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Systems Power Engineering Limited has total commitment to a Quality Management System which forms part of the framework for all company activities and processes. Our Quality Management System is audited at regular intervals and successfully maintains accreditation to ISO 9001:2008 standard.
We have established, documented and implemented a quality policy and related processes designed to enable the organisation to provide products and services which exceed customer requirements.
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Fine Art, Saudi Arabia
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Contract type: Full Time
Contract term: Fixed Term
Jeddah Knowledge International School is a leading innovative school in Jeddah and is recognized as a leader in the country dedicated to international education. We are seeking to employ an inspirational Fine Art teacher who has the expertise with a wide range of different media and experience, skills and commitment to inspire our students to achieve and maintain their positive outcomes and be the best they can be.
This is unique time to join JKS and to be a part of our exciting journey. You will join a well-established and successful department with a strong and dynamic team of educators and an excellent record of preparing candidates for the International Baccalaureate (IB).
Remuneration and Benefits
• Remuneration: Competitive TAX FREE Salaries
• Accommodation: FULLY FURNISHED Non-Shared Accommodation
• Airfare: Annual Ticket and Exit/Re-Entry Visa
• Professional Development: Learning and Development Opportunities
• International Teaching Experience
• Career Growth: Promotion Opportunities on Eligibility
• Facilities: World Class Educational Facilities
• Health Insurance: Yes
• Vacation: Public/National and Summer Holidays
Qualifications and Requirements
• Required Certificates: Teaching License
• Education Required: Bachelor's Degree in the related subject, or relevant Teaching Certification / PGCE
• Minimum Teaching Experience: 2 years
• Fluency in English is essential
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We will be conducting interviews via Skype in the first instance.
School Website: www.jks.edu.sa
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The Islamic State is reported to have systematically raped, tortured, trafficked and killed children, according to a new report released by the United Nations.
In its report, the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child said it abhorred and condemned "the systematic killing of children belonging to religious and ethnic minorities by the so-called ISIL, including several cases of mass executions of boys, as well as reports of beheadings, crucifixions of children and burying children alive."
The Committee added that there is a "high number of children" who have been abducted by "the so-called ISIL". Many of these children, the report says, are severely traumatised from witnessing the murder of their parents and are then subjected to physical and sexual assault.
Children of minorities in particular, the Committee said, have been paraded in markets with price tags and sold as slaves.
Beyond the torture, rape and killing of children, the U.N. Committee said ISIL has been recruiting child soldiers and using them for attacks and propaganda videos.
"We have had reports of children, especially children who are mentally challenged, who have been used as suicide bombers, most probably without them even understanding," said Renate Winter from U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child, in statements to Reuters.
"There was a video placed (online) that showed children at a very young age, approximately eight years of age and younger, to be trained already to become child soldiers."
This is not the first time an international organization has revealed crimes against humanity involving children. In December, Amnesty International, after interviewing former captives, revealed that girls between the age of 10 and 12 had faced torture and rape.
Many of these young girls, who have since been left traumatized, were often offered as gifts or sold to ISIS militants and ISIS supporters.
The Islamic State continues to exercise large swathes of control in Syria and Iraq and its members have been accused of killing, torturing and raping thousands of men, women and children.
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Last week we took the new Elders to that wat we went to a bit ago.
Here are some not great pictures of the tam san we eat at for nearly every meal. I'll try and take better ones this week.
A khon Thai missionary that has died already was visiting last week and told us about this park to contact at. (She served in this area). Not a single person. So we rode around hoping to find a new place to contact. Nope just found what the Issan is supposed to look like.
This is what happens when you ask President to take the pictures... He finds a new way to get more attention. Ha ha


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Rami Malek & Boy George Star in Dior Homme's New Campaign
Dior Homme just released its Summer 2017 campaign and it features some big stars like Mr. Robot's Rami Malek and entertainer Boy George!
Also featured in the photos are rapper A$AP Rocky and model Ernest Klimko.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Rami Malek
The campaign was shot by Willy Vanderperre and styled by Oliver Rizzo in the studio and the streets of Paris, France.
You can currently catch George on the latest season of The Celebrity Apprentice. Find out which 12 celebs are still left in the competition.


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In my 30 plus year of teaching Tae Kwon Do I have had the privilege of teaching many different students.
On January 2014 I had the honor of meeting one very special student, his name is Louis Pampena.
Louis has Down syndrome and with that he has many challenges but one thing is for sure, he has this
" no quit" attitude that impress me. He is always asking questions about the techniques we learn (sometimes he even wants to tell me how to do the techniques).
His parents have mentioned that he has become very enthusiastic young man and that Tae Kwon Do has done wonders for him.
Recently he has achieved the rank of blue belt and with that a new set of challenges but with his drive, I am positive that he will conquer them all.
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Pasadena Now: Sen. Anthony Portantino Introduces Bill to Start the School Day Later
Monday, February 13 2017
Today, Senator Anthony Portantino introduced SB 328 which will require California school districts to start their middle and high school days no earlier than 8:30 am.
"Every year we discuss as parents, educators, and legislators, best practices and interests of the children and education? Well data is clear; starting the school day later improves the quality of education, health and welfare of our children. So let's do it" said Sen. Portantino.
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The good ol' days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems...
After reading all these comments about Miley Cyrus and the MTV VMAs (no, I didn't watch the clip), I am tempted to go on a curmudgeonly rant worthy of Andy Rooney.
But, no. Let's do something else.
Most of you know that I'm a proud, nostalgic, old soul. My favorite two singers are dead. My favorite movie was released 44 years ago. My favorite dramatic TV series was canceled in 1988 and my favorite sitcom was canceled in 1983. My favorite sport is no longer the true national pastime.
By and large I do think that popular culture is a vast wasteland. But that doesn't mean that everything old is spectacular and that everything new stinks. Far from it.
Example of the former: "The Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini."
Example of the latter: Michael Buble
You have to sift among the dross more than you used to, but it's out there, if you look.
Woody Allen is still churning out good films. Brian Stokes Mitchell is one of the most talented singers of any era. Two of the best biographies I have ever read (James Kaplan's "Frank: The Voice" and Paul Hendrickson's "Hemingway's Boat") were both released in this decade. "Mad Men" is one of the best television shows I have ever seen, and "Downton Abbey" is just as addicting as was the original "Upstairs Downstairs."
All this being said, the crap outweighs the quality. It's tempting to say it keeps getting worse.
Last week, I saw a few minutes of a revolting show in which two people roam around naked while trying to survive in the wild. I'm not a prude about nudity, but I hate everything about so-called "reality TV," from the fact that networks like them because they can make them on the cheap (which means you don't need writers) right down to the fact that it has taken voyeurism to a new low.
Some of these folks should know better. Jimmy Buffett, for example, has cut a single with Toby Keith (a guy I liked in the '90s who has long outstayed his welcome) that is actually called "Too Drunk to Karaoke."
Somebody should check to see if cracks have appeared in Hank Williams' grave.
(Note to Nashville: I'm pretty sure Hank DIDN'T do it this way...)
But, I try to keep remembering a line from a Billy Joel song:
"The good ol' days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems."
When all else fails, I just put on my records or surf over to YouTube and get "Lost in the '50s Tonight."


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If you truly want to live the life of your dreams, you're going to make some choices along the way that you never saw coming.
There's been a lot of interest over the last week or so regarding the death of Cecil the lion. I'm going to touch on it because it illustrates the enormous power of choice and also in part, the morality of your success that you're going to face sooner or later. If you truly want to live the life of your dreams, you're going to make some choices along the way that you never saw coming. These are going to be choices with consequences that you didn't expect, and the more you understand about how choices work the better prepared you'll be.
…the more you understand about how choices work, the better prepared you'll be.
My interest in the case is this: Walter Palmer has inadvertently become the subject of internet vitriol and hatred, and it's going to be the ruin of more than just him if it continues.Cecil was an African lion who was killed by an American named Walter Palmer. There is a ton of information available on the internet about the incident, so I'm not going to go into the details here. Partly that's because I don't want to sway your opinion about the incident itself, and partly it's because if you really want to know what's going on you'll read several different accounts and then decide for yourself how to approach this and any other major issue.
If you've read The Right Question or basically any other article on this blog, you'll know how much I respect the fact that every single thing you do or say is a choice. Whether you like it or not (most people don't like it, and most people aren't successful, either. Not a coincidence) the fact is that the choices we make, expanded over a lifetime, decide our fate. Charles Noble hit the nail on the head when it comes to choices when he wrote that "First we make our habits, then our habits make us."
This means that choices are something to be valued, and the ability to make good choices is a skill, a talent, an ability worth developing.
…the ability to make good choices is a skill, a talent, an ability worth developing.
It also means that there is honor and maturity displayed in making the right choices. And on some level, we all know that.
That's the reason why we can all go into a theatre and sit there with a bunch of strangers in total darkness. We're living by an unspoken code of conduct and behavior, a choice we're all making to get along with each other so that we can enjoy the movie or performance without interfering with someone else's enjoyment of it. It can be a fine line sometimes between what you consider fun and what someone else considers annoying, but we all learn that as we go.
When we can't seem to make those choices, we have people step in and do it for us. When we're children, these people are our parents. In adulthood we call them lawmakers. Bureaucrats. Politicians. Basically, anyone but you. They'll decide what happens to you if you don't behave. These are people who have made choices that have put them in a position to be able to limit yours. You're grateful when they choose not to, and you dislike it when they do.
Here's how it relates to poor old Cecil the lion and his accidentally famous killer:
There is no law against anyone reading this blog going out and killing a lion. Nothing at all. And there shouldn't be. Because it's face it, why the hell would you go out and kill a lion? Why bother making a law about something like that in the first place? I mean, who kills a lion anymore? Call me naive here, call me an old-fashioned gentleman, but is anyone going to eat him? Is his hide of any practical use? His paws aren't going to be used for making glue, such as horses' hooves are. He has no tusks. To the best of my admittedly limited knowledge, he's got nothing of practical value that is commercially attractive at all.
Even though there are many areas of the world where wildlife can be a danger, Palmer was too cowardly by far to genuinely place himself in harm's way. His choice to exercise the right to kill a lion exemplifies everything that's wrong about the abuse of free will and power of choice. And therein lies the reason why he is screwing everybody else over. By exercising the right to do so, he gives other people with the right to but who choose not to, a bad name. Do you follow? I'm assuming you're a non-lion-killing sort of person. I'm definitely one. I'd love to shoot a lion one day, but only with a damn fine camera. You and I have the right to go shoot a lion, and that's nice. But why would we?
I've nothing against big game hunting, as long as there is value in the kill beyond the experience sought by the hunter. I know people who hunt. They obtain permits to do so, for animals such as moose and deer. The hunters kill their quota, and they enjoy an overflowing freezer full of healthy game that has never seen a processing plant. The game has never had preservatives sprayed on it, injected into it, has never been plumped up with water to fetch a higher price when sold by weight; the animal itself grazed freely and reproduced as its ancestors have done for hundreds of years. I don't know anyone who hunts bears but I've met a few, and I spent an enjoyable afternoon once chatting with a hunting guide whose sole occupation was guiding bear hunters.
One of the more interesting insights I've had into wildlife population control was when I picked up two Bavarian hitchhikers on a trip through the Canadian Rockies. They asked about bears in North America and related how a bear was seen near their town back home. They said that the authorities shot it.
"Why?" I asked. "Did it attack someone?" No, they answered, it's just that people are nervous knowing there's a bear around. The local wildlife authorities didn't have the knowledge to transport it elsewhere, so they simply shot it to assuage common fears of bears. To me, that's every bit as lazy and abhorrent as what Palmer did, but you don't see people up in arms over that.
All laws were made because somebody with the power of choice decided to make that law. They had freedom and used it to limit yours.
If we vilify Walter Palmer for killing a lion, we invite lawmakers to interfere. They'll side with the indignant masses, and they'll make it illegal to hunt lions. And do you know what result that will have? It will mean that you and I will have one fewer freedom than we do now. Who cares if it's a freedom we'll never use? All laws were made because somebody with the power of choice decided to make that law. They had freedom and used it to limit yours. And you and I, responsible people who would never have pointlessly killed, may not even have the right to shoot an animal with a camera. And this brings me to why it is that choices are so wonderful.
There will always be people such as Walter Palmer who push the envelope of what we all consider common standards of behavior and conduct, a larger version of the standards that allow us all to go into a darkened theatre and get along with each other long enough to enjoy the performance. But in a world where we all avoid killing animals because it's a law, the honor inherent in making the right choice is completely eliminated. Now we aren't sure if our neighbour isn't killing lions because he's a good person, or if it's solely because of his fear of punishment. And that means that we can't pay tribute to each other's choices in the same way anymore. The entire point of having freedom of choice gets belittled.
Success is more a matter of making the right choices in a practical way than it is a constant moral judgment, but your choices stem from your beliefs. And every time the opportunity to choose is eliminated, you lose the ability to practice making decisions. You risk losing sight of your beliefs. And if you can't choose success, you'll never be successful.
One of the TV shows I grew up with was called Fantasy Island. Has anyone ever pointed to the sky and said, "De plane! De plane!"? If so, they were mimicking the most famous yet least important part of the show – namely, Tattoo pointing to the twin-engine floatplane about to arrive with another batch of unsuspecting fantasy-seekers.
The premise of the show was pretty simple: Guests would come to the island having laid out major money for their fantasy to come true. And over the ensuing weekend, it would. The host, Mr. Rourke, played by Ricardo Montalban, and his sidekick Tattoo would see to that.
For example, one lady who showed up wanted to be a world-class figure skater. She'd dabbled on the duck ponds in Minnesota, but with the pair of skates that Mr. Rourke gave her she was able to beat the best figure skater there was.
Another guest wanted to be an accomplished pianist. With the ring bestowed upon him by the management, that's exactly what happened.
But there was something almost upsetting about the ease with which these fantasies would come to life. The man longing to be a trapeze artist so he can marry the girl in the troupe rubs magic powder on his hands, and suddenly he circumvents all the years of training that go into becoming good at it. Doesn't really sound fair, does it?
…the fantasy would never come true in the way the guest imagined.
Well, the fantasy would never come true in the way the guest imagined. I suppose you saw that coming, right? Otherwise there'd be no story.
In each case, the person with the fantasy was faced with a decision. The entire TV series can be summed up with the expression "be careful what you wish for".
I touch on this kind of thing in The Right Question, and it's perfectly valid. Your dreams will come true, but almost never in the way you imagine. That's just simply what happens when things are lost in translation between the request you send out and the resources you have available for the request to be fulfilled. And it was no different for the guests on Fantasy Island. The guests' dreams came true, but never in the way they thought they would.
Between the time they arrived on "de plane" and the time they left, they would have to face a truth about their desire. Something about it would take a toll on their conscience, and they would be asked…well, they'd be asked the Question.
If you don't believe me, dial in a few episodes wherever you watch old tv shows. You'll see exactly what I mean. Sometime during the course of their fantasy coming true, the character would realize that contained within their fantasy was the seed of an unresolved internal conflict.
Usually, the basis for the desire behind a fantasy was that it represented something they'd never had in their real lives. An insecurity, a feeling of failure or at least having never succeeded, permeated their lives and they wanted to make up for it somehow. Or they wanted to take an ability or talent, or at least the idea that they had an ability or talent, and parlay it into something grand – being a famous author or movie star, or something similar.
I've always found it interesting that no matter how little talent an individual has, they can amass great fortunes with it.
If you surf YouTube long enough you'll see one video after another of people with incredible talent who aren't making a dime from it. Then look for those who are famous and rich, and the number of those people with genuine talent is, well, let's just say it isn't high.
What makes the difference? Obviously those with more money than talent do know something that the talented but broke people don't. So do I, and I'll teach it to you. It's called the Right Question.
It isn't that having a fantasy come true is bad, it's that there is a price to be paid for everything. I'm not the kind of person who believes that some things are better left as fantasies. Far from it. I think that whatever you want in life wants you just as bad, and you should pursue what you want until you get it.
Just for fun, let me lead you through a weekend on Fantasy Island. You board a seaplane at a tropical airport, and after a flight of indeterminate time you touch down on the water at a small tropical island. You're greeted by your host, who assures you that your fantasy has already begun to come true.
Let's say you want to be an author. He shows you the novel with your name on it, already a bestseller on a continent you don't live on. Sounds great, right?
Now it strikes you that you're not the one who actually wrote the book. It's a fantasy. You aren't sure who wrote it, but it wasn't you. And now, all the adulation from your fans on the island feels hollow, and you feel like an impostor. Or…or perhaps you are indeed happy that all the years of your struggling as a writer have finally paid off, no matter how it came about, and now you want to take all that your new-found fame has to offer.
…no matter what, you're going to make a choice about what you say you want.
Either way, there is going to be something you're going to have to deal with. Either the feeling of being an impostor will make you rise to the challenge, or you'll decide that fame is not for you. Either you'll love the feeling of accomplishment as a writer, or you'll find yourself choosing between the love of writing and the burden of fame it brings. But no matter what, you're going to make a choice about what you say you want.
Something to note is that the real nature of the decision wasn't so much what the character wanted as…well, the answer to the Question.
I'll say it again in a slightly different way – it didn't matter what the person wanted. The issue at hand was watching them find the answer to the Question. And the same is true of you. Succeeding in life isn't a matter of what you want. The only thing relevant to whether you'll live your dreams is whether or not you use the Question.
But once you learn it, why don't you watch an episode of Fantasy Island and see for yourself what's involved? Trust me, it's a piece of cake. And just like in the show, every ending is a happy ending.
Statistically, you've bought several self-development programs, courses, or ebooks. And although all of them have taught you something valuable, I'll bet none of them ever really encouraged you to think.
That's because they all pretend to give you answers.
I say they 'pretend' to give answers because they have no real idea just what your problems are, yet they all provide answers. To questions you haven't even asked! And when it comes to things like setting goals, they all say the same things.
Well, I did those things. And I never really reached any of my goals doing it that way.
Not until I added the Question.
Many self-help gurus are pretty comfortable giving advice and telling you what you should do. Weight loss and diet gurus do the same thing. So do financial gurus. "You should stop eating this, start eating that, invest in this, invest in that."
Quite often, we feel that we need answers but don't know where to start simply because we don't know where we are, and it's easy to think we need somebody to tell us. But as long as you know where you want to end up, it doesn't matter where you start.
The only thing that has ever led humanity out of the darkness and into the light is our ability to think, and to use our imagination. It is what separates us from animals, what gives us possibilities, what helps us understand, what empowers us. Thinking solves problems that are created by those who don't bother thinking.
It's something we decide to do. When somebody else takes over, provides answers, takes charge, are you secretly relieved that now you don't have to think anymore? You've probably noticed that those who think are criticized more often than those who don't bother. Not thinking is a great way to avoid responsibility. But it also means that we aren't seen as trustworthy, independent, or worthy of respect. And it certainly isn't going to help us succeed at anything.
The great thing about the Question is that it's something you can ask yourself silently, think about silently, and come up with answers to silently. Nobody has to know. It's just you and the Question and one minute of your time, and then you move on in whatever direction you chose.
This means that YOU are the one who gets to provide the answers. Once you've asked the Question, you get to understand what your own opinion is of what's going on around you. You get to finally see where you stand with yourself. You'll realize that you really do have all the answers inside you, and you can ask the Question about even the smallest aspect of your life. With a tiny bit of practice, you'll be applying it to bigger and bigger things. And you'll wonder why nobody ever told you this before.
It's also obvious to me every time I see someone succeeding at something – anything at all – that they've asked the Question, and their success is the result of the answer. And it doesn't matter if we're talking about somebody running for President or running for the elevator, the question is the same and the answer depends on the individual.
That's why the answer is never a wrong answer. Isn't that beautiful?
I was standing in a bookstore the other day, at the self help section, leafing through a book written by a now-famous human rights activist, Bob Goff. He has done some great work in his life. I can tell you right now that his book is decent and worth reading. But I can also tell you that there's one thing he didn't say, one thing you'll find nowhere else but here…
His success is a result of The Right Question, the most powerful sentence in the world. The one sentence that every single successful person has ever asked – and the answer to which has also explained every failure. It's all you need.
The Question is the Answer.
Yet another of life's many ironies is that we all want to be happy, whatever that means to us, yet many of us secretly resent those who already are.
Maybe it's because we feel they've discovered a secret we don't know, or maybe we assume they have already 'made it' when we're still struggling, or maybe we just think they need to be taken down a notch. Maybe we think (or know) that their happiness isn't the result of anything we did, and let's face it, we all like to be the reason someone smiles. If they're happy whether we're around or not, perhaps it means they don't need us, and that might be an uncomfortable realization.
Regardless of what we tell ourselves, there is one thing behind it, and it's easy to define. Therefore it's easy to deal with it, and when people envy you for your happiness you'll know what's really going on.
One of the distinguishing characteristics of happy people is the absence of its corollaries. Think about what happy people aren't – they aren't angry, they aren't worried, and they aren't afraid, regardless of the state of their health or finances. And when you think about how nervous and unhappy many people are, this comes into closer focus.
The absence of worry or fear indicates that something's going on in that person under the surface that we're all working towards. It tells us that this person has confidence and self control. No matter what may happen, this person knows that they're able to roll with it.
Inwardly, many people who appear happy are fighting the same battles anyone else is. They have bills to pay too. They've got medical issues, family troubles, they're recovering from heartbreak or some setback or other, just like you are. But they aren't letting it bring them down, and that indicates that they're drawing on some resources that are available to you too.
People don't like happy people because often we interpret happiness as self control and confidence, and the presence of a concomitant threat that happy people could control others too, even though a truly happy person has no need to control others at all. That degree of confidence inspires jealousy.
To those who don't experience happiness much or often, there's somewhat of a mystery to it. But it's easy to explain.
Happiness isn't just the absence of worry or fear. Actually, it has more to do with being immersed in the moment than anything else. Think about the times in your life when you were happiest. The moments you felt the most joy. I can guarantee that they are moments when you were just letting yourself feel what was wonderful about the situation you were in. You were on a date with somebody wonderful, or you were feeling the ocean breeze on a long-awaited vacation, or you were watching your child or spouse or good friend do well and celebrating with them. Maybe you were just inhaling the fragrance of a flower. Whatever it was, that moment is what everyone's chasing after. That's happiness.
It's only elusive if you allow fear and worry to seep in, but it isn't the opposite of those things. It's what replaces them when they're gone, but it isn't the other side of that coin. Happiness is something of its own, and it will gladly come to you as well.
To experience happiness, first remind yourself that you're not in charge of the world's problems. No one person is. Celebrate when those you love succeed. This way you'll join them in that feeling instead of letting it drive a wedge between you.
It's difficult to learn how to drive worry and fear away, but it can be done and the rewards are astounding. You'll still have bills to pay and problems to overcome, but one key difference is that this time you will be in a more resourceful state of mind, able to deal with your problems so much better.
You see, happiness isn't just a nice warm glow. It puts us in a state where we are acting from a position of power because we aren't being dictated to by negative emotions. It allows us to enjoy being powerful, and to associate with powerful people who won't feel as though we just seek their company to gain something.
Happiness is not only a wonderful feeling, it's an essential tool for dealing with adversity. So don't hate happy people. Help the world out by being one of them.
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I've heard it said that most people overestimate what they can do in a week and underestimate what they can do in a year. I couldn't agree more.
I like a new week, that's how I roll. I like Sunday night because I've clicked the odometer again. There's a good mile behind and a good mile yet to come.
If you're the kind who keeps a bucket list, do you ever marvel at how overwhelming it looks? Mine is still three pages long and in some places the handwriting is so tiny that only I could ever decipher it. There are arrows pointing to items that are related to each other, point-form lists in margins, you name it. It's the same paper it was written on when I was in grade twelve, before they were even called "bucket lists". Even when I cross things off, I still have yet to toss the paper out because there are things on every page I have yet to do.
One thing that has helped tremendously is to view a year as nothing more than a sequence of weeks. This sounds pretty obvious, but here's the thing:
I tried breaking it down into smaller chunks, with a daily approach, but that didn't fit the way I do things. Nor did it help to view goals on a monthly basis.
A week is a small enough period of time to manage in your head, and not so far away that it'll never get here. If it's Monday and you're gearing up for something to happen on Thursday, it's a lot easier to work it backwards and know what you have to do now in order to reach that stage. I've noticed, however, that by the time I start thinking in terms of the month ahead, I lose focus. And when it comes to a year, forget it. I do have things planned out on a dry-erase calendar eight months from now such as "…by now we should have contract firmed up with Carib island" and here's why:
There's a huge difference between focus and action in the sense that your focus lies down the road, in the future, but you can only take action in the present.
When a year has gone by and you're thinking about all the things you wanted to do over the past year but didn't, I'll guarantee that although your long-term focus may need to be adjusted, it's your short-term action strategy that's the problem. If you're overestimating what you can do in a week, you're going to be that much more prone to give up when what you want doesn't immediately appear. You'll get frustrated and quit, or worse, if you can't do it in a week you won't even bother trying. You'll still want what you wanted before, but your actions were miscalculated, and now it seems as though what you want is never going to come.
Don't let this happen to you.
It's great to plan your life out a year in advance. Hell, don't stop there. Do you have a five-year plan? That seems to make people feel good, a five-year plan. Never mind that things have happened to you in the last five years that you never could have seen coming, and could have dealt with a lot better if you'd been thinking of your week instead of your year.
Here's the thing: If you put a dollar in a jar every year, at the end of the year you'd have $365, obviously. Do it every day and it's a habit, you don't have to think about it. Coming up with seven dollars a week requires only a tiny bit more thought – the perfect amount, in my view, because the thought it requires makes you stop and assess where you are versus where you want to be. It takes a few minutes, then you continue on. But at the end of the year, if you've done nothing, now you're scrambling to find $365 and thinking to hell with it. And another year down the tubes.
One year is going to come and go whether you like it or not. One year of surprise job offers, breakups, new dates, all kinds of things you had everything from a huge hand to no hand in planning. But one thing I can tell you is that it's going to come at you one week at a time. Learn how to manage a week, and do that fifty-two times, and suddenly your year has made a lot more sense.
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For many years, I was what the average person would call a "perfectionist". This meant at the time that I wanted to make sure everything was just right before I'd call it acceptable. I wanted every detail perfect. I prided myself on my perfectionism.
With the benefit of hindsight, I now fully understand that all I was doing was revealing how afraid I was that things wouldn't be good enough. I was worried that people would judge my standards as being too low if I allowed something to be called 'finished' when it wasn't perfect.
However, I want to illustrate some glaring problems with the pursuit of perfection, and what perfectionism really is. It can kill your progress, delay or completely destroy your chances of success, and make you frustrated and unfulfilled long before you enjoy any progress at all.
That word – progress – is a very important clue as to how you can break free from being a perfectionist and instead become somebody who Gets Things Done. Because let's face it, every moment you spend making a perfectly good thing "perfect" is a moment you're wasting, that you could be spending making something else perfectly good. You know it, I know it, everybody knows it, and you aren't fooling anyone by trying to make us all think you're as perfect as whatever you're working on.
We all want to be known for who we are, not necessarily what we do. But you need to understand that people already judge you through their own ideas of what you're doing and who you are. Even for this reason alone, there's no such thing as perfect. Can you stand in front of the Mona Lisa and point out things you don't think are good? Of course you could, if you had made your mind up that the painting wasn't "perfect".
But maybe there's an important clue as to the difference between the average person and a Leonardo da Vinci. He ultimately reached a point where he decided that his work was good enough. He probably felt every bit as reluctant as anyone else about calling it a day, since there was a brush stroke here that could have been a little more precise, and there's a color there that could have been a bit darker (or lighter). But if he had been a "perfectionist", nobody would ever be able to appreciate his talent because we would have never seen it. And that's not a good ending for anyone.
You need to understand that perfection is the state of constant progress. Anything else is stagnation, and stagnation when measured against progress appears to not be stagnant at all but in fact moving backwards. So while a perfectionist is putting yet more finishing touches on that report or design project or app, someone else is already submitting it and getting the kudos (and getting paid!). Perfection is the state you reach when you understand that nothing in the world is ever going to be good enough, and it's also already just absolutely fine the way it is; and not only that, there's nothing that can't be improved upon. Does that sound contradictory? It shouldn't. Perfection is what we achieve when we express our love and curiosity and desire for something better through our focused action. The song you're writing? It'll never be perfect. Give it to me, somebody who loves drums and percussion as well as bass and guitar, and I'll be wishing you had done a drum roll here or there, or taken one out, and wouldn't it have sounded better with a minor third on top of that chord…on and on. It never stops. Practically no musician who hears it will be able to resist hearing what they would do with it. That app you're coding? There are probably a hundred things you should be taking into account and aren't, but that's what feedback scores and comments are for. Sure, it might not work as it should on everybody's device, but if either Microsoft or Apple refused to release anything that didn't have bugs we'd all still have Windows 95 or Macintosh…actually no, we wouldn't even have those.
People are more forgiving and accepting than you think they are. One of the reasons for this is that on some level we all appreciate the struggle to make things better, regardless of what you're working on, because we've all been through it. As far as I'm concerned, anything that isn't necessary for survival qualifies as art, so it doesn't matter to people like me whether you're trying to fix a carburetor or paint a mural; you need encouragement, and we're happy that you're trying, and we may not directly benefit ourselves from what you're doing but somebody somewhere will and that's good enough. Besides, if what you release is truly awful, you'll probably know before we do. Maybe you'll have the integrity to try and make up for it and maybe you won't. Either way you'll have taught us something.
During the process of writing The Right Question, I would often go back to various chapters and try every trick in the book to make sure they worked. I second-guessed myself a million times when I finally came up with the wording of the Question in the first place. I asked myself over and over again, "Is this really saying what I want it to say?" So I'd change the wording, and apply it to a situation, and I'd find that it wouldn't be as efficient. The Question may not be the most eloquent-sounding thing ever written, but I guarantee it's the most powerful sentence in the world. That's because this process took literally years. It wasn't something I threw out on my coffee break or over a beer at the beach one day. And while I'm sure that no matter who reads it there will be something more they wished I'd said, or something else anyway, the fact remains that I reached a point where I read it to myself, out loud, over and over, and decided, "This is what I want to say. This is the most powerful sentence in the world. It's going to help people," and I let it go.
If you're waiting for your labor of love to be perfect, identify what it is you're afraid of. Maybe you're scared to be identified with your creativity as something less than perfect, or maybe you don't want somebody getting the wrong idea of what your standards are. You need to realize that letting it go is part of that process we call perfection. It's necessary, it's normal, and besides, we're waiting to see what part of the world you're hoping to make just that much better, no matter how tiny.
Good people appreciate that.
If you've ever tried to master anything, you've learned the importance of "the basics". And there are a few things about the basics that it's important to remember, re-learn, or learn the first time if you never discovered them.
I'm going to share it a little anecdote here. It concerns a monk who went to study martial arts. There are many variations of this, but I'll simplify it.
For many months, the monk's teacher told him to stand at a large bowl of water and slap the surface to see if he could keep it level. Invariably there would be waves in the water. Some were created by the slaps he made, others by wind, and so on. He found this boring but he kept at it. Then when he was allowed to make his way home to see his family, he was attacked by thieves. Instinctively he defended himself with expertly-delivered slaps, perfectly placed where they could do the most damage, and made good his escape.
Learning the basics of any pursuit is an experience colored by our perception of how difficult the activity is, what we want to learn it for, what we think we'll gain by learning it and so on. But invariably, everything you do is built upon a relatively few number of fundamental concepts.
Leonardo da Vinci, one of the most imaginative and prolific minds the world has ever known, once remarked that, "Simplicity is the highest form of sophistication", and it's as true today as it was then. One of the reasons for this is that it's sometimes difficult to push our own egos out of the way for long enough to forget about dazzling our audience with our technical skills, and just deliver what they need.
When it comes to your success, the same rules apply. That's one of the reasons why I wrote The Right Question. Out of the countless thousands of self help and success books out there, all the great ideas they contain really only come down to a very basic concept when you're discussing your results. The rest of it is nice to know, but they aren't basics. They aren't what you need to know.
One of the reasons is because "the basics" change depending on who's teaching them and what their expectations are of the student. To one group of students learning music, the basics will consist of memorizing the notes on the staff, and not much else. To others, the basics will consist of being able to not only name those notes but sing them when they see them. In this regard, there's no such thing as a basic in the sense that absolutely everything can be reduced to something even simpler. You have to draw the line somewhere.
The Right Question was written with this concept in mind. Ultimately the result you want in life is success in whatever form it means to you. And regardless of your thoughts on setting goals, the Law of Attraction, motivation or anything else, what you achieve is the result of what you do.
That's why I suggest you spend time thinking about your own basics, and make sure that they're comprehensive enough to keep your skillset sharp. Don't bore yourself. And don't choose things that are easy for you already. You want to progress in life, in whatever sense of that word means the most to you. Ask yourself what the basics are in terms of your family life, for example. Is it better quality time, making the most of what you've got with the people you love? Or perhaps you think that your communication could be better, letting those you love know how you feel. And when it comes to your money, the basic things that make you a success at your job or business could always benefit from being emphasized.
We all make our own basics. Make a list of what's helped you become good at what you do, or what you haven't mastered yet that will help in the future. And make that basic skillset fundamental but comprehensive. Like a broad, flat rock – basic, but broad and strong enough to support whatever you choose to pile on top of it. Those are your skills, your ideas, your commitments, and your life.


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The Integration & Packaging team require an experienced Application Packager that will be responsible for producing SCCM delivered App-V sequences as part of the roll-out of Windows 10 and migration to App-V 5.1 from 4.6. Candidates with a proven track record of Packaging and sequencing App V and experience of migrating the above will be perfect fits for the role.
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Please describe the process you have in place to ensure your company does not advertise alcohol on poster sites within 100m of schools (2000 characters limit):
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Creator: Fred Edmiston
Subject: Musicians; Radio broadcasting; Local Musicians; Coon, Carleton; Nighthawks; Sanders, Joe; Radio Shows; Coon, Johnny; Coon-Sanders Nighthawks Fan Club; Edmiston, Fred; WDAF Radio
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Sustainable development goals (SDGs) are targets set by United Nations (2016-2030) and were adopted by 193 UN member countries as a transformative and universal framework to address five areas of critical importance for humanity and the planet which are People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership. SDGs include 17 goals and 169 targets.
Involvement of Youth, Universities, Civil Society and NGOs are very important to promote sustainable development goals. Different stake holder should know about the SDGs and can pick out goals and targets to draw attention and drive change, such as commitments to combat Hepatitis in Pakistan, to emphasize woman empowerment and to end violence against children. Having public attention on the goals can have a direct impact on whether they will be policy changes that make them happen.
Bridging Health Foundation is promoting SDGs in Pakistan and working on following lines.
We are establishing a think tank to do research on Sustainable Development Goals. The think tank will analyze the situation of different SDGs targets in Pakistan. The researchers in think tank will publish research papers, newspaper articles and blogs about the situation of different SDGs targets in Pakistan. The think tank will also suggest measures required to achieve SDGs targets.
We are establishing linkage with different stake holders including government institutions, universities, civil society and NGOs. Our team will suggest the gaps / areas, in which different stake holders can participate to achieve and promote sustainable development goals.
We believe in the involvement of Youth in sustainable development goals. We are involving youth in different SDGs promotion activities. We are conducting different activities at universities to involve youth in SDGs. We will also select different Goals ambassadors from all over the Pakistan. The energetic youth will promote the specific SDG targets in Pakistan.
Our team will also conduct talks, seminars at different universities / with different stake holders for the awareness, involvement and promotion of sustainable development goals. We will also conduct conferences on SDGs in Pakistan. We will also suggest different universities to conduct conference on the specific goal linked with them.
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Shania Twain has officially announced the title of her new album – Shania Now – her first full-length in nearly 15 years. The performer shared artwork for Shania Now square by square today on Instagram, and tweeted art for lead single, "Life's About to Get Good." The album is currently slated for a September 29th release. The black-and-white cover for Shania Now is a classic Twain pose – flirty and mysterious, with her leopard-spotted gloves and windblown hair, but confident and in control. The art for "Life's About to Get Good," by comparison, shows a more relaxed Twain, smiling contentedly while lying on the grass.
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Intermittent check engine light with no/bad ground on pin 3 of chrystler 1 connector
I have a 95 Ram 1500 4x4 with the 5.9L gas engine and I have a check engine light coming on intermittently . It is early 95 and has the Chrysler 1 diagnostic connector instead of the OBD 2 connector. It is also burning a lot of gas when the light comes on. This is causing the O2 sensor to read high watching an OHM meter.
I cant get the scanner to communicate to see any data stream info on anything and the only way I can get codes is to cycle the ignition key off and on 3 times. I tried using a Tech 1A and an MT2500 and neither worked. I was told it was the map sensor or the EGR so I replaced them both but the problem remains the same. I hate throwing parts at one when the part measures within the correct parameters.
The only thing that I am coming up with is a ground problem at pin #3 on the chrystler 1 connector . I may have the pin # for the ground incorrect , but it is the ground pin on the connector that am measuring an open circuit. I added an extra ground to the engine and trans even though using an OHM meter showed there wasn't an issue with the ground to the chassis. It sets codes for the MAP sensor, IAC, EGR, VSS and Governor pressure solenoid--not the transducer. All of the sensors measure within tolerances and governor pressure raised 1 psi. per mile per hour.
It doesn't cause trans to shift hard when check engine light comes on. I don't believe its and electrical problem because usually an electrical issue normally causes the trans to default to failsafe as soon as the engine is started. A performance/ration/hydraulic fault will trip the failsafe after it detects the problem after the 3rd time if I remember right.
The only thing left I can think of is the ground in the computer. I cant find any info on back probing the wire to the proper pin on the computer going into it or coming out of it. I hate throwing another $125 or so at it . Do you have any info on ohm the computer/wiring or would you suggest trying the computer without verifying it.
I am sry about the lengthy diagnostic description and apologize if I confused you. I used to build transmissions but I got crushed against a wall by an unsafe worker steering a truck into the shop so I hope I got it right. I am on disability now and money is tight and hate throwing money at it that I don't have.
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I would say if the 02 sensors reading high. Cadillac converter is stopped up. it will load up the great deal of gas when traveling. 3pin, might take it to advance auto parts and let them put there's on it to see if it is reading the same. Oct sensors usely wouldn't be showing up in less that your Cadillac converter is stopped up. What I would do, is take battery cables off for about 20 mins after you run it like going to town are to the store are at least 10 to 20 mile run. as soon as you stop back at the house, thin take them off for about 20 mins. Thin put ground on first thin hot. because if for say you spark the cable it will give it a false reading. thin after you run test. that should give you a true reading. 95 to 2017 lot of years for Cadillac converter not to be changed. usely won't to change every 5to6 years. thanks David Bigcountry Wardlaw,
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Definition of Demonstrate
1. Verb. Give an exhibition of to an interested audience. "The parents demonstrate the children a French poem "; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
Specialized synonyms: Bring Home
Generic synonyms: Show
Derivative terms: Demo, Demonstration, Demonstration, Demonstrator, Exhibitor, Presentation, Presentation, Presentation, Presentment, Show, Show, Showing, Showing
2. Verb. Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment. "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
Specialized synonyms: Prove Oneself, Prove, Contradict, Negate, Stultify
Generic synonyms: Affirm, Confirm, Corroborate, Substantiate, Support, Sustain
Derivative terms: Demonstrative, Establishment
Antonyms: Disprove
3. Verb. Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes. "They demonstrate that there was a traffic accident "; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness"
Specialized synonyms: Authenticate, Reflect, Reflect, Notarise, Notarize, Condemn
Related verbs: Attest
Generic synonyms: Bear Witness, Evidence, Prove, Show, Testify
Derivative terms: Attestation, Certification, Demonstrative, Evidence, Manifestation, Manifestation
4. Verb. March in protest; take part in a demonstration. "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle"
Generic synonyms: Dissent, Protest, Resist
Specialized synonyms: Picket
Derivative terms: Demonstration, Demonstrator, March, March
Definition of Demonstrate
1. v. t. To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.
Definition of Demonstrate
1. Verb. To display the method of using an object. ¹
2. Verb. To show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation. ¹
3. Verb. To participate in or organize a demonstration. ¹
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Definition of Demonstrate
1. [v -STRATED, -STRATING, -STRATES]
Medical Definition of Demonstrate
1. To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.
2. To show, or make evident, by reasoning or proof; to prove by deduction; to establish so as to exclude the possibility of doubt or denial. "We can not demonstrate these things so as to show that the contrary often involves a contradiction." (Tillotson)
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1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1798)
"Mr. Playfair proceeds to demonstrate the first proposition of the fifth book, which we give as a specimen of his method: • PROP. i. THEOR. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1835)
"vi»ni s PHILLIPS, Author of a Series of Experiments made to demonstrate that Arteries may be obliterated without Ligature, Compression, or the Knife. ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... and mystical, he would not show from the concept of God his existence, but from existence would demonstrate the divinity of that which exists. ..."
4. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1858)
"An Attempt to demonstrate a Central Physical Law in Nature. London: 1856. A LMOST every age of human history has either given to itself, ^^ or received from ..."
5. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1841)
"upon his desire, God willing, to demonstrate, that his principles are pernicious both to piety and policy, and destructive to all relations of mankind, ..."


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This is the largest collection of U. F. Grant illusions and illusionettes every assembled. It took Devin Knight several years to compile this collection. Grant wrote a few books on illusions such as: 15 Great Illusions, Chinese Magic and Illusions, Modern Levitations, Victory Carton Illusions, Grant's Illusion Secrets, and many others. However, most of the illusions in this PDF were not included in those manuscripts.
Over the years, Grant sold many manuscripts that just contained one illusion along with building plans in most cases. (Some of these were released by Percy Abbott in his catalog without credit to U. F. Grant.) This compilation is a collection of those plans released by Grant and also in the early Abbott Magic catalogs.
Most of these plans are near impossible to find nowadays and most of the ideas and plans will be new to the majority of magicians. The manuscripts have new typeset, corrected errors and added photos. Included are scans of the ads for some of these illusions and illusionettes. The scans are interesting in themselves, although many are from old and yellowed magic catalogs.
Magicians and illusionists will have a field day with the information in this PDF as it contains Grant ideas that would have been lost forever to most performers. More than 50 illusion ideas and plans are included:
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You can always tell what toys my kids are into, because they're all over the house. I do a lot of cleaning up of the toys behind my kids. But they just keep dumping them out again.
Now, I can get frustrated by this. I can grump about how messy life and my kids are. Or I can smile and enjoy the mess, realizing that toys are to be played with, not to be kept in tidy boxes.
The same is true with our lives of following Jesus, personally and together with our church communities. Every time we start to think we've got things figured out and squared away, it gets messy again. It's as if God were the one who has emptied our toy boxes on to the floor. It's as if he is letting us know, through the messes, that our lives are not supposed to be contained in boxes, but spread out all over the place and played with.
I see the Christian life as meeting Jesus and following him into real community, real worship, real life, real mission. This isn't a check list. These are our toys. We don't do community, perfect it, put it in a box, move on to worship, and continue on, tidying everything up. No. We are constantly playing with them, spilling them all over the place, stepping on them, thrilling in them, crying over them — sometimes all at the same time.
Real Community is a messy bunch of playmates and friends.
Henri Nouwen wrote: "Community is the place where the person you least want to live with always lives." In other words, community is messy. Well, at least, real community is messy. We can pretend at community and never have to deal with people we don't like or don't agree with or don't have things in common with.
It requires real effort to be community, to play well with others. But the games are so much bigger and more enjoyable when we are playing well together.
And play is itself an essential part of community. Alan Hirsch says that real community comes from the combination of proximity (being near each other), frequency (spending time together regularly), and spontaneity (having unprogrammed time together). And the best way to do all three is to play together.
Before the birth of each of our children, we prayed that God would enlarge our hearts so that we could fully take this new person in. But I realize I rarely pray for a bigger heart to accept more playmates in this Jesus life.
Real Worship is an offering of our toys and our play to God.
I pastored a congregation that had been worshiping together for more than 130 years — and still didn't have it figured out. We never will. If God is too big for our minds to contain, can 75 minutes on Sunday morning contain our worship of him? Not even centuries of doing so comes even close.
God keeps emptying the toy box on the floor and inviting us to find new ways to put our Legos together, new ways to worship him. That's why the psalmists commanded more than once: "Sing the the Lord a new song."
That doesn't mean that we dispense with what came before. No. My old Legos are mixed in with the new sets my kids have been accumulating. Sure, they've got fancier ones than I had, but they're still the same thing: they're building blocks; they're the things we use to build new things. We need it all, the old and the new, as we build something odd and beautiful to offer to God.
Real Life is the playground where it all takes place.
Jesus says that he came that we might have life and have it to the fullest. But we keep on putting it back into the box, settling into the sofa, and watching another episode of The Walking Dead or The Voice. But there's way more to life than that. Really! And Jesus wants us to get in on it.
The entry point into this More is prayer. Prayer is what connects our spirits with God's Spirit. Prayer is what opens up our small worlds — the ones that revolve around us — and place us in God's large, immense world. It's what gets us off the couch and out onto the playground.
Scripture takes us deeper into the world of God. Prayer is the door and Scripture is the map, showing us the details of this world and how to live in it. To put it another way, our lives are the game board, prayer is the dice, and the Scriptures are the directions on how to play. Yes, we can play on our own, but it's much more complex and challenging and fun when we play it together.
Real Mission is getting others into the game we love so much.
What God pours into us has to spill over and into the world or else we get fat. It's like eating all the time and never exercising. Faith requires action. Input requires output. Our missional God made us for mission. Our playful God made us to play.
There are two main aspects of mission: Word and deed.
We have the amazing good news of God's grace and love and we need to share that message with the whole world, starting with those closest to us. To keep it to ourselves is to be stingy. It's like having a closet full of games and refusing to play them with our so-called friends — so-called, because they're not really friends if we don't play with them.
But the God who created all things, including our bodies, isn't just interested in our souls. He wants to save us body and soul. So, we engage in all kinds of compassionate actions, caring for the physical needs of all around us. And as we do this, really do this, we start to make new relationships with those we're caring for (if we're not getting to know them, is it real mission?) and this returns us full circle to real community. We haven't just done good deeds, we've gained new playmates.
So, let's not get grumpy when God dumps our toy box. Let's get on with the playing. There are toys and playmates everywhere!


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How can I remove the hard drive from old Dell desktop computer. I cannot start it. There is no mouse or keyboard.
If you're just discarding it, you just open up the case and remove it (specific instructions would require us to know what model of Dell PC it is). If it's newer than 5 years (and still usable), I'd suggest donating it, though, to an individual or charity that could use it. In that case just reformat the drive with the installation disc or a formatting utility:
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If you choose to format it and donate it, you can use any mouse and keyboard. Borrow one if you can.
If the system is really old, take the drive out and pond the crap out of it with a hammer. That is the most secure way of destroying the data on the drive.
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Vanessa Hudgens is 'obsessed' with looking like thin Miley Cyrus. A close friend told Star: 'She's obsessed with Miley's body. She's doing yoga every day. Vanessa prides herself on not being the typical Hollywood stick figure, but seeing Miley's body has her singing a different tune!'
Vanessa has already noticed the baby fat disappearing around her abs ans face, but boyfriend Austin Butler misses their quality time. 'It's driving Austin nuts. When his friends ash where Vanessa is, he jokes that she's been seeing a guy called 'gym' on the side!'


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*I'm posting every day in February as part of my determination to #makefebfun. For more info, read this post.*
A month ago I shared the books I picked to read for Modern Mrs. Darcy's 2016 Reading Challenge. I'm glad to report that I've actually made some good progress and have checked 2 out of 12 books off my challenge list.
√ A Book Banned At Some Point → In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
I'm so glad I prioritized this book for the start of the challenge because it was one of the best non-fiction books (heck, best overall book) I've ever read. It's unbelievable to me that the book was banned at some point. It's not even gory. It is, for sure, a disturbing story about murder, but it is so masterfully written and deep-dives into the human psyche. I think it should be on the summer reading list for every high school student. I wish I'd been forced to read more non-fiction classics before I went to college.
√ A Book You Can Finish in a Day → The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You by Jessica N. Turner
Even though I didn't plan on reading this book until later in the year, I couldn't help but breeze through it when I snagged it for $1.99 on a Kindle deal. I'm not sure if I can technically count this part of the challenge complete though because I didn't actually finish it in one day, more like three. I'm going to give myself the benefit of the doubt and count it. I'm glad I read the book. Even though it's geared a bit more toward working-outside-the-home moms as opposed to currently-home-with-kids moms like me, it's worth a read by anyone who needs affirmation of the importance of taking time to do what you love. Jessica has some great practical tips for actually making hobbies and interests happen, even on crazy days.
So, that's my quick update. I'm off to a good start. I just picked up one of my other challenge books, My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, and I think I'm going to like it. I'll be sure to report back.


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Jesse Austin, a 39-year-old Antioch resident, owed more than $1,800 in unpaid tickets stemming from a traffic stop last September in Benicia. He couldn't pay that high an amount on the $800 he earned every two weeks at a store that sold men's grooming products. When he didn't pay or show up in court, Solano County put a hold on his driver's license. That in turn, he said, stopped him from getting a job as a delivery driver, better-paying work that he had done in the past.
"Not having a license has really hindered my earning ability," said the father of six who works as a bicycle messenger in San Francisco. "You have to have one for a lot of jobs."
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Jeff Samardzija's insistence on hitting the open market this offseason has led to him reportedly tabling talks for an extension with both Chicago clubs in just over a year.
It's also part of the reason he's riding out the last season of his contract on the South Side rather than potentially contributing to the Chicago Cubs' resurgence.
Samardzija tries to cool off his former team as the Chicago White Sox host the North Siders in the opener of a three-game series Friday.
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Cubs management reportedly offered Samardzija a five-year, $85 million extension that he rejected last year before the right-hander posted a 2.83 ERA in 17 starts. With the Cubs on their way to a last-place finish, they dealt Samardzija and Jason Hammel to Oakland on July 4, 2014, for a package of prospects that included Addison Russell, a regular starting infielder for the Cubs (65-48) since making his debut April 21.
Samardzija (8-7, 4.62 ERA) might be hard-pressed to find an offer better than the Cubs' now. He hasn't discussed an extension with the White Sox (54-58) since they acquired him from the A's during the offseason and hasn't helped his cause by allowing at least four runs in 11 of 23 starts.
He pitched a season-low 4 2-3 innings in each of his last two, allowing nine runs in a loss to the New York Yankees on Aug. 2 and seven in Saturday's defeat at Kansas City.
It's the first time Samardzija has gone fewer than five innings in back-to-back outings since he became a full-time starter with the Cubs in 2012.
"You play two good teams, and if you aren't on your game, it's going to come back to get you," Samardzija said. "You've got five days and you start again."
Samardzija now makes his first start against his former team after spending parts of seven seasons with the Cubs, who have won seven in a row and 13 of 14 to move into the NL's last playoff spot while gaining ground on wild-card leading Pittsburgh.
The last six victories have come with Starlin Castro starting on the bench and Russell shifting from second base to shortstop. Chris Coghlan has moved to second to open a spot in left field for rookie Kyle Schwarber.
Schwarber snapped an 0-for-11 slump by hitting two of the Cubs' five homers and driving in four runs in Thursday's 9-2 win over Milwaukee.
The Cubs haven't won eight straight since a nine-game run May 26-June 3, 2008.
''That's the mindset that we need to have, is we're playing in the playoffs every day,'' Schwarber said.
The White Sox dropped eight of their previous 10 before Avisail Garcia's RBI double in the 13th gave them a 3-2 win Wednesday and three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels.
They're attempting to catch the Angels for the second wild card but also have to jump five other teams in a tight race.
"(The Cubs) are playing well, so you want it to be fun and meaningful games," manager Robin Ventura told MLB's official site. "I think we're getting to that point."
The White Sox took two of three at Wrigley Field from July 10-12, including a 1-0 win in the opener. Right-hander Kyle Hendricks (6-5, 3.73) has gone 2-1 with a 4.34 ERA in five starts since tossing seven innings for the Cubs in that contest, and he'll oppose Samardzija in this matchup.
Ventura said designated hitter Adam LaRoche, mired in a 1-for-16 slump, will start after pinch-hitting in the 9th on Wednesday.
The Cubs have won five of seven at U.S. Cellular Field since 2012.
''I know the atmosphere's going to be great,'' Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo said.


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Development could damage wetlands
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Without any prior input or notice to the citizens and taxpayers of Washington Township in Franklin County, Pa., the Washington Township Planning Committee passed a proposed housing development of 18 single-family homes on 6.3 acres of land to be known as Blue Oak Development Project.
This development will be placed behind the existing homes of 1300 to 1290 block of Pennersville Road and Happel's Meadows, adjacent to the wetlands on Buchanan Trail.
Questions should be answered by this committee. Why were we not advised of this plan? Why did you approve this without any media reports or public knowledge until after you passed it? Why did you approve this before the United States Army Corps of Engineers' report was given out?


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Sustainable blue growth in the Baltic: Tell us your priorities!
28 October 2016
The Baltic Sea is a hotbed for maritime innovation and activities. It provides a huge potential for enhancing the blue economy and boosting the region's competitiveness. Cooperation at sea-basin level has an essential role to play in building on this potential.
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Commission welcomes first major Marine Protected Area in the Ross Sea as a landmark decision for the Antarctic
28 October 2016
Today, after 5 years of negotiations, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) agreed to establish a marine protected area (MPA) in the Ross Sea Region – the first major MPA in the history of the Antarctic.
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Commission proposes fishing opportunities in the Atlantic and North Sea for 2017
27 October 2016
In preparation for the December Fisheries Council, where Member States will negotiate fishing quotas in the Atlantic and North Sea for 2017, the Commission is presenting its proposal for healthy and sustainable stocks.
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High-level Conference towards Enhanced Cooperation on Black Sea Fisheries and Aquaculture
26 October 2016
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Report of the 2016 Meeting of the Joint Scientific Committee to the EU-Mauritania Fisheries Partnership Agreement
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First Regional Cruise Dialogue for the Baltic, Copenhagen, 18 October 2016 - conclusions
25 October 2016
The conclusions from the First Regional Cruise Dialogue for the Baltic are now available online
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Risi Ferrari finish second on its return but denited fairy tale finish at Sebring
Risi team was awarded the Michelin Green X Challenge trophy for the GT category.
Sebring, Florida - Until an hour before the end of the 61st Twelve Hours of Sebring, it looked as though Risi Competizione would pull off a fairy tale finish by clinching victory in the GT category.
As it was, the Houston-based team's No.62 Ferrari 458 Italia crossed the finish line in second place, just 2.7 seconds behind the class winning No.4 Corvette.
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Never out of contention during practice sessions and throughout the once-round-the-clock event, the drivers, team and its F458 performed flawlessly but were ultimately beaten to the checkered flag by the superior speed of the Corvette.
Faultless and speedy pit work, no penalties, and a sensible strategy by both drivers and engineers put the Ferrari at the head of the field for several periods, the longest of which was for 92 laps in the final quarter of the race.
Having pulled out a lead of 65 seconds, confidence was quietly building in the Risi pits until Bruni, who was due to take the finish at the end of a double stint, reported that he was experiencing back pain which led to a lack of feeling is his right leg.
The change of plan saw ALMS newcomer Malucelli back in the cockpit for the final hour and, despite calm and controlled driving, he was being hunted down relentlessly by a menacing competitor who appeared to have an advantage over its rivals at each refuelling stop.
The 28-year-old Italian was put under intense pressure lap after lap and, with just seven laps to the finish, was passed by the Corvette.
The first two GT cars were the only ones to finish on the same lap and the gap of just 2.7 seconds after 12 hours of hard racing is demonstration of great competition to come for the remainder of the 2013 season.
The disappointment at not winning was huge for all concerned, but there was some reward as the result for Sebring offered double points, which is vital for the season ahead, and the Risi team was awarded the Michelin Green X Challenge trophy for the GT category.
Matteo Malucelli: "It was quite hard, I just pushed and tried to do my best but sometimes it's not enough. We finished second and the result is good points for the championship, a good start for me and Olivier; I'm sure we will win in the next few races. When I was passed by Milner, I don't know if I made a mistake or if there was some gravel on the track but honestly they were too fast for me to stay in front."
Gianmaria Bruni: "I think today our rivals were very fast. It's happened to me in the past with Ferrari – sometimes you're so fast and you win and sometimes you're fast and you don't. I think Corvette here was more prepared than us, but it's a great result for Risi and Ferrari.
This team hasn't raced for one year and they just finished second behind the 2012 Champions. I think there's great potential during the season for Matteo and Olivier to just get better and better!"
Olivier Beretta: "I think for the whole group and for the Risi team it's a good first result. I'm really happy to race with them. We've shown up and been competitive all week, including during the race. We led for many laps and I'm happy. First would have been better than second but everyone did a good job and I'm looking forward to the season."
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Want a hilarious baby shower game idea? Try "The Potato Drop" for some sure-fire laughs. In advance, purchase a potato and a jar with a wide mouth (make sure the potato can fit into the jar). On the day of the shower, place the jar in the middle of the room and have the guests form a line on the outer edge of the room. One at a time, have each woman put the potato between her knees and attempt to walk to the middle of the room and drop the potato into the jar. Have each successful participant move on to the next round. Continue until only one woman is left. As you move on to each new round, it's a great idea to make the target smaller. For example, start out with a bucket and end with a glass.
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Ford's Australian division has announced its intention .to resurrect the Falcon XR8 for 2014.
Ford's Australian division has announced its intention to resurrect the Falcon XR8 for 2014.
The Blue Oval company revealed earlier this year plans to shut down its manufacturing facilities in Australia by October 2016 which means the Falcon will be axed. However, there are plans for a one last hurrah before cancelation as Ford will launch next year a Falcon XR8 based on the upcoming facelift.
The car will probably make use of a V8 5.0-liter supercharged engine delivering 455 HP (335 kW). It will also boast a Brembo braking system and a sport-tuned suspension, while to shave off development costs it will lose the bespoke styling details of the Falcon GT.
Ford Performance Vehicles will be phased out so don't expect an FPV version of the Falcon facelift. Ford did say a series of actions are planned for 2014 to celebrate the brand's "iconic status", indicating a flagship Falcon GT-HO could happen.
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Devising your Levy Strategy
This year, the government is introducing a new Apprenticeship Levy that will have financial implications for businesses of any size. Large employers with a pay bill over £3 million per year will have to pay an annual Apprenticeship Levy of 0.5% of their pay bill, which can only be recouped when they employ and train apprentices or upskill the existing workforce. Businesses will also receive a £15,000 annual allowance and an additional contribution of 10% on their monthly levy allocation. The levy will be collected by HMRC each month, directly via PAYE processes. No employer, whether they train apprentices or not, is exempt from the levy. This includes charities, public sector organisations, local authorities and the education sector. Employers who already pay into a levy system, such as CITB, will not be exempt.
How Free2Learn can support you
Whether you're new to Apprenticeships or already delivering them, our team of experts can work with you to:
- Help you understand how the Apprenticeship Levy and new Apprenticeship standards will impact your business
- Develop an Apprenticeship strategy to ensure your business maximises its return on the levy investment
- Recruit and select apprentices and develop career pathways
- Help you identify progression routes to get your existing employees onto Apprenticeships
- Create a communications and engagement strategy to drive Apprenticeships forward in your business
Think about not only just the future, but also the now to make sure you're ready for the levy!
What is changing?
- Employers will no longer access funding via their approved training provider or College Funder. Instead, the employer will use a voucher system through the Digital Apprenticeship Service (DAS). The current Apprenticeship 'Frameworks' are also being redesigned to a set of 'Standards', defined by employer groups and recognised by industry. This is known as Trailblazers.
Who will reform affect?
- Reforms affect any employer, training provider or assessment organisation that is involved in the delivery of Apprenticeships. There will be two systems running side-by-side from April 2017, one for levy paying employers (an estimated 25,000) and one for smaller employers (an estimated 100,000). Some features of the system will be the same; some will be different.
How will the Levy work?
- Below is an example of how a company whose wage bill of £4m, will contribute towards the levy.
- 5%levy sum x£4m wage bill = £20,000 levy
£20,000levy –£15,000 government allowance = £5,000 payment
- Below is an example of how a company whose wage bill of £4m, will contribute towards the levy.
- Employers in England who pay the levy and are committed to apprenticeship training will also receive a 10% top-up, directly into their DAS account. That means for every £1 that enters an employer's digital account, they will actually receive £1.10. The Levy can be spent on Apprenticeship Training and the associated costs. This can be used to fund things such as recruitment and CPD training to support the Apprentice but cannot be used towards their salary.
What happens to an employer's Levy contribution?
- It has been suggested that 100% of the value of the monthly levy deduction will go into an employer's DAS account. Employers should see funds appear in their digital account monthly, a few working days after confirming their pay bill and levy contribution to HRMC for the previous month.
- Applying this same wage bill to a monthly scenario can be seen below:
- May 2017*
- 0.5%levy sum x £500,000monthly wage bill = £2,500 levy
- £2,500levy – £1,250 governmentallowance = £1,250 payment
- £1,250payment + £125Government Top-up = £1,375 DAS Spend
Who can deliver an employer's training?
- The DAS will provide details of training providers that can offer the desired Apprenticeship. The system will enable virtual payments to providers that are delivering Apprenticeships for the employer. This will allow the employer to approach the provider(s) to negotiate funding, contributions and payment schedule.
Paying for an Apprenticeship? Paying for recruiting an Apprentice
- Once an employer has selected their Framework or Standard, monthly payments will be taken out automatically and sent to the training provider over the lifetime of the Apprenticeship. It is proposed that 20% of the total cost is held back and taken at the end of the Apprenticeship for end point assessment. The limit on how much an employer can spend on an Apprenticeship Framework or Standard will be determined by 15 funding bands.
- The provider and employer decide on a payment schedule and put this in a written agreement. This acts as the contract for delivery between the two partners and should be legally watertight. All employer contributions must be in cash and not in kind.
If an employer doesn't spend his levy, what will happen to it?
- Employers will be given 24 months from April 2017 to use the levy. If they don't use it in that time, it will be given to other employers to use. For example, funds which enter an employer's account in September 2017 will expire in March 2019. The digital account will let an employer know in good time when funds are due to expire.
What happens if an employer has used all, or has insufficient funds in their digital account?
- Employers who pay a small levy or invest in a lot of apprenticeship training may find that there are insufficient funds in their digital account to cover the cost of training. In these circumstances, it is proposed that the Government pay 90% of the additional costs incurred with the employer contributing 10% directly to the training provider.
Non-Levy paying companies?
- Employers with an annual wage bill of less than £3m will not pay the levy. Instead, Apprenticeship Standards and Frameworks will be jointly funded by employers and the Government. This is called Co-Investment.
Can an employer gain Government funding to upskill existing staff?
- Employers should be able to use funds in their digital account (levy paying) or access Government co-investment (non-levy) to train an individual if the level of Standard or Framework is higher than their current set or qualifications or at a lower/equivalent level if the content of the training is materially different from any prior training they have received.