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Lessons Learned – Building A Business And Watching Its GrowthMarch 22, 2016 . .
When I moved from Montreal to Vancouver in 1996, I was tasked with the growth of a consulting business I was working for. Our firm had grown in Montreal and the US, based on the reputation of the owners (authors, leaders in the field of training, and human performance technology). In addition to the obvious stress, I want to mention that I was not even 30 years old, had limited sales experience (retail only), and I had six months to make this happen.
When I moved out west, I discovered that the recognition, credibility, and reputation of our firm garnered elsewhere was not going to serve me in Vancouver. My bosses' names were unknown; the fact that I possessed a Master's Degree and had worked with large scale Fortune 500 companies such as Sun Microsystems, CP Railway, Oracle, HP, JD Power & Associates, and Nissan didn't make a dent. The question I kept getting asked from prospective clients was "what have you done here?" Clearly nothing!
So I got focused. I realized what was going to help me sell was having a team I could leverage –individuals who were skilled in our field, brought expertise and wisdom, and, ultimately, were more connected in Vancouver.
I leveraged the Professional Association I was involved in Montreal (ISPI), joining the Vancouver chapter and their Executive team. Through this relationship, I landed my first gig with BC Ferries a client who'd done his Masters at the same university as me in Montreal and appreciated my skills and talent and had an awareness of the company I was representing.
I networked like crazy and eventually this paid off.
I built my confidence up by having a team of associates I could position with clients, feeling that while I might be less comfortable selling me, having a team to promote and a real 'company presence' provided perceived leverage.
I brought my boss to present at our professional association – to provide visibility and credibility. This helped us land a contract with the largest Telcom in BC.
I took personal development courses to build my confidence and I hired a business coach to help me address my own limiting beliefs.
Within the first three years, we had landed several large projects and I had built a team of over 12 associates who worked on projects for our company, both here and in the US. We even landed our own project across the border which had 4 of our associates working half time.
Lessons learned – building a business and watching its growth
- Be persistent – Don't give up unless you realize this is not in pursuit of your passion, vision, and purpose.
- Have a vision – Be clear about what you are building and make sure to message this consistently and compellingly.
- Build a strategy for growth – Make sure this includes your talent, not just your sales.
- Stay focused on brand – Even if the brand is unknown, bring visibility to the brand quality and value proposition.
- Leverage your network – Everything is about relationships and connection – it really is about who you know versus what you know.
- Build on the strengths of others – Harness the talent you have and recognize that they too can help you build your vision.
- Appreciate and recognize others – As the owner of our company used to say, "take the cash and let the credit go"; recognize those who help you succeed. You need them as much as they may need you.
- Don't stray from your standards – Remember no matter how much you may need to generate revenue, do not sell yourself short by shortcutting your standards and quality you're committed to.
- Stick to your values and principles – Connect to what's important to you and your organization and make sure you message this to all that join you – this will ensure you build an intentional culture.
- Be willing to admit your weaknesses and learn – Find someone, be it a mentor or coach, take a course, but make sure you are constantly learning, reflecting, adapting, and growing personally so that you are not getting in your own way of success.
Labelled Tinkerbell and Mighty Mouse by colleagues and clients, Erica is a culture catalyst and leadership mentor. She engages teams, supports them through change and empowers them to be at their best. Connect with Erica on Twitter, the Incrementa website, or her personal site.
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Going on holiday with your friends can be muuuuch trickier than it may seem, specially if you're student and aren't made of gold.
To begin with, everyone will have different budgets, different expectations, will have visited different countries before, etc. So finding a destination that everyone is excited to explore is HARD. After many conversations and Google searches, I think my friends and I have found a few countries we all agree with and hopefully it all works out. In order to save you all this time and energy, I decided to share with you some cities or countries I think are worth visiting and that are not too expensive. I'm giving you the help I wish I myself had. How nice of me.
If I wasn't from Spain I would go on holiday to Spain fairly often. It is a great place to visit during the summer since the weather is lovely and cities like Barcelona are so lively specially during those months. There are also slightly colder environments in the North of Spain, or beach paradises like the Balearic Island or the Canary Islands. So basically, anything you're looking for you're likely to find it in Spain (unless you want a big city).
I personally am not a fan of beach holidays, probably because I come from a beach holiday destination, but I much rather go explore a city and natural parks. Switzerland is such a beautiful country, with stunning nature and national parks as well as beautiful lakes and architecture.
Rome is probably my favourite city in Europe, the architecture is simply incredible. I was in awe all the time I spent walking around the city and I would go back any time. Leaving how picturesque and unique the city is aside, the food is unbelievably delicious. Even if you don't care about architecture or ruins or the city itself, go just for the food.
Greece is known for its marvelous islands - Mykonos, Santorini, Rhodes, Ios and many more. We have all seen stunning Instagrams with the hashtag #wanderlust. Whilst places like Mykonos can be a bit pricey, there are many other islands that are less well-known and therefore cheaper. They might not be as breath-taking as Mykonos but they have so much to offer, from crystal clear beaches to cute small towns.
There is so much to see in Croatia, not only stunning beaches (which I have already mentioned I am not a fan of) but it also has some fascinating national parks. It's one of those countries where you can't just visit one city or town, you have to move around and make the most of it!
As someone who has been living in London for four years now I can say there is not a bad time or season to discover everything this city has to offer. It doesn't matter if it's -5C or if it's 30C, London never stops and there is no way you don't fall in love with it. It has countless landmarks, free museums, edgy and up and coming neighbourhoods and massive parks. Come to London and you'll want to stay forever.

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Crock-pot Chicken Stew
I am a big fan of Electrical Slow Cooker and Crock Pots. It makes winter night meals a breeze if planned ahead and started early. Warm, hearty stews and soups, vegetables, casseroles, and even fall-apart chicken breasts come out just fine, given a little time, requiring minimal effort.
Marinated chicken breasts were started on the crock pot one Friday night, and allowed to slow cook for about 12 hours; then, in the morning, when the chicken breasts were fully cooked, I added some chopped onions, bell peppers, kale, carrots, tomato sauce, spices/seasoning and continued to cook through the day Saturday, possibly another 4 or 5 hours.
By dinner time Saturday night, aromatic chicken and vegetable stew with flaky, juicy, fall-apart chicken was ready. Served with some home-made biscuits, it was a wholesome winter night meal.
Of course, I don't care much for chicken, so this batch was consumed by the rest of the family. For myself, I like to omit the chicken and double the vegetables, adding cauliflower, chick peas, mushrooms, bell peppers, onions, winter squash, edamame and marinated tofu to make a There-Can't-Be-Too-Many-Veggies stew.
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Eau du Malte – A Guide to the Smells of the Maltese Islands
An olfactory tour of all things Malta
Nose. Schnozz. Sniffer. Snoot. Whatever you want to call it, that thing on your face has some pretty amazing powers. While we may not be able to sniff out explosives or cancer cells (kudos to our four-legged, butt-sniffing comrades for that), our sense of smell is closely tied to memory and emotion. A familiar smell can trigger powerful recollections and feelings. It's the closest we can get to time travel. Science says so.
Despite its importance, smell is probably the hardest sensory stimulus to preserve. Just ask the guy in that movie Perfume, who went to great lengths to capture these elusive odours and ended up being eaten by a rowdy mob.
Cannibalism not withstanding, here is a list of odours so utterly Maltese, one whiff could transport you, body and mind, back to the ancestral home of milk, honey, and the inability to use turn signals on a roundabout.
Crunchy. Holey. Sand. Salt. Canned tuna. Mint. School lunches. Olive oil. Crumbs absolutely everywhere. Tearing a loaf open before getting home and hollowing it out.
Construction sites
Yellow stone. Dust. Humidity, then later a sun-warmed powdery-ness. Trucks. Men with filthy wife-beaters. Builder's tea. Builder's buttcrack.
Grease. Burning hot ricotta. The crunch of pastry. A paper bag slowly becoming soaked in oil. Church (anyone else used to buy these by the dozen after Sunday mass?) Picnics and parties. Cholesterol.
The sea
Sunburn. Barbecues and those awesome/terrible pink pork sausages. Gozo. Summer. Cisk. Soft-serve ice cream with sand in it.
Imqarrun il-forn/ Ross il-forn
Family lunches. Fighting over the crunchy bits. Metal baking dishes so worn they were polished to a shine by decades of use. Nanna.
Sun cream
Tourists. Cramped busses. Waiting ages while the bus driver breaks a twenty for change. Socks and sandals. The Upper Barrakka in August.
Fireworks smoke
Cotton candy. Dubious fast food. Cheap plastic toys, sold from stalls with epilepsy-inducing neon signs. Faqqaturi. Donuts. That amazing donut-making conveyor belt that would look great in your living room. Beer. The risk of injury from stray pyrotechnics. Teenagers making out in the garden behind the church.


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A cheeky weekend trip to Bristol was enhanced by an excellent evening meal at Zizzi, a popular Italian chain of restaurants in the UK.
The restaurants appearance was typically chic with dark wooden furniture, dimmed lighting and perfectly laid out tableware. An incredible, fiery masonry oven towered over the open kitchen, ensuring in my mind that the pizzas would be of a high quality. I was not proved wrong.
The menu featured classic Italian dishes with an abundance of olives, breads, pastas and pizzas.
We began our meal with a selection of mixed olives which were delicious. More interestingly however, was the unique, little, wooden bowl the olives arrived in. It had a main bowl for the olives and a smaller bowl attached to the side to leave the olive stones in. I don't know why we were only given two toothpicks when there were clearly four of us though.
Two ordered the newly featured 'Rustica' pizzas which are supposedly thinner, crispier and loaded with more toppings. Myself and another chose to have the calzone, 'carne piccante', which contained chicken, meatballs, bolognese, mushrooms, chilli, mozzarella and tomato.
The calzone was spectacular. It was great to find that the dough was crisp and full of flavour because it can sometimes be very dry and bland. The filling was tasty and packed with different herbs and spices. I do feel however that the chefs were a little bit stingy with the meats and a little bit too generous with the chillies. I found myself searching for the one piece of chicken I was given for the entire course of the meal and my final mouthful was ruined by an overload of chilli. This was unfortunate as I did not have much Sicilian lemonade left to help calm my flaming mouth.
Overall, the meal was very good value because we were able to claim a promotional code from VoucherCodes.co.uk which gave us 2 mains for £12.95. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the restaurant which was definitely a highlight of my Bristol adventure.
The Verdict:
- Food: 7/10
- Service: 7/10
- Atmosphere: 8/10
- Price: 7.5/10
- Overall: 7.1/10
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Faith Bible Fellowship Celebrates 100 Years in York Area
The year was 1914 and Woodrow Wilson was president. War had just broken out in Europe. The Panama Canal was open for traffic. In York, the first motorized fire equipment was nearly three years away, but the increase in automobiles on city streets prompted a movement to abolish the last of tolls in the city.
That summer, a team of Mennonite Brethren in Christ church planters came to York They were members of the denomination's Gospel Herald Society and their mission was to expand the church into new areas. They erected a tent in the 500 block of W. College Ave. in York. Some meetings well held in downtown York during the day and nightly in the tent for a number of weeks.
That fall, living quarters were purchased in the 200 block of E. Princess St. A frame meetinghouse was constructed next door. Services were held Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Tent meetings continued to be held during the summer for several years as a means of outreach.
In 1927, the ministry was elevated to the status of a mission. The following year, the work was declared to be self-supporting and was designated a church. In the years that have ensued, the church moved to the 900 block of N. Duke St. and in 1974 to its present location at 675 Woodland View Dr. in Manchester Township. In 1959, the name of the denomination was changed to the Bible Fellowship Church.
In 1974, we moved to our present location and into a new building on Woodland View Drive, in Manchester Township of York, Pennsylvania. Right outside Emigsville, Pa, the property was donated and was originally surrounded by farmlands. Over the years, the community continued to grow and homes were added to the neighborhood. We are now surround by homes and a township park. We want to impact the community where God has placed us and continue to reach those around us, in the city, and in York County. We believe that God places His church in a mission field that is ripe for harvest.
On November 8th and 9th of 2014, the church celebrated 100 years of ministry in the community of York. The parsonage was renovated and Pastor Tim Bertolet came to the church with his family as the new pastor. We are excited about what God has in store for our future.


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Apache Camel 1.4 has been released!
Apache Camel v1.4 has been released. Seems like the Apache Software Foundation has at least 3 ESB's right now; Camel, ServiceMix, and Synapse although they don't necessarily describe Camel as an ESB. Which one to choose?? Release notes are here and downloadable binaries are here.


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May 27, 2014
Memorial Day Weekend
We had a lovely weekend here at on the farm. The weather turned out much nicer than expected. Although mostly clouds and rain were predicted, we saw lots of sun with only a few spotty showers. Originally my plans were to start planting the vegetable garden, but not one seed found its way into the ground. My goal each year is to have my garden fully planted by Memorial Day, but this year, due to our extra-long winter, we are quite behind schedule. Hubby dug holes for foundation posts for our new porch, and he said the ground was still extremely cold, just a few degrees warmer than freezing. My grandfather always said it is better to plant when the ground is sufficiently warm, even if it means planting later in the season. Putting seeds into cold, wet soil will halt their germination, possibly even cause them to rot, but waiting a few days or even weeks until the earth has warmed a bit more will help give them a better start. I'm hoping within the next week or two the sun will shine, and I can plant those vegetable seeds that have been sitting in my pantry, impatiently waiting to be planted, since March.
We did, however, finish the new flower bed that we started a few weeks ago, and I poked around my other existing flower beds, transplanting perennials to different spots and pulling the weeds that seem to have taken control in just the past week. Hubby put together a new swing set for the Littles, which kept them happily entertained most of the day on Monday, and Little #8 helped Mama fill the bird feeders. We spied an Indigo Bunting on the feeder on Saturday night, so we added millet to our usual feed of sunflower seeds in an attempt to lure him back.
We are looking forward to a good week...Hubby has taken vacation and will be home every day working on our new porch; the girls have their final state track meet, and the sun is forecasted to shine.
Labels: Children, Flowers, Gardening, Holidays, On the Farm
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Your photos are wonderful Emily, I love the one of the children watching your husband digging a hole!ReplyDelete
Lovely to be able to spend time outside, even if that soil isn't quite ready for the seeds yet.ReplyDelete
What a lovely way to spend a long holiday weekend! Here's our Memorial Day post, should you want to take a peek:ReplyDelete
Have a great rest of the week!
- AnonymousMay 28, 2014 at 7:58 AM
Sounds like a lot of family goodness Emily. You have a lot of patience with your garden!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 28, 2014 at 7:48 PM
Your children are just beautiful, love the glasses on the baby!ReplyDelete
You have the cutest helpers Emily and it sounds like a good week. Hopefully you'll have an Indian summer to compensate for the late spring, followed by a short winter.ReplyDelete
Happy digging.
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ABOVE: Producer Don Carmody talks about plans to turn The Mortal Instruments into a limited TV series.
TORONTO — Producer Don Carmody said this week plans are in place to bring popular young adult fantasy series The Mortal Instruments to the small screen.
At the Canadian Screen Awards on Sunday night, Global News asked Carmody if he was disappointed by the box office reception for the 2013 film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.
"Disappointed when something does $150 million? Yes, unfortunately we were," he admitted. "We were hoping it was going to be another Twilight or [Hunger Games] or whatever, and it didn't go that way."
The movie, which was shot in Ontario, actually grossed only $91 million worldwide despite an aggressive marketing push. In the U.S. and Canada, it opened in third place with only $9.3 million and dropped a whopping 35 per cent in its second week to No. 7 at the box office.
City of Bones, starring Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower, was adapted from the 2007 novel of the same name by Cassandra Clare.
READ MORE: The Mortal Instruments sequel postponed as first film flops
A sequel, The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes, was due to start filming in Toronto in September 2013 but production was scrapped.
Carmody said there is hope for fans anxious to see Clare's novels come to life again.
"The story is so broad and the novels are so dense that we're actually now talking about doing it as a limited series for television," he explained.
"The first book would be the first year and then assuming that goes well, the second book, the third book, the fourth… there are six books. So that's what we're looking at."
READ MORE: What the critics said about The Mortal Instruments
Carmody said a showrunner has been hired and a pilot episode is ready. Like the film, the TV series — which Clare has said will be called Shadowhunters — could be shot in Toronto.
"We're hoping it will get going," he said, "and we're also hoping that we can do it here."
Carmody, 63, has produced dozens of films in Canada, including the Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting and Chicago.
At last year's Canadian Screen Awards, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones received the Golden Screen Award for Feature Film, which recognizes the Canadian film with the year's highest domestic box office.
This year, Carmody accepted the same award for the made-in-Toronto historical drama Pompeii, which made only $117.8 million worldwide.
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How To Create Your Own Path To Happiness
I was still a little girl when I started to become obsessed with my weight.
I was a teenager when fighting against bulimia became a daily routine.
As a young woman, I was struggling with depression and a controlling father, whom I never told, "I love you, Dad." And I always fell for the wrong men because I didn't know yet I deserved better. I was a codependent bacteriophobe, giving everything for everyone but myself, and freaking out at the very thought of germs and dirt on my skin. I was ashamed, convinced that I didn't make sense.
I thought I would always be like this, because old habits die hard. But when I was about to make the biggest mistake of my life and get married to a guy who was constantly trying to turn me into a Stepford Wife, I realized something: I wasn't afraid to change!
My journey began, and it continued one step at a time. First, I left my fiancé. My family and friends all thought I'd gone crazy, but I just knew I couldn't stay with someone who only loved the idea of the woman he thought I could be. Escaping the silence of my new place, I took a second step: I started doing yoga. Through yoga, I learned something else: I am strong!
Meditation taught me that silence can help you find inner peace, and inner peace can help you find strength. The strength to achieve whatever you set your mind on, as long as you take it one step at a time. So I took the next step, and slowly but surely I broke old behavior patterns.
If you want your future to be brighter than your past, you must start acting differently. Today. I turned my back on a lot of friends, but I could no longer surround myself with people who I knew would nourish my codependency. I learned that I needed to put myself first, because self-love is the basis of happiness. Through self-love I found "my someone." And although neither of us is perfect, we couldn't be more perfect for each other.
Leaving my old world behind helped me understand that I was "uncontrollable," no matter how hard people tried to tell me what to do. Finally I felt free. Free to listen to my feelings, free to trust myself. When I realized I had it in me to trust myself, I knew I could accept myself, too. Bit by bit I let go of my neuroses and began to cope with the feelings that had been fueling my eating disorder.
For as long as I could remember, I'd been troubled by yesterday's "maybes" and worried about tomorrow's "what ifs". But when you're no longer haunted by your past and concerned about your future, you're ready to see what's beautiful today.
Now that I'm a holistic nutritionist and mindfulness coach, I've found my balance. I teach my kids to love themselves as much as I love them, and every night they tell me they love me, too. I've also reconnected with my father. Before his death in 2008, he even became the one person I asked for advice whenever I needed help.
By no means I am perfect, and like everyone I have crappy days. But through my journey I've realized that anyone can change. You just have to take it one step at a time. There's a roadmap to happiness. You just sometimes need to leave your comfort zone to see it.
So go out there and take your first step, because we all have the right to be happy! It's never too late to take a U-turn and rewrite the plot of your own life.
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Following in the lineage of Pie, Pie Crust, and Crisp Topping, comes the Southern Belle Cobbler.
Throw together some biscuits, cut up some fruit and toss it with sugar to taste, bake like a crisp and voila!
For these biscuits I altered the "original" recipe and used only all purpose flour, omitted the cream, and used some Organic cornmeal I bought in the bulk section at Berkeley Bowl.
For the filling I cut up rhubarb, nectarines, white nectarines, plums and threw in some plump backberries, dark and tiny raspberries and took a handful of tayberries from the freezer. Right before I was to put the cobbler in the oven I tossed these prepped fruits with some Organic sugar, making sure I didn't oversweeten the fruit. Then I laid my delicate biscuits on top and sprinkled demerrera sugar on top for crunchy, caramelly texture.
The entire prep time took no more than 35 minutes!
If you have buttermilk in the fridge and an overabundance of fruit this is a simple, delicious dessert with homey roots and a fresh taste. Biscuit dough, once made, can be cut and these pieces can be frozen. Biscuits enjoy being put in the oven frozen. For a little more color on the top you can brush them with cream or buttermilk before sprinkling the sugar. And if you find yourself with more bacon (or duck) fat than you know what to do with, substitute 1/2 of the butter with it.
Happy August.


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A full-featured SSH and Telnet emulator of VT100, VT102, VT220, ANSI, and xterm terminals integrated with a tunneled VNC client, RDP client and an X server.
Secure, powerful, intuitive, configurable and complete are a few words used to describe iSSH. A universal app for both the iPhone and the iPad, hands down iSSH is the best ssh client available. iSSH is the only app with agent forwarding, tunneling and an X11 server available within the app.
Featured in Apple's preferred list of iOS apps for Mobile IT.
iSSH received a perfect score as reviewed by Macworld and is featured in both their "Highest Rated Business" and "Essential Business" categories.
"Sure, I lived for years without an iPad with iSSH on it, but can you really call that living? No." -- Twitter User
• Multitasking support - can hold connections open for up to 10 minutes
• TextExpander support for quick access in the terminal
• Arbitrary port tunneling through SSH
• Tunneled VNC client (or unencrypted using a "raw" connection)
• Tunneled RDP client
• Tunneled X server
• SSH, telnet, VNC and RDP all work via EDGE, WiFi and 3G
• Multiple simultaneous connections
• Nearly every encoding supported
• Per-server reachability notification
• Features a VGA BBS ANSI compatible font
• Portrait and landscape mode
• Adaptable terminal size, fixed to 80x24, or user configurable on iPad. All with exhaustive scroll-back
• Exhaustive key configuration support. Has arrow keys (by pop-up or by toolbar). ctrl, alt, esc, tab, shift, Fn keys (1-10), ` key, PgUp, PgDown and for those keys not listed provides multiple means to add them.
• Store any number of connections and configurations and organize them into groups
• Securely import and export configurations between many devices
• Command execution on connection
• Optional keyboard transparency
• Completely customizable keyboard, from Dvorak to rare international keyboards
• Four (six on iPad) selectable monospaced fonts
• RSA and DSA key generation and exchange via email, password-connected SSH or pasteboard
• Can support "uninterrupted" connections via GNU Screen and the command option.
• Transfers public keys automatically
• Optional DWM window manager for X server
• ssh-agent support
• Agent forwarding
• Bluetooth keyboard support for arrow keys, function keys and a remapping of the ctrl key through option key mapping in either X11/VNC server or terminal. When enabled, an Option+key press maps to equivalent Ctrl+key press.
iSSH is effectively several clients in one, containing functionality for ssh/telnet/raw connections, an X11 server, VNC tunneling as well as RDP tunneling. iSSH supports multiple, simultaneous connections with more complete terminal compatibility, more configurable macro and key options and a more intuitive UI than any other other SSH client in the App Store.
For those who may experience issues VNCing into 10.7 systems, please enable "VNC to Mac" in the connection configuration.
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Indexation of approved accommodation prices
14 Jul 2015
Since 1 July 2014, under section 29 of the Fees and Payments Principles 2014 (No. 2) (the Principles), providers are permitted to apply the relative Consumer Price Index (CPI) annually to an accommodation price approved by the Aged Care Pricing Commissioner. The indexed price is substituted for the existing approved price without requiring additional approval from the Commissioner.
The process for indexation is that the CPI number for the most recent quarter is applied to the approved accommodation price.
Providers who had an accommodation price approved prior to 1 July 2014 are entitled to index prices from that date and the most recent quarter for that group of providers is the quarter to 30 June 2015.
A teething problem for the new indexation factor in the Principles is that at present we are still waiting for the release of the CPI number for the June quarter 2015. It will be released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on 22 July 2015. Accordingly, providers will not be able to apply the indexation until that data is released.
There is some discussion that the Principles could be amended in the future to overcome the delay caused by the release of the CPI. However until that time, or even if those amendments can be made, providers may continue to see delays.
If you need assistance with any of the issues raised in this update please contact Julie McStay, director and head of Aged Care and Retirement Living at Hynes Legal.


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This is the time of year that my mom starts to make her illustrious Thanksgiving meal and Christmas shopping list. When I was a kid, I used to get in trouble if I tried to sneak and look at it. The list is always pretty detailed; it contains names, items, stores, prices, and anything else she might need to know about what she's going to buy for meals and gifts.
If you're one of those people that loves to make a list this time of year, I want you to add a few things to the very top of your list (I'm not kidding!). If you're not the list-making type, go ahead and start a list (now!) with these items:
Canned tuna, canned chicken, canned vegetables, peanut butter, and an extra winter coat.
This month Ktown will be collecting food for Second Harvest food bank and in December, we will collect items for Coats for the Cold. Most of us have much while so many around us are in need. According to Second Harvest, they feed 1.1 million meals a month in our 18 county region, and there are 11 thousand kids a week who are going hungry. 11,000 kids. 11 thousand. Kids. Let's help change those numbers!
Second Harvest has dropped off a barrel for us to fill. Let's fill it to the brim – more than once!
Be on the lookout for information about collecting coats in December. But, since you've already written it down on your list, I'm sure you won't forget… :)
Coach Emily


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Gone but not forgotten
I won't forget the machines because I'm quilting a Featherweight wallhanging to put up in my sewing room. It has been a PhD (Project half done) and now it will soon be finished. It's being quilted on one of the Featherweight's big sisters -- a Singer 301.


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As we saw in those YouTube clips before the Wizards drafted him last summer, Jan Vesely could run the break and dunk the ball in impressive fashion. The knock on him was that's all he could do -- dunk -- and for the most part, that's all he did in his rookie season in Washington.
Vesely averaged 4 points and 4 rebounds in 57 games but, like the Wizards, Vesely closed out strong.
Vesely scored in double figures in 7 of the final 15 games in April, highlighted by a career-high 16 points and 6 rebounds in a win over Charlotte. Vesely followed up that performance with 7 points and 12 rebounds in a victory against Cleveland. In a game in mid-April against a Milwaukee team still in the hunt for the playoffs, Vesely scored 8 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had 3 assists.
Vesely has been praised by the coaching staff for his high basketball IQ and he does have a pass-first mentality. Now if he could just work on his shot.
Vesely rarely attempted a jump shot, scoring rather by a fast-break dunk or a put-back layup off an offensive rebound. Vesely only shot 53 percent from the free-throw line and you could tell by watching his attempts that he has a ways to go to get better from any distance beyond five feet.
The Wizards hired a shooting coach during training camp to help Vesely with his form, specifically with his hand and fingertip placement on the ball. Vesely even wore a contraption in practice to keep his thumb from being too close to his index finger when he shot.
Unfortunately, that didn't seem to help.
Drafted 6th overall by the Wizards, the 6'-10 forward got off to a slow start his rookie season with a hip injury, causing him to miss the first six games of the season.
Once healthy, it took Vesely time to get acclimated and involved with his new teammates. Once he did, Vesely would every now and then finish with a crowd-pleasing dunk.
Late in the year Vesely's game got better and he showed at times why the Wizards were so enamored to take him in the lottery out of the Czech Republic.
This summer, Vesely has to get up thousands of shots a day to try to improve his jumper. He can't be just a dunk-shot artist but he must add a jumper to keep defenders honest.
Vesely is athletic and can dunk, but that's like 90 percent of the players in the NBA. Vesely can separate himself from the pack by adding another dimension to his game besides dunking.


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CIRCLE will hold a series of consortium meeting during the funding duration of the project.
Kick-off meeting: 8-9 July 2015 at UPC, Barcelona, Spain
Meeting: 21-22 September 2015 at Northeastern University in Boston, USA, co-located with ACM Nanocom 2015
Plenary meeting: 25-26 January 2016 at CNIT premises in Perugia, Italy
Planned next meeting: 28-30 September 2016 at Holiday Inn L.I. City-Manhattan View in New York, USA, co-located with ACM Nanocom 2016


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This is the online journal of Naomi Fontanos, a transgender (TG for short) Filipina (Pinay for short) human rights defender. As a proud advocate of human diversity, equality and dignity, she dreams of a gender-blind world. This blog is her contribution to that dream.
Monday, December 22, 2008
"Used to be a man"
One of the more despicable phrases ever coined by the modern media is "used to be a man." It is more often than not used to describe a trans woman who has recently caught media attention and commonly occurs with at least to me, its equally offensive variations such as "born a man", "born male", "born a he", or "female (supply profession/occupation here) used to be a he/used to be a man".
This phrase has taken center stage anew with the winning of the RE/MAX Long Drive Championship in the US by Lana Lawless, a 55 year old, openly trans woman. One would think that with trans golfer Mianne Bagger's success in the sport, the golfing world would be used to trans people by now. But no, Lana's story is being sold as a golfing "scandal" of sorts and the media is once again having a field day throwing around all the above-mentioned phrases to describe her.
Lana seems to be taking it well though and in interviews she seems to be rolling with the punches and handling the situation with a sense of humor. So I really shouldn't be reacting this way. Sometimes I just wish she'd confront the use of this phrase to describe her because it sensationalizes her.
Additionally, I can't help but feel that our own community somehow is at fault here. The phrase "used to be a man" speaks of the kind of language we ourselves use in talking about our transgender experience. I would like to particularly problematize the concept of transition here.
In trans parlance, transition is the moment one starts changing one's body and gender expression to that of the opposite gender (whatever that is to you). It is also the basis of the idea of the gender vector. The gender vector demonstrates the direction of gender change for people who transition, for example, from male to female, thus the abbreviation MTF for trans women and from female to male or FTM for trans men.
When I go to speaking engagements talking about Trans 101, I hardly use these terms in spite of their currency in our community in the same way that I don't use the terms pre-op, post-op or non-op. I simply don't feel that they should carry as much significance as others bestow on them. The problem with the terms pre-op, post-op and non-op is that they privilege the op or operation when we know that having the op is not the end-all, be-all of our trans experience. In the same vein, I view transition as an optional process. Many trans people will not transition or will not feel the need to do so. Or they may do so but not feel that it is a process of transitioning from one gender to another.
And I guess this is my point all along. I've always felt that we trans people have always been born the gender we now identify as. And no matter how that is explained—whether our transness is genetic or neurological—we were never the sex we were assigned at birth. In my case, I was never male. I was not born a he. I was not born a man. I was always female.
This is why the phrase "used to be a man" makes me cringe every time I hear or read it used to describe a trans woman because it is a clear case of ignorance of the trans experience. That or it's an intentional sensationalizing of it. After all, as Monica Roberts has been pointing out in her blog, The Transgriot, the Associated Press has already outlined in its Stylebook what the press should do in talking about trans people. According to the Stylebook, when it comes to:
Transgender - Use the pronoun preferred by the individuals who have acquired the physical characteristics of the opposite sex or present themselves in a way that does not correspond with their sex at birth.
If that preference is not expressed, use the pronoun consistent with the way the individuals live publicly.
But this is just pronoun usage which is the tip of the iceberg in dealing with trans people. In fact, many articles about Lana Lawless do refer to her as she but only after revealing that she used to be a he. And this to me is the missing link. What Stylebooks don't teach is how to genuinely treat people of trans experience with RESPECT when talking and reporting about them. That should be done in journalism school not after.
And for that to be fully realized, we trans people ourselves need to rethink and perhaps transform the language we use in talking about our experience. We are more than our surgeries. We are more than the direction of gender change we take. We must accept that above all and more than anything, we are simply, people first.
Labels: Trans and the media
2 comments:
- Monica Roberts said...
Amen Sis!
I hate that phrase as well.
Too many times it's lazy, ignorant or insensitive reporting that perpetuates it.
- December 23, 2008 at 6:00 AM
- PinayTG said...
You can say that again! I especially hate it when it's so obviously deliberate. That just makes my blood boil!
- December 23, 2008 at 7:18 AM
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We've had a pretty good year so far in 2016 despite getting a later start than we intended. 2017 is looking towards a bright future and we'll continue looking at some topics and things, and since we publish across multiple platforms, we'll be looking at a lot of interesting things in 2017. You can expect the following to continue:
- Our Player's Choices series will continue to look at the options available for Dungeons and Dragons.
- Our Battletech Features will continue, and we'll be looking at more in depth how to play options for both Battletech and Alpha Strike
- Our Adventurer's League review will continue with a focus on Season 2 and 3 of that program, and hopefully we catch up with the rest of the series
Now we're going to restructure things a little bit (and that's why we're posting a schedule of when we expect things to go up) and we're adding some new things
- Star Wars will be getting a brand new weekly feature. This is most likely going to take the form of the Fantasy Flight Games RPG, as well as their Star Wars: the Card Game line. We've been playing Star Wars for nearly 20 years now, and we thought it was time to feature it again.
- We're also going to feature the Mystery Box on Fridays. The Mystery Box represents all the other cool stuff that we bump into on the internet that's gaming related and doesn't fit into one of our other categories. Like
- Product reviews for new dice companies, gaming accessories, and company spotlights on the folks who make cool gaming related stuff.
- Spotlights on specific games that we don't cover, like Call of Cthulhu, Deadlands, Mutants and Masterminds, and a host of other things that might be cool to see
- Guest Columns from some friends of mine
- Miniature spotlights and looks at companies that are making cool stuff
- Podcasts, Twitch channels, and other programming that we think is the bee's knees
- Hopefully more people are willing to talk to us for interviews.
- If things work out well, we might do some podcasting, and hopefully get more media content so we have pictures to go with all of our words words words words.
So that's where we look like we're going for 2017. If you like what we do and think you want us to take a look at your stuff, send us a note. We're easy to find on facebook, twitter, and on our blog. We hope you continue to have safe, happy holidays and a prosperous New Year.
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A Brief History About The Tomato
It is interesting to know that Tomato is being considered as a fruit by scientist, though in day to day life we consider Tomato as a vegetable. The botanical name of tomato is Solanum Lycopercium. China is the highest Tomato producing country, followed by India, USA, Turkey, Egypt and so on. Tomato likely to be originated in the South America, but its use as food or vegetable is done in Mexico. George W. Carver was a great scientist who worked in the Alabama, and was a major promoter of Tomato. In Alabama the Tomato was considered to be a poisonous fruit, George Washington Carver was the man who promoted Tomato in Alabama.
Benefits of Tomato
Just a look of tomato is Delicious isn't it? But tomato contains many ingredients like Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Vitamin B6 and potassium. Tomato contains the lowest amount of cholesterol and calories. Extra water content makes the tomato as a blood boosting material.
Benefits of tomato are listed here:-
1. Supply of Free Radicals and Antioxidants, which fights with the cancer producing radicals.
2. Tomato helps in lowering blood pressure levels, because it maintains the low sodium intake.
3. Supply of adequate amount of fiber a single tomato gives 2% fiber, 7% fiber is recommended daily.
4. The tomato could be the reason behind your glowing skin as it supplies Lycopene, which makes the skin more sensitive and protect it from UV rays.
5. Tomato also keeps our body hydrated, which is beneficial in reducing constipation. Constipation may lead to many other problems related to digestion system.
6. Tomato also contains folic acid which is beneficial to pregnant women.
7. An anti depressing hormone also known as Serotonin is also supplied by a tomato.
8. The tomato itself provides different varieties out of which First Lady, Jet star, and new girl are considered to be rich in antioxidants. Also read benefits of an Apple
Things to consider before consuming tomato:-
1. It is very likely that one should be aware of own allergies toward any food, from the past experience with tomato eating can only be helpful with this.
2. Never eat tomato unwashed, now a day many farmers are using different types of pesticides to multiply the production, however, it is a best practice to wash any fruit or vegetable with the water.
3. Tomato leaves and stem is a poisonous, tomato leaves when used in the green tea or any other tea produces a poisonous mixture, therefore it is very good that we should remove the tomato leaves before consumption.


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Wed, 15 October 2014
Which one of these statements is patriotic to you:
Patriotism, especially in America, has been framed to mean things it really isn't. Perhaps an unfair way to lead off an episode about patriotism -- especially when we both consider ourselves very patriotic. But is patriotism wrapping yourself in a leather American flag jacket you wear like a skin and singing a schmaltzy song, or is it something more? Obviously, we think it's something more, and that is what we are talking about on this week's episode.
We begin by talking about where we consider ourselves on the 1 - 100 Patriotism-O-Meter, and then we jump into the first time we remember being introduced to the idea of patriotism.
Next -- just to be clear -- we discuss the differences between patriotism and nationalism...and where we see most people actually falling.
Obviously, this episode is going to skew heavily toward America/'Murica, and we ask: "Is America more or less patriotic now than it's been in the past?"
Then we move on to bests and worsts: the worst example of "patriotism" used to push an agenda we've seen...and the best example of patriotism in action we've seen.
As "patriotic" as some think it is to only think about America, we look at the planet and ask: "Are Americans more patriotic than other countries...or less?" Also, find out what we think self-described patriots would describe as the American ideal. And what we believe is the American ideal.
We close out the episode with two questions:
So put on your American flag pants (just don't burn them, because that's more offensive than sweaty butt stank on Old Glory fabric made in China), and let us know what you think about patriotism in the comments below.
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Well I know that at one point earlier this week it was Monday and I went to work. And then there was a lot of work and a very tiny bit of sleeping, and some more work and some takeaway dinner, and now I think it is Saturday and I'm very happy that I'm not at work.
I also yawn. A lot.
In the crazy marathon that was last week there have been a few fibre-related activities (mostly on a train). First through the finish line was not a project as such, but the means to a project:
This is 386 yards of 3-ply Polworth; the first instalment of the Socktopus Fibre Academy (SoFA).
I divided the original 100g of fibre into three equal bumps and spun it worsted-ish style on my Sonata with a decent amount of twist before plying all three together. As is always the way, despite careful division involving the use of digital scales, one bobbin's worth ended up shorter than the others so I navajo–plied the rest which is why there is one big skein and a couple of little ones!
It turned out about 4ply-weight which is exactly what I was aiming for – yippee. Here's a random thought – is Navajo plied yarn usually thinner than ordinary 3-ply, or is it just that I'm always Navajo plying the bobbin that didn't run out which has always been spun thinner than the other two? I suspect the latter!
I should have enough yarn for my planned project – Robin from Kim Hargreaves' Thrown Together but I'm just slightly worried that it might look like a brownie hat – what do you think?
Finishing yarn clearly results in a bout of casting-on-itis – this time in blue!
We have socks:
(Vanilla pattern, knit during Fast and Furious at the cinema last night)
More socks:
The second Socktopus Club Project – in a yarn that I love and with hidden surprises.
4ply hand dyed Shetland lambswool – colour Ben Cruachan (after the mountain), which is trying to be the very beautiful Blue Gentian scarf, and I think probably failing so I suspect this is destined for the frog pond. Does anyone have any good ideas for 94g of 4ply (the 100g label being rather overly optimistic!)
And now, as it is Easter, we have signs of new life everywhere. H assures me that the tulips have been out all week, but I only got to see them for the first time yesterday:
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Another article about the new Angkor Panorama Museum and North Korea's deep ties with Cambodia.
North Korea launches charm offensive, exports monumental art to long-time ally Cambodia
AFP, via South China Morning Post, 18 March 2016
In a vast parking lot outside Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temples complex stands a new museum built by North Korea, part of a lucrative charm offensive by a hermit state exporting its monumental art to a handful of foreign allies.
"When people come here sometimes they cannot believe their eyes," said Yit Chandaroat, of the Angkor Panorama Museum, which opened in December after a construction process shrouded in secrecy.
"They really feel like they are back in the time of Angkor," he added, referring to the world heritage site which comprises the remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, dating from the 9th to the 15th centuries.
Behind him stands the museum's piece de resistance, an enormous 360-degree panorama that 63 North Korean painters from the state-owned Mansudae Art Studio toiled away on for more than a year. The mural, epic in scale and intricate in detail, covers an area larger than eight tennis courts and reflects the sweeping grandiosity for which Pyongyang's artists are renowned.
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'Deletion' by Stephen McQuiggan
A man with a bad reputation in a small town finds himself the focus of unwanted attention. But why do so many people have trouble remembering his name?
'Before the Days of the Urban Fox' by Malcolm Laughton
'Suddenly Alyn looked back at the wall. A creature sat atop it—exactly where the dog stared. It was man-shaped, and it murmured and murmured.'
'Krogh's Remains' by C.M. Muller
Bereavement drives a woman to seek out a lost uncle, but he proves elusive. His obsession with books, on the other hand, is all too evident...
'What I Found in the Shed' by Tom Johnstone
'It had that strange, half-human, keening quality. But I knew it was a baby.'
'In Loco Mortis' by Mike Chinn
'What's your name, by the way? I may have known once—but that's something else I seem to have forgotten. No brain: no memory.'
'Exit Stage Left' by Jane Jakeman
Ugly Hell, gape not! Come not, Lucifer!
I'll burn my books!
'The Sound of Children Playing' by Tim Foley
Schools are closed when there are too few children in the district to justify keeping them open. That makes sense. But things could have been very different.
'Retro Night' by James EveringtonMiddle-aged? Frustrated? Hoping to recapture your lost youth? Well, this is the night for you...
The print-on-demand version of the magazine is now available here, along with many earlier issues.
Ebooks update.
Here's the link to the US Kindle version.
Here's the link to the UK Kindle version.


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UX Boot Camp Fair Trade USA
- Mar 25-28, 2013
- Facilitators: Kendra Shimmell, Stefan Klocek, and Teresa Brazen
The best part is that the impact of this course goes well beyond the classroom.
What's in it for you (and your career):
- Learn how to think through a problem from both a design and business perspective, rather than blindly applying methods by rote.
- Make new connections with product managers, designers, engineers, and other design enthusiasts from around the world.
- Pick up leadership and collaboration skills that will help you better navigate your work environment.
- Influence a real web redesign project: this Boot Camp is happening in tandem with Fair Trade's plans to improve its' current site.
- Feel good about helping Fair Trade USA create demand for an economy that supports the triple bottom line: people, planet, and profit.
- Beef up your portfolio.
What's in it for Fair Trade USA:You'll offer Fair Trade USA a fresh perspective on their problem space. With the guidance of Cooper teachers, you and your fellow teammates will create distinct design concepts that Fair Trade USA will receive, at no cost, along with personas, scenarios, and framework sketches. From these they'll cull the ideas that resonate most, incorporating them into a web redesign they already have in the works.
About Fair Trade USA:Fair Trade wants to enable you, the consumer, to make a difference with your dollar. They help people and the planet work in tandem so both are healthy and sustained. They provide farmers in developing nations the tools to thrive as international business people. Instead of creating dependency on aid, they use a market-based approach that gives farmers fair prices, workers safe conditions, and entire communities resources for fair, healthy and sustainable lives. They seek to inspire the rise of the Conscious Consumer and eliminate exploitation.
Get a sneak preview at our next Cooper ParlorA panel of Fair Trade USA's business partners will be the focus of our next Cooper Parlor, our quarterly public salon series. This is a great chance to learn more about companies that are passionate about offering Fair Trade Certified products and see if this UX Boot Camp is for you. Either way, you're sure to meet interesting people and learn something new. Date, location, and panel topic will be announced soon on our blog and twitter.
More UX Boot Camps coming your wayIf you can't make it in March, don't fret: we've got more Boot Camps with other amazing nonprofit partners coming down the pipe. We'll post our full 2013 schedule shortly. Email us if you want to be notified directly.
Yes, we think UX Boot Camp is awesome. But, don't just take our word for it:What is UX Boot Camp? from Cooper on Vimeo.
Convinced yet?Register to secure your spot in Petaluma, CA from March 25-28
Related Reading
- Learn about the Upcoming UX Boot Camps in June, September and November here.
- What is Fair Trade?
- Read about our 2012 UX Boot Camps with the Red Cross, WEA, and Edible Schoolyard Project
- Check out photos of the venue, teams at work, research fieldtrip and more from our last UX Boot Camp.
- To learn more about Cooper U's teaching philosophy, check out this article in GOOD magazine by Boot Camp creator and lead teacher Kendra Shimmell.


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ABC Donates To North Adams After School Music Program
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A Better Community donated $1,000 from their clothing sale to the Berkshire Children and Families' Kids 4 Harmony program at Brayton Elementary School.
Jane Frado of A Better Community (ABC), the charitable organization out of Williamstown, said the Kids 4 Harmony program was one of eight agencies it donated money to from its massive second-hand clothing sale. The other organizations benefiting were the Williamstown Food Pantry, Friendship Center Food Pantry, Louison House, Elizabeth Freeman Center, Barrington Stage Playwright Mentoring Program, Roots Teen Center and the North Adams Summer Youth Internship Program.
"We donate money to agencies that we think need money and that are worthy of it and that are sustainable," Frado said.
"These are children that never would have experienced classical music and it really stays at such a young age and it helps with their confidence and helps them in all aspects of school"
Bethany Kirchmann of BFC said the after-school program is inspired by El Sistema, a Venezuelan music program that provides free classical music training for underserved children in the community.
Kirchmann said the program is mostly funded through private fundraising and the donation will go towards hiring instructors and sustaining the program.
Kirchmann said the program is separate from the public-school music program and focuses on family outreach with family liaisons.
"We have a family liaison that works with the family to engage them in the program and work with them and connect them with other resources in the community," she said. "It is such an important point to connect with the families that we work with."
Noella Carlow, 21st Century site coordinator, said the family liaison was an unexpected surprise of the program.
"I didn't realize that we were going to get this family liaison she is wonderful and we are doing a lot with social and emotional learning which is huge for us," she said.
Tags: after school programs, Brayton School, donations, music,
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When Moses is clearly told that he will not enter the Promised Land because of a momentary failure in his ministry of national leadership and service, we might wonder whether Moses is, in the end, a tragic figure. After all, he has labored to bring the people of Israel to the land in which the teachings he has prophesied will become manifest and realized. Yet, Moses is told in this week's portion that he will die before his teachings will bear their fruit. In Numbers 27:12 we learn that Moses is given the opportunity to see the land but will not enter it because he and his brother Aaron rebelled against God's command to sanctify God, at a time of communal strife in the wilderness, "through the water, before [the people's] eyes."
The failure referred to the story in Numbers 20, in which the people are deeply despondent over the fact that they have no water. Moses' sister, Miriam the prophet, has died, and consequently the people's source of water has dried up. The community complains bitterly to Moses and Aaron, wondering what they are doing in the wilderness at all. Moses reaches a crisis of leadership, and God tells him, "Take your staff and bring the community together, you and Aaron, and speak to the rock, before their eyes, and it will yield its waters." (Numbers 20:8)
God is effectively saying, "Take your staff, the symbol of your authority, and gently bring the people together and then speak to the wall of granite behind which flows the water." Instead of speaking to the rock as he was directed, Moses unfortunately strikes the wall of rock twice with his staff and says angrily, "Listen you rebels, shall we get water for you out of this rock?" (Numbers 20:10) Moses is using his authority to express his anger, and because of that he is told that he will not lead the community into the land.
Moses has been asked to demonstrate the principle of how one confronts the hardness of life represented by the seemingly impenetrable wall of rock that stands before him. The Torah is teaching the possibility that rather than lashing out in anger, one should speak directly to difficulty with the faith that if one does so, the internal waters within will eventually flow. Perhaps the rock is a metaphor for talking through the hardness of our lives in order to discover the water that flows within. Moses misses a profound opportunity to teach the power of this principle to an entire generation, "before their eyes." As a consequence, Moses cannot enter the land. Is this an appropriate punishment? Perhaps this is not punishment at all.
In our Torah portion, after God reminds Moses that he won't be going into the land, Moses understands that because he will not be going into the land, a successor to his leadership must be found, groomed and ordained. God tells Moses: "Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand upon him. Stand him up before Elazar the priest and before the entire community and command him before their eyes. And you shall place of your glory upon him so that the entire community of Israel shall listen" (Numbers 27:18-20).
The Torah is careful to require that Moses ordain Joshua in the sight of the entire Jewish people, "before their eyes," which is the same language used at the incident of the rock. This is a rarely used expression in the Torah, highlighting the connection between what is at the heart of how Moses is to ordain Joshua and what Moses failed to do in the incident of the rock. Whatever Moses failed to achieve at the rock, he now has an opportunity to do in how he ordains Joshua. Rashi asks what it means for Moses to give Joshua some of his glory as he ordains Joshua as the next leader of Israel and concludes that the glory Moses gives to Joshua is the shining light of his own face. In other words, God is telling Moses to let Joshua shine by turning down his own light. Showing the entire people what it means to allow another person to shine by reducing one's own light is akin to what Moses could have taught the people by speaking to the rock and not striking it. We teach more sometimes by holding back on demonstrating our authority than by using it. We teach more and contribute more to the growth of another by restraining ourselves rather than by imposing ourselves.
Moses' life, then, is not one of tragedy but that of a man who learns a great lesson through the course of his national mission and ends up teaching that lesson for posterity. No one can expect to see all the fruits of one's labor, one's Promised Land, in one's lifetime. Understanding the wisdom of how one finds, grooms and ordains a successor by turning down one's own light is inseparable from accepting the mortal reality that one cannot finish everything one has set out to do in one's life or career. Perhaps those who have difficulty ordaining leadership for the next generation fail to groom their successors out of a fundamental inability to accept their own limitations.
Rabbi David Gedzelman is the executive director of Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation.
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Source: EFY Magazine
India seems to be trying its best to make its people optimise the use of solar energy in the form of various sources. The country's energy ministry has also taken the initiative by drafting Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). But all efforts seem to be going waste. The impact of cheap solar panel being imported from China, US has given a huge blow to the fortune of domestic solar equipment manufacturers and now, these people are facing a hard time with the price of solar panels crashing in the global market.
Over the last six to 12 months, most of these developers have either stopped their operations or have scaled down to 15 to 30 per cent of their capacity. The country has installed 1,100 MW of solar power capacity in the last two years and out of this, Gujarat has close to 750 MW of solar power projects, which explains the reason for lack of overall growth of the solar sector in India.
According to estimates, Indian solar panel makers have a total capacity of about 1 GW and none of them have substantial orders. Indian manufacturers blame low cost of imports for the slow (or stunted) growth.
While imports have definitely been affected but the export market is no different, as the business is evidently facing troubles. Most of the major players like Moser Baer, Lanco and Tata Solar have already shut down their manufacturing units.
Even foreign players like First Solar, US leading solar manufacturer idled 25 per cent of its capacity since July last year due to decrease in demand from EU whose solar market has been completely captured by Chinese imports.
If this is how things stand over the next year, then India's solar power dream could become a distant memory.


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Game On! #10: Kisses
GAME ON! GAME ON! In this edition of Shut Up Tim: Game On!, the guys play a movie game, talk about naked celebs and kisses. Game On! episodes of Shut Up Tim!: A Podcast By Robby revolve around a game segment where contestants compete against one another to not be the loser. Losers are required to do or tell something embarrassing. If you would like to contribute a Game On! of your own design, please email it in to email@example.com.
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The Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar invites application form eligible candidates for the the admission into various courses during the session 2015-16. Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar is a central government institute affiliated to NCERT and provides BA, B.Sc and B.Ed courses. The B.Ed is commonly known as Regional B.Ed its duration is 2 years. The candidates those are interested to take admission in any of the below given courses, they have to face a common written examination CEE 2015. After qualifying the exam they can take admission into any of the baove courses. The Eligibility for the Exam is described below.
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Courses Offer in RIE, Bhubaneswar
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I picked this background paper that has a bit of a quilted feel to it, and did some bright red zigzag stitching on the edges, leaving the ends of the thread loose. There is a third sentiment in the set, which I also love: "May Your Bobbin Never be Empty" - and here's the one I chose for the inside:
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Calling all Quilters!
Hello everyone! I'm using a great new stamp set from Art Impressions today, that will appeal to quilters, seamstresses or even just fans of the Girlfriends line by Ai - it's called Quilt Set:
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Signature Bank, a New York-based commercial bank, announced the launch of a blockchain-based digital payments platform to enable real-time payments for its commercial clients.
The Signet payments platform received approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services or NYDFS. Further, deposits held within the Signet Platform are eligible for FDIC insurance, up to the legal insurable amounts defined by the FDIC.
In a statement, Signature Bank said it is partnering with trueDigital Holdings, LLC, a New York-based blockchain-based company, for the launch of the Platform, which will be open to all commercial clients effective January 1, 2019.
The Signet Platform is expected to leverage blockchain technology in its architecture, allowing the bank's commercial clients to make payments in U.S. dollars in all time, every day, through out the year.
The bank said transactions made on the Signet Platform settle in real time, are safe and secure, incur no transaction fees, and require a minimum account balance of $250,000. With Signet, funds are transferred in real-time between commercial clients of Signature Bank, eliminating any dependence on a third party.
According to Sunil Hirani, Founder of trueDigital, the launch of Signet will address an obvious need that diverse ecosystems have for exchanging funds repeatedly with the same counterparty. This will significantly reduce costs, counterparty risk and settlement times.
Joseph DePaolo, President and Chief Executive Officer at Signature Bank, said, "The ability to transmit funds between approved, fully vetted commercial clients of the Bank at all times is very valuable, especially in light of the increasing speed and frequency at which they conduct their business."
Signature Bank is regulated by both the FDIC and the NYDFS.
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Mastery Orientation to learning ~
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Classrooms: Goals, Structures and Student Motivation Ames, C (1992), Journal of Educational Psychology, pp. Vol 84, No 3, 261-271.
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Classrooms: Goals, Structures and Student Motivation Ames, C (1992), Journal of Educational Psychology, pp. Vol 84, No 3, 261-271.
- This article examines the classroom learning environment in relation to achievement goal theory of motivation. Classroom structures are described in terms of how they make different types of achievement goals salient and as a consequence elicit qualitatively different patterns of motivation. Task, evaluation and recognition, and authority dimensions of classrooms are presented as examples of structures that can influence children's orientation toward different achievement goals. Central to the thesis of this article is a perspective that argues for an identification of classroom structures that can contribute to a mastery orientation, a systematic analysis of these structures, and a determination of how these structures relate to each other. The ways in which interventions must address the independency among these structures are discussed in terms of how they influence student motivation.
- We studied how specific motivational processes are related to the salience of mastery and performance goals in actual classroom settings. One hundred seventy-six students attending a junior high/high school for academically advanced students were randomly selected from one of their classes and responded to a questionnaire on their perceptions of the classroom goal orientation, use of effective learning strategies, task choices, attitudes, and causal attributions. Students who perceived an emphasis on mastery goals in the classroom reported using more effective strategies, preferred challenging tasks, had a more positive attitude toward the class, and had a stronger belief that success follows from one's effort. Students who perceived performance goals as salient tended to focus on their ability, evaluating their ability negatively and attributing failure to lack of ability. The pattern and strength of the findings suggest that the classroom goal orientation may facilitate the maintenance of adaptive motivation patterns when mastery goals are salient and are adopted by students.
- Changes in students' achievement values in mathematics and reading were examined in a sample of children and early adolescents. Hierarchical linear modeling techniques were used to account for both classroom- and student-level effects. At the student level, positive changes in students' achievement values were associated positively with self-concept of ability and the previous year's achievement values in both reading and math. Measures of teachers' mastery- and performance-oriented instructional practices were included in the full HLM model. Students experienced decrements in achievement values, after controlling for other student and classroom level variables, in classrooms where performance-oriented instructional practices were used. In the full model, self-concept of ability was related positively to increases in achievement values, whereas gender was unrelated to changes in achievement values.


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True love
Separation is not the end of a life's journey. All must go, no matter how full of regret and sadness. Maybe I'm waiting, maybe love is dead, or maybe true love, but when his own life must continue to be lived with all my heart.
Invitation, does not mean I no longer love you. Does not mean I do not love with it the initials of his name coupled with the initials of my name. In the past I do not even understand, that true love can still be stored, while continuing to walk facing the future.
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Getting it Right: Innovative Approaches to Revitalizing Retail
The Fairfax County Office of Community Revitalization (OCR) held its free annual conference on Monday, October 22, 2012 in the Board Room of the Fairfax County Government Center. The conference focused on innovative approaches and strategies to create a vibrant pedestrian oriented retail environment. Conference attendees explored the evolving face of retail and how a community vision can transition into a vibrant retail environment. Speaker presented the DC Vibrant Streets Toolkit which contains essential elements of outstanding retail areas, and a case study of the recently opened Mosaic at Merrifield Retail District was discussed by a distinguished panel. In addition, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors' Chairman Sharon Bulova and Providence District Supervisor Linda Smyth shared their thoughts. Information recapping the conference can be found below.
- Overview - Conference Agenda
- Speaker 1 - Bruce Leonard, President, Streetsense, Inc. - Presentation
- Speaker 2 - Heather Arnold, Director or Research & Analysis, Streetsense, Inc. - Presentation
- Panel Discussion - Bruce Leonard, Moderator; Linda Smyth, Providence District Supervisor; Bob Mortensen, Merrifield Planning Committee; Steve Boyle, Edens - Discussion Images
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The Fury
Carey Mulligan is in early talks to star in Sarah Gavron's drama "The Fury" at Focus Features and Film 4. Alison Owen is producing.
Abi Morgan ("Shame," "The Hour") scripted the project which explores the suffragist movement in the UK. [Source: Deadline]
Jersey Boys
Christopher Walken has joined the cast of Clint Eastwood's upcoming film adaptation of the musical "Jersey Boys" at Warner Bros. Pictures. Filming begins in September.
Walken plays the role of Angelo 'Gyp' DeCarlo, the Jersey mobster who serves an unofficial consigliere role to the young singers as they tried to build their careers. [Source: Deadline]
Love Is Strange
John Lithgow will star opposite Alfred Molina in "Keep The Lights On" director Ira Sachs' NYC-set drama "Love Is Strange". Michael Gambon was initially set to play the role but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.
The story follows a long-term but just-married gay couple whose honeymoon is complicated when circumstances force them to temporarily separate. One moves in with his nephew, the other with the gay cops next door. Shooting begins in August. [Source: Deadline]
Topher Grace ("Predators," "Traffic") is the latest addition to the cast of Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic "Interstellar".
As per usual, details of his role are unknown. Grace joins a cast that includes Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway and John Lithgow. [Source: Hollywood.com]


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others always seem to use the <b> test test </b> stuff in chat, but when ever i try it, the whole sentence disappears or at least wont show up. But it did work in my profile?
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Well….it has been a hot minute since I have been on here….what can I say…life. But it is definitely good to be back at it, and here is to a bit of consistency…
So, it can't just be me. Do you ever hop onto Instagram and see all these amazing fashion bloggers wearing the cutest new trend….and you really want to pull it off, but you just can't? Well, I feel ya because I know that I can't be alone in this. There are always so many new trends, and so many cute ladies showing you how to wear them…and then I feel like there is me…I order said trendy item with high hopes and even somewhere I plan to wear it, just to be disappointed in front of the mirror.
I am really not sure where I go wrong on some purchases (#thankful for free returns!) because these three trends have been tried multiple times in different versions of, and I just can't. I can't pull them off. Maybe I am too insecure, or subconsciously regretting to spending money…who knows…but props to the ladies who make these look GOOD!
The step hem jean
I truly love these jeans on so many ladies…both on instagram and in real life. They are so cute, a little edgy, and just the right mix of put together and casual. In fact I prefer them on a pair of non-distressed jeans most. But I have long legs, although I'm not tall, and they just hit on the funny spot of my leg. They are not the perfect ankle length that can pass during winter, and I am not a fan of crop jeans or capri's so they just feel funny…almost like I am wearing a mullet on my legs…and they look too small.
Mule/Loafer Slide Shoes
I shared quite a few pairs this fall when this trend was super big…and I tried and tried again to make those purchases work. I just couldn't. Each pair I loved off, loved in a flat lay and hated how they made my ankles look. So all of those shoes have since been sold on Poshmark. With winter in full swing I have not seen them flashed around a whole lot. But I have a feeling that spring will bring a whole new crop of options that will tempt me. Now I will be honest, and unless the shoe is the perfect silhouette, I think they are downright ugly. But I have a feeling that I will end up with at least one more college try to pull these gals off (see the picture below)…because I have already been browsing around for a good spring pair. (Someone should just send help now!) But the meme was too silly not to share, because I was right there this fall. Hoping to make those cute Kristen Cavillari ones work for me…just waiting for a sale!
Ruana's or Capes
These just bug me to wear. I have seen so many cute ladies pull these off…and they looked amazingly cozy…so in the midst of freezing one day I impulse purchased. Now I will tell you that ruana's are cozy, and the one that I ordered was super soft, but it just didn't work for my life. I don't like that there are not really any arm holes, and I would have constantly worried it was slipping and simply looked like a blankie I forgot to take off. Then the part of me that cant wear scarves kicked in…and I suddenly looked like the idiot who forgot to tie her scarf properly.
Are there any trends that you just can't pull off…even though you LOVE them on others? I would love to hear!


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New years bring new ideas, new looks, new focuses. Along with various policy changes, health care shifts and other such political agendas, the FDA has decided to add some flare to nutritional labels. This makeover was proposed after recent scientific research conclusions linked chronic diseases with diet.
Coming from a purely cosmetic and superficial stand point, the proposed changes make sense. Not only do they make sense, but they infer an interesting biopsychosocial conceptualization. Below is a side by side of the changes:
Quick observations direct the eye toward the calorie count and serving size at the top. This definite alteration in order, placement, and size is smart. Though the eye catches the actual caloric count first, it then looks to the approximate servings per container. This maneuver is an attempt to slim down on over eating, etc. In my opinion, it is easier to assimilate servings per package with a mental image of the proper amount of consumption, when presented in this way. This allows one to consider the potential monetary value of consuming one portion at a time, rather than crash through an entire family sized bag of chips at once. (Let's be honest, it happens to the best of us.) Currently, the actual portion size is the first thing listed on the label, but who carries around measuring tools in their pockets every time they go for the pretzels? This simple adjustment invites a rather precise and direct idea for consumers.
The vast increase in font size for the caloric count may be an attempt to draw attention to the importance of the number alone. Over indulging can quickly add up and cause a slue of health risks. This risky behavior can threaten both pant size and life span. Of course, other various health behaviors can impact the results in different ways for every individual. Regardless, the message at hand is that this issue between American borders has caught the attention of just about everyone. Things need to change.
Along with the cosmetic changes comes new information. This proposal has added a new line in the 'sugar' section. 'Added sugars' will now be brought into the spotlight, to aide in the confusion between natural and artificial. This break down can help the monitoring of harsh modifications. Perhaps this will help curb the added sugars all together. Should this proposal take off, savvy shoppers may take notice and return the heavily modified product to the shelf. One small step such as this can equal a giant leap in educational gains.
In the daily value (DV %) section, there have been more than a couple changes. Vitamin A and C will no longer be legally required on labels, though vitamin D and Potassium WILL be a requirement. Potassium has been found to help fight against chronic disease and has moved up the totem pole, so to speak. Vitamin D aides with bone health and has gained prominence as well.
In addition to the swaps in vitamins and minerals, the actual DV requirements are under reconsideration. The actual amounts are being looked at and investigated, to remain relevant. Further studies will explore those changes and impacts to the final product.
Once again, the numbers gain prominence as the actual DV % is being placed in a column in front of the subject itself. This may get more attention and grant further inspection of the product in return. Furthermore, the actual weighted breakdown follows the subject.
Keep in mind that this is merely a proposal and could be completely different when all is said an done. Whatever ends up happening, it's something new that will gather attention and potential education opportunities. Though the label will be new and improved, people need to be able to read it in order to use the information. Health literacy continues to be a rampant issue among many demographics in the United States and does have an impact on the utilization of tools such as these labels. I'm remaining hopeful that major changes such as this spark a need for educational literature and communication.
For further information and updates, follow this link to the FDA press announcement: http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm387418.htm