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- Tesco UK Electrical Warehouse - Top brands at Low prices - over 1800 products - everything from DVD players to dishwashers and bread makers to camcorders. Regular price checks against other leading electrical on-line retailers.
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Prize package includes
The WE Empower UN SDG Challenge Regional Awardees will receive an all expenses paid trip to New York to participate in special events during the UN Global Goals Week
(18 September – 27 September 2020)
- All flights, accommodations and incidentals while in New York.
- A special curated week-long agenda in New York with individualized trainings, high level dialogues at the UN, and coaching on communications and speech prep in preparation for the pitch evening night.
- Participation in an evening event hosted by Diane von Furstenberg that brings together top business leaders, celebrities and the media for a dynamic pitch competition where each Regional Awardee presents her business to pitch for a $20,000 cash grant.
- Attendance at a high-level dialogue with senior UN Officials, the Council of Women World Leaders and the Women Political Leaders Global Forum
- Featured as speakers in a panel discussion at an intimate high-level dinner reception hosted by the G5 Collective and Vital Voices. The G5 Collective is a coalition of high-level leaders across sectors all dedicated to jump-starting progress around UN SDG Goal #5 and the women related targets across the other 16 Goals.
- Participation in Global Citizen week events including attending the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park on Saturday, September 26.
Additional opportunities
For each Regional Awardee, there may be opportunity to be reimbursed for a portion of travel related expenses associated with one of the following activities up to $1,000 per awardee.
Provided by: Alice
- Each Regional Awardee will receive one free ticket to the Circular Summit for female founders (travel and accommodations not included) plus virtual mentor office hours.
- Each Regional Awardee will receive virtual mentoring in business entrepreneurial skills.
Provided by: ASU's Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
- Each Regional Awardee will receive a SolarSPELL device. SolarSPELL is a solar powered digital library that can be loaded with various content.
- Each Regional Awardee will receive access to specialized portal hosting Freeport-McMoRan's DreamBuilder: The Women's Business Creator program. DreamBuilder is an online business training program that helps women start or grow their own businesses. Fourteen (14) interactive courses include access to tools and templates to use in their own ventures including an innovative Business Plan Generator.
Provided by: Atal Innovation Mission
- Each Regional Awardee will receive a specialist accelerator module to help access markets in India. This is a three to six (3-6) months module that includes access to workspace, educational resources and workshops; and connections to mentors via Atal Innovation Mission's partnerships worldwide.
Provided by: GroYourBiz/Excelerate
- Each Regional Awardee will receive a special facilitated virtual advisory board membership to help build a cohort and peer learning through support. This includes member specific program content, training (expertise from top presenters, practical solutions to business challenges etc.) and advisory services (B2B cross marketing for new clients and markets, and an informal Board of Directors MyBusinessMyBoard™ etc.)
Provided by: International Leadership Association
- Each Regional Awardee will receive an International Leadership Association (ILA) leadership coach, attend and present at one of the ILA's topical, regional or global conferences. (Registration waived; travel and accommodations are not included.)
Provided by: International Trade Centre
- A selected Regional Awardee from a priority country will receive sponsorship to participate in the SheTrades event. For more information visit shetrades.com Registration waived; travel and accommodations are not included)
Provided By: Said Business School and Skoll Center for Social Entrepreneurship, University of Oxford
- A selected Regional Awardee will receive a scholarship to the Oxford Women Transforming Leadership course. (Travel and accommodations are not included).
Provided by: Sparknews
- Each Regional Awardee will receive an invite to the Positive Innovation Club during the week in NY and organize a media/communication training session and social innovation dialogue.
Provided by: Council of Women World Leaders
- Regional Awardee to participate in a High-Level Dialogue with senior UN officials while in New York.
Provided By: UN Global Compact
- Convened by the Secretary-General, the UN Private Sector Forum will bring together leaders from business, government, the UN and civil society to explore how the private sector can best work with other stakeholders to scale up progress on the Global Goals and secure a more peaceful and prosperous world.
- Each Regional Awardee will receive a special presentation session of the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEP) Gender Gap Analysis Tool. An interactive session with senior staff at the UN Global Compact during the week in New York featuring initial findings from the WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool and a discussion on the future of sustainable business.
Provided by: UN Women
Each Regional Awardee will have their stories and experiences showcased on digital platforms:
- iLearn platform – a global mobile learning platform where women entrepreneurs share with stakeholders around the globe the decisions that led to their success and struggles.
- Empower Women Organizational Hub – companies can connect with organizations and companies that share our values on women's economic empowerment.
- Empower Women #HerStory Campaign – highlighting ways in which women's history has always existed, because through women's history, we can continue to be inspired by powerful legacies.
- Empower Women #BreakTheGlass Campaign – digital storytelling campaign that focuses on inspiring women (and men) to break the glass ceiling.
Provided by: WEConnect International
- A selected Regional Awardee from a priority country will receive a sponsored WEConnect International Certification.
- One Regional Awardee to receive VIP Guest ticket and hotel stay for WEConnect International Gala. (Travel and accommodations are not included)

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Nov. 19, 2017
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A weekend of fast swims, NCAA B-cut times and program records concluded on Sunday for the University of Notre Dame men's and women's swimming and diving teams. The Irish men's and women's sides each closed the Ohio State Fall Open Invitational in third place after three days of competition at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.
Women's freshman Lindsay Stone established a Notre Dame record swim in the 1650 freestyle, logging a 16:14.00 time during the event finals. Classmate Zach Yeadon also posted the fastest Irish men's 1650 time during his finals swim, touching the wall in 14:47.18 to best the previous mark by 20 seconds.
The Notre Dame 'A' women's 400 free relay brought home a race victory to cap the meet for the Irish. Abbie Dolan, Carly Quast, Skylar Fore and Sofia Revilak swam the fastest time in the distance thus far this season in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) with a final readout of 3:16.50.
Notre Dame heads into its midseason competitive break as the end of the fall semester draws near. The Irish officially return to the pool on January 12, 2018 against Iowa and Illinois in Iowa City.
Coach Litzinger Said
"It was a fantastic weekend of competition, and it was just the challenge our group needed heading into the holidays and final exams."
"We have a lot to be excited about after the weekend, but I am looking forward to meeting with our staff, making adjustment and focusing on some great training."
Top Irish Performances
Women's 1650 Freestyle Finals – Lindsay Stone placed sixth overall in the event with a Notre Dame record swim in the distance, bettering the previous top time by nearly 10 full seconds (16:14.00). Stone's 1000 split of 9:47.76 was also good enough for an Irish record as part of her NCAA B-cut. Molly Treble finished eighth with an NCAA B-cut time of 16:29.36 (9:55.47 split).
Men's 1650 Freestyle Finals – Zach Yeadon claimed runner-up honors after demolishing the Notre Dame record in the distance by 20 full seconds with an NCAA B-cut time of 14:47.18. Yeadon's 1000 split of 8:56.18 was also an Irish record. Richard Mannix finished eighth with a B-cut time of 15:24.40 (1000 split of 9:19.44). Sadler McKeen chipped in the third Notre Dame NCAA B-cut of the event, finishing 10th in 15:27.28 (9:22.59 split).
Women's 200 Backstroke Finals – Alice Treuth paced all Notre Dame finishers with a sixth-place time of 1:55.04. Treuth claimed an NCAA B-cut with the top Irish time of the season in prelims at 1:54.77. Carly Quast touched in ninth with a B-cut readout of 1:56.42, while Kyra Sarazen placed 16th in 1:58.15 for an NCAA B-cut.
Men's 200 Backstroke Finals – Rob Whitacre rolled to third with a finals time of 1:41.79, after earning an NCAA B-cut with a 1:41.40 time in prelims earlier in the day. Will Cumberland notched a seventh-place result after reaching the wall in 1:45.89 for an NCAA B-cut. Jack Montesi finished 11th overall but first in the 'B' final, taking home a B-cut with a finals swim of 1:45.41.
Women's 100 Freestyle Finals – Abbie Dolan capped the 'A' final with a fourth-place finish, posting a time of 49.26. Dolan notched an NCAA B-cut with a 49.14 effort in the prelims. Skylar Fore earned an NCAA B-cut with a finals time of 49.83 to finish eighth.
Men's 100 Freestyle Finals – Daniel Speers led all Notre Dame finishers in sixth place, posting an NCAA B-cut time of 43.52. Tabahn Afrik placed ninth in 44.19, adding a prelim B-cut swim of 43.92.
Women's 200 Breaststroke Finals – Meaghan O'Donnell finished seventh overall with a time of 2:15.26, also posting a prelim B-cut of 2:14.83. Sherri McIntee snagged 14th place with a B-cut swim of 2:15.94.
Men's 200 Breaststroke Finals – Ben Gorski was the top Notre Dame finisher, placing 10th with a time of 2:01.37.
Women's 200 Butterfly Finals – Nicole Smith nearly reached a Notre Dame program record in the finals heat, claiming runner-up honors with an NCAA B-cut time of 1:57.01.
Men's 200 Butterfly Finals – Aaron Schultz placed fifth with a time of 1:45.71, the fastest by Notre Dame this season and an NCAA B-cut. Matt Grauslys finished seventh with a finals swim of 1:46.54, claiming a B-cut in prelims in 1:46.15.
Women's 400 Free Relay Finals – The Notre Dame 'A' entry of Abbie Dolan, Carly Quast, Skylar Fore and Sofia Revilak swam to an event victory in 3:16.50, which finished under the provisional threshold for NCAA Championship qualification.
Men's 400 Free Relay Finals – The Notre Dame 'A' entry of Tabahn Afrik, Justin Plaschka, Aaron Schultz and Daniel Speers took third with the fastest Notre Dame time of the year in 2:54.33.
Women's Platform Diving Finals – Kelly Straub led the way for Notre Dame in fourth place, scoring 231.15 points.
Men's Platform Diving Finals – Peter Myers scored 258.50 points to finish 15th overall.


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All thanks to CozyCot, I won myself a pair of tickets worth SGD378 each to Kylie Minogue's KylieX2008 concert! The concert was a blast! Though only standing at 5ft tall, Kylie Minogue brought a whole lot of laughter and showcased her awesome dance steps to each and every one of us. Enjoy the pictures ahead! smile
Here are the tickets!
The merchandises
The stage! Extravagant isn't it?
Love the effect!
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Vol. 163 no. 1 (January 2015), p. 56-61
Founded to produce just one rifle model, Fabrique nationale has made everythin from bicycles to milking machines. Its fortunes have ebbed and flowed, but the company that owns Browning, makes Winchester rifles and shotguns, and produces many of the small arms used by the US military continues to do what it does best: make guns


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Since last season one of the many side characters that I've grown to love is the spaceship Lucy, voiced by Tamsen McDonough. Showrunner Michelle Lovretta and the writers helped create a character that Aaron Ashmore affectionately calls the "fourth" member of the Killjoy team. Her sassy wit and loyalty to …Read More »
Killjoys S2E6 Recap: I Love Lucy
OMG Lucy (Tamsen McDonough)! Gosh it was so good to see her in the flesh! On to the recap! Davin (Luke MacFarlane) is undercover to catch a warrant when he almost drinks acid. It was gross the way the guy poured the drink like he was peeing into the cup! …Read More »


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Asked the exact date of his arrival at US Trust, Peter Scaturro demurs (it was May 9, 2005, and he recently celebrated his first anniversary). But he jokes that he can still remember the exact date he was fired from Citigroup: October 19, 2004.
Embroiled in a regulatory scandal in Japan that resulted in Citigroup's private bank being banned from the country, Mr Scaturro was one of three high-ranking executives who were brought down, along with Thomas Jones and Deryck Maughan.
But six months later, Mr Scaturro landed on his feet at US Trust, after being personally courted by Charles Schwab, who had bought the firm in 2000. Speaking to FT Wealth, he pre-empted the discussion of first-year accomplishments with numbers to support them: pre-tax income grew from $152.4m in 2005 to $177.1m on an annualised basis during the first four months of this year, while net new business increased by $86m in the same period – more than double the growth for 2005.
US Trust, a traditional investment manager for the very wealthy, seemed an odd fit for Schwab, the dominant US discount broker, which pioneered dealing across the internet. But Mr Scaturro has now spent a year re-thinking the business and assembling a team around him that resembles an all-star selection from his former employers.
Peter White, vice chairman, and Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa, president, worked with him at Citigroup's private bank, and at Bankers Trust. Leo Grohowski, chief investment officer, knew him at Bankers Trust before and after Deutsche Bank took it over.
With the new team in place, Mr Scaturro has done much to wake up US Trust, which is widely perceived as a 150-year-old sleeping giant.
First, he is pushing beyond traditional specialities of tax and estate planning, and offering more products and services in-house. "We're not the boutique that can't get access to ideas; we're not the behemoth that has to use its own desk," he says. "We want the intellectual capital here. The execution, we don't care. That's a commodity."
He is also expanding into offering credit to clients – a historic weak spot for a firm without the balance sheet of a Citigroup or a JP Morgan – through a partnership with an undisclosed firm. The arrangement, Mr Scaturro argues, will help US Trust clients get the best pricing, as the company is not constrained by its own proprietary trading desk.
And, crucially, he plans to make more of CTC, a Portland, Oregon-based group within US Trust, which has been involved in consulting with clients on alternative investments for the past 25 years. With an average account size of $260m, CTC has a database that matches hedge funds and strategies for ultra-high-net-worth clients.
"We can customise solutions," Mr Scaturro said. "We've always had the bulk of the portfolio in traditional assets; we want to diversify it now."
To this end, Mr Grohowski, the chief investment officer, has built up hedging and foreign exchange capabilities since arriving in September. "When I came here there wasn't a house view [about] currency," he says. He has changed that. Through Schwab, the firm can now act on that view.
Mr Grohowksi is also trying to make US Trust more attractive to clients with its tax-efficient structure equity platform that is designed to maximize post-tax gains for clients with stock they bought at low price.
Still, Mr Scaturro does not want to neglect US Trust's traditional strengths in managing its own funds.
"We're not a distribution channel," he says. "We have world-class strengths but also the wherewithal to pull in other products. If you're pure open architecture, you're a distribution network."
On the personnel side, US Trust has hired 250 new people – having let go slightly fewer than that number. It has closed six offices, shrunk five others and made Miami and San Francisco regional hubs with capabilities approximating those for New York.
Those two new hubs are intended to help lure clients from outside the US, where the ultra-wealthy are increasingly to be found. "We're going to be looking to bring in some of the larger European and Latin American families we've known for years," says Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa.
Meanwhile the family wealth team will be re-branded as a multi-family office for clients with more than $100m, and its capability will be moved beyond New York to California and North Carolina.
Mr Scaturro's remaining ace in the hole has been the same for the past 15 years. Peter White has carved out a niche for himself as counsellor to the very wealthy, especially in helping their children. More pastor than private banker, he has looked ever more deeply into a critical question for the wealthy: how can their children be motivated and not crushed by their family's wealth?
At US Trust, Mr White is undertaking a three-stage programme, which will be his broadest yet. The first part, beginning in June, is a basic financial competence class for adolescents. He will be explaining stocks, bonds and savings accounts.
The second is about inter-generational wealth issues; a three-day seminar focused upon "the psychological and spiritual issues of – and the family dynamics around – wealth."
The third class is, in Mr White's words, "slightly weirder than the first two". He describes it as a way to "bring people into thinking about their lives and world in a more ecological way". One of these seminars will take place around a chamber music concert in New York; another will be a retreat to a cabin in Montana.
"It's about what I'm interested in and what I do," he says. "I think that's where the action is to help people struggling with the meaning of abundance."
"Our clients have come to us for certain capabilities in the past," Mr Scaturro says. "But 2006 offers a lot more investment opportunities in hedge funds and private equity. We want to have a holistic response to our clients. It's about not putting the cart before the horse. We're focused on wealth management. It's our core business, and we'll invest in it."
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Comes from the rib part of the beef. Can be grilled for the best flavor, but also is juicy and tender when broiled in the oven or pan fried. Just add your favorite steak seasoning and grill to perfection!
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Chairman Tells Governors: Funding Insurer Subsidies Is Easy Part, What Else Do You Want?
The governors, both Republicans and Democrats, weighed in on their thoughts about how to stabilize the marketplace at a hearing in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. But when they brought up reinsurance, Chairman Lamar Alexander shot them down.
The New York Times:
Governors Rally Around Health Law Fixes As White House Pushes Repeal
Governors from both political parties told Congress on Thursday that they supported immediate action on modest, bipartisan steps to repair the Affordable Care Act without repealing it, even as the Trump administration continued to encourage efforts to dismantle the law. Testifying at a hearing of the Senate health committee, governors from Colorado, Massachusetts, Montana, Tennessee and Utah endorsed proposals to stabilize health insurance markets by providing federal money for continued payment of subsidies to insurance companies to offset the cost of discounts provided to low-income people. (Pear, 9/7)
The Washington Post:
Five Governors, Friends And Foes Of The ACA, Urge Congress To Bolster Its Markets For 2018
From Massachusetts to Utah, the governors agreed that guaranteeing payments to ACA insurers to help defray certain coverage expenses for consumers ranks as the most urgent step Congress should take. The cost-sharing-reduction subsidies, which reimburse insurers for discounts they must give roughly 7 million lower-income customers for health plans' out-of-pocket costs, will total as much as $10 billion next year. (Eilperin and Goldstein, 9/7)
The Associated Press:
Governors Back Bipartisan Senate Bid To Control Health Costs
The support from the governors seemed to further isolate Trump on the issue. But with partisan feelings heightened by the failed Republican effort to dismantle former President Barack Obama's health law, the prospects for even a modest effort to shore up the Affordable Care Act are uncertain. Health panel chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said in a brief interview it was "a good bet" the narrow measure would be limited to extending the payments to insurers and making it easier for states to get exemptions to some of the statute's requirements. (Fram, 9/7)
The Wall Street Journal:
Plan To Fund Health Insurer Payments Coalesces
Senate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R., Tenn.) said he hoped to reach an agreement with Democrats by the end of next week on the insurer payments, which offset subsidies they provide low-income consumers. At a hearing Thursday, Mr. Alexander suggested he would be willing to authorize the subsidy payments for multiple years, as Democrats are demanding, in exchange for "structural changes" to the ACA, also called Obamacare. (Hackman, 9/7)
Senate Asks Governors For Advice In How To Fix Health Insurance
Funding CSR's is the easy part, Alexander said. He was looking for tweaks that will appease conservative Republicans who for years have told their constituents that Obamacare is a failure. They would be hard-pressed to appropriate money to fund it without some substantive changes. Alexander presented the dilemma to the governors as an opportunity to ask for specific changes they'd like to see happen fast. "This train may move through the station, and this is the chance to change those things," he said near the end of the hearing. "And so if you want to tell us exactly what those are, and we got it by the middle of next week, we could use it and it would help us get a result." (Kodjak, 9/7)
Modern Healthcare:
Momentum Builds For Bipartisan Compromise On ACA Fixes
The governors' requests for renewed federal reinsurance funding drew less support. Although the governors said their states cannot raise money quickly enough to provide reinsurance to offset high-cost patients' care, Alexander said that would have to wait for a longer-term solution. "Creating a brand new reinsurance pool in the next 10 days is just not going to happen," he said. "There isn't any way to do that." (Lee, 9/7)
Senate GOP Accepting Defeat On Obamacare Repeal
Senate Republicans are throwing cold water on the idea of holding another Obamacare repeal vote before their opportunity to gut the law on a party-line vote expires at the end of this month. Though President Donald Trump and some Senate Republicans are pushing a plan being devised by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) to block grant federal health care funding to the states and keep much of Obamacare's taxes, the idea of passing the measure by month's end appears almost impossible, according to senators and aides. (Everett, 9/7)


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Disc (Frisbee) Golf Course
DISC GOLF COURSE @ LIONS PARK, 1103 Adams St. S., Shakopee, MN 55379
Established in 1994, the 18-hole disc golf course is located at Lions Park. This 6,108-foot-long course features open grassy areas, mid-sized trees and water holes. There is no cost to play the course.
To reserve use of the disc golf course (e.g., host a Frisbee golf tournament), please see Rental Information.


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'The things that stimulate children to improvise and compose music are essentially those things that motivate all composers: personal experiences, things seen and heard (including other works of the imagination: literature, poetry, paintings and sculpture) or hear about: significant events past and present, things of joy and things of tragedy: sounds themselves: shapes and patterns. Eventually the piece, as it begins to grow through working on the ideas, takes over and dictates its own directions. In a sense then, starting points are not all that important. What is important is that they should stimulate musical ideas of distinctive character that can be worked upon and developed (i.e., made to 'go on' in time).' [1]
Teaching musical composition is likely to continue to be something of a conundrum and certainly when it is framed by the requirements of a public examination; for example, the UK General Certificate of Secondary Education. A good number of teachers opt for what they consider to be a reliable formulaeic approach even if it means all students produce near identical waltzes. It gets the grade. That's justification enough they say.
On the other hand there are those teachers who remain intrigued by how we learn to compose and even compose themselves to better understand the process which their students are being asked to engage with. I am one of those teachers. I have been composing quite a lot lately and thinking about the nature of musical ideas, where they come from, how they are 'sculpted' and made to mean, what happens to them and how they work to make a whole where there is some sense of completion and a musical work. This of course is a pretty traditional view of composing music. The goal is to find closure, completion and quite likely some sense of organic unity rather than making what is infinitely open and incomplete, another way of thinking about composing. I am sure there are many more.
Some teachers, I am one, are interested in the student's impulse to compose, what gets them started, what is it that draws them on, what is it that needs to be expressed? In all this it is the musical idea that holds most fascination, where it comes from, what's it for? Without idea there is nothing. Without some concept of what the work is there is nothing. The impressive LIC report [2] thinks of this as being related to the idea of 'intentionality', one of the ten themes emerging from the research. [3]
So, it was with great interest that I entered a year 10 GCSE composing classroom to talk with a group of embryonic composers and to find out what kind of musical ideas they were having and what they were doing with them. They had worked on a composition using the stimulus of images from a graffiti exhibition. The choice was theirs. I knew nothing else about the teaching process they had been part of and I was reminded of the view that composition teaching only really begins when the pupil has created something, only then is the composer's thinking made available.
What struck me about the work of these beginning composers was the originality of their ideas. I encountered no musical idea that wasn't fresh, imaginative. No derivations, no plagarisms, nothing ordinary. Every musical idea had a character of its own, a sensuous particularity, and the more I listened to each the more I wanted to hear it again to better understand its particularity and to see in it what I had previously failed to see/hear. Sharing this process with its maker was how I was being a teacher of composition. These conversations can rightly be thought of as assessment, not assessment as measuring but as a dialogue where interpretation, judgement and discrimination are at work. [4]
I should explain that the music had been made through the programme pro-tools and that may have assisted in creating musical ideas that were refined and seemingly well-intentioned. But, and it was a big but: why so many ideas? In each case, weren't there more than enough ideas, enough ideas for quite a few compositions? And as I listened even more closely it wasn't that the ideas were being thrown away without any kind of development. It was unusual for this to be the case. The question became one about time span and what kind of time span did the material need to do the material justice? Was all the material needed?
What I felt to be most important as a teacher of composition was to affirm what was being presented to me [5] and to sharpen each composer's perception of what they had made, and together review the innumerable compositional techniques at work, many unbeknown to the composer. Thus analysis conversed with intuition. [6] Indeed, I moved steadily towards an analytical orientation. I wanted to help the composers make visual schemes of their compositions in order to objectify what was there as a way of thinking about the work as pieces of architecture and to create talking points: whys, hows and what ifs? I wanted to draw in what other composers had done and think about why they had done this or that, and why not that. How did they manage material within their time spans? [7]
As a teacher I was being both facilitator and mediator, mediating knowledge and culture, a pretty basic call upon being a teacher through which the teacher, the pupil and what is being learnt at best find a poetic unity.
[1] Paynter, J. (1995) Working on one's inner world, in (ed) Edwin Webb Powers of Being: David Holbrook and his work, Associated University Presses, Inc.
[2] See Listen Imagine Compose (LIC) Report (2014) Martin Fautley, http://www.soundandmusic.org/projects/listen-imagine-compose
[3] See Witkin (1974) 'The intelligence of Feeling' for depth attention to 'intentionality' within the creative process.
[4] See LIC theme 4.
[5] Judgement, discrimination, interpretation at the heart of musical-artistic-aesthetic hermeneutic understanding ie. assessment with an epistemological basis.
[6] The interplay between intuition and analyis- see Swanwick, K. (1994) Musical Knowledge: Intution, Analysis and Music Education, Routledge.
[7] LIC theme 7.Advertisements


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I paired this week's colours with an old Technostamper sketch as it was perfect for creating a flower scene. Out came my Verve Many Blessings set and to work I went. I stamped an extra flower of each and cut out the middle layer to pop up for some dimension, used some ruffled ribbon for grass, added a few butterflies and half pearls, and voila, my spring flowers emerged :) A wonderful reminder that Spring will come.
The rest of the Team has lots of inspiration for you. You can check out their creations here:
- Glenda Wyatt at Paper, Scissors, Rocks
- Heater Prince at Princess Scrapper Stamper
- Joan Jeffery at JJ's Creations
- Melissa Hubert at My Paper Obsession
- Nance Lempinen-Leedy at Canopy Crafts
- Riley Fitzgerald at Stampin' With Riley (our leader)
What's In It?
Stamps: (Verve) Many Blessings
Paper: Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Only Orange, Certainly Celery
Accessories: SU Border Punch, 1" Green Grosgrain Ribbon, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Half Pearls, Dimensionals


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Per trascorrere una vacanza indimenticabile in Centro sciistico Gerlitzen, Austria vi diamo la possibilita' di scegliere tra le nostre offerte case vacanze, ville di lusso, ville con piscina. A seconda delle preferenze, è possibile trovare una serie di ville di lusso, casa vacanza con piscina, direttamente sul mare o nell'entroterra in case immerse nel silenzio e nella tranquillità di una natura ancora incontaminata. Le ville in Centro sciistico Gerlitzen, Austria possono spesso ospitare famiglie o gruppi di amici ed offrono una vacanza rilassante ed un'ottima sistemazione in localita' diecrse. Abbandonatevi nelle sensazioni che porta una vacanza all'isegna del relax in una delle nostre ville in Centro sciistico Gerlitzen, Austria . Qualsiasi villa con piscina o casa vacanze che sceglierete vi regalerà momenti indimenticabili tra le in balia del lusso e del comfort ... Pace e tranquillita' con una discreta privacy, l'attenzione nei dettagli... Paesaggi molto piacevoli ed un'alloggio lussuoso che siino la vostra scelta per le vostre vacanze. Per i nostri clienti in cerca di sistemazioni di lusso offriamo ville esclusive in Centro sciistico Gerlitzen, Austria . Cogliete quindi la possibilita' di farvi aiutare nella ricerca della villa o casa che vi offra tutto quello di cui abbiate bisogno.
The Gerlitzen ski area is located in the Villach region in the heart of Carinthia.
From the top of the mountain you have a wonderful view of the "Dreiländereck", where the borders of Austria, Italy and Slovenia meet.
The Gerlitzen Alpe at the lake Ossiacher See is also called 'Baby Kronplatz' - a ski resort on a mountain with ski runs that lead in all directions of the world into the valley.
The ski area is the ideal destination for the weekend. Conveniently located, the skiers reach the ski resort from Annenheim with the oldest gondola lift in Carinthia or from Klösterle with the chairlift.
The advantage of this ski area is the proximity to the town of Villach, which is only a few kilometers away. After an active day in the mountains, in the afternoon you can stroll around the shopping center or just go to the cinema. A free ski bus is available.
42 km of perfectly groomed slopes at an altitude from 1.000 to 1.911 m, state-of-the-art snowmaking technology and 15 modern lifts guarantee a varied skiing pleasurefrom November to April.
Freestyle and freeride fans will love the 15 km long natural ski trails, which are not prepared with artificial snow and take you back to former times with a hint of nostalgia.
The Gerlitzen is a perfect family destination. It is said to be THE top family ski area due to its excellent slopes and is even certifi ed as "Ski centre for re-entering skiers and beginners and families with children"
Familyfriendly accommodation and restaurants enable you to enjoy your family time to the maximum!
The Gerlitzen kids snow park offers endless variety and action for younger guests, like for example: funtube tub, kids fl at box, kids up & down box and much more.
The ski and snowboarding school Gerlitzen with highly trained instructors offer interesting ski courses for the little ones. Learning is easy and even fun in any of the three large practice areas on the mountain including the children´s world and polar bear country.
15 ski huts and restaurants offer Carinthian specialties. There you can enjoy your culinary delicacies surrounded by an unique mountain scenery.
Or you can end the day in one of the après-ski bars.
From the snow into the water?
Visit the thermal spa Kärnten Therme in Villach.
Active bathing fun or relaxation in the spa area - you have the choice!
The Gerlitzen are also an attractive destination in the summer as it transforms into a hiking hotspot.
Cozy accomodation on the mountain or around the Gerlitzen on lake Ossiacher See invite you to enjoy the sun and the fresh mountain air.
Do you like good food? Hike through the "Kostale Way" on the Gerlitzen.
Hiking from alpine hut to alpine hut, you will taste the specialty of the house on each location.
Biking, paragliding or hiking, the Gerlitzen is the ideal destination for fans of outdoor sports.
When it comes to holiday accommodation, you are spoiled for choice. Hotel or apartment on the mountain or around the Gerlitzen on lake Ossiacher, in the city of Villach, close to the Kärnten Therme – it is your choice. There is sure to be something to fit everybody's taste.
You do not need a lot of words to describe Gerlitzen: skiing fun, summer mountain vacation, traditional delicacies at reasonable prices!


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BORIS Headed To Europe To Play w/ ISIS And Pelican
Posted by Molli Fire on Friday, 1June07
Yay! Southern Lord mates BORIS – the tiny Japanese trio with a great big GONG and a great big metal sound, will also be touring Europe this summer! Some stops will find them joining the ISIS/OXBOW concerts previously announced, one stop will find them sharing the stage with Pelican, and the others seem to be independent gigs. Southern Lord + Hydra Head = Serious Audio Doom!!
BORIS Tour Dates
06-17 Ljubljana, Slovenia – Cvetlicarna Mediapark w/ ISIS + OXBOW
06-18 Vienna, Austria – Szene
06-19 Wroclaw, Poland – Firelej w/ ISIS + OXBOW
06-20 Warsaw, Poland – Progresja w/ ISIS + OXBOW
06-22 Prague, Czech Republic – Palace Akropolis w/ ISIS + OXBOW
06-23 Dortmund, Germany – FZW
06-24 Tilburg, Netherlands – 013 Popcentrum
06-25 Brighton, England – Engine Rooms
06-26 Manchester, England – Sacred Trinity Church
06-27 Glasgow, Scotland – Nice'n'Sleazy
06-28 Newcastle, England – The Cluny
06-29 Sheffield, England – Corporation
06-30 Nottingham, England – TBA
07-01 Bristol, England – The Cooler
07-02 London, England – KOKO w/ ISIS + OXBOW
07-03 Kortrijk, Belgium – De Kreun
07-04 Stuttgart, Germany – Club Schocken w/ Pelican
07-05 Hamburg, Germany – Molotow Club
07-06 Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
BORIS page on Southern Lord as always, you can listen to Southern Lord artists on their band pages and sometimes even grab the mp3.
BORIS HEAVY ROCKS Homepage
You can download "Farewell" off their album Pink at Southern Lord
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A traditionally styled tented camp, Rekero is sited on the north bank of the Talek River, in a prime location in the centre of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. It is just 3km upstream from the confluence of the Talek with the Mara, an important 'bottleneck' area favoured by predators. During the migration season (roughly July to October) the plains around the camp are thick with wildebeest.
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Our view of Rekero
Rekero has one of the most central locations in the Mara but this also makes the surrounding area an attractive target for wildlife-viewing vehicles from other camps, and the area can be very busy in the migration season. Nevertheless, Rekero is a friendly and comfortable camp and we found it easy to relax here. It's run by an enthusiastic and knowledgeable team and we were impressed by the service and attention from staff. The large number of repeat guests is indicative of Rekero's dedication to offering a first-class safari experience, with incredible guiding that justifies its relatively high rates.
Read the Owner's description of Rekero
Rekero: Traveller ratings
Rekero is tucked into a beautifully wooded stretch of the Talek River.


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"These guys. Call them. There is nothing like the joy of hiring an excellent plumber, so just call All-pro and you will feel it! You think I'm joking–it's a real thing. I have used All-pro for years and they have saved me time, money, and hassle every time. I LOVE them. Joe! Joe works like he's on time-lapse. You can't even see him he works so fast. (And when you're paying a plumber, this is everything.) And he is very experienced and smart, which is the other everything. PRO! Total pro. All-pro. Feel the love.
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Research suggests that finding greater meaning in life helps people cope with stress and improves their overall health and well-being—it's what makes life feel worth living. But finding meaning in life can sometimes feel like an elusive task. In our day-to-day lives, it can be easy to lose sight of the big picture—we tend to focus more on the mundane than the deeply meaningful.
Yet research suggests that there are potential sources of meaning all around us, from the moments of connection we share with others, to the beauty of nature, to the work that we do and the things we create. This exercise helps you bring these meaningful things into focus—literally. By having you photograph, then write about, things that are meaningful to you, it encourages you to pay closer attention to the varied sources of meaning in your life, large and small, and reflect on why they are important to you.
The time required for this drill is 15 minutes per day for one week to take the photos. One hour to do the writing exercise. While it is not necessary to take a photograph every day, assume that the photography will take you a total of 90 minutes over the course of a week, with an additional hour for the writing.
1.Over the next week, take photographs of things that make your life feel meaningful or full of purpose. These can be people, places, objects, pets. If you are not able to take photos of these things—like if they're not nearby—you can take photos of souvenirs, reminders, websites, or even other photos. Try to take at least nine photographs.
- At the end of the week: If you used a digital camera, upload your photos to a computer. If you used a non-digital camera, have your photos developed.
- Then, once you have collected all of your photos and items, take time to look at and reflect on each one. For each photo or item, write down a response to the following question: "What does this photo represent, and why is it meaningful?"
Taking time to recognize and appreciate sources of meaning through photography can help make them more tangible and serve as a reminder of what matters most to you. This greater sense of meaning can, in turn, inspire us to pursue important personal goals and give us a sense of strength and purpose when coping with stressful life events. The use of photography might also benefit people who are more visual than verbal—something for coaches, parents, or teachers to keep in mind as they approach conversations about meaning, purpose, and values in life


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Pitlane penalty not enough to slow the pace of the Porsche 919 Hybrid as Neel Jani, André Lotterer and Nick Tandy come home to complete a one-two for the German marque.
Porsche LMP1
For what will be the last qualifying session at the Mexico City circuit for the World Endurance Championship, Porsche have locked out the front row.
Dario Franchitti was on course to race for Porsche in 2015 had it not been for his career-ending crash whilst racing in the IndyCar Series at Houston in 2013.
Neel Jani put Porsche in front during first practice for the World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain.
Mark Webber drew first blood for Porsche in Japan whilst Audi had to make repairs on its #7 car following a spin for Andre Lotterer.
Porsche's 919 Hybrids didn't have the pace to match the Audis at Austin, but a series of unfortunate events for the R18s gifted another important victory to Weissach.
A wet track meant no further improvements were made during Thursday qualifying at Le Mans, giving Porsche a lockout of the front row of the grid for Saturday's race.
Audi currently leads the 6 Hours of Silverstone, after two of the leading LMP1 cars retired in the opening half of the race.
26 cars took to the track on the opening day of the FIA WEC Prologue at Paul Ricard, with Porsche leading Toyota and Audi in the early running.
The World Endurance Championship delivered another exceptional year of racing in 2015, marked by a season-long battle for the LMP1 class titles between Porsche and Audi.
Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard have won the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship after finishing fifth at the season-ending 6 Hours of Bahrain.
Porsche has confirmed its LMP1 and GTE driver combinations for the 2017 World Endurance Championship.
World Endurance Champion and Formula One race winner Mark Webber is to complete his illustrious racing career at the end of 2016.
Toyota's Anthony Davidson led a thrilling first half of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, as four of the LMP1 hybrid entries encountered issues.
The 2016-spec Porsche 919 Hybrid is continuing its development ahead of the new WEC season, with Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard clocking over 4,000 km at the latest test.
Audi leads Porsche at the halfway stage of the 6 Hours of Bahrain, after technical issues affected two of the key LMP1 runners.


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Four Ways to Improve a Direct Mail Control
If you can't beat them, you join 'em. When it comes to a direct mail control, when you can't beat it, you try to improve it. That represents the mission for Renée Simi, annual giving consultant for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which has a control that goes back to the early 1990s and is mailed to nearly seven million prospects a year. "My PETA goal remains beating the control. On the other hand, I feel fortunate that we've had such a strong package working so well for such a long time," she comments.
Here are four ways in which Simi has helped keep PETA's package on cruise control.
#1 Use a personalized reply envelope with a return address that looks like the address label sheet freemium.
"That's never been done before and was particular to the format, where in-line technology helped," Simi says.
#2 Toss the nickel.
PETA's previous control used a nickel in its package. "When I came to PETA, my goal was to beat the nickel, which is not one of my favorite gimmicks. I like to think that people are drawn to a mission and, in this case, animal rights. So we did a lot of format testing, and the oversized 9˝ x 12˝ [package] did beat the nickel. It met that goal of improving response without the nickel," she explains.
#3 Use a personalized lift note.
"This was one of the key elements that helped beat the nickel. The idea was that the lift note would draw your attention to the reply device, making that page stand out for the prospect rather than get[ting] lost in the package," Simi recalls.
#4 Change page distribution.
"When we went to [an] oversized format, we tested a four-page letter against a two-page letter. Normally in direct mail fundraising, we would expect the four-pager to beat the two-pager. In this case, in-line technology … allowed us to do two sheets of labels, which tested better than two extra pages of letter copy," she says.


text: Sections View Full Chapter Figures Tables Videos Full Chapter Figures Tables Videos Supplementary Content ++ Key Features ++ Essentials of Diagnosis ++ Occurs at puberty, though onset may be delayed into the third or fourth decade Open and closed comedones are the hallmark of acne vulgaris The most common skin condition Severity varies from purely comedonal to papular or pustular inflammatory acne to cysts or nodules Face, neck, and upper trunk may be affected Scarring may be a sequela of the disease or picking and manipulating by the patient ++ General Considerations ++ The skin lesions parallel sebaceous activity Pathogenic events include Plugging of the infundibulum of the follicles Retention of sebum Overgrowth of the acne bacillus (Propionibacterium acnes) with resultant release of and irritation by accumulated fatty acids Foreign body reaction to extrafollicular sebum Hyperandrogenism may cause acne in women, accompanied by hirsutism, irregular menses, and/or signs of virilism ++ Demographics ++ Acne vulgaris is more common and more severe in males 12% of women and 3% of men over age 25 have acne vulgaris ++ Clinical Findings ++ Symptoms and Signs ++ Mild tenderness, pain, or itching Lesions occur mainly over the face, neck, upper chest, back, and shoulders Comedones are the hallmark Closed comedones are tiny, flesh-colored, noninflamed superficial papules that give the skin a rough texture or appearance Open comedones typically are a bit larger and have black material in them Inflammatory papules, pustules, ectatic pores, acne cysts, and scarring are also seen Acne may have different presentations at different ages ++ Differential Diagnosis ++ Acne rosacea (face) Bacterial folliculitis (face or trunk) Tinea (face or trunk) Topical corticosteroid use (face) Perioral dermatitis (face) Pseudofolliculitis barbae (ingrown beard hairs) Miliaria (heat rash) (trunk) Eosinophilic folliculitis (trunk) Hyperandrogenic states in women ++ Diagnosis ++ Laboratory Tests ++ Culture in refractory cases ++ Treatment ++ Medications ++ See Table 6–2 ++Table Graphic Jump LocationTable 6–2.Useful topical dermatologic therapeutic agents.View Table|Favorite Table|Download (.pdf) Table 6–2. Useful topical dermatologic therapeutic agents. Agent Formulations, Strengths, and Prices1 Frequency of Application Potency Class Common Indications Comments Corticosteroids (Listed in Order of Increasing Potency) Hydrocortisone acetate Cream 1%: $3.99/30 g Ointment 1%: $3.99/30 g Solution 1%: $6.12/44 mL Twice daily Low Seborrheic dermatitis Pruritus ani Intertrigo Not the same as hydrocortisone butyrate or valerate Not for poison oak, OTC lotion (Aquanil HC), OTC solution (Scalpicin, T Scalp) Cream 2.5%: $11.00/30 g As for 1% hydrocortisone Perhaps better for pruritus ani Not clearly better than 1% More expensive Not OTC Alclometasone dipropionate (Aclovate) Cream 0.05%: $48.07/15 g Ointment 0.05%: $20.00/15 g Twice daily Low As for hydrocortisone More efficacious than hydrocortisone Perhaps causes less atrophy Desonide Cream 0.05%: $80.29/15 g Ointment 0.05%: $60.10/15 g Lotion 0.05%: $296.10/60 mL... GET ACCESS TO THIS RESOURCE Sign In Username Error: Please enter User Name Password Error: Please enter Password Forgot Username? Forgot Password? Sign in via OpenAthens Sign in via Shibboleth Get Free Access Through Your Institution Contact your institution's library to ask if they subscribe to McGraw-Hill Medical Products. What is MyAccess? Create a FREE MyAccess profile to: Use this site remotely Bookmark your favorite content Track your self-assessment progress and more! GET ACCESS TO THIS RESOURCE Subscription Options Pay Per View Timed Access to all of AccessMedicine 24 Hour $34.95 (USD) Buy Now 48 Hour $54.95 (USD) Buy Now Best Value AccessMedicine Full Site: One-Year Individual Subscription $995 USD Buy Now View All Subscription Options


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Friday, May 21, 2010
My Introduction to Sleuth Anne Marshall
I was introduced to the sleuth Anne Marshall through the latest book by author Jackie Fullerton. The title of the book is Revenge Served Cold. This is the second book featuring Anne Marshall and her "investigative teams". The first book in the series is called Piercing The Veil.
Anne works in the courts so she sees all kind of things. Lots of times it is plain boring but sometimes it can be interesting. She also goes to college and is studying to become a lawyer like her late dad. When he was alive, he and she were always close. Their plans had for her to become a lawyer and "team up" with him but he died.
Even though he is dead, she once again teams up with him / his ghost on a case. The case involves the murder of an old friend and colleague of her father. Eliott Spence was murdered and all evidence seems to point to his murder by his wife. Anne's father convinces her that things are too coincidental and that the case should be examined closer by him and her.
Anne also has another "team" that helps her with her investigation. This team includes members of her study group. They helped her with the investigation and when their professor Edward Spense was killed they all kind of expected Anne would get involved with the investigation. Some of them did not want her to but others were willing to assist her in anyway they could. They were always interested in learning what she found out.
In this book she "teams" up with another colleague of her father as well - the lawyer representing the wife accused of murdering her husband. At first he is angry about her involvement in the investigation but he discovers she finds out a lot of things helpful to his case.
There is one other person who supports her - her boyfriend / fiancee. He is a lawyer and is an Assistant District Attorney. Though he is concerned about her safety (she got into serious trouble in the previous book), he supports her in her decisions. He knows when Anne gets something in her head, it is better to support her rather than oppose her.
The story is one of interest and yet it is humorous as well. When her departed dad is around, he is usually smoking his pipe. Even though others do not see or hear him, they usually can smell the smoke and mistakenly think Anne (or somebody else in the vicinity) has been smoking. It is also funny when her father shows up without any warning and causes her to jump.
Now I will not divulge anymore about who the suspects are but will leave that up to you to discover - when you read the book for yourself. Why should you read it? It was a fun and enjoyable read. And to top it off - there is a Texas connection and you know how much I like mysteries involving Texas. OK .... saying there is a Texas connection may be stretching it a bit but I thought it interesting one of the characters talked about wanting to go to Texas.
To learn more about the author you might want to check out her website - Jackie Fullerton .
Posted by misterreereeder at 1:33 AM
1 comment:
- JenningsJunk said...
Sounds like another good one...and yep, that was a looooooooong stretch to a Texas connection *grin*
- May 21, 2010 at 6:58 AM
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So we've all been there. We start a diet and don't finish it. We try everything, slim fast, adkins, diet pills, and the ever so nauseating cottage cheese diet. (Why?) Well finally, people are catching on to the whole eat clean "fad". And I hope this fad turns into a lifestyle for many people, until death do them part. Yoyo dieting, the reason why everyone fails. One week of a strict diet plan, whatever it may be, and then a weekend of cupcakes and pasta. "Because I deserve it" What exactly are we trying to accomplish here? I am completely down with the whole treating yourself concept, but I find it bizarre that we feel we need to reward ourselves with food.
As if I'm not guilty of the feeling and craving to cheat on your diet, I simply find it hard to do. The diet starts and you're motivated as anything. I mean, that's why you started it in the first place isn't it? Because you're ready to change. Some people say the first week in is miserable. If it's miserable, you haven't mentally committed to your new lifestyle. You should be excited that first week. Trying out new foods, new healthy snack & dinner options. It's fun. (or am I crazy?) You're starting to feel detoxed and you're finally noticing that you can do it. "Hey, this isn't that bad" Now, I can't blame you for feeling frustrated during say…week 2 or 3. That's where I am right now. And speaking from experience, I hate this part. You haven't cheated, you crave certain foods, and you wonder why you're not at you're goal weight yet. I'm such an idiot for having these thoughts, but I'm human, and we all, unfortunately, think this way. We have no patience. Therefore, I'm creating steps to get you through the days of hell that come with dieting. Dieting is a really personal experience. You get to know yourself more than you ever thought you could. You learn your emotions, trigger points, and methods for success. This post may get a little personal but, controlling your emotions is the first step to controlling your life. That is, if you have emotion.
Step One; Patience
You have to remember that results don't happen overnight. It doesn't take one week of eating plain chicken and veggies to reach your goals. And it doesn't take countless hours on the elliptical machine, with no change in diet, to get there either. Last night I was feeling anxious, and impatient. I was sitting and second guessing myself. Wondering if I was doing everything I could to get where I needed to be, and why I wasn't there yet. My friend and fellow Crossfitter sent me a quote,
It takes 4 weeks for you to see your body changing, 8 weeks for your friends and family, and 12 weeks for the rest of the world. Keep Going.
When you run out of patience, it triggers a lot of emotion. You feel like you want to give in and raid your pantry. You wake up and lose motivation to get out there and workout. You look at yourself and see no difference, when really, the most important difference starts with inside. The first month is a huge test of mind over matter. You're testing out how badly you want to change, and how badly you want to feel better. They say results are 80% diet and 20% exercise. I completely agree. Though, in my opinion, your results count more on your mentality than anything.
Step Two; Change your Thoughts
I'm trying this new thing where I practice what I preach. I'm great at giving advice, but not so good at taking my own. I sometimes let my thoughts ruin my progress. Once I lose patience, my thoughts wander and my mind blows up. It moves a mile a minute and I typically want to give up. Recently I've trained my mind to stop thinking so negatively. When those thoughts pop up, I find many ways to distract and motivate myself (which will be talked about in the rest of the steps). If you're feeling sluggish before a workout, take a breather and think about how good you'll feel when it's all over. Remember the feeling you get when you're finished that run, and crave it.
Step Three; Breathe
If you're feeling anxious, defeated, or hungry; breathe. Those lungs we have? Use them, control them. Lay down on your bed and just calm the hell down. What is so different about yesterday, say, a day you were feeling great about yourself, than today? Nothing except your lack of patience and crazy thoughts. So, we covered patience and the importance of controlling our thoughts. Now to control the ever so effortless act of breathing. Not only does the act of breathing keep you alive…it calms you down. I'm trying to explain what it does to your brain but I'm not a neurologist so… what I'm trying to say is that it helps your brain come back to reality. Breathe in with your nose, out with your mouth, and remember where you were when you started. Whether you're 20 pounds down, 2 pounds down, on mile 2, or nothing, you're doing a whole lot more than you were before you decided to change your life.
Step Four; Embrace Yourself
This is about to sound so corny but… if you feel like crap, try to reverse those feelings by reminding yourself how beautiful you are. Whether it's in actions, or physically. Do something nice for someone. Surprise someone. But don't forget about yourself. Here's the weird part. I always had this little motto that I use, "Look good, feel good". It's not always the case with everyone, but it helps. If you really feel stressed from your new found lifestyle, put on a cute friggin outfit and go out to lunch or something. Take an obnoxious selfie. Take a picture of yourself in your sports bra. Or shorts, men. Don't look at how far you have to go, look at how far you've come. And smile. Put on some makeup, if you're into that. Try on some outfits, and think about how good you look, and how much better you'll eventually look, and feel, if you keep going and fight off the craving to cheat. It sounds egotistical, and little high maintenance, but if you don't think you're awesome, no one else will. So…work it. Hair flip.
Step Five; Don't Cheat
A moment on the lips is forever on the hips. Haha, but really. You're that much closer to reaching your goals. Is it all really worth it? Food is damn good, but being healthy and happy is a lot better. You can do anything for a week, but can you do it for a month? Two months? You're a certified bad ass if you can do that. It's tough work. Mentally, physically, and emotionally draining. But it's worth it. Plus, you wouldn't cheat on your boyfriend would you? So don't cheat on your diet. Same concept. Each lead you to lonely nights with Ben and Jerry, once again.
Step Six; If You Can't Eat It, Don't Buy It
There is no better idea to set yourself up for failure than to buy yourself unhealthy food for "later" or your "cheat meal". Why the hell would you buy a pop tart, or ice cream, or a donut, if all you are gonna do is stare at it and dream about eating it? Hello, welcome to mid-diet torture. The only food you should keep around the house is the food that will make you better. There's a time and a place for everything, and right now, nobody has time for Oreos that you're saving to binge out on after you've lost five pounds. If it's not around, you won't eat it. If you have nothing unhealthy in your house to snack on, you won't cheat. There is already enough temptation throughout everyday life, you don't need to add it in the comfort of your own home.
Step Seven; Know Your Trigger Points
Just because you're dieting doesn't mean you have to skip out on social interaction. If you're friends are making a quick trip to McDonalds for lunch, or your favorite restaurant with your favorite greasy food, I'd say that there are times when you can choose not to go. Sometimes you can go for the experience, to hang out with your friends, but not eat. But sometimes it's not worth hearing people beg you to eat or telling you that one piece of pizza won't kill you. Sure, it won't, but it won't help you. Know your trigger points. Know what restaurants to avoid. If there's places you know you'll slip at, avoid them. Suggest healthier restaurants, suggest your friends eat lunch at home. Also, stop looking at yourself. If you look at yourself long enough, you'll create flaws, gain ten pounds, and probably grow a mustache. I know I stated before that you should take selfies, smile at yourself, and make yourself feel beautiful, but don't get carried away. Mirrors are trigger points, they will either make or break you, depending on how long you look at yourself. And if you look long enough, you might change your view of yourself just enough to break that mirror. That's seven years bad luck, and not to mention, embarrassing. Another thing that can stress you out while dieting is certain clothes. Don't go to a store and try on products that you know have never flattered you, and expect to miraculously look like a super model one week after your diet starts. The most frustrating thing is to try on clothes and have them not fit, or just generally make you look horrible. You're gonna want to sprint straight to the food court and get yourself a happy meal, or better yet, some Chinese food.
Step Eight; Don't Listen To Anyone But Yourself
Your friends & family may not always be the best support system. You're friends will tell you to skip the gym and go get pizza and beer, you're family will wonder why you HAVE to workout. They will constantly ask you if you want seconds, if you want sweets, if you want this or that. They don't understand that you have mentally committed to something, something that they may not be strong enough or willing to commit to. That's completely fine with you, they don't have to change their lifestyle, and they don't necessarily have to support you. That's what I mean when I say that this journey gives you the opportunity to really get to know ones self. You know how to say no, you know your trigger points, and you know what you want. And that's change.
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United States District Court, D. Nebraska
May 1, 2018
JOHN M. CARTER, and on behalf of other Similarly situated; Plaintiff,v.WILLIAM MULDOON, individually and in his official capacity as Director of NLETC; DAVE STOLZ, individually and in his official capacity as Counsel for the NLETC; NEBRASKA LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER, and DOES 1-25 INCLUSIVE, Defendants.
Smith Camp Chief United States District Judge
matter is before the Court on the Motion to Dismiss, ECF No.
26, filed by Defendants William Muldoon and Dave Stolz, and
the Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 51, filed by Defendant
Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center (NLETC). Also before
the Court is Plaintiff John Carter's Objection to Order
on Motion to Set Aside Default, ECF No. 50. For the reasons
stated below, the Motion to Dismiss filed by NLETC will be
granted; the Motion to Dismiss filed by Muldoon and Stolz
will be granted in part, and Carter's Objection will be
following facts are those alleged in the Amended Complaint,
ECF No. 1, which are assumed true for purposes of the Motion
to Dismiss.
August 14, 2017, Carter entered into an employment agreement
with the Dundy County Sheriff's Office . . . ."
Comp. ¶ 8, ECF No. 1, Page ID 2-3. During Carter's
first week of employment, Muldoon, the director of the NLETC,
called the county attorney for Dundy County to advise him
that Carter's employment should not be maintained because
Carter had been disbarred in the State of Nebraska six years
earlier. Muldoon believed Carter's disbarment evidenced a
lack of credibility and that he was unfit to be a law
enforcement officer. Muldoon subsequently sent "all the
information" regarding Carter's disbarment to the
Dundy County Attorney's Office. Id. Despite
Muldoon's concerns, the county attorney and the sheriff
for Dundy County decided Carter's disbarment "would
not be much of a consequence in the hiring decision."
Comp. ¶ 9, ECF No. 1, Page ID 3. Muldoon then contacted
Dundy County's insurance company and recommended that
they refuse to insure Dundy County for any liabilities based
on Carter's conduct. Carter does not allege that his
employment with the Dundy County Sheriff's Office was
2014, prior to his employment with Dundy County, the City of
Newman Grove, Nebraska, hired Carter as its chief of police.
The former chief of police contacted Muldoon and, shortly
thereafter, Carter received notification from the mayor that
the offer of employment was rescinded due to Carter's
prior disbarment and related credibility issues. Carter also
alleges that while he was the "assistant and interim
Chief of Police in Tekamah, Nebraska, " Muldoon
prevented him from attending a required management training
course offered by the NLETC due to the disbarment. Comp.
¶ 14, ECF No. 1, Page ID 4-5. Carter eventually was
permitted to attend the training 45 days after he was denied
At some
point, Muldoon also sent a letter to the Nebraska Crime
Commission that recommended the Commission revoke
Carter's law enforcement officer credentials. The
Commission asked the Nebraska Attorney General to investigate
the matter and the Attorney General's office concluded
that revoking Carter's credentials was not necessary. The
Commission sent Carter a letter informing him that he was
permitted to continue to serve as an unrestricted law
enforcement officer in Nebraska.
alleges that "to the present day, Muldoon and Dave
Stolz[1] have contacted every employer known to
them that [Carter] sought employment with and interfered with
[his] attempt to gain suitable employment in a law
enforcement capacity." Comp. ¶ 20, ECF No. 1, Page
ID 20. After Muldoon alerted Dundy County of Carter's
disbarment, the county attorney informed Carter that he
expected the defense bar to challenge Carter's
credibility in connection with his work as a law enforcement
officer. Carter claims he now works in a hostile work
environment; that his authority will be consistently
challenged; and that he is no longer safe working as a law
enforcement officer. He asserts that Muldoon and Stolz will
continue to interfere with his employment opportunities
because he is a black male, and that there are other
non-black individuals "declared by a Federal District
Judge in Nebraska" to be unfit to serve as law
enforcement officers who have not been subjected to the same
filed this action, pro se, on August 28, 2017, against the
NLETC and against Muldoon and Stolz, in their individual and
official capacities. He enumerates the following claims in
his Complaint: (1) "Deprivation of Equal Protection and
Due Process" under 42 U.S.C. § 1982;[2] (2)
"Conspiracy against Rights" under 18 U.S.C.
§ 241; (3) "Racial Discrimination under Color of
Law" under 42 U.S.C. § 1981;[3] (4)
"Deprivation of Right under Color of Law" under
18 U.S.C. § 242; (5) "Federally Protected
Activities" under 18 U.S.C. § 245; (6)
"Interference with Economic Opportunity" under
Nebraska law; and (7) "Injunctive Relief." Comp.,
ECF No. 1, Page ID 13-18. The NLETC, and Muldoon and Stolz,
separately moved to dismiss Carter's Complaint in its
entirety under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and
12(b)(1)-Subject Matter Jurisdiction
"In order to properly dismiss for lack of subject
matter jurisdiction under Rule 12(b)(1), the complaint must
be successfully challenged on its face or on the factual
truthfulness of its averments." Titus v.
Sullivan, 4 F.3d 590, 593 (8th Cir. 1993) (Osborn v.
United States, 918 F.2d 724, 729 n.6 (8th Cir. 1990)).
Doe v. Nixon, 716 F.3d 1041, 1047 (8th Cir.
2013).] "In a facial challenge to
jurisdiction, the court presumes all of the factual
allegations concerning jurisdiction to be true and will grant
the motion only if the plaintiff fails to allege an element
necessary for subject matter jurisdiction." Young
America Corp. v. Affiliated Comput. Servs., 424 F.3d
840, 843-44 (8th Cir. 2005) (citing Titus, 4 F.3d at
593). In a factual challenge to jurisdiction, "there is
substantial authority that the trial court is free to weigh
the evidence and satisfy itself as to the existence of its
power to hear the case." Osborn, 918 F.2d at
730. "In short, no presumptive truthfulness attaches to
plaintiff's allegations, and the existence of disputed
material facts will not preclude the trial court from
evaluating for itself the merits of jurisdictional
claims." Iowa League of Cities v. EPA, 711
F.3d 844, 861 (8th Cir. 2013) (citing Osborn, 918
F.2d 724, 730). The plaintiff has the burden of proving
jurisdiction exists; "[h]owever, the 'heavy'
burden of proving mootness falls on the party asserting the
case has become moot." Kennedy Bldg. Assocs. v.
Viacom, Inc., 375 F.3d 731, 745 (8th Cir. 2004) (citing
County of Los Angeles v. Davis, 440 U.S. 625, 631
(1979)). "Once the evidence is submitted, the district
court must decide the jurisdictional issue, not simply rule
that there is or is not enough evidence to have a trial on
the issue." Osborn, 918 F.2d 724.
no statute or rule prescribes a format for evidentiary
hearings on jurisdiction, 'any rational mode of inquiry
will do.'" Brown, 2010 WL 489531, at *2
(citing Osborn, 918 F.2d 724, 730). "So long
as the court has afforded the parties notice and a fair
opportunity to be heard, an evidentiary hearing is
unnecessary." Brown, 2010 WL 489531, at *2
(citing Johnson v. United States, 534 F.3d 958,
964-65 (8th Cir. 2008)).
12(b)(6)-Failure to State a Claim
complaint must contain "a short and plain statement of
the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to
relief." Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a)(2). To satisfy this
requirement, a plaintiff must plead "enough facts to
state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face."
Corrado v. Life Inv'rs Ins. Co. of Am., 804 F.3d
915, 917 (8th Cir. 2015) (quoting Bell Atlantic Corp. v.
Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)). "A claim has
facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content
that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that
the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged."
Barton v. Taber, 820 F.3d 958, 964 (8th Cir. 2016)
(quoting Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678
(2009)). "Threadbare recitals of the elements of a
cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements, do
not suffice." Zink v. Lombardi, 783 F.3d 1089,
1098 (8th Cir. 2015) (quoting Iqbal, 556 U.S. at
678), cert. denied, 135 S.Ct. 2941 (2015). The
complaint's factual allegations must be "sufficient
to 'raise a right to relief above the speculative
level.'" McDonough v. Anoka Cty., 799 F.3d
931, 946 (8th Cir. 2015) (quoting Twombly, 550 U.S.
at 555). The Court must accept factual allegations as true,
but it is not required to accept any "legal conclusion
couched as a factual allegation." Brown v. Green
Tree Servicing LLC, 820 F.3d 371, 373 (8th Cir. 2016)
(quoting Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678). Thus, "[a]
pleading that offers 'labels and conclusions' or
'a formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of
action will not do.'" Ash v. Anderson
Merchandisers, LLC, 799 F.3d 957, 960 (8th Cir. 2015)
(quoting Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678), cert.
denied, 136 S.Ct. 804 (2016).
On a
motion to dismiss, courts must rule "on the assumption
that all the allegations in the complaint are true, "
and "a well-pleaded complaint may proceed even if it
strikes a savvy judge that actual proof of those facts is
improbable, and 'that a recovery is very remote and
unlikely.'" Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555 &
556 (quoting Scheuer v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. 232, 236
(1974)). "Determining whether a complaint states a
plausible claim for relief . . . [is] a context-specific task
that requires the reviewing court to draw on its judicial
experience and common sense." Mickelson v. Cty. of
Ramsey, 823 F.3d 918, 923 (8th Cir. 2016) (alternation
in original) (quoting Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 679).
I. Carter's Motion
In his
"Objection to Order on Motion to Set Aside
Default" Carter asks the Court to reconsider its
Memorandum and Order setting aside the Clerk's entry of
default against the NLETC, ECF No. 49, and asks that the
undersigned Judge recuse herself from this case under 28
U.S.C. § 455(a).
courts have general discretionary authority to review and
revise their interlocutory rulings prior to the entry of
final judgment under Rule 54(b), Auto Servs. Co. v. KPMG,
LLP, 537 F.3d 853, 857 (8th Cir. 2008) (citing
Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b)), but motions to reconsider are generally
disfavored. See Outdoor Cent., Inc. v. GreatLodge.com,
Inc., 643 F.3d 1115, 1119 (8th Cir. 2011). The
Clerk's entry of default against NLETC was properly set
aside, and Carter's Objection to Order on Motion to Set
Aside Default will be denied.
regard to Carter's request for recusal, "[a]s an
initial matter, motions for recusal under §
455(a)[4] must be timely." In re
Steward, 828 F.3d 672, 681-82 (8th Cir. 2016) (quoting
Tri-State Fin., LLC v. Lovald, 525 F.3d 649, 653
(8th Cir. 2008)). Section 455(a) "requires a party to
raise a claim at the earliest possible moment after obtaining
knowledge of facts demonstrating the basis for such a
claim." Id. This case was assigned to the
undersigned Judge on November 27, 2017. Carter's
Complaint alleges that the undersigned "sent a letter
to the American Bar Association and made a District Court
record concerning [his] disbarment, " yet no §
455(a) motion was made until March 27, 2018, six days after
the Court set aside the Clerk's entry of default against
the NLETC. See Steward, 828 F.3d at 682 ("The
timeliness requirement under § 455 is intended to avoid
the risk that the party might hold its application as an
option in the event the trial court rules against
Even if
his motion were timely, the fact that the undersigned Judge
adopted a magistrate judge's Findings and Recommendation
that Carter be disbarred from practice before this Court does
not warrant recusal under § 455(a). Dist. of Neb. v.
Carter, No. 8:11AD20 (D. Neb. Jan. 24, 2012). The
Nebraska Supreme Court disbarred Carter from practicing law
in the State of Nebraska, State ex rel. Counsel for
Discipline of Neb. Supreme Court v. Carter, 808 N.W.2d
342 (Neb. 2011), and Magistrate Judge Zwart then recommended
he also be disbarred from practice before this Court. See
United States v. Minard, 856 F.3d 555, 557 (8th Cir.
2017) ("[A] judge is presumed to be impartial and the
party seeking disqualification bears the substantial burden
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