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By John Schumacher
Alignment is a cornerstone of the practice of Iyengar Yoga. One often thinks of alignment in terms of the positioning of the body and its various parts during the practice of asana (posture). The value of this aspect of alignment in balancing and protecting the joints, muscles, organs, vessels, and tissues of the body is well known to even beginning practitioners of Iyengar Yoga. What may be less well known is the importance of alignment with respect to the flow of energy in the body.
Guruji profiled in Parabola
Describing him as "alive, vibrant and perceptive" at 90, an interview with B. K. S. Iyengar and photos of his practice highlights the Fall 2009 issue of Parabola magazine. Guruji tells writer Annie Schliffer, "I am a person who does what he says, even at my age. And I continue to practice because yoga has helped me.
Joy and Presence with Lois Steinberg
By Robin M. Mishell
Editor, Yoga Samachar
"How far away are you from your soul?" You may hear this query when you're in a Lois Steinberg class. Often, after a demo, Lois corrals her students with a resounding, "Let's do it."
After 35 years honing her craft, Lois' light-hearted approach is infused with passion, intelligence and lots of humor. After all, Guruji has said, "Without humor, life is not worth living."
Radiant Shapes
Contemplative Practice in Performance
By Sally Hess
Sally Hess, a lifelong professional dancer and a professor in the Department of Music and Dance at Swarthmore College, holds Introductory Certification and lives in New York City. Here she writes about yoga, art, dance and the spiritual links between them.
Reflections on RIMYI by Kristin Chirhart
Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI) has always been Guruji, Geetaji, Prashantji, and Ramamani Iyengar. It was built and continues to exist as a tribute to Guruji's wife, Geetaji and Prashantji's mother, Ramamani Iyengar. In interviews, Geetaji and Prashantji have both expressed the profound effect she had on their lives and yoga studies. I never met Ramamani Iyengar, but I feel her presence at RIMYI. As soon as you enter the gate there is a bust of Ramamani.
Senior Teacher Spotlight
A few times a year, we will be including an interview with or some reflections from a senior teacher in our communications with you, our IYNAUS members. We hope this feature will help you connect to the history of Iyengar Yoga in the United States. We also hope these Senior Teacher Spotlights will help build a sense of tradition and ongoing community among the practitioners of Iyengar yoga in the U.S. and also serve to inspire people towards developing their practice.
Senior Teachers Discuss a Lifetime of Yoga
Listen in on the conversation as senior Iyengar Yoga teachers from the U.S. and Canada discuss living a life of yoga. This conversation, between Felicity Green, who jokes that she's a "cover girl"" at 75, Joan White, Leslie Hogya, Margot Kitchen and Shirley Daventry-French, was held during Geeta Iyengar's April 2008 visit to Canada and printed in the winter issue of Ascent magazine.
The Moon and the Mind
By Karin O'Bannon
How do I get to rtambhara? It is not somewhere I can get to by leaving Shreveport, LA; it is not a place. It is not something I can objectify; it is not cellular. Rtambhara is a condition of consciousness. The mind becomes a witness to Absolute Truth and spiritual perception dawns. Although it is something that must happen within my mind it seems very far away.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Edward Bryant
Edwin F. Bryant's new edition of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is available from Farrar, Straus & Giroux publishers.
Including Sanskrit text, transliteration and translation of each of the Sutras, followed by commentary from Bryant, professor of Hindu religion and philosophy at Rutgers University, the book is dedicated to all teachers of yoga, "that Patanjali's Sutras may inform and inspire their teachings."


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One year later
This past weekend we celebrated our first wedding anniversary (Saturday the 9th!) and although life right now is a bit hectic with work and looking for a place to live and generally cope with what life throws at you, we still had a lovely day, just the two of us. We had breakfast/brunch in central London (there was prosecco and it made me super tired) and after we went for a walk. We ended up at Selfridges where we bought Nespresso coffee pods (super romantic) and wandered around looking at £600+ KitchenAid mixers. We really live the life, but for someone who never really spends a whole day with her husband, it was a real treat. Until next year...
Love birds
For our wedding (yes, more than 6 months ago) I decided that our sweets table would be useless without some gold love birds on it. And I had to make them myself. Normally this is not a problem, but I had this idea about 5 days before we were due to walk down the aisle, so timing was not great. The lovely thing about being a craft supplies hoarder is that I had both gold paint and oven bake clay lying around the apartment. Who doesn't, right? So I went all crafty and hand shaped two birds, which I was pretty happy about, and cooked them in the oven according to the instructions on the packet. Not that they look the exactly the same, that would be very difficult, but they did look pretty cute on the sweets table. Can't say they made the biggest difference, but after they were made I was much calmer. Anything to calm a stressed bride!
6 Months, 1 Day
It's hard to believe that it's been 6 months (and 1 day...) since we "tied the knot". How does time fly by so fast? And how does it at the same time feel like our wedding happened years ago and not earlier this year? If you want to see what happened when we married I wrote a bit here about the day itself and then there was the blog post on Love My Dress which was exciting!
A lot of people ask if it feels different now that we are married but to be honest it didn't change much at all. Since we were already living together the biggest change was our surnames (I gently suggested the husband take my surname as a middle name and he did) and the hassle of getting a new passport. The everyday is still much the same. I did have this idea in my head that once we were married it would be so much easier to find time for each other. I actually find it's even harder to find time for each other now and with our economy being a bit tight due to all the expenses that comes with getting married and also attending 3 other weddings, 2 of them abroad, within 3 months, going out for dinner is not really on the top of my to do list. Anyways, ramble over. The point was: I love being married and I love the feeling that being married gives me. It feels like we took the next step in our relationship and who knows where we are going in the future. We also had the most wonderful wedding day
Love My Dress
I am very excited to have our wedding featured on Love My Dress today. I read this blog all the time before the wedding and well, sometimes I read it even now, when there is no wedding to plan. The blog is such an inspiration and along with Pinterest it was where I found inspiration for our big day. So I guess you can only imagine how fun it is to be one of the weddings that get to feature there! Not to mention it is one of the biggest wedding blogs in the UK. No big deal... Anyway, if you want to read a bit more about our wedding and see the pictures, head over to Love My Dress.
Photo Albums
After a wedding and a (very!) short honeymoon we had so many pictures to remember those days by that well, I had to make a photo album. How long have we been married? Almost 3 months. And have I finished the albums? No. While I LOVE the idea of photo albums and it would be amazing to have the pictures printed and ready for me to look at and wistfully think back, making said album takes time. So much time. For the record, all the photos are printed, and I have slowly put things in order and found the correct place for the photos in the albums, but the cutting, gluing, positioning, decorating and writing little notes. That is yet to happen. I now move the albums around the apartment with hope that if they are lying next to my bed I will just go to bed early and sit down to finish them. Or maybe if I put them next to the TV and DVD's I will pick them up next time I watch a movie? Or how about putting them on the dining tables, so I can sit there after dinner one day and just finish what I started? No. It just hasn't happened yet. So here is to a fresh start to the week and possibly getting on with what I have put off for about 3 months. And then come the rest of my DIY projects that are currently on our living room floor (yes, all of them) in little piles. Could we please have more hours in the day? Thanks.
We went to a wedding
Being off on the weekend feels like a weird luxury now that I spend most weekends at work. Not that I am complaining, but having both Saturday and Sunday off? Weird. On Saturday we were in the Cotswolds for a beautiful wedding at Barnsley house and yesterday was spent on the in-laws couch in Berkshire. I think I possibly want to move out of London and live in a house where I can drive to the grocery store. Is that bad?
Back to the wedding: It turns out that when you go to a wedding just 2 months after your own wedding, it's hard not to compare everything to your big day, think about when you got married and basically re-live the whole thing. Which is of course nice! But you need to remember that it's not your wedding anymore, get over it. I was very unlucky on Saturday and struggled with a serious migraine, which did put a little damper on the day, but when dinner was finished the migraine disappeared (heavily aided by serious painkillers) and we danced the night away and ate our body weight in food at midnight. I am also featured in some seriously ridiculous polaroid pictures (and we sang "shake it like a polaroid picture" EVERY time we took one) in the bride and grooms guest book. I hope they like them.
So, we got married
The past week has been a bit of a whirlwind. On Thursday 8th May we loaded two cars full of stuff and headed to our wedding venue, Monkey Island, to get ready for our big day. We spent the day cutting and arranging flowers, preparing little details and socializing with the bridal party. In the evening we had arranged a small dinner which ended up being 25 people, so not small at all in the end, but so lovely. We took the closest family and friends to Windsor to a little pub and had a great 3 course meal and enjoyed spending some quality time with people we care about. In hindsight this was such a great idea as your wedding day flies by and who doesn't want to spend more than 1 day celebrating? It is a pretty big deal to get married and it deserves a bit of attention.
I went back to Monkey Island with the girls and my then future (and now current!) husband went to his parents house with the guys, as we didn't want to see each other in the morning. I'm not going to lie, Thursday night was long and filled with very little sleep for me, I think I was both nervous and excited and I had hoped with all my heart I would manage to sleep, but nop. I have a body I love but it does decide to be annoying at the most inconvenient times. I get a lot of headaches and migraines and I was so worried this would happen on our wedding day. and of course it did! It was probably just the nerves, but still very annoying to have to share our big day with my headache. Luckily it did disappear later in the day, and despite the lack of sleep I was not tired at all during the day or evening and could easily have stayed up past my 3am bedtime. Pretty pleased with that one! (But I did severely crash on Saturday evening and fell asleep with the TV on about 9.30pm).
We had such an absolutely amazing day, I could not have asked for ANYTHING else and can't get over how amazingly supportive and wonderful our family and friends are. Most of our guests even got out of bed the day after the wedding and joined us for lunch at the in-law's house (50 people, no biggie, no stress) as a semi "after party" to our amazing day. When can we do it all again?
Where do we start?
After the past week I have had it is a bit difficult to know exactly where to start, for one we just came back from our honeymoon, and we also got MARRIED. No biggie or anything... I need to let everything just sink in a bit before I start looking at the pictures, and there is also a serious guest book to look through (plenty of Polaroid pictures were taken...) and honeymoon pictures to sort through and albums to make. Not ready to let the wedding stuff go just yet.
The walk down the aisle
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So I know this is super cliched, and I know I am one in a million here, not the first to make the decision to marry, say yes to a proposal, plan a wedding and eventually walk down that aisle. With less than 2 weeks to go (let's face it, we are closer to 1 week now) to the big day I don't feel nervous, just very happy and lucky. I feel like this is big, guys, very big. And I want to talk about it, I want to tell everyone I meet how fun it is to be engaged to be married and to know that soon I am going to walk down that aisle and say "I do". People ask if I am nervous, but what is there to be nervous about, really?
Except maybe walking down the aisle with everyone's eyes on moi, not the dream scenario, but it's got to be done and luckily I have someone lovely waiting for me at the end, yep, the future husband. It feels weird that so many people are going to be there to witness this big day in our life and it also feels great to be able to share such a big moment with the people that are most important to us. I am really looking forward to getting married and it is just so surreal that this is going to happen so soon and that we are starting our life as a married couple in less than 2 weeks.
This week
This week is all about weddings, more specifically ours, as I have crafted my little heart out by making place card holders, wedding favors, pom pom's, print material for different signs and of course worked a bit on the never-ending veil. This stuff does take time and for me the stress element is mostly that there is so much of it to do and I just have absolutely no patience. It needs to be finished yesterday, y'all. And the reason I am not finished with everything is called the internet and more specifically wedding blogs. Bad, bad idea to read those as they give you more inspiration and ideas, and they are also full of beautiful pictures and I can loose hours while browsing real weddings. In fact I have lost several hours just this week.
I came across this super funny little thing of kids and their thoughts on marriage. Give it a read if you need a little cheering up. I really want these placecard holders, not for the wedding, just for dinner parties in general. Is that weird? Dear swan cake topper, we could be best friends! I need a second wedding cake to put you on, as I already have grand plans for the cake. Always interesting to read things about marriage and although I am not on board with number 3 and the religious element, the rest seems like pretty good advice. And marriage tips from a divorced man, also worth reading.
I'm Christine and I currently live in London with my husband where I do my best to go to as many restaurants as possible, bake, DIY and occasionally let my hair down and go to a museum. x
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FAT AND MEAN The Corporate Squeeze of Working Americans and the Myth of Managerial "Downsizing." By David M. Gordon. 320 pp. New York: Martin Kessler Books/The Free Press. $25.
Economics, as practiced in America, is laced with tradition and accepted wisdom. Standard theory is repeated and embellished in many convincing ways, and volumes of data are harnessed to demonstrate a fairly rigid set of mainstream views. Such a straitjacketed social science cries out for iconoclasts -- not naysayers, but skilled economists who take the same raw data and come up with different insights. When they do, they force open the debate over what is happening to the economy and to ourselves at work.
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The Gordon case is this: Standard economic theory has masked the most important reason for the stagnating incomes and the rising inequality of income levels that have plagued the nation for nearly 25 years. According to standard theory, the main culprits are low-wage foreign labor, global competition, not enough improvement in productivity and the abundance of unskilled Americans in an age of high technology that requires workers with ever greater aptitude and education. But the real malefactor, Gordon argues, is corporate America's approach to management.
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From this "fat" bureaucracy and its "mean" management style flow "the economic anxieties shared by scores of millions of Americans," Gordon writes. I don't know whether he is correct in drawing so broad a conclusion. He suggested this view before, most notably in "Beyond the Waste Land," written in 1983 with two other economists, Samuel Bowles and Thomas E. Weisskopf. These three, all highly trained in traditional economics -- Gordon, for example, a Ph.D. from Harvard, taught for a while at Yale -- came of age in the 1960's, and set themselves up as left-wing economists. But they engaged in the same data analysis and the same computer modeling as their mainstream counterparts, and out of their research came a different, less sanguine view of American capitalism -- what James Tobin, the Nobel laureate at Yale, once described approvingly as "left-wing political economy come alive."
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Why this rise, just when downsizing and the participative workplace, featuring workers who manage themselves, have become so fashionable? Here Gordon's analysis is at its most original. The stick strategy, by its nature, requires ever more supervisors, starting with low-level supervisors who command only two or three workers. This is particularly the case when the incentive of rising wages is absent. And once in place, he argues, this bureaucracy tends to appropriate to itself a growing share of the national income earmarked for wages.
While some economists offer various statistical measures that suggest that incomes have not really stagnated, Gordon has developed a different guidepost, called "real spendable hourly earnings," for production workers. This is the amount left in an average worker's pocket from his or her hourly wage, after stripping out income and Social Security taxes, adjusting for inflation -- and subtracting the wages that go to bosses. Since the early 1970's, that spendable hourly wage has fallen by nearly 1 percent a year. Gordon finds one central reason. An ever larger share of the national income has gone to the horde of supervisors, "almost entirely at the expense of production workers."
Most economists argue over whether too much of the national income is going to profits rather than pay, or whether the wealthiest 20 percent of Americans are getting rich while the bottom 80 percent lose ground. They fail to note that supervisors are, in effect, taking money from the paychecks of their charges and, in the process, encouraging the sort of conflict and tension that undermines efficiency and productivity. This income shift, Gordon asserts, "is one of the best-kept secrets of the U.S. economy." His last act was to try to lift the secrecy.Continue reading the main story


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National Blues Museum Staff
Dion Brown
Founding Executive Director
In June 2015, Dion Brown became the Founding Executive Director of the National Blues Museum in St. Louis, Missouri. His previous role was as the Executive Director of the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Mississippi.
While at the B.B. King Museum he furthered the vision of Mr. King through the development of signature programs including the "Art of Living Smart," recognized as part of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" program. While Museum programming, tours, and attendance greatly expanded under Brown's leadership, he simultaneously reduced the organization's debt (which exceeded $1M) and positioned it as a viable business and a strong community resource and champion. In 2013 he was recognized by the Delta Business Journal as one of its "Top Minority Business Leaders."
Prior to his leadership at the BB King Museum, Brown served as the Chief Operating Officer for Exploration Place in Wichita, Kansas. He directed a staff of more than 70 people, and managed the day-to-day operations of the museum and its $5 million budget.
Dion holds a Bachelor of Science degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Human Resources and a Masters of Science degree in Leadership from Southwestern College. He is also retired from the United States Air Force after 21 years of service. He has been married to Darla (Williams) Brown for 30 years, and has three children and two grandchildren.
Dave Beardsley
External Affairs Coordinator
Dave Beardsley serves as the External Affairs Coordinator for the museum. In this role, Dave has an important job of managing the museum's volunteer and membership programs, as well as providing marketing support to include community outreach, guiding group tours, graphic design and assisting with the music performances.
A former firefighter and paramedic, Beardsley's longtime passion for the blues rose to the forefront of his life back in the early nineties, when he helped put together a first aid team for the Blues Heritage Festival in St. Louis. His immersion in the festival atmosphere allowed him to connect with performers and players in the local blues scene, and in 1997 he served on the board of that year's St. Louis Blues Heritage Festival. In 2000 he created STLBlues.net, a multifaceted website that has gained international recognition as one of the top e-destinations for blues news and events, and is also a place to find and book local talent. In 2008, the website was recognized by the Blues Foundation in Memphis with a "Keeping the Blues Alive" award in the internet category. In 2010, he helped co-found the National Blues Museum, and has remained heavily involved in the promotion and fundraising of the Museum. Beardsley is also a member of the St. Louis Blues Society.
Jakki Brown
Gift Shop Manager
Jakki Brown is the Retail Lead at the National Blues Museum. In this role, she manages the sales and displays of merchandise as well as overseeing ticket sales for live performances and concerts. Brown has worked as an entrepreneur for 26 years in the fields of cosmetology and retail sales. In her spare time she continues to enjoy empowering women through the beauty of hairstyles and Mary Kay cosmetics. Jakki spent her childhood in the St. Louis area, later graduating from Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis Indiana. She currently resides in Edwardsville Illinois. Married to Eric Brown for 30 years, she is the mother of three and likes to call herself "A Five Star Gramma."
Jacqueline K. Dace
Director of Internal Affairs
Jacqueline K. Dace is the Director of Internal Affairs for the National Blues Museum. In this role, she is responsible for managing, assessing, and growing the National Blues Museum's educational programming. Prior to arriving at the Museum, she served as Project Manager for the new Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, Jackson, MS and Collections Manager at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, IL. Dace also worked with the Missouri Historical Society as the Curator of African American History and was an adjunct professor at Washington University (St. Louis) for six years in the department of Afro-African American Studies.
Dace is a recipient of the Who's Who in Black St. Louis Award; the Annie Malone Children and Family Services Center Advocate; the Hollywood and the Kansas City Black Film Festival Award; and the National Arts Strategies Fellowship. In 2012, she was selected to participate in the inaugural Public History Institute, developed by Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition and the National Museum of African American History and Culture at Yale University; she served as a Practitioner with the W. K. Kellogg Foundation's Racial Equity program.
Dace is a graduate of Webster University and a St. Louis native.
Terry L. Hardin
Operations Manager
Terry L. Hardin is the Operations Manager for the National Blues Museum. In this role, he oversees the day-to-day operations of the museum, maintains building security, and serves as the building coordinator and primary contact for all facility issues. Hardin has built an extensive career in security and investigation whose prior appointments include Confluence Charter Schools, Presence Covenant Medical Center, and the US Army Military Police/Special Reaction Team. Hardin worked as a firefighter and fire prevention specialist with the Decatur, IL Fire Department, as a forensic investigator and evidence specialist at Unified Investigations & Sciences, and as a fire protection systems manager at a major plastic container manufacturing company."
Hardin is a US Army Veteran and graduate of the US Army Military Police Academy. He is an Illinois native.
Casey Jolley
Sales and Events Manager
Casey Jolley is the Sales and Events Manager at the National Blues Museum. In this role, she manages sponsorship sales, memberships recruitment, engagement and retention for the Museum. Additionally, Casey is also in charge of rentals within the facility. Prior to working at the National Blues Museum, Casey worked at Whitfield School as the Alumni Relations and Special Events Coordinator, where she was responsible for the alumni council and parents council as well as day to day set up needs around the school. Casey is also a personal trainer and group fitness teacher in her "spare time". A St. Louis native, Casey is an alumna of DePauw University with a BS in Communications and Film Studies.
Debbie Krall
Debbie Krall is the controller for the National Blues Museum. In this role, she is responsible for all financial requirements and reporting for the museum. She is a Purdue University graduate with a major in Accounting. Before moving to the St. Louis area Debbie's career concentrated primarily in construction accounting, rounded out by 5 years with a federally funded non-profit organization . She came to the museum after being employed by a prominent development company in downtown St. Louis. Debbie is a lifelong supporter of Shriners Hospital for Children and an avid jazz and blues fan.
Dr. Rosalind Norman
Assistant Interpretative Coordinator
Dr. Rosalind Norman is the Assistant Interpretative Coordinator of Museum Interpretation at the National Blues Museum. For more than 35 years, Dr. Norman, affectionately known as "Dr. Roz," developed programs and managed projects for nonprofit organizations, government agencies, media corporations, and small businesses. She formerly owned and operated a consulting business, RozNor & Associates, and established Alternative Youth Services, Inc. as a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization which operated programs for schools, community groups, and public/private partnerships. She is a former member of the Congressional Black Caucus Arts and Humanities Braintrust and of the Municipal Commission of the Arts and Letters. She is also a founding member of the Midwest Black Theatre Alliance and served as a consultant for the African American Cultural Initiative of the Missouri Arts Council.
Most recently, she created Urban Speak Out, an organization focused on providing artistic instruction and opportunities for low-income, first-generation creative arts college students. Dr. Roz's introduction to the Blues came from her grandfather, who was a Blues musician who lived and played in the Mississippi Delta. In addition to teaching as an adjunct assistant professor at Webster University in the George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology, Dr. Roz is co-producing a biographical and musical documentary film titled "Mr. Handy's Blues" by Emmy award-winning filmmaker Joanne Fish.
At Regent's College in London, England, she focused on post-graduate studies in cross-cultural management, organization change and development. Afterward, she completed her doctoral degree at Webster University.
Kirk Zimmerman
Assistant Education Coordinator
As Assistant Education Coordinator, Kirk assists in developing museum related curriculum as well as the planning, coordinating, and development of both onsite and offsite educational programming. Kirk graduated from Missouri State University with a B.S.Ed. in History Education. He decided to pursue a career in education to make a difference in people's lives and make an impact on the community. Kirk first heard the blues as a child and was inspired to play drums and guitar. He has been a student of the blues ever since.
Contact the National Blues Museum
Phone: 314-925-0016.
Located at 615 Washington Ave. St. Louis, MO 63101


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I finally started reading my copy of With One Voice, a book of short essays from Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, last night and lo and behold, the opening essay from Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson is about change agency and what is needed to implement the new Missal. While I agree with most of what he says, I strongly feel that catechetical staff and parish faith formation boards need to be a part of the implementation, not just liturgy committees.
Bishop Kicanas cites a number of experts on change-agency, but the most useful thing I took away from his essay is the contention of William Bridges, an expert on organizational transition. Bridges says there are three stages to change: letting go or losing something, a neutral period of adjustment, and a new beginning. He says we cannot short-cut this - we need to go through all three stages.
I suggest that parish and diocesan leaders are going to have to engage in these three stages before we can help the people do that. As in the familiar Kubler-Ross stages of grief, we may indeed revisit the loss stage at various points in the process, but to become a change agent, we have first to be convinced ourselves of the need for change. We have to go through our own sense of loss, our own time of neutrality, before we can be energized to move forward to lead implementation.
"Training the trainers" workshops have been taking place around the country for exactly this reason. Far in advance of the actual implementation, leadership needs to be helped through their own process of letting go and accepting this change, formed, so that they, in turn, can form people in parishes. In our diocese, we will gather parish leaders, beginning in the fall, to talk this through. We will gather them in December to hear Fr. Richard Fragomeni talk about the mystery of the liturgy and liturgical spirituality -- the "soul" of the liturgy that must be addressed even before we discuss changing the words we pray.
In the spring, our parish leaders will experience the Mystical Body, Mystical Voice event from the Liturgical Institute in Mundelein. As follow-up next August, we are planning a practical workshop on helping children, youth and adults to deepen their understanding of the Mass (speakers will include Jerry Galipeau and Bob Piercy.) We will have to talk about the new translation at regional cluster meetings, at adult faith formation leadership gatherings, and on the liturgical side, our diocesan office will be doing the same with their constituents as they, too, have practical workshops on changing the Mass responses, music and more.
Before we can enter this period of re-assessment, renewal and growth, we have to take the time for grieving, anger, resentment, and ultimately, letting go. To become an effective change agent, leaders must first be convinced of the validity of the change. Personally, I'm well on my way to getting there.
In upcoming posts, I plan to deal with skills for change agency for church leaders.


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History preserved on Main
It will be really cool if all three buildings get fixed up, restored and fully occupied -- and all without a dime from any level of government. That's how it is supposed to work and I can't wait to see the result. They really are neat-looking buildings.
-- 23670047
There are three surface lots on Main alone within spitting distance of the Fortune Block. A $35-million proposal should be strong enough to be able to find a more suitable site. My belief is that the hotel proposal was just a decoy to get the old buildings demolished and a surface parking lot built in its place.
-- Diggit
There is no hard cash on the table -- bulldoze these relics and embrace new investment, new build, which is hard cash. The Pollard bid is pie in the sky.
-- James T. Kirk
Old, yes. Beautiful, definitely not! No amount of money can make a silk purse out of this sow's ear.
-- Giblets n' Gravy
@Giblets I disagree. I think they are good-looking buildings. It's just the street level that needs to be worked on to give them a nicer appearance.
-- Devchev
If council wants to preserve Winnipeg's heritage, then why did they approve the new glass and steel eyesore for 98 Market Avenue in the Exchange District? Not only is it grossly incompatible with the existing heritage buildings, it's going to make a lousy backdrop to any movies filmed here.
-- Giblets n' Gravy
Federal transfers fall
So Manitoba receives 3.2 per cent less, per capita, in transfers from the federal government now compared with 10 years ago. This completely contradicts the propaganda of Brian Pallister and his followers. According to their negativism, Manitoba is becoming more dependent.
In fact, Manitoba is becoming more self-reliant, and unlike the only other provinces to see per-capita drops in transfers (Saskatchewan and Newfoundland), we did not rely upon oil.
Is Manitoba really going to elect a socially conservative austerity-monger whose negativism about this province is contradicted by reality?
--Spence Furby
Sorry, Spence, I simply cannot believe that a drop in transfer payments indicates that we are becoming less dependent on those transfer payments while we have such an enormous debt and deficit.
The only thing this does is give Selinger an easy out. He can brag that we do not need as much money from the feds while ignoring his incredible failures and our debt. Or, if he wants to blame lack of revenues for some failure of something, he can blame the Feds for that.
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Aztec report
The Aztecs have been an especially civilized and ingenious persons who have been in a position to stay collectively for tons of years with the aid of many integral features. These elements were the Aztecs religion, spouse and children life, food items, outfits, shelter, and farming. Because of the Aztecs perfect contributions in farming, figuring out, faith, and life style, these are fairly probably the greatest civilization around today.
The Aztecs had been an incredibly spiritual civilization. Aztec religion is somewhat like Christianity for the reason that it is actually based upon the start of your sun god, "Huitzilopoctl" (Benson 26). Aztec temples were being an exceedingly huge a part of spiritual everyday living they usually had been the middle on the Aztec faith. The temples had been vast four-sided pyramids to the Aztecs Gods and Goddesses. In the best rated of each pyramid there was a temple where the ceremonies and sacrifices took place and whereby the Aztecs arrived to worship their Gods. The Aztec religion was polytheistic as the men or women believed in lots of gods. The Aztec monks experienced an excruciatingly demanding lifestyle. They'd to extremely fast in many cases they usually were not permitted to chop or clean their hair. Priests experienced this sort of horrible hygiene that a lot of had insects nesting in their hair (Nicholson and Claire forty three). Priests and their girls helpers wherever not allowed to marry possibly. Human sacrifices, were being a very powerful a part of Aztec faith and so they were preformed on a conventional basis. Aztec sacrifices have been customarily animals or enemy soldiers or customers, but in certain cases Aztecs civilians have been sacrificed. The biggest know sacrifice via the Aztec's passed off during the reign of Montezuma II when twelve,000 enemy soldiers had been sacrificed at 1 time. The Aztecs thought the coronary heart and blood of their victims would continue to keep their civilization highly effective. They also thought that when they sacrificed a brave enemy soldier, his energy would pass into the Aztec warriors and make them even more powerful. Each morning virtually every Aztec civilian would conduct their own individual sacrifice by pricking their finger having a cactus needle and permitting a drop of their blood soak in the ground. This symbolized a unity in the Aztecs and their loyalty to their quite a few Gods and Godesses. The Aztecs foremost god was Quetzalcoatl, the solar god. They considered that he was born to provide them and so they treated him with incredible respect. The Aztecs religion gave them a great deal required hope because of difficult days and it dealt with them very well.


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Show don't tell
Let your estate agent do the selling. If you do insist on being there at the viewing, don't hover around and follow the viewers from room to room, let them absorb the aesthetic and space your home has to offer. Be at hand to answer questions helpfully. You don't want to come across as a used car dealer, who would buy off someone like Arthur Daley!
First Impressions Count
When your estate agent says de-clutter. This does not just mean take the magnetic letters off your fridge door. This means a full clean, no junk behind the sofa, if you've got a broken down car that was a project long abandoned on the drive, get rid of it. The same goes for rusty bikes and broken swing sets, tip them. Make your house look like the best on the street, think curb appeal outside, but also make it reflect it inside. You may well be moving and be boxing up your home, do it in a methodical manner, certain allowances can be made, however make sure the aesthetic your home portrays is welcoming and not the last breaths of a church jumble sale.
DIY jobs
Unless you are selling a full renovation project, make sure those little jobs are sorted, that sticking door sanded down, the loose door knob tightened. Those little decorating jobs need to be addressed and completed. If you don't you could well be saying fairwell to a a few thousand off the asking price.
Functional Kitchens
You may well be a home baker, with every mixer, bowl and accessory featured on Great British Bake Off, and you're moving because your current kitchen is too small. Clear away all your (non counter top appliances, make your kitchen look as best it can, enough character for someone to feel they could create a gastronomic delight (or just a microwave meal) Above all, keep it clean, no sinks full of washing up and used laundry queuing up for a ride in the washing machine.
Clean Bathrooms
This room has to be cleaner than clean, replace the dis-coloured shower curtain, make sure any loose tiles are fixed in place, grouting is fresh and sealant is clean and tidy. Ensure it smells fresh, open a window and air it regularly. A dingy bathroom can put a purchaser off a property completely. Needless to say, keep tooth brushes and domestic grooming accessories tidied away.
Tidy Bedrooms
Rule number one of bedrooms, make the bed! Put on the most neutral of bed linen, you can't go wrong with white. Make sure all clothes are put away and no dirty laundry on the floor.
With children's bedrooms, make a game of tidy up (channel your inner Mary Poppins), toys are expected in a kids room, however not all over the floor. Also before you put the property on the market, decorate the walls and get rid of murals, and limit the amount of posters on the wall. Think of a countdown calculator when you look at each room that needs to be de-personalised, the numbers go down with each room than needs work, it's your job to limit those reducing numbers on an offer that will be submitted.
Price matters, it's the estate agents job to get as much for the property as possible. Many vendors put a huge expectancy on the property value, however, if you over price a property, it won't sell.
Sure, try a bullish figure for the first 2 weeks, but if there's no activity drop the price. Switching from one agent to an other agent and keeping the same price is just silly and overwhelmingly unproductive. A house will sell quickly if the price is competitive, if the price is too high it won't sell. That's the reality of the situation.


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We're a growing ceramic studio, with a focus in the NYC hospitality industry, looking for a few new faces to join our team in Union City, NJ. The studio overlooks the city skyline just above Hoboken and is easily accessible via public transit from the city.
As an intern, you will experience a hands-on work environment and gain an understanding of the process from raw clay to creating the final product through various types of ceramic production methods. Some day to day basics include pugging clay, slab forming, packing up orders (both retail and hospitality), and cleaning.
We are looking for motivated people who are eager to learn new skills, love clay, and want to get their hands dirty! Previous experience working in ceramics or hospitality is not needed but is a definite plus. An ideal candidate would be available for 2-3 days a week (M-F) for 3 months, with a possibility of employment afterwards depending on performance. Pay is $25.00 a day. We also offer guidance and support for any of your own ceramic based projects.
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Gender First
The GenderFirst (GF) program includes the following resources:
- GF Analyze: determine influence of community gender dynamics
- GF Integrate: identify integration points within other development activities
- GF Markets: link women to market system activities and benefits
- GF Extension: guide extension workers in conducting equitable outreach
- GF WEAI: methodology for applying Women's Empowerment in Agriculture index
- GF Learn: measure the gender effectiveness of program interventions
Success Story: Kyrgyzstan
ACDI/VOCA implemented a program in Kyrgyzstan to develop women leaders in small and medium enterprises. Building on the GenderFirst resources of GF Analyze and GF Markets, ACDI/VOCA led a multistage intervention that strengthened leadership skills, facilitated market linkages, and delivered intensive technical assistance. Over 600 women business leaders across the country participated in the program to expand their enterprises. Additionally, ACDI/VOCA generated five training resources for women to address barriers to business development. These resources include business registration, taxation, social fund payments, patents, and tax inspections. With a GenderFirst approach, ACDI/VOCA has empowered women to become leaders throughout the business community.


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Still water fly fishing lessons in Derbyshire
Our still water lessons take place either at Barlow Trout Fishery, Ladybower Fisheries or the Upper Derwent Valley reservoirs. We cater for complete novices up to experienced anglers.
You fly fishing lessons will be tailored to suit your experience and objectives. Common benefits of fly fishing lessons are:
- Cast distances effortlessly.
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- Learn how to catch more fish.
- Improved presentation (turnover)
- Learn new casts like single & double haul and roll cast.
- Learn what flies to select and when.
- Learn different fishing techniques like nymph and dry fly.
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Wild Fly Fishing - The Upper Derwent Valley, Derbyshire, S33 0AX
Get away from it all learning the art of wild fishing in the truly spectacular surroundings of the Upper Derwent Valley on Howden & Derwent reservoirs (approx 600 acres). We have exclusive access to coach on these waters. With no roads, shops or sometimes even people nearby the silence can be deafening, only interrupted by the occasional bird of prey whistling overhead or the distinctive call of the grouse on the moorland edges.
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Learn the art of fly fishing at one of the finest waters in the UK. Ladybower is set in the heart of breathtaking scenery of the Peak District near the villages of Hope and Hathersage.
You will learn the techniques for catching the Rainbows and Wild Brown Trout that frequent this water. You can even take a rainbow trout for your tea if you catch one!
Barlow Trout Fishery - Nr. Dronfield, Derbyshire, S18 7TJ
The beautiful village of Barlow lies in a valley skirting the edge of the Peak District National park. The fishery has four beautiful trout lakes stocked with Rainbow and Brown Trout wildlife is abundant especially the grass snakes which are a common sight in the hotter months
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|"David, Thanks so much for today, I have learnt more today than all my other days" - Simon 2014
|" Now I am back in the office I have the opportunity to belatedly thank you for my initial fly fishing experience last Saturday! I really enjoyed the day and your instruction, wise words and patience with a total beginner" - Nigel 2014
|"Just to say thank you for a great day today. We were lucky with the weather and also managed to catch something. Thank you for all the advise and help with my questions. I now have confidence to go ahead and try a venue near my home. Once again thank you for a great day. " - Gordon 2014
|"Thank you for very much for the wonderful introduction to fly fishing. I thoroughly enjoyed the casting in the River Derwent on Friday and could not have asked for a better location or glorious weather. Your instruction and patience were excellent and I will not hesitate in referring you to friends and visiting again myself before too long." - Paula 2013
|"Just wanted to thank you once again for a wonderful day yesterday, your tuition, and all the information you shared with us.We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, and we envy you your proximity to the river" - Ailsa 2013
|"This is just a note to thank you for your excellent and very professional tuition on Monday but more than that. We got on well and I enjoyed your company. I shall be working hard at my casting (and striking, if I get the chance!)" - Robert 2013
|"Just a few lines to say thank you for such a great day on Friday I had a wonderful experience and hopefully will be able to put into practise on a more regular basis the things you taught me." - Laurence 2013
|"Many thanks for a brilliant time yesterday. I found the whole day exhilarating and it has really rekindled my interest in fly fishing." - Karl 2013
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Whether you are a complete novice or you have been fly fishing for a while, fly fishing lessons will help you improve all areas of your fishing from casting to water craft. Whether it's just one day to put you on the right track or weekly lessons to improve your skills over a period of time we can help.
If you are interested in fly fishing lessons in Sheffield, South Yorkshire or Derbyshire then please contact us to discuss your requirements. If you are interested in your child having fly fishing lessons please get in touch. David is CRB checked to work with children and has undertaken child protection training through the Angling Development Board. If you wish to get copies of his CRB or child protection policy these are available upon request.
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MAGNY COURS SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR DPR Diego Nunes and Michael Herck returned to the Magny Cours track in France today, racing with David Price Racing (DPR) in the second of the two GP2 races supporting the French Grand Prix. Mixed weather shaped...
Diego Nunes and Michael Herck returned to the Magny Cours track in France today, racing with David Price Racing (DPR) in the second of the two GP2 races supporting the French Grand Prix. Mixed weather shaped the race, but it was ultimately technical problems that forced Nunes to retire. Herck drove well to finish in 15th place, while still recovering from his wrist injury, which had put him out of the Series until this weekend.
Nunes had a strong start to his weekend yesterday with his best qualifying and Feature race performances of the season. From an 11th place finish, Nunes lined up in this position for today's start. Prior to the start it was raining in Magny Cours, so all the teams had to make a late call on tyre choice. Alongside most of the grid, DPR opted to begin the race on wet tyres, and Nunes made a good start on these tyres, moving up to eighth place by the end of the first lap and into seventh by the third lap.
Herck had been forced to retire with his wrist injury yesterday, so he lined up in 24th place for today's Sprint race. He remained calm and avoided tangling in the melee of the start to move up to 23rd by the end of the first lap.
Both drivers were called in for dry tyres as soon as the track conditions were suitable and although slippery they were able to rejoin and return to a good race pace. However a number of cars had started the race on dry tyres, so had not needed to pit, handing them the advantage and dropping the DPR cars back down the order.
Nunes, lying in 15th place, had a strong pace until the closing stages of the race when he was forced to return to the pits to retire from the race with an electronics problem. Herck demonstrated his determination and fortitude surviving a tough race to be rewarded with a 15th place finish after 28 laps of hard running. Despite not being at full fitness due to his wrist injury, the young Romanian-born driver was putting in consistent lap times, completing the first GP2 race of his career.
David Price, Team Principal, summed up the race, and the weekend, saying, "We started on wet tyres as the track seemed just too damp and slippery for drys, as quite a few drivers showed. However a few of them managed to cope with the conditions on the slicks and they ultimately won through. We might have made the wrong tyre choice, but in the end it didn't matter which tyre we were on with Diego as we were struck with another technical problem. When these things happen it's tough, but we're a strong team and will bounce back for Silverstone.
"Michael ran well today and took his first GP2 chequered flag, so he gained experience and at this stage it is track time and racing that he needs to develop in the Series. While other drivers fell off the road he persevered and reached the finish, and now we can build on this start as we progress into the season."
The DPR team return to the UK today and prepare for their home race, with the GP2 Series supporting the Formula One British Grand Prix at Silverstone in Northamptonshire, in two weeks time.
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Going Through the Motions
Every week—whether I am scheduled to preach or not—I have written at least one sermon. This is a habit / discipline I began from day #1 as a new pastor at Immanuel, Belvidere, IL almost 30 years ago.
To be honest—there were weeks when I sure didn't feel like doing it: weeks when I did not feel good, weeks I felt extra busy, and even weeks I was on vacation. Even now that I am "retired" from actively serving a church, I still write (and record) a weekly message.
Back in the70s we often said: If it feels good, do it. Many people carry a version of that philosophy into their spiritual life: If it doesn't feel good, don't bother.
There's something to understand about worship, prayer, Bible study, ministry, holiness, obedience, and pursuing your purpose in life: Sometimes when you do these things, they come with a wave of emotion. And sometimes they don't. Sometimes you feel it, and sometimes you don't.
When you're not feeling it, do you know what the best thing you can possibly do is? Go through the motions. Going through the motions, even when you're not full of emotions, is the way to build consistency.
Is it better when we can do everything with a happy feeling inside? Of course—but feelings come and go—our commitment to doing it right needs to remain constant.
So, going through the motions is not always a bad thing. It helps you establish a pattern of consistency in your life. It marks the difference between living a life based on whim and living a life based on purpose.


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The SA election results are in and it's looking promising! On Tuesday May 5th, the students of SLA gathered in the downstairs chapel to choose their SA officers for the 2015-2016 school year. Here's the list of candidates.
President: Allison Fernandes vs. DeAnna Brown
Vice President: Valerie Baez vs. Tristan Johnson
Pastor: Daniel Hammond
Secretary: Chrissie Fuller vs. Christelle Omeler
Treasurer: Olivia Howes vs. Stephen LaFrankie
Sergeant at Arms: Zach Mularczyk
Public Relations: Laiza Graciela vs. Devin Crowley
Each candidate wrote and presented a two minute speech stating why they would be good for their positions. Some candidates, like LaFrankie or Johnson used humor to gain support while others, like Howes, used stories from their childhood or examples of accomplishments to back up their arguments.
At the end, DeAnna Brown and Allison Fernandes had a heated debate in which they answered questions about their potential presidency and what they would do with their power. Both candidates brought good assets to the table and presented good arguments for their campaign.
The results were announced the next period and go as follows.
Public Relations: Devin Crowley
Sergeant at Arms: Zach Mularczyk
Treasurer: Stephen LaFrankie
Secretary: Chrissie Fuller
Pastor: Daniel Hammond
Vice President: Valerie Baez
President: DeAnna Brown
So far, the officers for next year look eager and ready to make a difference in this school. What changes do you want to see happening at SLA in the next school year?
The Lamb Wins!
Last Thursday, SLA had a special chapel with three guests from the Lesser Light Collective, a group that put together the Lamb Wins Project. The Lamb Wins founder, Jennifer Jill Schwirzer, her daughter, Alison Brook, a professional singer and song-writer, and rapper and spoken-word artist, Lee Givhan played an hour-long musical journey through the book of Revelation based on an album that they released with a slew of other contemporary Christian artists.
Jennifer, who is a folk singer, began the Lamb Wins project shortly after meetin Lee Givhan and his beatboxing partner, Delon Lawrence. She said she felt an impression by the Holy Spirit to ask them to help with her "Revelation Project" which quickly grew into the Lesser Light Collective, a group of eighteen or so musicians.
The album consists of two discs with forty songs following the chronological stories of Revelation, with all kinds of musical styles ranging from folky sounds to rap and spoken word.
To purchase a copy of The Lamb Wins! click this link: http://thelambwins.com/store/
To listen to the music inspired by Revelation, click here: http://thelambwins.bandcamp.com/album/the-lamb-wins-narrated-version
To see Alison Brook's website go here: http://www.alison-brook.squarespace.com
Your Parent/Teacher Conference Survival Kit
Aahhh. Do you smell that? No I'm not talking about the fresh spring air or the impending promise of allergies. I'm talking about the blood that's about to be shed during the upcoming parent/teacher conferences. If your grades are anything like mine this quarter, the bottom line is this: you are going to die. But we're not just high school students, we're not just failures; we are survivors, we will live. So without further ado, here's your personalized parent/teacher conference survival kit.
1) A full body Samurai suit. You can laugh, but seriously, you will be safe inside of this thing. Not to mention, you'll look like a warrior version of Darth Vader, so hey, it's all good. At least if your mom tries to beat you, you'll be safe inside this thing.
2) Some serious lists. I know that desperate times call for desperate measures, and making a list may not seem like the best thing to do, but there's nothing people sometimes appreciate more than a handwritten sentiment… Plus the pen is sharper than your hypothetical Samurai sword, so whip out your nicest paper and make a list of all the things your mother loves about you, then tape a copy to her mirror, her steering wheel, her makeup bag, her bedroom window, and basically every surface in the house. Maybe if she remembers why she loves you, she won't want to kill you.
3) A memory ray. Call me crazy, but if you could zap your teacher's memory before he says something about your grades, all your problems could be solved. Also you might want to check the legal implications of erasing someone's memory and be prepared to pay them for damages.
4) A defibrillator. Just in case your heart stops beating, it might be nice. Also you should probably assign one of your friends to rescucitate you, should your parents refuse.
5) Your will. You should probably start writing it now, so that you'll have everything in place before you die. Hire a lawyer too, so you'll be fully equipped to deal with any unexpected crises that might include your death. Pick out a gravestone while you're at it.
6) One deep breath in, and one deep breath out. Relax. Because at the end of the day, your parents and teachers care about your success in life. They give you a hard time about your grades because they want to see you go places (like down to hell, just kidding). So don't worry about it. In the end, how bad can it be? At least you'll look super cool in your Samurai suit.
Furious 7: A Final Tribute to Paul Walker
I had never watched a Fast and Furious movie in my life, and therefore when Paul Walker died, I was sad that a well-loved human being had died, but didn't grieve with the rest of the country. When I watched Fast and Furious 7, it was for a birthday party, and not out of my own free will and choice. I STILL CRIED!!!
As far as my review of the overall movie goes, there were a lot of explosions. There were also a lot of pimped out cars pulling off absolutely ludicrous stunts in ridiculous ways that made me question every law of gravity and physics ever. The only words I could manage to utter mainly consisted of, "What?" and, "No."
The story follows the team as they are under attack by the brother of a former villain, out for revenge against the people who permanently disabled his precious sibling. Hobbs (AKA: the Rock) is, disappointingly, out for most of the movie due to falling out the window and onto a car, escaping with a couple broken ribs and a broken arm; and Han is killed in Tokyo by the movie's undead supervillain (as far as I'm concerned, everyone who is alive in this movie is also undead because there's no possible way these people survived for seven movies). Meanwhile, Brian is struggling with accepting his domestic life with Mia, and Letty and Dom have relationship issues on account of her amnesia.
Then comes the tricky part: getting revenge on an undead supervillain without Han and/or Hobbs. Their whole chance of catching and retiring him rests on an anonymous hacker named Ramsey who has been kidnapped by terrorists. In a death-defying car chase, they extract Ramsey (Who they discover is a very attractive female. Who would've guessed?) from the clutches of the evil terrorists and then go on a series of even more death-defying stunts in the Arabian desert in order to find her invention: a software called "God's Eye" that can hack into every single computer and camera in the world.
In the climax, Dom and Sir British Undead Supervillain have a man fist-fight, while Hobbs muscle-flexes his way out of a cast so he can go shoot some things. Meanwhile, Ramsey, Letty, Roman, Brian, and Tej dodge being blown to bits by RPGs. Also there are cars.
I didn't cry because I was disappointed by the plotline or the abounding numbers of the undead. I cried because Furious 7- The Last Ride- was about saying goodbye. Realistic car crashes or not, the cast of Fast and Furious said goodbye to a dear friend, and they let him go the best way they knew how- by letting him drive off into the sunset, doing what he loves. It's not just the conclusion to a very long and drawn out series, it is the final tribute to Paul Walker.
NNEC Celebrates 35th Annual Music Clinic
On Saturday March 28, over a thousand people crammed into the Pine Tree Academy gym for the Northern New England Conference's 2015 Music Clinic finale. Occurring over a course of three days, the NNEC music clinic is a rigorous workshop where young musicians come together to work on what they love.
Consisting of five major groups, students can pick one or two and move in between them in different periods. Band, orchestra, and choir are the most popular, followed by an energizing youth choir (grades 5-6) and a three-level piano group. Each group presents their religious songs at the Friday night vespers and the Sabbath morning service, and then their secular, fun peices on Saturday night for the grand finale.
The pianists opened the program with two fun peices, and then a Gabriel Faure piece, Sicilienne, to end. The youth choir, directed by Mrs. Krueger- PTA's music teacher, sang Place in the Choir, a song about God's creatures praising Him, and the old favorite, Over the Rainbow. The strings director, Laurie Redmar-Minner, brought the audience to tears with a beautiful version of Music of the Night, while the choir (with Director Evan Chesney) made everyone laugh and clap with the Fugue for Fast Food and Oh! Susanna. They ended strong with a Sound of Music medley as a tribute to the movie's 50 year anniversary. The band, under PTA's principal, Mr. Krueger, played several American-themed tunes, including American Cameos.
This year, for the 35th anniversary, the committee chose the theme "Heaven is My Home" and the entire clinic performed Handel's Hallelujah Chorus as this year's finale peice.
If students could describe the music clinic experience, they would tell you that it's tough, but worth it. "Grueling. Grueling work, and at times excruciating." Says a first violinist, Sabrina Mapes. "But then it all pays off when you get to play."


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Jet X
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February 13, 2005
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Zoey, Nicole and Dana are always over-sleeping and are late to class. Fortunately, Mr. Bender's friend, Jake Savage, offers the girls the chance to win a free Jet X. All they have to do is team up and create a Jet X commercial that Jake will judge, the winner having their commercial put on the air one hundred times. While Logan and his team, mostly Logan, work on their commercial with fancy video equipment and famous actors, Zoey and her team decide that the content of the commercial is more important than how much money is put into it. Now the test is to see which is better, a commercial made with lots of money, or a commercial that relates to teens and helps describe what the Jet X is all about.
Episode Trivia
- When Zoey, Nicole and Dana are getting ready to go to class, the chorus for the music "Permanent Midnight by Saucy Monky" is heard in the background. The full song is used in the end of Zoey's Ribs.
- When all the girls decide that it was a better idea for them to work on their project together, Zoey says that it's only 11:00, and that they still have 10 hours until class starts. That would mean that class starts at 9:00, which is incorrect. Class starts at 8:00, meaning that they would only have 9 hours until class starts.
- When Zoey, Nicole and Dana are watching their clips, the way Nicole catches the script is different than when it was actually filmed.
- When the commercials are presented, Zoey is late, but she dosen't get in trouble.
- Jamie Lynn Spears as Zoey Brooks
- Sean Flynn as Chase Matthews
- Kristin Herrera as Dana Cruz
- Christopher Massey as Michael Barret
- Alexa Nikolas as Nicole Bristow
- Erin Sanders as Quinn Pensky
- Matthew Underwood as Logan Reese
- Co-Cast: David Bender
- Guest Cast: Jake Savage
- Absent Cast: Dustin Brooks
|Season one episodes
|Welcome to PCA • New Roomies • Webcam • Defending Dustin • Prank Week • Jet X • The Play • Quinn's Date • Spring Fling • Backpack • Disc Golf • School Dance • Little Beach Party


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Mumbai: Deepak Parekh, the chairman of Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd (HDFC), the mortgage lender in which Citigroup Inc. has a 11.74% stake, said it was up to the US bank to decide whether its investment in the Indian firm was "non-core or not", and added that following media reports about Citi's desire to sell HDFC shares, "half a dozen interested parties have called us and said, in case Citi is the seller, we are willing buyers..."
Parekh's comments came during and on the sidelines of the company's annual general meeting during which HDFC reported first quarter profit rose less than analysts expected after the firm's cost of funds increased.
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Parekh said he did not see any slowdown in demand and expects HDFC's portfolio to grow in the 25-30% range this year: "We are seeing demand from tier II and tier III cities, hence there is no slowdown..."
Citi has been shedding assets after reporting two straight quarterly losses totalling $15 billion (Rs64,800 crore). At Wednesday's market value, Citi's 11.74% stake in HDFC will fetch the US bank Rs5,741 crore ($1.33 billion).
HDFC reported a 25.56% increase in its net profit to Rs468.11 crore for the quarter ended June, up from Rs372.81 crore in the corresponding period last year, on the back of growth in interest income. Its interest income increased by 28.75% to Rs2,219.92 crore against Rs1,724.15 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. Its total income increased to Rs2,318.62 crore from Rs1,830.39 crore.
After the announcement, the HDFC stock hit a year's low of Rs1,690 on the Bombay Stock Exchange before ending the day down 4.43% at Rs1,720.50 even as the exchange's benchmark index lost 0.79%.
Below expectation: Deepak Parekh, HDFC chief. The firm's Q1 profit rose 25%, less than estimates. (AP)
"The stock took a beating as the results are below market expectations. A 25.90% increase in total expenses is a matter of concern. The cost of funds of the housing finance company is on a rise and this will have an impact on its net interest margin," said a research analyst with a brokerage who did not wish to be identified. The analyst claimed HDFC borrowed Rs500 crore for three years at 11.15% on Wednesday but this could not be independently confirmed.
Despite the rise in cost of funds, HDFC's net interest margin or the spread between the cost of funds and its income on deployment of funds has risen marginally this quarter, from 2.22% to 2.26%.
"We expect a higher interest rate scenario. HDFC may look at hiking rates if cost of funds go up. Will wait for Reserve Bank of India's policy signal to hike rates," said Parekh. The Indian banking regulator will unveil its quarterly monetary policy review on 29 July.
HDFC hiked its lending rate by 50 basis points on 30 June. One basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point.
Bloomberg contributed to this story.