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A survey of recent unpaid parliamentary interns by Interns Anonymous, a website set up to support interns, found that two thirds did not even have their expenses covered and 28 per cent undertook tasks that they did not feel comfortable doing.
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How to Increase the Probability of Positive Downsizing Results
With Leadership and Vision, Your Survivors Can Soar After Downsizing
You Can Increase the Probability of Positive Downsizing Results
You're downsizing, right-sizing, cutting staff and experiencing layoffs, for all the right reasons. Your goal was to increase productivity, quality, customer care, and profitability, and to reduce costs and waste.
Like the Phoenix in ancient mythology, you've succeeded. You rose from the ashes and regenerated yourself. Those who remain with you, the layoff survivors, have fulfilled your highest expectations in this process. They've stepped up to the challenge and soared to new heights of accomplishment.
This is every organization's dream during a downsizing. The decision to layoff people and downsize is not made lightly. Once made, however, you can increase the probability of these positive downsizing results by doing some simple, but profoundly complex, activities, right.
Your Leaders Must Be Visible and Involved During Layoffs
During layoffs and downsizing is not the time for organization leaders to retreat to board rooms and private offices to plan the future. After a downsizing, or following any major change, for that matter, leaders must be visible and accessible. Layoff survivors need to interact with their supervisor and the organization leaders on a daily basis.
Leaders may have to listen to people express pain and sadness. As a leader, listen, really listen, without judging or trying to solve the problem. You can't. You can only use each conversation as an opportunity to re-emphasize the necessity for the downsizing.
You can speak positively about the mission, vision, and plans for the future. You can thank each individual for pitching in and making the changed organization an even more effective and inviting workplace after layoffs.
At the same time, managers and supervisors must be strong leaders, decisive yet participatory. You must inspire confidence, at this time, so people feel you can be depended upon as they take the first steps into the unknown future.
Re-emphasize Your Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals After Layoffs
Employee morale, organizational climate, and culture are negatively impacted by layoffs and downsizing. You will need to recreate the work environment, so that people build their self-esteem, find work satisfying, and achieve at higher levels. The foundation for this progress is to re-emphasize the organization mission and its values.
The vision for the future has undoubtedly changed or received new life in the downsizing process. Now is your opportunity to spend time with small groups of people talking about each of these. Reaffirm their meaning and impact for your organization. Let people ask questions and talk about how their goals fit into the larger picture after the layoffs.
Talk about the culture and work environment you want to create post-layoffs. Define what you need to do as a group to move in this direction, despite the loss of coworkers. You need to pay more attention to rewards, recognition and helping the remaining employees feel valued and appreciated.
A few weeks after a downsizing, a small refurbishing plant manager established a "good news board" on which any employee could post information. Another formed a "smile team," not just to plan events such as potlucks and parties, but to work to build the overall morale of the organization. Another started publishing a weekly one-page report that kept staff informed of goals and direction.
This is also a good time to look at the goals of each work unit to assess their connection to the overall plan. It is important, following a downsizing, for each of your survivors to feel his work is integral to the accomplishment of the business plan.
You Cannot Over-Communicate During Layoffs and Downsizing
Throughout the layoffs and downsizing process, communicate the facts as honestly as you can and with great compassion. People must walk away from meetings and one-on-one discussions with the feeling that decisions were fair and legitimate.
They must feel the decisions were good for the business and their future. They need to understand the context in which decisions were made. They need to hear that a rational, well-thought-out decision-making process occurred. Express empathy for those who have lost coworkers with whom they shared relationships. You cannot over-communicate during a layoff or downsizing.
Make Sure Some Things Stay the Same Following Layoffs or Downsizing
A commitment to the continuation of regular group and one-on-one meetings following the layoffs and downsizing is also important. It is a mistake to bring sarcasm, an apparent lack of empathy, blame or criticism of those who are leaving to these sessions. To maintain morale, the people remaining must have seen the downsized individuals treated with dignity and respect.
Treat People With Dignity and Respect During the Downsizing
Escorting people and their work artifacts out the door with security personnel or a supervisor standing guard is not an effective way to assist the layoff survivors to feel warm and fuzzy about your organization. It is much better if you hold a meeting toward the end of the day, break the bad news and then assist the individuals to pack up their belongings when most of the workforce has gone home.
Or, as one manager in a client company decided, he met each employee on the weekend to help them pack and wish them well. This also allowed him to "check up" on the former employee several days into their unemployment. In my observation, this manager's remaining staff pulled together and quickly returned to a high level of productivity.
A debate is ongoing about the timing of communication about layoffs and downsizing. I believe an organization should tell people as much as possible as soon as information is known with some certainty. This includes the timing of private discussions between managers and employees who may stay or lose their jobs as a result.
In one client company, we recently downsized the workforce. I believe this event should occur early in the week so people have time to start their job search. The managers decided to act on a Friday, however. We had received the feedback from employees that not knowing who would lose their jobs, and wondering all weekend, would be worse for morale. So, we acted.
Design an effective communications strategy for before, during, and after the layoffs and downsizing. It is the critical factor that supports your workforce quickly unifying around the mission, vision, and new organizational structure. Effective communication ensures the ownership of the new strategies for success.
As you design your strategy, think broadly about all the possible ways to communicate during layoffs. Hold company meetings; schedule one-on-ones; publish a transition newsletter; use email, Intranet, and Internet resources; hold frequent department gatherings; post minutes and notices; use voice mail for messages; encourage informal planning sessions that are focused on forward progress.
These tips will help your company thrive following layoffs and downsizing activities.
Introduce Efforts to Increase Your Organization's Competitiveness Following Layoffs and Downsizing
Layoffs and downsizing are never the only answer. In fact, if employees see you immediately begin to address other aspects of noncompetitive practices, they will rally from the downsizing in record time.
This is your opportunity to look at all business processes and eliminate possible waste. (If you are a manufacturing company, you may already think of this as lean manufacturing. If you are not a manufacturing company, you will want to read Lean Thinking, to understand how to build a lean enterprise throughout the value chain. See sidebar.)
With fewer employees, consider eliminating unproductive meetings, initiatives that don't put you closer to your customer, and employee requirements that don't add value to your product or your service. Process map your key work processes to eliminate non-value added steps.
Look especially to eliminate steps that are redundant, repetitive, time adding or permission requiring. Additionally, use a systematic problem-solving process to tackle consistent, irritating problems. Create measures of success, and provide constant feedback, so people know how they are doing within the new organization.
If you have downsized across the board - almost never recommended, if you have a choice - eliminating management positions as well as professional, clerical and technical positions, you have a powerful opportunity to consider empowerment and involvement initiatives.
Since you have fewer people, you will want to develop more engaged, thinking, caring employees, who are involved in decision-making at a higher level such as the join leadership style.
More Steps to Take During Downsizing and Layoffs
Take these additional steps, as an organization, to rally your survivors after layoffs and downsizing experiences.
- Reinforce daily, in a positive, mind and heart-stirring way, the vision, mission, and excitement of moving forward with the organization.
- Emphasize the positive goals that you can accomplish this year together. Make certain that the goals cascade through the organization so people feel strategically connected to the overall strategy and direction. Review the goals publicly, on an established schedule, so people feel part of something bigger than their work unit. Review the goals and progress within work units as well. This helps people focus on progress and the future rather than on the layoffs, the downsizing, and the past.
- Provide rewards and recognition wherever you feel you can legitimately do so. Be creative and have fun with these.
- Continue to hold expected events, sponsorships, and programs that people have come to count on from the company before the layoffs. Keep the familiar meeting structures unless the group decides to change them. Do not cancel expected forums because everyone is too busy or you feel there is a lack of interest.
They become even more important during times of change. One client canceled their summer company picnic because it was too close to the downsizing. I would have recommended moving the picnic a few weeks, but holding the picnic was important. Having some things not change can provide stability in the midst of a downsizing. It also sends the message that life at work does move on.
These tips will help your company thrive following layoffs and downsizing activities.
- Increase company activities that will restore employee harmony, friendship, and trust. Begin to establish some new traditions as an organization following the layoffs.
As an example, from a Spirit/Smile/Energizing Team, a team of employees to create random, yet regularly scheduled, activities. Give the team a budget and get out of the way! I've known teams to take these actions in support of positive motivation and employee morale:
--create a secret holiday pal gift-giving;
--schedule lunch and learn book discussions or presentations on topics people care about;
--hold ice cream socials;
--compete for the best decorated holiday windows;
--serve hot chocolate/cider/doughnuts on fall days, and give away a pumpkin to each employee;
--create awards for attendance, service and contribution; and
--do philanthropic work such as adopting a needy family for the holidays.
Only staff imagination limits the possible ideas for new traditions within your organization.
- Consciously foster creativity and innovation. You have so much to do with fewer resources! Think about instituting "share" sessions at which people demonstrate their innovative ideas from which others can learn. Hold Kaizen (continuous improvement) or business process improvement sessions around certain operations or processes.
- Design "what if" scenarios into the current business plans. These can take into consideration the best thinking of the new team as well as create contingency plans for various possibilities. Business plans do not function any more as they perhaps did, even ten years ago; now they must be viable, flexible, constantly changing documents.
- Finally, to re-emphasize, people must feel as if you know what you are doing, even when you feel battered yourself. A positive, optimistic outlook must be demonstrated by key leaders, decision makers, and attitude leaders or key communicators.
During and following layoffs and downsizing, focus on interactive, visible leadership that re-emphasizes vision, mission, values, and goals. Foster open communication and emphasize actions that increase your organization's competitiveness.
Pay attention to the initiatives described here, and you'll jump start your opportunity to soar beyond even your wildest dreams! I wish you great success on your flight.


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The latest episode of the popular podcast is about "a shadowy network that caused a crisis, a worldwide manhunt for a mobbed-up banker, and the woman who saw the whole thing coming."
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Republican Arlene Violet, who resigned as a Religious Sister of Mercy to run in 1984 for attorney general in Rhode Island, plays a key role in this week's episode of "Crimetown."
But Joseph Mollicone Jr. also looms large in this 13th episode of the podcast produced by Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier, with Gimlet Media. Called "The Network," the episode was posted Sunday evening, as the team continues exploring crime and corruption in the Ocean State.
In Stuart-Pontier's words, this episode is about "a shadowy network that caused a crisis, a worldwide manhunt for a mobbed-up banker, and the woman who saw the whole thing coming."
Violet won her race for attorney general in 1984 and soon learned, from the role her elected position offered on the bank board of incorporation, that the private insurance fund intended to protect the state's banking system was "woefully underfunded." Rhode Island Share and Deposit Indemnity Corp. had just $25 million in reserves, according to this week's episode.
Mollicone is the former president of Heritage Loan and Investment Co., a Federal Hill bank insured by the Rhode Island Share and Deposit Indemnity Corp. As the state's banking crisis began in 1990, Mollicone went missing, amid charges of a major embezzlement that rocked the private insurance fund.
The banking crisis left Rhode Islanders scrambling to access their money as dozens of state banks and credit unions failed and accounts were frozen. Mollicone would later be convicted of fraud and embezzling $13 million from Heritage.
But the podcast takes listeners back to Violet's first meeting of the bank board of incorporation. She tells listeners she thought it would be boring.
But instead, she arrived and saw: "They were giving loans to politically connected people. The people never had to sign any personal guarantees for the loans. It was, you know, house of cards. It was gonna fall."
Violet tells listeners the state's banking crisis was caused by "the Network."
"Who is the Network?" Violet asks on the podcast. "The Network in Rhode Island is just like organized crime, except for one thing: They make what they do legal. They get rewarded with promotions, campaign contributions and, in some instances, they get rewarded by transfers into private industry here in the state of Rhode Island."
The state's private insurance fund was not backed by any government and had no access to any public treasury, Robert Stitt, an auditor hired by Violet, tells listeners.
Violet pushed for legislation to require the banks to be federally insured. But that would mean federal oversight and "no more sweetheart loans for political insiders," Smerling explains. That bill was voted down, and Violet lost her bid for reelection in 1986.
Four years later, the crisis began, Mollicone fled, and then in January 1991, newly elected Gov. Bruce Sundlun declared a bank emergency in the state. Hear more about it in this week's "Crimetown."
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Brother Charlie has a hobby, bicycles, actually it would be very unfair of me to say it's just a hobby, Brother Charlie takes his cycling very seriously. I remember when he first started at the pre-ripe age of 11. He was so excited the day he got his wheelie down, he was able to wheelie all but a sad 3 seconds, but I swear it was the happiest and yet most pathetic 3 seconds of his life. Of course now at the ripe age of 28 and probably more than thousands of hours on a bike he can wheelie himself to death, jump off walls and bike for many hours at a time. And of course from time to time I'll get the occasional call, "Tummy, I've got a flat. Can you come pick me up?" As of late these "calls" seems to be more than just occasional instances and A PRICE MUST BE PAID!
So, when that call came in Saturday afternoon I was more than happy to pick him up, it would ultimately mean a free breakfast... at Figaro Bistrot.
We've never been to Figaro Bistrot though I've been eyeing it with much interest for the past month or so, I've often driven by it on my way to Griffith Park and have always seen the sidewalk seats fully occupied, I thought a place that packed has got to be good. Here was my chance to try.
The entry way with the pastry selection on one side made me gasp, a mounting excitement starting from my gut was rising. The pastries looked absolutely amazing with a variety of beautiful tarts, chocolate covered strawberries and things.
We were asked whether we would like to sit in either the...
Bistrot/Dining area
or the lounge
We opted for the lounge which was dimly lit, furnished with spacious tables, comfortable armchairs and couches. The excitement that started in my gut from the beautiful pastries was steadily rising into my chest, the lounge was beautifully decorated.
The breakfast started with a basket of variety of breads accompanied by strawberry jam. The bread was nothing special, not piping hot nor warm, just plain bread with strawberry jam.
Sunday morning calls for coffee all around...
|Mr. Borscht ordered a single shot mocha
|Brother Charlie ordered double shot mocha
|And a single shot of espresso for Tummy
Mr. Borscht ordered the Omelette a la Provencale which was filled with onion, bell pepper and swiss cheese. Naturally only having three ingredients the omelette was bell-peppery and had loads of cheese, Mr. Borscht mentions that it is a bit plain. On the other hand, Brother Charlie orders the Omelette a la Parisienne which has potatoes, herbs and swiss cheese, Brother Charlie mentions that the omelette is too heavy and a bit plain.
|Omelette a la Provencal
Tummy orders the Omelette Figaro, avocado, brie cheese and mushroom. The first bite was pretty much all cheese, the cheese is delicious- then again I love Brie cheese.
Problem #1, while the first bite was fully cheesy the rest of the omelette lacked cheese and by lack I mean that there was a definite absence of cheese.
Naturally I ate the entire omelette and realized on the upside there were plenty of avocados throughout, however
Problem #2, while there was a good amount of avocados the mushrooms were diced into small pieces and cooked into the egg of the omelette which took away the taste of the mushrooms, thus in a way I really felt as if I was eating an avocado omelette.
|Omelette Figaro
The omelettes came with a small side of salad and potatoes. The salad was a salad, lightly dressed and fresh but nothing to talk about. The potatoes I thought, were the best of the entire meal, buttery and perfect, the potatoes proves to be the winner of the morning- I'm unsure whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, after all shouldn't the omelettes be the winner here?
While the food was only so-so the decor and ambiance was charming. The sidewalk seating, the pastry section, the bistrot and the lounge all were eye-candy and other-worldly... very French, it only lacked truly French servers and truly delicious French food. Perhaps dinner will be better here and as I prepare to end this review I can't help but think 'maybe I will do dinner here some day just to check it out' but a part of me doesn't wish to be bewitched by the exterior beauty when really Figaro has nothing special to offer.
1 Espresso, single shot
1 Mocha, single shot
1 Mocha, double shot
1 Omelette a la Provencal
1 Omelette a la Parisienne
1 Omelette Figaro
The Damage: $44.59
Figaro Bistrot
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Coastie04 posted a topic in The Shipyardhttp://www.mysticseaport.org/38thvoyage/ Much later than period, but... The Charles W. Morgan, the last wooden whaling ship in the world, departed Mystic, CT for the first time since she was towed there in 1941. She has been made seaworthy after a long and extensive overhaul and the Mystic Seaport museum is actually taking her to sea. She departed this weekend from Mystic to New London, CT in order to complete her ballasting and rigging, as well as become certified by the Coast Guard for this voyage along the New England coast. Sure, she's much later than the GAoP, but still would be an incredible sight underway.
Good News from Picton Castle!
Coastie04 posted a topic in The ShipyardAfter Astrid, Wyvern and Bounty's demises, it's nice to hear a story of success on the high seas. The Picton Castle rescued a stricken yacht and the work of the chief mate and engineer allowed them to continue on their voyage as planned, instead of abandoning ship. Tall ship sailors can be professionals! Of course, in my opinion, they usually are, but just don't make the news until there's a disaster and then their whole career is put under a microscope. It's great to hear the other side of the coin once in a while. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1308/S00108/tall-ship-picton-castle-responds-to-mayday-call.htm
The Life of a Reproduction Ship
Coastie04 posted a topic in The Shipyardhttp://www.thedearsurprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2007-10_Reviving_Surprise.pdf The above link provides an outline of the original histories of HMS Rose and HMS Surprise, as well as the building, purpose, and changes of the replica Rose/Surprise throughout her lifetime. It's an extremely revealing insight to many of the replica sailing vessels and their organizations. I can think of very few tall ships that have not had a change of mission/purpose at some point in their careers. In short, the HMS Rose was built in 1970 to participate in the bicentennial celebrations in 1976, but was unable to participate the OpSail'76. She was a dockside attraction for many years. In the mid-late 80's she was upgraded to become a sail training ship, finally receiving her certification in 1991. In 2001, she was sold for the movie Master and Commander and converted to HMS Surprise. Many of the specific conversions are outlined in the above .pdf file, and I personally noted that there was increased weight aloft, increased windage (bulking up the wire rigging to look like natural rope) and added sails. I'm not sure if any ballast was added to counteract this weight/windage aloft. After the movie was made, she was permanently loaned to the San Diego Maritime Museum for display and use, in exchange for upkeep. In 2007, after a few more upgrades, she was again given a USCG certification as a sail training vessel and dockside attraction. One thing that I really liked them pointing out was the change of the boat's missions and certifications throughout the years. This is very similar to the HMS Bounty that we've discussed so much here since her sinking. For a more in depth analysis of the hazards to these changing missions, I'd recommend reading Tall Ships Down (Parrott) for anyone even contemplating building or adapting a boat for replica/reenacting purposes. Personally, I think it would be wonderful if Surprise were to increase their sailing range and perform a sail training circumnavigation over the course of a few years, but that might be asking quite a bit for an older wooden boat that seems to be paying her bills while primarily sitting dockside with Star of India. One can dream, though!
Another Tall Ship Down
Coastie04 posted a topic in The ShipyardThe brig Astrid ran aground near Cork and sank shortly after leaving port. The reports state that an engine failure, combined with strong wind and current were the culprits. All 30 crew and trainees were evacuated safely, and now she is holding fast to the rocks with little movement. surveyors and divers are apparently going to consider possible salvage of the nearly 100 year old vessel, but it's too soon to make any real predictions along that front. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2376754/Major-air-sea-rescue-plucks-thirty-volunteers-tall-ship-Astrid-runs-aground-rough-weather.html http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/divers-and-surveyor-to-consider-possible-salvage-of-astrid-1.1475208


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Changing Education Paradigms
This video was shown in my class today-- I thought it was fascinating.
What do you guys think?
What were your schooling experiences?
Do you feel you might have benefitted if your schooling was structured in a different way?
On a related note,
Montessori Schooling
Was anyone educated in a Montessori school? How was your transition to the "traditional" schooling method?
Uhm-- no further questions... for now...
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February 01, 2011, 09:17:41 AM »
I hated school, found it to be one of the MOST boring places on the entire planet, found it horribly constrictive to what I wanted to do (still hate single answers to any question), would have been put on Ritalin etc were it not for my mother standing up and shouting no, slept through classes, didn't do ANY homework (all but 2 years in Jr High when it was done simply to show As could be obtained if I wanted to bore the crap out of myself) and graduated with a 2.7-and change due to failing one Math class because of said homework refusal.
I don't intend to go back to school, find education near worthless as those who have become educated (that I've seen in my own town and some via online) tend to either end up not being that bright and it makes the whole thing laughable... or their degree becomes what it actually is... nothing but paper with words on it.
Basically, I'm living proof the current Educational Paradigm just doesn't work.
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I hated school to, I learned far more on my own then at school in fact. Busking I learned from street performers and workshops in Europe a skill I treasure as a source of money when I need to fall back on it. Libraries were always my comfort with non-fiction books often over by far my grade level many one I hit High School were in the adult collection. I wish I would have Unschooled freeing up more valuable time to learn more maybe getting a GED if I wanted one. I'm sure for many it is good but for me I'm far to "my own person" to put up with being "in the system" I hate work but love doing things I like and making money at those things. Work like cleaning the apartment is something you have to do and don't like it but do it.
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I did okay in school, but I always had trouble with never being able to take classes that I wanted or learn things I was actually interested in, or was planning to do as a career and the classes that I could take I already knew the information. I see that some of my friends have it worse, a lot (not all...) of the 'druggies' I knew were the kind of person who thought outside that box, saw a lot of different answers and didn't like the conformity that schooling taught. Heck even the kids who got great grades didn't feel they were really Learning anything, just answers to tests. The classes I learned the most in were the classes that had no standardized test.
And my school system was fairly open... at least we had Linworth which was a more...freeform? school. Classes were more layed back, as were the teachers, all of the students had the freedom to leave the school on their off times (which could be revoked and you did have to keep a certain grade average). Seniors went out into the world one semester for 'walkabout' then came back and taught a class to the others about what they learned. Classes like Simpsons were used to teach in a round about way.
I still regret not going there.
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To give a bit of background to my opinion, I do have to say that I am a teacher. A special education teacher. A special education teacher whose roster is entirely dictated by whether or not the student has pass the state test intended to indicate that the student has a 10th grade reading level and is thus graduation material. Pardon my block of text, but I do have quite a bit to say about my chosen field.
On to your questions:
What do you guys think?
I can agree and disagree with the speaker on many points. The main issues I wanted to chime in regarding were ADHD and the accusation of the educational system only endorsing a single learning style.
ADHD is a very real and very serious issue. Its diagnosis is at times a life saver. ADHD is not merely manifest in inattentiveness or hyperactivity but also in impulse control. I read a study just recently that found that students who lacked the ability to control their impulses (unable to wait in a line, take turns, etc) were much more likely to indulge in illegal drugs, commit crimes, and suffer from joblessness. Through my years, I have seen many students succeed socially and academically while medicated and consistently fail at everything they wished to accomplish when they were not. I've also seen many students successfully lower and stop their medications, having learned to internalize their self-control mechanisms as they have matured.
I'm rather put off that the speaker seems to want to blame diagnosis of ADHD on the "boring" material. I've seen some very exciting lesson plans, fun, interactive and inclusive to multiple learning styles, which were seemingly ignored by at least one student at each time. What constitutes "boring" varies greatly from person to person. What constitutes exciting is likewise subjective. There is no magical method of precise delivery of any piece of information to everyone in an entertaining fashion.
I was concerned at the speaker lack of discussion of learning styles. I know this theory is fading from favor, but I latch very deeply onto recognizing learning styles in my classroom. Though I am charged to teach Reading, I am forced to recognize that not all reading is eyes on text (despite it being proven in many studies that every moment we spend with our eyes engaged with text betters us as readers and learners). Listening to passages being read, manipulating words mentally and physically, small and large group discussion: all are valid methods of instruction
in addition
to individual eyes on individual texts without collaboration. Note my emphasis.
We cannot throw the figurative baby out with the bathwater: "old" methods can be wedded well with more varied delivery methods. Honestly, I'm a visual learner who needs independent study: the old school ideal student. The majority of my students, as I have tested them this year, are social learners who need auditory or tactile methods of instruction. I've done my best to adapt my classroom to fit this, and I realized something: if I were a student in my classroom, I wouldn't learn a thing. Thankfully, I am a special education teacher who is expected to differentiate lesson based on student needs; general education teachers are not encouraged to investigate their students' learning styles, preferred methods of delivery or to alter the students' methods of response. Luckily with my 12th grade classes, I have at most 16 students, which allows me ample time to differentiate as needed. In my class of 25 juniors, I don't have as much ability.
I won't even discuss how I grit my teeth as the speaker poo-pooed the Classics. Yeah, the very foundations of our culture, religions, literature, governmental system, and arts: why would we ever want our kids to learn about
My main issue with the Montessori model is its inability to offer structure to the very students who need it most. This is a fine method with small groups of students who can emotionally handle self-direction. I have taught many students who fret and self-destruct at being offered open-ended assignments and long-term projects for many reasons both caused and unrelated to their learning and developmental disabilities. I have offered such as a choice for students who embrace such assignments, but I recognize that it is not for every student. Some students thrive on the structure and scaffolding the speaker seems to want to cast off as outdated, which I think would be a complete disservice. Also, it fails to meet the needs of older students.
What were your schooling experiences?
I failed nearly all my classes my sophomore year, including honors English. At the parent-teacher conference, I announced that I had realized the difference between grades and learning, and that it was my intention to learn regardless of whether or not I completed my assignments. I was more interested in discussing literature one-on-one with the teacher and writing fiction and research papers than anything else my teachers placed in front of me. My GPA when I graduated was only .12 above the requirement despite being in honors and college credit courses for the entirety of my time in high school. My grades in college weren't much better, only a single grade point above my high school GPA when I finished my BA.
When a student complains to me about the inequality of grading and testing verses learning, I understand exactly what they mean.
Do you feel you might have benefited if your schooling was structured in a different way?
I would have enjoyed more one-on-one time with my educators, and I do consider myself lucky for having a learning style that matches well with standardized education. I don't think I would have benefited from more self-directed learning beyond my upper elementary years. How would I have wanted to know what I wanted to learn if I didn't know it even existed? Why force our students to reinvent the wheel for the sake of fostering their divergent thinking or ask them to be randomly curious about an concept they have had no interaction with the basics of?
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Life was always tried to search new places to inhabit. Mankind was a good tool in the hand of nature to support this aim.
It invented the wheel to explore the continents, invented ships to explore the seas and build airplanes to reach the sky.
The last step towards conquer the universe was to reach space.
The realistic proposal of space travel goes back to Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. His most famous work, The Exploration of
Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices, was published in 1903, but this theoretical work was not widely influential
outside of Russia.
Spaceflight became an engineering possibility with the work of Robert H. Goddard's publication in 1919 of his paper
'A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes'; where his application of the de Laval nozzle to liquid fuel rockets gave
sufficient power that interplanetary travel became possible. This paper was highly influential on Hermann Oberth
and Wernher Von Braun, later key players in spaceflight.
The first rocket to reach space was a prototype of the German V-2 Rocket, on a test flight on October 3, 1942,
although sub-orbital flight is not considered a spaceflight in Russia. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union
launched Sputnik 1, which became the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. The first human spaceflight
was Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961, aboard which Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made one orbit around the Earth.
The lead architects behind the Soviet space program's Vostok 1 mission were the rocket scientists Sergey Korolyov
and Kerim Kerimov.
Rockets remained the only currently practical means of reaching space by the end of 21th century. It was common
in all space related researches that the energy consumption of the propulsion systems was enormous. The finite
amount of energy that a spacecraft could carry limited the distance of space flights.
In 2020 the existence of the dark-matter was proven in the LHC. However, creating it and maintain it for
longer periods which would make it possible to utilize it seemed to be impossible.
In 2082 astronauts found a special crystal in the intra-stellar system which could compress every matter around
it leaving the dark-matter after itself. With the help of the crystal it seemed to be possible top solve the
problem of creating dark-matter on purpose. The crystal was very unstable and was found that it required special
environment to exist. In the inter-stellar system it seemed that no other planet can maintain similar crystals.
Several experiments with the crystals showed that it reacts with the interference with laser and starts to grow
slowly providing a renewable energy source for the holder of the crystal.
The crystal made it possible to accomplish the first worm hole jump in 2170. The new type of travelling required
extremely high concentration of energy which was supplied by the dark matter and of cource by the crystal indirectly.
While exploring new galaxies it was found that the crystal is not unique in our galaxy but can be found in several other galaxies.
It was found that the crystal becomes unstable when it is detached from its growing source and begins to dissolve
shortly. However, the process could be slowed down enough to make it possible to make the crystal transported.
Meanwhile the first experiments utilizing the crystal for military purposes were also conducted. The crystal was
built in a dark-matter bomb to compress every matter around it in a certain area. No possible way seemed to stop
the destruction but an other crystal bomb. The crystal bomb effect could be neutralized with an other crystal bomb
of equal size. They absorbed each others dark-matter and simply vanished.
The owner of the crystal seemed to have complete monopoly in space exploration, energy supply, political force, etc.
Others could not let this happen. In 2222 a coordinated attack on the crystal mine in the inter-stellar system was
conducted by allied forces of several individuals to seize some crystal and take part in conquering of the galaxy.
A small part of the crystal can be obtained in a reasonable price in the black-market. You decide to get some and
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Outdoor Retailer Fined $25,000 for Unlicensed Exports of Rifle Scopes
The Bureau of Industry and Security has entered into a settlement agreement under which a Missouri-based retailer of outdoor goods will pay a $25,000 civil penalty to settle charges that it exported optical sighting devices to Canada, China and Cyprus without the required licenses. These items are classified under Export Control Classification Number 0A987 and controlled for firearms convention reasons when exported to Canada and for crime control reasons when exported to China and Cyprus. If the fine is not paid on time, the retailer's export privileges may be suspended for one year.
The maximum civil penalty allowed by law for the alleged violations is the greater of $250,000 per violation or twice the value of the transaction that is the basis of the violation. However, the company filed a voluntary self-disclosure of the nine transactions at issue, which seems to have been considered a mitigating factor.


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This letter was written on Thanksgiving Day, 1918, by an African American soldier, who was with the 365th Infantry Division. From the letter:
Dear Wife,
Note the day and know that it has been very well enjoyed by me. Three nice long letters from you came. dated 6-8-10 Nov. New time for my mail. Last one the day before the war really ended. Funny that the people had a big celebration before proper time, but good that they got to have a real one. Joy there could not have surpassed it here.
Just listen here......today at the grand celebration our corps commander received a telegram.He read it and then read it to the crowd. He read that our division would prepare immediately to proceed to a port of embarkation preparatory to sailing for America. Everybody has been very happy ever since. Of course several days will be required for us to get rid of surplus property, clean our area and many other little things. So if orders don't change (as usual), by the time this reaches you we probably will be nearly ready to start, if nothing happens. So yo usee, we all have had much to be thankful for today. Was at a thanksgiving metting that the "leaving news" was given out.
In my little town (Bellville) we had a very nice service at 9:30 a.m. Then most of the men went to the big town Pont-a Musson where most of our troops are located. Several of our bands for music and field exercises were the features of the day. No turkey, cranberry sauce or cake but we were all thankful for what we had.
Very funny thing but I awoke this morning about 3:30 and had an early proayer in bed. Think I must have awoken praying over such a pleasant dream that I had. Since I don' t want to be superstitious of dreams I am going to tell it to you, remembering that I have had dreams of many things that I have hoped for and obtatined. I dreamed that I came home and found you with "big" little boy and a pet dog.
Well as yet, the cablegram has not reached me but I am expecting it by 1st Dec. at the latest. As your last letter left you so well, it has further strengthened by hopes that all has gone well with you. I certainly have prayed for the success of you both, and something has given that assurance.I think that Mrs Kimbell will be alright as your nurse. I remember that she had a good name as one. Glad that all of the family are well. Regards to all, and a heart full of love for you and the "little one." Yours, E.


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What do former Metropolitan Museum social media executive, Sree Sreenivasan, and sexting ex-Congressman, Anthony Weiner, have in common?
About the same age, both were incredibly successful residents of New York:
- Sree, a highly regarded Columbia School of Journalism professor,
- Anthony, a seven-term winning politician.
Both were the first to occupy the posts that would make them public figures:
- Weiner occupied a newly created seat on the New York City Council and
- Sreenivasan was the first to hold title of Chief Digital Officer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
That's where the comparison ends.
- Hailed as the executive that brought social media into the executive suite, the Met eliminated Sree's role as a cost-cutting measure and
- After making headlines as an up and coming political star, Anthony's sexual indiscretions forced his resignation from congress.
When faced with failure, the sexter evaded and denied and the social media expert went public, told it all and told it fast. The Congressman didn't listen, didn't learn and repeated his mistake. Forever the professor, Sree asked the world for help and advice, offered to take any meeting, hear any ideas and consider all options.
The result?
Weiner has become a cautionary tale, while Sree faces the challenge of choosing amongst a growing list of options.
I am not – in any way—comparing someone's job loss to the moral bankruptcy of a married sexter sending unwanted pelfies to young women. The issues are worlds apart.
Putting aside the moral and ethical gulf that separates these situations, there is a broader lesson to be learned – Is there a way to succeed at failure?
When faced with clear and present failure, follow the failure formula:
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- Listen and learn
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Tanzanian Royalty Signs Definitive Joint Venture Agreement That will Facilitate Development of Buckreef Gold Project
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Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation (TSX: TNX / AMEX: TRX) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Definitive Joint Venture Agreement with the State Mining Corporation of Tanzania (Stamico) for the development of the Buckreef Gold Project in Tanzania.
Buckreef is located in the prolific Lake Victoria Goldfields of northern Tanzania within the Rwamagaza Greenstone Belt. Major gold producers in the region include AngloGold Ashanti's Geita mine (18M Oz), the largest gold producer in Tanzania which is located 30 kilometres to the northeast of Buckreef, and African Barrick's Bulyanhulu gold mine (12M Oz) which is situated 60 kilometres to the southeast.
The Buckreef Project contains National Instrument 43-101 compliant gold resources at a 0.5 g/t cutoff grade in the following categories: Measured, 5.176 million tonnes grading 2.05 g/t (341,000 oz); Indicated, 24.97 million tonnes averaging 1.19 t/g (954,000 oz); Inferred, 17.173 million tonnes grading 1.51 g/t (835,000 oz).
Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tanzanian American International Development Corporation 2000 Limited (Tanzam), the Company will hold a 55% interest in the joint venture company, Buckreef Gold Company Limited, with Stamico holding the remaining 45%.
At a public signing ceremony attended by invited dignitaries and the media in Dar es Salaam on October 25, 2011, the Honourable William Mganga Ngeleja, Tanzanian Minister for Energy and Minerals, told the gathering: "Today, I am most delighted to witness this historic event of the signing of the Joint Venture Agreement for the Re-development of Buckreef Gold Mine between Stamico and Tanzam."
Responding to the minister, James E. Sinclair, the President and CEO of Tanzanian Royalty, stated that the agreement represents "a new model" with respect to how international mining companies conduct business in mineral rich countries in the developing world.
"Our policy has always been to empower Tanzanians to create their own future and we take great pride in the fact that our corporate, professional and support staff in Tanzania are indigenous to the region."
According to Joseph K. Kahama, Chairman and Chief Operating officer (Tanzania), "This is truly a milestone agreement and an example of what a visionary like our President and CEO, James Sinclair, can achieve for his shareholders and the people of Tanzania."
"We see this agreement with the Tanzanian government and Stamico as the first step in an enduring relationship that will bring lasting benefits to both parties."
A Preliminary Economic Analysis (PEA) of the Buckreef Project is currently under way and upon the favourable completion of the PEA, the joint venture will undertake a Definitive Feasibility Study. Under the recently concluded definitive joint venture agreement, the parties intend to work toward bringing the Buckreef project into commercial production within a 30 month period.
As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance the economic potential of the Buckreef Project area, Tanzam filed an application in July, 2011 to enlarge the area of the Buckreef mining license. The area encompassed by the license application includes exploration targets identified by previous operators.
The government has assured the Company that the mining license application will be given priority and the minister confirmed he had "instructed the Acting Commissioner for Minerals to expeditiously process the application for the enlargement" noting that the project is a "role model which must receive our utmost cooperation and attention."
Tanzanian Royalty is well financed to advance the Buckreef Project with approximately $30 million in working capital and strong interest expressed on the part of lenders and other financial institutions to fund the project to commercial production.
At the present time, the Company has two RC drills and one diamond drill operating on the Buckreef property as part of a program to confirm the additional resource potential that was established by previous exploration.
The Company's Qualified Person, Mr. Peter Zizhou, has reviewed and approved the contents of this news release. He has a Master of Science (Exploration Geology) degree from the University of Zimbabwe (2000) and is a registered scientist with SACNASP (Reg. No. 400028/08).
Respectfully submitted,
Joseph Kahama
Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (Tanzania)
For further information, please contact Investor Relations at 1-800-811-3855
Visit our website: www.TanzanianRoyalty.com
The Toronto Stock Exchange and NYSE Amex Equities have not reviewed and do not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release
Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors – The United States Securities and Exchange Commission limits disclosure for U.S. reporting purposes to mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. We use certain terms on this news release, such as "reserves", "resources", "geologic resources", "proven", "probable", "measured", "indicated", or "inferred" which may not be consistent with the reserve definitions established by the SEC. U.S. Investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our SEC filings. You can review and obtain copies of these filings from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein are forward-looking statements and forward-looking information that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations are disclosed in the Company's documents filed from time-to-time with the British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario provincial securities regulatory authorities.
Certain information presented in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including risks inherent in mineral exploration and development, which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any projected future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Investors are referred to our description of the risk factors affecting the Company, as contained in our SEC filings, including our annual report on Form 20-F and Registration Statement on Form F-10, as amended, for more information concerning these risks, uncertainties, and other factors.


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As I searched the internet, I found a link that has a great website complete with CSS Templates. They several different types, one including floating layouts. Where they change based on how big the screen is.
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The international sales and marketing management programme is aimed at students wishing to have the right mix of sales and marketing competences in jobs such as: International Sales Representative, Executive Sales Supporter, Key Account Manager, Sales Planner, Assistant Sales Manager, Sales Manager, Sales and Marketing Coordinator.
There is a growing demand for employees within international sales and marketing and the programme reflects the ever growing internationalisation of the business community – especially the segment of small and medium sized companies.
The syllabus and learning objectives of the programme are based on research into the future requirements of business and industry for staff with an international profile, good language skills and a broad foundation in economics, with a special view to coping with marketing assignments. You will gain thorough insight into Marketing, Logistics, Management and Organisation, Finance and Economics, and Business Law.
The purpose of the programme is to qualify the students to work independently in analysing, planning and implementing domestic and international marketing activities in trade, production and service industries.
The Bachelor of International Sales and Marketing Management Programme is a 1,5 year top-up to that requires an AP Degree for admission. For further information look under 'Admission'.


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5 Star Plus, proposes an initial spring application. To insure your satisfaction during the spray season, 5 Star Plus, will make "on call" spot treatments followed up by a late summer/early fall retreat. Depending on the weather, the initial application of received contracts begins in March. The guaranteed weed control season ends November 1st or as noted.
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One of the perks of this job is that I get to travel. Mostly it's to fly-ins and conventions such as AirVenture, Sun 'n Fun or AOPA Expo, but sometimes I get to make a trip to meet and greet the players in the aviation industry. May of this year took me to central Oregon.
I'd had a standing invitation from Carrie Novick, manager at Roberts Field, Redmond Municipal Airport (RDM), whom I met at a regional aviation conference some years ago. RDM is an old B-17 base that was converted to civilian use after World War II. Commercial operations and general aviation coexist peacefully, but it is a challenge, according to Novick.
"It's a balancing act to make sure everyone's needs are met," she said.
On her wish list is developing a piece of property on the GA side of the airport as an aviation business park, hotel and golf course.
Lancair, manufacturer of the slick kit planes, is based at the airport. In the Lancair hangar new aircraft owners work side by side with company technicians who help them to build quality airplanes quickly, while meeting the FAA's 51% rule for homebuilt aircraft. It kind of reminds you of Santa's workshop, except the elves are tall and wear safety glasses.
Across the street from Lancair is Mountain High Oxygen. It's a good location, because many of the folks who buy Lancairs want an oxygen system. The collection of old O2 systems in Mountain High's lobby is worth the visit in itself.
The company is committed to using local vendors, said Mountain High CEO Robert Jamieson.
"We have a policy about buying from Oregon first, the Pacific Northwest second," he said. "Our products are made in America, for pilots, by pilots," he added, noting proudly that Patrick McLaughlin, inventor of the company's first oxygen unit some 20 years ago, is still part of the Mountain High team and quick to share his knowledge.
"The biggest mistake pilots make with supplemental oxygen is saving it for when they think they need it, as in when they are starting to feel funny," said McLaughlin. "If you realize that you are feeling funny, then you are already debilitated and your performance is reduced. You can remedy that by taking oxygen, but still realize that you are behind the curve."
Further down the ramp a pair of DC-7s caught my eye. They belong to Butler Aircraft Co., an FBO owned by Nan and Travis Garnick.
"The FBO has been at the airport since 1946," Nan reported. "I have worked here since 1975 and my husband and I bought it in October 2006."
Many of the pilots the FBO trains eventually fly DC-7s for the state department of forestry, during fire season.
Some of the World War II era buildings are still on the GA side of the field. DC-7s needing work are eased nose first into a hangar and their tails hang out over the ramp, poking through a hole cut in the door.
A few miles from RDM lies Bend Municipal Airport (BDN), home to three composite aircraft manufacturers: Epic; the manufacturer formerly known as Columbia, now owned by Cessna; and Windward Performance, which builds gliders and sailplanes.
"The area is very popular for gliding," said Duane Cole, who runs Windward with his son, Greg. The company has a close relationship with Mountain High Oxygen, because of the need for supplemental O2 when flying gliders.
I got quick tours of all three facilities, then dropped in on the folks at Precise Flight, which makes after-market parts for high-end singles like Mooneys.
BDN was built as a training base during World War II. In the hallway of Professional Air, the FBO on the field, there are photographs of the airport in its early days. On the opposite wall are artists' renderings of hangars that are to be built someday.
The staff of Professional Air recommended I try Café 3456, the restaurant upstairs. There is a great view of the runway and the yak burger is not to be missed. The name of the restaurant comes from the field elevation.
The airport is growing, noted Professional Air's General Manager Butch Roberts. The company provides flight training as well as corporate operations.
"The city of Bend has lots of festivals that attract people from out of town," he said. "The climate and recreation opportunities make the Bend and Redmond area a popular retirement community."
For more information: ci.Bend.or.us, ci.Redmond.or.us, ButlerAircraft.com, MHOxygen.com, Lancair.com, Cessna.com and Windward-Performance.com.
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Our 24 day learning community is centered in Wales with an emphasis on exploring sustainable living, earthen construction and farm living. In the amazing countryside we will be able to experience the culture through local storytelling, botany, beekeeping and food foraging.
The 2019 Wales Retreat is a temporary learning-community, utilizing the landscape and culture of Wales as a means for immersive discovery in botany, folklore, sustainability and construction. Project World School is not a typical study abroad program as it takes advantage of the power of a learning-community to produce collaborative goals, knowledge acquisition, personal development and changes in global perspectives.
Aug 15th - September 7th 2019
Llwyndafydd, Wales & Dublin, Ireland
8 or more participants (ages 15-25) self-directed learners, unschooolers, homeschoolers & worldschoolers
Full accommodation for the duration of the learning community retreat
• All airport transfers
• All ground transportation
• Breakfast, lunch, and dinners during the retreat
• Entrance fees to all the included attractions
• All workshops, talks, guided tours, and classes throughout the retreat.
• Filtered drinking water to refill your water bottles (water bottle not included).
• Fun!
• International airfare
• Laundry
• Snacks
• Souvenirs
• Other personal items
• Meals on travel days (arrival & departure)
• International flights from your home country to each retreat location are not included
Most of our meals will be prepared by our team on the farm. Breakfasts will consist of fresh fruit, juice, coffee, eggs, fresh yogurts, cheeses and local breads. Lunches will be a combination of local dishes, salads, bakes and other meals cooked from locally sourced ingredients. Dinners will be self-prepared meals on the farm cooked by our team. We will make every effort to accommodate everyone's diet restrictions including having vegetarian and gluten-free options. Please indicate any special needs on your application.
During the Wales – Construction and Organic Farming – 27 Day Teen Learning Community, we will stay in a few locations including one hostel in Dublin, and a farm in rural Wales. Generally, we always occupy dorm rooms (in this case, roundhouses and tepees), so all of our teen participants will be sharing a room at any given time.
Packing List
What to Bring?
You'll be gone for a month, and for those of you who haven't traveled for long periods of time, we've prepared this list in case you might need some assistance with deciding what you should pack. So here it is, our packing list 'suggestions'! Our recommendation to you is not to over do it. You'll have to haul everything you pack around initially, and there are weight restrictions through all airlines. Also, keep in mind you will be living in shared space. There will be laundry available, and you will be able to purchase replacement shampoos, lotions, etc. during the trip, so no need to haul around 'family size' bottles of anything.
NOTE: Remember the list below is a suggested list! Feel free to modify, based on your own needs.
Packing List:
1 Long Sleeve Shirt
1 Long pants (I would recommend wearing this on the plane)
4 T-shirts (one should be a formal shirt)
2 bathing suits
3 shorts
1 raincoat
1 sunhat with a brim
personal items / toiletries
tooth paste & toothbrush
shampoo & conditioner
insect repellent
travel towel
small flashlight
mp3 player/iPod
English outlet converter
copy of passport
water bottle
day pack
anything you will need to lead a session
tiny first aid kit
duct tape
laundry bag
small padlock
ATM card
small journal or notepad and pens
musical instrument
costume, wigs, funky hats, etc. (if you are into that sort of thing)
sketch book
Schedule for Wales
Day 1 – Arrive in Dublin International Airport + Spend night in Dublin
Day 2 – Group travels to Wales + Icebreakers
Day 3 – Demo of Roundhouse subflooring + footing + Opening talk about Troed y Rhiw Farm
Day 4 – Build Roundhouse platform + Swimming at Cymtydu Beach
Day 5 – Build Roundhouse platform + Storyteller session
Day 6 – Build Roundhouse walls + Swimming at Cymtydu Beach
Day 7 – Day hike + picnic lunch + Speaker on sustainability
Day 8 – Cheesemaking workshop
Day 9 – Building Roundhouse walls + Swimming at Cymtydu Beach + Storyteller session
Day 10 – Building Roundhouse wall plates
Day 11 – Building roundhouse wall plate + Walk in the woods
Day 12 – Building Roundhouse roof
Day 13 – Building Roundhouse Hazel Web + Storyteller session
Day 14 – Day hike
Day 15– Beekeeping workshop + Swimming at Cymtydu Beach
Day 16 – Building Roundhouse Hazel Web
Day 17 – Building Roundhouse porch extension + Waterfall hike
Day 18 – Building Roundhouse roof cover + Storyteller session
Day 19 – Roundhouse windows and doors + Swimming at Cymtydu Beach
Day 20 — Roundhouse final plastering
Day 21 — Wild Food Foraging Course + Storyteller session
Day 22 — Free day + hike + Farewell BBQ
Day 23 — Travel back to Dublin + Spend the night in Dublin
Day 24 — Fly home from Dublin International Airport
*Schedule is subject to shift
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Oak is an organic, natural build master who lives in a roundhouse (one that he built himself) in the Welsh countryside. He's lead many builds and has an incredibly gentle approach to the whole construction process, which makes it accessible to everyone. To read more about him, click here.
Nathan and Alicia are the proprietor and founders of Troed-y-Rhiw, an organic and sustainable farm in the Welsh countryside. To read more about them, click here.


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About that study showing prejudice declining under Trump…
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Politics And One Mother With A Keyboard. Because in front of every informed voter is a frightened politician.
Looking at today's society, systemic racism within the American populace is largely dead. What racism remains is often fomented by government policies that, while well intentioned, have created resentment and threaten those it is means to help with the "soft bigotry of low expectations". In the end, this can only prove destructive.
Watching the Libyan conflict unfold is a study in contrasts. Consider the differences between the invasion of Iraq under President Bush and the attack on Libya under President Obama. The differences between the two presidents and the response to their actions has been rather stark.The White House Guess List: How Obama Pulled a Fast One on the American People – in the Name of 'Transparency'
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A Cape Town start up, Yoco, is one of two companies specifically chosen by Dutch business tycoon Willem Willemstein to receive funding for 2017.
Willemstein currently funds private equity firm Velocity Capital.
Yoco which provides card payment terminals for small businesses currently has a workforce of 50 people and over 6,500 merchants across the country.
It recorded R1 billion worth of sales last year.
You can argue that we have started really getting into the scale up mode but for a business like ours you need quite a bit of capital to get to where you need to.— Katlego Maphai, Chief Executive Officer of Yoco
This is generally a difficult time to get money as a start-up when you transition from seed to growth, and we are very happy with calibre of industry we have managed to attract to our venture.— Katlego Maphai, Chief Executive Officer of Yoco
70% of the entities currently using the system are small businesses.
Chief Executive Officer, Katlego Maphai says the company has set its sights on moving into Africa over the next two to three years.
When we first started doing this we thought we were solving a technology, mobility issue but when we started to dig deeper we found that it was really hard as a start-up business to get a card machine.— Katlego Maphai, Chief Executive Officer of Yoco
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VeloNews is reporting that WADA lawyers have threatened to walk out of the Alberto Contador hearing which is supposed to rule this week whether the Spaniard will be found to have violated doping rules. Contador has a lot riding on this ruling (no pun intended) since the rule states that any clenbuterol found in his system is a violation that will cause him to lose his Tour de France title and ban him for up to two years. As we've covered on Fraudbytes previously, Contador claims he got the steroid from eating tainted beef during the tour.
The VeloNews article is short and highlights several claims by an anonymous source that Contador has biased the arbitration process in his favor. If you're interested in why WADA is so frustrated by this hearing, I'd recommend reading the article.


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LATEST: Please pray for our Iranian brothers Yaser Mosibzadeh, Saheb Fadayee and Mohammad Reza Omidi. They have just been given ten-year prison sentences for their involvement in house churches. Mohammad has also been sentenced to two years' exile in Borazjan, southern Iran, far from his family in Rasht. The three men have still to hear the outcome of their appeal against a sentence of 80 lashes for drinking communion wine. (Source: Middle East Concern)
Iranian Christians still waiting to hear if they'll be whipped
Three other Iranian Christians – Yaser Mosibzadeh, Saheb Fadayee and Mohammad Reza Omidi – are still waiting to hear if they have won their appeal against a sentence of 80 lashes for drinking communion wine. A second case against them relating to crimes against 'national security' has yet to come to court; judges in Rasht have now referred the case to Tehran. Pray they will be acquitted on all counts. (Source: Christian Solidarity Worldwide)
Next time you take communion at church spare a thought – and a prayer – for three Christians in Iran who may be whipped as a punishment for taking communion wine.
The men have appealed against the sentence but if their appeal fails they will receive 80 lashes each.
The lawyer for Yaser Mosibzadeh, Saheb Fadayee and Mohammad Reza Omidi attended a hearing on Thursday during which they made their appeal against the brutal sentence handed down in September. Please pray that the appeal judge will overturn their sentence when he gives his verdict expected within 20 days.
The three men were arrested in Rasht in May as they celebrated communion. Their lawyer insists it is not illegal in Iran for Christians to drink wine, only Muslims. The three men have a Muslim background.
The three have also been charged with 'acting against national security'. Iranian officials have threatened further charges if the men meet together or share the gospel with others.
Meanwhile, Christian converts Amin Nader Afshar and Hadi Askary have gone on hunger strike inside Tehran's Evin Prison unless they receive adequate medical care and a fair trial soon. Hadi is reported to have a kidney infection which has not been treated.
They have been behind bars since their arrest last August, at a picnic in Firuzkuh, but have not yet been charged, despite weeks of interrogation. The other three men arrested with them posted substantial bail and were released.
- Pray that the appeal judge will scrap the earlier sentence against Yaser, Saheb and Mohammad. Pray that no other charges will be brought against them.
- Pray that God will protect and heal Amin and Hadi. Amin's hunger strike has caused his blood pressure to drop dramatically. Pray that they and their three friends will be tried and acquitted soon.
- Pray that every Christian behind bars in Iran will know that God will prove wrong every false word spoken against them (Isaiah 54:17).
(Source: Middle East Concern)
Iranian Christians Mohammed Roghangir and Massoud Rezai have been prevented from gaining early release from jail on good behaviour. Arrested at a prayer meeting in Shiraz in 2012, Mohammed and Massoud were sentenced to six and five years respectively for 'action against national security'. A recent appeal by the men for early release was apparently blocked by Iranian intelligence.
Also in Iran, three house church members – Yaser Mosibzadeh, Saheb Fadayee and Mohammed Reza Omidi (known as Youhan) – have just been sentenced to 80 lashes each for drinking communion wine. They plan to appeal. The three Christians from Rasht and their pastor, Youcef Nadarkhani, are due to appear in court on October 15 charged with 'action against national security'. (Source: Middle East Concern).
Yaser Mosibzadeh, Saheb Fadayee and Mohammed Reza Omidi have been released on bail. Pray for their exoneration.


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BOURG-EN-BRESSE, France — American rider Andrew Talansky withdrew from the Tour de France on Thursday a day after riding for several hours with excruciating back pain.
Talansky says he's "absolutely heartbroken to leave the Tour de France" because "I built my season around the Tour and the team has supported me every step of the way."
The 25-year-old Talansky finished last in Wednesday's 11th stage, more than 30 minutes behind winner Tony Gallopin, even getting off his bike at one stage, clutching his lower back and sitting down for a few minutes to ease the pain. He hoped a night's rest would resolve the problem "but it proved to be too much."
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Arsenal forward Theo Walcott has moved to play down hopes that he may recover from his injury problems in time to represent England at the World Cup later this year.
The 25-year-old ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament while in action for the Gunners over the winter, and has been sidelined ever since.
Although initial reports suggested that he would definitely miss the tournament in Brazil this summer, there have been whispers that his recovery has been speedier than first hoped.
But Walcott says that he will not hurry his spell out of action as he plots to return to full fitness:
"I am not pushing myself to be fit for the World Cup or anything like that. I want to be back quickly, of course, but safely, too," he is quoted by The Express.
"I want to try and be back for the early part of next season, that is the goal, so there will be a lot of hard work throughout the summer and during the World Cup."
Walcott did however suggest that his recovery is going well:
"I will just get on with my work – I am first in and last out on most days.
"I see the consultant soon, too, and hopefully he will give me the thumbs up to push on. I would love to be running in a few weeks."
The pacey attacker did not make England's squad for South Africa 2010, but has been in the Three Lions camp for a World Cup after being a shock call-up in 2006.


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If you love The Odd Couple, Neil Simon has created another hilarious comic duo in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys is now playing at Fort Bend Theatre at 2815 N. Main St. in Stafford, through November 10.
Al and Willie were top-billed performers "Lewis and Clark" in vaudeville for over forty years until their ugly break up. After years of estrangement the two are called back for a "History of Comedy" retrospective. Can they reconcile their past to put on one final act? The reluctant reunion reunites them, along with memories, miseries and laughs.
This hilarious show is full of Neil Simon's signature quips and comedic craftsmanship which leave you with insights into human relationships.
If you are a fan of Neil Simon or new to his work, this show is a must see! Adult tickets are only $16, seniors and students are $15, and children under 12 are $13. Tickets may be purchased on the FBT website, www.fortbendtheatre.com. For more information or group discounts, please call 281-208-3333.


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Armed Forces personnel and veterans travelling to Remembrance services in South Yorkshire today will be able to get free bus and tram travel.
First South Yorkshire and Stagecoach Supertram is providing free journeys to any Armed Forces personnel and veterans to commemorate Remembrance Sunday and honour our local armed forces community.
They will be able to travel on any First South Yorkshire bus service or tram for free before noon to help them travel to their local Remembrance Day events
To claim the free travel, all current and former military personnel need to do is wear their uniform or medals, or show their military ID card.
Andy Simpson, operations director and Royal Navy Falklands War veteran said: "We are proud to support Remembrance Day which is a very poignant occasion for many people who want to remember family, friends and others who have been lost in military service.
"As a committed supporter of the communities we serve, we want to make it as easy as possible for veterans and Armed Forces personnel to attend local events with this special offer."