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Essay on United Arab Emirates
In the recent years, there has been recognition of the indigenous tourism as being a potential ground for the fast growth of the tourism industry. In relation to the local culture, the history, terrain of the land as well as other aspects of the local region creates a need for further exploitation and comparison of the aspects that lead to the growth of the region. The culture that is found within the local region, the political aspects, the historical perspectives of the region as well as the extent of the way of life for the people in the region dictates the extent of the potential tourist destination that a region can be said to have. There are various dimensions that are relevant for any specified tourist destination region. Normally, people are interested in knowing the extent to which different aspects of their lives are linked to the present day. Tourist destinations are regions that have been found to possess some interesting ways of life, government, religious beliefs, and interesting ways of life well as unitary or widespread social ties.
The workings of tourism destinations are based upon certain aspects of the cultural practices deemed interesting or striking, and causing people to be interested in knowing more about the destination. From the examples that have been provided from the tourism industry, it is clear that there are major factors that are considered as having the highest level of influence on the tourists to be attracted to a region. A suggestion is made concerning the practice of the tourism sector which demonstrates that there are complex constructs relating to history, culture as well as the natural appearance of a region which leads to the expansion of a region into a tourism destination. The incorporation of the different constructs makes up the effectiveness of a tourism destination for any region. As a result, there is an increased growth of the wealth of local region due to the incorporation of the diverse aspects of tourism destination. In diverse studies, inquisition has generally been made on the possibility of brandishing the various constructs of culture, government, nature as well as historical aspects into opening up a region into a tourism destination.
There are diverse aspects that have been considered in determining culture as a major dimension of tourism destination. There are various elements of culture that have been developed and whose presence has facilitated the expansion of the cultural perspective as one major tourism destination. The different cultural aspects have been identified as the major scales through which the extent of the attractiveness of tourism destination has always been based on. As researchers have suggested, the various dimension that have been observed in terms of brandishing culture as a means of opening up a region for tourism destination, it is imperative to consider some factors. These may include the elements that make up the daily life, sophistication and measures of good life for the people within the region such as art, food and even museums, societal elements that make up work and eventually, the available cultural remnants that used to be in the past. Some evidence in this case is considered as contributing to the understanding of the tourists about the region. Some of the commonly things sought after are architectural designs, museums, and form of religion. The specific geographical regions that possess the characteristics of making potential tourists develop a desire to view the existence of some interesting aspects makes up a tourism destination. A country may possess certain characteristics that tend to create a general overview of the region under consideration and actually contributing to the extensive attraction to tourists.
In the pursuit of obtaining tourism destination to a specified region, it has been continually argued that brandishing a region into being a tourist attraction centre is similar to marketing. As such, brandishing a region has the sole aim of increasing the number of visitations by tourists. As such, approaches aimed at solely increasing the number of visitations by tourists to a region tend to ignore the unique needs that every particular region has in comparison to other regions. For instance, various differences exist as far as geographical attractiveness, environmental relationship as well as socio-cultural aspects of a region are concerned. This fact tends to increase the need for further deliberation of the part of the people concerned to do their very best to ensure that the relevant details about the attractiveness of a region is concerned. The process of branding the aspect of tourism attractiveness of regions has thus depended upon the perceptions of tourists about the art, history as well as cultural aspects. Depending on the way a nation utilizes the various factors that are within its disposal and which attract tourists, regions have seen reasonable growth and expansion as tourism destinations.
Ideal locations for tourism attraction should be based on the elements of daily practice and reasonable inclusion of the various factors that are crucial for increasing tourists' attraction. It is only within the contexts of a culture full of wealthy cultural heritage, excellent performance in terms of culture and art that a nation can enjoy the fruits of increased tourism activities. Art and culture are thus some of the major aspects that are taken into consideration when branding a nation's tourism destination. In relation to other factors that are regarded as being crucial in the process of branding, the political government, mostly the historical aspects are considered. This is mostly considered in terms of the historical perspectives of the region and thus the essence of the branding tends to incline towards some aspects of the nation that are only within the past. Such a dimension of tourism destination thus relies heavily on both material and cultural historical aspects that used to be during some particular points in time. There are similarities as well as differences when indexes relating to historical and cultural aspects are concerned. The relationship between the various aspects is distinct and tends to be dependent upon each other. If a country has a huge command of historic heritage, large number of tourists are likely to be drawn into the region. Thus in all aspects, the major elements that makes a region into a tourism destination is all about the different dimensions of its history that is found within the region.
Understanding of local issues based on United Arab Emirates culture
Virtually all places have a specified dimension on which they are identified. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has had a past experience of extreme historical perspectives that distinguish it as a modern tourist attraction centre. In identification of the United Arab Emirates, there are certain identities that have been applied by various experts. As a matter of fact, these dimensions of identification have tended to lean on the information that is likely to render the knowledge of an individual to the highest level of comprehension of what United Arab Emirates actually was in the past and the journey to its current state of affairs. The wide knowledge about United Arab Emirates has been developed from the past encounters that were seen in the region. The analysis of the historical aspects of the United Arab Emirates has been known by historians to be one that promotes a wide scope of knowledge and experience of people. To completely understand The United Arab Emirates, it is relevant to completely know the different issues that will promote a wide scope knowledge and experience of the region.
Analysis of the various dimensions of historical perspectives
The identification of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been known to consist of various regions that have developed to be known as making up the United Arab Emirates. In total, there are seven small other regions that make up the United Arab Emirates. Each of the seven regions has its own diverse history that makes it distinct from the others. The seven regions include: Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ras Al-Khaimah, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah and Umm Al-Qaiwain. The seven regions are said to have come together to make up the federal state in the year 1971. The United Arab Emirates is said to have been engrossed in two distinct ways of life; the two practices practiced in the United Arab Emirates actually revealed the Emeriate culture. The two perspectives were: the Bedouins nomadic desert-oriented lifestyle which entailed use of small oasis around little farming was done due to the broad desert environment that covered the vast areas of the region. The second culture was the one oriented towards sea. This culture was basically oriented towards sea trading as well as pearling. The subcultures found in this region for that period were basically directed towards ensuring that there was a full control of the basics of life in relation to the economic aspects, political perspectives as well as the social aspects of the groups involved. At the same time, the coming of the oil economy, the United Arab Emirates was highly structured and differentiated along the two cultural perspectives.
The beginning of the 1960s saw the development of a completely new culture and way of life for the people in the United Arab Emirates. This was basically due to the introduction of the oil-based economy. It saw the elimination of the formerly practiced ways of life by the people in the region and completely transforming their lives into a totally different aspect. Nevertheless, before the coming of the oil economy, the identity of the region was based upon the way of life that the people in the regions embraced. As a result of the interactions that have been developed between the regions with other neighboring Arab regions, the United Arab Emirates has had to share several aspects of the Arab life. Thus there are traces of the larger culture of the Arab in the region as a result of the interactions that existed between her and other Arab oriented neighbors. The shaping of the culture of the United Arab Emirates id thus directed towards the diverse interactions that have existed between the region and other regions.
In terms of the coverage and region that the United Arab Emirates has occupied is up to 32, 278 square miles. This is approximately 83, 600 square kilometers. The region is also located in the Persian Gulf or otherwise known as the Arabian Gulf. In terms of the borders of the region, it has shared them with countries like Qatar, Oman, and the Saudi Arabia. In terms of the size of the seven regions that make up the Emirates, there is a great differentiation in terms of the way they are dispersive as well as the nature of the manner in which they are run. Some of the regions are actually the most dispersive and cover a great seal of the region. For instance, Abu Dhabi is said to comprise of almost 85% of the region in terms of the land coverage of the United Arab Emirates. At the same time, Ajman is the smallest of the seven regions comprising of smallest size in terms of land size. The seven emirates are named in terms of their capital cities. Of the seven distinct cities, Abu Dhabi is taken as the capital of the nation and the centre where almost all the activities of the nation are conducted. The other areas in the inland are covered by vast desert and thus there are only a handful of oases to support life. One major geographical characteristic of the country is the presence of the Hajar Mountains, a characteristic feature of the entire nation. As a result of the dispersive deserts in the nation, there is only a dry climate throughout the country. At the same time, the nation is characterized with very high temperatures as a result of the extreme temperatures that run throughout the nation.
In comparison to the wealth that the nation boast of because of the oil based economy, there is a small population. It is actually estimated to be about 2,624,000 (by 1997). During the time when the nation was embracing the oil based economy, at around 1970s, the local population is estimated to have been so small. In fact, it comprised of about 86,000 by the year 1961. As a result of the small population and the nature of life and culture that existed in the region at the time, the nation was in short of technical skills and experience that would have promoted a modern nation with a modern way of life. The tiny population that was found in the nation was basically not efficient enough as to promote the kind of life that would have promoted the increase of commercialization of different activities that would have led to fast growth of the nation and the ultimately growth of the economy. The conditions in which the people lived were extremely harsh for survival and promotion of population growth. As a result, only a small population was possible to attain sustenance by the harsh conditions that prevailed in the desert stricken nation. There was not enough food to eat, no good shelter and other basic components that would have promoted better life.
The coming of the oil based economy was a great relief for the nation and the people at large. Based on the fact that there was a quick growth of the nation in terms of economy and other aspects, it was possible for people to obtain better diet, shelter, clothing as well as other facilities that they did not have in the past. As such, there was a rapid population growth and the nation was able to obtain the technical skills that it direly needed to spark off the rate of economic growth. Following the commercialization of the production of oil in the region, it was possible for the people in the region to attain a settled life and thus gave them a chance to live according to the modern standards of living and with the availability of the necessary needs that were now in good supply. The essence of the provision of the basic commodities for the people led to the implementation of other vital activities necessary for the sustainability of life as well as the economic advancement of the nation.
There were remarkable improvements in the health care, standards of living, as well as large scale importation of commodities to different destinations as well as the massive exportation of the oil. As the living standards of the people improved, it was a practice rather than the norm for the nation to import foreign male laborers. As such, the importation of labor has led to dependence on expatriate labor to work in the nation. As a result of the importation of foreign labor from other nations, The United Arab Emirates is now a totally multi-ethnic region that is comprised of people from diverse locations of the world. It is no wonder that emirate nations only make up 20% of the total population. As a result of the increased importation of male laborers to the region, an imbalanced population has resulted where the ratio of males to females is extremely big. In the year 1997 alone, the number of male population was 1,755,000 compared to the 869,000 female populations.
For the tourism aspects of the United Arab Emirates, there are various aspects that are thought to be the source of the increased need for the continued attraction of tourist to the region. As one of the world's great tourist destination, the United Arab Emirates has various characteristics. To start with, the cultural, economic, political as well as the geographical aspects of the region have opened it for the tourist attraction. In terms of the economic factors, there has been an increased need for tourists to marvel at how such a desert stricken nation can thrive so well into becoming one of the richest nations on earth. People have also been interested in understanding the way of life of the people within the region and how they live. As the anticipation would be, there is an increased need for the tourists to know how the Arabic community accommodates the multicultural aspects of the people within the region. In terms of the cohesiveness of the society, tourists have been attracted to the knowledge that the tribe makes up the principal building block in the United Arab Emirates. At the same time, tourists are always attracted to the terrain of the land and where the tribes used to live. This includes things like oasis, mountains, desert, the coast as well as the relationship between the terrain and the traditional life that the tribes lived. Also, tourists flock into the region with the desire of knowing how the Islam religion played a role in the culture of the people in the region.


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Krushinski Deputy Director, Strategic Business Management Defense Finance and Accounting Service March 13, 2007 Agenda: Agenda DFAS Transformation Vision Transformation Blueprint People Structure Process Technology Information Summary Transformation Vision: VISION: Transforming Today To Be The Trusted Financial Partner For Tomorrow's Warfighter Transformation Vision Why Are We Transforming: Why Are We Transforming Current environment Manual processes and non-standard internal controls Numerous barriers to achieving unqualified audit opinion Stressed and disparate systems containing static financial data Evolve in accordance with Department objectives Execute Agency strategic goals Manage more complex programs to respond to increased demands Improve processes and realize new efficiencies Transformation far exceeds BRAC Includes multiple agency initiatives Organizational Realignment High Performing Organizations NSPS Electronic Commerce Systems Implementation BRAC facilitates DFAS Transformation Slide5: Transformation Vision Business Intelligence Benchmarking Information Security BRAC Centers of Excellence Human Capital Strategy Enterprise Transition Plan eCommerce High-Performing Organizations Lean 6 Sigma People - Human Capital Strategy: People - Human Capital Strategy Succession Planning Skills Inventory National Security Personnel System (NSPS) Implementation is event driven Labor relations portions of NSPS delayed due to court ruling DOD successfully implemented for 11,000 non-bargaining unit employees in spiral 1.1 in April '06 and plans additional 60,000 in October '06 through January '07 in spirals 1.2 and 1.3 DFAS Human Capital Strategy: Leadership Ensure DFAS leadership approach is incorporated into our environment Develop professional cadre of supervisors with strong managerial versus technical skills Talent Ensure right skills are available in right place at the right time Environment Develop culture that supports and rewards continual growth and learning of those professional financial management skills critical for DFAS transformation DFAS Human Capital Strategy Structure - 2005 BRAC Law: Structure - 2005 BRAC Law Grow the DFAS site at Cleveland, OH, to not less than 1,500 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) Grow the DFAS site at Limestone, ME, to not less than 600 FTEs Grow the DFAS site at Rome, NY, to not less than 1,000 FTEs Maintain not less than the current FTEs1 at the DFAS sites at Columbus, OH (2,064 FTEs), and Indianapolis, IN (2,632 FTEs) 1 FTEs effective EOM August 2005 (Geographic Location Report, Military Personnel Report) What Does BRAC Mean for DFAS: What Does BRAC Mean for DFAS Reduced Staffing Meet BRAC staffing floors Reduced Overhead Fewer locations Reduced Footprint Use existing excess capacity Continued business process improvements thru Transformation DFAS BRAC 2005: DFAS BRAC 2005 Indicates site scheduled for closure in fiscal year Indicates site scheduled for realignment in fiscal year Indicates site closed Sites Closed as of January 31, 2007 Lexington, Oakland, San Bernardino, Seaside, San Antonio, Lawton, Dayton, Norfolk Slide11: Where We Are Today Of the 5,103 total permanent DFAS employees at the 20 closing sites and Arlington realignment, 1,173 were assigned to the 8 sites that have closed to date (23%); 3,930 employees (77%) are at the remaining 13 sites scheduled for closure Data as of: Jan. 24, 2007 Slide12: Disposition of Employees at Closed Locations Of the 1,173 permanent employees at closing sites: 30% placed at enduring sites 27% accepted VERA/VSIP 19% placed thru PPP 12% other attrition 8% RIF 4% DSR Data as of: Jan. 24, 2007 Organizational Structure - Current : Organizational Structure - Current Deputy for Strategic Business Management Office of Strategy Management Director Policy & Performance Director Business Requirements & Integration Director Transformation Director Cleveland Site Director Columbus Site Director Denver Site Director Indianapolis Site Director Kansas City Corporate Accounting Mission Area Director Accounting Operations Mission Area Director Disbursing Mission Area Director Director Standards & Compliance Finance Mission Area Director Sites included: Charleston Pensacola Norfolk Japan Pacific San Diego Sites included: Dayton Limestone Omaha Sites included: Lawton Rome Orlando Seaside Rock Island St Louis Texarkana Europe Client Executives Information Technology Corporate Resources Internal Review Office of General Counsel Chief of Staff Deputy for Operations Director Deputy Director Director Human Capital Organizational Structure - FY 2009: Organizational Structure - FY 2009 Deputy for Strategic Business Management Office of Strategy Management Director Policy & Performance Director Business Requirements & Integration Director Transformation Director Cleveland Site Director Columbus Site Director Indianapolis Site Corporate Accounting Mission Area Director Accounting Operations Mission Area Director Disbursing Mission Area Director Director Standards & Compliance Finance Mission Area Director Oversight Japan Limestone Rome Europe Texarkana Client Executives Information Technology Corporate Resources Internal Review Office of General Counsel Chief of Staff Deputy for Operations Director Deputy Director Director Human Capital Process - FY2009 End State - Operations Highlights: Process - FY2009 End State - Operations Highlights Retired and Annuitant Pay Garnishments Center of Excellence Columbus Centers of Excellence Indianapolis Center of Excellence Limestone Centers of Excellence Rome Centers of Excellence Cleveland Acquisition Accounting including Contract Pay Security Assistance Accounting Out of Service Debt Transportation Working Capital Fund Accounting Medical Accounting Special Ops Accounting Technology: Technology Enterprise Transition Plan Enterprise Priorities Defense Travel System (DTS) Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System (DIMHRS) Service Enterprise Resource Planning Systems General Fund Enterprise Business System (Army) Defense Enterprise Accounting & Management System (AF. USTRANSCOM) Merged ERP (Navy) eCommerce E-Commerce Strategy Overview: E-Commerce Strategy Overview Optimize EC Capabilities Leverage Business Opportunity from BRAC Implement Selected Legacy System Changes Actively Engage Customer, BTA, and DFAS Enterprise Identify Short and Long Term Opportunities Leverage New Systems and Technologies Identify Unnecessary Manual Activities Across Core DFAS Business Mission Areas DFAS E-Commerce Review: DFAS E-Commerce Review Conduct end to end organizational scan to identify pockets of manual Identify pockets of manual by customer, system, and location Identify key targets areas Identify benefits Identify costs Identify schedule Tasks Status/Outcomes Completed organizational scan of key business areas: acquisition, entitlement, accounting, and disbursing Identified manual by Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Defense Agencies Identified locations and identified strategic opportunities at Rome, Rock Island, and San Diego Identified 223 potential targets of opportunity and selected 49 Identified target reductions in manual events Cost identification underway Schedule under development as part of tactical plan Scope: 223 Targets, 49 Priorities, 3 Waves: Reduce Manual Disbursements Automate Prevalidation between Entitlement and Accounting Systems (EUD) Add additional required elements for DCAS Implement DCAS at remaining disbursing sites Add additional required elements in the IPAC trading partner agreements Automate IPAC disbursement process in Accounting Promote timely and accurate recording of obligations to Services/Agencies Conduct Lean 6 study to resolve MOCAS Contract/CLIN/SLIN/ACRN/SDN accounting interface and over-disbursement issues* Conduct Lean 6 study to automate the DITCO/State Department/ Tricare/ Transcom/GSA financial process that are causing manual disbursements* Automate Contracts/Inv/RR to Entitlement Systems* Automate Obligations/ Expenses to Accounting Systems* Expand use and functionality of DTS (add PCS and MISC Pay functionality)* Accelerated WAWF Usage for Contract Invoices/Receiving Reports and MISC Pay* Accelerate Powertrack usage for freight/HHG* Increase use of Purchase Card Increase use of Purchase Card (contracts <$3000) and accelerate Army, USMC & DAGY usage* Improve Credit Card Processes with the use of the correct Fund Codes and signal codes Resolve e-Mall Credit Card Issues Implement CEDM across DFAS, starting at BRAC Closure Sites* Accelerate use of MyPay* Accelerate use of MyInvoice* Automate the Manual Check Collection Process through the use of TGAnet, PCC and Pay.gov Automate AOPs for travel/vendor pay Deploy BSM Deploy DIMHRS Deploy SDI Deploy ERM/BAM Tool * Supported in detail on subsequent pages Wave 1: 2007-2009 Wave 2: 2008-2010 Automate IPAC Reimbursable transactions Automate the elimination reporting process Automate Budget Distribution/Funding Process/Cost Management Enhance PBAS functionality Automate Treasury Warrants AFM - Automated Interface of Funds Distribution (Majcom to Installation Level) Automate Military/Civilian Pay Processes Automate Mil Pay Vouchers/Interfaces [ref: CDS] Conduct Lean 6 study to evaluate Payroll Deductions and miscellaneous 8552 disbursement/collection transactions Automate DCPS accounts receivable interface to accounting systems. SCR transmits both the AR and collection Automate the DCPS to Accounting System reconciliation Automate FMS Processes Analyze and resolve Interfund breakpoints Interfund – Web Based Ordering Systems (DLA/GSA) Obligation Interface [ref: GAFS-BL] - EDI 855 Deploy IVAN Deploy Navy ERP, DEAMS, DAI, GFEBS (Further Review Needed to Determine Priorities for Wave 2) Transfer responsibility of original source of entries to customers/Services/Agencies. Implement e-Form Fix foreign currency issues in DDARS for OCONUS TBO transactions Automate the Reporting Processes for Departmental, Taxes, manual disbursements and Treasury Cash Automate accounting process for "Classified" LOAs Automate the Journal Voucher process Automate recording capital transactions Automate the CIP/WIP write-off process using DPAS Implement PowerTrack interface for DLA (BSM) (Further Review Needed to Determine Priorities for Wave 3) Wave 3: 2009-2011 Scope: 223 Targets, 49 Priorities, 3 Waves Information: Information Business Intelligence (BI) Benchmarking Information Security Business Intelligence: Business Intelligence Intelligence is the ability to learn, to understand or to deal with new or trying situations Business intelligence is the set of concepts, methods and processes DFAS is developing to improve business decisions Information from multiple sources Apply experience and assumptions to develop an accurate understanding of business dynamics Gathering, management and analysis of data is optimized to produce information that is distributed to decision makers to improve strategic and tactical decisions BI Value Chain BI VALUE – The Right Information at the Right Time: BI VALUE – The Right Information at the Right Time Business Intelligence provides decision makers with information that enhances Financial Management on 3 planes: Business Intelligence : Business Intelligence Current Business Intelligence Initiatives DFAS Balanced Scorecard Automation Integration of Enterprise Planning capability Delivery of the DFAS Executive Dashboard Visual delivery of Corporate level Balanced Scorecard Linkage of execution to Key Performance Indicators Enhanced Cost of War and Contingency Operation Reporting and Views Creating of a single, authoritative data source for special interest items Delivery of Global War on Terror, Cost of War, Hurricane Relief, and other Contingency Operation reporting Emerging Business Intelligence Initiatives Improvements to Status of Funds Visibility Enhanced Budget Execution Analysis Delivery of interactive visual representation of the execution of DoD budget Deliver capability for ad-hoc analysis of plan to execution Establish interactive user-controlled method to forecast execution into the future Incorporate Military Pay improvements and actions into Executive Dashboards Integration with Enterprise Risk Management and Business Activity Monitoring Information - Benchmarking : Information - Benchmarking Accounting DFAS Summary: DFAS Summary Fewer locations: 101 9,9152 employees 18 systems $1,368M operating costs3 70% professional / 30% technicians Right employees with right skills Optimum number and mix of civilians/contractors Pay for performance under NSPS 30 locations1 13,8792 employees 92 systems $1,615M operating costs3 70% technicians / 30% professional Aging workforce General Schedule Pay System 1 Includes Europe & Japan 2 Source: HR Flash Report September 2005 (civilian & military) 3 Current $ 1 Includes Europe & Japan 2 Projected Civilian & Military 3 Current $ FY 2005
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Distinctions Executive Coaching uses Integral Coaching as its core methodology. Integral Coaching is about maintaining long term excellence in performance through self-correction and self-generation, and works on the basis that the individual is already filled with latent potential.
The coach is there to help the client uncover their own possibilities and find solutions by expanding the lens through which they see their own situation.
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Integral coaching practitioners reach into the past, gathering wisdom from East and West, while still staying current with the frontiers of new discovery in cognitive science, genetics, and other disciplines.
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Coaches bring forth a view of the client that includes how the client represents him or herself and also investigates his or her social world, habits, relationship with the body, the quality of self-care, the amount of attention and energy available to take on change, and much more.
The method attends to the individuality of the person as well as the social context in which the person is always embedded.
Our individuality includes our thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and intentions as well as everything that is happening to us physiologically.
Our social context includes the language(s) we speak, the culturally specific practices we engage in, the relationships we are a part of and the history of the groups we belong to.
Additionally, we are always in a shared physical environment that includes nature and human artifacts, and our background, sense of possibility and our mood are shaped by the physical space we're in.
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In action, this means coaches understand their clients with great depth and scope, converse with them in a way that opens up insights and possibilities, and offer a path forward that includes activities designed for them.
Addressing the inner and outer world of the individual and the inner and outer world of the groups of which they are a part opens up a huge template in which coaching can occur.
Working this broadly requires coaches who can understand how each of these human domains operates, both singularly and in their combinations.
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When self-generating, we have the ability to continuously renew ourselves by drawing upon resources from without and within. When clients are self-generating, the development of competence becomes not a final end state but a continuous process.
Executive coaching is playing a bigger role than ever in the career development of senior executives and CEOs. Now a $2bn industry, the International Coaching Federation (ICF) estimates there to be 1,500 new coaches worldwide every year.
However, the expansion of any industry comes with its challenges, and the executive coaching industry is no exception. Not least amongst these challenges is the proliferation of methodologies in what is still an unregulated worldwide industry. Between 2014 and 2017 Peer Resources recognized a growth in professional coaching associations from 23 to 36, and counting. So, how do we know what works and which methods are likely to win-out as the most sustainable in the future?
One contender is 'integral coaching', which is finding success due to its more holistic approach and its use of philosophies from both East and West. While that may give it more of a 'life coaching' ring, it is still very much executive coaching – it is just more comprehensive and humanistic in its application than the average corporate coaching method – and in its conception of what it takes to be a successful executive.
The prime example of this 'comprehensiveness' is the way in which integral coaches include everything about the client and the client's world in their coaching – not just their corporate life. This includes what the client is aware of in their environment – both personal and corporate; and what their potential might be once they learn to become more fully aware of their environment i.e. how they operate in the world and the cause and effect of their actions. And whereas other coaching methodologies focus more on superficial behaviors, integral coaching looks at the causes of those behaviors, whether emotional, cultural etc.
Integral coaches encourage their clients to fully investigate their social world, habits and relationships. They look at the body, the quality of self-care, the amount of attention and energy available to take on any change, and much more outside of just the superficial presentation of the person. This deeper and more personally informed awareness allows for greater change and growth in the client, as well as the increased likelihood that the client can self-manage this growth after the coaching has ended.
It also takes into account context – the context of the individual's life, both professional and personal. And in doing its prime goal is not to change the individual (that comes later), but simply to make them more aware – aware of their thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and intentions as well as everything that is happening to them physically and emotionally. Integral coaching considers context and environment important because they include the language(s) we speak, the culturally specific practices we engage in, and the history of the groups we belong to. By understanding these elements, we are more likely to understand – and change where necessary – our motivations and the motivations of those around us.
Ultimately, an integral coach's goal is to train their clients in the ability to self-observe and self-correct, and therefore to self-generate. Addressing the inner and outer world of the individual along with the inner and outer world of the groups of which they are a part of, creates a much bigger framework in which the coaching can occur.
If all this sounds a little bit like philosophy and not like coaching to you, integral coaching is also very applied – it looks for the same measurements and goals that every executive is looking for – the difference is that integral coaches look for long-term sustained excellence rather than just short-term goals that may not, in the long-term, be sustainable without real awareness and corresponding change. When we are self-correcting, we have the capacity to notice discrepancies between what we intend and the actual outcomes, between our values and our actual actions, and then bridge the gap. And when clients become self-correcting, they are no longer dependent upon a coach.
Are the driven executives of the business world ready for such sustained self-analysis? Maybe not all of them, but certainly a fast-increasing number of them. And as we move into a bolder, potentially brighter future – from political leaders to blue chip CEOs – we could all do with a bit more awareness of how we operate in the world, and how that might lead us to both understand and achieve what real success looks and feels like.


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Status: Finished
Genre: Erotica
It wasn't long before the winter sun set and the majority of the staff had gone home. After wrapping up a meeting with Nacho, where they had discussed generating some quality Erotica submissions, Dallas walked back to her office. When she went to make her way via Byron's office, she noticed his door was unusually closed.
Placing her hand to the knob, she suddenly became aware of noise coming from inside. Slowly she twisted it, silently pushing the door open a crack to see if the coast was clear to cross through.
Peering through the gap, she was faced with Amelia Clifton-Cooper's bare round ass facing her and her waxed mound just peeking out from between her tightly-closed legs. She was bent right over Byron's desk, her upper body flat against the green leather inlaid top. Her pencil skirt had been hoisted right up over her thighs, revealing her stockings with black seams running perfectly straight down the back, held up by a rather nice black lace suspender belt. Resting on her now flawlessly cleaned black seven-inch heels were her matching black panties.
If Dallas was instantly turned on by this sight alone, nothing could have prepared her inner voyeur for what would happen next. Standing to Amelia's side was Byron fully dressed. He was talking to her quietly, running his hand caressingly over her exposed pink rump. Then without warning he came down hard on her with a riding crop.
Dallas held her breath at what she was witnessing.
Amelia didn't move. Didn't say a thing. Not a whimper. She just stayed perfectly bent over, allowing Byron to repeatedly and harshly bring the riding crop down on her beautiful fleshy tail. Dallas could just about hear Byron.
"Nineteen. Twenty."
As the last blow landed, he pressed the leather tress at the end of the crop firmly against Amelia's reddened flesh. Dark pink striations etched across her exposed rounded cheeks. He seemed to delight in moving the leather over her wounded skin. Tapping her legs out wide with his long crop, he passed the tress right down over her labia then up the parting of her crack, lifting it off as it brushed lightly over her asshole.
Dropping the crop and his trousers, he moved in behind Amelia, and although she couldn't see directly, Dallas knew what he was doing.
Immediately, Amelia screamed with pleasure, or was it the pain of having Byron so close to her ruddy skin. Dallas went weak and dropped to the floor, still viewing the scene through the crack in the door.
Byron pumped away very fast and Dallas couldn't help but think he had a nice tight naked ass himself as she watched him pummel his subservient personal assistant. The intensity of the situation must have left both participants turned on as Dallas rather jealously heard Amelia cum several times in a few minutes. Equally, Byron let out a loud satisfying grunt as he filled her. Quickly withdrawing, he wandered around to the other side of the desk and almost ceremoniously grabbed Amelia by the hair, lifting her head to his waist height and she took his full juicy length in her mouth.
Byron stood there, eyes closed, revelling in this final thrill. As Amelia finished her final few licks of his end, Byron looked directly towards the door. Directly at Dallas.
Her heart jumped so far into her throat she could barely swallow. All she could hear was her racing pulse banging in her ears. She didn't know what to do.
There was no point in shutting the door; he'd definitely known someone was there. She couldn't just walk in and pretend nothing was happening. As she decided what to do, she continued to watch motionlessly as Byron comfortingly lifted Amelia's body off the table and cuddled her. He ran his hands gently over her raw butt as if trying to cool the heat he had imparted with his ferocious impacts.
Amelia responded to his comforting after care by leaning her head around so her face was by his and they kissed delicately.
This calming sight helped Dallas regain her thoughts, and as Byron lifted Amelia's underwear back into position, she decided to use the distraction to make a break for it.
Black As Kink By Nikky Devin-Miels - Full Story Synopsis
When book editor Dallas Sears is tasked by business mogul Byron Telling, to sign famous author Marsland Freke to his new publishing business, little does she realise the magnitude of his order. With Telling's former apprentice Jouline Delacroix also in the hunt, an innocent Dallas quickly realises she can only succeed in signing Freke by selling her soul, and her body.
Guided by the beautiful and sexually talented Reilly Fox, Dallas embarks on an emotionally provoking and physically impacting initiation into a deviant underworld she never knew existed. As the chase for Marsland Freke's contract heats up, reputations are exposed, relationships stressed, true love kindled and shattered, and sex is on show everywhere Dallas looks in the quaint English village where she lives. As Reilly Fox helps expose her repressed desires and willingness to explore new experiences, Dallas needs to decide how far she is prepared to go in her ultimate showdown with Freke.
Black As Kink is the debut novel from Nikky Devin-Miels – the first novel in the 'Black As Kink' series.
© Copyright 2020 nikkydevinmiels. All rights reserved.
Nicely written, this post has the beginning of a good story. I always enjoy reading erotica content that stays away from the crass and overtly lewd dialogue as your writing achieves zo nicely.
Thank you for your kind comments. The full free story will be available from Amazon for free until 17th July. Please download a copy and I would love for you to review it on Amazon for me. The first 29 pages are available as a sample on my website www.nikkydevinmiels.com
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Vermont man arrested in NH, accused in home invasion
KEENE, N.H. (AP) � A man has been arrested in New Hampshire on an assault charge stemming from a home invasion in Vermont in May.
Twenty-nine-year-old Loren "Luda" Bedward of Brattleboro, Vt., was arrested in Keene on Friday.
He was wanted for on a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm. The home invasion happened May 28 in Hartford, Vt.
U.S. Marshals arrested Bedward with the help of agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Vermont State Police and the Cheshire County Sheriff's Department.
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The 6th Annual Addictions and Mental Health (AMHO) Conference is taking place at the , and Addictions & Mental Health Ontario is looking for your bold ideas, new research, and transformative practices to showcase.
Submission deadline: January 19, 2018
Conference date: May 27-29, 2018
Location: Hilton Toronto
This is your chance to present your work to Ontario's addiction and mental health sector. Last year's Conference attracted over 450 attendees, speakers and exhibitors!
If you are a practitioner, clinician, academic, researcher, consultant, public health officials or anyone providing services in the mental health and addiction sector, we want to hear from you. Presentations that clearly define the objectives and what new information or take away ideas participants will learn will be most successful.
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One Month Before Iowa Caucus, State University Bans Students From Emailing About Politics
Just one month ahead of the Iowa Caucus, Iowa State University is making moves to stifle students' First Amendment rights by forbidding them from using school email to communicate about campaigns and ballot issues.
The Federalist reports students are also limited from the practice of "chalking," or drawing political and apolitical messages on the sidewalk.
Iowa State University's President Wendy Wintersteen issued a statement claiming that while the school is committed to being a "champion of the First Amendment," it "takes seriously its obligation…to create and maintain a campus that is free from illegal discrimination and harassment."
She claimed the new restrictions on emails and "chalking" are an effort to combat what the school decides is "hate speech."
Speech First, a non-profit advocating for First Amendment rights, filed a lawsuit challenging Iowa State for their anti-free speech policies.
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by: Ryan Cameron @RyanCameron22
As the trade deadline approaches there are several teams that will look to clean house and a few that will look to add the missing piece they need to win it all.
I'm going to give you three teams who need to make a few trades before the deadline in order to make a deep run in the playoffs.
Atlanta Braves
The Braves have two glaring needs if they have any shot at the World Series. The first is a solid third baseman. The obvious choice for me is Mike Moustakas. He's having a solid year for the Kansas City Royals hitting .255 with 15 home runs and 49 RBIs. I believe he would be a great addition to this team. If they want to pay a higher price tag, they could make a run at Josh Donaldson. The Braves have the prospects to make this trade happen. The question is, are they willing to do it?
Atlanta could also use a veteran pitcher. For this par,t I think they must look to the New York Mets and go after either Noah Syndergaard or Jacob deGrom. The Mets are reportedly open to listening to offers and the Braves should make one. Any of these players could add playoff experience to a team that doesn't have much. The rest of the division will be making moves, let's hope the Braves aren't the team left out.
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland is running away with the AL Central, mostly due to the weak division they are in.
That won't work in the playoffs.
The Indians need pitching, which is a sentence I never thought I would be writing at the beginning of the season. I think if they could go after an All-Star caliber starting pitcher and a few bullpen pieces they could definitely compete for another AL crown.
The Indians should take a chance on Zach Britton. The former All-Star has been out this year with an injury but when healthy and teamed up with closer Cody Allen and Andrew Miller when he returns, he could once again be a force.
The Tribe could also go after Chris Archer. Yes, he once again is struggling but like you saw with Justin Verlander to the Houston Astros, a trade to a contending team is sometimes all a player needs. I would like to see Michael Fulmer of the Tigers in a Cleveland uniform too, but with him playing for a division rival, it's not likely.
If Cleveland wants to add another bat to the lineup, they could go after Khris Davis from Oakland. They would have to give up a few top prospects but this trade would make this lineup one of the best in the AL.
Philadelphia Phillies
The Phillies are having an up and down June.
They are a surprisingly talented team but will need to add some pieces in order to make any run towards a NL Crown. They could use a power bat in the lineup and to add another staring pitcher.
They were hoping that signing Carlos Santana in the offseason would be the trick but that hasn't panned out so far. Manny Machado could be the answer here. Adding Machado to this lineup would move Philadelphia into the playoffs in my opinion. They would have to pay a pretty steep price for him, however. If they whiff on Manny, they should go after Josh Donaldson. Donaldson is having another great year and the Blue Jays are going to deal him.
If the Phillies really want to make a run at this, they need to trade for one of these two players.
As far as pitching, they should give the Blue Jays a call about J.A. Happ. The former Philly could return home and be the missing piece in the rotation Philadelphia needs.
What are your thoughts? If you were in the Philadelphia, Cleveland, or Atlanta front office how would you approach the trade deadline? Let us know in the comments!


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2. Grace full ageing affirms with compassion the Frailty of the Elderly
Advertisers make millions of dollars selling products that stave off ageing. Yet if we live long enough, we may lose our beauty, brawn, bravado and eventually bodily functions. Understandably, we all fight the ageing process with whatever resources we possess for as long as we can.
Although our western culture tries to hide ageing behind wrinkle creams and Botox treatments, the Bible does not gloss over the plight of the aged. The stories speak of decreased health, declining strength, loss of vision and even memory loss. Older adults simply cannot do all the activities of life with the same former vigor and independence. Within the biblical world even the wise and wealthy succumbed to the frailty of aging. Such a few were Moses, Jacob, and even David - the man who killed lions and Philistine giants.
Here are a few of the places where the frailty of the elderly are noted, some even with a slight sense of humor and others with due sobriety and respect.
An otherwise unknown senior emerged briefly in the biblical story of the ageing King David. This stranger's words catch our attention. He appears in the last recorded scene that we have of the great king David, now a frail man, confined to a bed, unable to keep warm. After the failed revolt of Absalom and his subsequent tragic death, the now elderly David had to regain control of the country and the monarchy. People fled their homes and farms in fear of an unstable government, Although many leaders courageously surrounded the frail David and vowed their support, he specifically asked for the support of this otherwise unknown man, Barzillai.
However, Barzillai was himself elderly and frail. He thus respectfully declined the king's request to serve as his advisor, citing his age and health as reasons. His description of ageing is worth noting.
"I am now eighty years old…Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks? Can I still hear the voices of men and women singing?" (2 Samuel 19: 34-35).
Just a few years later, David's own son, Solomon, who also was now ageing urged his readers to remember their Creator in Ecclesiastes:12:
- "The years approach when you will say, 'I find no pleasure in them' ''
- Eyesight deteriorates ("the sun and moon grow dark");
- Legs begin to fail and stoop ("the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop");
- Teeth fall out ("grinders cease because they are few";
- Sleeplessness ("people rise at the sound of birds");
- Fear of falling and being robbedl);
- The elderly limp along alone.
Absolutely no face lifting here and no attempt to sell products that postpone the inevitable. The morbid end is death, accompanied by mourners. In As You Like It, Shakespeare paraphrased Ecclesiastes with the words, "the last scene of all is second childishness and mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans everything." Elsewhere, biblical passages note other physiological impacts of aging: failing eyesight (Genesis 27:1; Genesis 48:10; 1 Samuel 4:15); inability to stay warm (1 Kings 1:1-2); risks of falling and problems with weight (1 Samuel 4:18).
Moses died at the age of 120 (remarkable even in that era when Egyptian life rarely reached seventy) and the record notes, "…his eyesight was clear and he was as strong as ever." (Deuteronomy 34:7). Caleb declared, "Today I am eighty five years old. I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey." Furthermore, Caleb wanted to claim some of the land from the enemies and participate in God's plan for the people. He had no intentions of retiring (Joshua 14:10-12).
In fact, the Scriptures did not view death as a so-called "natural process." The journey of physical decay and death began not at the age of sixty, but in the Garden of Eden, where Adam rebelled. God told him, "In the day you eat the fruit, you shall die."
Although Adam actually lived physically for many more years, his spiritual death-separation from God came instantly. His physical body began the slow cortege to the grave. In essence, maturing and learning is intrinsic to ourbeing human. But death was not part of God's original plan. Jesus grew in stature and favor with others- a normal facet of human life. The enemy of death and decay was not part of the original human plan. His death was voluntary and for our spiritual benefit and transformation. Paul declares, "…this mortal must put on immortal" in order to become what God intended (1 Corinthians 15:42-43).
Lest we conclude that frailty awaits all elders, we add the examples of hope which are also included in the biblical narrative. For example, Caleb wanted to conquer a mountain, even at eighty five, declaring, " I am still as strong today as I was when Moses sent me out…I am just as vigorous" (Joshua 14:10-11). The Apostle John lived to be about ninety, and wrote the final book of the Bible while in exile.
Several years ago, the seminary where I worked decided to award a well-deserved honorary doctoral degree to an elderly pastor well into his eighties. He had served both globally and locally. Now invested in the lives of emerging pastors, we prepared to confer the degree on him. He sat ready to receive the award. However, before we could actually finish the ceremony, he went quickly into cardiac arrest and into the presence of the Lord. Although we stood there in shock, we later affirmed, "He was strong to his last breath."
Summary and Practical Application
Decreased ability actually begins sooner than we might think. Athleticism, for example, decreases even in our thirties. "I'm not getting any younger" is a truism for all age groups and cultures. The Psalmist urges all people to count our days, even in our youth (Psalm 19). While our culture counts birth years, the Psalmist compels us to count each day.
Older adults were once younger pursuing life with all its dreams and effort, likely oblivious to the process of ageing that had already begun.
During my daily visits at our care facility, I see photos on the bedroom walls of young attractive women and strong virile men, only to turn to and see the resident who now sits before me in a wheelchair- seemingly two very different people. Ageing is a universal human event.
However, senior adults need not succumb to physical aging without a fight. Proverbs urges all age groups to, "…shun evil, this will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones" (Proverbs 3:8). Good diet, exercise, strict limits on alcohol use -if any at all- and other such healthy habits are a few examples of the active processes that contribute to longer and healthier life.
Older women in the early church were admonished to avoid too much wine lest they be disqualified from teaching younger women. Older men were also admonished to be temperate, thus avoiding unhealthy addictions (Titus 2:1-3). Older adults can regularly participate in even simple physical movement that enhances health. However, ageing does not hinder, even in the slightest, the ongoing transformative power of the Gospel so that we might, "participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world…" ( 2 Peter 1:4).
Questions and Reflection:
- This section has candidly talked about the physical decline associated with the aging process? How do you feel as you read these paragraphs?
- What practical steps are you taking to "slow down" the aging process?


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Hostile Operators Surveillance Training Course – HOSTc
Hostile Operators Surveillance Training Course – HOSTc – 17 day duration
Hostile Operators Surveillance Training Course – HOSTc – 17 day duration
Course Aim & Concept:
The aim of the Hostile Operator Surveillance Training course is designed as a Tier 1 Operator's course that keeps the mind set and emphasis on conducting this non-alarming discipline in Semi and Non-Permissive environments where a threat to life is present.
Delegates will be instructed and practised at all stages from a conventional foundation level up to non-conventional advanced levels where 'loan-operator' and protective surveillance drills come into play.
What makes this course different is that delegates will conduct a 'Counter-Attack' phase known as CAT, delegates will conduct Aggressive Anti & Counter-SV Drills, operator life line drills are taught, and this includes actions under contact, extraction, and operator away drills simulated with force on force actions.
This is a very demanding course, delegates must be selected with the correct aptitude to complete the course.
Learning Out Comes:
To ensure that delegates leave with a comprehensive knowledge and skill set in the art of Surveillance, that they fully understand tactical 'best practises' of safely and securely operating in hostile environments, having the ability to detect a hidden threat to life and quickly contain this via a working knowledge of Anti-Surveillance & CAT drills.
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DENTAL NURSE required in fully private specialist dental practice in North London.
This is a full time vacancy
Monday - Friday 40 hours per week. 1 Saturday per month
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It is said that, in a land far far away there was a magic forest, where a tiny enchanted flame was burning endlessly inside a small charming cave behind a waterfall.
This could be the beginning of a fable, instead it is reality.
The land far far away is the New York state. The magic place is the Chestnut Ridge County Park, Buffalo, NY where the everlasting flame keeps on burning, even during winter season when everything is frozen.
Many legends try to explain this phenomenon, but, scientifically speaking, the fire is caused by the presence of underground gas bubbles . This event is not that rare, but in our case it could be considered strange for the coexistence of a continuous water flow and for the fact that surroundings rocks don't get overhitted
Even if legends are true or not, the landscape and atmosphere are magical indeed.
Atlas Obscura. "Eternal Flame Falls at Chestnut Ridge County Park"
La Stampa. "Vicino a Buffalo c'è una miracolosa fiamma che arde dietro a una cascata"


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- This bright and colorful night light depicts a steamer full of happy passengers headed for the idyllic shores of either Hingham or Nantasket Beach. The turn of the last century saw each community become a destination of choice for city-dwellers looking for sun, surf and amusement in a variety of forms.
- Neither community bears any resemblance to their Gilded Age history and the only regular ferry service is a computer boat full of more somber minded citizens. Great Hingham house gift for those who know its past.
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As a series, "Say! What?" will strive to bring plays and people together as a way to promote community and culture. The series will introduce little known plays and playwrights to a broader audience as well as give an opportunity to re-visit some well-known works. All plays will be presented with the anticipation that it will provoke discussions around the relevance, and resonance of the play to the community.
This month's featured play will be "Ceremonies In Dark Old Men" by Lonne Elder, III which premiered Off Broadway at St. Mark's Playhouse in a production by the Negro Ensemble Company in 1969 and was later adapted for television. The play centers around Mr. Russel B. Parker who owns a floundering barbershop on 126th Street in Harlem. According to the Oxford Companion to African American Literature, the play "is a dramatization of rituals—of survival, of friendship, of deception and manipulation, of self-deception, of black male friendship, of shifting intrafamilial allegiances, and of black manhood."


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"A rogue does not laugh in the same way that an honest man does; a hypocrite does not shed the tears of a man of good faith. All falsehood is a mask; and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in distinguishing it from the true face."
― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
The episode begins with a brutal, unexpected stabbing before we flash back to 24 hours in the past…
Beth, having finally pieced together the mystery of her childhood kidnapping with Mick's admission she had been taken by his ex-wife Coraline back in 1985, is now determined to clear up the matter once and for all. She focuses her attention on Morgan, the "dead ringer" for Coraline and vows to either exonerate Morgan, or reveal her to be Coraline. She recruits Mick to assist her.
"It is only the dead who do not return."
― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
Meanwhile, Mick takes the case of a middle-aged and wealthy man who has requested Mick track the movements of his much younger and very beautiful wife. The man asks Mick to provide proof that the woman either is, or is not, having an affair.
Over lunch, Mick convinces Morgan to accept his apology for his behavior at the cemetery and work the case with him. Together, they track the movements of the wife, who appears to have met up with her lover at a public park.
"Love is the most selfish of all the passions."
― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
While watching the couple in an private moment at a hotel, Mick and Morgan kiss, a fact which Mick is eager to hide from Beth. Morgan continues to make comments and allusions that make Mick feel uncomfortable and act awkwardly.
Conducting her own investigation, Beth has looked through Morgan's apartment and found photos of Mick from the 1950s. Evidence in hand, she visits Josef who convinces Beth that if Morgan is indeed Coraline, she must be a vampire, as there is absolutely no way to "cure" one's vampire state.
Josef also provides Beth with the address of Coraline's 1950s "party house" where Mick worked as a musician. Inside that house, Beth finds the proof she is looking for as she realizes that Morgan is indeed Coraline, as her repressed memories return.
"Do you take me for a weak woman? When I am insulted I do not feel ill – I avenge myself."
― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
Mick and Morgan, having narrowly escaped the life-threatening dangers of solving their own mystery, return to Mick's loft where, in an intimate moment, they share more kisses and Mick realizes Morgan is indeed Coraline, who has found a way to become human.
Beth arrives, and taking in the scene, assumes Mick and Coraline have had sex. Enraged by Coraline's duplicity and seeing a chance to take her personal safety into her own hands, Beth strikes out, with devastating and unexpected consequences…
"My God is myself; and whoever will assist in my revenge!"
― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
"…He has lifted the corner of her mask–
that shield with which she covered herself and which rendered her so strong."
― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
A) So I guess after she got to thinking about it Beth *was* sort of pissed at Mick after learning she'd been kidnapped by his ex 20 years ago. Those comments she was making in the car had some not-so-veiled hostility and more than a touch of passive-aggressiveness (actually kind of aggressive-aggressive, tbh).
B) Morgan: I used to date a lot of musicians… and then, I've never been 'almost killed'… (oh that's SO LOW!)
C) We have a date for the party!! The picture of Mick was labeled 1952 – And since we know the wedding was also in 1952… "whirlwind romance" it is!
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E) So cute, Beth & Josef's little friendship.
F) Feel bad for Mick in this ep, Morgan is making him wonder why he bothered to get out of the freezer this morning, and Beth's mad & she's the one who asked him to keep Morgan distracted in the first place! So we end with poor Mick's thinkyface…
Thanks for reading & participating in the discussion! I appreciate so much that everyone has kept the conversation fun, respectful & positive about the show & its cast. Love you all!
Reminder: if you would like to discuss future episodes/spoilers before we get there, don't forget to visit the Moonlight Parking Lot a page dedicated to speculation, observations & notes about future episodes!


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Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj- Bang BangI can only IMAGINE the diva-fueled agruments that happened to result in all three of these ladies getting full credit for this track (Nicki will not stand for a mere feature credit! What is this? 2011?) I don't even need to listen to this song to know it'll be big. The name recognition of the 3 powerhoueses alone have a platinum record locked up for "Bang Bang" already.
This track isn't you're normal pop-py girl anthem. This track has the Dreamgirls soul and a James-Brown-style-rock'n'roll feel, plus the Hercules-esque harmonies KILL it (and that's the gospel truth, y'all!). And of course, since it's the 2010s, why not throw my homegirl Nicki Minaj in there for a verse? The witty rapper comes up with some of her most ingenious rhymes, my favorite being: "i said band bang/ bang bangbang bang/ bang bang bang/ bang bangbang ban:. Truly inspiration Nikitaaa


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Fall's Seed of Faith
This season at Skagit Seedlings more than any other, the seed of faith has sprung to life. Seeds are funny that way they can be planted in one season and stubbornly wait, wait for water, wait for warmth, some wait years for the right climate to break their stubborn streak. Then right when you have almost given up hope, those seeds of faith comes through and you stand in awe of what used to be impossible become possible.
In 2017 a surprise super bloom took over Death Valley, a place where only desert and heat usually permeate its surface. The wetter winter allowed for dormant sleeping seeds to transform the barren wasteland into a paradise of color. Those dormant seeds remind us of the sleeping seeds of faith in all our hearts only waiting for the weather to change and make an unbelievable moment/event/experience believable.
Faith plays a large part in everyones life and can orchestrate itself in multiple ways. For me faith is signified by the smallest of seeds in existence that grow into the most magnificent of plants.
If you have a green thumb than you know those seeds are much like cabbage or broccoli, those tiny balls that barely stay in the palm of your hand, but have the greatest stories of faith.
When I was a girl one of my favorite past times was watching how my dad's seed crops changed from season to season out our back window. When cabbage for seed was the crop, I remember looking out as the frosts would start and wonder if those rows of heads would make it to spring? More times than not they did, but I always believed those little plants fought tooth and nail against the weather to survive. Faith is a fight, a fight against inner and outer voices that want us to question the possible. Sometimes you have to put your head down and trust that storm will pass and the sunshine will prevail.
As a teacher my words are everything when helping my students establish a foundation of faith in themselves and their work of learning an art form. My job is to consistently reenforce that any child can do anything they put their mind too. The power of "I Can" makes a child an unstoppable force. My faith in reenforcing the belief "I Can" is not because I cannot see the end of their personal journeys with the arts, but because I believe so passionately in the winding path of the journey itself.
Faith is essential to growth and growth is essential to learning and learning is essential to becoming experienced. The biggest take away is there is no time limit, so I encourage you to live life with a child's limitless energy toward learning all the things and stop worrying whether you're too old to start. I think the saying goes if you don't try you will never know, but I like to believe if you don't try then you don't regret not trying because regret is life's true thief.
So I am going to leave it here this week on my thoughts toward the seed of faith. Next week I will share a bit of Seedlings own journey of faith over the last two months of construction and transition into our new space.
Hope you and yours have a wonderful October week and please share your thoughts/stories of the seed of faith coming alive in your own lives! Blessings Abound, Miss Amy
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I'm new to accounting and FA both of which i'm trying to understand so I can use FA for my accounting needs. I'd like to know why there is no Equity class and why Retained Earnings and Share Capital have class Liability instead of Equity? For my real estate and property management business, if I want to record funds received from landlords for repairs, for example, my understanding is that I would need to debit an asset reserve account and credit an owner equity (capital) account? However, there is no Equity class or accounts. I tried to create one and put an owner capital account in it but it doesn't look right in the balance sheet where any amounts in equity gets subtracted from assets. This is confusing. Thanks for any feedback.


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How to mix and master a demo recording pt.4: Mastering
Welcome to the final installment of how to mix and master a demo recording. Today is Part 4: Mastering. If you missed any of the previous lessons you can find them here. Part 1: EQ Part 2: Compression Part 3: Effects/FX I am sorry about this lesson being a day late. I agonized over […]Continue reading


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When to Replace Office Chairs
As a business owner, you have a lot of responsibilities and are constantly having to make decisions that will impact your operation. One important decision that's easy to overlook is when to replace the office chairs. This may seem like a minor issue, but it's actually something that can have a big effect on worker productivity. Here are some of the major considerations to keep in mind.
A chair's comfort is critical to an employee who sits at a desk for hours each day. If the chair is uncomfortable, then your workers will obviously be less productive. The chair's padding plays a key role in employee comfort. If the padding is worn and starting to wear thin, then the worker is going to feel some discomfort after sitting down for an hour or more. Worn padding is a clear sign that a new chair is needed.
Another crucial consideration is whether all of the chair's mechanical components are in working order. If the chair has levers to adjust the seat height or seat angle, are these fully functional? The armrest should be straight, completely intact and should not feel loose. A faulty armrest can cause a worker to contort their body into an unnatural position, decreasing the employee's productivity. Also, if the chair has casters, these need to be inspected carefully. They should not making a lot of noise and roll across the floor easily.
A chair's appearance is often a signal that it's time for a replacement. If a chair's vinyl is worn or the leather or fabric looks faded, then perhaps it's reached the end of its usefulness. Of course, a poor appearance does not necessarily mean that a chair is no longer functional, but you might want to replace the chair anyway. If your customers see worn chairs, they come away with a bad impression of your business.
Like all office furniture, chairs have a limited lifespan—which is generally about 10 years at most. If a chair receives a lot of use, the lifespan is even lower. If any of the office chairs in your business are more than five years old, it might be time to consider getting new ones.
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It's not always easy to know the best time to replace your office chairs. However, if you notice the signs above, it may be time for a replacement. For quality chairs that are bound to last, contact PVI. We will help you find the perfect office chairs for your office.
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Luxembourg is a founding member of the EBRD and an important contributor to the Bank's work.
Luxembourg and the EBRD: at a glance
€45mn donor funds supporting EBRD operations
0.2% capital share
€6.17bn Luxembourg-EBRD investments
To date, Luxembourg has provided around €45 million in donor funds. Luxembourg contributes to legal transition and policy dialogue programmes, financial sector development, gender equality, social inclusion, agribusiness and energy and environmental sustainability
Luxembourg is an important source of foreign direct investment in the EBRD's countries of operations. The value of joint Luxembourg-EBRD investment stood at €6.17 billion as of end December 2018. EBRD finance accounted for €4.25 billion of this total and Luxembourg investment accounted for €1.92 billion.
Luxembourg-EBRD investment has been strong in Hungary followed by Romania and Mongolia. Broken down by sector, 41 per cent of joint Luxembourg-EBRD investment was in industry, commerce and agribusiness, followed by energy, infrastructure, and financial institutions.
Luxembourgian banks are also involved in the Trade Facilitation Programme, through which the EBRD guarantees the payment of trade finance instruments issued by banks in its countries of operations to foreign confirming banks. Through the Programme, the EBRD has supported 44 export and import transactions of Luxembourgian companies totalling €20.5 million.
In 2018, consultants from Luxembourg won 11 consultancy contracts totalling over €173,000, including 9 contracts valued at of over €109000.


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