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April 27, 2011
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(11/P57) TRENTON - DEP Commissioner Bob Martin, at a public hearing in Warren County today, urged the federal Environmental Protection Agency to force a Pennsylvania coal-fired power plant to dramatically reduce huge volumes of harmful air pollutants it emits, and which have long caused public health concerns for thousands of North Jersey residents.
Testifying at an EPA hearing in Oxford, the Commissioner offered the Christie Administration's support for the EPA's proposal -- based on the DEP's Clean Air Act petition -- to require the power plant, operated by GenOn Energy (formerly Reliant or RRI Energy) in Portland, Pa., to immediately take steps to cut its sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions. New Jersey is seeking a 50 percent emissions reduction in the first year and 95 percent over three years, significantly reducing pollutants that can aggravate asthma and cause other respiratory difficulties.
"It is unacceptable to have a single power plant on New Jersey's border emitting more sulfur dioxide and mercury than all of New Jersey's coal-, oil- and gas-fired power plants combined,'' Commissioner Martin testified. "New Jersey is pleased that EPA is proposing action now to compel GenOn to reduce these harmful emissions. GenOn should take action now to stop causing this public health problem.''
Pollutants spewed out by the plant, which sits on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River, just across from Knowlton Township in Warren County, drift over the river and directly impact air quality in parts of Warren, Sussex, Morris and Hunterdon counties. It also negatively affects residents of three Pennsylvania counties.
"New Jersey is not asking this power plant to do anything that our own State's coal-fired power plants have not already done,'' testified Commissioner Martin. "Portland should similarly take measures to reduce its harmful impact on public health.''
The EPA proposal seeks an 81 percent reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions. The DEP recommended even tougher measures, to reduce SO2 emissions by 95 percent.
It is a priority of the Christie Administration to achieve improved air quality for all residents of New Jersey, said Commissioner Martin. In addition to the Portland petition, the State is battling out-of-state air pollution in two ongoing federal court cases dealing with power plants in western Pennsylvania that pour out huge volumes of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.
Governor Christie last week issued an Executive Order to initiate a pilot project to reduce emissions from non-road diesel construction equipment to improve air quality, especially in urban areas. Also, the State has approved new rules requiring significant reductions in sulfur content for home heating oil and other types of fuel oil, and a DEP program has targeted polluting dry cleaning equipment, to remove PCEs from the air.
The 126 Petition filed by DEP in 2010 regarding the Portland matter included evidence to show that damaging sulfur dioxide pollution produced by the GenOn power plant adversely impacts much of North Jersey. The sulfur dioxide coming from the plant is known to cause a variety of adverse health effects, including asthma and respiratory failure, and environmental impacts such as acid rain.
Under RRI's operation, the power plant emitted more than 30,000 tons of sulfur dioxide in 2009, which is more than all of New Jersey's coal-fired power plants combined in that year.
The DEP believes modern air pollution controls, including a scrubber, should be installed to substantially reduce the Portland plant's emissions. Improved sulfur dioxide and particle control also would reduce other hazardous air pollutant emissions, including hydrochloric acid, lead and mercury.
For the full text of Commissioner Martin's testimony as well as supporting documents, including a fact sheet, map, charts, and a photo of the Portland plant, visit: http://www.nj.gov/dep/docs/portland.html
EPA will accept written comments on the State's Clean Air Act 126 Petition until May 27. The full text of New Jersey's 126 petitions on the Portland/RRI issue can be found at: http://www.nj.gov/dep/baqp/petition/126petition.htm
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has wrapped up his three-day visit to Kenya while also ending a week-long trip to Africa. The last leg of Premier Li's visit saw the signing of an agreement to build a railway linking the Kenyan capital Nairobi with Mombasa, the country's second biggest city and an important Indian Ocean port.
The first phase of the railway project will cover 609 kilometers, and cost about 3.6 billion U.S. dollars. Ninety percent of the financing will come from the Export-Import Bank of China.
The railway project marks the beginning of a continent-wide rail network that will connect six countries in East Africa. Premier Li says economic growth in East Africa needs support from such infrastructure as railroads, a sector where China has considerable experience and capacity.
"We hope to see further growth in the manufacturing sector in African countries, in particular labor intensive industries to generate more local jobs, especially for young people," Li said in an interview.
"We need to work together to enhance cooperation in infrastructure development that will greatly boost mobility and market development in Africa and also facilitate relocation of appropriate manufacturing industries to African countries to help them enhance their capacity for the processing of raw materials and agricultural products, and in the end, boost African exports to global markets."
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) meets with Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto in Nairobi, Kenya, May 11, 2014. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)

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text: Over the past few years, I have been able to photograph the Claveries a few times. Earlier this past Summer I had the chance to do a photo shoot for kids, you can see that preview here. It was definitely one of my favorite shoots this year. I just love those kids. They were in town for a few days this Fall, and we were able to get something for the entire family…and we even managed to get some good Fall colors before the colder weather hit. They are such an amazing family, and have been an incredible example to so many people, and I am proud to call them my friends.


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Triumphant Procession!
Verse for Today: Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Exodus 17:8 – The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
When God leads His children through miracles and wonders, the enemy comes to weaken them by attacking them. Often the attacks come when God's children are weak, tired and vulnerable. Attacks also come from unexpected sources. At Rephidim, the Israelites just won a battle over thirst when God gave them water through the rock on which He stood. But the enemy found them in weary and weak due to journey through the wilderness and came after them to attack them. These Amalekites were the grandchildren of Esau who was Jacob's brother and as such their relatives. At Rephidim, God showed them to expect attacks even from their dear ones in the family. This is a prime example of how the enemy uses our own dearest ones to attack us. We often do not realize that the enemy is within us and dearest to us. Attack comes in the form of the near and the dear from whom we usually do not expect any attack. Esau's grandchildren have a score to set with the children of Israel even after generations have passed and so they become potent instruments in the hands of the enemy. But God used His servants to lead His children to fight the enemy of weakness, thirst and the attack from those dear to them. These unexpected attacks often catch us unaware, but we need to beware and be watchful lest we taste defeat. We do not need to run away from the enemy, but to stay put and to march forward by wearing the whole armor of God to defeat the enemy and make progress in our sojourn. These attacks can discourage us, but we must take courage from the Lord who is with us to take us forward.
Dear reader, are you experiencing attacks lately from the dearest and nearest? Are you attacked at unexpected times and does it affect you emotionally and weaken you spiritually? Are these attacks discouraging you and causing fear? The tactic of the enemy is to weaken you and frustrate you out of your pathway. He is using your kith and kin in the social, family and spiritual circles to shatter your morale and weaken you emotionally. But this attack is only an attempt and the enemy will not overcome you. It is a temporary phenomenon only to disturb your peace and sleep. The Lord has gone before you and He has already prepared your pathway to Canaan. He will be your best friend in time of loneliness as you are rejected and resented by those who are dear to you. He has also planned for your ultimate victory over all the emotional, social and spiritual enemies. He will give you the strength to withstand the pressures of the attack. He has already given you His whole armor which will protect you from getting hurt. His double-edged sword is sufficient to dismantle all the fiery darts of the enemy. But you need to take the whole armor and fight the real enemy. Remember, we do not fight against flesh and blood, but against the powers of darkness that use your dear ones to fight you. As you fight against the discouragement that the enemy is sowing in your heart, it is also time to pray for those who treat you wrongly. Let the elements of discouragement in your heart be handled by the sword of the Lord. Let us win these battles of frustration in prayer and careful use of the whole armor of God. Let us commit ourselves to become fit instruments in the hands of the Lord in this war against the enemy of our souls. Rephidim is a place of thirst and a battleground against the enemy, but is also a place of victory for us today. But we don't stay in this place of thirst and battles forever, but will move on in our pilgrimage. Yes, it is time to move on and go forward to enjoy the promises which are given to us by our Lord.
Psalms 56:9 – Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me.
Thought for Today
When the enemy surrounds us with fleshly ammunition, the Lord will encompass around us with His love and grace.
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Ex-situ conservation of the endangered Melaleuca sylvana
The intriguing presence in the Queensland Herbarium data of a poorly known species of Melaleuca, Melaleuca sylvana, from the Atherton Tablelands prompted a visit to the area by seed collectors from the Queensland Seeds for Life project.
|Melaleuca sylvana in powerline easement. Photo: J Halford
Melaleuca sylvana is closely related to several north Queensland species including M. monantha. It is a woody shrub or small tree that grows in open woodland on steep hills and usually grows in shallow stony soils derived from rhyolite, a volcanic rock.
Melaleuca sylvana is a recently described species only known to occur in a few locations. The Queensland Government has listed it as an endangered species under state legislation. One of the locations in which it occurs is within a power line easement and this is where the Seeds for Life collectors headed to make seed collections. Plants like Melaleuca sylvana that do not grow too high make ideal plants for growing in power line easements.
Following the successful collection from this species, the seed has been banked at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens and the Millennium Seed Bank in the U.K. The University of Queensland undertook germination trials in order to learn more about the species. Plants have also been propagated at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens for display in the planned Queensland Conservation Garden Walk, to make the public aware of Queensland's rare and threatened flora.
The ex-situ conservation of seeds from this threatened species for species recovery will help to ensure its long-term survival. There is real scope for using the seeds collected by the Seeds for Life project to increase the existing population or create new populations.


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Whose portrait hung in Rav Elyashiv's home? In this video (on the top-right of the video, to Rav Elyashiv's left) you can see the portrait I'm asking about.
The portrait was not hung in the same room that Rav Elyashiv is sitting in, it's in the adjacent room and in the video you are viewing it through a window. (That explains why the portrait seems to move around in a strange way whenever the camera moves.)


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You can catch great sunsets and some incredible views of the surrounding hills, coated with dense trees as far as the eye can see, on the hills behind the air strip at the top of Sen Monorom.
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Mayura Resort has built a special viewing platform at Phnom Dok Krokom Pagoda, and it's a lovely spot to unwind after a day trekking or swimming. To get there, head out of town towards Bou Sra, then turn left at the Total petrol station, around a kilometre beyond the end of the airstrip. The turn swings you around, so that you're virtually driving back in the same direction from which you came, and you take the second right turn, which swiftly brings you to a steep hill. You'll find the pagoda behind the second elephant-flanked gateway.
The first holds the remains of what must once have been a luxurious villa, but is now destroyed, with not much left but the entrance surrounded by shattered ceramics in the most stunning shade of green.
The pagoda was attended by some very friendly people. So we bought a scarf, and enjoyed the show as two elderly women played chase around the place. Sadly, we had arrived on an evening when the haze obliterated any chance of a decent sunset, but you may have better luck.
If you head back to the road, and keep going for another five kilometres, you'll come to another hill topped by the Samot Choeur pagoda, from where you'll see the so-called "sea forest", more hills as far as the eye can see carpeted with green. Good for the soul.
Nicky Sullivan.
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Samba in Toronto: O Encontro de Baterias/
Toronto's samba bateria (drum corps) history dates back about 20 years. It's said the first samba drumming performance group evolved by way of a desire from within the Brazilian community to represent during the city's summer festivities. Many of the original players from the first project in the early '90s, Viva Brazil, remain active in samba groups in the city today.Throughout the early 2000s a few new baterias formed, and for about the last 10 years, four different groups in the city have co-existed as Toronto's interpreters and representatives of the Brazilian samba bateria tradition.This past April 7, the four groups came together to play as one bateria in a historic encontro, or meeting.The event was instigated by Negin Bahrami of Batucada Carioca, who was inspired by a bateria encontro between various samba schools in Rio.(Video below: TV news item in Portuguese)Bahrami -- who has traveled to Rio several times and has paraded in a top-level samba school bateria and with several samba blocos -- explains what inspired her to initiate the Encontro:
"The reason behind the event was to give people here who have never been to Rio a chance to experience a taste of what it feels like to be a part of a large bateria rehearsal the way it's done there -- generally between 150 - 300 players rehearsing one song [the school's Carnaval anthem] for the parade that year.
"In Rio, the samba schools and mestres are all friends (not rivals) and they invite each other to their quadras [rehearsal halls] as guest to perform. It is very common for players to play in more than one group and get together. It is a massive samba community and the only time they are in competition is when they parade through the Sambódromo (and even then it is in friendly competition).
"Samba is a passion there; it is community and unity. This is what I wanted to promote in Toronto, and by uniting the four groups, everyone was able to experience that vibe and energy that gives you goosebumps, with the heavy and powerful sound of a bateria made up of 100+ players."
After much gestation, the idea took flight with an initial meeting in fall 2012 between the four directors and some other key players. (Jon Medow, who is my co-director for Samba Elégua on this project, says it all reminded him of a mafia meeting -- a clandestine coming together of Toronto's samba bateria bosses!).The agreement was struck: They would participate in an Encontro de Baterias, the leaders agreeing to create a musical project everyone could work on to prepare something for all the groups to play together.The four samba bateria groups of Toronto that participated in the event and came all together for the first time are:Escola de Samba de Toronto (a.k.a. Toronto Samba School or TSS)Led by Alan Hetherington, the city's bateria pioneer who started things up for that first group, the "Escola" was the first Toronto outfit organized instruction in the samba bateria style. Many of Toronto's samba heads have participated, and the classes are offered through the Royal Conservatory of Music, where Hetherington also teaches other styles of samba percussion. Under his direction, the group has traveled to Brazil several times, and as an ensemble have performed, studied and recorded with professional Brazilian artists. The group mostly sticks to the samba-enredo and bateria styles, which Hetherington teaches with encyclopaedic knowledge and years of technique. They play some other Brazilian rhythms as well, and in fact have performed complex arrangements and time signatures, but for the most part this Escola de Samba keeps the rhythms traditional.Samba Squad As we have mentioned, Samba Squad are not samba purists. Founded and led by percussionist and teacher Rick Lazar, another old-schooler, Samba Squad is a powerhouse of diverse rhythms and perhaps the group that most represents Toronto's cultural diversity in its repertoire of rhythms. Samba Squad's projects are wide-ranging, from elaborately arranged recordings and stage shows like their recent CD release party (and turns performing with Jesse Cook) to an entire youth arts and music non-profit wing; Drum Artz studio, the org's home base, hosted the Encontro, and Samba Kidz, the youth performing/workshop group, incorporates entire steel pan racks into arrangements for samba, soca and more. Samba Squad has taught and nurtured many local players and samba addicts as well, and to the general populace of Toronto is one of the most visible samba baterias around. For more, read our recent article about Samba Squad and their latest album.Batucada CariocaThis group came onto the scene around 2003, a few years after Hetherington, while visiting Brazil, met Maninho Costa through samba school rehearsals. A native of the Ilha do Governador (Governor's Island) area of Rio de Janeiro, Costa has played in baterias since the age of seven -- his uncle, Odilon Costa, is one of Brazil's most respected bateria masters -- starting in the kids' baterias and moving to the elite levels as a teenager. Following an invitation from Hetherington, Costa visited Toronto in 2000 and 2001 as a performer for the annual Brazilian Ball fundraiser; after the 2001 event, he stayed, later starting his own project. Batucada Carioca began as a smaller group in 2003, and in 2004 grew into a larger bateria; the band plays samba music with an emphasis on the heavy percussive swing of the Rio bateria tradition, performing famous Carnaval anthems along with popular Brazilian tunes and a few other grooves. Check out more about Maninho Costa and Batucada Carioca in our previous article here.Samba EléguaPerhaps the most community-oriented samba project of the bunch, Samba Elégua was founded in 2001 as a free-to-join music group by Itay Keshet, then a student at University of Toronto (who directed the project's first five years or so), and to this day it has managed to survive without anyone paying for classes or rehearsals as a kind of volunteer-based samba percussion collective. Of the four groups, it is the one whose leadership and repertoire have likely changed the most over the course of its history (more than 10 individuals including Jon Medow, David Arcus, Raphi Roter and myself have led the group in performance). Like Samba Squad, Samba Elégua plays both Brazilian grooves and a number of fusion rhythms that represent the sounds of multicultural Toronto. In recent years, the group has reworked and developed a stronger bateria samba groove along with other expanded repertoire pieces. We posted about Samba Elégua's sound in a video-based blog entry here.With participation confirmed from the four groups, the "samba mafia bosses" agreed to try a samba-enredo arrangement for the Encontro, one that all groups could learn ahead of time.Eventually the tune was chosen: Araxá (full title: Araxá - Lugar Alto Onde Primeiro Se Avista o Sol), which was the Carnaval anthem performed in 1999 by Rio samba school Beija-Flor de Nilópolis.Once videos of the arrangement were posted online and made available to all, the groups had a few months to practice.Allow me to speak from my experience: for Samba Elégua at least it was the first time many players had performed samba in this format, the way it is in Rio and São Paulo's samba schools -- not just a samba groove, but everything fitting around a song. We spent months encouraging players to review the videos as posted for each instrument, and rehearsed the whole thing several times; this even meant incorporating amplified singing in Portuguese along with the rhythm, which was also a new experience for many group members.Finally the erratic spring weather seemed to clear a little for the big Sunday, and by the time everyone was assembled in the Drum Artz studio, we had more than 100 players, making it the largest samba bateria ever in Canada. (We are pretty sure! Did anyone call Guinness?)Among the many drummers, several of the original Viva Brazil players were on hand for the big day, including Rick Lazar, Alan Hetherington, and musicians and members of Samba Squad, Batucada Carioca and a range of other projects like Tony Pierre, Trevor Yearwood, Lyba Spring, Janet McClelland and Gord Sheard.The day involved warming up the bateria, playing the arrangement's breaks, and then getting into the song with guest musicians Carlos Cardozo on cavaquinho and Wagner Petrilli on guitar, plus another guitarist, Avital Zemer, who also photographed part of the event. Maninho Costa was the day's interprete or samba vocalist.After organizing the bateria into a formation, the leaders directed a successful run-through for over an hour or so, each section of instruments playing its parts of the arrangement, and everyone playing the arrangement's bossa or break together through several repetitions of the song (I would guess around 20-25 times).Things then moved to call and response breaks with the leaders of the groups calling on repeniques (the high-pitched drum played in the bateria style with one hand and one stick, which takes on the role of calling the bateria into the groove and hitting the loud call notes for the bateria to respond).The afternoon was nearly over, but it wouldn't have been complete without a parade, so everyone marched outside with their instruments and made a loud block party to finish the Encontro in true Brazilian samba bateria style.All in all it was a greatly successful event: Happy people with a new collective experience, new friends made and a samba bateria community that wants to make it happen again.This first Encontro was a hit for sure, and with everyone asking when the next one is, we say: Summer is coming, anything is possible and it seems it may only be a matter of time before the next Encontro de Baterias.All photos used with permission of photographers: Dave Burke and Avital Zemer


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The other day I was in line for coffee. The man behind the counter glanced at me swiftly then said he'd be right with me. He stood in front of me for a minute or so fiddling with something. So, I asked him my simple question, whether or not they had decaf coffee, and he responded with a pretty large attitude. He was dismissive and a little rude, and the encounter lasted no more than ten seconds.
I lived in Philadelphia for eight years, a place I expected rudeness in daily encounters. So I've been spoiled living here in sunnyville, Los Angeles, where everyone I seem to encounter is cheery and well-mannered. Yes, my skin may have softened out here in La-La Land, but I don't think I'm alone in experiencing the lingering negative sensations of being treated unkindly.
As I walked away from the man at the coffee counter I felt kind of icky. My mind began to do its usual analytical processing: what did I do wrong, what could I have done differently, what the hell just happened? I'm pretty skilled at not putting much stake into my mind's negative chatter, and at four or five steps into my walk I'd shaken off the negativity and was sending the guy good vibes.
The experience reminded me of a conversation I had with my mom in 1996. Her sister was dying of a rare cancer of the Uterus. My aunt couldn't bear going to the market to face the consequences of the cashier asking her how she was doing. She knew she couldn't burden the clerk with the heavy truth, but I don't think she could bear lying about it either.
The lyrics by Oren Lavie in "Morning Elegance" reminds me of this circumstance. They go:
And she fights for her life
As she puts on her coat
And she fights for her life on the train
She looks at the rain as it pours
And she fights for her life as she goes in a store
With a thought she has caught by a thread
She pays for the bread and she goes
Nobody knows
Sometimes we just don't know the depth of someone's suffering.
Sometimes we don't have a clue they're suffering. And sometimes it's not our right to know. Sometimes we need to just let people be where they're at. Sometimes the best thing we can do is make some space for their pain. We don't need to take on their pain as our own. We don't need to make it about ourselves. It's ok to let someone carry their own weight, walk through their own fire, and bare the burden of their own path. And we can be there, ready to embrace them when they need us. Ready to let go of the snarky response, the cold tone, or the lack of friendliness.
I think we need to make more room for the suffering in the world to take space in our every day encounters. We need to make space for the grieving, for the dying, for the depressed. They live among us. They are us at times. And the grieving and the dying and the anxiousness, it doesn't live behind closed walls. It lives within us. It moves with us. It's among us all the time. But we walk big circles around it as if we're afraid to be touched.
I know this started out with a story of a barista who was attitude-y, and now it's about death and dying. But it's all of it. It's the dude who's having a hella bad day to the lady whose bowels are swelling with tumors. It's the chick who gave everything to get out of bed to practice yoga and is moving into child's pose with tears streaming down her face. It's the very old man who swaddles himself in cloth and walks slow laps around my neighborhood each morning until one day he no longer did. It's seeing his house on the market. It's someone else moving in who might be the lady crying in yoga or the cashier or the barista.
These are the shades of life. When someone is expressing pain, whether it shows up in frustration, anger, or sadness, allow it to be theirs.
We don't need to analyze ourselves because an experience we had with someone didn't feel good. We don't need to hold on to someone else's pain and carry it with us. And we also don't have to mark them with permanent, derogatory labels. I get that it's hard. When we feel slighted our ego wants to create a big story around it. But it can be simpler than that. We can shake it off. We can have compassion for the pained.
And guess what? The next day the very same man behind the counter and I had a pleasant exchange. Maybe he had been having a bad day. Maybe he got into a fight with his partner. Maybe his mom has cancer. Maybe I was being annoying. Who knows? Behind his eyes is a whole world that evades me.
I'm not saying it's ok for people to walk around being jackasses. But even if they are, it's not serving ourselves to take on their shit. One of the best things we can learn to do to live healthy lives in relationship to others is to learn what's ours and what's theirs. And when we recognize that it's not all about us, it becomes much easier to see when people are in pain. And then maybe we can make a little room for their pain. Maybe we can make it ok that they had a moment where they couldn't hold it all together. Maybe in that we'd see a more compassionate culture, a more authentic world, and an opening for healing.


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It's been a really long time since I last posted here.
Continue reading Harder and Harder
It's been a really long time since I last posted here.
Continue reading Harder and Harder
If I want to talk about hair, I really do need to go back to quiiiiiitttteeeeeee long time back — to the exact moment that I've decided to put my hair through all kinds of physical torture (a.k.a bleach, coloring and hair extensions) and suffer the consequences till today.
Now it is time for the second part of this topic — the Night version!
If you have not read the Morning version, do go to here to read it as well~
Finally! It's time to share about my make-up! Read more to know more about my Make-up routine.
I just tried something that I surprisingly enjoyed today. It was not only a eye-opener but also a super stress-relieving time for me. I can say that the obsession is growing on me.
Yesterday was the Chinese Valentine's Day! ❤ Guess what I did 🙈
Today, I am here to share with you guys a really exciting news and it is my Project #25!


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BUY THE THINGS YOU ABSOLUTELY LOVE. The true joy of thrift shopping is being able to buy things for a fraction of the retail price. If you shop at thrift, consignment and vintage stores you can save up to 80% off the retail price. That pair of $200 designer denim jeans you may see at your favorite department store, will cost around $7 at your local thrift store. So with that in mind, thrift shopping may ball out of control at the thrift store and buy items because we consider it a good deal. By the end of our thrifting trip, we would have purchased 10 pairs of jeans. That's only $70, but do you really need 10 pairs of jeans. I often tell newbie thrift shoppers to be very strategic when thrift shopping. That way they would avoid buying items just because it's a good deal. Before you make the decision to buy an item, you should ask yourself the following questions for each item you are considering:
- At this moment, do I love the way this item looks on me?
- Do I have something similar in my closet?
- Will I wear this item within the next month or will this item fit my lifestyle?
- If I saw this item at the retail store, would I buy it at regular price?
How do you decide what item you will purchase?


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Speechwriters, break through the ho-hum barrier
Four tactics to grab your audience's attention and hold it throughout your presentation.
One of the fastest ways to grow your list of contacts and leads is to give a speech with an audience brimming with people in your market niche.
How many speeches did you attend in the last year? How many of them do you remember? How many of the presenters' names do you recall? Hmmm, thought so—not that many. Let's fix this problem so you will not be among the "forgettable."
I'm sure you are already familiar with some of the more common speaking tips about how to get over your fear of public speaking, how to "tell them what you're going to tell them," etc.
Instead, I am going to share with you four uncommon speaking tips that I use to create my speeches. Use these tips, and you will turn your speeches from mediocre into extraordinary, which will attract much more business when you conduct speaking presentations and seminars.
The four steps
Imagine that you are speaking to an audience of 50 and they begin shouting out these four things:
1. Ho-hum!
2. Why bring that up?
3. For instance?
4. So what?
Feeling like a quivering mass of jelly? Well, imagining having these shouted at you will teach you some valuable lessons about giving a successful speech.
1. Ho-hum!
Have you ever attended a speech or seminar at which the presenter started like this? "Today we are going to talk about five strategies to reduce the high school dropout rate"… Ho-hum! How much more interesting it would be to start your speech with, "50 percent of high school students drop out of our largest cities' high schools each year."
The most crucial principle of giving an effective speech is that your opening must electrify your audience, shake them awake and crash the ho-hum barrier. Otherwise, you've lost their attention before you've even given them one piece of useful information. Get their attention, make a startling statement, and provide an interesting fact. Next time you are creating an opening line for a speech, put it to the ho-hum test. If it doesn't pass, rework your tepid opening line into a zinger.
2. Why bring that up?
OK, you've crafted your opening line. The next thing to do is imagine your entire audience shouts at you: "Why bring that up?" This is your invitation to expand upon your attention-getting opener. Tell them why they need to know the information you're sharing with them, how it will benefit them in a direct way. Emotionally connect with them, because if you don't, they won't listen to you. The three most powerful drivers that generate emotional responses have to do with:
- Money
- Love
- Health
Tie what you are saying to one of these three topics, and you've got them hooked.
3. For instance?
Next, the class shouts, "For instance?" They are demanding at least one specific, persuasive example of the point you're making. Use stories and examples to bring your points to life. Flesh them out; let the audience "see" what you are telling them. Facts and figures may be forgotten, but stories are retold. Make yourself memorable; master the art of storytelling.
4. So what?
Finally, your audience screams, "So what? What do you recommend we do about this?" Give them action steps they can take to address the issue and solve the problem. Give them information that is so useful, influential and effective it can resolve even a seemingly enormous problem. Provide light in darkness to show them the best way out.
Use these four tips to put your speeches to the "mediocrity" test. Doing so will teach you how to develop powerful, influential speeches that people will listen to and remember.
Bonita Richter, MBA, teaches small business entrepreneurs how to create financially rich and successful bsuinesses. This article originally appeared on the Express Yourself to Success site.
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If Corbyn truly wants to change politics he has the chance to do so. On Thursday the Green Party published an open letter to Corbyn inviting him to form a progressive alliance to fight against austerity. I believe that this offers a unique opportunity. Corbyn should appoint Green Party MP Caroline Lucas to environment and cherry pick talent from across the Lib Dem's, SNP and Plaid Cymru to support his front bench team.
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On Thursday, he'll step down.
During the opening of the League's General Session in San José, Executive Director Chris McKenzie presented Armstrong with a plaque for his contributions to the organization.
"Harry's dedication to the cities of California is unsurpassed," McKenzie said in a statement. "He has brought incredible integrity and focus to his decades of service not only on the Clovis City Council, but to the League of California Cities and all the other local government related organizations and agencies he has served."
At this point, Armstrong, 84, is a central San Joaquin Valley institution. First elected to the Clovis City Council in 1970, he's won re-election 11 times, served as mayor five times — and is now California's longest serving city council member. He started in Clovis government in 1966 when he was appointed to the planning commission.
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Frizztext's Story Challenge has reached the end of the alphabet, and I had no problems finding images for the letter Z! There are so many zebra options in my files for this week's challenge, I will try to dole a few more out during the week.
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When someone says of another: "Oh, it's brave of him to do that," the remark may tell us more of the speaker than the person spoken about. Why was whatever he did brave? What were the mental associations we linked to that act that made it seem courageous? Yet, when we hear such descriptions of bravery, "no one asks what it tells us about ourselves," said playwright Tan Tarn How, underlining a view that as a society, we rarely engage in self-reflection.
His new play, Fear of Writing, explores questions like this. That's what artists do: they hold a mirror to society.
Artists, however, often get the blues. Tarn How is no exception. "The play posits the possibility that in Singapore, political art is irrelevant," he says of his work. He's had this thought for some time: that political art changes almost nothing here. It's not getting through to people.
Why not is the question. What is it about ourselves as a dull and smug society that is so non-responsive?
Quickly thinking of a counter-example, I asked, "Do you consider what Mr Brown does as a form of political art?"
"Does it not have effect?"
"I don't think so," Tarn How says.
And maybe he's right. The short, sharp satire that Mr Brown is known for may heighten our criticism of its intended target, but we seldom stop and examine ourselves either. We laugh at the intended target, but do we ask: Why are we laughing?
Fear of Writing
Fear of Writing, which Tarn How finished in May last year, will be staged by Theatreworks from 1 – 10 September 2011 (more details at Theatreworks' site). Over lunch, I asked him what it was about.
"It's about what you can say, and what you cannot say." Despite an increasingly widespread view that Singapore is opening up and the old rules no longer apply, there are still some things one cannot say. The Out-of-Bounds (OB) markers may have shifted, but they are still there.
"People have gone to jail," Tarn How reminded me, for saying things recently that were outside those OB markers.
In his view, the current dispensation is that so long as an individual remains atomised, the space to say what he wants and live the life he wants has expanded. But when he does it in an organised way, like write a book about sensitive or important subjects, or mobilises others, that space shrinks rapidly. "Engagement still remains very much on the government's terms."
The play is an exploration of this. One of the characters is a typical Singaporean, an everyman in his thirties. And through him, we explore the question: What if a person tries to write a play he dares not write? What if it is never written, or never produced? What happens?
"The second issue the play explores is that we as a people are insensitised to certain kinds of injustices, and otherwise good people would routinely turn a blind eye to them."
Somehow, that sounds horribly familiar to me. But how did such a situation come about? Tarn How suggested that in order to become like that, people take on a worldview that rationalises away and protects us from feeling that injustice. For example, certain words like "Marxist" or "confrontational" have become auto-triggers for not thinking. They trip the thinking process, beyond which no further examination is carried out. No one stops to ask if perhaps there is a world in which confrontational is good.
Hermit Singaporeans
The conversation segues into the broader question of Singaporeans within a certain political and intellectual climate.
"A lot of people in our system work with doors and windows in their minds that have never been opened. It's perfectly OK if they are first opened, the view examined and then one says, 'this view is not for me', but the problem is when they have never been opened. We never check out an alternative view. And we live a life in a world that is unexamined."
This leads to the second of two types of self-censorship, perhaps the more insidious of the two. The first kind is when we are aware that it is dangerous to say something and we choose not to say it. The second is when we are operating with set modes of thinking, that prevents our minds from venturing beyond certain limits. When that happens, "we're not even aware that it is self-censorship," Tarn How adds.
Surely, that's what art is for, to point this out so that people become more aware?
"And that's the third side of the play," says Tarn How. "It explores the nature, meaning and significance of political art."
What is its relationship with society, especially "one that has neither sensitivity to art or politics?" Have Singaporeans, I wondered, been brought up and educated in such a way as to see these disciplines as tightly compartmentalised? Where art is a plaything for artists as politics is reserved for politicians? Do we therefore become deaf and disempowered?
On our education system, Tarn How had a lot to say. "Singaporeans are very good at giving answers, we are fantastic at this. But we are very bad at asking what should be the questions." In other words, we suck at creative, greenfield and meta thinking.
So I took him down another road and asked what that might mean for Singapore, long term. Would it ultimately hurt us economically? Interestingly, his answer was: Not necessarily. So long as we remain good at that one thing — finding answers without questioning the questions — it may still be sustainable. We may not create or invent anything new, but we can chug along as a good OEM maker, for example.
The recent exodus of top scientists from Biopolis came to mind. Apparently they have been unhappy with bureaucrats failing to understand the nature of basic research, expecting deliverables at regular intervals.
Do we only know entertainment?
Coming back to political art and its (in)significance in Singapore, the problem, as Tarn How sees it, is that in a lot of art, the artist is actually saying, 'I'm talking about you,' but the audience does not hear that voice. Somewhat depressingly, in this materialistic society, we treat art in ways not different from entertainment, as an object of consumption, and not a mirror reflecting onto ourselves. The audience's approach is: How does this entertain me? How enjoyable is it?
"Even when a piece of work is manifestly political, the politics skims off the consciousness," Tarn How pointed out. There's an imprenetrability of the mind.
Take Cooling-off Day, a play based on the recent general elections by Alfian Sa'at that played to full houses a few weeks ago. Lots of people watched it, many praising it, yet by Tarn How's observation, if one looks at what is said about it, there is no self-examination in the discussion that followed.
In such a situation, how does one write a political play? Is it possible to write it in such a way that it becomes relevant?
Are there no ways, I asked him, for a play to be entertaining and still deeply cutting?
"There are," replied Tarn How. "You can make them laugh until they cry, but my experience is that the Singaporean audience laughs, but the tears don't come. They can only see the spectacle — how funny, how cute. . .
"Laughter is the new opiate."
By the simple measure that art should serve a socially transformative purpose, it may be failing in Singapore. And this failure may mean our politics is stuck in a rut, ancient assumptions unquestioned, old antagonisms unresolved, longstanding fears unbanished. The spectre of OB markers haunt us still. What has long needed to be said remains unsaid. Would Tarn How's new play finally kickstart a reexamination of ourselves, as a starting point for a new look at our state and society, and ourselves?


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There's a version of these cookies floating around somewhere in the Christmas baking recipe box of a great many American familes. They're certainly one of our favorites, and I always make sure I include them when I'm deciding what I'll bake each year.
This past Christmas was a whirlwind for me. Earlier in the month, I'd traveled to visit Jay and Tereasa in Johnson City, TN. I seriously almost died on that trip. The snow was really pretty until I hit 3700 feet and the temperatures dropped.
By the time I reached Jay and T's, I pretty much wandered in with a dazed look begging for gin. Or Crown Apple. Maybe both. I think there was ginger ale. Sweet mother of mercy.
My travels and my trials weren't over, though. My father was going to my Aunt Carole and Uncle Ron's house in Georgia for Christmas, and I very much wanted to be with family. My cousins were there with their families and I decided I was going to have make a pot of gumbo for Christmas Eve dinner and cart it on down there. I set off right after work on December 23rd. It started raining mere seconds after I got started. It rained all the way to I-85, it rained all the way down I-85 into Georgia, and in Georgia, it stopped raining so that it could start pouring. Thunder. Lightning. The whole works.
If you've never traveled it, I-85 between Charlotte and Atlanta is pretty much the most wretched stretch of road on the face of the Earth. It's 2 lanes in each direction where it should be 6 and 6 lanes where it should be 12. Every 18-wheeler ever created is doing 55 in both lanes in front of you and the guy directly behind you always has a serious case of road rage and is simultaneously flashing his brights, laying on the horn, gesticulating madly, and hoping his eyes will turn into lasers so he can blow my ass off the road.
Did I mention it was storming?
By the time I got to my Aunt and Uncle's house, I pretty much wandered in with a dazed look begging for wine. Daddy had anticipated this and my cousin Jennifer was already opening it.
(I haven't forgotten this a cooking blog and that I owe you the recipe for some kind of balls. I promise it's coming. I'm not done traveling yet.)
So that was Christmas Eve Eve (my Christmas Eve Eve track record isn't that great, now that I think about it.) I hung with the fam for Christmas Eve, which was truly lovely, and then went to bed early so I could wake up at zero dark hundred to drive to my daddy's house in TN … where he wasn't. But I needed a place to crash for a little while before I headed to my final Christmas travel destination to spend Christmas afternoon with Cristi, one of my oldest and dearest friends in the world, her sister YaYa, one of my newest and dearest friends in the world, their husbands and their mama. I'd seriously been looking forward to seeing them, and it was nothing less than wonderful. We played games, had a wonderful meal and just generally enjoyed one another.
Which brings me full circle because balls. Scott's family (he's Cristi's husband, yo) makes snowballs in mass quantities every Christmas, except they call them butter balls. It's a family tradition and I was given an adorable little box of them. I'd brought some cookies of my own to give to them, and I instantly had to compare my snowballs with Scott's butter balls and you know what?
His were better. Like, WAY better.
He got out his recipe and I pulled mine up on my phone (yeah … I'm THAT girl.) They were almost identical except for a tiny couple adjustments, which I went ahead and made on my file.
And so, after a ton of ado, I give you a recipe I've never made. For snowballs.
(Erm. Butter balls.)
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup confectionery sugar (don't argue with me and tell me it's confectioner's sugar. Just don't. I'll sic Cristi, Scott, and that road rage guy from up there on you.)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2-1/4 cups flour
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 375°. Beat butter for 30 seconds. Add 1/2 cup confectionery sugar and beat until well-combined. Beat in the vanilla. Add the flour, a little bit at a time. (If you're using a hand mixer, abandon it when you must and go forth without the aid of electricty. Also, get a stand mixer. So fabulous.) Add pecans.
Shape into 1″ balls and place 1″ apart on baking sheets. Bake about 20 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Roll in powdered sugar and cool on wire racks. Roll in powdered sugar again when cool.
(That double rolling thing was new. That and I used granulated sugar in the dough, and Scott's family doesn't.)


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Jessica and Chris got married in a quaint little chapel in Salado. The weather was perfect, giggles and gig ems were abundant, and one little guest with some serious dance moves proved to us that good things really do come in small packages.
Shout out to Cortney B for letting me second shoot! Enjoy!
This kid yall. Seriously the life of the party. We told his mom the venue should hire him to get allllll their receptions going.


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The images that this little compact camera turns out can be very good indeed, but it does struggle at times with its dynamic range, which is something that can't be cured by shooting raw, since the Canon IXUS 240 HS will only record JPEG files.
The dynamic range problem is likely to stem from the fact that Canon has crammed 16 million pixels into a tiny 1/2.3 sensor, which is a shame since the performance would probably be better with a 12MP sensor using larger photosites.
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The confusing Wi-Fi function, the convoluted menu system and the torturous touchscreen menu really made this a disappointing camera to use, especially considering its price.
Final verdict
The good points of the Canon IXUS 240 HS are the smart styling, the sweet lens, responsive shutter and the competent low-light performance. But unless you really must have Wi-Fi and a touchscreen, look at something else, since these gimmicks aren't worth the higher price tag.


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Our small, family-run dairy produces fresh, delicious, certified organic yogurt from the milk of our grass-fed cows. We live and farm on a little piece of big sky country right at the top of the Berkshire Hills – 225 acres of gorgeous certified organic pastures and hayfields, with plenty of space for our Normande and Jersey cows to graze and kick up their heels.
Semi-regular musings on grasses, farmers, and the cows that love them.
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Draft Beer - Seaside Heights, New Jersey
I have no idea why I am so attracted to these tacky signs "down the shore", as we say in Jersey, but I love the run-down, seedy look of the whole area. There is something very Hopperesque about some of these locations, and I feel as though they should be documented in some way before they are all gone.
One more thing, I have been "tagged" by a wonderful artist named Bob Martin who has been a great supporter of my work. When someone tags your blog, you are requested to list 5 little known facts about yourself and then tag 5 other artists. So, here we go.....
1) I am a distant relative of Charles Lindbergh. He was born on February 5 and I was born on February 8. Also very ironic is that I had a very close call on takeoff once in a cessna. The pilot was yelling, "We're not going to make it!!", over and over as he pulled the nose up over a very large stand of trees at the end of the runway. Needless to say, I will NEVER fly in a small aircraft again!!
2) I taught myself how to juggle after watching a friend of mine do it. I was able to juggle perfectly on my very first attempt. I guess I must have good hand - eye coordination. lol!
3) It is impossible for me to paint without music playing. Neil Young and Ani DiFranco are my personal heroes, by the way. They have both had as much influence on my painting as any artist ever has.
4) I am terrified of ketchup in certain situations. Let me explain....I can eat it on burgers and fries, but in any other context, it is totally revolting to me. I think this irrational fear is due to the fact that when I was going for my initial interview at Kerygma gallery a few years back, I stopped in at a local diner for a quick bite before I was due there. I was freshly shaved and scrubbed and dressed in what I felt was appropriate attire for a gallery interview. I reached for the ketchup bottle for my fries, and WHAMMO!, when I twisted the cap open, it exploded all over me. I have never been so mortified in all of my life. I couldn't move or speak for a few minutes, trying to comprehend this hideous turn of events. I rushed home to wash up and change clothes and made it to the gallery in time for the interview. The gallery owners got quite a chuckle out of this when I told them what had happened, and said that they would have taken me on board no matter what I was covered in! I knew right then and there that this was the gallery for me.
5) If I had been just a few inches taller, I truly believe that I could have played in the NFL as a wide receiver. Also, I was at both Super Bowls when the Denver Broncos won. I am not a Bronco fan, it just worked out that way. I find this interesting because John Elway once said in an interview one of the most fascinating things that I have ever heard. He was asked how was it that he almost never gets sacked from behind, and his response was, "I see the cast shadows of the defenders on the ground coming towards me." Brilliant!
As far as tagging 5 other artists goes, I will just list the 5 painters whose work I have the incredible good fortune to own.
Duane Keiser (8 paintings)
Mick McGinty (3 paintings)
Karin Jurick (4 paintings)
Jelaine Faunce (2 paintings)
Craig Stephens (2 paintings)
One last shout out to James Neil Hollingsworth, whose paintings are PHENOMENAL! I mention Neil here because I have been trying to acquire one of his masterpieces for years now, and keep getting outbid each and every time. RATS!! I will own one of these babies someday, if it's the last thing I do!
Thanks again to Bob for your kind words and support! Next time I'm in Arizona, we will hook up for lunch and a studio visit!


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Grove City, Ohio
Year founded: 1852
Location: Franklin County, eight miles southwest of Columbus
Hot-air balloons look spectacular at night. When yellow flames light the inside of billowing fabric envelopes, grounded balloons dot the landscape like giant glowing lanterns. Their brightness and magic rival the moon and stars.
But balloons aren't the only things in Grove City that rise. Consider population. For the sixth year in a row, the city ranks first among Columbus suburbs for new single-family housing starts. According to the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Grove City will be the largest central Ohio community outside Columbus by 2030.
The city's location is a huge plus for families who want to live near Ohio's capital. It is only a 10-minute commute to downtown Columbus. Also, this summer the I-71/St. Rte. 665 interchange opened with a five-lane bridge that benefits commuters and local businesses.
But there has to be more than just proximity to a major city and good access to make families want to move to a community. A city must also be a memorable hometown to both longtime residents and newcomers. Grove City rises to the challenge.
According to Mayor Richard L. "Ike" Stage, the catalyst for Grove City's spirit is the way the city is managed and perceived by residents. The community "is one big neighborhood," not just a "city" by definition. The downtown area is "our living room, the signature place to assemble," says Stage, who also acknowledges Grove City's solid foundation.
"Our roots go back to being a conservative, German farming town. That's not all we are today, but the qualities associated with hard-working families remain," agrees real estate agent Greg Skinner of ERA Real Solutions, who grew up in Grove City. "We still have all the good, solid brick ranch houses built in the 1950s. But now we are seeing new upper middle- and upper-income housing that attracts hard-working professionals."
Civic pride is particularly notable in Grove City's exceptional park system. When the city realized children had nowhere to go sledding in its flat parkland carved from cornfields, it built a giant hill at the 110-acre Fryer Park. In the summer, the hill is also the site of the popular Fryer Flicks, where families gather to see outdoor movies. Fryer Park also boasts of an innovative space-themed play area for children of all abilities, a stocked lake and Century Village, a collection of authentic mid-1800s buildings.
At the Gardens at Gantz Farm, 10 herb gardens, a meditation labyrinth, hiking trails and outdoor sculpture make the park a welcome sanctuary from daily stress. And nothing says "hometown" more than 60-year-old Windsor Park, one of the first civic fields in Ohio to feature Little League Baseball teams.
Available land and a city with a rising future have attracted large companies, including FedEx Ground, Pier 1 Imports, T. Marzetti and Walmart Distribution. The city estimates its businesses provide more than 20,000 jobs.
Grove City is part of the South-Western School District, sixth largest in the state. The Ohio Department of Education gives the district an "Excellent" designation. According to Superintendent William Wise, an emphasis is placed on staff training. The district's in-progress $260 million building project also ensures new and renovated schools.
Grove City prides itself on its number of free family-friendly events all year long, from arts shows to fireworks, concerts, car shows and wine festivals. The Winter Lights Holiday Celebration and Community Parade on Dec. 1 serves as the official opening of the holiday season with music, tree lighting and ice carving.
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Heather Robertson is the creator of http://halfsizeme.com and she has worked with thousands of people to help them break their unhealthy relationships with food. Heather herself once weight in at 313 lbs after the birth of her first child, and it was at that time that she said she had finally had enough of the yo-yo dieting, and just feeling bad about herself, her weight, and her prospects of not being the mom that she always had dreamed of being, a mom who wasn't sitting on the sidelines of her kids lives, but a mom who was actively a part of their lives. Heather's story is one that I believe is familiar to many, and in this interview we try and and tackle some of the emotional challenges that she went through during her decades of struggling with her weight, what it finally took for her to start her weightloss journey and we answer a lot of questions that many people have about the challenges of dieting, and weight loss.
And as per usual, this episode is brought to you by Bloom for Women. Bloom offers online programs, expert help, and an empathetic community to help women heal, strengthen, and grow past the trauma of infidelity and betrayal whether it be betrayal from a spouse who has a pornography or sex addiction, or from the emotional betrayal of an affair. Please visit https://www.bloomforwomen.com/ref/virtualcouch and use coupon code virtualcouch for one month of free access to their evidence-based programs, and community designed to help heal, and recover from betrayal trauma. This episode is also brought to you by the fine folks at Eli's Extracts all-natural, organic shave cream, visit http://elis-extracts.com and use coupon code "virtualcouch" for 25% off of your entire order of their all-natural, organic shave creams scented with essential oils. And please visit http://pathbackrecovery.com Tony's online pornography addiction recovery program for his ebook about the 5 mistakes people make when trying to rid themselves from pornography addiction.


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Hall 12A, Pragati Maidan
Pragati Maidan in Hindi literally "progress grounds" is a venue for large exhibitions and conventions in New Delhi. With 72,000 sq. metres of exhibition space, it is Delhi's largest exhibition centre. There are numerous hotels, entertainment activities, retail shopping & sightseeing spots in close proximity.
Hotel accommodation details will be made available closer to the show dates.
About New Delhi
Delhi is a city that bridges two different worlds. Old Delhi, once the capital of Islamic India, is a labyrinth of narrow lanes lined with crumbling havelis and formidable mosques. In Delhi, you will discover that the city is sprinkled with dazzling gems: captivating ancient monuments, fascinating museums and art galleries, architectural wonders, a vivacious performing-arts scene, fabulous eating places and bustling markets. For more information click here
Tourist attractions
Being one of the most historic capitals in the world, Delhi has many tourist sites. In Old Delhi, there are attractions like mosques and monuments that represent India's history. The important places in Old Delhi include the majestic Red Fort. New Delhi, on the other hand, is a modern city designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker. New Delhi houses many government buildings and embassies, apart from places of historical interest. Please click here for more information.
When the sun goes down in Delhi, it is time to go out and enjoy everything that this exciting destination has on offer. Whether your preference is for relaxing in a quiet wine-bar, or letting your hair down and dancing the night away in a nightclub. So go all out and experience it. Click here for more information.


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Founded in 1999 by JGI, JIRS aims include the holistic development of students from grade IV to XII by enriching the quality of life. A co-educational, residential school of more than 750 students, we set the highest standards of academic achievement, intellectual growth, ethical awareness, behaviour, sportsmanship and other good qualities to our students.
The school takes leadership seriously and our concern for character is a point of distinction. Our mission has never been narrow to prepare students for college, but rather to provide an experience which goes far beyond college requirements, addressing important personal aspects of growth and maturity. Through the years, the means of achieving our aims have changed, yet the particular balance of tradition and innovation continue to provide exceptional opportunities for deserving students from diverse social, geographic and ethnic backgrounds. Our unflagging commitment to each student's intellectual, moral and physical growth and to the considerable resources of faculty, facility and locale creates a school which is larger than the sum of its parts.
JIRS believes in the notion that teachers should play an important role in a student life. JIRS faculty maintain a good rapport with the students to nurture the spirit and bring out the hidden talent in every student. In this way, the faculty fulfill the vision of JIRS.
Jain International Residential School (JIRS) Rated 4.5/5 based on the opinion of 230 people
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Hello, and welcome to amymarieorozco.com. I am a writer/editor offering Creative Services and Shop Amy. Creative Services includes using the tools of improv for training in the workplace, facilitating writing classes, and journal/book-making workshops. Shop AMO has a variety of goods handmade by yours truly and other area artisans.
Here's some really big news: I have joined with two other local woman to form a cannabis company. KopSun is an information and education resource with its eyes on a cannabis product line (but you know how loooong these governmental licensing things can take, particularly in the cannabis industry).
Meanwhile, my byline continues to appear in trade publications, consumer magazines, newspapers, blogs, and company Web sites, among other outlets. My work also publishes under another person's name. I am fortunate enough to be a well sought-after ghostwriter (thanks to my keen sense of discretion, so don't ask for names). Additionally, I volunteer my publicity/media relations expertise to Catalyst for Cats, a Santa Barbara County-based nonprofit. I also serve on the board of directors of the Carpinteria Valley Historical Society.
After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, I taught English abroad and in the United States. I wrote for newspapers and magazines in my post-teaching life before starting my own firm.
On a personal note, I love travel, animals, olive oil, and tons of other stuff. I'm lucky that way – I'm good natured and usually find my days aren't long enough to get everything done. My husband Alonzo and I make our home in the Santa Barbara area of Central California.


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Psychometric tests usually take place in a dedicated room with
desks are laid out in rows and there may be up to 25 other
candidates. You will be provided with all of the materials you
need including pencils and pocket calculators. Increasing you will
find yourself in front of a PC and taking the tests on screen.
This is obviously more cost effective for the employer as the
results are available immediately and can be presented along with
a computer generated analysis
Before the test begins you can expect the test administrator to provide a thorough explanation of what you will be required to do. For example you will be told the type of tests you will be taking and the duration of each. You will also be given the opportunity to ask any questions you have before the test begins.
The test administrator is will try and make the test as fair as possible for all of the candidates. For example, if you mark your answers on the wrong answer sheet then this will be taken into account and you will not lose any marks. You must of course tell the administrator what has happened at the end of the test.
When the Test Begins
Listen carefully to the instructions and if you don't understand something then ask.
If the test is on a PC then make sure that it is working properly.
Read the instructions for each question carefully.
If you are going miss a question then either guess (if you don't plan to return to it) or make a mark next to it that you can easily find it later of you have time.
Pay no attention to how any other candidate is progressing, you have nothing to gain by knowing whether they are ahead of you and you will undermine your confidence if they are.
If you have practiced tests in a
structured way you will have developed a feel for your optimum
speed through the questions. This is the speed at which you are
making the best compromise between progress and accuracy. This is
something that you will have learned from experience and that is
unique to you. Use this knowledge and do not change your pace even
if you feel that you cannot finish the test in the allotted time.
If you realize partway through the test that you will not finish: Don't panic, some aptitude tests are designed to be impossible to finish and you will only under-perform if you deviate from your optimum pace. The only change that you should make is to guess at questions that you know from experience that you find difficult, as this will give you more time for those that you are more comfortable with.
If you realize partway through the test that you will finish with time to spare: Do not deviate from your optimum pace but be sure to mark clearly any questions that you want to return to in the final minutes of the test, either to check or to attempt to answer. There is nothing more frustrating than failing to find these questions at the last minute when taking a second to mark them up at the time would make it easy to find them.
Preparing Yourself for Psychometric Tests
Psychometric testing can take place at any stage in the recruitment process. Although it is usually used to screen candidates prior to the first interview, it can be used later in the process, for example prior to a second interview.
Some organizations apply psychometric testing in ways that are directly relevant to the job. For example, you may only have to take a numerical reasoning test if the job you're applying for requires good numerical skills. However, many organizations use verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning and abstract reasoning tests as a matter of routine irrespective of the precise demands of the job.
After they have received candidates resume's the organization will screen them against the job specification, discarding those where the qualifications or experience are judged to be insufficient. The remaining candidates will each be sent a letter telling them when and where the psychometric testing will take place and what form it will take.
The test date is usually set one to two weeks after all of the resumes have been processed. You will usually receive sample questions, so that you have an idea of the type of questions used in the test. This is to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to prepare for the test and that nobody is going to be upset or surprised when they see the test paper.
You will usually be told the date, time and place of the test. The format, duration and whether there are any breaks scheduled. The types of test you will be given, any materials that will be supplied and whether the test is paper based or uses a PC or palm-top computer.
When you receive this letter, if you have any special requirements you must notify the test center immediately. This would include disabled access and any eyesight or hearing disability you may have. Large text versions of the test should be available for anyone who is visually impaired and provision for written instructions should be made for anyone with a hearing disability.
In addition, if you are asked to sit a psychometric test as part of the recruitment process, you should:
It is perfectly normal to feel some
stress and nervousness when you are told that you need to take
psychometric tests as part of the selection process. This can be a
particular problem if you haven't taken this type of test before.
Most of the nervousness is simply a fear of the unknown and a
feeling that you will 'let yourself down' and that the test will
not be a fair reflection of your strengths and abilities.
If you do not act immediately to tackle this stress then its effects will become more corrosive as the test date gets closer. You may experience physical symptoms such as a lack of ability to get to sleep and psychological symptoms such as loss of concentration and mild depression.
The job selection process will always involve an element of stressfulness which is mostly due to confronting a situation over which you do not have total control. For example, you cannot predict or influence the personality or behavior of the interviewer or know in advance which questions you will be asked.
However you can, and probably have already, prepared for the most likely questions. You can also make educated guesses as to which areas of your resume the interviewer will concentrate on.
With regard to the psychometric test component of the selection process, your preparation can and should be far more straightforward. You can influence your scores in these tests significantly by understanding the question types and practicing them. Not only will this improve your test scores and increase the chance of you getting to the next stage of the selection process, but by taking positive action you will tackle the cause of the stress directly.
You will hear a lot of advice for coping with the symptoms of stress and anxiety, including: relaxation, exercise and visualization. While all of these things can help, the most effective solution is to take direct action and spend your time practicing psychometric tests in the most systematic and efficient way possible.
You may also be interested in Psychometric Tests Introduction, Personality Questionnaires, How Personality Profiles are Used, Aptitude Tests, Aptitude and Ability Tests - Speed versus Power, The Assessment Center, Why are Selection Tests So Widely Used, The Growth of Psychometric Testing and What You Can Expect on the Day.


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Warrants for arrest phone scam prompts warning in El Dorado County
Be alert about an alarming phone scam, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office reports.
Deputies are receiving reports of county residents being called by people identifying themselves as the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office regarding warrants for arrest, the department said in a Facebook post.
The Sheriff's Office warns residents to not give out personal information over the phone to anyone they do not know.
"We assure you, if you have a warrant for your arrest, we already have that information," the Sheriff's Office said.
Deputies urge residents to report suspicious activity to the Sheriff's Office or local authorities.
Anthony Sorci: 916-321-1051.


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What is your favorite quote and why?
"Be the change you want to be" because to start change, someone has to start it and I believe that with ACT 4 global change, I can achieve that goal.
If you had a free day to spend any way you wanted to, what would you do?
I would travel and go to Italy.
Clarice Riant
Bridgewater, NS
What inspires you to ACT for Global Change in your community?
Make people realize that we need a change in our community and world.
What's the best part of being a youth ambassador for ACT 4 Global Change?
Getting to organize events and meet new people.
Which Sustainable Development Goal are you the most passionate about and why?
Zero Hunger because I believe that everyone should have access to it, and most people don't because we are destroying, the planet and I think that is not okay.


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