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Reading about other's experience at Intensives can help you to decide if this is something you want to do. It can also help to allay any fears you might have about attending an Intensive. While most people are nervous when they first come, by the 2nd or 3rd day they are having a wonderful time and wishing it would go on longer!
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'I experienced what it felt like physically, emotionally and spiritually to shift from the intent to control to the intent to love. I know that if I can do it once, I can and will continue to practice this forever!' Colorado Intensive, 4/10
Dona Lofland,Psychologist
Eden Prairie,MN
'Being fairly new to Inner Bonding (1 month), I couldn't have asked for any better learning tool than an Intensive. Watching 11 other people learn from their experiences through Inner Bonding was invaluable. Not to mention how much more intense your own one-on-one sessions are in a group setting. The 5-Day Inner Bonding Intensive for me, was 8-9 hours/day of intense communication and learning with my Inner Child through my Loving Adult.' Colorado Intensive, 4/10
Tommy Kessler,Musician
West New York,NY
'Transforming - awareness of myself as never before in my life. Unexpectedly loving. Opened me to go with my dreams and honor them.' Santa Barbara Intensive, 1/2010
Stanley M. Gordon,Retired Dentist
'Margaret's great gift is teaching each of us how simple it can be to bring love and healing from whatever our conception of Spirit is into our innermost soul. Her process is straight forward and easy enough for even a child to master. Inner Bonding is profound beyond words.' Santa Barbara Intensive, 1/10
Paula M. Powers,Attorney
'I experienced trauma as a child and I then lived life as a victim. I lived a life of narcissistic self-loathing. I don't have to do that anymore. Margaret Paul is a Master Teacher of Life and words cannot describe what this Intensive meant to me. What am I worth? What are you worth? I hope you think you're worth it to dive into Inner Bonding.' Santa Barbara Intensive, 1/2010
Gale McCray,Retired Recreation Therapist
'I came to this Intensive knowing only that I have patterns of behavior that come from a part of me that I didn't know anything about. Margaret has guided me to see that that unknown part of me is a little girl I abandoned long ago. She's helped me reconnect with that child in a loving and non-judgmental environment. It was challenging but beautifully life-changing.' Santa Barbara Intensive, 1/2010
Angie Milliken,Actress
'One of the many blessings we have is the availability of choice. Through choice we have the power of realizing options - and we have many, many options. Making the choice to embark on the Inner Bonding journey has afforded me the realization of options, options, options. It is the breath of life!' Santa Barbara Intensive, 1/2010
Jennifer Sewell,Behavioral Health
St. Louis,MO
'I experienced a very loving and healing environment. This loving support allowed me to explore feelings and painful experiences I have hidden from for most of my life. I am experiencing openness, release, and more centeredness that I have felt in years. Come and try it. You will feel safety and support here. God loves you always.' Santa Barbara Intensive, 1/2010
Michael Utter,Corporate Director
"My God, and I mean MY GOD is good and this Inner Bonding is becoming like my breath, it moves through me and gives me life, a very good life." Advanced Intensive, Long Island, 11/09
Suzi Korsak,Real Estate
Merrimack, NH
'It was amazingly transformative - safe, grounded, practical, and yet tapping into a depth at personal, transpersonal, and spiritual healing. Margaret Paul is very skilled and very wise as a therapist yet her work feels truly guided by spirit. I have done many years of therapy & 12-step programs as well as become a therapist myself & here I was able to access & release some trapped beliefs & trauma that I had not been able to work through before.' Dolores, CO Intensive, June, 2009
Robin L. Richardson,Psychotherapy/Massage Therapist; Performer & Speaker
'The Intensive was such an amazing experience. To be able to work on intense feelings and gain not only clarity but loving support from others was affirming. What couldn't be accomplished in individual therapy or time limited groups was available and provided the safety to do so here. Margaret is amazing and emits such wonderful energy. I recommend an Intensive to anyone who wants a life changing experience.' Dolores, CO Intensive, June, 2009
Joyce Petrosky,Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
'A wonderful experience - so much valuable learning over the course of five days. Margaret Paul is unsurpassed in her ability to help participants grow & heal. Conducted in an atmosphere of the highest integrity, safety and love.' Dolores, CO Intensive, June, 2009
Dr. Ilene Krems,Psychotherapist
Culver City,CA
'Before attending the Intensive I was a little apprehensive about attending. I can't wait to attend another one, very powerful, insightful, enlightening. I feel such calmness and a release of anger, anxiety and harshness in my delivery with my significant other . I feel confident and now have the ability to have total awareness of myself.' Dolores, CO Intensive, June, 2009
John Wosnak
Culver City,CA
'It was a great experience. I was able to deepen the process and it gave me deep insight of myself. I would recommend for everybody to read the book, "Do I Have to Give Up Me To Be Loved By God?" first before going to an Intensive. The understanding goes so much deeper with all the information from the book. Or so was my experience.' Dolores, CO Intensive, June, 2009
Karin Gehrig,Accountant
'It was wonderful to spend 5 days with people all intent on their own healing, & supporting & encouraging the healing of everyone in the group.' Dolores, CO Intensive, June, 2009
Kim MacMillan
'Coming to an Intensive was a positive and rewarding experience for me. I was given the opportunity to work through tough issues I've been struggling with for years in a safe and supportive environment. If you're already practicing Inner Bonding, an Intensive will deepen your experiences especially with the relationship with your inner child.' Dolores, CO Intensive, June, 2009
Kim Taff,Therapist
'I am on my way. I have found a place of peace within my heart and I am deeply grateful for this experience. Thank you for your guidance and for introducing me to my own inner Guidance.' Jan.'09 Santa Barbara Intensive
Jeanne A. Heinzer,Guide for Internationally Mobile People
'These five days with Margaret have been priceless. Learning to nurture and protect my Inner Child while connecting to Spirit is life changing in the deepest possible way. I have been craving this all my life without knowing it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.' Jan.'09 Santa Barbara Intensive
Paula M. Powers,Attorney at Law
"The experience was very helpful and useful to me in my ongoing struggle to create a healthy relationship with my partner, with whom I have been in relationship for 10 years. I felt safe & validated and supported in the Intensive by Margaret as well as by all the other participants. I felt the Intensive was conducted in a very professional and heartful way, and that everyone's boundaries were respected." Colorado Intensive, 10/08
Murray Cion,Psychiatrist
Plymouth, MA
'I was very fearful of doing this workshop because of some spiritual abuse from my past and being very, very stuck from that. Margaret was very insightful, very helpful and the support of the group helped me feel safe enough to let go and let healing begin. I have been learning tools about how to take care of myself in the future and to heal the past wounds and to be present with my feelings.' Jan.'09 Santa Barbara Intensive
Katherine McGregor,Actress
Santa Monica,CA
'This has been an incredibly healing and necessary experience for me. Connecting to my Guidance as well as my fellow Inner Bonding Intensive friends is an experience I will always cherish. If you are thinking about going, please go! You won't regret it.' Jan.'09 Santa Barbara Intensive
Maria Homan
'The Inner Bonding Intensive experience is like no other. After attending several Intensives, I always walk away with new insights, clarity and deep healing. A profound experience!' Jan.'09 Santa Barbara Intensive
Penny Boyle,Mother of Three
'This was my second Intensive and I continue to be amazed at how I learn something new & useful about myself each time. Inner Bonding is the only process I've ever discovered to be so all encompassing - whether your life difficulty is aloneness, shame, relationship problems, abuse or addiction to name a few. By combining psychology & spirituality, this unique method could be used by just about anyone looking to improve their life.' Jan.'09 Santa Barbara Intensive
Doris Muczynski,RN
"I had a very profound experience at this retreat. It opened up a whole new world inside me and allowed me to heal some very deep issues. I thank Margaret and the other participants for a very moving 5 days." Colorado Intensive, 10/08
Saeyoung Min,Psychologist
New York, NY
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"I spent two months trying to read testimonials and figure out what to expect from an Intensive, and I never could've known the gifts that I ended up with; JUST GO. Be in the presence of a wonderful teacher (Margaret) and kindred travelers - give yourself the gift and the adventure. It won't be your expectations - it will be full of wonderful surprises, wonderfully beyond all of them." Colorado Intensive, 10/08
Barbara Prindle,Writer
Minneapolis, MN
"An amazing learning experience. Lots of love, and lots of growth. I would recommend this to anyone." Colorado Intensive, 10/08
Katherine,Singles Coach
Los Angeles, CA
"The experience has been very rewarding and beneficial in a much deeper way than regular therapy. Experiencing and 'practicing' the process was the crucial component for me. Being surrounded by the caring, loving & unconditional support of others made this an invaluable experience. The setting was very comforting and the connections made with others added to feeling a sense of community. I look forward to the ongoing support and being part of the Inner Bonding community! Colorado Intensive, 10/08
Stacy Veach,Therapist, LCSW
Indianapolis, IN
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"Wow! What powerful work. I believe anyone and everyone could benefit from this work. I now have the tools to deal with any situation or emotion that rises up in my life. This work is a great gift to not only me, but a great gift to humanity. This work is inspired & inspiring." Colorado Intensive, 10/08
S.K.,Real Estate, Management
Merrimack, NH
"This experience has been a blessing. Inner Bonding gave me tools to help with listening, comforting and healing my inner child. I would recommend this work to anyone that is willing to care for them selves, because you are deserving of self worth and much more." Colorado Intensive, 10/08
Rick Sison,Owner, Ability Specialists
Centennial, CO
"The Inner Bonding Intensive was a perfectly safe place where I could allow myself to be totally vulnerable & ask all of those questions I'd always wanted to ask but felt too scared to do so. At the end of 5 days I feel joyful, healed & able to implement Inner Bonding in my day to day life." Colorado Intensive, 8/08
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"This was an incredible learning experience. Seeing first hand, Inner Bonding put into practice is beyond words. I now know how to use words & define feelings to look after myself, and that is truly all that matters. Margaret Paul is an amazing, compassionate woman. She has changed the way I will view life. I wish I knew this 20 years ago - for me & my children." August Intensive, 8/08
Ken Daniels
"An Intensive is an opportunity to get to know your issues and how to constructively heal in a safe environment. The group environment creates a sense of family where mutual support, along with great love is very nurturing. If you need a hug, come to an Intensive, get real with yourself and confront life's challenges. You've nothing to lose and everything to gain!" Colorado Intenisve, 8/08
Carol L. Hannon,Retired
"Margaret & Mike created a space for me to connect with Jesus in a way that I'd not connected in about 10 years. I learned on a deep cellular level how it truly is up to me, the loving Adult, to love & cherish my journey here on Planet Earth. And from that loving & cherishing place within Me, will all that I need & want flow & manifest itself."
"I came not knowing what to expect and having been to many workshops before. What I found was an elegant and powerful way of being with myself and others." Colordao Intenisve, 8/08
Shelton Huettig,Psychotherapist
Seattle, WA & Perth, Western Australia
206) 325-6167
"I really can't say enough of how much of me I am taking home. (My little one)" Colorado Intensive, 8/08
Jackie Radmall,Massage Therapist
801) 225-5539
"The resort and small group size were very conducive to learning and working in a safe & intimate environment. It was very beneficial to have such a concentrated experience of working in the process and really being able to absorb it through seeing & feeling the work of others and ourselves. The information and tools learned will stay with me as I continue to progress on my spiritual path." Colorado Intensive, 8/08
Audrey Sorensen
Wilson, WY
"This Intensive was the first place where anyone ever told me that all my care giving is controlling, not loving, and that sitting in my energy at that moment was a lonely experience. As a pastor, that was a shock. But it was spoken without any judgment, merely as information, and this shattering of my self-illusions led to genuine love for myself and for others, and gave me great freedom. There is no greater freedom than to love oneself & be oneself as created by God, and then to share that love out of one's own inner abundance. Thank you, Margaret, for helping me open to Spirit and open my heart." Colorado Intensive, 6/08
Rev. Teresa Davis,ELCA Minister
"The most valuable part of the Intensive for me was being able not only to identify my pain but to be able through this process to actually HEAL!! There was finally resolution, which I have rarely experienced in all the years previously. I have never felt such joy and hope for a Spirit-filled life!" Durango, CO Intensive, 4/08
Joanie Hill,Retired
"I found the Intensive really useful. It was an uplifting experience to hear that many people have issues that need to be worked on. Many of my own reflections were re-affirmed through the process of one to ones and hearing others. The environment was very welcoming and the Sophia retreat centre was very comfortable. Also, to meet such a lovely group of people was very uplifting." Durango, CO Intensive, 4/08
Bryan Berry,Science Educator
"Over a year ago a friend told me how Inner Bonding saved her son's marriage & she recommended that I go online and check into it. After reading information online I contacted Margaret and I began having phone sessions. I learned a great deal during the phone sessions and they were of great help, especially with the additional books and CD's. But it wasn't until I attended the 5-Day Intensive in June 2008 that it all really came together and I finally became aware. Margaret consistently told me to get my eyes off my husband. She would say, 'It's not about him, it's about you - it's about how you are treating your little girl.' Now, I'm aware and have the tools to take care of myself. It is a life-changing experience/process and I highly recommend Inner Bonding. Thank you, Margaret!" Colorado Intensive, 6/08
Mary Ann Farmer
Scott City,Missouri
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Before I tell you, Srinivasa Ramanujan can crack the JEE exam or not. I must tell you something. Once my teacher said,
Never ever fall in love with any subject, nor start hating any particular topic or neglecting it- because it is a paper of all the three subjects, Your specializing or expertise in a particular subject can definitely gives a boost in your rank, but it can never be going to help you in terms of cracking IIT JEE, because in order to crack JEE you need to master in all the three subjects.
So, logically Srinivasa Ramanujan was not an IIT type, because he was not a strong supporter of Bookish Knowledge and He did not get any formal training in the field of mathematics or science.
Acctuly he was the believer of logical Ideas that doesn't came from the Books. And being blessed in mathematics is the gift of nature, which is only given to someone lucky.
If you think you can became a master in Mathematics like Srinivasa Ramanujan or Shakuntala Devi by Practice or hard work so sorry dear it's not Possible because the real Mathematics is not in Books as I think- "The Mathematics is the Language of Nature" or in outher words of Albert Einstein-"Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas."
But if you want to crack the competitive exams like Joint Entrance Examination you need to be a Book-worm a geek, Poetry of logical Ideas or exceptional brain not going to help you much- yes I believe that such things definitely helps you in a long run but for JEE- sorry Dear!
So from the my point of view Srinivasa Ramanujan can't be able to crack IIT JEE. I completely accept the fact that- He completely mastered a book on Advanced Trigonometry written by S. L. Loney by the time he was 13. By that time, he had also discovered sophisticated theorems on his own.
But as I mentioned above in order to crack IIT you need to became a master in all the three subjects and you need to have a bookworm brain more than an exceptional brain.


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'No government is the best government' these were the words of President Ronald Reagan. As a student in the eighties such statements were music to the ears. For the first time after the Second World War, two elected leaders of the free word (Reagan, Thatcher) conspired to weaken the state. Most regulatory frameworks were done away with, a new concept of free market was introduced.
Multinational Corporations (MNCs) started to control the world economy. The mighty United Socialist Soviet Republic (USSR) Collapsed resulting in a unipolar globe. Un-controlled capitalism became the new order of the day. Unfortunately the biggest casualty of this new realignment has been the democratic order.
Common good has become uncommon in the 21st century. For over 2000 years democracy with all its faults has ensured a participative approach for collective benefits of the society. Only the five Nordic Welfare States (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark) have been able to weather this storm against the democratic order.
Elections alone cannot deliver democracy the entire order has to be democratic and equitable for state institutions to gain strength
In most other cases the states have caved into vested interests. Developing countries like Pakistan with a colonial past are severely disadvantaged to face this onslaught. A colonial state is not designed to serve the masses which are treated as subjects not customers who have the power of vote. That is why constitution making has always been an uphill task is such cases.
Democracy has been deliberately weakened in the land of the pure. A constitution is an agreement between the rulers and the ruled. Through an electoral process the levers of state are entrusted to elected representatives. Despite all teething problems the 1956 constitution moved Pakistan in the direction of a democratic republic. Its abrogation followed by the deplorable 1962 imposed document weakened the democratic order while strengthening the colonial state.
The free and fair electrons of 1970 were a hallmark for democracy which produced a very able legislature. As the levers of state were in undemocratic hands the system collapsed. As the most popular leader of what was left of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) took charge. He moved the long lost republic in the direction of a constitutional democracy. The unanimous 1973 constitution keeps the Islamic Republic of Pakistan together.
Read more: From "Tear down this Wall" to "Tear down this country": How democracy was murdered
While the first dictator abrogated the constitution in 1958, the two usurpers after the 1973 version tried to disfigure the document. Though the constitution has not been fully followed nor implemented, there is talk of a new version. To check the efficacy of any framework it has to be fully tested which has not happened yet. Before any changes are incorporated the constitution must be implemented in letter and spirit.
Recently in the trial of General Pervez Musharraf under Article 6, an interesting situation has emerged. If nothing else it has created an environment of restraint. ZAB was convinced that this article would put an end to adventurism but there were two takeovers. Only after the trial of the usurper under this article constitutional requirement have started to be taken seriously.
In order to strengthen the state, democratic institutions have to be taken seriously political parties have to introduce democracy at all levels to inculcate a culture of debate and discussion. First understanding followed by working for common good is required. Consensus building and participation is essential. Data based decision making has to be practiced to ensure accountability.
Weakening of democracy will weaken the state which is in no one's interest. Together we can all swim or sink
Unfortunately democracy has been in decline in our times. The largest and the oldest constitutional democracies are in trouble. In India fundamentalists have taken over who are now trying to change the constitution to exclude the minorities who have lived there for centuries.
United States has always derived strength from the immigrants whose entry is now being discouraged. Walls are being erected to keep them out. Economic strangulation has become the order of the day. President Donald Trump is facing impeachment, while Narendra Modi in India is trying to quell street protests for his survival.
Mafia's rule over the Islamic Republic to squander its resources and then manage to escape conviction. Their influence and penetration into state institutions runs very deep. The state is unable to investigate and then convict the powerful through effective prosecution. Rule of law is only applied to the weak and the powerless.
Read more: Has democracy died in India?
Elections alone cannot deliver democracy the entire order has to be democratic and equitable for state institutions to gain strength. In the land of the pure while we have succeeded in formulating a constitution now a framework is required to hold credible elections for the rule of the ballot to prevail. Respect for the constitution has to be ensured at all levels.
State institutions must operate within constitutional boundaries those who violate must be taken to task. For the future of our coming generations a mother like state has to be developed based on democratic foundations. Weakening of democracy will weaken the state which is in no one's interest. Together we can all swim or sink. Common good has to become common again for humanity to progress, hope must replace hopelessness for brighter days ahead.
Dr. Farid A. Malik is Ex-Chairman, Pakistan Science Foundation. The article was first published in The Nation and has been republished here with the author's permission. The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Global Village Space's editorial policy.


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8.572167 - SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: Symphonies, Vol. 2 - Symphony No. 5 / Symphony No. 9 (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, V. Petrenko)
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–1975)
A third of a century after his death and the symphonies of Dmitry Shostakovich have moved to the absolute centre of the repertoire: along with those of Mahler, they represent 'modern' music to the non-specialist concertgoer. Yet they differ from any comparable cycle since that of Beethoven in the absence (intended or otherwise) of a logical progression that might have endowed their career-spanning inclusiveness with a parallel evolution from aspiration to fulfillment.
Of the symphonies, the First is a graduation work that accorded the teenage composer international prominence. The Second and Third represent a reckless accommodation between modernist means and revolutionary ends, while the Fourth stakes out the boundary between the individual and society that was to remain a focal-point. The Fifth clarifies that boundary by paradoxically making it more equivocal; a process the Sixth continues by subverting the relationship still further. The Seventh is a reaction to civil conflict and social collapse that finds its equivalent in the Eighth, which in turn finds its opposite in the Ninth. The Tenth then marks the genre's culmination as outlet for an abstract programme. The Eleventh opens a period in which Russian concerns were foremost, its historical acuity diluted by the impersonality of the Twelfth then intensified by the explicitness of the Thirteenth. The Fourteenth stands outside the genre as regards its form but not its content, while the Fifteenth marks a belated re-engagement with abstract symphonism that might or might not have been continued.
The eleven months between the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies seem less so when one considers that, aside from film-scores and incidental music for the propaganda play Salute to Spain [Naxos 8.572138], Shostakovich wrote only Four Romances on Verses of Pushkin (1936). Yet the final song, Stanzas (the only one not orchestrated by the composer in an arrangement that was unknown until after his death), shares a thematic kinship with the finale of the Fifth which may point to the essential meaning of his most famous and discussed symphony.
When he began his Fifth Symphony in April 1937, Shostakovich had had no new concert première for two years; the Fourth Symphony having been withdrawn from rehearsal the previous November. Any soul-searching now seemed behind him as he completed the score in September, the slow movement apparently in three days, and played it to the Composers' Union the next month. The première took place in Leningrad on 21 November 1937, the little-known Yevgeny Mravinsky conducting the Leningrad Philharmonic. Response was overwhelmingly positive—to an extent that officials attributed this success to the hall being planted with the composer's admirers, though the success of its Moscow première on 29 January 1938—Alexander Gauk conducting the USSR State Symphony—confirmed its public acceptance. Beginning with Mravinsky in 1938 and Leopold Stokowski the following year, it soon became among the most recorded of contemporary works and, at Shostakovich's death, had amassed more performances than any twentieth-century symphony other than the Second Symphony of Sibelius (completed 36 years earlier).
Critical response immediately stressed its defining in music of the principals of Socialist Realism, Alexey Tolstoy coining the phrase "the formation of a personality" that the composer himself picked up on soon after. The latter also approved the description "the practical creative answer of a Soviet artist to just criticism"—one that was to assume the status of a bona fide subtitle in the West, for all that its provenance remains obscure and was possibly even invented by Shostakovich to conceal any deeper intentions. In particular, the close of the Finale as expressing triumphal optimism or stark resignation has dogged the work's reception from the outset: yet, in its bringing the relationship between the individual and the state to a head, this ending can be heard to resolve those issues whose musical embodiment are central to the symphony as a whole.
The Fifth Symphony is scored for woodwind in threes (though only two oboes), four horns, three each of trumpets and trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (four players), celesta, two harps, piano and strings. Its four movements follow the standard classical trajectory (with the scherzo placed second), but Shostakovich's rethink of first movement sonata-form was to have profound consequences for his later symphonies, while the finale's radical overhaul of the Beethovenian 'tragedy to triumph' model is fully in keeping with the spirit of its times.
The first movement opens with a commanding downward gesture on strings, thrice repeated in the course of a first theme that unfolds hesitantly and with great pathos. Initially on upper strings, it belatedly migrates to woodwind and brass on the way to its nobly wrought apex. The fourth appearance of the initial gesture leads into the second theme, a long-limbed melody for violins over a steady tread on lower strings. Ruminative woodwind comments and a brief recollection of the first theme emerge before it winds down to a pause, whereupon the development commences with the first theme heard balefully on brass over a piano ostinato. Various of its components now emerge as the music gains in energy, taking in a martial transformation of the theme on brass and percussion, before the reprise is launched at the point of maximum intensity with the first theme in rhythmic unison across the orchestra. It subsides into an idyllic version of the second theme for woodwind and horn, but this is shortlived as the coda enters with a haunted recollection of the first theme—replete with plangent echoes of the opening gesture and ending with somnolent chords on celesta.
The second movement is a scherzo whose bluff initial repartee for the strings is complemented by a sardonic theme on woodwind with its portentous rejoinder on horns. This makes way for a trio section where violin then flute unfold a capricious melody, offset by strutting upper strings and woodwind. It alights on a fugitive version of the opening for woodwind and pizzicato strings, leading to the return of the main theme with its rejoinder now on trumpets then horns. An uneasy recall of the trio theme on oboe is impatiently brushed aside at the close.
The third movement (in which brass are silent) begins with a heartfelt melody on strings that, unfolding at length, ushers in an evocative, folk-like idea and a rapt theme for divided strings in its wake. Another theme, on flute and harp, eases the tension before a version of the opening melody leads to a brief climax; this dies away to leave muted strings, against which woodwind (oboe, clarinet then flutes) muse on the first theme, interspersed with atmospheric chords for strings. The first theme returns on woodwind, strings entering as the intensity builds to an anguished statement of the third theme on violins against a blizzard of orchestral tremolos. This then migrates to the lower strings as elements of the first three themes are intensively discussed, before the fourth theme (on upper strings) at length restores calm. Ethereal echoes of the first theme on celesta and harp bring about the serene ending.
The fourth movement now bursts in with a strident theme on brass and timpani, its components excitedly discussed as the tempo increases. In the process, another (directly related) theme emerges on the trumpets over skirling strings, triumphantly sounded out by the whole orchestra before the pounding opening music returns. Fanfaring brass wind down to an expressive transformation of the second theme on horns over shimmering strings. This latter is reduced to an oscillating phrase that takes in a subdued version of the first theme on strings, before opening onto a plateau of gentle radiance. From this point, the first theme builds steadily to the final climax—capped by a transformation of the first theme (its initial four notes confirmed as an upward reversal of the work's opening gesture) whose pivoting between affirmation and uncertainty is carried through to the fateful conclusion.
The two years between the Eighth and Ninth Symphonies saw music for film and theatre, the characterful orchestrations that are Eight English and American Folksongs (1944) and the pert piano miniatures of Children's Notebook (1945). More significant are two chamber works: the Second Piano Trio [Naxos 8.553297] with its searing Yiddish musical inflections, and Second String Quartet [Naxos 8.550975], whose imposing scale points to the symphonic nature of the composer's ensuing works in a genre that soon dominated his instrumental output.
When Shostakovich began what he intended as his 'Ninth Symphony' in January 1945, he had in mind a work comparable to its predecessors in scale and impact: a 'victory symphony' honouring the Soviet triumph over Nazi Germany as surely as it recognized the historical implication of the number Nine. The six-minute opening fragment, discovered at the Shostakovich Archive in Moscow as recently as December 2003 and now recorded [Naxos 8.572138], bears witness to his intentions. Yet despite the acclaim of colleagues, the composer abandoned it in June; resuming late the following month with a work that, completed at the end of August, rounded-off his wartime symphonic trilogy with a very different interpretation of 'the Ninth'. The composer and Svyatoslav Richter played a piano duet version in September and the première took place in Leningrad on 3 November 1945, Mravinsky conducting the Leningrad Philharmonic; the Moscow première, Mravinsky directing the Moscow Philharmonic, followed seventeen days later. Public response was favourable though that of Soviet officialdom was not a little miffed.
Escaping censure at the Union of Soviet Composers in Moscow that December, the work was turned down for a Stalin Prize in 1946 and at a composers' conference during October, it was described by others as the stop-gap solution to that wartime trilogy whose 'real' conclusion had yet to be written. Then in February 1948, following the infamous conference presided over by Andrey Zhdanov, it was placed on a list of proscribed pieces that included the Sixth and the Eighth Symphonies along with other of Shostakovich's major works. Only in 1955, some two years after Stalin's death, was the Ninth Symphony rehabilitated, though it had in the meantime enjoyed success in the West, not least through the first studio recording made in New York by Efrem Kurtz in 1949, where its Haydnesque clarity and lightness of touch were seen as a tonic to the more radical impulses beginning to circulate in new music.
The Ninth Symphony is scored for woodwind in pairs (though three flutes), four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (three players) and strings. Like its predecessor it has five movements, the final three again playing continuously, though their lay-out is (until the finale) closer to the Third String Quartet: indeed, the three works form a sub-sequence within Shostakovich's output that offers a likely more revealing commentary than the three symphonies from the first half of the 1940s on the wartime experience.
The first movement is launched with a bustling theme on strings then woodwind, its lively wit complemented by a perky idea for the piccolo, offset by brazen trombone chords. The literal repeat of this exposition, the only such instance in Shostakovich's symphonies, indicates the scale of the movement, but not the intensive motivic interplay or confrontational mood of the development. The modified reprise sees the second theme now allotted to solo violin, before elegant exchanges for the woodwind usher in a coda which wraps up matters succinctly.
The second movement, essentially a slow intermezzo, opens with a winsome melody for clarinet over discreet pizzicato strings. This is taken up by other woodwind in a plaintive discourse, whose wistful mood is deepened by the undulating theme for strings which follows. Three times this unfolds as a curve of intensifying emotion, abetted by plangent woodwind phrases, before trailing off into the resumption of the first theme on flute then horn. The strings' theme, now in a higher register, briefly resumes, but the poignant final word is allotted to the first theme on flute then piccolo over pizzicato strings.
The third movement is a scherzo in which woodwind and strings trade animated gestures. The central episode features an incisive trumpet solo, building to a brief climax before the main theme resumes. This time, however, the energy dissipates rapidly on the way to an uncertain pause.
The fourth movement is announced by stern fanfares on trombones and tuba, answered by a bassoon solo of notable pathos. A stark alternation which is duly repeated, though this time the bassoon alights first on a resigned cadence then a wry descending gesture.
The fifth movement begins with the bassoon outlining a capering theme that is belatedly taken up by the strings. The woodwind sounds an anxious note before taking it up, then a more suave theme on upper strings offers a degree of contrast. Fragments of both these themes are bandied about before an upsurge of energy and the first theme's climactic return on full orchestra, with its successor heard mockingly on woodwind and trumpet. A pause, then a breathless coda combines elements from both themes in a sprint to the decisively inconclusive finish.
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Transylvania County commissioners approved another 12-month lease for the WNC Military History Museum to be housed in the old county administration building, but the suggestion was made they would not support extending the lease in the future.
Commissioners made the decision Monday during their regular meeting.
On July 1, 2017, the county entered a lease agreement with the museum for a year. The museum's Board of Directors recently approached the county to extend the lease to at least a year, starting this July 1, but would have preferred a two-year lease, with a six-month notice to vac...
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text: Sheriff Joe: Trump Should Get Award from Congress for Border Wall Money ManagementBy Joe ArpaioPublished February 16, 2019 at 12:39pmAll this hand-wringing by Democrats and even some Republicans about President Donald Trump shifting money, primarily within the Defense Department, to border wall funding is all political and frankly just silly.I give Trump credit. He single-handedly made illegal immigration and border security an issue in the 2016 election. And he's done more than any president over my 35 years working on both sides of the border, first in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and for 24 years as the Maricopa County Sheriff in Arizona.On Friday, Trump declared a national emergency for something that truly has become a humanitarian and security crisis in order to secure $8 billion to upgrade and build additional barriers at the southern border.In addition to the $1.375 billion that Congress just voted to authorize, the president is pulling $3.6 billion from a DOD construction fund, $2.5 billion from a drug interdiction program (also through the Pentagon) and $600 million from a drug forfeiture fund at the Treasury Department.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are screaming bloody murder, saying Trump has "gone outside the bounds of the law.""The president's actions clearly violate the Congress's exclusive power of the purse, which our Founders enshrined in the Constitution," they said. "The Congress will defend our constitutional authorities in the Congress, in the Courts, and in the public, using every remedy available."You know, I don't recall hearing a peep out of these two when former President Barack Obama made mutliple unilateral decisions, including when he in effect created executive amnesty for millions of people in our country illegally through the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program in 2012.Only a year earlier, Obama himself argued he had no constitutional authority to do so without Congress. He said during a Univision Town Hall in March 2011: "Congress passes the law. The executive branch's job is to enforce the law, and implement those laws."Even The Washington Post and Saturday Night Live called him out on that flip-flop.Not enforcing the law was a pattern with the previous president. GOP Texas Sen. Ted Cruz compiled a list of 76 lawless acts by Obama administration, including DACA and Fast and Furious, which resulted in the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in Arizona in 2010.Unlike Obama, Trump is trying to enforce, not ignore, the law by securing our border.Congress specifically authorized the building of barriers along the border in the Secure Fence Act of 2006, which incidentally Schumer and then-Sen. Obama voted for.Trump can also point to 10 U.S.C. 284, which gives the military the green light for the "construction of roads and fences and installation of lighting to block drug smuggling corridors across international boundaries of the United States."A top DOD official testified before Congress last month that the law authorizes the Pentagon to provide support for counter-drug operations if the president requests it.Trump is the commander in chief, and if he wants to move some money with the DOD to help him and our country to build the walls and barriers to keep out the bad guys — like drug and human traffickers and murderers — that is what he can and should do.For Pelosi and Schumer to say Trump doesn't have the authority to redirect money within the DOD to secure our border and stop the flow of drugs is ridiculous. His sworn duty is to protect the American people.Where does it stop when a president of the United States cannot move money allocated for security and drug interdiction to where, in his judgment, it is most needed.Trump's being a good manager, which doesn't surprise me, given his success in the business world. Congress, including Pelosi and Schumer, should really be giving him an award for good utilization of taxpayer money, rather than threatening to sue him.I think the Supreme Court will ultimately side with the president because, while the legislature has the power of the purse, that does not give them the authority to micromanage how the commander in chief does his job.It's all politics. If his name wasn't Donald Trump, Congress would not be pursuing this issue and trying to make him look bad to the detriment of our national security.I'm glad he's sticking to his guns.https://www.westernjournal.com/sheriff-j...ney-management/


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Explore The Clear Creek Iron Furnace
Kentucky has had a long and colorful history of iron production over the years. As part of this iron production process, large furnaces had to be built to facilitate the iron production. There were many of these furnaces built across the Bluegrass State, with a few of them still standing today. Among them is the Clear Creek Iron Furnace.
Located in the Clear Creek Picnic Area in the Bathe County portion of the forest, this is an extremely easy trip that provides you with the chance to step back in history. It's definitely worth a visit!
NOTE: The Clear Creek Picnic Area is only open from mid-April to mid-October. Plan accordingly.
Getting There
As already mentioned, the furnace is located within the Clear Creek Picnic area, which is near the town of Salt Lick, Kentucky. The furnace itself is right there in the picnic area, no hike required. You really can't miss it!
The following Google Map should help you get there.
History Of The Furnace
This little trip is especially of interest to history buffs, so let's take a moment to examine some of the history of The Clear Creek Iron Furnace.
The furnace was first built in 1839, but later rebuilt in 1872. During this time, the iron industry was booming in Kentucky. The iron was used for everything from household products to the wheels for the booming railroad trains. In fact, Kentucky ranked third in the nation for pig iron production.
Like most of the other iron furnaces throughout the region, the Clear Creek Furnace used charcoal as a fuel source. This meant that the 3 tons of iron it produced every day consumed about a half acre worth of trees!
The area was complete with a small village, which contained a school, laundry services, a church and even a store.
Fast forward to 1873 when a financial panic struck the region. Both the iron and railroad industries took a significant hit during this time, forcing the Clear Creek furnace to shut down.
Go Check it Out
The Clear Creek Iron Furnace is considered to be one of the best preserved iron furnaces in the region! This combined with the ease of access and interesting history makes it a worthwhile day trip. Maybe even pack a lunch and enjoy the amenities that the Clear Creek Picnic Area has to offer.


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A handmade Celtic style necklace in enamel and copper with a sterling silver chain.
Brú na Bóinne, which means the 'palace' or the 'mansion' of the Boyne, is one of the world's most important prehistoric landscapes. Knowth, Dowth, and the famous Newgrange structures were built in the Neolithic or Late Stone Age and pre-date Stonehenge by 1,000 years. This piece is the first of a line of creations paying homage to my Celtic ancestors.
The inspiration for this piece is the large stone at the entrance to Newgrange which features a variety of spiral carvings.
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Making this Celtic style necklace involved a number of stages. First I hand-hammered a triangular copper pendant for texture. I then purposely underfired layers of blue, green and ivory lead-free enamels to create a rough, stone-like texture. A triskele (or three-spiral pattern), based on the Newgrange triskeles, was then embedded into the surface of the enamel. The overall effect is of old rock and aged metal and something ancient and mystical.
The rear of the pendant is also enamelled in a mixture of darkest green, transparent brown and a stardust sprinkle of ivory. Finally, a gold-filled twist-lock jump ring attaches the pendant to an 18 inch sterling silver curb chain.
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Is that a boot cruising Cincinnati streets?
L.L. Bean Bootmobile coming to Cincinnati
L.L. Bean Bootmobile coming to Cincinnati
Is that a boot cruising Cincinnati streets?
The L.L. Bean Bootmobile cruised into Cincinnati this week for the grand opening of the outdoor retailer's newest location.
L.L. Bean held its grand opening celebration at the Kenwood Collection on Nov. 4, bringing its legendary Bootmobile along.
What's a Bootmobile you ask? It's a boot on wheels big enough to fit a person 143 feet tall, store officials said.
There are two Bootmobiles cruising the streets of the country. One is a bit smaller than the other, but their shoe sizes would be 747 and 708.
The Kenwood Collection is next to the Kenwood Mall. The development currently includes The Container Store and Crate & Barrel.
The 15,000-square-foot store will feature an assortment of clothing and footwear, as well as outdoor lifestyle gear for hiking, fly-fishing, kayaking, winter and camping, company officials announced.
The new store is part of L.L Bean's overall expansion strategy to have 100 retail stores by 2020.
Kenwood's L.L. Bean will employ around 100 people, company officials said.


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Dye could offer treatment for malaria patients
Methylene blue -- used as medication and dye -- could act as a safe anti-malarial that kills malaria parasites at an unprecedented rate, results from a clinical trial have revealed
Methylene blue -- used as medication and dye -- could act as a safe anti-malarial that kills malaria parasites at an unprecedented rate, results from a clinical trial have revealed. Every year, malaria infects more than 200 million people and causes more than 430,000 deaths across the globe.
Methylene blue is a blue dye that is used in laboratories to distinguish dead cells from living cells.
Malaria patients who were treated with a combination of the blue dye and artemisinin-based combination therapy were cured of the disease within two days, the study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, showed.
The patients no longer transmitted the parasite if they are bitten again by a mosquito.
"Methylene blue is very promising, because it can prevent the spread of malaria within such a short time following treatment," said Teun Bousema, researcher from Radboud University in the Netherlands.
"There are also indications that methylene blue also works well in species that are resistant to certain medicines," Bousema added.
Malaria parasites are increasingly resistant to the artemisinin-based combination therapies that are currently used.
In addition, these medicines do very little to stop the spread of malaria, as the parasites remain in the blood for a long time, with the chance that other mosquitoes are infected if they feed on the patient.
However, adding the dye to the anti-malaria medicine ensured that patients no longer infected other mosquitoes, within as little as 48 hours.
Patients who were not given methylene blue were able to infect other mosquitoes for at least a week.
"We noted that the male parasites disappeared from the bloodstream more quickly than the female parasites," Bousema said, adding that the dye was found to be safe and was tolerated well by patients.
However, it turns the urine bright blue, which could stop people from using it, the researchers said.
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What's really holding you back from finding love? Why are you still single and looking?
Is it your age? [Too young, Too old]
Is it your city? [No available men, No one wants to commit]
Is it your career? [Too busy, long hours at work]
Whatever your reasons are, they are based on your beliefs about what's true and real to you.
Notice if you are telling yourself things like:
"I am too [fill in the blank]."
"I don't have [fill in the blank]."
"[Fill in the blank] works for others, but not for me."
Now look at each statement again.
Let's say you've said, "I don't have time for dating." [One of the most common excuses.]
Is that true?
Can you absolutely know it's true?
I bet that if you had a really good reason—a very strong WHY for finding love—you'd MAKE TIME.
Like Debbie, 38, a VP of Operations who always dreamed of becoming a mother but had been busy climbing the corporate ladder. Debbie had a "wake up call" when her best friend since college had a miscarriage for the second time. She realized that if she continued putting her love life on hold, she might NEVER fulfill her dream of having her own family. Debbie feared that it would be too late because she only grew older each day. Even though she had a high pressure job, she made finding love a priority and scheduled specific times in her calendar to date online, go out and meet men. Three months later she met Marc, 40. They met online and fell in love "from the first click." After dating for 8 months, Debbie and Marc got engaged and now expecting!
Notice how in Debbie's story the external circumstances didn't change. Yet, her priorities shifted.
From my experience working with hundreds of women, the real reason that holds them back in most cases is their MINDSET.
If you keep giving yourself the same reasons or excuses and hold on to limiting beliefs that disempower you, then you can't expect different and better results.
For example, if you plan to go out tonight and think, "Oh, it's probably going to be a waste of my time and I won't meet anyone," then you've already set yourself up for failure. You will end up staying home or going out and experiencing exactly what you expected.
Our brains are wired in such a way that if we believe something to be true, we will look for and find the proof that matches our belief in order to make us "right."
To break this sabotaging pattern, you must become aware of a negative self-talk.
Starting now, notice what you think about a guy you just met, a date you went on last week or an upcoming party you're planning to attend.
How does it serve you?
Remember, if you don't change your mindset, your actions don't change and you get the same results or nothing.
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Recipe by:Executive Chef Toby BarajasSavory Café, Woodland
For dressing: Place all ingredients in a bowl and whisk together. Any leftover dressing can be refrigerated up to 5 days.
For salad: Place greens on a serving platter and layer with orange segments. Top with onion, pomegranate seeds, goat cheese and, if you wish, nuts. Drizzle with desired amount of dressing.
Note: Supreming is a technique that removes the membrane from citrus fruit so it can be served in slices. With a sharp knife, trim the fruit's ends. Set a flat side on a cutting board. Slice off peel and pith in sections, following the shape of the sphere. Set fruit on its side. Cut toward the center, along a membrane. Then slice along the adjacent membrane until the cuts meet, releasing the segment. Transfer the segment to a bowl. Repeat. Or, for a rustic look, peel oranges and slice in medallions (pictured).
Serves 4 to 6
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text: Prize Distribution ceremony of Annual Sports Week 2018-19 was held on 11th January, 2019. Smt. Manorama Das , District Sports Officer, Sonitpur and Smt Lonima Talukdar, Inspector of Physical Education, Sonitpur were present as the Chief Guest and the Guest of Honour respectively. They both encouraged the students to take part in sports and showed how students can take their talent in sports to the next level.


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Updated, 9:32 a.m.
Good morning on this bright Monday.
Spring, of a sort, has arrived in New York.
And we're not just talking about the recent warmer weather. (Highs will be in the low 40s today, but they'll climb into the 50s and 60s for the rest of the week.)
The start of biological spring, when nature thinks the season has begun, actually kicked off late last month, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Phenology Network, which tracks seasonal changes in plants and animals.
For those keeping tabs, that's about three weeks before March 20, when spring first appears on our calendars.
We asked Jake Weltzin, the executive director of the National Phenology Network, to explain what's happening.
How is the start of spring determined?
Mr. Weltzin's team uses a model that combines weather data with historical data on the leafing and flowering of lilacs and honeysuckles to create a biological map of the onset of spring. Lilacs and honeysuckles are used because they are early indicators of spring, behave similarly to other plant species and grow across the United States.
Why did spring arrive early in New York City?
"All of the recent heat has pushed the biological spring forward," Mr. Weltzin said.
But it's not only here: The early spring moved up the country from the South "like a green wave" until it stalled over our city, he said. It's spring in most of Brooklyn, but the season hasn't really started in much of Manhattan, according to the National Phenology Network. "The biological spring will pick up and continue north soon,'' he said, "assuming we don't get more cold."
Is this part of a trend?
"This is an exceptional year," Mr. Weltzin said. The model doesn't predict climate change, but a study last year, which used the model, found earlier springtimes at 75 percent of 300 national parks studied over a span of more than 100 years, evidence that the "climate is changing," Mr. Weltzin said.
What are the downsides of an early spring?
There are plenty, he said.
When a hard frost follows a period of early flowering, plants can be damaged and crops can be lost.
Mosquito season and tick season start earlier, possibly spreading more disease, and pollen season can be longer and more intense.
And migratory species, like birds, arrive during the "false spring" and can have trouble finding food, Mr. Weltzin said. (To help, he suggests stocking your bird feeder or installing a bird shelter now.)
Are there benefits to an early spring?
"Well, yeah. I think people have really enjoyed the beautiful weather."
Here's what else is happening:
In the News
• When your luxury Airbnb rental happens to be inside Trump Tower. [New York Times]
• Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo showed support for Israel during his breakneck 15-hour trip through Jerusalem. [New York Times]
• The police and politicians disagree on whether the toppling of tombstones at a Jewish cemetery in Brooklyn was an act of vandalism. [WNYC]
• There were three bomb scares at Brooklyn schools last week. [Brooklyn Paper]
• An immigrant, now living in fear in New York, ponders whether it's time to take her education and leave. [New York Times]
• Why everyone is talking about the spectacular hair of Clint Frazier, a top outfield prospect for the Yankees. [New York Times]
• Is the gratuity-free model working at New York City restaurants? [Crain's]
• This home intrusion story in Brooklyn sounds like a high-tech version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." [New York Times]
• A police officer helped a woman give birth in a taxi on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. [NBC]
• School-age children in New York are making money by selling homemade slime to classmates. [New York Post]
• Today's Metropolitan Diary: "To the Cabby Who Picked Me Up Near MoMA: Sorry"
• Scoreboard: Warriors prevail over Knicks, 112-105. Blue Jackets dare Devils, 3-0. Flames burn Islanders, 5-2.
• For a global look at what's happening, see Your Monday Briefing.
Coming Up Today
• Join a game of dodge ball, hosted by Sandlot Sports NYC, at St. Luke's School in the West Village. 6 p.m. [Free]
• A lecture on the history of homelessness in New York at the Mid-Manhattan Library. 6:30 p.m. [Free]
• Learn about the art of acting and making theater at a discussion with the author of the book "Theater for Beginners" at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Downtown Brooklyn. 7 p.m. [Free, reservations encouraged]
• An evening with the music of Ella Fitzgerald at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. 7 p.m. [$30]
• The author of "The Seven Good Years" talks about his work and U.S.-Israeli relations at the New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building in Midtown. 7 p.m. [$25]
• Knicks at Magic, 7 p.m. (MSG). Nets at Grizzlies, 8 p.m. (YES).
• For more events, see The New York Times's Arts & Entertainment guide.
• Railroads: L.I.R.R., Metro-North, N.J. Transit, Amtrak
• Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s.
• Alternate-side parking: in effect until March 12.
• Ferries: Staten Island Ferry, New York Waterway, East River Ferry
• Airports: La Guardia, J.F.K., Newark
And Finally...
With almost 8.5 million people in this city, you learn to live with crowds: on the sidewalks, underground, during the holidays or even at home.
Which is why New Yorkers who live alone seem to have it made. Not only can they escape other people, they have the freedom to do whatever they want — inside their homes — without the judgment of others.
But living alone can also mean getting very comfortable and doing things that would, well, frighten a roommate, like cleaning the house in your underwear, having a lengthy conversation with a cat, hoarding years of junk mail or strutting around naked while lip-syncing Beyoncé's "Sorry." (Not that we've ever done any of these things, of course.)
So we'd like to know, roommate-less New Yorkers:
What is a quirky or odd behavior you engage in at home?
Let us know by email at email@example.com or in the comments. We may reach out to you for a column.
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You can upload and tag the official recipients of the Pupil Premium each financial year, taken from the Official DfE files received from Key to Success.
As Pupil Premium status is allocated from the DfE after each Census, the Key 2 Success Report is correct unless any revisions are made in which case you can reimport the report from them or await the new data from the DfE after your next Census. This will allow you to see the "Pupil Premium Recipient" badge against a pupil on their student profile.
Firstly make sure that you have downloaded the file from Key to Success and that this is saved on your computer before you start. Then go to Student > All Students > Bulk Update > Pupil Premium Recipients
The page explains how to get the Pupil Premium file and how to use Key to Success to download and search for students.
Don't worry if your report from Key 2 Success has students in last year's year groups or forms! This is because Key2Success works within the financial year and the forms on this report are from when the report was generated. When you put this information in Arbor it will add the information to the correct children and they will remain within their correct form in Arbor.
Click on the green 'Show UPN List' to get a list of all UPN's of students currently enrolled in your school.
Once you have the file click +Add button. This will open a slide over where you can upload your file to. Once you have browsed and added the file from your computer, click on the green 'Upload' button to continue.
This will then generate a list of all the students in the file you uploaded.
To create the Pupil Premium records click on the green Create Report button. Until you have confirmed the report, Pupil Premiums will not be created in Arbor.
To see a complete list of the students you have uploaded. Go to Students > Demographics > Pupil Premium Recipients to see all Pupil Premium Recipients for the financial year.
You can switch between financial years using the drop-down menu in the top right-hand corner and you can also download this list as an Excel file.


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Movin' To The Beat
From Plank Road Publishingby Teresa Jennings
The hip hop groove of this funky tune will appeal to your students right away. Odds are they'll start moving to the music all on their own! Options for body percussion are indicated on the music, and the kit includes an a cappella track with body percussion. (from Music K-8, Vol. 16, No. 2)
(Run time: 1:48)
About the Downloadable OptionThe downloadable version contains all the components the print version would, but in electronic format. Files may be quite large: A high-speed connection is recommended. (Visit the Download Help page for more info.)
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Visiting my sister and dad at Gold Beach OR for the 4th of July weekend, and I did my first run on the beach! I was expecting it to be allot more difficult, I ran in wet and dry sand but to me the effort was no less than pavement. Maybe all my hill runs have payed off! I was slower for sure! But also being a forefoot runner I think helped allot on the sand. It was so windy here!!! I felt like I was running in place sometimes! But I can't wait to run more on the sand!!! I love it!!
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One-credit seminar for students engaging in research for the first time, to be taken alongside 1-3 independent research credits in a science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) field. Students need to identify a research mentor prior to the start of the semester. Topics include navigating the mentoring relationship, research self-efficacy and identity, research ethics, diversity in STEM, science communication, and more. Learn more about the currciulum here.
If you are an undergraduate working in a research lab (or have a mentor already lined up), the Entering Research seminar series can help you get the most out of your research experience.
If you're just starting out and need help finding a mentor or want to learn more about how to get involved in undergraduate research, visit the Research section of biology.wisc.edu or stop by the BioCommons at Steenbock Library and talk with an Undergraduate Research Peer Mentor (see the BioCommons event schedule for drop-in hours).
Entering Research Part 1 will give you tools and skills to help you foster a successful mentor/mentee relationship and tailor your research experience to your interests and goals.
- Learn about the roles, responsibilities, and relationships that make for a successful research experience
- Define an independent research project with your mentor
- Share your research experience with your peers
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I coordinate the Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program, coordinate and instruct the Entering Mentoring and Entering Research courses, and oversee the research peer leadership students.
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Happy September! Halloween is now less than 60 days away! WOOOO!!! :D
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Mintie where are the outfits for the ball tonight?June 21
Mintie where is this week's ballyhoo bundle?June 2
Mintie where is the vacation bundle for this week?May 31
Hiya Mintie! I just have a quick question. I have gone to every room in the game, and for the life of me I cannot find some of the Easter eggs. I'm not sure if I'm just not seeing them or if I have a glitch on my account. I'm missing around 50ish I think to reach the 602 max mark? I was wondering if it would be possible to get a list of the rooms where I still haven't found all the Easter eggs. I understand that this probably isn't feasible, but I figured I'd ask.Thanks for all you do!-RedApril 14
Mintie I won a solar system - Moon pin after I started the space task and it still hasn't allowed me to progress.March 17
Hi Mintie. I have tried reaching stuff numerous times in game for help and no one has responded. I need someone in the game to IM me or talk to me on here. Thanks.March 14
Hi Mintie I know staff is updating things which is great however peoples robot toys from santa last year are still not opening when rotating them. Can staff work on fixing them. I have mentioned it several times and it has never been fixed. I also can not ride my groovy car volts. wagon bug in any color. Can you pass along the message to fix this as well. Thank you for everything. Hugs Trinity Evening TwinklesJanuary 16
I made a report, but I'd like to say...It bugs me when a person approaches me in my room and tells me that they are my daughter, when I prove that they are not being truthful, they try to make trouble for me by claiming I'm harassing them..when I know very well that staff just has to go check conversations and read for themselves that this person did in fact say to me.."HI Mom, this is your daughter....etc..." now she's wanting to IM staff, cause I challenge her in public with her stories...January 4
Mintie last time I checked it takes shoes to complete an outfit and what are the boys going to wear?December 2019
Mintie where are the outfits for the ball tonight?December 2019
Mintie why does the golden christmas pony look like the skeleton pony from halloween instead of what it is suppose to look like in the membership description?December 2019
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Uh Mintie I'm stuck on the ride at the end of the second elemental room.June 2019
Mintie where is the Star traveler bundle for this week?June 2019
hey mintie, me and ardp are having trouble accessing vfk, i've tried logging in through epic ages and it still doesn't work! our internet connection is fine and every other website is working fine but we can't access vfk and we don't know why :( please help! (btw we live in the same house which is why she's included)June 2019
Can you please look into why I haven't gotten my 2018 event pins yet please?March 2019
How do I get my title here It's
Catmando AKA Guest210760March 2019
VFK_MintieHi @guest210760,
The title you requested is taken and you would need to request a new title to be reviewed.
If you have an account in VFK and wish to join the Miss Clue Messages boards, VFK is connected with Miss Clue so the same login will work here as well as on VFK!
If you have a character which already has a title if you login here, using the same information, you will automatically have your title without the need to create a new account!
I hope this helps!
Guest210760That is my login title for the game.
Mintie where is the new collectible collection?March 2019
PatticakesI can't find it either.
Miss_Sparklefeetits under gold stamps in Autumn Imports
Hey! I can't open my gift from Mister Ned and my messages are being ignored.February 2019
Will Curse of the Devil's heart be done by Halloween this year?October 2018
VFK_MintieHello tessygirl! We are still actively developing CDH and are very excited for its release!
At the moment we don't have a concrete release date, though we should have an official Miss Clue announcement this Halloween!
Thanks for all your patience and check back soon!
tessygrlI never thought It was taking this long about this. I'm sorry I am itching to play so badly!
Hi everyone,
We're making some updates to the Miss Clue Message Boards, so if you experience anything out of the ordinary, feel free to let us know!
-Mintie :)September 2018
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Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley
About the Seminar
The Knight Digital Media Center Multimedia at the University of California, Berkeley provided fellowships to reporters to attend training sessions that combined practical instruction in current and emerging technologies that impact news reporting with in-depth exploration of issues in online publishing.
Workshop participants learned how to create database-driven map mash-ups, how to use GPS for hyper-local news, post to blogs, create audio, video and .pdf podcasts, and created identities and participated in social networking sites. Fellows produced a publishing project as part of the seminar.
Participants received four days of intense hands-on instruction on how to:
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