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Don 🐝 Kerr15/07/2016And while I'm on Bees providing inspiration, this one's for you @Aaron 🐝 Skogen I know we're naughty for not kneeling but it was such fun to have Sam in the bow.
Comments15/07/2016 #7 Michael HillebrandGreat Photo!!!15/07/2016 #6 Don 🐝 Kerr#4 Sam is 615/07/2016 #5 Aaron 🐝 SkogenThat's awesome @Don 🐝 Kerr! It's always a good idea to put the powerhouse at the helm! :-) Nice pic of you two.15/07/2016 #4 Javier 🐝 beBeeHow old is he ?15/07/2016 #3 Kevin PashukIt's nice to see you know how to hold a paddle @Don 🐝 Kerr, and are not a 'lilly-dipper'. Another consummate Canadian skill.15/07/2016 #2 Mamen 🐝 DelgadoLovely...15/07/2016 #1 Javier 🐝 beBeeAnother great picture ! Thanks!
Aaron 🐝 Skogen13/07/2016Good Morning ( afternoon, evening & night to my global friends). I just wanted to share some sunshine! LIttle Dude helps make smiles happen! Have a bee-ituful day all!
Comments14/07/2016 #35 Aaron 🐝 Skogen#34 Yeah, maybe, but I think its a twinkle of mischief. . . ;-) Thanks @Sarah Elkins!14/07/2016 #34 Sarah ElkinsWhat a cutie! I think he has your twinkly eyes, @Aaron 🐝 Skogen.14/07/2016 #33 Aaron 🐝 Skogen#30 Thank you @Brigette Hyacinth, I most certainly will. you too my friend!14/07/2016 #32 Paul O'Neill#26 Such a contrast at times. My oldest is preventing me from growing a beard. The natural hair color is loosing the battle. The youngest certainly keeps me youthful.14/07/2016 #31 Franci🐝Eugenia Hoffman, beBee Brand Ambassador#27 Oh he did! He has a contagious smile.14/07/2016 #30 Brigette HyacinthThanks @Aaron 🐝 Skogen So nice of you! Have a bee-ituful day 😎14/07/2016 #29 Aaron 🐝 Skogen#21 Thanks @Pascal Derrien! He certainly ranks in the top two in my book, the other being his older brother :-).14/07/2016 #28 Aaron 🐝 Skogen#20 I think you might be right on that @Ken Boddie, but I am in no hurry to find out :-)14/07/2016 #27 Aaron 🐝 Skogen#18 Thanks @Franci🐝Eugenia Hoffman, beBee Brand Ambassador. I hope he made you smile!14/07/2016 #26 Aaron 🐝 Skogen#17 He's the one that will keep me young @Paul O'Neill. He sure does love life though, you read that right!14/07/2016 #25 Aaron 🐝 Skogen#16 Thanks @Laura Mikolaitis. I thought a few folks might need some sunshine :-), glad it found you!!!14/07/2016 #24 Aaron 🐝 Skogen#15 That was my hope @Deb 🐝 Helfrich Thank you!14/07/2016 #23 Aaron 🐝 Skogen#14 Thanks @Pamela 🐝 Williams, I agree, but I am biased :-)14/07/2016 #22 Aaron 🐝 Skogen#13 I will @Paul "Pablo" Croubalian! They are each so very unique. While I am certainly not in any hurry, I am excited to see the adults they become.14/07/2016 #21 Pascal Derrienkoolest dude evah :-)14/07/2016 #20 Ken BoddieCool dude's going to break some hearts when he grows up, @Aaron 🐝 Skogen.14/07/2016 #19 Aaron 🐝 Skogen#12 thanks @Donna-Luisa Eversley. Hope he made you smile 😄.14/07/2016 #18 Franci🐝Eugenia Hoffman, beBee Brand AmbassadorOh My, Little Dude is adorable.13/07/2016 #17 Paul O'NeillLittle Dude is enjoying life. What's not to love when you have a cool Dad?13/07/2016 #16 Laura MikolaitisHe's such an adorable Little Dude...thanks so much for adding some sunshine to the day @Aaron 🐝 Skogen!
Brigitte van Rossum27/06/2016Have a great day!Winston Churchill Quotes at BrainyQuote.comwww.brainyquote.com "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill quotes from...
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Brigitte van Rossum26/06/2016Enjoy now, tomorrow isn't there (yet)It's Sunday morning as I get the idea to write this down. Drinking tea, watching people walking their dog in the park, just taking time to reflect on the things I see happening around me.I notice people doing a lot of things: looking forward to...
Comments26/06/2016 #2 Brigitte van Rossum#1 thank you Vincent Andrew for your kind response - what you say is so true in my opinion - time is indeed the most precious gift you can give. You only live in this particular moment once, and it will not come back.26/06/2016 #1 Vincent AndrewGood post @Brigitte van Rossum. I forget sometimes to think about the people around me. They are present with me and there is no better gift than to share the present with them. In the past few days I have had instances where I lived in the present - with work of course - but also with people, having real conversations. Conversations from the heart, making real connections and life as a result becomes more meaningful. Why are we so preoccupied with the past or the future such that it makes it difficult to live in the present? I don't have the answers. Maybe other bees can help.
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Lisa 🐝 Gallagher21/06/2016The Circle of LifeMy stepdad spent 2.5 years putting together a video compilation of my mother, her life with us, her life with him and with her grandchildren. The video was priceless. After mom passed and we were probably still in shock he asked us if we wanted to...
Comments05/01/2017 #45 Lisa 🐝 GallagherThanks for reading this @Lyon Brave, this buzz has a special place in my heart. Since I wrote this my daughter had a baby girl and she's now 6 months old! She's a blessing and I believe the circle of life was completed once again. I was talking to my sister today, and I used to sign every card or letter I wrote my mom with, "Love you to the moon and back." My kids knew this and my son & his wife bought me a box with those words on it and it lights up like stars shining but you have to turn it on. While we were chatting (for almost a half hour) suddenly the lights came on. There is a switch and no one turned it on. Hello mom??? ;-)24/06/2016 #44 Lisa 🐝 Gallagher@Maja Vujovic thanks for reading :)24/06/2016 #43 Tiina Holli" Never go to bed angry
Don't hold a grudge
Remember, life is short; appreciate each day "
@Lisa 🐝 Gallagher, me signing these also ! But I think life's a party ...23/06/2016 #42 Lisa 🐝 Gallagher#39 oops pushed enter before I was done @Qamar Ali Khan, she was my best friend. She was an awesome mom to all of us as many mothers are! Thank you so much for your kind words and words of wisdom. We are very excited about the upcoming birth, I probably wont be able to resist posting a photo or two after he or she is born!!23/06/2016 #41 Lisa 🐝 Gallagher#39 HI @Qamar Ali Khan, I had no idea that mother is the most precious and priceless gift in your faith, that's so enduring to know!!! I will have to remember what you said, "If someone asks you to define love, just say mother." I can say that with sincere truth in my heart!23/06/2016 #40 Maja VujovicRead this heartfelt, gentle reminder of what really counts in life, by @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher.23/06/2016 #39 Qamar Ali KhanVery emotional, heart-touching, and so real story @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher!. I'm just speechless. Mother is the most precious and priceless divine gift. In my faith, we believe that the heaven is under the mother's feet, and the father is the key to the heaven's gate. These two relations are the most important. The love of mother is the best representation of sincere love. If someone asks you to define love, just say "mother". I understand what you have lost and how you feel.
As far as her own personal activities are concerned, she looked a marvelous human being, cheering, cherishing, happy, enjoying the life despite of the pains of life, loving wife, caring friend, and, especially, a thankful person. Being thankful to God and gratitude are the core qualities of a great and down to earth human being. I'm sure you and your siblings have inherited all the good from your mother and they are transferred to your kids as well. I know you Lisa and I'm sure you're a big taker of your mother's good nature. My all the best wishes to all of you and I pray your awaited little guest may become the reason to raise the happiness level for all of you.23/06/2016 #38 Lisa 🐝 Gallagher#37 Thanks for taking the time to read my buzz @Vincent Andrew and for the kind words!23/06/2016 #37 Vincent AndrewLovely article! Family is everything.23/06/2016 #36 Lisa 🐝 Gallagher#35 Thanks @Charles David Upchurch and it's great to see you on beBee!23/06/2016 #35 Charles David UpchurchSimply lovely, @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher.23/06/2016 #34 Lisa 🐝 GallagherThanks for sharing my post @Ali 🐝 Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee!23/06/2016 #33 Lisa 🐝 Gallagher#30 Thanks so much @Diane Schultz!23/06/2016 #32 Lisa 🐝 Gallagher#29 I'm glad this was moving @Ali 🐝 Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee, that was my hope. I miss her dearly but will be forever grateful for the love and wisdom she enhanced our lives with by the way she lived her own.23/06/2016 #31 Elizabeth Lopez RomeroQue hermoso!!!23/06/2016 #30 Diane SchultzLisa .... just beautiful!23/06/2016 #29 Ali 🐝 Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBeeAnd you moved me @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher with your mother's simple rules of life and her wisdom. Memories don't die and your mother is remembered by you, grand children and the video. Life goes in circles and what sticks is the memory of people like your mother who taught you wealth of wisdom.22/06/2016 #27 Lisa 🐝 Gallagher#25 Thank you @Rod Loader, that means a lot!!22/06/2016 #26 Lisa 🐝 Gallagher#24 Thanks @Deb 🐝 Helfrich, that's my favorite Wedding photo of my daughter with her nephews (our grandsons). We can't wait to meet our new grandbaby! Thanks for your comment :)
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Cory Galbraith29/04/2016Love is Something You Give Away, Not Try to Get Many of us will love another person, but only with conditions. The biggest requirement is that the other person love us back. For many years, I refused to tell anyone that I loved them. To do so would be to leave myself too...
Comments01/05/2016 #14 Brian McKenzie"Love" is just like the other memes that the masses jump, bleat and follow, "Freedom', 'Democracy', 'Religion of ________', " 'Merika", "Equality", "Liberty", of course lately 'Hope & Change', "Open Society", "Transparency", " Climate Change " - all kabuki theater to make you jump through the wickets of 'feels' and Pavlovian response while goaded into chasing 'colorized pantomime phantoms. Pure commercial pedantic propaganda' & agendas. 'Love' is merely one of the brands you buy their lies under - but it is all the same lie.01/05/2016 #13 Louise Smith#11 What part of love are you apathetic to? It's got lots of ingredients and you need the right cocoa powder 75% 85% 95% 100% the purer the better...01/05/2016 #12 Louise Smith#11 @Brian McKenzie you are sounding a bit like a troll here but I'm pretty sure you're not one.30/04/2016 #11 Brian McKenzieLove is like chocolate - everybody assumes everybody else enjoys it, craves it, needs it, can't live without it, and escape into the many treats and holidays that celebrate it: I have never liked chocolate - I do not have an allergy to it- but it makes me severely ill. I am not interested forcing myself into instances of chocolate to discover what I already know. "Love' for me - is just like that. meh - My apathy is only surpassed by my indifference to the irrelevance of it.30/04/2016 #10 Louise SmithIn my family in my generation, we were rarely told out loud by our parents "I love you" However we came to recognise this both consciously and unconsciously SO we, my siblings and cousins all tell their kids "I love you" OUTLOUD...... and OFTEN.30/04/2016 #9 Louise Smith#7 Maybe @Brian McKenzie you need to give it a go like @Cory Galbraith. Take a walk on the wildside and see what happens....30/04/2016 #8 Cory Galbraith#4 Obrigado.30/04/2016 #7 Brian McKenzieYou are way more the optimist than I - I have found 'Love' to be completely conditional, transactional, temporary and nearly mathematical.30/04/2016 #6 Javier 🐝 beBeeThanks a lot ! This reminds me a lot of things we need to take care of ...but in the daily basis30/04/2016 #5 Cyndi wilkinsYou struck a very common chord with feeling vulnerable in love @Cory Galbraith...I can identify with the discomfort of even speaking the words having not heard them expressed openly while growing up...So to all you parents out there, as you are raising the next generation..."Hug more often, offer encouraging words and support, smile and even say those three electrically charged words more often, " I love you"30/04/2016 #4 Alessandra SouzaBelas palavras..30/04/2016 #2 Cory Galbraith#1 Thanks John. Good to hear from you.30/04/2016 #1 John White, MBAThese are words to live by, @Cory Galbraith! Well done as always!
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Shawn Quinlivan, C.Ht.16/04/2016Managing Life Change: Our Sacred Time Of TransitionThe nature of change itself creates a certain degree of stress. Our reactions can be influenced by our perceptions, which include whether the change is chosen or imposed, and if the outcome is positive or negative. Life transitions we perceive to be...
Comments19/04/2016 #10 Jason VerseyBrilliant post @Shawn Quinlivan, C.Ht. Keep them coming! ~Jason17/04/2016 #9 Shawn Quinlivan, C.Ht.Thanks so much for sharing this, @Javier 🐝 beBee. Most appreciated. Your engagement is inspiring.17/04/2016 #8 Shawn Quinlivan, C.Ht.Thanks so much for sharing, @Qamar Ali Khan. Most appreciated!17/04/2016 #7 Shawn Quinlivan, C.Ht.#6 Thanks for taking the time to read this, Mamen, and for your beautiful comments!17/04/2016 #6 Mamen 🐝 DelgadoWonderful post Shawn!! Fear is normally a consecuence of our thoughts, our interpretation of the reality and of our minds lost in the past and in the future. Stay present in the moment is certainly the best "present" we can make to ourselves. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!!16/04/2016 #5 Shawn Quinlivan, C.Ht.Thanks for sharing this, @Julie Hickman! Most appreciated.16/04/2016 #4 Shawn Quinlivan, C.Ht.#1 Thank you, @Julie Hickman. I appreciate you taking the time to read this and comment. We all have these kinds of challenges to meet, and if we don't look for the love we often don't find it.16/04/2016 #3 Shawn Quinlivan, C.Ht.#2 Thanks for reading and commenting, @Don 🐝 Kerr. I will check out Kate's website. All the best!16/04/2016 #2 Don 🐝 KerrFacing and indeed welcoming adversity is an important step on the road to mindful living and growth. Thanks for sharing Shawn. Recommend you check out my wife's site www.wakeupkate.com.
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Lisa 🐝 Gallagher16/04/2016A Tale From YesterdayWhen I was young life seemed grand. My dad left for work each morning and when he arrived home we had his full attention. My mom was always busy cooking, cleaning or running errands. I am the oldest of 5 children and I remember waking up on many...
Comments16/04/2016 #4 Lisa 🐝 Gallagher@Ken Boddie oops I hit enter before I was done. I was reminiscing last night. I lost my mom in January and these memories made me smile. Maybe I didn't make my point well, my intent was to share the simple things in life that even I can take for granted at times. I want to savor life in that way. I agree with you, I think many of us at a given time can look back on our lives with rose colored glasses. I'm sure we wear those glasses when life seems overwhelming . I don't miss peer pressure and the other things you mentioned. Those are the times I don't like to reflect back on. It's hard to be a teenager, even today. Peer pressure doesn't seem to alter with time. Thanks for your excellent comment!16/04/2016 #3 Lisa 🐝 Gallagher@Ken Boddie, I love your last sentence- "trusting that the human race is not stupid enough to let greed succeed over survival of the planet." Couldn't agree more.16/04/2016 #2 Ken BoddieThanks for the memories, Lisa. As you say, many things seemed better then, but I believe we, more often than not, tend to look back on our formative years with rose coloured glasses. Our memories are coloured by happy times, punctuated by the odd crisis in between, but we tend to forget the trials and tribulations, whether it be the awkwardness, as teenagers, of those initial interactions with the opposite sex, the stress and worry of school exams, the challenges of peer pressure; then, later on in life, the early days in a new job, learning the ropes, trying to please while hoping like hell you don't stuff up, keeping up with the Jones, learning to juggle salary with mortgage, bills and other outgoings; then raising a family, changing dirty nappies, and countless sleepless nights while babes teeth.
I am happy to look back fondly on achievements and even utter the occasional "life was better then", but I wouldn't have my time over again for quids. I enjoy my life better these days, now that I am working part time and transitioning towards retirement, without the stresses of juggling money worries and work stress. Sure we may be living in a faster more uniform (some may say less colourful) world, but we are experiencing so many positiver changes in science and medicine and have so much more ready access to knowledge, not to mention the capacity of readily communicating with so many people on platforms such as beBee.
I am happy to keep looking forward, trusting that we are building ourselves a more positive existence, and trusting that the human race is not stupid enough to let greed succeed over survival of the planet.16/04/2016 #1 Lisa 🐝 GallagherThank you for sharing my post @Javier 🐝 beBee!
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Amy Blaschka15/04/2016How to Get The Dyna Girl Effectphoto: via nerdist.comI'm not a big fan of Halloween.You'll never catch me at a haunted house (at least not willingly), I prefer suspense movies to horror, and would rather decorate with pumpkins and Fall leaves than scary,...
Comments15/04/2016 #5 Amy Blaschka#4 Ha, ha, that's awesome, @Paul "Pablo" Croubalian! Mmmm...prosciutto as flesh sounds like a perfect prop. And getting a day off from shaving? Well, now you're talking! :-)15/04/2016 #4 Paul "Pablo" CroubalianLOL.... I just love Halloween. Last year we did this whole Walking Dead theme. I was a zombie. The best part? I always had shreds of "human flesh" dangling from my mouth.
The role of dangling human flesh was played by a nice, dry Italian prosciutto. I was "forced" to replace that prop several dozen times throughout the night.
The second best part? My wife didn't force me to shave. (She's little but fiesty)15/04/2016 #3 Amy Blaschka#2 Ha, ha, @Aaron 🐝 Skogen, I'd probably answer to all of them! Thanks for sharing your Halloween tales. Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head sounds like their own dynamic duo! What fun! My husband and I were also "The Titanic" one Halloween — and even performed by hitting an iceberg and splitting in two. Thanks for sharing your perspective' and for the encouragement!15/04/2016 #2 Aaron 🐝 Skogen@Amy Blaschka, um, I mean Dyna Girl, um, or is it Flo. . :-) great post. I love the pics. I think you and I came from a similar mold. I was that same shy kid hiding behind one of my siblings. We enjoy our Halloweens as well. I've gone as a Spanish matador, Shaggy Rogers, Jason, Cousin Eddie (Christmas Vacation), among many others, but my favorite was the year I went as Mr. Potato Head (My bride was Mrs. Potato Head). We used a globe to make paper mache hats that sat over our heads and rested on our shoulders. Thanks to my Bride's creativity and skills as a seamstress, our potato skin's were just brown stuffed fleece "onesies". It was the first (and LAST) time I ever wore tights. . . The fun part was that we would turn away, or walk to grab another beverage and change our potato faces with velcro eyes, noses, mustaches, mouths, etc. so we could be "expressive". Then we would walk back and wait for people to notice. It became somewhat of a game that night to match our potato expressions with the conversation. Anyway great post. I love this "And more importantly, my outside now matched my inside." I think it was E. E. Cummings who said, "The Hardest Challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be someone else." I am glad you found your Dyna Girl!15/04/2016 #1 Amy BlaschkaFor my second @beBee post, I explain what Dyna Girl taught me about branding, and how you, too, can get highly coveted The Dyna Girl Effect. Enjoy!
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Jim Murray15/04/2016My Love For Fridays Goes Back A Long Way"Crimson flames tied through my ears Rollin' high and mighty traps Pounced with fire on flaming roads Using ideas as my maps "We'll meet on edges, soon," said I Proud 'neath heated brow Ah, but I was so much older then I'm younger than that...
Comments16/04/2016 #14 Ken BoddieWas fiddling with my iPhone and accidentally deleted my comment #2. Sorry15/04/2016 #13 Jim Murray#10 Thanks Alvaro15/04/2016 #12 Jim Murray#9 Thanks Laura...Where I live its about 11 degrees, which means just at the beginning of what we Canadians call warm. So I just packed it up and went for a long ride.15/04/2016 #11 Jim Murray#7 Thanks Donna,.15/04/2016 #10 Álvaro BeltránHope you enjoy the Friday as much as I enjoyed this reading, happy Friday!15/04/2016 #9 Laura MikolaitisSuch a great post @Jim Murray, thanks for sharing it. Fridays are indeed a good day. My favorite of the week because I know at the end of the day I can usually go home, unwind, kick back with a pizza and some libations and just breathe. I love what you said here "Because, frankly, at the end of the day, it all comes down to people. People who support each other and develop an odd kind of kinship..' - so very true. I'm grateful for the kinship I've found. Have a great Friday Jim and enjoy your weekend!15/04/2016 #6 Jim Murray#5 Thanks @Milos Djukic...you have quite a wonderful you youself.15/04/2016 #5 AnonymousThanks for being you @Jim Murray!15/04/2016 #4 Jim Murray#1 I have made my peace with LI. It is what it is but mostly what it is is something none of us have any control over. Pulse is for me, just another place to post. At one time it was 'the' place. But, as Dylan says, "Things have changed."15/04/2016 #3 Jim Murray#2 Thanks Ken. Yeah, before I got into advertising I worked as a manger supervisor for United Cigar stores. I was a merchant of death, but back then, they didn't call it that. Fridays were usually my day to stay home and do payroll. So I kinda got in the habit of goofing off a bit, which, much to my delight, I found was the case in the ad agency business.15/04/2016 #2 Ken BoddieAs you say, Jim, it all comes down to people, and @Javier 🐝 beBee , @Juan Imaz, et al are good people, who listen and engage with the bees here at beBee. What's more, the bees here are happy little buzzers, so I've had more engagement, enjoyment, and belly shaking laughs in the last few weeks than I've had in the whole of the last year on LinkedIn. There's such a culture here of excitement and fun, so thanks for the indirect heads up (in post by both yourself and by @Phil Friedman ) that beBee was worth trying. As for Fridays, these are generally one of my days of 'leisure', when I'm not committed to my engineering work, but am free to surf the net (does anyone still use that expression?), write the odd post, share, comment and generally enjoy myself on line, so Fridays are also enjoyable for me too. Incidentally, I love the old photos, before the snow settled on the roof. :)15/04/2016 #1 Pascal DerrienI agree LI has been good to a lot people and will probably still be a good place and bebee may even surpass that so all good as long there are Fridays coming every week :-)
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Daniel Donachie15/04/2016Beyond The VeilDuring an initial session with a client this week, an experience arose beyond the handbook of human experience. We talked and some mental patterns were revealed. I was very present to his words and gestures and suddenly we dropped into a different...
Comments23/04/2016 #7 Daniel Donachie#6 Thank you @Adriana Bevacqua García18/04/2016 #6 Adriana Bevacqua GarcíaWelcome to beBee!!!15/04/2016 #5 Daniel DonachieThank you Javier15/04/2016 #4 Javier 🐝 beBeeWelcome to beBee !15/04/2016 #3 Daniel Donachie#2 thank you Donna
Javier 🐝 beBee22/03/2016Defining Work-Life Balance in Digital Worldmedium.com How do YOU define "work-life balance" in today's fast evolving Information...
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Is It Time to Finally Get One?
- Written by Gabe Gregoire
- Published in Sports
Remember the first time you ever went waterskiing? Friends in the boat yelling, "Keep your tips up, keep your tips up!" The awkwardness of trying to tread water on your back with your life jacket while gripping that plastic rope handle. The chill of the water and the desire to triumphantly shoot across the top of it, like a mountain climber gritting their teeth, determined to conquer that peak. Drawing from wells of courage to finally yell, "Hit it!" and hold on with all your strength. The sluggish weight of the water around you as the boat's engine roars and pulls. Wavering, wobbling, accelerating, and then, Hallelujah, standing on the surface of the lake, hardly believing the speed, the freedom, the exhilaration. Success!
Of course, to make that exciting conquest, there is the small matter of the watercraft. If you have the wherewithal and the resources, head out to the 13th Annual Portland Boat Show at the Portland Sports Complex (512 Warren Ave) on Thursday, March 2nd, from noon to 8 p.m. to sneak a peek at this year's boat models, a whole slew of accessories, and general nautical fun. The show also runs on Friday the 3rd from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday the 4th from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday the 5th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Adult tickets cost $10, kids 6 to 12 are $5, and children 5 and under get in free. Food and drink will be available at Turf's Restaurant & Bar, connected to the Complex. Plenty of free on-site parking will be available.
Exhibits at the show, put on by PRM Promotions, include bowriders, center console and walkaround fishing boats, wakeboard boats, cuddy cabins, pontoon boats, cruisers, and tournament ski boats. Wander around, discuss the matter with your significant other, and make your fishing, waterskiing, wakeboarding and lake cruising dreams come true. PRM promises that boats ordered this weekend will be ready for spring delivery. Hit it!
For more info: http://www.theportlandboatshow.com/

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Not Your Mama's Meditation
After 25 years of studying both science and spirituality, I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt that meditation is the apex of each. The method I teach is different than traditional practices, but let's put that aside for just a moment and tackle the truth, because ultimately, there is no right or wrong method, as long as it gets the job done. I'm not going to wax poetic or new age hobble gobble here; we're going to look at this practice from a purely scientific perspective. Ready?
The brain is a complex structure of nearly 100 billion neurons. Less than 20 years ago, neuroscience discovered that our brains continue to grow into old age. This discovery of "neuroplasticity" can be attributed to technological advances in brain scanning and imaging. Ultimately, meditation helps the structure of the brain in a myriad of ways. Besides increased corticol thickness and increased gray matter density (much more sexy than it sounds), it also helps thicken the pre-frontal cortex. Further, I am convinced it strengthens the white matter, which gets little press, but ultimately is the "delivery system" of messages between neurons and gray matter.
My favorite. Why? because almost everyone alive has some kind of negative subconscious programming. In a way, It's kind of my passion to help people overcome it. When we meditate, we can actually change and replace self-limiting and false beliefs that hold us back in life. Fears, self-doubts and poor self-images can dramatically shift with a dedicated practice. People who meditate feel more confident, have a better outlook on life and respond to upsets and obstacles with much less stress than people who don't Further, with my method of including visualization, you are actually creating an image of something you want.The subconscious mind operates in images and emotions, and cannot tell the difference between something you've imagined and something you're actually experienced.
It would take a book to write about all the health benefits of meditation. For instance, reducing stress alone is huge, especially when we consider that a large majority of disease and illness can be directly attributed to or worsened by stress. Studies also show that meditation improves our immune system as well as just about any chronic condition you can think of. Finally, cardiologists are recommending it to heart patients. But all that aside, let's take a chemical close-up. When you meditate, you reduce your cortisol levels, increase your dopamine and possibly, serotonin. These chemicals are crucial not only to your physical health, but your moods and your overall outlook on life. Further, as more positive neurotransmitters replace harmful ones, new neural pathways begin to develop in the brain, which ultimately ties back into the neuroscience and subconscious focuses above.
Like it or not, we are all energy. At a subatomic level everything in the observable universe is made of atoms that are made up of waves and particles. More accurately, waves and particles that vibrate. Ultimately we are 99% more energy than matter, yet we focus the majority of our attention on the .01% that is particle. Only in meditation are we able to take our focus away from that demanding .01% and spend time affecting the wave. Quantum physics shows us that (as Albert Einstein was on to) we're all light. If you want to get really technical, the empty energy that comprises everything is actually biophotonic emissions, or information. Anyway, when we meditate, we are able to create experiences that allow us to heal our bodies while having much more impact on our futures as we come in tune with the information field that permeates all things.
Now that was science (and there's more links below), but isn't it kind of interesting that all of that supports what spiritual masters have been saying for years? There is simply no better way to improve your life than to incorporate a mediation practice. On all levels: health, outlook, energy and even success.
Order my free Medicreation Report so you can learn the easy way to make this part of your life,
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Stock Graphic >> Illustration - Holiday Botanical PNG Designs 17594 by Summit Avenue @ CreativeMarket
File Size: 6.12 MB; DPI: 300 DPI.
A beautiful set of Holiday floral designs, wreaths, ribbons & banners to decorate your holiday projects! Each design is included in color and in white for making chalk style designs. Colors & designs may be altered in your software.
Each design measures around 6" wide at 300 DPI
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Couric & ABC Deal
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It's a craft beer sports bar. Although they have plenty of BMC in bottles they keep the taps, with a couple of exceptions, free of BMC. They had 20+ taps of local and regional crafts. They also host a lot of craft beer events. The service was kind enough especially during an NFL staff though I didn't see the bartender displaying any great craft beer knowledge. Still it's a pretty solid option and I wish more sports bars had their philosophy of beer.
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This book is a complete guide to changing negative emotions and promoting happiness using traditional Tantric and Ayurvedic practices :
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This guide to mastering your emotions through traditional yogic, Tantric and Ayurvedic practices is definitely the most fascinating book that I've read in a long while. The function and nature of nine primary emotions are explored in detail and are explained in relation to yogic philosophy and Ayurvedic principles. The chapters on each emotion are rich with detailed discussions giving insights, understanding, and most importantly effective tools to cultivate positive emotions and reduce the negative ones. Marchand's correlation between the effects of the emotional states to western science and biochemistry is captivating and insightful, and clearly shows the relationship between our emotions and our immune system, sense organs, thoughts, diet and lifestyle. This well-written and well-researched book provides both the information and inspiration to utilize our emotions to promote better health, spiritual growth, and enduring happiness.
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This is a great book that introduces the spiritual practice known as Rasa Sadhana, or the Yoga of the Emotions. Rasa Sadhana is a practice which names the Nine Key Emotions in two categories: agreeable and disagreeable. The premise is to reduce one's need or involvement with the less agreeable emotions of anger, disgust, sadness and fear, and enhance the agreeable emotions of wonder, calmness, love, courage and joy.
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Based on the teachings of the tantric scholar, Harish Johari (1934 - 1999), this appealing look at the emotions which exist in body and mind will find a large reading audience. Essentially, the tantric tradition identifies nine rasas which represent our basic emotions. These nine rasas are love, joy, wonder, courage, calmness, anger, sadness, fear, and disgust.
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The Author of 'The Yoga of the Nine Emotions' , Peter Marchand, began his yogic studies in 1983 under Harish Johari, who is often referred to as a 'renaissance man' in the world of yoga. Peter Marchand is now an accomplished author and teaches Rasa Sadhana all over the world. The Yoga of the Nine Emotions, 'Rasa Sadhana', is the practice and study of rasas. Rasas are the essence of emotions. There are nine rasas, Peter explains: Love, Joy, Wonder, Courage, Calmness, Anger, Sadness, Fear and Disgust. Rasa Sadhana involves 'Rasa Fasting': Fasting from, or on, specific emotions for a specified period of time. It is suggested that a person practice only one rasa at a time to give it the true attention it deserves. Some people spend a lifetime (literally) in true Rasa Sadhana: embracing one rasa for their whole lives.
With four sections, this book has interesting information on all aspects of our nine emotions and how our everyday surroundings affect them. Vibrations of sound, colours and shapes, art, and people, all have tremendous affects on our emotions. The author explains how profoundly our emotions affect our body and mind. With a chapter on food, Peter explains how food affects our body and mind deeply, as it is our fuel. He also speaks of the importance of balancing sensory input. Technology is all around us and it is so important to embrace silence with some quiet time when the T.V., radio, computer etc, are not on. Sensory overload causes confusion, it is imperative we give all of our senses a break from time to time.
I seriously recommend this book, for the explanation of the nine rasas alone; although, the rest of the book is fantastic as well! I feel I've been introduced to my emotions - this book has really helped me become more aware of them. I've realized each rasa is present in every situation and, that I can use willpower and intuition to recognize all the rasas in any situation, to gain greater awareness. Great clarity is gained when a person can see their emotions clearly, and accept them. When an emotion surfaces, it should be properly assessed, and not suppressed or dwelled upon. Life happens around us and we perceive it. Through this book, Peter Marchand has taught me to, 'Find the one inside that is always watching without being affected.' After reading this book I honestly feel more in touch with myself.
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A guidebook for working with negative emotions and restoring health using Tantric and Ayurvedic practices. Marchand provides useful findings from Western scientific research into the relationship between neurotransmitters in the brain and emotional well-being, that strike an interesting contrast to the ancient system of Ayurvedic medicine... The practice of Rasa Sadhana can inaugurate a new cycle in the emotional evolution of mankind.
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Peter Marchand's new book provides a thorough yet accessible exploration of the often overlooked connection between India 's secular, easthetic and spiritual realities. provides a bridge between the culture's fullest spiritual expressions and the everyday temptations and avoidances that confront the artist, scholar or spiritual practitioner. Marchand keeps one eye on the modern world and the other on traditional Indian values, philosophy, religion and spiritual sciences... Nine Emotions also provides a glimpse into how Indian polytheism, monism and non-dualism may remain completely unaffected by life's most seemingly paradoxical expressions.
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Peter Marchand's THE YOGA OF THE NINE EMOTIONS: THE TANTRIC PRACTICE OF RASA SADHANA blends Hinduism spirituality with self-help advise, surveying the Tantric tradition as it relates to the Rasas for emotions: Love, Joy, Under, Courage, Calmness, Anger, Sadness, Fear and Disgust. Learn how to change the emotional patterns using tools from Tantric and Ayurvedic traditions in this unusual link to using spiritual tools for self-help.
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Without any reson some hundred files are keeping continuosly appearing in my destop.
I delet then and after some hour they apear again.
What is the problem and how can I solve this?
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Hello there, could you elaborate your issue a little bit more?
What kind of files are appearing on the desktop? could you provide us a Screenshot? Please, upload it via the paperclip button that's next to the smiley face.
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At this moment i've just del all of the files for the 5ft time.
They are png files, hundreds of then. I delet all the files and after 30min-1h they all come back to the desktop.
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The problem started when i use a aplication to convert dwf file into dwg (DWF to DWG Converter, DWFIN, DWF Recovery Software Download). I've been using it and this is the first time this happend.
So, the last time it happend I've deleted all png files and unistaled the software...at this moment, no more png files keep coming to my desktop...i think is solved.
I'm using kapersky ( i think has no malware protection)...do you think it's a good idea to combine with Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware: Malwarebytes?
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You can use Malwarebytes' Anti Malware as an "On-Demand" scanner only. it doesn't interfere with Kaspersky.
The paid version has the real time protection option, the free one doesn't. so the free one should work just fine for you.
I wouldn't say it's vital to have it. but better safe than sorry
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I've installed the app and remove all malware (7 corrupted files)...Tnks
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Glad to read your problems are solved by now.
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Consumer fraud survey
February 14th, 2017 in Consumer Fraud
The Australian Institute of Criminology conducts an online survey on behalf of the Australasian Consumer Fraud Task force (ACFT) to assess consumer fraud experiences of those who choose to participate. Between 2007 and 2011, the surveys sought responses from interested people concerning their experiences in the preceding 12 months. It shows the proportion of respondents who received at least one scam invitation by the different delivery media.
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Cross hatching is one of the basic, bog standard skills any good illustrator should have.
Until recently I've only had a vague shot at it - and not really that effective.
Although I'm still not that good, and I still don't completly understand how to make it work properly, I'm getting better.
I've posted this image specifically because after finishing it my brain said, "Yeah, good work, that's nearly right".
This happened once a little earlier in the year so this is the third time in my life I feel I've lived up to my chosen nomenclature of "cartoonist".
Thursday, April 14, 2005
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- abuliac said...
In doodles of females, I used to use cross-hatching for blush on the cheeks. I didn't know it was an actual technique!
- Elliot said...
Cross hatching is most definately a technique.
If it's of any interest to you Harvey Kurtzman, Simon Barnard and Robert Crumb are amongst the masters in the field.
I'm still not that good at it but I'm getting better...
- Tweedledopey said...
I remember in my senior year of high school (13th year for canadians, 12th grade for the us, unknown for other countries), I took my first art class. We learned cross hatching pretty early on. Later on, in college, we used crosshatching as part of our computer animation course. The program we used was pretty cool. Written by students, as you zoomed in you could add more cross hatching to increase the detail.
- Elliot said...
In Australia its called Year 12 or Grade 12 depending on what state you live in.
Regardless of what state, it is actually the 13th year.
I'm very interested to hear about this computer driven cross hatching.
Very interested indeed - if you have any memories please let me know!


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On occasion I run into a client who has an old Allegro board file that was created on a UNIX (AIX) platform and needs to uprev to a higher version. I have the windows based Allegro which only will uprev from version 12. Does anyone know how or who can take an older rev (like 5.1) and uprev to at least version 11?
I have never uprev'd an AIX (UNIX) design but I believe that anyone running Allegro on Solaris (UNIX) should be able to uprev the design for you. There was a time that you needed to convert the Allegro database to its ASCII equivalent by running TEXTDB on the database prior to moving between platforms but I thought that was isolated to the DECstation Platform only.Note: TEXTDB was a program that was part of the Cadence tools.There have been major advances and changes in the way rules are stored in the design so you may see DRC errors after uprev that you did not have before.If you don't have a friend that is using Solaris to give it a try I would contact Cadence to see if they could do you the favor.


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With the Galaxy S3 super-phone from the
world's top Android phonemaker
, Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (
), set to launch at a special event in London, UK on May 3, the hot question on everyone's mind is what might be inside. Samsung might have tipped its hand regarding the system-on-a-chip (SoC) driving the phone, today announcing its quad-core variant of the fourth generation of
While Samsung continues to play with Texas Instruments Inc.'s (
) OMAP processors (a potential acquisition target), the South Korean firm still makes much of its CPUs in-house. It's a pretty poorly kept secret that Samsung also manufactures
virtually all the CPUs for its smartphone arch-nemesis
Apple, Inc.'s (
) iPad and iPhone.
Even as the firm is rumored to be preparing
its fifth generation
Exynos 5
chip for PC offerings, the
4 quad core -- clocked at 1.4 GHz -- represents the company's direct response to its competitors quad core designs like NVIDIA Corp.'s (
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SnapDragon 4
. Samsung claims that despite adding two cores, the die-shrink from 45 nm to 32 nm allowed it to drop power draw by 20 percent, while doubling computation power.
The new chip is built on Samsung's
mature 32 nm high-K metal gate (HKMG) technology
, a process refinement that helps fight leakage, the power losses that plague the semiconductor world's ever-shrinking circuits.
Each core on the chip can be switched off via so-called "hot plug" technology. The chip also packs dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) for its cores, allowing them to be selectively underclocked based on workloads.
The Exynos 4 quad-core will drive the Galaxy S3. [Image Source: Samsung via Anandtech]
The only disappointment is that the GPU onboard the chip is not expected to get a bump [
], instead using the
same old Mali-400 MP4 intellectual property core
from ARM Holdings Plc. (
). That means that Samsung is
unlikely to be able to keep pace with nemesis Apple
in GPU performance, although the Galaxy S3 aims to be very competitive with Apple's smartphone CPUs. The core does receive one minor graphical improvement in getting a 1080p hardware codec engine, capable of shooting 30 fps HD video and piping out video of HDMI 1.4.
The new Samsung chip is the same size as the first-generation dual-core
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The chip is currently in mass production with most of the early stock likely going toward the Galaxy smartphones, which sell tens of millions of units a quarter globally.
The chip will be planted in the Galaxy S3, which launches in just over a week
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Hankil Yoon, Senior Vice President of Product Strategy Team, Samsung's Mobile Communications Business kills any suspense about whether the chip will wind up in the Galaxy S3, candidly sharing, "The application processor is a crucial element in providing our customers with a PC-like experience on mobile devices. Samsung's next Galaxy device, which will be officially announced soon, offers uncompromised performance and ground breaking multi-tasking features, thanks to Exynos 4 Quad's powerful performance and efficient energy management technology."
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Prominence review
Cogent futuristic story; skillful voice-overs; entertaining high-tech puzzles; authentic soundscape; eye-catching cutscenes.
Environments are rather stark; security camera recordings contain audio but no video; one aspect of the game's mystery seems to be left unsolved.
Very good4.0 stars - Very good: "A game of very high quality. Although some aspects might have been executed better, we would recommend this game without hesitation."
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Thanks to Prominence's flair for deft narrative and savvy interactivity, this is a mission with which science fiction buffs and fans of first-person exploratory adventures will want to engage.
The soundscape exhibits a loving attention to detail. You'll hear your footsteps as you walk, of course, plus the swoosh of opening doors, the rumble and ping of the elevator, and the clanking sound of your feet on metal ladders. Holographic images make a static-like noise as they power up, while letters and digits click as they scroll across the computer screen. There's so much ambient sound in the environments that background music is comparatively rare. What's there is appropriately evocative, like the lovely, dissonant choral melody in the main menu and the sassy elevator-like music as you enter the data archives. The latter resolves into a mellow fusion of electronic reverberations and sitar tones – the perfect backdrop for reading and pondering.
Prominence plays from a first-person perspective with continuous 360 degree panning. It's been a while since I've played a new game with this feature, and I was surprised at how much I'd missed it. The combination of point-and-click interface with the ability – while slowly spinning around – to examine all aspects of the environment greatly adds to the feeling of intimate exploration. As in many of the classic adventures like this, transitions between nodes are slightly blurry but give a good sense of movement. I encountered one location in which the transitions seemed unusually slow, but this happened so rarely that it didn't really affect the gameplay. (If you don't wish to see the transitions, you can turn them off in the options menu.)
The smart cursor remains centered on the screen, the default circle changing shape over items you can interact with, objects that can be described, places that can be zoomed into, and directions you can move. It's generally easy to find the navigational arrows and to walk about – I never found myself turned around in the wrong direction, or spent significant time searching for a directional indicator. Right-clicking brings up the inventory, which resides in the top portion of the screen. Pressing the "tab" key provides the current objective, with a location visual that is sometimes also a helpful hint. There is no autosave, but the game offers 100 manual save slots, about half of which I used, though not for any fear of dying. It took me ten hours to finish the game and reach the first ending. Going back to a previous save at the designated decision point and playing through the alternate ending added another hour of gameplay.
The challenges in Prominence are logical, varied and enjoyable, and most hit that "not too difficult but not too easy" optimal target. They are also well adapted to the story. Many involve the computer consoles scattered throughout the facility – for instance, using a pointer to adjust the power allocation or clicking on-screen arrows to move the antenna array. You carry gadgets, as well as handy bits and pieces like a metal shard and broken stun baton that can be pressed into use when real tools aren't available. Items can be viewed and combined in inventory. In addition, you'll come across wearable gear, necessary for donning when confronting radiation or other hazards, which adds some novelty. It's generally easy to find the things you need, though it can be much more difficult to figure out how, or in what circumstances, to use them.
I particularly enjoyed the archive research puzzles, a console challenge where you arrange on-screen icons to program the construction of a space shuttle, and figuring out how to clear rubble from the cafeteria. The tensest sequence required navigating a series of stairs and walkways in almost complete darkness, with ANNIE's voice as the sole guide. My least favorite involved finding and accessing every security camera – why is it that the one camera I don't happen to click on the first time through is always the very last one I stumble across when I need it?
I played the game on Steam, and in an intriguing layer of extra puzzling, the achievements provide additional exotica to figure out in the form of icons with partial lettering. I garnered 19 out of 24 achievements, but I'm still working on what the icons mean to the game. Could this be the missing clue to the solution of the final mystery?
Prominence may be the work of a small indie team, but the many years dedicated to its development have resulted in a thoroughly professional production. Everything is well thought out and of consistently high quality, from the diverse, intelligent puzzles to the believable voice-overs and ultramodern locales. The story is gripping, with multiple unfolding mysteries: the enigma of your identity and your role in past events; why the once-flourishing facility had to be abandoned; and the question of whether a last-minute rescue can still be mounted. If there's a downside, it's that I wanted greater expansiveness – environments that would reveal the characters' lives off-duty, a view of the action on surveillance videos, and an answer to that one last, nagging aspect of the mystery. Still, this game held me spellbound in places, surprised me, teased my brain in ways that are entirely fair, made me mourn, and showed me that anyone can be a hero. I was sorry when it came time to say goodbye, but I'm doing so with traditional Letarri cheer: Pel koloro, Prominence.
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The Girl Who Came Home : A Novel of the Titanic Paperback
by Hazel Gaynor
Inspired by true events, the New York Times bestselling novel The Girl Who Came Home is the poignant story of a group of Irish emigrants aboard RMS Titanic-a seamless blend of fact and fiction that explores the tragedy's impact and its lasting repercussions on survivors and their descendants.Ireland, 1912.
Fourteen members of a small village set sail on RMS Titanic, hoping to find a better life in America.
For seventeen-year-old Maggie Murphy, the journey is bittersweet.
Though her future lies in an unknown new place, her heart remains in Ireland with Seamus, the sweetheart she left behind.
When disaster strikes, Maggie is one of the lucky few passengers in steerage who survives.
Waking up alone in a New York hospital, she vows never to speak of the terror and panic of that terrible night ever again.Chicago, 1982.
Adrift after the death of her father, Grace Butler struggles to decide what comes next.
When her Great Nana Maggie shares the painful secret she harbored for almost a lifetime about the Titanic, the revelation gives Grace new direction-and leads her and Maggie to unexpected reunions with those they thought lost long ago.
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This was not really a YA book but was well suited to YA.
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What a wonderful story author, Hazel, has weaved in The Girl Who Came Home. Maggie was a great character. For me she is what really made this book special. I did not really care about what most of the other people in this book. Well except for Harry, Maggie's friend, Peggy, and Grace, which is pretty much the main group of characters in this book. Although, I was not so much into Grace in the beginning. But as the story progressed and I got to know Grace better, I warmed up to her. What a happy ending for all. There is nothing you can do to really improve on for such a well known subject matter as the Titanic. The only thing you can really do is bring the story to life with good characters. Which as I stated before, I thought the author did a nice job in this area. As I was reading this book, I felt like I was one of the passengers on the Titanic. I could picture the upper class deck that Maggie walked on, saw the dining room, pictured her room in the lower deck, felt the water spray on my face, and could feel the cold water and the screams of fear. I look forward to reading more books from this author.
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Maggie Murphy is 87 years old and a survivor of the Titanic, but has never spoken about it until now. She decides to share her story with you great-grand daughter Grace. What unfolds is a truly an inspirational story of love and second chances.Hazel Gaynor has taken facts about the Titanic tragedy and a group of women who left Ireland to find a better life in America and interwoven into this wonderful story of these women then and now. I really enjoyed how she added actual copies of telegraphs that were sent before the beginning of each chapter. As the story changes back from 1912 to 1982, I ached to find out what would happen. We all know what happened with the Titanic but I was curious to know about the characters involved. Very enjoyable story.
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Maggie Murphy, a recently orphaned Irish teen, is leaving her small village to emigrate to America with her spinster aunt. She will travel aboard the Titanic on its doomed maiden voyage. Seventy years later, her great-granddaughter, Grace Butler, struggles to find her way forward in life after the death of her beloved father. The stories of these two women (and a few more minor characters) are woven together in Hazel Gaynor's fiction debut, The Girl Who Came Home: A Novel of the Titanic.Originally self-published before being picked up by William Morrow, the story is highly readable and fairly light. It should appeal to readers of Victoria Hislop and Rosie Thomas, and would be a nice vacation book.I found parts of the tale to be overly contrived and the language a bit "cheesy" at times, generally leaning more towards chick lit than literary fiction. While I would have preferred more in the way of plot and character development, I did find the reading of this novel a pleasant way to pass a rainy day indoors.
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Northern Ireland Open: Emilio Cuarto Blanco on course for win as Hoey is cut adrift
Emilio Cuarto Blanco will take a slender one-shot lead into the third round of the Sphere Global Northern Ireland Open at Galgorm Castle today.
The Spaniard shot a second successive six-under round of 65 at the County Antrim venue yesterday to reach 12 under overall, just one stroke ahead of Irishman Niall Turner and American John Hahn.
Moyola man Chris Selfridge is the leading Ulsterman in a four-strong group in joint-ninth place, four shots off the pace of the leader.
Scot Jamie McCleary and first-round leader Sebastien Gros of France are in joint-fourth together on 10 under, while former Northern Ireland Open champion Dan Huizing from Holland, Australian Scott Arnold and France's Clement Sordet share sixth place on nine under.
It was almost the perfect day for Cuarto Blanco, who did not drop a shot all afternoon, picking up four birdies to the turn and another two on the back nine.
He has only dropped a couple of shots so far throughout the tournament and they came on consecutive holes on his front nine on Thursday.
"I played really solid again today," the 24-year-old Spaniard said after his round.
"I didn't make any mistakes and felt strong mentally.
"I'm hitting good fairway shots and then off the tee I'm just staying out of trouble because on this course you can find trouble at any time."
Turner's cause was helped no end by an eagle three on the ninth hole yesterday and he added four birdies to that, dropping just a single shot with a bogey five on the par-four 11th hole.
Selfridge looked well in control of his game as he surged up the leaderboard with four birdies on the front nine yesterday.
That run was halted with back-to-back bogeys on the 11th and 12th holes, but he got those shots back with birdies at the 14th and 15th and then added another at the 17th on his way to an extremely satisfying five-under round of 66.
County Down man Simon Thornton is still in touch on seven under in a tie for 13th place. He only managed a two-under 69 which, on another day of low scoring, was a little off the pace.
So good was the play that the cut came at three under and that was extremely bad news for Michael Hoey, who for a third straight year will not be around for the weekend at the tournament he is hosting.
For a large part of the afternoon it looked as though his second one-under round of 70 would be enough to get him through to the final two days, but sadly it wasn't to be.
One other Ulsterman did make it through - Lurgan man Gareth Shaw, who shot the round of the day with his seven-under 64.
An eagle two at the par-four second hole got him on his way and he added a couple more to the turn. Birdies at 13, 14 and then 18 got him to five under for the tournament after he had started the day well outside the eventual cut mark at two over par.
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It could be said that MST Services had its origins back when Dr. Scott Henggeler was getting his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia in the mid-1970s. He was hired by the state's Department of Pediatrics to work with antisocial children and was given some of the most difficult cases.
After working with them for a while—and making little progress—Dr. Henggeler decided to visit the adolescents in their homes. "It took me 15 to 20 seconds," he recalls, "to realize how incredibly stupid my brilliant treatment plans were." He saw that he needed to treat the children in the full context of their lives, to see them where they lived, went to school, hung out.
In 1992, the Family Services Research Center at the Medical University of South Carolina was formed to pursue the development, validation and dissemination of treatments for youth with serious clinical problems.
At the center, Dr. Henggeler and his team continued their studies of MST, which brought into bear his experience of taking therapy to the adolescents instead of taking the adolescents to the therapy. This meant clinicians would go to not only their homes and families, but also to their schools, teachers, neighborhoods and friends.
As word of MST's research successes spread, more communities wanted to use it. However, to get results similar to the research, the treatment model could not vary from the clinical trials. That meant providers would need assistance in setting up and carrying out MST properly.
This need led to the formation in 1996 of MST Services, a university licensed organization for the dissemination of MST. MST Services offers comprehensive assistance with the full development of MST programs by providing program start-up assistance, initial and ongoing clinical training and program quality assurance support services. MST Services grants license agreements to MST programs and provides program development and training services in MST worldwide.
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A 15-year-old Tennessee boy who died shielding others with his own body is being remembered by his community this week as a hero who "saved lives."
According to WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Zaevion Dobson, a Fulton High School football player, was memorialized at a candlelight vigil Friday after he was fatally wounded during a shooting in the Knoxville neighborhood of Lonsdale.
Friends and family described Dobson as a loving, selfless, and compassionate young man.
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"Never disrespectful, just full of love and compassion, I loved this kid," said Zaivion's youth football coach, Clarence Mitchell.
"He was just the type of person who would make you laugh, even when you having a bad or good day," said teammate Kentel Williams.
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The shooting, which occurred Thursday evening, appeared to be a random retaliation against members of the community following the shooting of the suspected gunman's mother.
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Zaevion's brother Zack Dobson said he was sitting with Zaevion and several other friends on a porch when the shooting unfolded.
"I'm shocked. I'm really just shocked. I can't believe it, can't get it across my head. We were just sitting on the porch chillin', and we see these random dudes walking up."
When the bullets started to fly, Zaevion jumped on top of a group of girls to shield them from the gunfire. Unfortunately, however, Zaevion was hit himself, and died on the spot.
"He was laying there, and I just pick him up and put him in my arms. He was dead," Zack Dobson said. "Unfortunately, he wasn't lucky, but he saved two lives."
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Suspected shooter Brandon Perry was killed later that evening, found shot dead in his car, while another suspected shooter is being held without bail with charges pending.
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