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Hanif Malik, an Islamic leader in Britain, said some time ago: "Yes, everyone agrees the Muslim leaders must be more pro-active in fighting radical thought. But it's just empty words when Muslims feel the world is against them."
The world is against them? One may be able to swallow this if one does not dwell on all those passages that preach Jihad and the need for Islam to spread and for Muslims to dominate, or if one does not pay attention to all those passages that inculcate hatred of Infidels that are all over the Qur'an. One may accept this if no attention is paid to how non-Muslims -- no matter how disparate they might be, whether Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Confucians -- have historically been treated wherever Muslims have had the upper hand.
Yet those Infidels have allowed Muslims by the millions into their countries. This creates an essentially immiscible, un-integrable population, a permanent security and societal threat. This creates a presence that makes the lives of those indigenous Infidels not full of some "rich diversity" that would otherwise not exist, but rather far more unpleasant, expensive, and dangerous than they would otherwise be, and precisely unpleasant, expensive, and dangerous in proportion to the size of the local Muslim population. Well, that does not appear to me to be a sign that "the world is against them."
Far from it. "The world" has swallowed whole Muslim propaganda or Muslim acts everywhere. The genocide against Christians, the "Jihad" in southern Nigeria that led to the declaration of an independent Biafra, did not lead to any expression of Christian solidarity. No one came to Biafra's aid, or even recognized a free Biafra (where Christian villagers were strafed by Egyptian pilots), save for Israel and Ghana. That was in 1967-1969, and even today the army of Nigeria acts as an occupying force in Ibo lands. The Arab Muslim genocide, conducted on clear Islamic grounds and prompted by the Muslim texts, that has led to the slow-motion murder of largely helpless Christian and animist black Africans in the southern Sudan and which took place over 20 years, has only now, and only thanks to efforts by private Christian groups, received some attention.
In the Balkans, no one in the Western world even began to understand the fears of the Serbs. Even today no government in the West has analyzed carefully what Izetbegovic threatened, and which helped push fearful Serbs into supporting the awful Milosevic. Today, no one does a thing about the Muslim destruction of ancient Orthodox churches, or the mass expulsions of Serbs. The Serbs are "bad" and the Muslims are "good" -- or at least "the persecuted ones" are. That seems to be an immutable article of faith. It is nonsense.
In Pakistan and Bangladesh Hindus are persecuted, expropriated, beaten to death.
In Thailand the Muslims attack Buddhist monks, teachers, farmers, and the world appears to think that it is the "policies" of the former Thai government that are at fault. But matters have scarcely improved so far under the rule of the new Muslim leader.
In Indonesia, Muslims massacred in the 1960s 600,000 ethnic, but non-Muslim, Chinese. It was presented as a pre-emptive strike on "Communist fifth columnists." The world chose to believe that. In East Timor, which was illegally seized by the Indonesians from the Portuguese, one-third of the East Timorese population – Christians -- were killed until rescued by the Australian army. In the Moluccas, in Sulawesi, churches by the thousands have been destroyed (see the reports of the Barnabas Fund). Christians are being murdered, as are other non-Muslims.
In Pakistan, Christian schools and churches are bombed.
In India, in Indian-held Kashmir or in Delhi itself, nothing is safe from Muslim attack -- the temple at Ayodhya, the Parliament building in Delhi.
As for Israel, its entire history has been one of fighting off a Jihad.
And yet these Muslims persist in their belief that "the whole world is against them."
What the Muslims in question really mean is that it is extremely irksome to have to accommodate Infidels, Infidel laws, Infidel arrogance (meaning: refusal to give up, at least right away or on the fast-track schedule that Muslims think only right). These are for those Muslims all reasons to deplore the situation, to attack, to demand changes, to demand special recognition, to threaten, to attack. Yes, it all fits the world-view that Islam inculcates, that the model of Muhammad offers, that the Hadith support, that the Qur'an itself requires.
Why should anyone be surprised? These "angry" and "frustrated" Muslims are acting naturally. And so far the taqiyya-and-kitman "moderates" only attempt to retain their own position in society, and to deflect Infidel attention. For they know, or suspect, that the Muslims are not yet strong enough, the time is not right, and it was very silly of Bin Laden and others to strike in such a way so soon -- for things were going so swimmingly without the need for any terrorism whatsoever.
And that is the problem. For if there are no terrorist acts, will Infidels cease to educate themselves about Islam and let down their guards -- which, by the way, are hardly up at all? The mental inertia, the impulse not to find out too much, or to make sense of too much, for fear of what it might do to your own equanimity, is strong. But it has to be overcome -- not by everyone, but by enough people to put up a fight, to resist. And resistance does not mean only, or mainly, girding on body armor and marching off to Iraq.
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Apr 22: The Mangaluru City Traffic Police who have intensified action against traffic violators booked 200 drunken driving cases during the Easter weekend.
Mangaluru City police commissioner Sandeep Patil took to twitter to share details of the drive conducted on April 20 and 21.
"On Saturday and Sunday, over 200 drunken driving cases have been booked and 54 cases against the use of shrill horns by buses," he tweeted.
He also posted pictures of the cops conducting the drive and bus horns which were seized.
Please also keep a watch on Zamato food delivery guys with two wheelers who drive reckless
KINDLY remove auto rickshaw shrill horn sir
Yes this is good ideaput them fine of Rs. 5000 and these bus conductor should allow the Senior Citizen to help for seat in the bus.
Excellent job !!!must punish the offendres and also bikers who scare everyone with their stunts and speed !!police are not able to catch thme they run away !!!must set a trap
What about parking in prohibited area? The police would get another 200 cases. What about the car glasses ( windows) there are so many cars in town which use the film .
WIndow tinting doesnt harm anyone,Only horns and speeding does,
Dear Police commissioner,Please see that in bus senior citizens seats should be reserved. I had noticed several times that everybody is using those seats. The seniors were standing. It is the duty of the conductor to see that those seats should not be used by others rather senior citizens only.
First of all, these shrill horns are easily available in the open market and cheap too.Target the supply first. If its not available, it cannot be installed. Simple as that.Otherwise it's just a publicity stunt for the authorities.For over speeding and drunk driving, the penalty has to be high, min Rs 5000 per violation. People understand economics very well. When it burns their pockets, they will behave and respect the law.Electronic monitoring is also very important, speed cameras, radars etc need to be installed at strategic locations for better implementation of rules. Lane driving and banning of hand held phones during driving are a few more rules that need to implemented effectively.Otherwise our roads will continue to be killing zones
Very good work from our Traffic Police. But may request with Traffic Police is WHEN OUR POLICE SIEZE THE HORN AND KEEP FOR INFOMING PRESS , THAT TIME THEY MUST KEEP ONE BULLDOZER AND SMASH ALL THE ITEMS IN FRONT OF PRESS, SO IT WILL BE CONFIRMED THAT POLICE HAVE Destroyed THOSE ITEMS. IT SHOULD NOT RETURN BACK TO THEM AND FINE ALSO POLICE MUST CHARGE.
repeated offences should be given a cancellation of license and registration of the vehicle. otherwise cases of Rs. 1000/- will be treated as coffee money.
First Control the Over Speed, Reduced the Accident Not to Kill Innocent Poor People KeepSpeed Limit,After that go for horn and other Rules & Regulation, This is my humble Request
Speed Guns have been installed on Mumbai - Pune Expressway.I wish I am invited to Implement this Technology ...
Why police is removing horns and do a wasteful activity?Next day all buses will refix it and as usual shrill horn continues.They have to impose hefty fines who violate this and if there is a repeat violation the fine should double.
First time fine them with a warning. On repeating the same cancel their permit for one month. For serial offenders cancel the permit permanently.
Rao, Udupi, I fully agree with your comments. I hope this hefty fines and other punishments will be adhered to, by the drivers who violate it.
Fine them Rs. 5000 each ...
Actually why during Easter weekend? It should be done every weekend.
Of-course ...
Mr.Jossey...Fine Rs.5000 manzoor but should also include 18% GST additional.
Puttappa, Davangere Technology you can ask me,GST ask Arun Jaitley ...
Why not every day random checking of speed and drunk drivers? When the police conducted raid on Easter days is kind of humiliating for Christians. It has to be fair to conduct such activities for the safety of public ongoing basis which will prevent accidents.
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Jürgen E. Grandt, lic. phil. I, Ph.D.
Phone: 678-717-3484
Office: Nesbitt Academic Building, 4156, Gainesville
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Areas of Expertise: African American Literature and Culture, American Literatures
Jürgen E. Grandt has taught a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in African American Studies and American Studies in both Europe and the United States. At the University of North Georgia, he teaches Freshman Composition, African American literature, as well as early American literature, particularly the American slave narrative. He also serves on the board of reviewers for Papers and Pubs: A Southeastern Interdisciplinary Journal of Undergraduate Research.
He is the author of two acclaimed critical monographs, Kinds of Blue: The Jazz Aesthetic in African American Narrative (The Ohio State University Press, 2004) and Shaping Words to Fit the Soul: The Southern Ritual Grounds of Afro-Modernism (The Ohio State University Press, 2009), and of numerous articles. His most recent book is Gettin' Around: Jazz, Script, Transnationalism (University of Georgia Press, 2018), which examines how planetary amplifications of the jazz aesthetic strive, in various ways, toward an imaginative reconfiguration of a humanity that transcends entrenched borders of ethnicity and nationhood, while at the same time remaining keenly aware of the exigencies of history.
Courses Taught
- ENGL 4685 / ENGL 6685, Readings in American Cultures: The Harlem Renaissance
- ENGL 3660 / ENGL 6660, American Romanticism
- ENGL 2135, African American Literature
- ENGL 2131, American Literature I
- ENGL 1102H, Honors English Composition II
- ENGL 1102, English Composition II
- ENGL 1101, English Composition I
- Ph.D., English, University of Georgia, USA, 2000
- lic. phil. I, English, Universität Zürich, Switzerland, 1993
Research/Special Interests
- African American Literature and Culture
- Jazz Studies
- American Literatures
- Critical Theory and Transnationalism
BooksGettin' Around: Jazz, Script, Transnationalism. University of Georgia Press, 2018.
Shaping Words to Fit the Soul: The Southern Ritual Grounds of Afro-Modernism. The Ohio State UP, 2009.
Kinds of Blue: The Jazz Aesthetic in African American Narrative. The Ohio State UP, 2004.
Selected Book Chapters
"'A song don't just spring outer nowhere': Recording Technology and the Invention of Authenticity in Lee Smith's The Devil's Dream." Seeking Home: Marginalization and Representation in Appalachian Literature and Song, edited by Leslie L. Worthington and Jürgen E. Grandt, U of Tennessee P, 2016, 221-46.
"Welcome to Atlanta where the Bluesman Plays: Touring the Dirty South with Blind Willie McTell." America and the Musical Unconscious, edited by Sascha Pöhlmann and Julius Greve, Atropos, 2015, pp. 114-37.
"The Colors of Jazz in the Weimar Republic: Hans Janowitz's Jazz Takes the Coltrane." Jazz in German-Language Literature, edited by Kirsten Krick-Aigner and Marc-Oliver Schuster, Königshausen & Neumann, 2013, pp. 73-94.
"'No cold eyes in Paris': Walter Benjamin, the Aura of Jazz, and the Politics of Autour de Minuit." Traveling Sounds: Music, Migration, and Identity in the U.S. and Beyond, edited by Wilfried Raussert and John Miller Jones, LIT Verlag, 2008, pp. 205-22.
Selected Articles
"Into a Darker Past: James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room and the Anxiety of Authenticity." CLA Journal, vol. 54, no.3, 2011, pp. 268-93.
"Kinds of Blue: Toni Morrison, Hans Janowitz, and the Jazz Aesthetic." African American Review, vol. 38, no. 2 2004, pp. 303-22.
"'Might be what you like, till you hear the words': Joyce in Zürich and the Contrapuntal Language of Ulysses." Joyce Studies Annual, vol. 14, 2003, pp. 74-91.
Selected Reviews
Review of Love, Liberation, and Escaping Slavery: William and Ellen Craft in Cultural Memory, by Barbara McCaskill. CLA Journal, vol. 60, no. 1, Sept. 2016, pp. 150-53.
Review of Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance: A Portrait in Black and White, by Emily Bernard. American Literary History Online Review, series III, 2015, pp. 1-3, oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/alhist/alhreview_series3.html.
Work Experience
Associate Professor, Department of English, University of North Georgia, USA, 2015-present
Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of North Georgia, USA, 2013-2015
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Gainesville State College, USA, 2010-2013
Marion L. Brittain Fellow, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, 2007-2010
Visiting Professor, Institute of American Studies, Universität Bayreuth, Germany, 2005-2007
Visiting Professor, Department of English, Universität Basel, Switzerland, 2006-2007
Robert E. Park Teaching Fellow, University of Georgia, USA, 2000-2005
Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia, USA, 1995-2000
Personal Information
2nd tenor saxophone chair, University of North Georgia Jazz Band


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At the peach water tower in Clanton, AL
I live in an area where there are a lot of peach farms. Imagine that a peach growers seminar came to town, sponsored by our county cooperative extension office. Hundreds of people showed up asking a lot of similar questions about peaches. We were on the same wavelength, so to speak. The county had experts talking about different varities of peaches, soil types, irrigation systems, dormant hours, pesticides, everything you can think of that was related to peaches. When it was all over, everybody agreed that it was most informative and several people asked about another one next year. A week later, I got a call from the county agent, telling me that he received a letter from a man complaining about the seminar. He said he was a blueberry grower and lost his entire crop because he followed the seminar's recommendations. The county agent called the man and explained to him the seminar was strictly for peach growers, which was made clear on all the publicity. The only answer the man could give was that he thought there was no difference in how blueberries and peaches were grown. He wrote an editorial for the newspaper, saying that he thought the county extension service was insensitive and non-inclusive and that we were all wrapped up in peach culture. Not wanting to leave anybody out, the county did a survey and found there were only two blueberry farms in the county, which makes sense because this is peach territory. It was later reported that we had the best peach crop in 15 years. If we have a peach seminar next year, do you think it should include a half-day of blueberry advice just in case somebody else shows up who is confused, or should we continue with an all-peach seminar?
I realize this is not a perfect analogy, but if I had a son or daughter of any age waiting on marriage who attended a purity seminar, it wouldn't matter to me how many people showed up who had made past mistakes, how dirty they felt, what their expectations were, whether it improved their dating life or self esteem, what kind of people they eventually married, how loud they complained, how uncomfortable they felt, how less of a person they felt, how religious or hateful they thought we were, how much shame they felt, how alienated or out of place they felt, or if they felt their lives were of less value. Honestly, I've wondered why anybody who was not a virgin would show up at a purity seminar to begin with. Are they confused? Do they not know what sex is? Actually, I'd like it better if they didn't show up. If my child got something out of it and felt more committed to wait, that's the only thing that would be important to me. I would do all I could to get the seminar back next year. Purity is always going to make people uncomfortable. Even the language we use is so offensive to the world that it brings up more straw men than we can keep up with. But we do have control over how our time and resources are spent. And we do have a choice about what our priorities are. Dirty chewing gum? If it works, bring a truckload of it. Christian priorities should never be rearranged to placate emotions or to be politically correct.


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It's been a busy couple of weeks, folks, both in terms of creativity and lots of things going on. In this entry, I'm going to hit the highlights, then hopefully get back to my regular postings tomorrow. This post is a long one, but probably not as long as the individual posts would have been.
My wife and I were on vacation in Las Vegas from the 14th through the 19th, celebrating my stepson's plunge into true adulthood. Overall, the trip went well; thanks to a royal flush on a nickel machine and some generous slot club comps from the Frontier hotel, we actually netted only a small loss and still got to see Lord of the Dance before it closed. My stepson hit two royal flushes on the same nickel machine on consecutive days, so he actually came home with more money than he took.
Normally, I would stop by to see my parents, who live outside Las Vegas. Unfortunately, they were gone the entire time I was there, because my Uncle Wayne passed away on the 12th. I wish I had gotten to see them, but I'm glad my parents were able to be with the rest of the family during that time.
While in Vegas, on the 16th, my stepson and I were trapped on the 103rd floor of the Stratosphere for nearly an hour. He wanted to ride the Big Shot on top of the hotel (by the way, did I mention that he's insane?) He rode the ride, and we hung out on the observation deck (108th floor) for a while afterward, enjoying the view and watching the lights come up on the Strip. While we were lounging, the fire alarms went off and emergency strobe lights started flashing. After about 30 seconds, they went off, but then came on again and didn't stop. I noted that no one seemed panicky, despite the fact that we were 1150 feet up in the air in a prime terrorist target.
Of course, when the alarms went off, the elevators (and the air conditioning, I think) automatically shut off, so we couldn't get down. We followed the instructions to take the stairs to the 103rd floor, where about 25 of us waited with little information in a small, hot room for about 45 minutes. We were told we could not take the stairs to the bottom because it was not an emergency situation, despite the flashing strobes and alarms. Eventually, the alarms stopped, but the strobes continued and the elevators would not stop on our floor. No one really got out of control or upset, though one woman (I think she was from New York) underwent a panic attack and one security guard was rather rude and short with us.
Eventually they got the elevators reset and allowed us to go back down to the bottom of the hotel, where the tower manager refunded our money, but "didn't have the authority" to do anything else for us. We also got an apology from the head of security for the actions of his rude employee.
Monday night, the 22nd, I got a call from my buddy Brad the Drummer. He was filling in on a gig for a band called DaNte SpUmAnTe on the 23rd at Herman's Hideaway, and their regular guitarist was suddenly unavailable. Herman's is well-known in Denver as a showcase club. They encourage original music with a weekly New Talent Showcase, and they feature national acts on a regular basis. Brad asked me if I would like to play with DaNte SpUmAnTe at the New Talent Showcase — the next night.
The chance to play at Herman's was too good to pass up, so I told him I would be right over to go through the songs. The challenge before me was to learn six original songs, then perform them live in less than 24 hours, but I did it. The songwriter and keyboardist came over to Brad's and we spun through all six songs, then I took at tape home and practiced until about 3 AM.
I think the gig went pretty well, all things considered. However, my opinion is colored by the fact that I had such a short time to prepare. I'm sure DaNte SpUmAnTe wished they had their regular guitarist with them, though they were very grateful for the help on short notice.
On the 28th, my stepson moved into his own apartment, which freed up his room as an office again. I spent the evening of the 29th moving furniture and bookshelves from the master bedroom into the spare room so I can make it into an office. I'm really looking forward to that, because it means I will have some "me space" for playing music, writing, reading, or just getting away from the rest of the world. I crave solitude sometimes, and it will be nice to have a place to go where I know no one else will be. Also, it gives me space to use my exercise bike again. Here's the plan: Get up at 5:30 AM, exercise for 15-30 minutes, write for 30-45 minutes, then prepare for work. We'll see how well that plan works out.


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Alexander Isak
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Chelsea eye up a move for the 'new Zlatan Ibrahimovic', while Manchester United look to bolster their attacking options by signing a French forward.
Chelsea scout 'new Ibrahimovic'
Chelsea sent scouts to watch Swedish striker Alexander Isak, according to the Mirror. The 19-year-old forward, who has been labelled the 'new Zlatan Ibrahimovic', is currently on loan at Willem II from Borussia Dortmund. Isak has attracted the attention of a handful of top European sides, including Real Madrid, since his January loan move to the Netherlands where he has scored 12 goals in 12 matches. The Mirror report that Chelsea are interested in signing the young forward as they debate whether to make current striker Gonzalo Higuain's loan move permanent in the summer.
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Paper Round's view: Isak looks like he could become a top striker in the future. It was surprising when Borussia Dortmund signed him for a huge fee of £14 million in 2017 at the age of just 17 years old but he's beginning to show why he was valued at this price. The Swede's appearances were limited at the German club before being loan to Willem II, but with Marco Reus having to spend time playing as a false nine at times this year, it seems like Dortmund could use an additional forward in their squad next season. Chelsea's potential summer transfer ban would also restrict them from being able to sign Isak.
Sweden's forward Alexander Isak controls the ball during the Euro 2020 football 1st round Groupe F qualification match between Sweden and Romania on March 23, 2019 in Solna
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United want French forward
Manchester United are keeping an eye on Lyon and France under-21 striker Moussa Dembele, according to the Mirror. The former Celtic star has impressed the United scouts during his first season at the French club where he has scored 18 goals. The Mirror report that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is 'desperate' to improve the striking options in his squad, despite Marcus Rashford and Romelu Lukaku scoring 13 and 15 goals respectively this season. The story also suggests that Arsenal hold a long-term interest in Dembele, and would compete with their Premier League rivals in the battle for the forward.
Paper Round's view: It's difficult to understand why Manchester United would be interested in signing a forward when Rashford and Lukaku have looked impressive since Solskjaer took over from Jose Mourinho. The pair fit in with Solskjaer's philosophy and have both hit form in recent months. Similar to Arsenal - whose attacking options consist of Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - United have more important aspects of their squad that desperately need improvement, despite Dembele being a great goalscorer.
Moussa Dembele of Lyon celebrates his goal during the French Ligue 1 match between Olympique Lyonnais and Paris Saint-Germain.
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Lloris to be replaced with Croatia keeper
World Cup winner Hugo Lloris is set to leave Tottenham Hotspur this summer with a young Croatian goalkeeper moving to North London, according to the Daily Star. Mauricio Pochettino is eyeing up a move for Osijek FC's Marko Malenica, who has reportedly gained interest from a number of Premier League clubs. Lloris is rumoured to be moved on by the club, with current second choice goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga being promoted to the role as a starter, and Malencia being brought in to act as back up. The 25-year-old could cost 'as little as £1 million', a low risk fee for a Premier League club.
Paper Round's view: Lloris has been culpable for a few high-profile errors this season and the future of his career at Spurs has been debated throughout the year. It's hardly surprising that Pochettino could be tempted to move him on, but Gazzaniga has rarely played the role of a first-choice goalkeeper in his career. It could be a massive risk letting your captain leave during a summer that could potentially see plenty of changes in North London, with players like Christian Eriksen, Toby Alderwerield and Jan Vertonghen all linked with moves away from the club. Tottenham should try to keep hold of their leader, as Lloris is still a great goalkeeper and would need to be replaced with someone who is of a similar ability level in quality.
European giants fight for Fernandes
Bruno Fernandes was scouted by Manchester United, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain in Sporting Lisbon's win at Aves on Saturday, according to Portuguese media outlet A Bola. The 24-year-old midfielder incredibly scored his 28th goal of the season in the victory while Europe's finest were present and keeping tabs on him. It is reported that Sporting inserted a €100 million release clause in Fernandes' contract, meaning that his potential move could be one of the biggest transfers of the summer.
Paper Round's view: The midfielder has been labelled as the 'new Frank Lampard' due to his goalscoring ability, but he has also recorded 15 assists for the Portuguese side. It feels unlikely that Manchester United would spend such a large fee on another goalscoring midfield that could potentially limit the attacking role that Paul Pogba plays in the team. However, with Ander Herrera and, potentially, Juan Mata both on the way out this summer with their contracts set to expire, United would certainly need replacements in midfield.


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|A glamour shot of the AS332L2 Super Puma
I have finally completed my conversion to the Super Puma L2. The conversion period took an extensive 4 weeks because the single L2 we had was often plagued with serviceability issues, sitting in the hangar waiting for spares for weeks on end.
When I went up in Papa Delta for the first conversion sortie, FAM 1, at the end of the hour, the training captain said, "I don't see any major problem with you. You don't seem as lost in the cockpit as some others I have seen. I think you're ready for your C of T. How? Can ah?"
|I miss the EC225 cockpit
I gaped at him as if I seriously thought he was in need of a Papal smiting across his countenance. I had not done my instrument flying yet, this was my first L2 sortie, and I was not even flying the EC225 consistently enough to warrant so rapid a jump to this "similar-type variant". I allowed my cold silence to emphasise my vehement objection to a C of T after just one FAM.
|How I miss you now, EC225
I did get a second sortie, and after FAM 2, I was surprised to see that 4 days later I was scheduled for the Certificate of Test. And evening passed and morning came, and it was the C of T day. It seemed as if both my FAMs and the C of T were coincidentally scheduled for Friday evenings, when the offshore rhythm abated and the availability of an aircraft was more assured than on most days of the week. By the time I touched down at 1730, I had completed the C of T and my instrument rating test. The examiner congratulated me and I knew then that I had passed my C of T. Next, a line check and I would be legal and ready to resume offshore operations.
|Just 1 km away from Maersk Convincer and she is barely discernible from 500 feet
As malinged coincidence would have it, my line check was simultaneous with the unwelcomed descent of the haze upon Kerteh and the entire hinterland.
During meteorological conditions such as these, the value of a fully instrumented aircraft with attendant automation cannot be overrated. The unforgiving loss of forward visibility and the absence of a discernible reference horizon lead straight toward disorientation and the propensity for a major incident which the oil and gas world can ill afford, and neither can any helicopter operator company for that matter.
|Kuala Paka with 2km visibility
The last I operated offshore in the haze, I was in no doubt as to the ability to make an approach although the view forward was obscurred. But this time, it was not possible to see the rig until we were at 500 feet and half a mile from it, that too, aided by the flare boom in full flame. For academic purposes, the line training captain called for a rig radar approach, which in the reduced visibility was a rather relevant practice to keep current with.
|Passenger drop off at Lawit Alpha
Over the next three days, I was back into the swing of offshore flying with continuous sectors and no split in duties. I had also noticed that the L2 suffered from a faulty autopilot system. Being the only L2 in the livery now that the EC225s were grounded, it was merely a matter of time before the recurrent fault would mean she would be called off line for rectification.
And it happened just about when I was feeling the heat from returning to offshore duties after being a standby pilot for eight months now. On the third day of flying with an intermittent autopilot system, the aircraft captain decided that enough was enough. The autopilot had been self-disengaging now and then during flight, and while reengaging the autopilot returned the system to normal operating status, the worry that it would disengage whilst negotiating a critical phase of flight lurked in the troubled hallways of my mind. During cruise, these niggardly niusances may be acceptable, but were you in a descent or approach with nigh nil visual references outside the cockpit, the escalating workload under systems failure is not encouraging of a safe approach and departure from a shelf hanging on a framework standing off the seabed. The captain did not wait to be in such a phase of flight. We were 40 miles from Kerteh over waters when the misdemeanouring helicopter began meandering, and the captain turned back without prompting, to home base, and snagged the aircraft as was most deserving of the situation.
|Starting up for a flight test
|AOG is not a religious organisation, but stands for Aircraft On Ground awaiting spares
There she waits for her spares, and here I wait to fly her again.


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It Didn't Start With You (2016) sheds light on a common thread in family relationships. These blinks explain how the source of your emotional or mental problems isn't necessarily you but instead, your family history. You'll learn how trauma can be passed from generation to generation, and what you can do to break the cycle.
Mark Wolynn is the founder of the Family Constellation Institute, which specializes in the Core Language Approach in addressing family trauma.
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It Didn't Start With You (2016) sheds light on a common thread in family relationships. These blinks explain how the source of your emotional or mental problems isn't necessarily you but instead, your family history. You'll learn how trauma can be passed from generation to generation, and what you can do to break the cycle.
Many people struggle with emotional problems. Some hold irrational fears, exhibit destructive habits or feel trapped in unhealthy relationships.
If you've ever faced problems such as these, you might think that you're to blame, that you're the source of your emotional turmoil.
But often such unhealthy behavior stems from trauma that you instead experienced, directly or indirectly, through your family.
Traumatic events, such as an early separation from a mother or an act of violence, can affect a person deeply. These events not only cause stress and fear but also can change a person's behavior.
Importantly, if a person isn't able to resolve the symptoms of such trauma, that person might instead suppress them and as a result, develop unhealthy behavioral patterns.
Worse, such people can even pass the effects of trauma to the next generation.
In short, you can carry symptoms of trauma in your life that you didn't experience. You might have recurrent feelings or exhibit behaviors that aren't the result of any particular event in your own life.
One of the author's patients, for example, was overwhelmingly afraid of dying. She was severely claustrophobic and feared being unable to escape from a life-or-death situation.
She described the feeling as "I can't breathe, I can't get out; I'm going to die."
The patient wasn't reacting to trauma from her life but to the experience of her mother's relatives, who she later learned were murdered in a gas chamber during World War II.
Severe trauma like this can be so powerful that echoes of it can affect people who personally didn't experience it. But how exactly can this be the case?


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Introduction: Oatmeal Cookies With A-Peel
These easy-to-make healthy cookies are perfect for a sweet treat any time of day. Whether a big cookie full of bold taste, or a little bite of yummy heaven, these delicious desserts are sure to please!
Step 1: Ingredients
You will need:
1 and 1/2 cups sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins)
1 cup orange juice
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 tbsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups flour
4 cups regular oats
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
.5 cups chopped walnuts
Cooking spray
Preheat oven to 380 degrees
Step 2: Start Mixing!
First, combine the dried cranberries and orange juice in a small bowl and let stand for 10 minutes.
In the meantime, add both sugars, butter. vanilla, and eggs in a large bowl and beat with a mixer until light and fluffy.
Step 3: Finish Up Batter
Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and oats to the sugar mixture. Beat well. Mixture will be dry and thick.
Next, stir in the cranberry mixture, craisins,orange juice, and all. Finally, add the chopped walnuts and give one last stir. Batter is done!
Step 4: Onto the Cookie Sheet
Spray the cookie sheet thouroughly with cooking spray (like PAM).
You can use a spoon to shape the cookies, but it is much easier to use your hands. So, with clean hands, take a small piece of dough, ball it up, and place it on the cookie sheet. Place the cookies more than an inch away from each other.
Step 5: To the Oven!
Your cookies are now ready to bake! Slide them into the preheated oven and set the timer for 8 minutes. Check on them a few times, and if they smell done, go ahead and take them out. A nose knows!
Once they are out of the oven, let them cool on a wire rack or on an open range for about 2 minutes.
Then, use a spatula to remove the cookies from the tray. Put them on a paper napkin, and later transfer them to a plate.
If more batter is left, the same cookie sheets can be used to bake the rest of the cookies.
Step 6: Variations
For an even healthier cookie, applesauce can be used in place of butter.
For an even better and more flavorful cookie, add various nuts and fruit. A squirt of lemon juice or a grated orange could add an extra zest to this fool-proof cookie.
Step 7: Cooking Light Complete Cookbook
This recipe, as well as many others, was found in The Cooking Light Complete Cookbook--A Fresh New Way to Cook
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These look delicious! Good work. I'm going to make a batch for my upcoming camping trip. You get a 100!


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Distington moved through to the MITIE Cumberland Cup semi-finals with a 42-6 home win over Maryport, building on an 18-0 half-time lead.
The hosts' tries were scored by Steve Clark and Daniel Park with two each, Kieran Worthington, Jack Penrice, Kieran Ritchie and Greg Bedford.
There were five goals for Worthington, while Kelvin Lynch was named as their man of the match.
Maryport fielded nine under-16s and the spirit they showed was second to none, battling on through the full 80 minutes in difficult circumstances against tough opposition, while the game was excellently controlled by veteran referee Neil Byers.
Ethan Williams scored the Maryport try, converted by Josh Patterson while Scott Atherton was named their man of the match in a gutsy display.
Glasson Rangers won the stand-out game in the quarter finals when they beat Kells A 34-30.
It was a cracking game, especially for any neutrals watching, and could have gone either way before Glasson prevailed in the dying moments with a dramatic late score.
Rangers had led 18-12 at the break and it was even closer in the second half before the hosts' six-try tally proved crucial against five from Kells.
The Glasson tries were scored by Gary Taylor, Johnny Ostle, James Taylor, Sean Mumberson, man-of-the-match Keenan Winter and Brad Oglanby.
Winter added five goals.
For Kells there were two tries for Aaron Burns and one each for Casey Chambers, Bailey Morton and Jake Parker.
Cameron Taylor kicked five goals and James Ennis won the man-of-the-match award.
Wath Brow A turned things round against Seaton Rangers, eventually winning 20-8 after trailing 8-6 at half time.
The Hornets tries were scored by Jay Wetherall, Jordan Cricket, Clark Riley and man-of-the-match Lewis McCarron.
There were two goals from Jay Wetherall.
For Seaton, their man-of-the-match Kieran Mewse scored a try and kicked two goals.
There was a game to be fitted in at Cumberland Amateur Rugby League Division One level and Ellenborough A beat Seaton A 32-14.
They had led 16-0 at half time but it was much tighter after the restart.
For Ellenborough there were tries for Gareth Nicholson with two, Dylan Holm, Thomas Connolly, Dan Penman and Nicky Harris, with four goals from Brett Stevenson.
Man of the match was Ryan Wilson.
The Seaton tries were scored by man-of-the-match Jackson Traverse, Levi Wallbanks and Matt Dixon, with their solitary goal coming from Cieran Walker.


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Shabbat Lunch+Learn Brown Bag Discussion
Sat, 11/18/2017 - 12:25pm
Join us for an easygoing conversation as we ask "How does our personal relationship with food help us affirm our Jewish identity? Our ethical, ecological, and economic values?" Please join Lisa Joy and Alan Tuttle for a conversation about Kashrut (Jewish dietary law) from a Reconstructionist perspective. We will use A Guide to Jewish Practice, Vol. 1: Everyday Living, by David A. Teutsch. We will explore how traditional and contemporary practices of kashrut can offer us opportunities to bring holiness to the act of eating and to affirm our values.
As we discuss this we are reminded to bring only vegetarian items to the synagogue. No shellfish please.


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Healdsburg, Santa Barbara Split First Two, Championship Showdown Game Tomorrow!
July 27, 2019
Thousand Oaks, CA
The Healdsburg Prune Packers and the Santa Barbara Foresters spilt the firs two games of the best-of-three CCL Championship Series at Sparky Anderson Field, Santa Barbara winning the first game 8-5 and Healdsburg winning the second 9-5, to setup a winner-take-all championship game tomorrow at noon.
Luke Taggert (Incarnate Word) pitched five scoreless innings, Jacob Katzfey (Wichita State) hit a two-run single, Blake Hall (Oral Roberts) stole home and drove in a run and Spencer Jones (Vanderbilt) had two hits and scored once to lead the Foresters to the first game win. Taggert was the starting pitcher in this game for Santa Barbara and retired the first eight batters he faced in order before an error and a single put the first two runners on base for Healdsburg with two outs in the third. Taggert stranded those runners by inducing a groundball out to end the third inning, pitched around another error and another single to leadoff the fourth by striking out one batter and getting a groundball double-play to end that inning, and retired the side again in the fifth to hold the Packers scoreless through five. By this time the Foresters had built a 4-0 lead, scoring three times in their first at bat when Nick Bellafronto (Stanford) singled and Christian Franklin (Arkansas) walked with one out and, after another out was recorded, an error allowed Bellafronto to score and put two runners on board in front of Katsfey's single. Santa Barbara took advantage of another error in the third inning which allowed Hall to reach base safely who, after advancing to second on Jones' first hit of the game and then stealing third, stole home on the pitch safely with the fourth Foresters run. All four runs were charged to Healdsburg's starting pitcher Kenny Haus (UConn) who gave up three hits and walked three in three innings of work. Andrew Hansen (St. Mary's) retired the first six batters he faced to pitch the fourth and fifth innings scoreless and started the sixth with the lead after the Packers rallied for five runs in the top of the sixth, scoring once on Taggert who surrendered a leadoff home run to Cal Conley (Texas Tech) and a single before Cole Quintanilla (Texas) took over the pitching duties. Quintanilla, pitching with a runner on and no outs, recorded outs against the first two batters he faced before Travis Turney (Portland) singled to get a second runner on base, David Langer (UConn) hit an RBI-single and John Lagatutta (Cal) hit a three-run home run to give the Packers their first lead 5-4, a lead it would turn out would not last very long. After Quintanilla struck out the last batter he faced to end the top of the sixth inning the Foresters rallied against Hansen in the bottom of the sixth, getting their first two batters on base when Jones singled and the next batter was hit by a pitch, and took back the lead when Hansen fielded a sacrifice bunt and threw the attempted force out at third base out in the left field corner that allowed both runners to score and the batter to get all the way to third base with no outs. Ian Villers (Cal) entered the game at this point in relief of Hansen and, after issuing two walks that loaded the bases and striking out one batter, Franklin hit an RBI-single and Hall hit a sacrifice fly to put Santa Barbara up 8-5. Jacob Burton (Arkansas) pitched the seventh inning scoreless for the Foresters, retiring three of the four batters he faced, Clayton Beeter (Texas Tech) threw a scoreless eighth, pitching around the second hits of the game for Cam Blake (Texas A&M) and Langer, and a walk that loaded the bases with one out by striking out one batter and getting the third out on a flyball to escape unscathed, and Elijah Trest (Arkansas) retired three of the four batters he faced in the ninth to close the Foresters win. Spencer Hynes (Houston) finished the first game on the mound for Healdsburg, striking out two in a scoreless eighth.
Click here for the boxscore of this game
Bryan Sturges (UT San Antonio) hit an RBI-single and David Langer (UConn) and Connor Mack (Cal) followed with a two-run double and an RBI-single, respectively, in a four-run eighth inning rally that broke a 5-5 tie and propelled Healdsburg to a third and decisive championship game tomorrow. Sturges' hit that broke the tie was setup when Joe Lampe (UC Davis) and Bryson Hill (Houston) both singled to lead off the inning and a fielder's choice put runners on first and third with one out. Sturges hit a hard groundball into left field to put the Packers up by one and runners on first and second. Then, after the second out of the inning was recorded, Langer hit his double and Mack singled in the fourth run. Santa Barbara led briefly in this game, scoring once in the second inning when Quentin Selma (Cal) singled and two batters walked in front of an Eric Kennedy (Texas) sacrifice fly. But Healdsburg answered with two runs of their own in the bottom of the second, scoring after Mack and Lampe hit their first of two singles of the game and three walks forced in two to give the Packers the lead. They added to their lead in their next at bat, again taking advantage of three walks, all of whom scored when a hit batter forced in one run and Jason Dicochea (Santa Clara) hit the second of his three hits in the game to drive in two and give Healdsburg a 5-1 lead. All five runs were charged to Foresters' starting pitcher Brooks Fuller (Auburn) who struggled to find the strike zone consistently, walking seven and hitting one batter over two and third innings, while striking out three. Healdsburg's starting pitcher Elijah Birdsong (Pacific) had mixed results early as well, walking three in his first two innings of work, but he righted things and ended up striking out eight over five and third innings. The Foresters did score off of Birdsong, however, scoring once in the fourth inning when Tevin Tucker (West Virginia) and Ryan Cash (Oral Roberts) hit one-out singles and Nick Bellafronto (Stanford) hit a two-out RBI-single, and twice in the sixth when Birdsong surrendered a leadoff double to Selma and a one-out RBI-double to Cash before Michael Clark (Cal Poly) entered the game in relief and retired the two batters he faced in the inning, but allowed the second run score on a wild pitch to get the Foresters within one, 5-4. Clark retired the side in order in the seventh before Spencer Jones (Vanderbilt) singled to lead off the eighth, advanced to second base on a passed ball and scored when the next batter, Selma, singled for his third hit of the game to tie the score and put the potential go-ahead run on base with no outs. After a sacrifice advanced the runner into scoring position, an error put runners on first and third but Clark got a pop-out to short centerfield that was not deep enough to score the runner from third and retired the last hitter on another fly-out to centerfield to limit the damage and setup the four-run Healdsburg rally in their next at bat. Devin Kirby pitched around a two-out error and struck out one to close out the win with a scoreless ninth inning. Christian Winston (San Diego State) was the first reliever utilized in this game for the Foresters, entering the game with the bases loaded and one out in third inning in relief of Fuller and, after striking out the first batter he faced, surrendered Dicochea's single that plated two runs that were charged to Fuller. Winston went on to retired ten of the next twelve batters he faced and struck out five over three and two-thirds innings before Connor Woods (UNLV) took over to start the seventh and struck two of the three batters he faced in the inning before giving up the four Packers runs in the eighth. Caden Monke (Arkansas) got the final out of the eighth inning in relief of Woods, but not before surrendering Mack's single that plated the fourth run charged to Woods.
Click here for the boxscore of this game
The CCL State Championship Game begins tomorrow at Sparky Anderson Field at noon.
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Q: Describe your company.
A: Oval Brand Fire Products manufacturers patented fire extinguishers and fire hose valves, which are built for ADA compliance and more efficient usage of space. Not only are they great looking, they are as much as 40 percent slimmer than standard 5-pound and 10-pound portable fire extinguishers.
Kevin KozlowskiPresident/CEOOval Brand Fire Products115 W. Lake Drive #300, Glendale Heights
Industry: Fire protection and building products
Number employees: 7
Website: ovalfireproducts.com
Age: 45
Family information: Wife and two children
Hometown: Wheaton
Q: Do you plan to hire any additional staff or make any significant capital investments in your company in the next year?
A: Yes, we are currently in our second round of funding and the proceeds will help us launch our standpipe solution. After our first round, we were able to achieve UL approval, secure our patents, successfully take our extinguisher products to market, and we're currently manufacturing private label versions for the nation's largest manufacturer of extinguisher cabinets.
Q: What will your company's main challenges be in the next year?
A: Increasing brand awareness and sales. Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous saying, "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door" simply isn't true. The customer must first know that your product exists and understand why it provides them value.
Q: What's the hottest trend in your industry?
A: Fire protection products is an old, dusty and commoditized industry with few major innovations. Direct sales from manufacturers to contractors and end users, bypassing traditional distributors, appears to be increasingly more common.
M&A continues to consolidate the market toward just a few producers of products. Being new and nimble helps us compete.
Q: If you had one tip to give to a rookie CEO, what would it be?
A: Surround yourself with people who are experts in things you're not, and have the wisdom to admit what you don't know.
Q: Do you have a business mantra?
A: All deals must be mutually beneficial to both parties for the transaction to be considered a success.
Q: From a business outlook, whom do you look up to?
A: Peter Drucker for management, Dean Kamen for innovation, Warren Buffett for optimism.
Q: What is one interesting fact about you or your company that most people may not know?
A: About me? I live with a rare disease called Mastocytosis. I am extremely fortunate to have a light case of it, and I manage it well with an antihistamine cocktail. For some folks it is devastating.
About our company? Our fire extinguishers are not oval shaped. Their shape is actually a rounded rectangle.
Q: What do you like to do in your free time?
A: To quote Henry Rollins -- "No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go."
Q: What book is on your nightstand?
A: "The Science of Hitting," by Ted Williams. I managed my son's Little League team this season, and I needed some pointers on how to coach hitting. Why not seek advice from the best?
Q: What keeps you up at night?
A: What keeps most early stage startups up at night? Sales, cash flow, and managing growth.
Q: If you were not doing this job, what do you think you would be doing?
A: I'd likely be back in the construction industry, where my career started, in a leadership and innovation role.
Q: What was your first paying job?
A: Working in the concession stand at Northside Pool in Wheaton. The following year I was a lifeguard.
Q: If you could put your company name on a sports venue, which one would you choose?
A: The Oval Speedway at Martinsville has a nice ring to it. (NASCAR fans will get this).
Q: What is one funny thing that has happened to you in your career?
A: Back in my construction days, I razed a Chicago building right next to the fabled location of Al Capone's vault. Turns out that Geraldo missed the treasure by 100 feet. Where do you think we found our startup capital? (Just kidding).
Q: Two people to follow on Twitter and why.
A: @EverythingGoats always cheers me up. @elonmusk for having the audacity to believe that we have a future, and that we must commit to making it as well.


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Believe in Yourself11:00 PM
Four years ago, right around this time of the night, I finished my first book.
I remember it vividly. I was sitting at my desk in our school room. It was relatively late at night and everyone was asleep except for my older sister and my dad. The lights were dim. My big purple binder sat on the desk before me, open and ready for the last words that would dub it "finished". My hands were shaking so badly as I scribbled those last few words.
|Since this was the first book in a series, I didn't feel like I could
write "the end" but I had to write something XP
They were shaking because I knew I was close to the end. I'd been working towards that moment for almost two years. I knew each word that would form the story's closure. I'd had them planned for a very long time.
And finally I was writing it.
Hands shaking, I managed to scratch out those last few words. Then I set my pencil down, stared at the old notebook page ... and burst into tears.
I sobbed hard for probably ten minutes. Maybe longer. My sister and dad came in and asked what was wrong and I could just manage to croak out, "I finished it."
A year and eight months since I'd started writing this story, I wrote the last words. Why did I sob my eyes out? (I was twelve, by the way) I've never cried when finishing a book since then. I cried twice when I wrote my WIP, but that was during one really touching scene that always makes me almost cry, and while writing the very very tragic climax. Both really emotionally gripping and difficult scenes. But not the ending.
So why was my first book different?
It was my first book. And if you've never finished a book before, you'll probably sympathize with the point I'm about to make.
Up until that moment ... I wasn't sure if I could do it.
A lot of people "write stories" after all. Pretty much all of my friends had at least started a story at one point in their lives, but they didn't usually make it past page three. So when people heard I was a writer, they just assumed I was like them. Not really serious about it. I made it past chapter three pretty quickly (thanks to my cousin) but I still wasn't sure if I was really a writer. I wasn't sure if I had it in me to write a full length novel ending in "The End."
But I did. (you could argue that I didn't, actually, since I didn't end with "the end" but we'll not go into that right now)
*dumps a couple more pictures on you just cause*
|I had a hanging bed for several years around this time, and I developed
this ritual of sorts where when a big thing happened,
I'd write under my bed. And so, obviously, I wrote under it that night. XP
|I am way too sentimental but this is the calendar from that year
(forgive my atrocious handwriting ICK)
I also felt like no one believed I could do it. This belief is probably really wrong, but it was there, wedged in the back of my mind. No one takes you seriously, it would whisper. No one believes in you. You should just give up. You're not good enough to write this, anyway.
But I did. I wrote the book. I pushed through and ground out all four hundred and fifty-three pages of it.
|*sniffles* my little baby
I didn't give up.
If you haven't finished a book yet, let me tell you this. You will. You will if you don't give up. So don't give up.
No one believes in you? Who cares. God believes in you. That's why he's given you this passion. This gift. Now it's time for you to believe in you. Believe in yourself. Trust that God knows what He's doing with your life, and plunge in head first with everything you've got.
God believes in you. I believe in you. Now you need to believe in yourself.
Don't give up. Keep writing.
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Unfortunately, I have never had the patience for much more than a short story. Working full time leaves me too drained (though I completely respect those who are able to do both!) to work on a book. Someday though, my husband promises I can quit my job and work on one, if I would like to. Nonetheless, it brings me great hope to see others accomplishing such a goal. Good luck in life.ReplyDelete
Aw that's so hard. I can't wait to see the day when you do write a full novel! If you want to do it, and if you set your mind to it, it will happen <3Delete
I LOVED THIS POST SO MUCH AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW /WHY/! Great job writing it XD.ReplyDelete
I've finished so many first drafts - mostly of novellas or short stories, but I've done one or two novels. And my advice would be this - NOTHING feels just the same as being able to write 'the end' on your first draft. SO keep on keeping on, and you'll get there *nods*.
Awesome post, Hannah! :D
~ Savannah
Thank you, Savannah! <3 *whispers* I'm like, really excited, because I'm going to be able to write "the end" for the first time after a novel this Novemberrrr! I've always written series and have never fully /finished/ something. SO MUCH EXCITEMENT. *flails*Delete
ACK, YOU ARE?! HURRAH! *even more desperately hopes you can reach your goal, because writing 'THE END' is epicness* XDDelete
~ Savannah
It isssss. I am soooo excited. *will very likely sob eyes out*Delete
Oh oh oh, HANNAH. This was such a beautiful post! :') I bet this was super nostalgic to write.ReplyDelete
I haven't finished a novel before. For the past few years, I've been building inspiration and sufficient story substance before taking the big dive, since I pantsed my past novels at ages 10-11 and they never reached the end.
I'm taking that big dive this November during NaNoWriMo.
To be honest, I'm scared. I have a full outline, fleshed out characters, and what I think is a pretty interesting world. But what if I don't make it? What if I never finish a novel? What if this whole writing/finishing a novel thing isn't God's plan for me?
It kind of scares me a little. I have all these ideas - they have potential, I know it! - but what if... I just wasn't meant to write. Those are questions that just get me a lot.
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Ahhhh I am so excited for you! Don't fear, lovely! You've got this! I will be here to cheer you on and war you if you want! If you put your mind to it, I promise you, you will finish this book. It might not happen as soon as you'd like, but it WILL happen. Don't give up. <3
As for if writing is God's plan for you ... Honestly, I can't say. Only you can discover that. I've struggled for years if that is His plan for me, and am trying to write the post of my path to discovering it. I'm still not 100% sure, and I never will be. But I think a big part of it is trust. Trust that God loves you enough to put the path in your sight, to take your hand - and your heart - and lead you down the road He has planned for you.
Do your best. Follow your heart. <3
This is a beautiful post! There is truly nothing like finishing your first work-writing the end or to be continued. It truly does give one a sense of i-really-can-do-this-writing-thing.ReplyDelete
I have written a novella and a full length novel. My advice for someone writing a first draft is to be the writer and write. Don't look back on your work and tweak it. Just write. Later, you can be the editor and edit.
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It doesssss! Yessss such good words of wisdom! <3 That about destroyed me, before I figured out you could actually GO BACK and edit. What a novel idea XPDelete
It's such a beautiful moment when you finish, especially the first one. Thanks for sharing it :DReplyDeleteReplies
Isn't it though? *happy sigh* Thanks for reading! <3Delete
Beautiful words, Hannah! I had a similar reaction when I finished my first novel. Emotions of disbelief and joy swirled around and around in my mind, and I still experience similar emotions whenever I finish a new project. There just happens to be a lot more joy touched with the sadness of finality in the more recent ones.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing this! <3
Oh my goodness, you hand-wrote that entire book? That's so phenomenal! I'm pretty sure that when I finish my novel, I'm going to be sobbing, too. I want to get there so badly. I will, one day soon. ♥ReplyDelete
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To start this week's episode, Cranston Herald editor Dan Kittredge and Johnston Sun Rise editor Jacob Marrocco round up the week's local headlines, including the state's move toward the next phase of its reopening plan and the political scene in Cranston.
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GIDDINGS—Eugene Henry "Spitz" Spitzenberger, 90, of Giddings died Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, while having dinner with his daughter and a friend.
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text: (Bloomberg) -- Bitcoin is proving to be the one true thing for digital-asset enthusiasts during the sudden resurgence in cryptocurrency prices..As the value of the original crypto coin surged more than 30% to beyond $8,000 since Friday, Bitcoin's market share as a percentage of the entire crypto universal increased to about 60% from 53% percent on Jan. 1, according to data provider CoinMarketCap.com.."Bitcoin's recent dominance amidst bullish conditions is quite interesting since in traditional asset classes we typically see a flight-to-quality amidst bearish conditions," Josh Gnaizda, chief executive officer of Crypto Fund Research in San Francisco, said in an email. "That Bitcoin, which is clearly the quality asset in the space, has outperformed in this recent rally is likely the result of it not only breaching the psychologically important $6,000 level, but also some significant institutional and/or sovereign buying. These buyers would be expected to invest disproportionately in the most established and vetted asset -- and that asset is clearly Bitcoin.".While Bitcoin rallied 51 percent since the beginning of May, it's biggest competitor, Ether, rose just 29 percent during the same period. Many coins tumbled as much as 95 percent in value last year, while Bitcoin slumped 74 percent. Bitcoin traded at all-time high of almost $20,000 in December 2017..Some investors are also ditching less-known coins so they don't miss out on the Bitcoin rally, Sid Shekhar, co-founder of tracker TokenAnalyst, said in a phone interview. Coins such as Bitcoin SV and IOTA have missed out almost entirely and are down on the year..Adding to the attraction is Bitcoin's more developed infrastructure. A venture known as Bakkt that includes regulated exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange said this week that it plans to begin testing its own futures in July.."It's becoming increasingly more apparent that having an insurance policy is warranted" with other financial assets under pressure from the threat of a trade war between the U.S. and China, said Travis Kling, founder of the Los Angeles-based crypto hedge fund Ikigai. "The world is waking up to that.".The rally follows on the heels of some bad news for the industry, such as troubles for major exchange Bitfinex, which has been accused by the New York attorney general of hiding the loss of more than $850 million of comingled corporate and client funds.."This is what happens when all of the good news is ignored for a full year and gets bottled up," Jeff Dorman, chief investment officer at Arca, said in a research note. "We're now in a period where all of the bad news is largely ignored and brushed off.".That could be because more investors believe that the crypto winter is over.."2018 was a pretty tough year for crypto," said Kyle Samani, co-founder of Austin, Texas-based hedge fund Multicoin Capital Management. "A lot of people who have been scared have re-entered the market. There's a lot of excitement that the bear market is over. Optimism has re-entered the market.".To contact the reporter on this story: Olga Kharif in Portland at firstname.lastname@example.com contact the editors responsible for this story: Jeremy Herron at firstname.lastname@example.com, Dave Liedtka, Andrew Dunn.©2019 Bloomberg L.P.


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PepperMill January 2015
Happy New Year! I hope you had a fantabulous 2014 and you're even more jacked about 2015. "Hope springs eternal." It's a quote that resonates with me, being a Cubs fan and all.
When we were in Ireland this fall, we met Tom. He was your classic Irishman in every sense of the word and the driver for the charter tour we were on. After a long day sightseeing and navigating some narrow roads, I bought Tom a Guinness one evening and he thanked me with an Irish twist. "May your givin' hand never wither." It made me feel exceptionally good about the gesture—certainly more than a common, "Thanks!"
His words resonated on so many levels. As we welcome the new year, I hope you'll all give just a little more. It could be in a charitable way, or an unexpected gesture resulting in making someone's day. There are so many things to share—talent, treasure and most of all, time.
In honor of the New Year, and Tom, I share with you a few more ponderables for 2015:
"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man."
—Benjamin Franklin
"I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'."
—Henry Moore
"Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy."
"Ring out the false, ring in the true."
—Alfred Lord Tennyson
"Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word."
—Goran Persson
"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Can't wait to see what the future holds. Do you have a plan; things to do, places to go, people to help, things to scratch off the bucket list?
Tim Padgett
AAGI sets a higher standard for the administration of automotive aftermarket products such as warranties and vehicle service contracts. According to the company's President, Tim Brugh, "We strive to be the industry leader for agents and dealers across the United States. Our goal is to provide personalized service, superior products and the best tools in the industry for our partners to succeed."
A core component of that goal was the company website.
The site needed to support AAGI's leadership image and core messaging, as well as provide agents and dealers with advanced technology to improve their own efficiency and grow their businesses.
After an in-depth analysis, we developed a new website structure and technology plan. In addition, we looked at AAGI's internal operations and built in new technologies to streamline processes and improve customer service. The result is a site that's intuitive and user-friendly, allows for easy updates, supports a more efficient internal process, and gives agents and dealers quick access to AAGI's unrivaled new back-end functionality. It also includes a simplified single sign-on feature that allows customers to connect with an array of tools and functions and interact with AAGI efficiently and easily.
Before the site went live, we created a multi-faceted launch plan to ensure a smooth transition and also energize AAGI's agents and dealers. An online and print campaign and a new overview video also gave the brand a unique new voice and look, and helped the company gain new awareness in their marketplace. Check out AAGI's new site here.
What should you be looking out for this year?
Here are our picks for the top five B2B Marketing trends for 2015:
Content is Critical, But Creativity is the New "King"
Because content marketing has been proven effective, there's an ever-growing tsunami of content being generated. In this environment, we see two key factors for success in 2015—specificity and novelty. Specificity is about creating content for a carefully defined audience and not the fluffy, generalized, surface-level content you often see. Novelty is about presenting great content in a more creative way, in a novel format or through a unique distribution method. Along with the ability to identify new content opportunities and the resources to promote it effectively (as a given), content marketing with a focus on specificity and novelty will be a major path to success.
Marketing and HR are Increasingly Teaming Up
Business leaders agree that attracting and retaining top talent is a crucial priority for 2015. We're seeing a strong trend towards combining the strengths of marketing and HR to develop great employer branding, enhance employee communications, create internal communities, add more sizzle to internal events and create more powerful recruiting materials. Marketing only to customers and prospects isn't enough anymore. In 2015, marketers need to think about marketing to employees and recruits as well.
Old Tactics Are Becoming New Again
A funny thing has happened over the last decade. The rush to digital has created a new opportunity. Our clients have seen a lift in the effectiveness of dimensional and printed items—partially because they're novel again! The best is a combination of multiple tactics of course, often with an integrated mix of digital and physical. But physical pieces and old-school tactics are staging a bit of a comeback.
B2B e-Commerce is Demanding Attention
Many business leaders still view e-commerce as a consumer marketing topic, but B2B e-commerce is already twice as big as B2C. Internet Retailer says business customers increasingly want to make purchases through the Internet. They want to use credit cards. And they have high expectations as a result of their experience as consumers. This includes not only technology performance, but also ratings and reviews, and the availability of premium content such as images, videos, data sheets, documentation, etc. Don't dismiss e-commerce as irrelevant for your business. And just as importantly, don't underestimate the huge value of creating premium content to support your product and service offerings.
Marketing is Taking a More Human Approach
So much of B2B marketing is still dry and boring, filled with jargon and business-speak. But there is a trend towards communicating with the human being vs. the "company" or the "buyer." We're driven by emotion, and studies are demonstrating the importance of this in B2B marketing. By the way, this is a view that we've shared for 20 years and we're thrilled that it's finally going mainstream!
Of course, missing from this list are things like platform and device proliferation, marketing technology and improved analytics and measurement. These were on our list last year and although they are still relevant, we wanted to present some newer and fresher perspectives.
Do you have any other insights to share? Let me know. And here's to a happy and prosperous 2015!
George Couris
Chances are, you've seen lots of lists recently. The bests and worsts of 2014. Gift lists. Wish lists. Tax deductions. New Year's resolutions.
This month, join Joe and Sharla and learn a brief history of things you didn't know about lists and some of their own list-making secrets.
Happy New Year everybody! I took some time off over the holidays to recharge and as I was perusing the TED website, I stumbled upon an inspirational retired astronaut named Chris Hadfield. Chris gave a great talk last year about his experience with adversity on a space walk and how he puts everything into better perspective after having floated above the earth for months.
Hadfield also stars in this month's Pepper Mill YouTubin' video with a cleverly executed message to us all about taking time to realize that there are a lot of reasons to be optimistic about our future; and a challenge to set yourself a personal goal or two for the new year.
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Sirens are screaming, helicopters wander in circles over the neighborhoods, the wind has picked up, the sun is shining so brightly that we're all squinting inside, the palm trees are bending, Sophie is humming, the boys are squabbling, I'm thinking about dinner and wondering whether it's only in quiet waters that things mirror themselves undistorted.
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Yes. When the water goes wild, I'm a different person entirely.ReplyDelete
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AceShowbiz - "Game of Thrones" season 8 returned for a second episode on Sunday, April 21. The episode opened with Jaime standing before Daenerys, Sansa Stark, Jon Snow and the rest of Winterfell upon his arrival. Understandably, Dany confronted Jaime about him murdering her father, The Mad King. Additionally, the thing that made her furious more was that Jaime arrived solo without Cersei's promised troops.
"She lied to me as well," Jaime said. When asked about his intention here, he told Dany, "I promised to fight for the living. I intend to keep that promise."
When Daenerys and Sansa didn't really buy his words, Jaime's brother Tyrion spoke for him. Despite everything, Jaime refused to apologize for his past misdeeds, reasoning that House Stark and House Lannister were at war at the time.
Bran Stark then chimed in out of nowhere, "The things we do for love." Fans must be familiar with the words as they were the same words that Jaime said to Cersei before pushing Bran out of window in the first season.
Back to the trial, Brienne of Tarth also defended Jaime, recalling how he saved her which resulted in him losing his hand. She also told Sansa that Jaime fulfilled his oath to her mother Catelyn to protect her through Brienne. Sansa eventually let Jaime stay because she trusted Brienne. Dany, too, decided to fight alongside Jaime. Meanwhile, Dany threatened Tyrion that she would find another Hand of the Queen if he couldn't see beyond his sister's manipulation and lies.
Later in the episode, Arya met Gendry and the two talked about the White Walkers. He told Arya what they were capable of doing because he had seen them, to which Arya responded, "I know death. He's got many faces. I look forward to seeing this one."
The episode also saw Jaime apologizing to Bran as he said, "I'm sorry for what I did to you." However, Bran told Jaime that he wasn't angry with him at all because everything has led him to where they are now.
The intense atmosphere between Dany and Sansa intensified in the episode as Dany slammed Tryion in front of Sansa for trusting Cersei. Clapping back, Sansa said, "You never should have either." Jon was later brought into their argument as Sansa told Dany, "He loves you, you know that." Dany then made sure that Sansa knew that the feeling was mutual, if not, she wouldn't be here fighting Jon's war. Interrupting their fight was Theon Greyjoy who was welcomed with a hug by Sansa.
As the war was fast approaching, Daenerys decided to keep Tyrion in the crypt during the battle. "You're here because of your mind," Dany said. "If we survive, I'll need it."
Meanwhile, one thing that would surprise fans in the episode was Arya and Gendry's relationship which took a sexual turn. Arya asked him about how many women he had been with and as the war was coming, she told him, "I want to know that it's like before that happens," before kissing him. After stripping down each other, they had sex. Also having their intimate moment in the episode were Missandei and Greyworm who shared a kiss before the latter headed off to battle.
Jon learned about his truth in the first episode and it was only time when he told Dany about it. The time came when Dany went to see Jon in the crypts. When the former talked about the old story that Rhaegar raped Lyanna Stark, Jon clarified, "He didn't. He loved her."
He then proceeded to tell her that Rhaegar and Lyanna married in secret and had a son together whom Ned Stark had promised to Lyanna to protect. "My name... My real name is Aegon Targaryen," Jon finally dropped the bombshell to Dany. "It's true, Dany. I know it is."
Dany then realized that Jon was the true heir of the Iron Throne but she didn't have time to discuss the matter as the Night King's army was already close and they needed to get ready for the battle of Winterfell.
In the promo of episode 3, all people in Winterfell are in position as they wait in the darkness for the enemy to come. "The most heroic thing we can do now is look the truth in the face," Sansa says in voiceover. Before the promo concludes, Dany announces, "The Dead is already here." Brienne can be heard yelling, "Stand your ground!"
"Game of Thrones" season 8 airs on Sundays at 9 P.M. on HBO.


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As reported by LoHud, two men are facing federal charges in the fatal fentanyl overdose of Matthew Azimi, a Kent resident who died at the Bronx school where he worked as a teacher.
Azimi, 36, was found dead on Nov. 30 in a faculty bathroom stall at P.S. X811, where he worked as a special education teacher. The U.S. Attorney's Office on Friday announced charges against two Bronx men who have been accused of selling heroin and fentanyl near the school, including the dose that killed Azimi.
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Terry McLaurin will strap on his Ohio State helmet one more time with a chance to impress NFL scouts in one more game later this month.
The former Ohio State wide receiver was one of eight players selected Friday as one of the final additions to this year's roster for the Senior Bowl, which is scheduled for Jan. 26 in Mobile, Alabama.
McLaurin is coming off a strong senior season for the Buckeyes in which he caught 35 passes for 701 yards and 11 touchdowns, all career-highs.
The Indianapolis native's biggest selling points to NFL scouts might not be what he can do with the ball in his hands, however, but what he can do without it. McLaurin was excellent as both a blocker and special teams player for Ohio State; specifically, Urban Meyer named McLaurin earlier this season as the best punt gunner he has ever coached. A two-time captain for the Buckeyes, McLaurin is also a highly regarded leader who should impress scouts with his maturity and character.
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