉
The asking price ranges from RM500 to RM600 PSF may be seen as fair, but the Astana is one of the "older" condominiums in the Mont Kiara enclave which somewhat puts it at a certain disadvantage especially against newer developments. However, its location is hard to beat, and is a cheaper alternative compared to, say, 11 Mont Kiara and MK10 (which reached the RM1,000 PSF level although the prices have also tapered down a little).


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"I'll have some fresh ones on the morrow."
I pulled on my gloves and donned a slouch hat. "I do not know when I will be back."
"No, no. O' course. Part of the job, idin't? Not knowin' where you'll be, what you'll be doin'. Hard on a woman."
"No harder than on a man, I assure you."
"O' course." He paused. "It's jus', my costs don't change if you don't show, you see."
I stared at him beneath the brim of my hat. "I'm quite sure I'm not the only one who pays for your services."
"No." He drawled the word out into three syllables while his small, calculating eyes appraised me. "But you pay the best."
Not willingly.
The resurrection man was short, with a broad chest and dirty muscular arms no amount of scrubbing could clean. If his other clients knew he allowed me, a woman, use of his services, they would find another man to do their dirty work. It would be easy enough. Resurrection men were thick on the ground in 1871. If you knew where to look. But, Jonasz Golik was the only one with a dissection room for my use, a female doctor who overpaid for the privilege.
I buttoned my cloak at the neck. "How much?"
"That is absurd."
"Is it? What'ud your fancy patients in Washington Square think o' your activities, Dr. Bennett?"
They should be thankful I was constantly learning, staying abreast of new discoveries in anatomy and medical science, practicing difficult surgeries on corpses instead of taking risks with their own lives. The voices of the few that might take this generous view of my nocturnal activities would be drowned out by the outrage of my crime, by the disgust at a woman carving up naked bodies—of men—in the dark. It was unnatural, an affront to everything feminine and fine. My male colleagues, though participating in the same activities, would be the loudest critics. They would ruin my reputation and practice with unalloyed glee. Every respectable door would close to me. I shoved all the money I had into Golik's hand.
"How did you learn my name?"
His grin widened as he counted the money, which was more than double his fee. "I keep my ears open. There ain't many of you, are there?"
"No. There are not."
Despite the thick layer of snow on the ground, I walked home, as I did every night, hoping this might be the day I could banish death's smell from my senses completely. Death followed me like a determined enemy, dogging my steps, clutching at the hem of my cloak, pushing me forward, away from memories best left on the charred, desolate battlefields of my past.
I lengthened my stride, straightened my shoulders, and walked with the masculine purpose I learned masquerading as a young male orderly in the war. Walking alone in nighttime New York City was risky for a man, but lethal for a woman, and my disguise relied as much on attitude as it did darkness. The gun I grasped in my pocket helped.
In the early hours of this February morning, the streets were bare of the libertines who nightly stumbled from the whorehouses on Twenty-Seventh Street back to their mansions on Fifth Avenue and the robbers out to accost them. On a clear night, in my beaten Union slouch hat, worn oilcloth cloak, and scuffed boots, I was no thief's idea of a good mark. That night, though, the snow was too deep and the air too cold for business to be lucrative. Occasionally, the tip of a cigar or cigarette would burn in the shadows of an alley or a darkened doorway. I kept my eyes forward and my step determined. I had turned my mind to how to disentangle myself from Jonaz Golik when I heard the humming.
The sound was muffled by the snow, but the crunch of footsteps was not. I paused, turned my head, and listened. The unhurried tread and humming stopped. I walked on straining to hear over my heartbeat pounding in my ears. When the humming resumed, louder, I turned the corner and ran into an alley.
I leaned against the wall and, with a shaking hand, pulled the gun from my pocket. I was three blocks from home, on a deserted side street whose gaslights had been extinguished by the lamplighter in anticipation of dawn.
I closed my eyes and told myself my imagination was running away with me. The night was quiet, save the distant sound of a carriage. I inhaled, gripped my gun tighter, and edged to the end of the alley to peek around the corner. The street was silent and empty. I collapsed against the wall with relief, chastised my overactive mind, and pocketed my gun. I stepped out of the alley and hurried toward the light on the bisecting street.
By the time I registered the sound and movement behind me, the man was upon me, driving me into the wall. My face slammed against the rough brick. A blinding pain shot through my right temple, and I cried out as he pressed his body against my back. The cold blade of a knife rested beneath my jaw.
His free hand forced its way between my body and the wall, searching for the wallet he expected in the inner pocket. When he felt the mound of my breast, his hand stopped and he went completely still. "Well, well. What do we have here?" His voice was pleasant, as if we were meeting in a drawing room instead of a dark alley.
"Please. I have money," I lied. My voice sounded far away, lost amid the roaring in my ears and my jagged breath.
He laughed. My shirt ripped as if made of paper. His calloused hand worked beneath the top of my corset and found my bare breast. I shut my eyes and whimpered with a combination of mortification, disgust, and terror.
His breathing quickened as he fondled my breast. When I sobbed, he shushed me, as if quieting a recalcitrant child. My knees gave way. My gun, heavy in my pocket, knocked against my thigh. I opened my eyes.
I blinked away the blood that dripped in my right eye while my left eye tried in vain to see my assailant. The darkness of the street helped camouflage his features, though nothing could mask his purr of desire or the erection he rubbed against my bottom. I squeezed away my tears and swallowed the bile that rose in my throat at the thought of what this man intended to do to me. My hand slid into my pocket and grasped the smooth wooden handle of my gun. Using every ounce of strength, I pulled the hammer back, sobbing again to mask the sound.
The knife under my jaw bit into my skin. "We're goin' ta the alley. Scream 'n I'll slit your throat."
When he pulled me from the wall, I pointed the gun at the ground between us, closed my eyes, and pulled the trigger. The shot cracked through the snow-muffled silence and echoed, along with the man's screams, between the houses. He released me and I ran toward a carriage passing out of sight on the avenue ahead.
As I rounded the corner I glanced over my shoulder to see if my assailant followed and ran straight into a man. I screamed and tried to pull out of the strong grip that held me.
I looked up into the face of my oldest friend. "James?" I threw myself into his arms, heedless of the blood running down my face and neck.
He held me at arm's length and gaped at the blood on his coat. "What happened? Whose blood is this?"
I held tightly to James. "He … I … tried to r—" I pointed a shaking finger down the darkened street.
James steered me toward the carriage and helped me through the open door. "Wait here."
"Don't. He has a knife."
He patted my knee, glancing at my chest and away. "I'll be fine."
I pulled my cloak over my bare bosom and when I looked up, James was gone.
He seemed to be gone forever, but it was probably no more than a few minutes. He climbed in and the carriage started moving before he sat down.
He placed my forgotten medical bag and slouch hat on the seat next to me. "He was gone. There was blood on the snow. Too much to be yours."
"I think I shot him in the foot."
I trembled, pulled my cloak tighter, and avoided James's eyes. I was afraid I would see judgment and accusation there. He didn't disappoint me.
"Catherine, you are a stupid woman, walking the streets alone at night. Do you honestly think your disguise works?"
My terror turned to anger. "It did work. He didn't know I was a woman until he searched my coat and—"
"And, what? Felt your breast?"
I clenched my jaw, looked out the carriage window, and forced myself not to cry.
"Christ, Catherine! What are you doing walking alone at this hour? Where have you been?"
"It's none of your business, James."
"None of my business," he echoed. "I suppose it won't be my business until I'm called on to identify your dead body one morning."
Against my will, my body shuddered. I hugged myself tighter in an effort to stave them off.
James pulled his handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to me. "Did you see him?" His voice had lost some of its gruffness, though not all.
I pressed the snowy white linen to my eyebrow and winced. It would need to be sutured. The cut on my neck was merely a scratch. I shook my head.
My assailant's laugh echoed through my head.
"Catherine, are you listening to me?"
My eyes focused on my friend. "What?"
The carriage turned the corner onto my street. James tensed and swore under his breath. "Keep your eyes forward and your head down."
Two men stood on the stoop of my house. One man knocked on the door while the other watched up and down the street. Before he could catch my eye through the carriage window or see my face, I gazed down.
"Are those policemen?" I asked in an undertone.
My maid, Maureen, greeted the policemen with as much warmth as I expected. "Yes? What da ya want?" I could hear her loud, Irish brogue from the carriage. The rest of the conversation was lost as we drove away.
"Where have you been?" James asked again.
"Were you searching for me?"
"Why? James, what is going on?"
"You don't know?"
"Of course I don't know."
"George Langton is dead."
For a moment, I forgot about my brush with death. "What happened? He was healthy as an ox last time I saw him."
"Did you know him well?"
I shook my head. "Only professionally. We spoke briefly, last night, in fact. What does— " I stopped. James's jaw tensed, a mannerism I well knew was his attempt to hold in anger. "Please, tell me what is going on."
"Were you having an affair with George Langton?" The words came out through gritted teeth.
"What? No! Good God, James. Why would you ask me such a thing?"
He stared out the carriage window.
It was answer enough. Indignation straightened my shoulders. "I can't believe you would say such a thing after—" I swallowed. I didn't want to think about what had happened to me, let alone mention it, but that James was so obtuse to my feelings infuriated me and pushed my lingering terror aside.
"Beatrice Langton has accused you of murdering her husband."
The hand pressing the handkerchief to my brow fell to my lap. "What?"
"She said you were having an affair and when George ended it, you killed him." I
laughed. "Don't be absurd."
James did not answer, nor did he laugh.
"How did he die?"
"He was beaten with a fireplace poker."
"Heavens. Poor George."
"George? You knew him well enough to call him by his Christian name?"
"A man is murdered, and I am attacked on the street, and this is what upsets you?"
When James remained silent I said, "He was a nice man. Intelligent. He wanted to be a doctor but his father had other plans. He and I would speak, sometimes, about medicine. Theories, new discoveries. He thought it brilliant, all I had achieved. He treated me and my profession with respect, unlike most men I know." I hoped James understood the veiled barb, but he was too obsessed up with the idea I had been fornicating with George Langton to catch it.
"Beatrice Langton has numerous servants who confirm your affair."
"They are lying. I am the family doctor—her doctor—nothing more."
James stared at me with eyes as familiar to me as my own. I could see the scar above his left eyebrow, courtesy of a rock I threw at him during a rather fiery argument we had when we were six years old.
When he remained silent, I understood. James believed the accusation of the affair because I'd had one before, with him. My voice rose. "My God. You believe her, don't you?"
The realization pierced my soul. For how many years had he been gazing at me through untrusting eyes? Was he angry at my supposed loss of morals or with the idea I had chosen to share myself with someone besides him?
"Do you truly believe I would be so angry and distraught over a man that I would bludgeon him to death? I am a doctor, James. I could never intentionally kill someone. I would hope, after what we have been to each other, you would at least trust that."
"You shot that man."
"To scare him off, nothing more. He wanted to rape me!"
The word shocked him. Civilized society preferred their euphemisms for such things: violate, depredate, insult. But, the word had the effect I wanted; it jolted him, briefly, out of his selfish musings. With genuine contrition he said, "Of course you didn't kill Langton. That's why I came searching for you. The police have been searching for you all night."
"It doesn't make any sense."
James moved next to me and took my hand. My doctor's bag was wedged between us. "You were the last person to see him alive. Did anyone see you leave?"
"No. I let myself out through the front door. There was a dinner party going on. Surely he returned to the party."
"I was there. He did not."
"There must be other suspects. Everyone at the dinner party, the servants."
"Everyone at the dinner party was a prominent New York citizen. You are the focus."
"I am the scapegoat, you mean."
"You know how corrupt the police are. It will cost Beatrice a pittance to get you arrested and thrown into jail. With her father's judicial connections, a conviction is almost assured."
"I did not kill Langton." I turned to the window and we rode in silence for a few minutes. James released my hand.
"You know if you had married me like any right-thinking woman would have done, neither of us would be in this situation."
"You know if you had not asked—no, expected—me to give up medicine, I would have."
We stared out our respective windows, nursing past disappointments and present resentments. I wanted someone to love me because of my mind and accomplishments, not despite them.
I had long since resigned myself to being alone. But being alone had a price. I was unprotected. My father was dead and I had no family in America, save my maid, Maureen, and James, who worked for Langton's lawyers. My English relations would distance themselves as far from me as possible. James's father, Ezra Kline, was in Saint Louis. He would do what he could to help, but a former professor at Syracuse Medical College had no influence with the police or courts. I tried to imagine what advice he, my mentor, would give in this situation and couldn't. The predicament was so absurd as to be unreal. James and Ezra would do what they could, but it would not be much. I could not fight Beatrice Langton and her family alone.
"What should I do?"
"You must leave town."
"Absolutely not."
"No, James. This whole situation is absurd. I did not kill Langton and I will not leave town as if I'm guilty."
"You would rather go to the gallows?"
"I have patients who need me. Who rely on me. And, there's Maureen. I cannot leave her."
"I am trying to help you, Catherine."
"By encouraging me to act guilty for a crime I did not commit? How is that helping me, James?"
"Do you have an alibi? Can you attest to where you've been?"
I thought of Jonaz Golik's beady little eyes and outstretched hand and knew it for a devastating alibi.
James exhaled sharply. "Stay or leave, you will be accused. What will your patients think? How many of them will stand by you?"
I closed my eyes and shook my head. The only patients who would support me would be the whores I tended on Twenty-Seventh Street. Their support would ruin my practice as much as the accusations against me.
"Will you leave?"
James lifted his fist and brought it down on his thigh. "Your stubbornness will be your downfall, Catherine."
"Do you want to help me, James?"
"However I can."
"Then talk to Beatrice Langton. Convince her I didn't kill her husband."
"She knows we are lifelong friends. I don't know she'll listen to me."
"You must try. Please. I've worked too hard to lose my life and career over something I did not do."
James nodded. "I will try. What will you do? You cannot return home."
"I will stay with a friend."
"They'll be checking with your friends."
I smiled and despite having my life upended in the last ten minutes, almost laughed. "Tell the driver to take me to Twenty-Seventh Street."
James balked. "Catherine, you cannot be serious."
"No one knows of my clients there. Not even Maureen. Who would expect the doctor of choice for New York's society women of hiding in a brothel?"
He shook his head. "No one."
"I will wait there until tomorrow night. If I don't hear from you, I will return to my home." I grasped James's hand. "I know you haven't always agreed with my choice of profession, but I have worked so very hard to be where I am. I do not want to lose it. I am counting on you to save me."
A flicker of guilt darkened his expression and was gone. He patted my hand. "Rest assured, I will do whatever I can.
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Welcome to this research guide for BIB2062/3 The Corinthian Letters. This guide will help you find resources that you can use for your course project and CRA paper.
This course covers the study of 1 and 2 Corinthians. It gives the student a view of life in the city of Corinth and the problems that these epistles were written to correct. Since these are in some ways the most self-revealing of Paul's letters, the course provides a deeper insight into the apostle's character and ministry. Throughout the course, the student will find emphasis on the practical application of Paul's teachings for today. The great doctrines of the Bible given in these epistles are applied to Christian life and ministry today.
Global University does not necessarily agree with all the views represented in the resources in this guide. These are provided for the student to contrast and compare with the Biblical text and ideas presented in the Global University IST.
Hi! My name is Chris Lamberth. I am the professor for the Corinthian Letters course. I would love to interact with you about the course or a subject that you find interesting, related to the course. Feel free to ask me a question or give an opinion If you find an interesting source, please suggest it and I'll check it out.


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The Bundaberg-based RACQ CareFlight Rescue helicopter flew to Lady Elliot Island just after 7am this morning to treat and transport a man in his 50s suffering anaphylactic shock.
CareFlight's medical team treated the man on-site for around 20 minutes before flying him to Bundaberg Base Hospital.
The patient travelled in a serious but stable condition.


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An Introduction to Global Competence (2 credits)
A globally competent citizenry is critical for the 21st century and educators must be prepared to teach for global competence. But what is meant by this oft-quoted phrase? The focus of this course will be to examine conceptions of global competency and help teachers build a framework for developing this pedagogical outlook. Central to teaching for global competence requires a robust understanding of how globalization has transformed the world. We will investigate factors that have created a more interconnected and interdependent world while considering the sources of this complexity. The course will employ Appadurai's five dimensions of global cultural flow, namely: ethnoscapes, mediascapes, technoscapes, financescapes and ideoscapes, as a pedagogical tool for analyzing and interpreting global phenomena.
A core learning opportunity in this course will include an ongoing analysis of a contemporary event/phenomenon that is exemplary of global connectivity while pointing towards opportunities for civic engagement for students and teachers, employing Appadurai's framework and other suitable analytic tools. The contemporary, illustrative example will serve as a means for inquiring about the world, one that will help stimulate learning processes that can be developed in multiple contexts to support the development of globally competent students.
Global Fieldwork for Global Competence (2 credits)
Domestic or international fieldwork experience lasting 2-3 weeks in which participants are placed in schools and community organizations to integrate and implement learning in the classroom. The fieldwork component of the Global Competency Certification Program provides a critical and immersive element to the online coursework leading up to the experience.
Collaborative Practice Groups (1 credit)
This course is designed as a capstone project to enable students to apply key learning and insights which they have developed through course and fieldwork experience. In an online space students are matched in an interdisciplinary cohort and are encouraged to pursue interests developed during their Global Competency Certification studies. Participants design an instructional and assessment framework project which will be critiqued and collaboratively developed throughout the course by each cohort group. The project will have a direct application to the participant's workplace which will complement their ability to teach towards global competency in the classroom. All projects and resources will be collected in an open source library to grow the collective body of work dedicated to global competency and internationalization.
Dialoguing in Global Education (1 credit)
Culture, language, relationships, and interactions: These are essential in an interdisciplinary and interconnected world. The smaller the world grows, the more important living with/in different perspectives and among others becomes. Guiding questions included in this course include: What is culture? How is the term 'culture' problematic given its malleability, deployment and potentially hegemonic use? How does subjectivity become instantiated in/as culture? What do we need to understand about the lives of others to make ourselves open to listening and learning about and from others while making the world mutually intelligible? How does interpretation and meaning challenge all to maintain openness about otherness? This course uses a combination of queries from students and literature on identity, both individual and social, to explore these questions and offer students a framework to use in their fieldwork experience.
Global Systems (1 credit)
We are citizens of a new era distinguished by unprecedented global interconnectedness. And yet these interconnections do not manifest themselves equally across the globe as nations and territories struggle to find level playing field. This course explores cultural, racial, monetary, exchange, and political world systems. Students will study critical analyses of these systems. Students will come to understand the world-systems approach is complicated by a false local-global distinction. We will consider how local endeavors have global consequence and how these global relationships shape or are resisted in local entities.
Sustainability and Environment (1 credit)
One global issue that demands immediate attention is how to balance societal and environmental health. This course explores a contemporary 'state of the planet' across ecological concerns, including global climate change, desertification, species extinction, food crises, water quality and shortages, infectious diseases, and storm mitigation. Educators will then weigh environmental costs against the demands of societal development. Students will analyze current IGO, NGO, governmental and community-based organizations' work to address global environmental concerns on a local, regional, national, and global scale coupled. Students will also conduct a gap analysis of what needs to be addressed in the near (5-10 year) and longer-term (10-50 year) future.
Human Rights and Global Competence (1 credit)
Human rights are vulnerable. , Protecting them globally will be important work for this and future generations, and thus is a central concern for global educators. This course will briefly trace the rise of human rights discourse in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Students will consider various typologies of rights (children's, positive/negative, first, second and third generation); efforts towards consolidated action to promote human rights (ICCJ/Rome Protocol, UN Conventions, enforcement mechanisms, ECHR); and forces that contravene (authoritarian regimes, as well as US, China, Israel, and other states' non-participation).
Poverty (1 credit)
Mitigating poverty is an important factor in world economics. Identifying a nation or person as impoverished is a discursive and political act and shapes how we are taught to respond to it. Growing and pervasive economic inequality in the world is at the root of many of our most pressing global issues. Morality, pragmatism, and enlightened self-interest motivate a variety of players – economists, bilateral donors, international institutions, non-governmental organizations, philanthropists, and social entrepreneurs – to address this inequality in a variety of ways. Students will explore the causes and experience of global poverty, analyze successes and failures in mitigating it, and review sources and modalities for teaching about it.
Economic Globalization (1 credit)
It is difficult to talk about global systems and interactions without an examination of the economic processes central to globalization. This course explores macroeconomic concepts implicated in global economic policy, economic health, and distribution of resources, capital, and people. Microeconomic policy is included to the extent that small business (particularly those run by women) and communities are part of the global network. The course develops a shared understanding of economic concepts regularly encountered in global education and development literature to help students synthesize these materials.
Aesthetic Experience and Global Competence (1 credit)
Globalization and global education can have an alienating effect if the experiences and emotional content of everyday life are left unexamined. This course will invite students to focus on the experiential dimensions of globalization, with special attention to how art can open us up to–and help us work through–difference, enticing us to imagine a better world.
Engagements with literature, visual art, documentaries, films, and web-based works will help bring relevant issues, and the subjectivities that surround them, to life. Participants' own embodied/affective/intellectual responses to globalization will evolve and manifest through digital arts and creative writing projects. Integral to this course is consideration of how aesthetic lenses and processes might enrich participants' pedagogical practices.
Digital Pedagogy and Global Competence (1 credit)
Digital media and technologies are increasingly available in classrooms around the world. These technologies have the means to engage learners but also to fundamentally change the manners in which students access and produce knowledge. Too often, new technologies appear but merely replicate existing ways of learning. This course examines the pedagogies of digital technology. The course expands the repertoire of teachers while considering how the changes in pedagogy shape knowledge around global education. The world and technology are moving, shifting, and complex in ways that can be supported by digital pedagogies.
Inquiry-based Learning for Global Competence (1 credit)
Global learning requires a disposition of ongoing and sustained inquiry because of the vast knowledge bases it draws upon. Inquiry-based learning is a learning approach that is rooted in the investigation of questions and case studies, as well as problem solving. Participants will consider various approaches to inquiry, both for their own global competency but also for guiding students in the development of their global awareness. This course will engage students in professional learning groups to explore issues that are germane to their teaching situations and of interest or need in terms of their professional learning. Critical to this course is social and critical reflection on the meta-issues that arise when engaged in inquiry, including limitations of what can be known, perspectives, and awareness of the presence of the author(s) viewpoint orienting any given text.
Discussion Leadership for Global Competence (1 credit)
Global classrooms are inherently discursive as they require teachers and students engage across difference, both in the material learned and in interpersonal relationships. Facilitating discussion can be challenging given their dynamic nature and situational quality. This course will provide participants with various types of discussion environments (e.g., Socratic, deliberative, interpretive, simulative) along with the tools to structure and facilitate those interactions. Special attention will be given to the intersections of discussion leadership and global learning; participants will gain an understanding of which approaches are most congruent given the larger curricular aims of a course.
Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment for Global Competence (1 credit)
Global competence is critical to prepare students for current and future lives as global citizens to make a positive impact in the world. But what does it mean to design curriculum, instruction and assessment for global competency? This course explores how foundational domains related to global competence, including space, time, self and social issues, can be inducted into a variety of curriculum areas to support the development of students. Curriculum in this vein supports student learning about interdependence, systems thinking, consciousness of self, awareness of others and the limits of knowing in the world. This course will focus on curriculum development, instructional practices and assessment activities that embed these values and support teachers in developing their global competence as well as the ability to engage students in similar journeys.


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I used 4" squares to make a nine patch pattern. After I completed all of the 9 patches I stopped to measure them and square them up before I began to attach the 9 patch units together.
Here's the problem...each nine patch square is a different size, varying from 10.25inches to 11 inches. Common sense says to make each unit the same as the smallest size.
Is that what I want to do? How do I do it? If I just trim the outside edges, aren't some of my squares going to turn into rectangles? Is there a better option?
All suggestions considered, except taking the units apart!


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Lori Knight is a mixed-media artist whose work incorporates vintage photos, treasures found, mixed papers, acrylics, oil pastels, and more to convey a variety of nostalgic stories. Her artwork began as a form of self-expression and family research as she tried to preserve her mother's wild memories and stories about family, and the quirky, humorous nature of the work is often a direct reaction to those stories. While family, historical references, relics, and ideas from the past remain her primary topics for inspiration, Lori Knight's art also features non-fiction ideas, double meanings, and funny anecdotes — all with an ephemeral, heirloom, and nostalgic twist.
With a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Washington ("with distinction" and with an emphasis in Physical Anthropology), Lori has always been fascinated by the history and cultures of people, as well as how people choose to see the world. Her collection of artwork is no different, as it tells her visual story of people — both past and present. She loves complex layers that are past and present, including how they are linked and overlap. Hence the creation of Lori Knight Studio in 2012 — a collection of personal artwork and custom framing. While Lori Knight Studio is not a physical studio location, her upcycled, mixed-media artwork can be found in various locations throughout Snohomish County and the Puget Sound area of Washington State.
Along with creating her own artwork, Lori Knight, along with her husband Eric, is a co-owner of Knight Visions Studio Gallery. They currently focus their efforts on custom framing, but they have been selling, promoting, marketing, and framing art in the South Snohomish County area since 1987. Custom framing consultations are by appointment only. More information on custom framing can be found here.
To purchase or inquire about original artwork, mixed-media originals, limited edition prints, or cards from Lori Knight Studio, please contact Lori Knight. Consignment or wholesale purchase options are also available for retailers.


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Yep, that's right. I was celebrating…or as I like to think of it, decompressing after a 3 hour driving exam that seemed to have no end in sight!
But don't worry, the Moet is chilling in the fridge and as soon as this work week comes to an end I will put on my new shoes and dance all the way to happy land now that I FINALLY have my Italian driver's license 🙂
Whew! I don't think it has quite sunk in yet to be honest.
Yesterday's big event started at 2 pm. I saw that the examiner had a ponytail and music symbol necklace. My first thought was cool. I dig long hair on guys so maybe this will all be ok.
Then I watched him in action…he drilled everyone with tough questions and I was shaking in my shoes. Crap! What if I can't answer? I've come so far on this journey. Sigh. I waited for him to go through 12 other students. Back to me and he actually spoke English! Yay!
Then we all had to drive in the parking lot…he said, "make a U-turn". I said ok, and then after I did it he said I should have driven past the curve and made the turn further ahead. Feck! Dude, "We're in a parking lot!". Suddenly, Mr. Ponytail man was no longer my friend. He was a washed up wannabe musician who sold out for a cushy government job and I wanted to poke his eyes out with the car key.
The entire episode lasted three freakin' hours! I was getting more and more agitated and thought for sure I was never going to get this nightmare out of my life for good.
Finally, it was my turn to drive on the highway. I gave myself a little pep talk and decided to hell with all the crap and nervousness drama. I'm going to drive like I have been driving for the past 30 years and this guy can kiss my ass if he doesn't like it.
At one point, I could feel the car pull a bit and I'm sure that my teacher was hitting the brake pedal on his side! Urrrghhhh! Then I saw him put his hands on his head like oh crap, what the feck is she doing? I passed cars on the highway and zipped in and out of lanes like it was my last chance to ever drive again.
I had finally reached my boiling point where I thought geez, if there's one thing I'm sure about, it's my ability to drive! I've driven a Formula 200 on a race track for Christ's sake! I bet Mr. Ponytail has never done that! We returned to the parking lot where I awaited my fate…
Mr. Ponytail man handed me my new, shiny pink license. I thanked him for speaking in English with me and got the hell out of there as fast as I could.
With a splitting headache and a two hour English lesson ahead of me, I downed two beers and a bag of potato chips to celebrate. Thank God my friends and family were praying for me, by gosh there were certainly some very patient angels on my side yesterday!
Today I test drove a 1970 FIAT 500, Better known as a cinquecento (chink weh chen toe). They don't go fast but they're so darn cute!
So look out people, I'm on my way to some fun times in a shiny red car that I think has my name on it 😉


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It's difficult to belief that we have only been back a week, it feels like a month! Only joking! It has as ever been busy though. Many of our girls in the Upper Sixth have been sitting their A2 exams and several of our Lower Sixth, including Anna, are also preparing for their A2's – she is sitting her French exam early.
It is a stressful time but, to be honest, it has remained fairly relaxed in the house with only a few wobbly moments. I think this has definitely been helped by the lovely weather.
Firstly, congratulations to the following:
- Tessa who has been made a Senior Prefect
- Anna who has been voted in as Head of House with Imogen as her deputy
- Sasha who has also been made a prefect for next year
We with then luck and success with their new roles of responsibility.
A Trip to the Royal Cornwall Show
This weekend was wonderful. Many of us travelled to Wadebridge to see the Royal Cornwall Show. I was so pleased to see that Yuki and Penelope actually had the time to spend in the animal tents looking at the thousands of different species that were being shown. We bought Cornish food, watched action horses perform (some from the Poldark series) and looked at numerous displays and presentations all associated with the West Country. My favourite tent is always the dogs and, as always, it was not disappointing; there were so many animals in such magnificent condition.
Upcoming Boarding Events
We have also agreed in boarding to give you the heads up on a few up and coming events and if possible ask for your help and support.
Sunday 26th June – Rainbow Run at Newquay where all of the boarders run 5k to raise money for the Hospice South-West. We run around a course wearing white T shirts and bystanders shower us in coloured paint. If you are able to sponsor us if you can make a donation by going to our Just Giving page.
We would be so grateful – thank you.
Wednesday 29th June – The Boarders concert where all of the boarders try and play an instrument or sing a song in order to raise money again for the Hospice South West. It starts at 7pm for one hour in the chapel and we would love to see you. There is no charge just a donation at the door.
Friday 1st – Sunday 3rd July – Boarders Camp/Spa – this is just to let you know that, if your daughters are still in school at this time, we will be taking them either to a camp in Newquay for the weekend or a Spa in Falmouth. This is paid for as part of the boarding fees so no extra charge is made to parents and weekly boarders are not charged to stay this weekend.
Anyway, time to get back to report writing. I wish you all a lovely week!
Claire Murphy – Housemistress – Malvern House


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Shadow Jumpers
Welcome to Shadow Jumpers! This is a page for EPP kids and parents by EPP kids and parents. Shadow Jumpers was created to help give kids with Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (EPP) and their families a place to learn about this rare disease, read tips and tricks learned over time and to hear from fellow kids. Through spreading awareness, fellow EPP interviews, tips to protecting yourself outside and some insight for parents, we hope all families living with EPP will look at this condition as a challenge they can overcome. Be sure to check out all the Shadow Jumper resources! We'd love to hear from you. Reach out to us anytime on email@example.com!!
A main goal of Shadow Jumpers is to help kids living with Erythropoietic Protoporphyria do things they have always wanted to do but have not been able because of the sun. There are only several hundred diagnosed cases of this ultra-rare genetic disorder in the United States – so we need to learn from and support one another! Pain from the sun combined with the mental discomfort kids can feel from having to cover up may lead kids to avoid certain activities, relationships and paths in life.
Shadow Jumpers wants to show (and remind) kids that they can still follow their dreams! Whether that's trying to play a sport outdoors, going on a family vacation, camping or whatever comes to mind, Shadow Jumpers wants to help. Click around to learn about some awesome EPP kids, how we are trying to do our part and how you can too!
Here are ways to connect with Shadow Jumpers!


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20 Apr Top 10 Things to know about ICD 10
Top 10 Things to know about ICD 10
ICD 10 is the new standard of medical coding that has replaced the old coding system known as ICD 9. With this upgrade, there are many new features and has the potential to create efficiency in the healthcare environment.
While the new features of ICD 10 do not make it a completely different system than ICD 9, they do attempt to fix some of the issues related to ICD 9 while also attempting to meet the needs of the medical community. Here are the top 10 things to know about the new ICD 10 coding system.
Number 1: There are Seven Code Sets
One of the most important things to know about the ICD 10 coding system is that there will now be seven codes sets instead of five. Five codes sets were the standard with ICD 9, but more code sets allow for more specific detail to be communicated between healthcare professionals.
Number 2: The ICD 10 Manual is Free Online
The manual containing the ICD 10 code sets is now available online, free of charge. This is vastly different from using a code book, which had to be purchased for your practice or company in order to correctly understand and utilize the coding system.
Number 3: ICD 10 is a Requirement
ICD 10 is required for healthcare companies and practices to use in their claim process after October 1, 2014. After this date, claims that use ICD 9, instead of ICD 10, will not be processed and will be rejected. This was implemented so that all medical billing companies and healthcare agencies will be on the same page when it comes to medical coding, and then there will be less chance for error or confusion.
Number 4: ICD 10 does not Replace CPT
ICD 10 codes do not effect or replace billing codes known as CPT codes. ICD 10 codes are strictly diagnosis codes, while CPT codes are procedure billing codes. While both of these codes go on a billing claim, ICD 10 does not change or effect CPT codes.
Number 5: There are More Available Codes
There is an increase in the number of codes that are available to healthcare professionals and medical companies. There are now 68,000 codes available in ICD 10, compared to the 13,000 codes that were available in ICD 9. This increase in codes will allow for a wider range of detail when categorizing a patient's diagnosis and treatment.
Number 6: ICD 10 Utilizes the term "Laterally"
The term "laterally" has been implicated in the ICD 10 terminology codes. This means that diagnosis or the point in reference on a patient's body, which can now be categorized by the term laterally.
Number 7: ICD 10 Provides Combination Codes
With the ICD 10 coding system, there are now codes that combine diagnoses and symptoms, called combination codes. This means that there is less need for multiple codes to classify a patient's diagnosis along with their symptoms. It is possible to now used one code to describe it all.
Number 8: ICD 10 Uses Alphanumeric Characters
The codes used in ICD 10 now use alphanumeric characters in all seven code sets and positions. This is an upgrade from ICD 9, where alphanumeric characters were only used in the first code set and numeric characters were used in the remaining code sets.
Number 9: Obstetric Diagnoses coded by Trimester
In the ICD 10 coding system, codes categorizing obstetric diagnoses will be coded related to the patent's pregnancy trimester. This is in comparison to ICD 9, where the coding was determined by the patient's episode of care.
Number 10: ICD 10 Uses Modern, Universal Terminology
ICD 10 has created a shift towards modern and universal terminology in its codes. This improvement was introduced because of the outdated terms used in ICD 9. Modern terminology will make coding easier for healthcare professionals, as will the common terminology. This will lead to fewer errors when using codes to transport information about a patient's condition to other facilities and even when dealing with medical billing companies.