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LUNG cancer is the second most common type of the disease in the UK – with 43,500 people diagnosed with the condition each year.
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We are all guilty of this. Guilty of not stopping to take stock. Guilty of not stopping to say 'thank you'.
Life moves so incredibly fast and there are so many trials and pressures on us from so very many areas, that it is understandable that days, weeks, months can sometimes pass without us simply stopping to take a breath.
When periods of time such as this happen it takes a shock to sober us up.
This shock is more often than not something that scares or saddens us, such a a bereavement or tragedy of some kind in the news.
There have been all too many shocking tragedies in the news this year.
Horrific acts of violence and mindless persecution.
What good are they? What are they for?
We can't take them back or save the people who have been brutally massacred, so how can we make their deaths or loss not in vain?
These are naturally pretty deep questions, ones that have troubled philosophical minds for centuries, but we are entitled to our own opinion on these things and I personally think that in order to find a speck of good from these awful events, we have to try and learn from these mistakes as a collective 'we' of humanity.
If nothing bad ever happened I believe we would become a selfish people, desensitised and ungrateful for the good and wonderful gifts in our own lives.
If we went through life never seeing the bad and dreadful things, then I believe our selfish and greedy sides would ingulf our good and grateful nature.
So in honour of those poor people who have lost their lives tragically to the evil of mankind, we must not only try and learn from the mistakes of their persecutors, but we should also try to value everyday of our own lives in tribute and respect to them and show more love and kindness to one another in an attempt to try and offset the evil that is all too prevalent in our world.
Other than the general world horrors that have naturally troubled us all this year, I like so many of you have had my own personal trials to awaken me from my complacent slumber.In July of this year I had everything- everything and more than I had ever wished for.
After years of being told that being a mother would unlikely ever be possible, I was about to celebrate a year of the blissful joy that was being Mummy to my beloved Florrie. I had also just found out that I was expecting another miracle baby.
Garry and I were naturally ecstatic. This was so much more than ever expected and life was amazing.
Then on Florrie's first birthday I miscarried my baby.
Garry and I were naturally deeply saddened, but soon things would take another unexpected twist and challenging twist and our emotional and spiritual strength would be tested.
As the days passed by after the loss of the baby, I became more and more unwell and soon I was being taken back to the hospital.
After many tests I was informed late on a Friday evening that scans had shown I had a blood clot on my brain.
Having thought I was about to be told I was going home, I remember how utterly floored I was by the Dr holding my hand and giving me her heartfelt condolences.
I then went on to spent three days in limbo. Any of you who have had to spend any time in NHS hospitals will know that as wonderful as they are, nothing happens at the weekend.
The staff on my ward were simply wonderful, refusing to send my husband home at the end of visiting hours and moving me into a side room to give me the space to process my news.
And that is exactly what I tried to do, as I woke for observations in the early hours of that Saturday morning, I felt a strange sense of peace as I watched the sunshine paint the walls of my hospital room with an orangey glow, I grabbed my prayer book and poured out what was in my heart.
I toyed with writing my prayer out for you here, but I don't think there is a need to.
My point of sharing this story with you is to show what this scare did to me.
Prior to that day I, like most of us was consumed by deadlines, panic over the long list of correspondence I had to reply to both social and personal admin, and stressed and exasperated over stupid little things. I am a worrier and am forever being told not to stress about things by my husband but to no avail; everything always seems so important and like so many, I was guilty of working into the night before taking the time to eat, let alone sit and reflect on what was really important.
As I looked down the barrel of uncertainty none of that mattered anymore.
All that mattered on an initial level was seeing my baby girl when she was allowed to visit and then of course finding out just what was going on in my brain.
72 long hours later and the consultants returned after meeting with the neuro consultants from Charing Cross hospital. Incredibly the specialists had now decided that the blob on my brain was not a clot but an Arachnoid Granulation or cyst.
More investigation was needed, but it was decided that this could be done with me as an outpatient, so that I could be at home with my family.
I was allowed home, but I was unable to be alone with my baby girl as my symptoms were such that I was still collapsing to the floor and feeling very unwell.
This period of limbo seemed to go on forever- I was home and thankful to be there, as well as incredibly grateful to not have a blood clot on my brain, yet I was still feeling too poorly to do very much at all and I still didn't know what my 'brain blob' was and what it meant.
It was a strange juxtaposition of feelings, one that to some degree I'm still feeling today.
Fast forward five months and there have been many consultations, scans and investigations but still no concrete answers.
On a day to day level I am much, much better than I was and thankfully able to be alone with my baby again, but the question marks still stand as the investigations have brought to the surface some other issues that may or may not be related.
Despite the natural concern of these investigations, there is so much good that has come from these events- The biggest being a change in me personally, that the complacency I once had has gone and been replaced by a desire to value each day I have and this has to be a good thing.
I have always believed that good has to be found in bad or tricky situations, however difficult it may seem to find it at the time.
There have obviously been events in my life before this that have made me evaluate and reassess things for the better, but this time of celebration that turned to sadness and then uncertainty really hit me hard, but ultimately for the better I believe.
Like everyone, I was guilty of wishing time away, like those last hours leading up to bedtime when Florrie would be particularly exhausting and my pain especially hard to deal with, particularly if Garry was away, and of course we're all guilty of becoming frustrated with or wishing away the time spent stuck in traffic or in a waiting room or boring work situation.
I now savour the seconds. I try to spin the frustrations of being stuck on a journey into an opportunity to have some child free minutes to say a prayer or be thankful or to just listen to the silence.
Good has come from bad as my happiness and appreciation for life is so much more intense. More than ever thought to be possible.
On this the last day of 2014 I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of my friends and family for being in my life, for making me smile and for helping me achieve my dreams of being a mummy and helping others with Get a Life! Foundation.
After two years of wading through the obstacles of setting up a charity from scratch with no financial backing, we are finally beginning to get somewhere thanks to the amazing efforts of family and friends.
In March, some incredible guys and gals from 32 (The Royal) Sqn of RAF Northolt cycled 90miles around London for our charity, in October the Phoenix Choir, I.W. sung their hearts out for us and throughout the year my good friend and the wonderful soul that is Eltjo De Vries has been raising money for us by donating the proceeds of his wonderful storytelling evenings at Isle of Wight libraries.
Probably the most heartwarming of all of the fundraising efforts has come from the innocence of children, when Eltjo's children Eltjo Kaelin De Vries and Alura Rose De Vries along with their school friends Sophie, Isobel and Sam, took it upon themselves to make bracelets and cakes to sell to their friends and school, completely off their own backs. They raised £43 for Get a Life! Foundation and made me cry with their kindness in the process.
There have been so many other kind donors of raffles prizes and sponsorship over the last year that this blog post would take you until next year to read if I took the time to name them all personally so please know how thankful I and the other Get a Life! trustees are to you all.
At a time when we are all looking at pledging to do things differently in our lives for the coming year, I instead am going to pledge something a little different.
I am going to stick by the lessons I learnt from my challenges of 2014 and keep doing what I've been doing for the latter half of this year- that being, however tired I am at the end of the day, however much pain I am in that I want to be rescued by the sanctuary of sleep- I am going to continue taking the time to reflect on my day and say 'thank you'.
To me as a Christian my 'thank you' is said to God and Jesus, but the point is that it is a 'thank you' that you simply take the time to say, it doesn't have to be to anyone, it may just be a time spent reflecting on what is important. I personally feel that by taking the time to do this since writing that earnest prayer of desperate hope in that hospital bed on 7th August has made me a better and more grateful person ans subsequently made my life richer.
The principle of taking time to give thanks and gratitude also comes from the teachings of Rhonda Byrne's The Secret which I have credited previously for helping me through difficult times.
I have used this book again to keep me strong recently along with 'Diamonds in The Dust' by Joni Eareckson Tada.
Joni has lived the most incredible life after being paralysed after a diving accident as a teenager.
She has been my inspiration for many years and her book of daily deviations and reflections has helped me through many a dark or lost day.
We are human and I am by no means perfect so I know that I am going to disappoint myself at times and revert to being angry or frustrated by the world, but my goal after learning the lessons from my challenges of 2014 is to try to be grateful for all that I have and make the time each evening and/or morning if I can to say 'thanks' because I have so much, not least amazing family and friends and readers of this blog who continue to surprise me with not just your presence, but also your wonderful support with all of your emails and comments on the blog.
I say 'thank you' to you and for you and I wish you all a 2015 blessed with good health and happiness and a presence of mind to stop and take stock of all that you have.
God bless you all.
Have a good one tonight and make some amazing memories with friends and family.
Love and thanks always,
Kaz. X

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JSW Steel is planning to set up an electrical steel manufacturing facility of 0.6 MTPA capacity at its integrated steel works in Vijayanagar.
JSW Steel is now foraying into the manufacture of electrical steel. The company is planning to set up an electrical steel manufacturing facility of 0.6 MTPA capacity at its integrated steel works at Vijayanagar. Initially, this facility shall produce 0.4-0.5 MTPA of cold rolled non-grain oriented grade electrical steel. Implemented in a phased manner, JSW envisages becoming the largest electrical steel producer in the country.
JSW and JFE signed a strategic collaboration agreement in the year 2010. The collaboration is now being extended to electrical steel. JSW aspires to fully equip in order to adhere to the stringent quality standards required in electrical steel with the support of JFE.
The present demand of electrical steel is about 0.5 MTPA and it is expected to double by the year 2016-17. The demand is expected to grow at a CAGR of 15%. JSW expects to cater to the growth by scaling its manufacturing facilities.
In the early afternoon, JSW Steel was trading at around Rs755.35 per share on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1.06% up from the previous close.
Digital film distribution has helped wider film releases and helped control costs in 2011. However, Reduced ad spends had resulted in a slower growth rate for both television and print
The Indian media and entertainment industry is expected to register a CAGR (compounded annual growth rate) of 15% to touch Rs1,457 billion by 2016, says the latest FICCI KPMG report. And there is a high possibility that this growth may come on the back of digital technologies.
According to Yash Chopra, veteran filmmaker and chairman of FICCI Entertainment Committee, "2011 was clearly the year where digital technologies began to deliver on their promise. Digital film distribution has helped wider film releases and helped control costs. In television, the digitization of cable will transform business models of all stakeholders and offer consumers more choice and convenience. Even as digital generates new opportunities, it also brings with it challenges that the industry must solve more urgently than anticipated."
While television is still the dominant medium in this sector, gaming, digital advertising and animation are also steadily increasing their footprints. Animation, VFX, etc recorded a phenomenal growth of 31% and touched Rs31 billion in 2011. Online media or rather 'new media' also showed a spectacular growth of 40% over the earlier year.
The FICCI KPMG report says that in 2011, the media and entertainment (M&E) industry registered a growth of 12% over 2010 and touched Rs1,457 billon. Reduced ad spends had resulted in a slower growth rate for both television and print. Advertising spends across all media accounted for Rs300 billion in 2011, contributing to 41% of the overall M&E industry revenues. Advertising revenues witnessed a growth of 13% in 2011 as against 17% observed in 2010.
Television is estimated to be worth Rs329 billion in 2011, and is expected to grow at 17% CAGR, and touch Rs735 billion in 2016. Radio is also expected to register healthy growth on the back of Phase III auctions due this year. Print, the second most prominent player, grew 8.4% from Rs193 billion in 2010 to Rs209 billion in 2011.
The film industry is supposed to grow at 10.1% CAGR from Rs93 billion in 2010 to Rs150 billion in 2016. The music industry registered a 5% growth over the previous year and touched Rs9 billion in 2011. The outdoor media sector was hit the hardest by the economic turmoil and saw a growth of 7.6% in 2011 over 2010.
During the month, 13 out of 22 industry groups witnessed growth. Output of basic goods went up by meagre 1.6%, as against 7.7% in the year ago period. However, intermediate goods witnessed a contraction of 3.2%, as against 7.4% growth in January last year
New Delhi: Showing signs of recovery, industrial production gathered pace and grew 6.8% in January, over the previous month, mainly due to improvement in the manufacturing sector, reports PTI.
Growth in factory output growth, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), was however higher at 7.5% in January 2011.
IIP growth for December has been revised upwards to 2.5% from the provisional estimates of 1.8%.
Output of the manufacturing sector, which constitutes over 75% of the index, rose 8.5% in January compared to 8.1% in the same month last year, according to the official data released on Monday.
Besides, output of consumer goods grew 20.2% in January, as compared to 8.3% in the same month last year. The production of the non-durable consumer goods segment has shown signs of improvement and grew by 42.1% in the month under review.
However the capital goods sector witnessed a contraction of 1.5%, as against a growth of 5.3% in the same month last year.
Mining output too contracted by 2.7% in January against 1.7% growth in the year ago period.
The power generation witnessed a slow growth of 3.2% in January, compared to 10.5% in the year ago period.
During the month, 13 out of 22 industry groups witnessed growth. Output of basic goods went up by meagre 1.6%, as against 7.7% in the year ago period. However, intermediate goods witnessed a contraction of 3.2%, as against 7.4% growth in January last year.
During the April-January period this fiscal, the IIP growth stood at 4%, as against 8.3% in same period in 2010-11.
Earlier last month, the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) had estimated that the Indian economy would grow at a slower pace of 6.9% this fiscal, as against 8.4% in 2010-11.
The overall slow growth of IIP at 4% during the April-January period may prompt the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut short term lending and borrowing rates in the mid-quarterly review of the monetary policy on Wednesday, especially in view of easing inflation, experts said.
Industry officials have blamed the slowdown in growth to the high interest rate regime that has made borrowings costly and curbed consumer spending.
Prime minister's economic advisory panel chief C Rangarajan has said that the policy rate cuts by RBI would depend on inflation movement.
Overall inflation has started showing sign of cooling off as cheaper food items pulled it down to a 26-month low of 6.55% in January.
The apex bank in a surprise move had slashed Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) from 5.5% to 4.75% on Friday, to infuse Rs48,000 crore to ease the liquidity crunch in the financial system.
RBI had last reduced CRR by 0.5 percentage point on 24th January as well, injecting Rs32,000 crore into the system.


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This unique report reflects the new reality that energy harvesting - creation
of off-grid electricity where it is needed, using ambient energy - is now widely
deployable up to 100kW and beyond. This is resulting in dramatic new
capabilities such as the rapidly growing number of land, water and air vehicles
that operate entirely on sunshine and electricity becoming affordable and
feasible in remote parts of Africa. It will result in the electric vehicle that
has longer range than the vehicles it replaces. It makes autonomous vehicles
more feasible and shipping much more efficient. Only a global up-to-date view
makes sense in this fast-moving subject embracing Google airborne wind energy
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regenerative braking. There are already autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)
and navigation buoys that combine solar and wave power.
The multilingual PhD level IDTechEx analysts have travelled intensively in 2015
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Energy harvesting is now a booming business at the level of 10 watts to 100
kilowatts and beyond, off-grid. That includes making a vehicle, boat or plane
more efficient such as energy harvesting shock absorbers and high speed
flywheels, reversing alternators and motors for instance on the propeller of a
boat under sail or moored in a tidestream and regeneratively soaring aircraft
and braking cars and forklifts. Similar technology now harvests the energy of a
swinging construction vehicle, dropping elevator and so on and soon the heat of
engines will be harvested in kilowatts and off-grid wave power will become
High power energy harvesting also embraces off-grid creation of electricity that
will be used generally such as that harnessing photovoltaics, small wind
turbines and what enhances or replaces them such as the new airborne wind energy
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capability and versatility of many of the basic technologies of energy
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warming and local air, water and noise pollution, relieving poverty and
conserving resources.
1.1. Definition and characteristics
1.1.1. Definition
1.1.2. Overview of need
1.1.3. Characteristics
1.2. Market overview
1.2.1. Largest value market by power
1.3. Maturity of market by application
1.4. Hype curve for energy harvesting applications
1.5. EH systems
1.6. Multiple energy harvesting
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1.7.1. The big picture
1.7.2. Forecasts by technology
1.7.3. Overall market for transducers
1.7.4. Market for power conditioning
1.8. Technology timeline 2016-2025
1.9. Detailed technology sector forecasts 2015-2025
1.9.1. Electrodynamic
1.9.2. Photovoltaic
1.9.3. Thermoelectrics
1.9.4. Territorial differences
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2.2. Technologies compared
2.2.1. Parametric
2.2.2. System design: transducer, power conditioning, energy storage
2.3. Mature technologies
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2.3.2. Portable wind turbine for clean energy anywhere
2.3.3. Conventional photovoltaics
2.3.4. Regenerative braking
2.4. A glimpse of the future: Lizard Electric Vehicles
2.5. Off-grid wave harvesting
2.5.1. Introduction
2.5.2. CorPower Ocean Sweden
2.5.3. Levant Power USA
2.5.4. National Agency for New Energy Technologies (ENEA) Italy
2.5.5. Oscilla Power USA magnetorestrictive
2.6. HPEH in context: IRENA Roadmap to 27% Renewable
2.7. Electric vehicle end game: free non-stop road travel
2.8. Simpler, More Viable Off-grid Power in 2016
2.9. Tesla the Follower
3.1. Definition and scope
3.2. Many modes and applications compared
3.2.1. Options by medium
3.2.2. Examples compared
3.3. Flywheel KERS
3.4. Active regenerative suspension: Levant Power USA
3.5. Audi regenerative suspension
3.6. Airborne Wind Energy AWE
3.6.1. Kite-surfing in the stratosphere
3.7. Favoured technologies
3.7.1. Billions in Change
3.7.2. EnerKite Germany
3.7.3. Google Makani USA
3.7.4. e-Wind USA
3.7.5. TwingTec Switzerland
3.7.6. Ampyx Power Netherlands
3.7.7. Altaeros USA
3.7.8. Kitemill Norway
3.7.9. Kitegen Italy
3.7.10. Commercialisation targets in 2015
3.7.11. IDTechEx assessment
3.7.12. ABB assessment
3.8. Energy harvesting shock absorbers
3.8.1. Linear shock absorbers
3.8.2. Rotary shock absorbers
3.8.3. Tenneco Automotive Operating Company USA
3.9. Witt Energy UK
4.1. Photovoltaic
4.1.1. Flexible, conformal, transparent, UV, IR
4.1.2. Technological options
4.1.3. Principles of operation
4.1.4. Options for flexible PV
4.1.5. Many types of photovoltaics needed for harvesting
4.1.6. Spray on power for electric vehicles and more
4.1.7. New world record for both sides-contacted silicon solar cells
4.2. Powerweave harvesting and storage e-fiber/ e-textile
4.3. Solar roads find many uses
4.4. Non-toxic and cheap thin-film solar cells
5.1. The Seebeck and Peltier effects
5.2. Highest power thermoelectrics
5.3. Designing for thermoelectric applications
5.4. Material choices
5.5. Other processing techniques
5.6. Manufacturing of flexible thermoelectric generators
5.7. AIST technology details
5.8. Automotive applications
5.8.1. BMW Germany
5.8.2. Ford USA
5.8.3. Volkswagen Germany
5.8.4. Challenges of Thermoelectrics for Vehicles
5.8.5. Marlow Industries USA
5.9. Building and home automation
5.10. Solar TEG
6.1. Geothermal
6.1.1. World's largest ocean thermal plant
6.2. Magnetostrictive
6.3. Nantenna-diode rectenna arrays
6.3.1. Idaho State Laboratory, University of Missouri, University of Colorado,
6.3.2. University of Maryland
6.4. Thermoacoustic
6.5. Triboelectric
6.5.1. Tire EH Goodyear concept 2016
6.6. Not quite energy harvesting: microbial fuel cells, directed RF,
8.1. Agusta Westland Italy
8.2. Enerbee France
8.3. Eight19 UK
8.4. Faradair Aerospace UK
8.5. IFEVS Italy
8.6. Jabil USA
8.7. Komatsu KELK Japan
8.8. LG Chem Korea
8.9. Marlow USA
8.10. Pavegen UK
8.11. Piezotech France
8.12. RMT Russia and TEC Microsystems Germany
8.13. Examples of recent research
8.14. Examples of Interviews Concerning High Power Energy Harvesting on Marine
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The value of cognitivism in thinking about extended cognition
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- Adams, F. & Aizawa, K. Phenom Cogn Sci (2010) 9: 579. doi:10.1007/s11097-010-9184-9
This paper will defend the cognitivist view of cognition against recent challenges from Andy Clark and Richard Menary. It will also indicate the important theoretical role that cognitivism plays in understanding some of the core issues surrounding the hypothesis of extended cognition.
KeywordsCognitivism Extended cognition Coupling-constitution fallacy Non-derived content Mental representation
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In 2015, 2.1 million immigrants marched into Germany, most of them young, male refugees and asylum seeker from Syria, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Northern Africa.
According to official sources, Germany now host 8.7 million foreigners, or 10.5% of its population. Of the German passport holders, 7.5 million have a migration background.* It means that the overall number of residents with migration background (arrived since 1949) now stands at 17.1 million, or 21% of the population. Of those, about half have no formal job qualifications, according to Statista. For 2016, the government estimates 500,000 new immigrants. Critics talk about Überfremdung -hyperxenesis.
Fremdbestimmung [Heteronomy]
Some background information is needed: Germany was defeated in the Great War. It had been occupied, first by Soviet Russia (East Germany) and the Allies (West Germany), and then, gradually, it became a US colony, politically, militarily, and culturally. Under National Socialism, German women often had between 6 to 8 children. To prevent the Germans from multiplying again, the USA drowned the country in propaganda: family planning, sterilization programs, and textbook indoctrination to limit or forgo procreation.
This has resulted into the lowest birthrate in the entire world (on par with Japan, which was also occupied by the US): 1.4 kids per woman. To put this into perspective, between 1977 to 2013 the number of German births had halved, from annually 1.3 million to 670,000 newborns. But immigrants don't read (and don't care about) German propaganda, so they have more kids. By 2015, 30% of all children in Germany age 0-5 had a migration background.
Bevölkerungsaustausch [Population Transfer]
Now, instead of assimilation (which would require dark humor and strong nationalism), something insane happened: The German leaders, all fearful of their US overlords calling them Nazis, are now recklessly plotting the exodus of white native Germans. Several top politicians and party leaders [see here, here, and here] have expressed 'anti-German' sentiments. They believe that ethnic Germans ought to become a minority.
They believe the downfall of blond-haired, blue-eyed Germans should be engineered, fast. Since the German leaders are so anti-German, immigrants and refugees take notice: Why to assimilate at all, why not force-fitting the Germans into the immigrant culture?
The Anti-German Complot
Flying the German flag in Germany is now considered racist. Speaking German in German classrooms is considered racist. Ethnic Germans see their kids beaten and harassed in schools, at the swimming pools, at train stations and shopping malls, which are frequented by gangs of foreign-born proles. The police is covering up wrongdoings by immigrants, out of fear of being labelled anti-immigrant. The government celebrates the miscegenation [mixing of races] as Germany's highest duty, the destruction of German culture as progressive, and the extinction of the white races as atonement for their past sins.
Amadeu Antonio Foundation [Thought Police]
The crack-down is severe. Freedom of speech is no more, if it ever was. Prosecutions. Raids. Censorship. The corrupt state media (Die Zeit, Spiegel, FAZ...) call entire villages, cities, states "racist." The central government has revived the Stasi (a former Ministry for State Security), in form of the 'Amadeu Antonio Foundation', a repressive, Orwellian-style thought police that patrols the Internet [see here, here, and here], spies on its citizens, psychologically destroys white culture, and belittles the natives' right for self-determination.
Racism against Ethnic Germans is also Racism
The Merkel regime has co-opted German Google, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, etc. to block and censor political dissent. People lose their jobs. Websites disappear. Accounts are suspended. Videos are deleted.
If you experience ethnic cleansing (forced migration, intimidation), speak up against the regime. If you are a journalist, speak up against the colluded press. You are not alone in the world (although you are pretty f****d in Germany, sorry). Do not use violence, ever. If you are using non-German social media, your speech is often protected by the US First Amendment (Freedom of Speech). Make use of it. Wehre dich!
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It was recently reported that Snapchat turned down a $3 billion buyout offer from Facebook. Snapchat is 2.5 years old and hasn't earned a single dollar in revenue.
For the non-financiers reading, the valuation of any asset is as much as someone is willing to pay for it, and people generally determine how much they're willing to pay for a given investment based on their expectation for future cash flow. In the case of a company, cash flows come from either dividends paid to shareholders (ie profit) or a liquidity event (acquisition or IPO).
Who else would be willing to pay more than Facebook in the future? I can see the logic behind Facebook's offer. They need to prevent competition and they have a ton of cash. But how many other companies in the world would have the motivation and the budget to provide Snapchat shareholders with a liquidity event worth more than that?
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Not only does Snapchat need to get a higher offer for their rejection to make sense, it needs to outpace their dilution. Since the company doesn't make money, they will need to keep raising money. More outside financing means less ownership for the team and current investors. So while future valuations might be higher, each individual will have a smaller slice of the pie. Future offers will have to outpace dilution for it to be more profitable for the team and investors.
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In a follow up to yesterday's story about Lissette Huerta, a 4 year old with Leukemia. (For Katherine Hessel's original story, click here) Her family is holding a Taco feed today, until 4pm at the Gateway Foursquare Church in Kennewick.
Hundreds of people have shown up to help the family pay for mounting bills due to Lissette's treatment, with the food donated from local businesses.
Lissette's Aunts, cousins, and grandmothers have cooked all the food from scratch, and they say it won't disappoint. (This reporter had a dish, and they weren't lying.)
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What does an athletic Midwestern boy do after moving to Miami? Sell lemonade, of course! That was Allen Cohen back in 1978, when he decided to say goodbye to Michigan winters and start "living the dream" in Miami.
An avid runner, he set up shop in Coconut Grove's Kennedy Park, where a group he runs with met. "One of us would always have to do a grocery run to get beverages," he recalls. So he gathered up his savings and started A.C.'s Icees. "I feel very lucky -- my office is a park," he says with a twinkle in his eye.
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For many locals, the white truck with the yellow awnings is a landmark. It is there year-round (except during hurricanes), with A.C. in the window. "On a busy Saturday, we can have up to 400 people." That's a lot of frosted lemonade.
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I have three choices. 1) I need a converter, 2) a 97 wiring harness, or 3) splice in a new connector. I could not find a converter on the internet, is anyone aware of such a item. Or does anyone know the part number for the MOPAR Towbar wiring harness for a 97 Wrangler. Thanks :rolleyes:
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PHILADELPHIA — It seems almost as predictable as the falling of leaves. Each autumn brings a new list of Catholic schools that have closed their doors or consolidated with another school or schools.
Faced with ever-rising education costs and the emergence of free charter schools, it becomes more and more difficult to compete.
Maybe that isn't necessarily so, and you have to look only a bit north of the Philadelphia Archdiocese to Allentown to find a diocese that is bucking the trend.
It wasn't always that way -- up until three years ago the Allentown Diocese had 15 straight years of declining enrollment and was down to about 12,000 students system-wide. Last year, the streak was snapped and enrollment was up by 120, according to James S. Friend Jr., Allentown's secretary for stewardship and development.
Allentown was the only diocese in Pennsylvania to show a school enrollment increase and the only diocese in the Northeast states to show an increase in elementary school enrollment.
It wasn't a fluke -- this year's overall enrollment was up by about 1 percent. A modest increase certainly, but a big improvement over more than a decade of average declines of five percent annually. Allentown will be quite content if it can grow the system by 3 percent a year into the future.
How did it happen? First of all, Allentown Bishop John O. Barres established a Bishop's Commission of Catholic Schools, which was made up of two school pastors, one college dean of enrollment management, one college accounting professor, one public school grant writer and seven fairly aggressive business CEOs, and that latter group may have been key. If you want to sell a product, listen to people who know how to sell products.
There were no school staff members on the commission for the simple reason that marketing is not their expertise. Also among the participants in the turnaround at some of the schools was the Healey Education Foundation, which is based in the Diocese of Camden, N.J., and works with dioceses and individual schools to promote programs to sustain Catholic schools into the future.
The foundation was started in 2004 with the express intention of assisting struggling Catholic schools. It was founded by Robert Healey Sr., a product of the Camden diocesan schools and St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia. In addition to his career as a lawyer, Healey was a co-founder of the Viking Yacht Co., one of the world's largest builders of luxury yachts.
Because of its success in the Camden Diocese, the foundation, now headed by Healey's daughter Christine, was chosen to help develop plans for sustainability by the Allentown Diocese.
The first item on the agenda was recognition that Allentown Catholic schools were a good product but they just were not being effectively marketed. The proof of the quality is results.
Utilizing Pennsylvania Department of Education data, the Allentown Diocese trumpeted the fact that 97 percent of its graduates went on to a four-year or two-year college. Allentown Central Catholic High school sent 99 percent of its grads to college, in comparison to a dozen other high schools in its area that averaged between 86 percent and 57 percent college-bound grads.
Academic success and Catholic values were the emphasis of the marketing program, according to Friend, and this was done not only through billboards but also direct mail, bulletin inserts, lawn signs, banners, a website and college matriculation graphs.
The high college admission rate was publicized through billboards that also mentioned a sweetener -- there were transfer grants of up to $3,000 for students who transferred into the Catholic schools.
Tuition grants were strategically focused especially on what was termed the airplane model. When airlines have empty seats on a plane, they tend to discount them to fill it. If a school had empty seats in a particular grade, that's where the aid was more likely to go.
The actual increase of 70 students this year was basically in the high schools as opposed to the elementary schools last year. Allentown's secretary for Catholic education, Phil Fromuth, attributes this to the closing of a couple of elementary schools this year, which would have a temporary negative impact.
At this time, Allentown has 8,770 students in elementary school, 3,531 in high school and 118 in special education.
One huge help, Fromuth believes, is the dramatic increase in the state's Educational Improvement Tax Credits, known as EITC, and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credits, or OSTC, funds received by school parents, through which businesses may offset grants to scholarships by Pennsylvania tax credits.
"We have seen this increase in the past three years to $2.5 million," Fromuth told CatholicPhilly.com, the news website of the Philadelphia Archdiocese. "About 2,400 families are assisted by EITC and OSTC, and schools may have endowments which also help. We have also formed committees to look at how we can reduce expenses for example in group buying programs and group waste management programs."
The overall enrollment increase is really a team effort that allows the educators to do what they are trained to do and the marketing and financial experts to focus on enrollment, Fromuth emphasized.
The Healey Education Foundation is working directly with six Allentown high schools, three schools of special education and nine elementary schools.
Assisted with funding from the Connelly Foundation, it also is now working in six elementary schools in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
"One of the big things is focusing on engaging with the laity in a way that they have a real sense of ownership of the schools," said Greg Geruson, vice president of the Healey Foundation.
If laypeople have that, he believes, they will truly want to give their time, expertise and financial support to help make the effort for schools work.
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- Winifred said...
We certainly live in interesting times!
We ended up with a national Conservative government as many voters used Gordon Brown as the scapegoat for the economic crisis. Have to say the new government we have shows no signs of understanding the economic problems that ordinary people have. We may be on the way to significant unrest especially from the student quarter. The weather is hindering the protests at the moment.
I look forward to seeing the outcome of your elections tomorrow.
I do like your photo of the red double decker bus. Haven't seen them before in Barcelona. Are they new? At the moment I think the Harry Potter & sparkling reindeer adverts on our buses just have the edge on that photo! I never have a camera ready when I see them. Too cold here standing around in the snow. Just as well you don't have any or the voters might stay at home!
- ρομπερτ said...
May time and life lead you upon a safe road through this difficult a time.
Please have a good Sunday you all.
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- Randy said...
That looks like a fun bus to ride. Interesting post to.


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Nicosia, Mar 9: More than two million migratory birds were killed in Cyprus last autumn to feed an illicit taste for the delicacy on the Mediterranean island, a conservationist group said on Monday.
The survey by Birdlife Cyprus was carried out in the key season between September and October and estimates the number of birds indiscriminately trapped in nets or with limesticks. The group said its surveillance showed "a dramatic situation of this illegal activity sadly taking place," with the number of mist nets used almost doubling in 2014 from the year before.
It found some 16 kilometres of net supports active during autumn and more than 6,000 limesticks were reported from enforcement agencies and other non-governmental organisations. Limesticks are twigs covered in a sticky substance that instantly trap birds that alight onto them, leaving them to dangle helplessly.
"With these trapping levels for autumn 2014, BirdLife Cyprus estimated that over two million birds could have been killed across the whole of Cyprus," said Birdlife, the most since it began monitoring the activity 13 years ago.
Such methods are used to catch blackcaps and song thrushes, much sought after delicacies that fetch up to USD 86 for a dozen at Cypriot restaurants. The Game and Fauna Service, in charge of the fight against poaching in Cyprus, says the illegal trade is worth about 15 million euros a year.
Birdlife said the figures showed illegal trappings were now "out of control" and that more needed to be done by the authorities in Cyprus, including the British military at bases on the island.
A clampdown on restaurants was needed to prevent Cyprus revisiting the 1990s when up to 10 million birds were estimated to have been killed.
Autumn is the peak season for bird trapping with an estimated 3,000-4,000 poachers involved. The numbers for spring are lower because the birds are less plump.
Birdlife Cyprus chief Clairie Papazoglou said poaching was a "serious, persistent and growing problem" in "what has been the worst year with the highest trapping levels since the start of the monitoring programme in 2002".
Tim Stowe of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds called for zero-tolerance by the British military.
"The report highlights the illegal trapping of songbirds on the British military base has escalated and we are urging the Ministry of Defence... to resolve it before this autumn's migration," said Stowe.


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Hotel Tibet in Bangalore provides its guests a relaxed ambience reminiscent of the Tibetan settlements. It is conveniently located just 10 kilometers away from the electronic city. This hotel provides its guests an option to choose from its eight well-appointed rooms.
No of floors: 3 | No of rooms: 8
Checkin Time: 1200 pm
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The Good
- Time in business
- Great features
- User-friendly interface
Compared to competitors in this industry, Norman has been in business for quite some time. The company has a vast amount of experience, having seen much in the realm of technology and battling pesky computer viruses. Customers can have a great deal of trust and assurance knowing the company is well equipped to handle the challenges of battling computer viruses that come to individuals and businesses.
They have developed a rich offering of protective measures on their software. You'll be pleased with everything that comes with the product. Here's what you'll get with Norman:
- Anti-Rootkit
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- Antivirus protection
- Automatic updates
- Email protection
- Firewall
- Malware protection
- Parental controls
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- Real-time protection
What more could you possibly want out of a computer protection software? Norman gives you everything you need in one impressive package. Of course, all those features wouldn't mean anything if they weren't effective, but Norman certainly delivers. The protection is effective and complete, and it does a wonderful job removing these nasty robbers from your devices.
Norman's capabilities aren't limited to your PC; they'll work for Android devices and for your MAC. This will cover just about every computer user. And the software can be used for up to three computers.
The interface is quite user-friendly and easy to work with. Furthermore, the setup process is simple enough for any user to navigate. The scanning is done with one click, not by having to jump around to multiple screens. The experience for users is very positive.
If you run into trouble as you're using the product, never fear: there's help at every turn and in a variety of ways. Customers can contact the company via phone and email, and they'll speak with knowledgeable associates who are sure to resolve your issue in a timely manner.
Their prices might initially appear to be a bit much, but if you consider the full suite of features you'll get, the price is more than fair—as cheap or cheaper than other software that probably doesn't have as much to offer. Plus, customers can elect to pay for a two-year contract instead of the standard one-year commitment.
The Bad
- No identity protection
- No money-back guarantee
There are few things to point out in this area, though the software does not have identity protection, which is an ever-growing problem users face. Also, there is no money-back guarantee if the product performs unsatisfactorily.
The Bottom Line
The emphatic and universal answer to this question is that Norman Safeground's Antivirus 11 product is worth the price. It has all the features you need to solve tricky and damaging computer problems. The software performs well, and your computer will be as good as new as soon as the product starts doing its magic.
- Good Antivirus-$46.95
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Norman offers a 30 free trial.
Mobile Protection
They offer antivirus for Android phones. It is available for $9.15 and a free trial is also available.
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The software has been officially certified by AV-Test, which found that it successfully detected 100% of potential new infections.
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The system scans will dramatically improve your computer's speed and performance.
Time in Business
Founded in 1984.
The company is headquartered in Lysaker, Norway, and has no U.S. office
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As mentioned above, customers may contract the company via phone and email.
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- Memory 2 GB
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- Intel Pentium 4
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- Android 2.2
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- Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)
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A Factory Night: Once Again
After a 25-year gap, original artists from the Factory Records label reunite for a thrilling 29-track concert in December 2007 at the Plan K in Brussels, a historic show shot in high definition with five cameras. The roster consists of Section 25, Crispy Ambulance, the Names, Kevin Hewick and Peter Hook. Bonus features include a 1981 television interview with Annik Honore discussing the early days of Plan K.
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Arny precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 50 designs enviados por 21 designers freelancers.
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Listing Courtesy of Andrew Mulholland of Handy Andy Real Estate Experts, Inc.
Listing information
- Beds: 2
- Stories: 0
- Foreclosure: No
- Below Ground Sq. Feet: 1,016
- Estimated Annual Taxes: $1,124
- Middle School: Willow Creek
- Subdivision: Oak Park
- Style: Single Family
- Baths: 1 (Full: 1 3/4: 0 1/2: 0 Other: 0)
- Parking Type Description: Attached 1 car
- Total Square Footage: 2,032 ($73.57 per sq. foot)
- Lot Area: 0.40
- County: Olmsted
- Elementary School: Pinewood
- Year Built: 1960
- Status: Sold on 7/21/2015
- New Construction: No
- Above Ground Sq. Feet: 1,016
- Lot Size: 115 X 150
- High School: Mayo
- School District: Rochester #535
Air Conditioning None
Amenities - Exterior Deck, Driveway - Concrete, Garage Door Opener
Amenities - Interior Ceramic Tile, Eat-in Kitchen, Formal Dining Room, Kitchen Window, Laminate Floors, Open Staircase, Paneled Doors, Tiled Floors, Washer/Dryer Hkups
Appliances Dishwasher, Dryer, Microwave, Range/Stove, Refrigerator, Washer
Basement Features Egress Windows, Partially Finished
Basement Material Concrete Block
Basement Style Full
Bath Description Main Floor Full Bath
Construction Type Concrete Block, Frame/Wood
Dining Eat-in Kitchen, Formal Dining Room
Exterior Vinyl
Financing Conventional
Fireplace Type Gas
Fuel Natural Gas
Garage Type Attached
Heat Fireplace, Forced Air
Lot/Land Description Tree Coverage-Medium
Mechanicals Water Heater - Gas, Water Softener - Own
Miscellaneous: DPR Eligible No
Other Finished Above Grade - 1016.00, Finished Below Grade - 508.00, Garage Type: Garage SqFt - 336, Square Feet: Above Ground SqFt - 1016, Square Feet: Below Ground SqFt - 1016, Square Feet: Main Floor SqFt - 1016, Square Feet: Total SqFt - 2032, Tax Year - 2014
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Township Name Rochester
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For ten years I worked in the thriving beach community of Santa Monica, California. Each year, during the month of December, I was blessed by the Menorah and the various Nativity displays that were lined along the thoroughfare in front of the Pacific Ocean. People came from all over the world to shop, soak up the beach, and gather their families around the various Holiday displays. It truly was a majestic experience.
Sadly, our experience was a bit different this year when an out-of-town Atheist group hijacked the displays.
Make no mistake, I wholeheartedly believe in (and will fight for) the Atheist's right to free speech. They too have the right to include their version of a display (as seen below). However, tonight, the City of Santa Monica is voting to abolish the 60 year tradition entirely because of the controversy surrounding last year's events. We need your help!
The excerpt below was taken from a letter we received from SantaMonicaNativityScenes.org. Your immediate help would be greatly appreciated!
The Santa Monica city attorney has recommended that the nearly 60-year-old Nativity Scenes display, the menorah and all other scenes be banned from Palisades Park at Christmas time. The city attorney has proposed an ordinance to this effect for the City Council to vote on at its Tueday, February 28, meeting. This change is unfortunate, unnecessary and a blow against free speech in a city that has long taken pride in being open to a diversity of opinion and public expression.
The only constitutional way the city attorney sees to continue the displays in Palisades Park is continuing the lottery to apportion spaces. Because the lottery proved controversial and cumbersome, the city attorney opposes that, and instead recommends abolishing all scenes in the park.We are seeking to have the agenda item postponed, but do not know as of this writing whether it will be. If you are in a position to do so, we would ask you to please write a brief e-mail to one or more councilmen supporting the Nativity Scenes and asking that consideration of the proposed ordinance on winter displays (7F) be postponed. You can find councilmen's e-mail, telephone, and mail addresses on the S.O.N.S. page at our Website, www.SantaMonicaNativityScenes.org.The question for Council members to decide Tuesday is whether to capitulate to a small group of out-of-town agitators that want to censor the Santa Monica Christmas story and its message of love, joy and peace, or to direct city staff to undertake further serious effort to find a way to preserve this beloved tradition.
Join the S.O.N.S. Campaign: Save Our Nativity Scenes!
Here are three ways: to help:
1. Click Here to sign our petition.
2. Ask city officials to assure full space for this time-honored local tradition in a local park in 2012.
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A friend of mine once said, "People are like magpies- they can't resist glitter!" I think it's true. Everyone loves the sparkly bit of information or of personality that makes a person (or a website) stand out from the rest.
As you wend your way through life are you trying to figure out how you are unique and what gifts you have to offer?
Perhaps a better question is: "Where do I SPARKLE?
We all know, or maybe just hope, that we are unique in some way. I think of that as SPARKLE! It's kinda like your mojo it's there even if you don't always see it!
Finding your sparkle—what makes you unique—your gifts will help you live a more authentic life. You will make more honest choices even if they aren't always easy but it will be OK because they will come from your true self.
So grab a cup of coffee and take a look around and get to know me. I'd start with the articles I've suggested in the right sidebar and then, if you feel so inclined, click the Work With Me! tab and see how I can help you find your sparkle.


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The GPA does not endorse any political party or candidate!
Recently it was brought to our attention that a facsimile reproduction of the Glenway Preservation Association's lawn sign – which still remains on many lawns throughout our community – was used on a local candidate's brochure as an inference of that person's support to our cause, with the implication that another candidate did not provide similar support. Several GPA members have taken exception to what they perceive to be the unauthorized and inappropriate use of our lawn signs (albeit a photo-adjusted version) as an "endorsement" of a candidate.
While the GPA has always appreciated whatever support that we have received from politicians at all levels of government, we have steadfastly remained non-partisan in our advocacy on behalf of the Glenway community.
We have not, nor will we, endorse or support the use of our material, logo, website or social media to promote political agendas.
Our role is to work with all levels of government, and with all political parties, to influence the change that we believe is required to protect community interests from unwanted development. Further, as noted in our recent e-mail blast to the community, we continue to insist on a community meeting to discuss "lessons learned" from the devastating decision of the OMB, along with open transparency from Newmarket Council regarding the process and decisions that lead to the final settlement between the Town and Marianneville. Finally, we recognize that there is a broader need to advocate for reforms to the OMB process itself, so that other communities can avoid experiencing losses similar to what has happened here.
Members of the community may wish to refer to an article recently published in the Newmarket Banner, which highlights the position of all provincial candidates on the question of OMB reform. http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/4560160-newmarket-aurora-candidates-does-omb-need-to-be-revamped-/#.U5ThfUa5vZo email. Our view on this is that legislative change is necessary. The OMB remains an anomaly – a quasi-judicial body that unilaterally can take decisions in a format that is unfamiliar to communities, disadvantages both residents and municipal councils financially to defend themselves, and of course by definition, favours developers who have focus their applications on exploiting these facts. We believe the OMB needs to be radically altered or completed replaced by a more effective planning approach.


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Megan Glynn completed her MFA in dance at the University of California, Irvine in 2009. While at UCI, she worked with the UCI opera and theatre departments, as well as dance, choreographing numerous productions. While in her native San Francisco bay area, she served as a board member for Darkroom Productions, and with co-founder of Darkroom, Jon Tracy, she co-directed and choreographed an award-winning production of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus entitled Some Devil Whisper.
Glynn began her training at a young age, and then began performing with the Lisa Clark Dancers while enrolled in Solano College's Actor Training Program. While working on her BA in dance at Chapman University, Glynn was a member of Pulse, a hip-hop company that performed in the greater Los Angeles area.
While working towards completion of her thesis at UCI, she worked directly under the tutelage of Dr. Donald McKayle. Her thesis concert, Addicted, was an original work premiere, which she wrote, directed and choreographed. She choreographed a world premiere play, Eve's Rapture, written by Bryan Reynolds and directed by Robert Cohen that premiered at the Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles. In April 2009, a new dance work she created entitled A Tearful View, was chosen to represent UCI at the California College Dance Invitational. Upon returning to the bay area after graduate school, she worked as the Jazz Dance Director at Westlake School for the Performing Arts in Daly City, and continued to teach and choreograph with the Lisa Clark Dancers.
Glynn's former students have been on television shows such as Live to Dance, America's Best Dance Crew, America's Got Talent and So You Think You Can Dance. Many have been featured in music videos, films and are touring internationally both performing and teaching.
She came to CMU in 2013 as a visiting professor and was hired as an Assistant Professor and Dance Director in the fall of 2014. Most recently, she has been a returning master teacher and guest choreographer at the Colorado Dance Education Organization and has presented work and master classes at the American College Dance Association regional conference.


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25 Great Children's Christmas Books + Christmas Book Countdown Tradition
Last year I wrapped up 25 Christmas books and each night we unwrapped and read 1 book before bed. It turned out to be a tradition to keep! This year I wrapped them in white paper and used a whole bunch of fun vintage ribbons I found in my Moms ribbon stash to wrap around them!
I do have my favorites and last year some of them didn't get unwrapped until right before Christmas and I was sad we didn't have them all month. So this year I added stamped numbers to them so they actually got unwrapped in a specific order.
We keep our books in our wagon next to our Christmas tree.
Pam is also going to start the tradition this year and together are working on building our Christmas libraries and finding really fun books. Between the two of us here are our favorite 25:
Who Will Help Santa This Year?
Who Will Guide My Sled Tonight?
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas?
The Berenstain Bears Meet Santa Bear
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
Some additional ones suggested by readers:
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
We are ALWAYS looking for new titles – so if you have a favorite that we haven't listed PLEASE leave it in our comments! Merry Christmas and Happy Reading!
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You skipped 3 of my favorites: The Legend of the Candy Cane and Merry Christmas Amelia Bedelia. I also love one that is hard to find: The Christmas Collie, I use to loan it to fellow teachers when I was teaching as they loved it also.
Christmas Day in the Morning is awesome.
Beth (Homeschooler)
We do this too – my kids anticipate this all year =-)
Thanks for linking up to TGIF! Have a great week,
Beth =-)
This is a great list. My first niece has her birthday a few weeks before Christmas so I started a tradition of a Christmas book each year. She's only going to be 4 this year, so this list will give me inspiration!
So far I've given her: Night Before Christmas, Gyo Fujikawa edition because I love the illustrations.
The Sweet Smell of Christmas, scratch and sniff and my brother and I loved it growing up.
Santa's Stuck
And this year is Olive, the Other Reindeer.
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree is next year…I went a little crazy when she was born. 😉
How fun is that! I love this idea! We love Who Is Coming To Our House by Joseph Slate!
Marcia Dillard Frank
"A Cobweb Christmas"
Fantastic, and I love the way you displayed them too. xo jen
Thanks for sharing this list! I'm always looking for new books to read to my daughter! I'd love for you to share this at my link party Submarine Sunday. It's open until Friday @ 11:59pm. I hope you'll stop by!
What a great list! I would love to have you come share this or any of your great ideas at the link party on 'Or so she says…' There's one going on right now (and every Saturday – Tuesday). Hope to see you there! http://www.oneshetwoshe.com
Cranberry Christmas is a favorite from my childhood that both my boys (ages 3 and 6) love now!
Olivia helps with Christmas is a fun one. And I love that you are reusing books! I am glad to be able to make this a fun memory and tradition with my kids without adding another expense to my holiday season.
Tammy Pinkard
The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado, is such a great one,
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I love how you put them in the wagon. We do this but I don't have a cute way to display them like that. I love it!!!
Dee, from The CSI Project
Such a fun idea! Do you buy new books every year to keep adding to your collection or to you re-wrap Christmas books you already have?….A few favorites are "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" or the "The Spirit of Christmas."
I wrap the same ones each year. Last year I didn't have enough so I wrapped some library books up. I inherited all of my childhood Christmas books which helped me up my selection this last year. I am still 4 books short of 25 and am hoping to find 4 new ones to buy this year. I love when we unwrapped them last year and the boys would be so excited to see one of their books again. They even tried to guess which book it was by the size. It really is SO fun. We always turned the lights out except the Christmas tree and read to the light of the tree.
Jenny Jones
A Bad Kitty Christmas – I did the same book activity with my kids last year and have wrapped up most of the books for this year. Last year on a whim I picked up A Bad Kitty Christmas to add to our collection (we have a couple of the Bad Kitty books and they are pretty cute) and we ended up LOVING this book. Check it out!
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Just a little blog post to announce the new UK version of Moreflicks! We already have a facebook and twitter running so please head over and show your support.
This site will be specifically for UK users, searching UK Streaming sites and giving you content which can be streamed or downloaded. We will have BBC's iPlayer available so you'll be able to get to the latest Dr. Who.
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Explaining Rising Support for Same-Sex Marriage in California
San Diego's conservative Republican mayor recently held a highly emotional press conference to announce that he had changed his mind about same-sex marriage. Despite his previous opposition, he had decided that civil unions were a separate but unequal alternative to marriage, and that he could not look his lesbian daughter or gay and lesbian staff members 'in the face and tell them that their relationships—their very lives—were any less meaningful than the marriage that I share with my wife' (Vigil 2007). While rare in such a public setting, similar changes in opinions have been taking place across California. Opposition to same-sex marriage remains strong and reasonably stable nationally, but Californians have become strikingly more sympathetic, are now nearly evenly split on same-sex marriage, and have barely reacted as their state legislature has acted to recognize same-sex relationships.
To understand this shift in public opinion, we look at both individual mind-changing and demographic changes. Most studies on public support for gay rights consider either general trends in opinions or demographic characteristics that predict more or less accepting attitudes. Few look at which groups are changing their minds or whether demographic predictors have altered. We take advantage of California's anomalous opinion shift and some unique data on Californians' attitudes to study change in two ways. Using a 2006 poll, we examine which individual characteristics predict people's own assessments of how their attitudes toward homosexuality have changed. Then, combining data from six polls since 1985, we examine which characteristics predict the most rapid gains in support for same-sex marriage.
To show the importance of understanding attitude change on homosexual relations and on same-sex marriage, we begin by describing briefly the history of one of the defining 'morality policy' issues of our era, and the likely role of public opinion in explaining the widely divergent paths the states have taken. We then summarize the research on correlates of attitudes toward homosexuality and gay rights and on trends in public opinion before focusing on attitude change in California. We reach several conclusions. First, cohort replacement explains just over half of the rise in support for same-sex marriage, leaving only half to be explained by mind-changing or other factors. Second, several variables that strongly affect acceptance of homosexuality do not predict changes in attitudes. For instance, older, male Californians are much more likely than younger, female ones to condemn homosexual relations and oppose marriage rights, but they are nearly as likely to report having become more accepting since they were 18, and the level of support for same-sex marriage in both groups has risen at a comparable rate. Third, some variables that influence support for same-sex marriage today did not matter nearly as much 20 years ago. Compared to 1985, Californians' opinions on homosexuality and gay rights issues today are much more strongly split along ideological, partisan, and religious lines. Liberals, Democrats, and the less religious have become more supportive of same-sex marriage, but conservatives, Republicans, and Protestants have not. Similarly, African-Americans' support for same-sex marriage has not risen, while that of non-Hispanic whites, Latinos, and Asian-Americans has.


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IF YOU DON'T hear back from me in 2 days, please call I'm having some email problems.
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My current land turtle shape stock (02/10/17) is low. There are only one 9" remaining. These are an Olive green background with a crackle-like finish; Cobblestone medium brown shell.
pricing for land turtle shaped mosaic tiles (not on a lily pad:
More coming on March 18th
NOTE: I might be changing the colors of the turtles slightly.
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6', 7", & 8" lily pads with a land turtle
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6" lily pads with a turtle $30
7" lily pad with a turtle $33
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sea turtle mosaic tiles
I currently ONLY have these sea turtle shaped ceramic tiles in stock. They have a marine blue/green and navy blue fin with a sage and candy corn shell.
18" navy/sage and candy corn shell. TWO are in stock.
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