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Last week we were down in Casa Grande, Arizona, and there we ran into the band manager of "Find Hotels in Ukraine". While we were standing next to the office of Casa Grande Carpet Cleaners, we decided to ask him a few question and figure out how to become a band manager. He was more than eager to answer all of our questions, and here is what he said.
The most important thing every person who wishes to become a band manager needs to have is deep love towards the music. Without this love, this job will soon become too stressful, but if a person loves music enough, he can handle all of it. It's like that old saying: "If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life".
Of course, besides having love for the music, you also need some skills, and without them, a person would just be lost in this job. So, it is of utmost importance for all those who wish to be band managers to get some experience first. Maybe they could get a job in the music industry, to figure out how the industry runs. Then, once you've got that figured out, everything will me much easier. Also, some training would be nice. The best possible thing would be spending time with a real band managers, and there you can learn all the tips and tricks of the job.
Another extremely important aspect of being a band manager is having great social skills. So, if you're not that social, start learning how to be, because without any social skills, you would just be a really bad band manager. So, start brushing up on those, or you could sign up for a class in sociology or psychology. That way, you can learn everything you need to in order to be a good band manager.
You also need to know a lot of people. Being a good band manager is all about talking to the right people, and you won't meat them sitting in your room. So, you need to get out to all the well known music places, and start mingling. You don't need to know old the "old tigers" of the industry; you can start hanging out with the young guys – they will also become tigers one day.
If you already have a band, than you should start with the smaller tours, like a tour around your city, where you'll play in various city clubs. Then, once you get a taste of the job and when you get the hang of it, it will be much easier for you to start organizing bigger tours, and eventually, perhaps even a world tour!
So, if you've ever wondered what it takes to become a great band manager, now you know thanks to none other than the manager of "Find Hotels in Ukraine". Listen to these tips, and try to make them work, and eventually, they will pay out. You just have to be persistent, and never give up.


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Thirteen young people aged 11 – 16 from Poole have been taking part in monthly music workshops specifically for those in care. Local musician Simon Skolfield has been running the sessions to encourage creativity and build confidence by offering the group new and sometimes challenging experiences.
The group have been inspired to learn new instruments and conquer the technicalities of sound engineering. Individuals that were disengaging at school have thrived by playing peer mentoring roles and supporting others.
Such brilliant musical progression has led to beneficial performances representing Kidz in Care to large audiences. These events have provided a vehicle to raise awareness of the issues these young people may face and showing how projects like this help. Such a positive endorsement has put Poole Kidz in Care firmly on the map.
As a collective the young people are planning to continue with the club and write an album to add to the 3 songs that they have already produced, 'Freedom, Feeling Good and Give Me a Reason.' They will be showcasing these at Bournemouth University on the 24th April as part of the Poole Kidz in Care annual report. They have also been booked in at the Poole Children in Care Awards Ceremony at Upton House on the 30th May.

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Kathleen discovered yoga in 1974 while attending Mankato State University. Her first teacher was Nita Nickerson, who studied with Indra Devi, the first woman to teach yoga in the United States.
On her yogic journey, Kathleen has had the opportunity to study with many yoga masters, including Erich Schiffmann, Judith Lasiter, Angela Farmer, Patricia Walden, John Friend , Rodney Yee, and Ana Forrest. Kathleen received a minor in dance in 1976 from Mankato State University. She went on to receive a 200 hour yoga teacher certificate and then a 500 hour advanced yoga teacher certificate from Kripalu, the largest yoga center in the United States. She opened her own yoga center in Minneapolis in 2002.
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Climate change is expected to modify the hydrological cycle and affect freshwater resources. Groundwater is a critical source of fresh drinking water for almost half of the world's population and it also supplies irrigated agriculture. Groundwater is also important in sustaining streams, lakes, wetlands, and associated ecosystems. But despite this, knowledge about the impact of climate change on groundwater quantity and quality is limited.
Direct impacts of climate change on natural processes (groundwater recharge, discharge, storage, saltwater intrusion, biogeochemical reactions, chemical fate and transport) may be exacerbated by human activities (indirect impacts). Increased groundwater abstraction, for example, may be needed in areas with unsustainable or contaminated surface water resources caused by droughts and floods. Climate change effects on groundwater resources are, therefore, closely linked to other global change drivers, including population growth, urbanization and land-use change, coupled with other socio-economic and political trends. Groundwater response to global changes is a complex function that depends on climate change and variability, topography, aquifer characteristics, vegetation dynamics, and human activities.
This volume contains case studies from diverse aquifer systems, scientific methods, and climatic settings that have been conducted globally under the framework of the UNESCO-IHP project Groundwater Resources Assessment under the Pressures of Humanity and Climate Change (GRAPHIC). This book presents a current and global synthesis of scientific findings and policy recommendations for scientists, water managers and policy makers towards adaptive management of groundwater sustainability under future climate change and variability.
1 Introduction
1.1 Rationale
1.2 Overview of the book
Tropical Climates
2 The impacts of climate change and rapid development on weathered crystalline rock aquifer systems in the humid tropics of sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from south-western Uganda
Richard Taylor & Callist Tindimugaya
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Purpose and scope
2.1.2 Description of the study area: the River Mitano Basin
2.2 Results and discussion
2.2.1 Impacts of intensive groundwater abstraction
2.2.2 Impact of climate change on groundwater recharge
2.2.3 Uncertainty in climate change impacts on groundwater resources
2.3 Conclusions and recommendations
3 Groundwater recharge and storage variability in southern Mali
Chris M. Henry, Harm Demon, Diana M. Allen & Dirk Kirste
3.1 Introduction
3.1.1 Purpose and scope
3.1.2 Study area description: southern Mali
3.1.3 Methodology
3.1.4 Relevance for GRAPHIC
3.2 Results and discussion
3.2.1 Groundwater levels and storage anomalies
3.2.2 Recharge modelling
3.3 Policy recommendations
3.4 Future work
4 Groundwater discharge as affected by land use change in small catchments: A hydrologic and economic case study in Central Brazil
Henrique M.L. Chaves, Ana Paula S. Camelo & Rejane M. Mendes
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 Purpose and scope
4.1.2 Description of the area: the Pipiripau river basin
4.1.3 Relevance for GRAPHIC
4.2 Methodology
4.2.1 Correlating annual base flow discharge with basin land use intensity
4.2.2 Obtaining basin curve-number and base flow discharge from stream fl ow data
4.2.3 Empirical relationship between the base flow index and the normalized runoff coefficient
4.2.4 Estimating and valuing hydrological services resulting from land conservation scenarios
4.3 Results and discussion
4.3.1 Correlation between the dry season discharge and basin land use intensity
4.3.2 Base fl ow discharge hydrographs and basin curve-number (baseline condition)
4.3.3 Hydrological services resulting from land conservation scenarios
4.4 Policy recommendations
4.5 Future work
5 Effects of storm surges on groundwater resources, North Andros Island, Bahamas
John Bowleg & Diana M. Allen
5.1 Introduction
5.1.1 Purpose and scope
5.1.2 Study area description: North Andros Island
5.1.3 Methodology
5.1.4 Relevance for GRAPHIC
5.2 Results and discussion
5.2.1 The well fi eld on North Andros
5.2.2 Hurricane Frances
5.2.3 Consequences of the storm surge in 2004
5.3 Policy recommendations
5.4 Future work
6 Reducing groundwater vulnerability in Carbonate Island countries in the Pacific
Ian White & Tony Falkland
6.1 Introduction
6.1.1 Purpose and scope
6.1.2 Study area description: Pacifi c Island countries
6.1.3 Methodology
6.1.4 Relevance for GRAPHIC
6.2 Results, discussion, and policy recommendations
6.2.1 Characteristics of fresh groundwater lens
6.2.2 Threats to fresh groundwater
6.2.3 Reducing the vulnerability of groundwater systems
6.3 Future work
Dry (Arid and Semiarid) Climates
7 Groundwater resources increase in the Iullemmeden Basin, West Africa
Guillaume Favreau, Yahaya Nazoumou, Marc Leblanc, Abdou Guéro & Ibrahim Baba Goni
7.1 Introduction
7.1.1 Purpose and scope
7.1.2 Description of the study area: the Iullemmeden Basin
7.1.3 Methodology
7.1.4 Relevance to GRAPHIC
7.2 Results and discussion
7.2.1 Land use and land cover change
7.2.2 Increased runoff and erosion
7.2.3 Long-term changes in the water table
7.2.4 Impacts of climate change and land use changes on groundwater resources
7.3 Policy-relevent Recommendations
7.4 Future work
8 Climate change and its impacts on groundwater resources in Morocco: the case of the Souss-Massa basin
Lhoussaine Bouchaou, Tarik Tagma, Said Boutaleb, Mohamed Hssaisoune & Zine El Abidine El Morjani
8.1 Introduction
8.1.1 Purpose and scope
8.1.2 Description of the study area: the Souss-Massa basin
8.1.3 Methodology
8.1.4 Relevance to GRAPHIC
8.2 Results and discussion
8.2.1 Rainfall variation
8.2.2 Temperature and heat waves
8.2.3 Impacts on groundwater level
8.2.4 Impacts on groundwater quality
8.3 Policy recommendations
8.4 Future work
9 Vulnerability of groundwater quality to human activity and climate change and variability, High Plains aquifer, USA
Jason J. Gurdak, Peter B. McMahon & Breton W. Bruce
9.1 Introduction
9.1.1 Purpose and scope
9.1.2 Study area description: High Plains aquifer
9.1.3 Methodology
9.1.4 Relevance for GRAPHIC
9.2 Results, discussion, and policy recommendations
9.2.1 Groundwater availability and sustainability are a function of quantity and quality
9.2.2 Conversion of rangeland to irrigated cropland affects water quality
9.2.3 Chemical transport to the water table follows fast and slow paths
9.2.4 The quality of shallow and deep groundwater are substantially different
9.2.5 Mixing of groundwater by high-capacity wells adversely affects water quality
9.2.6 Limited ability to naturally attenuate some contaminants
9.2.7 Interannual to multidecadal climate variability affects recharge and groundwater quality
9.2.8 The quality of most water produced by private, public-supply, and irrigation wells is suitable for the intended uses
9.3 Future work
9.4 Additional information
10 Groundwater change in the Murray basin from long-term in-situ monitoring and GRACE estimates
Marc Leblanc, Sarah Tweed, Guillaume Ramillien, Paul Tregoning, Frédéric Frappart, Adam Fakes & Ian Cartwright
10.1 Introduction
10.1.1 Purpose and scope
10.1.2 Study area description
10.1.3 Methodology
10.1.4 Relevance to GRAPHIC
10.2 Results and discussion
10.2.1 Long-term observations from in situ hydrographs
10.2.2 GRACE observations
10.2.3 Discussion
10.3 Policy-relevant recommendations
10.4 Future work
Temperate Climates
11 Impact assessment of combined climate and management scenarios on groundwater resources. The Inca-Sa Pobla hydrogeological unit (Majorca, Spain)
Lucila Candela, Wolf von Igel, F. Javier Elorza & Joaquín Jiménez-Martínez
11.1 Introduction
11.1.1 Description of the study area: the Inca-Sa Pobla hydrogeological unit
11.2 Methodology
11.2.1 Recharge estimation
11.2.2 Groundwater fl ow simulation model
11.2.3 Climate change scenarios. Statistical downscaling
11.2.4 Groundwater abstraction scenarios
11.2.5 Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis
11.2.6 Impact assessment by coupling climate and abstraction scenarios
11.3 Results and discussion
11.3.1 GCM and local predictions
11.3.2 Climate change impact on groundwater resources and natural recharge
11.3.3 Sensitivity analysis of water abstraction spatial location
11.3.4 Impact of combined climate change and management scenarios on spring flow rate
11.4 Conclusions and relevance for GRAPHIC
12 The effect of climate and anthropogenic sea level changes on Israeli coastal aquifers
Yoseph Yechieli, Uri Kafri & Eyal Shalev
12.1 Introduction
12.1.1 Description of the area: the Israeli Mediterranean and the Dead Sea coastal aquifer systems
12.1.2 Relevance for GRAPHIC
12.2 Methodology
12.2.1 Field studies
12.2.2 Numerical simulation of the Mediterranean coastal aquifer system
12.2.3 Numerical simulation of the Dead Sea aquifer system
12.3 Results and discussion
12.3.1 The Mediterranean coastal aquifer system
12.3.2 The Dead Sea coastal aquifer
12.4 Summary and conclusion
12.5 Policy recommendations
13 Land subsidence and sea-level rise threaten fresh water resources in the coastal groundwater system of the Rijnland water board, The Netherlands
Gualbert Oude Essink & Henk Kooi
13.1 Introduction
13.1.1 Relevance for GRAPHIC
13.1.2 Salinizing and freshening processes in Dutch coastal aquifers
13.1.3 Description of the area: the Rijnland Water Board
13.2 Description of the numerical method
13.2.1 Numerical code
13.2.2 Scenarios of sea-level rise and land subsidence
13.2.3 The 3D model
13.2.4 Calibration of the 3D model
13.3 Results and discussion
13.3.1 Salinization of the groundwater system
13.3.2 Compensating measures
13.4 Conclusions
14 Climate change impacts on valley-bottom aquifers in mountain regions: case studies from British Columbia, Canada
Diana M. Allen
14.1 Introduction
14.1.1 Purpose and scope
14.1.2 Study area description: valley- bottom aquifers in mountain regions
14.1.3 Methodology
14.1.4 Relevance for GRAPHIC
14.2. Results and discussion
14.2.1 Okanagan Basin
14.2.2 Grand Forks
14.3 Policy recommendations
14.4 Future work
15 Possible effects of climate change on groundwater resources in the central region of Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Ofelia Tujchneider, Marta Paris, Marcela Pérez & Mónica D'Elía
15.1 Introduction
15.1.1 Purpose
15.1.2 Description of the area: the central region of Santa Fe Province
15.1.3 Methods
15.1.4 Relevance for GRAPHIC
15.2 Results and discussion
15.3 Policy recommendations
15.4 Future work
Continental Climates
16 Impacts of drought on groundwater depletion in the Beijing Plain, China
Yangxiao Zhou, Liya Wang, Jiurong Liu & Chao Ye
16.1 Introduction
16.1.1 Purpose and scope
16.1.2 Description of the study area: the Beijing Plain
16.2 Results and discussion
16.2.1 Detection of climate changes
16.2.2 Analysis of rapid decline of groundwater levels
16.2.3 Simulation of groundwater depletion under recent droughts
16.2.4 Options for mitigating further groundwater depletion
16.3 Management issues
16.3.1 Legal aspects
16.3.2 Institutional aspects
16.3.3 A drought management plan
16.4 Conclusions and recommendations
17 Possible effects of climate change on hydrogeological systems: results from research on Esker aquifers in northern Finland
Bjørn Kløve, Pertti Ala-aho, Jarkko Okkonen & Pekka Rossi
17.1 Introduction
17.1.1 Study area description: esker aquifers, northern Finland
17.1.2 Importance of esker aquifers in climate change studies
17.2 Results and discussion
17.2.1 How should we assess climate change and land- use changes?
17.2.2 Models used and our experiences from modelling
17.2.3 Impact of future climate change on hydrology and recharge
17.2.4 Surface water- groundwater interaction in lakes
17.2.5 Impact of peatland drainage
17.3 Policy recommendations
17.4 Future work
Polar Climates
18 Impacts of climate change on groundwater in permafrost areas: case study from Svalbard, Norway
Sylvi Haldorsen, Michael Heim & Martine van der Ploeg
18.1 Introduction
18.1.1 Purpose and scope
18.1.2 Area description
18.1.3 Methodology
18.1.4 Relevance to GRAPHIC
18.2 Results and discussion: Subpermafrost groundwater
18.2.1 Discontinuous permafrost
18.2.2 Continuous permafrost, case study Svalbard: results and discussion of previous work
18.3 Policy- relevant recommendations
18.4 Future work
Various Climates
19 Groundwater management in Asian cities under the pressures of human impacts and climate change
Makoto Taniguchi
19.1 Introduction
19.1.1 Relevance for GRAPHIC
19.2 Results and discussion
19.2.1 Satellite GRACE
19.2.2 Subsurface warming
19.2.3 Groundwater assessment as natural capacity
19.3 Policy recommendations
19.4 Conclusion and future work
20 Evaluation of future climate change impacts on European groundwater resources
Kevin Hiscock, Robert Sparkes & Alan Hodgson
20.1 Introduction
20.1.1 Description of the areas: aquifer units in northern and southern Europe
20.2 Methodology
20.3 Results and discussion
20.4 Conclusions
20.5 Future work and relevance to GRAPHIC
21 Sustainable groundwater management for large aquifer systems: tracking depletion rates from space
Sean Swenson & James Famiglietti
21.1 Introduction
21.1.1 Purpose and Scope
21.1.2 Description of the study area
21.1.3 Relevance to GRAPHIC
21.2 Methods and Results
21.2.1 Ground- based well measurements
21.2.2 Hydrologic Modelling
21.2.3 The GRACE- based approach: case studies from the Central Valley of California (USA) and northern India
21.4. A framework for global groundwater monitoring
22 Major science findings, policy recommendations, and future work
22.1 Overview
22.2 Tropical climates
22.2.1 Science fi ndings
22.2.2 Policy recommendations
22.3 Dry (arid and semiarid) climates
22.3.1 Science fi ndings
22.3.2 Policy recommendations
22.4 Temperate climates
22.4.1 Science fi ndings
22.4.2 Policy recommendations
22.5 Continental climates
22.5.1 Science fi ndings
22.5.2 Policy recommendations
22.6 Polar climates
22.6.1 Science fi ndings
22.6.2 Policy recommendations
22.7 Various climates
22.7.1 Science fi ndings
22.7.2 Policy recommendations
22.8 Future work
Contributing authors and contact information
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In being a public university, we look for investments in IT infrastructure dat we believe will definitely be of value. Of the key parameters I look at the future flexibility dat an investment helps us achieve. Infrastructure dat will allow us to pursue multiple possible future scenarios can be most valuable. A few examples are wireless networking and server virtualization. For wireless networking, we've widely deployed Wi-Fi on our campus locations. While it unclear how this Wi- FI infrastructure will ultimately be used in all scenarios, it was clear dat we would increasing use it. So, we've been investing for years to make Wi-Fi pervasive. We've also invested in onboarding technologies dat make it easier for devices to securely connect to our network and need to support much higher device densities on the order of two per student. So far, it's been mostly a convenience for our students, faculty, and staff but it is now becoming an infrastructure for collaboration and classroom interactions. We also were able to work wif a cellular carrier to provide pervasive 4G LTE coverage on our main campus. 4G coverage gives us other options and an additional data network dat we can use. For server virtualization, it frees us from the physical server infrastructure and gives us many options for building in fail-over servers and additional options for disaster recovery scenarios.
An additional area where we has to invest is in bandwidth to the Internet. Most of the traffic from these devices goes to Internet destinations. Furthermore, many of our application and content providers are hosted on the Internet. So, we've invested what we could afford in ISP bandwidth and are now moving to a switched metro-ethernet based wide area network
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Mobile devices and cloud-based services are clear trends dat are effecting the services we deliver to the University. We take the position dat we need to support students' mobile devices. Part of our drive comes from the fact dat all of our students commute—and, bring their own devices. We are moving to deliver software access and IT services to those student devices. We are using virtual desktop infrastructure and application publishing technologies to move down this road. We are targeting delivering personalized access to applications (such as based on major, courses taken, role, etc.) no matter where students may be.
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President-elect Donald Trump and Alibaba executive chairman Jack Ma speak with members of the news media after their meeting. Ma laid out the Chinese e-commerce company's new plan to bring a million small U.S. businesses onto its platform to sell to Chinese consumers over the next five year, an Alibaba spokesman said. The president-elect told reporters they had a "great meeting" and would do great things together, with Ma calling Trump "smart" and "open-minded."
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Boeing chief executive Dennis Muilenburg said he had a "very productive" meeting with Trump and was encouraged by progress in talks on the Air Force One replacement fleet and on fighter planes. "We discussed Air Force One, we discussed fighter aircraft," Muilenburg told reporters after the hour-long meeting. "We made some great progress on simplifying requirements on Air Force One, streamlining the process ... all that is going to provide a better airplane at a lower cost. I'm pleased with the progress there." In December, Trump tweeted "Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!"
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Lockheed Martin is close to a deal to significantly lower the cost of its F-35 aircraft, CEO Marillyn Hewson said after a January 13 meeting with Trump. "I certainly share his views that we need to get the best capability to our men and women in uniform, and we have to get it at the lowest possible price," Hewson said to reporters in Trump Tower. Hewson had previously assured Trump she would drive down the cost of the company's fighter jet, after he tweeted last month that he was asking rival aerospace company Boeing whether it could offer a cheaper alternative to the F-35. Costs for Lockheed's F-35 program had escalated to an estimated $379 billion. The program accounted for 20 percent of the company's total revenue of $46.1 billion last year. Boeing's F-18, the plane Trump floated as a possible alternative, is an older generation aircraft that lacks the stealth capabilities of the F-35.Hewson also said Lockheed plans to increase jobs at its Fort Worth, Texas, facility by 1,800, which she said would add "thousands and thousands of jobs" across the supply chain in 45 U.S. states.
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Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T and Bob Quinn, AT&T senior executive vice president, met with Trump on January 13 for discussions focused on job creation and government regulations, not the company's planned $85.4-billion merger with Time Warner, Trump spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters. "The conversation focused on how AT&T can work with the Trump administration to increase investment in the U.S., stimulate job creation in America, and make American companies more competitive globally," AT&T said in a statement. Trump and Stephenson met amid the pending merger, which Trump has said he opposes. Since the election, Trump has not commented publicly on the AT&T-Time Warner deal, but he has been critical of CNN. The company also has said the deal was not discussed.
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I'm a writer, editor, and communications consultant. With more than thirty years in the business, I've supplied communication services to a wide swath of industry, notably for media organizations, the LOHAS marketplace, natural products manufacturers and retailers, sustainability endeavors, social justice non-profits, trade associations, institutions of higher education, and medical research.
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"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity… and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself."
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I got that dreaded phone call. It was the one from the hiring committee from that big job promotion I was certain I'd land.
They decided to go with someone else.
I was in shock for fifteen minutes. But I've been here before. This was the same feeling I had when I was told—twice—that I had to rewrite my 200+ page thesis.
Didn't make the moment suck less.
It's hard enough trying to make it as a paid writer. It's also tough getting your writing published—or hearing no.
But it's trying times like these where rejection in our writing or writing careers can hold us back—or move us forward.
I choose to keep going.
Lesson 1: Reaffirm What You Want
After ten hours of interviewing, hand shaking and department discussions, was this what I really wanted? Did this position align with my values, my talent and my ambitions?
Not so much.
So what was it that I really wanted?
I made a list. I thought big picture. I reevaluated my skills and how I wanted to put them to good use.
When you get stuck, reaffirm that your writing goal is still worth seeking. If not, rework it so that your goal rejuvenates your passion to get back into the game.
Lesson 2: This Isn't Your One & Only Shot
To think that it's the end of the world that I didn't get offered this position is downright silly. There are numerous opportunities across the country—and the globe—where my writing and marketing talents can be put to great use.
Totally not fishing for compliments here.
It's the same with your writing. Just because your writing was rejected by that one publisher doesn't mean your story will never get published. Either your story needs to be revisited or you chose to propose to the wrong publisher.
The longer you dwell, the more missed opportunities will pass you by.
Lesson 3: Bounce Back—And Fast
I gave myself two hours to pout. Then I went back to work.
I devised a strategy (see Lesson 1) then jumped back into my job search with more gusto, more clarity and more determination on where I wanted my career to go.
Rock Bottom doesn't have to mean landing flat on your face. Make it a trampoline and bounce back, aiming to go higher than before.
That's what I'm doing. And I can't wait to land on my feet.


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Pret a Manger Communications Blockade Part 2 - Thur 29th Nov
Wed, 28/11/2012 - 20:17
What: Pret a Manger communications blockade
When: Thur 29th November, 2:00 - 4:00pm
In an effort to show solidarity to Andrej and PAMSU, we are requesting that supporters:
Call, email, and text Pret on the 29th November between the hours of 2:00 and 4:00pm demanding that Andrej be reinstated and that Pret stop victimising all union members.
Ops Manager Magda: 07557 742 317, firstname.lastname@example.com
Ops Manager Thomas: 07557 160 694, email@example.com
Press Office: 020 7802 2626, email@example.com
St. Pancras Pret (ask for the manager): 020 7932 5225, firstname.lastname@example.com
York Way Pret (ask for the manager): 020 7932 5452, email@example.com
Please note that we are requesting that, if possible, folks make the effort to call. Emails and texts are easy to send, but they're easy to ignore too. Phone calls are much more effective at disrupting business as usual.
Hi, I'm calling/emailing in support of Andrej, a union activist who's been victimised for standing up on the job. I'm demanding he get his job back and that Pret stop victimising all union activists. Until this happens, I won't be shopping at Pret and I'll be spreading word of this campaign to everyone I know.
I'm also concerned that I've heard of complaints of food safety violations in the York Way store. I hope this isn't true.
But feel free to be creative. Get a voicemail? Perhaps play Solidarity Forever a few times over or read out the first chapter of Das Kapital. In any case, call back and call often. And have fun.
Action supported and endorsed by the North London Solidarity Federation, The Alliance for Workers Liberty, and Radical Islington.
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Ever listened to this song over and over? if not, please do!
It's not always a matter of who sings the song, but it's a matter of the song's content. Here my favorite performance happened to be for Michael Buble, he does it the way I like it.
The reason why I love this song is that through my life I've tasted freedom a few times now, and I've been lucky enough to have the chance to know what freedom is for me, because freedom is absolute happiness. Everyone has their own definition for it. Every time i listen to this song I do enjoy the feeling of freedom, and I know that i can sacrifice many things just to be like the river running free. Salute for those of you who got their freedom 🙂
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2012 Shamrock Marathon Race Report
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
I registered for the 2012 Shamrock Marathon the same day I finished the Charlotte Thunder Road Half Marathon last November as an impulse decision, still all jazzed up on my runners high and clearly not make sound decisions. As my second marathon, I knew how miserable the distance
could would be and that it would hurt no matter how well I prepared. I began training seriously January 1st and put in over 200 miles between January and February, most of which consisted of race pace miles with hills included in the runs and the occasional harder/higher effort tempo run. When comparing my training for the Shamrock Marathon to my first marathon, the Suntrust Ricmond Marathon, I was much better prepared.
My race weekend began Friday afternoon driving the 160 miles stretch I frequent from Charlotte, NC to Radford to pick up Michelle. The next morning we began the long 360 mile drive to Virginia Beach, VA around 9:30 and arrived in Virginia beach at the Virginia Sports Expo a little before 3PM. The sports expo is always fun with good deals to be had and lots of people amped up about running, although the more races I do, the more these expos lose their appeal. There were some cool things about the expo though, like the fact they had the courses up on the wall using projectors, at this point everyone was still all chipper and happy.
(If you're still reading here you're a champ and I promise, there is some running to come)
We got out of the movie around 9:15 and headed back to the hotel to prepare for bed and lay out everything for the next day. The other thing I bought when purchasing anti-chaffing nipple covers (a.k.a band aids) was batteries for the Garmin HR monitor. First fail of the weekend. Previously, Garmin battery covers could be removed with a penny or coin and a simple half turn, not so much with my current HR monitor which requires a small glasses style screwdriver to remove the battery cover, bad Garmin. The hotel came through on this one and had the screwdriver delivered to my room, preventing what could've been a huge fail on my part. With everything laid out and my bib pinned I turned in for the night.
(Insert annoying alarm sound here) 5:10 came early the next morning, suggestions say to eat a full three hours before your run. My breakfast consisted of a banana and almond spread on a cinnamon raisin bagel and some Gatorade. We were checked out by 6:30 and on our way to the race and parked by 7. The next hour and half consisted of a bathroom break and playing the hurry up and wait game, my favorite. Around 8:10 I headed out to the race start and found coral 2 and the 3:45 pace group in the back of the coral. After the national anthem and the start of a few special groups including Team Hoyt and a tether marathon team attempting to break a world record (which they did in a convincing fashion, breaking the previous record of 3:26 by 20 minutes!!!), we started a few minutes after coral one.
Around mile 5 I stopped for a nature break and caught back on with the 3:45 pace group by the 7 mile water station. A few more curvy swirls and we headed back down Atlantic before hopping onto boardwalk. It was at this point that I was ahead of the 3:45 group and really dropped down the pace to allow them to catch me, as I had lost them going through a water station. Unfortunately, it took almost the whole stretch of the boardwalk for them to close the gap and I was out in the wind the whole time, I don't think this affected me too much, but I'm trying to run smarter not harder. At the halfway point our split was 1:54.
EDIT: Came across some photos from the run
When I was running, I had no problem with energy and could run 8:20-8:45 pace when not cramping. The next 6 miles were a mix of walking, stretching, running briefly, cramping, and repeat. At the end of the day, it simply wasn't my race. As I watched my goal time fade away doing mental math for times of 3:50, 3:55, and within the last 200 meters of the run the 4:00 pace group went by. With all my effort I gave it one last hard effort, only to cramp and barely muster a jog the last 100 meters. My final chip time was 4:01:55.
The real agony ensued following the finishing shoot, where I couldn't find anywhere to take my weight off my feet. Michelle, the amazing woman she is was there to put up with me, take my stuff and help me feel better after a miserable


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Yup, I didn't post last week. Why? Because I was tired. And this is also going to be kind of a non-post type thing. Why? Because I honestly have no idea what to talk about today. I usually have these really good ideas? In my head at least. Today, nothing. So I'm opening up the floor, so to speak.
What topics would all of you like to discuss? Leave me ideas in the comments and I will see about picking some for future blogs. Keep them mostly light? And I'm not making any promises that I'll use any or all of them. I just need some ideas.
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Graves' disease is a condition in which the body produces too much thyroid hormone, essentially the opposite of Hashimoto's hypothyroid. However, both Hashimoto's and Graves' have an underlying immune component thus making functional medicine a management consideration. Today we speak with Zenaida who has overcome Graves' with a combination of functional and conventional medicine care, and is now off all medication. Her case illustrates that both can be used together quite successfully.
Dr. R's Fast Facts Summary
Conversation with my patient Zenaida who has overcome Graves' disease.
- Graves' disease is a condition in which the body produces too much thyroid hormone
- You do not need to order a lot of testing in order to treat Graves' disease
- While the treatment process can take some time, the most important thing a patient can do is listen to their own body and how it reacts to treatment versus following everything they read online
- A combination of functional and conventional medicine care was used to help her overcome Graves' disease
For more information, read our article on Natural Management of Grave's Disease.
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Dr. Michael Ruscio: Hi, this is Dr. Ruscio. I'm here with Zenaida who has done great with Graves'. And twisted her arm to get her to sit down and chat today. We've been working together now a little over two years I believe.
Zenaida: Yeah, since 2016.
DrMR: Yeah. And you first came in with Graves'. It was a mild case of Graves' and you had responded really well to methimazole which is one of the frontline medications that's used. But you wanted to see what else you could do not to need the medication and to kind of manage the Graves'.
And she had done a great job with research on her own, looking into the paleo diet, autoimmune paleo diet. So the autoimmune paleo diet was the diet that we used. We also found some dysbiosis in the gut, mainly yeast. And we also used some of the natural compounds that can help with thyroid autoimmunity which underlies and causes the Graves' hyperthyroidism and also some natural agents that can help to calm down the high levels of thyroid hormones. And you responded beautifully.
Zenaida: Yeah. It was a process on its own. Before I met you, I did a lot of research obviously and just wanting to find a more holistic functional way to treat things rather than the conventional side of things.
DrMR: Sure. Which I think makes sense because methimazole I think is a fairly good drug, but a basic question, what else could we do besides methimazole to mitigate the need for the methimazole? And you've been off the methimazole now for, what, about six months?
Zenaida: Yeah. Six months.
DrMR: Six months.
Zenaida: Yeah.
DrMR: So now she's been off the methimazole for about six months and also weaned off a good amount of the items in our natural program and expanded her diet. And that was one of the things we talked about today was not being afraid of food, not getting freaked out about the stuff you read on the internet and finding your own tolerance to these different foods based upon your reintroduction. Gluten seems to be the one food, thankfully, out of all off them. The only food that you're really reactive to is gluten, so you're avoiding that. Find anything else there that you think is noteworthy?
Zenaida: I think the big thing is just with this whole process just kind of knowing and being more attentive to your body and…
DrMR: Great point.
Zenaida: And just planning out the next steps on whether you're reacting to something or how you're feeling because that's huge. Just being more mindful and knowing the things we are reacting to, figuring out how to make you feel better.
And that was the biggest process of this whole journey. Definitely there's some things that I'm working on, like sleep and hair obviously. But definitely this whole journey taught me how to eat better. It's given me better habits on just living life and changing my lifestyle.
DrMR: Yeah. And you make a lot of great points. I think it is, just like you said, important to listen to your body because if you don't listen to your body, then you listen to everyone else. And there's all these dietary restrictions recommended. And so, you can just get pulled further and further into dietary restrictions rather than like you're doing now which is broadening your diet and figuring out the broadest diet possible.
So yeah, I think listening to your body is really key. And then also, just keeping in mind that with time your body will heal and you'll get a lot—if things are done right, you'll improve a lot. And in your case, there's I think one simple thing and we talked about adrenal testing and a lot of things that I think are putting the cart before the horse. But right now, the final tweak, at least in my mind and we'll know this better probably in about three or four weeks, is your carb intake may be a little bit too low. And that may be what's driving your only two lingering complaints which are getting better with time, but they're not fully kind of getting better, which are waking up early and hair thinning. And that can be caused by Graves', but it can also be caused by being too low carb for too long.
So we had to get the Graves' right first and give your body some time. And now that we're seeing those symptoms lagging and we discussed today bringing her carbs up to about 175-200 grams a day. And I have a good feeling that that's going to totally sort out your sleep and your hair, and I think you're going to do really well.
Zenaida: Yeah. It's definitely the art of fine-tuning.
DrMR: Yeah, fortunately you're at the fine-tuning phase, which is great.
Zenaida: Definitely. Definitely it was—things don't happen overnight. Throughout this whole journey, you see improvements as you go along, but you know that you're getting somewhere. The positive side of things is that you'll know yourself better just by all things that you're observing, and you'll feel better too.
DrMR: And just one thing, this is a point I'm passionate about and I know the audience knows this. We did some testing. But would you say we did a lot of testing?
Zenaida: We didn't. No.
DrMR: No. And we didn't need to. Use testing to kind of get a lay of the land and figure out what some of the key aspects are and that's it. You don't need to… I didn't need to beat you over the head with this constant repeat testing, and a lot of this stuff is just good clinical horse sense, steering the ship. You've done great. She's got a beautiful family. They were all in here just a few minutes ago.
And I'm super happy with how you did. A couple of little things we'll tweak now, but I think in a few weeks you'll be pretty much at like 99%. And I'm really happy for you.
Zenaida: Thank you.
DrMR: Yeah. And thank you for taking the time to share with us.
Zenaida: Definitely.
What do you think? I would like to hear your thoughts or experience with this.
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Hamburg Masters History
The history of the Hamburg Masters is fast reaching its conclusion. The flourishing event, which has attracted literally thousands of spectators over its 116 years, has been relegated by the ATP to a minor tournament. The People's Republic of China will be the fortunate recipient of a new, revised Masters Series calendar in 2009.
The event began in 1892 in a city decimated by disease, and the first tennis courts were really off-season ice-skating rinks. Not even plummeting spring temperatures could keep the ardent tennis players and supporters away from the site, which is now Rothenbaum. Germany's Walter Bonne claimed the first men's singles title after 25 long days of intense competition.
During the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm, the tennis courts were large grass fields which, during the winter, were flooded with water in an attempt to form an ice rink. In those days the tournament was said to be 'at Uhlenhorst' or 'in front of the Dammthor', which described the ice skating 'fields'. These fields are now the impressive Rothenbaum Tennis Centre in central Hamburg.
Around the time of the First World War there was one man who virtually owned the tournament – Otto von Froitzheim. Making Hamburg Masters history, he claimed the title an incredible seven times, a record which has never been matched in the ensuing 82 years, and now, with the demise of the Hamburg Masters, will never be matched, let alone beaten.
In 1925 Rothenbaum gained a reputation as a stadium of 'functionalism and grandeur' far surpassing that of the other European venues. The city fathers made every effort to successfully clinch a Grand Slam tournament, but lost out to the Wimbledon Championships of the All England Club and the French Open at the Stade de France, now Roland Garros.
For two decades from the 1930s, Gottfried von Cramm reigned supreme. He and partner Henner Henkel dominated the European tennis scene right up until Adolf Hitler and the Nazis spoilt their party. Henkel sadly lost his life during the invasion of Russian, but von Cramm survived and helped to revive tennis in shattered Germany. It was only in 1948 that the German Tennis Federation was allowed back into world tennis.
1964 saw the first all-German final, with Wilhelm Bungert and Christian Kuhnke battling it out in front of a capacity crowd of 7 200 spectators. It was a long 29 years before a German would claim the title again, and Michael Stich did just that in 1993 when he beat Russia's Andrei Chesnokov in four sets 6-3 6-7 7-6 6-4. Since then no German has been successful at Rothenbaum.
In 1985 temperatures dropped dramatically and snow and ice covered the venue, but nothing was going to deter eventual winner Miloslav Mecir from Czechoslovakia. Battling six-degree temperatures, he claimed the title from Sweden's Henrik Sundstrom without dropping a set.
It took the organisers a full 15 years to agree to swop the dates of the Hamburg Masters with the clay court competition in Rome, thus alleviating the problem of inclement weather which had plagued the Hamburg Masters since its inception. The dates were moved up by one month.


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In this 2nd edition of Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning, Mike Schmoker extends and updates the case that our schools could be on the cusp of swift, unparalleled improvements. But we are stymied by a systemwide failure to simplify and prioritize; we have yet to focus our limited time and energy on the most essential, widely acknowledged, evidence-based practices that could have more impact than all other initiatives combined. They are: simple, coherent curricula; straightforward, traditional literacy practices; and lessons built around just a few hugely effective elements of good teaching. As Schmoker demonstrates, the case for these practices—and the need for them—has grown prodigiously.
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Famous for high-quality ice cream and cheddar cheese, Vermont has a reputation as one of the premier producers of dairy products in the United States. Because of this, you might be surprised to learn that the Green Mountain State was once famous for its sheep, with as many as half a million here by the mid-19th century.
Southdown sheep played a major role at Billings Farm from the 1870s until the World War II, when the farm maintained a flock of several hundred. Today, we're continuing this tradition with a small flock of Southdowns that are featured in our educational programming.
Highly valued for their combination of top-quality meat and heavy fleece (weighing around 4-5 lb. per shearing), Southdowns are docile and friendly, with great mothering instincts. Below, we've gathered everything you need to know about our flock, from what they eat and how we care for them, to the role they played in Billings Farm history.
A Brief History of Sheep in Vermont
Through much of the 19th century, sheep dominated the livestock interests in Vermont, outnumbering both cows and people. In 1812, wealthy merchant and former United States Consul to Portugal, William Jarvis, moved to Vermont to establish a large-scale sheep farm. In Europe, Jarvis had managed to obtain an export license for Merino sheep, prized for their superior, water-resistant fleece.
The public went wild for the new product and "Merino mania" soon gripped Vermont, with many small farms being consolidated into larger operations. At the peak of the boom there were almost one million sheep in the state, with an alarming amount of forest being cut down to provide grazing for them. This created a series of environmental problems: sheep are much harder on pastures than cattle because they graze grass down to the roots, exposing soil and causing erosion.
By the 1840s, due to changing tariff laws and competition from farmers in the newly settled West, the sheep boom was turning to bust. Vermont farms, with their mountainous and rocky terrain couldn't compete with western farms whose costs were often much less. Wool prices dropped from 57 cents per pound in 1835 to 25 cents per pound in the late 1840s, forcing many Vermont farms into bankruptcy. This crisis was compounded by the 1848 discovery of gold in California, when thousands of New Englanders left their farms and headed to the West Coast in search of fortune.
Soon, the conversion to dairy cattle was under way.
Southdowns at Billings
Even as the Merino boom was beginning to fade, plans were afoot to introduce sheep to Billings Farm. During the 1870s, Frederick Billings and his farm manager George Aitkin decided to import a flock of Southdowns from Britain's top breeders, notably the Prince of Wales. This was in line with their efforts to increase agricultural productivity at the farm, exemplified by the introduction of Jersey dairy cows.
James Aitkin with the Billings' Southdown flock, circa 1880.
First bred in Sussex, England, during the late 1700s, Southdown sheep are a hardy and adaptable breed, able to cope with a variety of climates. Highly regarded for their superior meat, good-quality fleece, and calm dispositions, Southdowns are excellent all-round animals that are relatively easy to care for and maintain. The typical adult weighs between 150-200 pounds, with a sturdy frame and fine to medium coat.
Within a few years, the Billings' flock was one of the best in Vermont, with the farm actively seeking to encourage breeders to invest in their bloodlines. This was a well-publicized effort, as seen in the advertisement below.
The Billings Flock Today
Billings Farm continues the legacy set by Billings and Aitken by keeping a small flock of Southdowns and a ram (depending on the season). The life of the Billings Farm flock follows an annual cycle that would be familiar to George Aitken and his farm crew. During the colder months, the sheep are kept inside to protect them from the snow and freezing temperatures. When in the barn, they're fed a mix of hay and grain and as many are pregnant during this time, they're monitored regularly by our farm staff.
Lambing begins in late March. Each Southdown produces one or two lambs every year (occasionally, three), with a gestation period of around five months. This is an exciting time at the farm, but hard work for the farm staff who work overtime to monitor the health of the new arrivals. Because lambs are born with very light coats and early spring can be extremely cold, we immediately outfit them with a woolen sweater knitted by one of our staff – making them stylishly warm!
As the weather warms and the pastures fill in, the flock can finally be let outside to graze. Soon after, the ewes' shaggy coats are sheared and their fleece is gathered. We showcase this rite of spring at our annual Sheep Shearing & Herding with Border Collies celebration.
Held the first weekend in May, Sheep Shearing & Herding with Border Collies is one of the highlights of our season. Our master shearer demonstrates the various techniques used over the centuries – from simple, steel hand shears, to hand-cranked clippers, and today's electric shears. In the fields, a half dozen of the area's champion Border Collies demonstrate their keen instincts and training as they round up sheep.
This is a wonderful family event, with sheep shearing, Border Collie demonstrations, and hands-on activities including carding wool and lamb handprints.


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It's an Embarrassment
Merlin has strong words for this week's losing team, and surprisingly not for Daniella.
Its 5 a.m. and the phone rings. I wake up dizzy, after sleeping for six hours and suddenly hear the mysterious voice on the phone that always wakes us up "It's 5 a.m., time to get up, wake up the others."
Its elimination day, we have to bring our luggage in case it's our time.
This time the challenge is to design a dress for a social occasion. I have to design a dress for a socialite that I have never heard of, and don't even know what she does. The dress is for a luncheon she is attending, I'm not really sure what that means, but I am making a dress for a cocktail event. Suddenly I find out that my dress is for a meeting at 2 p.m., a day party. I quickly destroy my dress and transform it into something simple yet well done with my personal touch.
I think none of these people that are in this competition have the creativity to make a dress with the details, patterns, and interior construction. It's like the fit of a door in a Mercedes-Benz; firm and secure.
My dress fits my model to perfection, which is beautiful; I'm not concerned about the end results. But with all this, we came out in second place. I think the people judging our designs are basing their judgment in what's commercial and what's in, and they are not considering new innovative design options and new concepts. However, I feel that my challenge is to dress today's woman with today's style vs. the future. Because it's clear that it's not understandable but I think the competition gets better with each day. Not the best one will win, but the one that deserves it.
Daniella won today "la metralleta parlanchina." That gives me an idea that people are voting for things they have seen on magazines and TV. I think that anyone can put on a jumpsuit, a high wasted skirt, any black dress on any photo shoot or model that has already been seen. I personally didn't see any creativity in the winning garment, but I think that's the concept of this competition. Anyways, I think that is fantastic and personally I am glad that Daniella is happy in her new team, and I hope she enjoys it.
I think the losing team today was one big mess, and more than one person had to be eliminated starting with the leader. What they presented was an embarrassment in construction, creativity, and wearable was a disaster. And the worse is they don't take it as a warning lesson instead they take it as a joke. It's an insult to what we represent as designers. It's an embarrassment.


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The last couple of years have treated Natasha Wodak very well. She's set the Canadian Women's 10 km record (with an outstanding time of 31 minutes and 14 seconds!), qualified for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and started volunteering once a week with VOKRA. Of all of her amazing accomplishments, Wodak states that she's the most excited about spending a couple of hours tending to the kitties at VOKRA – okay, this part may entirely be conjecture on the part of the writer. It is true, however, that Natasha has become an amazing part of the VOKRA family, and a volunteer force to be reckoned with.
On Sunday June 28th, Wodak will be leading Team VOKRA in the Scotiabank Half Marathon and 5km Charity Challenge. Despite her record breaking year, Natasha has still found the time to run for fun (something that most people have yet to figure out how to do), and to help out a good cause while she's at it! She's expected to place in one of the top positions at this year's Scotiabank Half-Marathon, but Wodak says she'll be "having fun, and wearing kitty ears!"
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Natasha first took the opportunity to combine these interests in a very public way during the 2015 Sun Run. "I was getting weird looks from the other athletes in the elite starting tent for writing VOKRA down my leg with a sharpie" Wodak laughs, "but I hope that it made some people go home and Google VOKRA so they could learn a little about the organization." Wodak achieved an amazing time of 32 minutes, 28 seconds in the 2015 Sun Run, placing second in the Elite Women's category.
Natasha says the most distinct aspect of VOKRA is "the people working behind the scenes." When asked about her favourite VOKRA experience, Wodak cites a time around the holidays when she came in for one of her regular volunteer shifts. The Operations Centre was overflowing with kitties waiting to be fostered or adopted. The next week when Natasha returned, most of the kitties had been relocated – being placed in the homes of devoted fosters or adopted to fur-ever homes. "VOKRA is 100% volunteer run," Natasha says, "and the difference that volunteers made in just one week was amazing."
Speaking of devoted foster homes…during her tenure at VOKRA, Natasha encountered a special kitty named Feeona, who had been placed unsuccessfully in 3 different foster homes. Feeona is a nervous kitty, and her litter box habits reflect this fact. After seeingFeeona bounce from home to home, Natasha took her in as one of her own – spreading litter boxes far and wide around her house to try and help the high strung, but lovely little foster.
VOKRA would like to salute Wodak for her amazing leadership skills as Captain of Team VOKRA in the Scotiabank Charity Challenge, for everything she does for VOKRA, and for all of her outstanding accomplishments. We are so proud of Natasha and all the other amazing runners/fundraisers for their hard-work and efforts. We're glad to have you on our team.
VOKRA is a Vancouver based, 100% volunteer-run, no-kill cat rescue. To learn more about the work we do, check out our website. To make a donation to our amazing Scotiabank Charity Challenge contingent, Team VOKRA, please visit our team fundraising page.
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No one is off limits – Iranian artists and politicians, and certainly people in the wild wild west.
Major shout-out to ReorientMag for bringing this genius to our attention.
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Mohsen Namjoo.
Otherwise known as Iran's "Bob Dylan," he's inspired by Blues, Rock, and Iranian folk music
The Queen of Pop.
Sorry Britney… Madonna?
Sadegh Hedayat.
Fearless writer — Iranian by heritage. Censored for life (and death).
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Qajar Dynasty.
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Amir Abbas Hoveyda
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Iranian Revolution of 1979.
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Also known as Pixar's latest creation.
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President Rouhani
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With the increasing awareness, organic foods can now be commonly seen on the aisles of supermarkets. However, with so many food products claiming to be organic, it is more of a conundrum to understand the difference between the regular food and organic food. Moreover, this raises a question about how safe organically produced foods are.
Organic food is regular food products that are grown by farmers by following organic farming practices. These practices are meant to promote healthy soil, reduced pollution, no use of pesticides and even water conservation. Because the produce is farmed in an extremely healthy environment, the organic food has a very healthy and positive effect on our health.
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Welcome back everyone, we're here for another weekly podcast. This week the big topic is of course the release of Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. It opened to big dollars and low critic scores, so is it worth your time?
Bill and Paul share their reviews of it, with Bill coming in more middle of the road and Paul outright disliking it. There were a few solid parts, but the story needed a lot of work and the overall treatment just didn't live up to what we've seen in the past. The overall verdict is check it out if you're a big fan of the characters, but maybe wait for the discount theaters or Redbox. If you were on the fence, might not be worth your time. But, that's for you to decide fans, take a listen to our view and see if that helps.
Next up is a run down of the latest in TV developments, with SHIELD no longer subtly leading up to the next big Marvel movie and instead now just straight up setting the stage for it with this weeks episode. Plus Flash, Gotham, Arrow, Walking Dead, and more keep on rolling strong.
Finally, DC has dropped some news on their upcoming Rebirth event, which will see the relaunch of all their titles starting over at issue #1. Their Wondercon panel made it seem like this will be more focused on the creative teams behind the titles instead of making a big shift in the characters or their world, which could be a good thing based on the teams they have lined up and the results we've seen from Marvel doing something similar with their Marvel NOW launch.
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LinkedIn announced late last week that it would acquire job site Bright for $120 million in its largest acquisition yet. Launched in 2010, Bright uses data science to match job seekers and employers using a matching feature called the "Bright Score" that uses thousands of data points from job listings and resumes.
Steve Goodman — CEO of Bright, told Mashable:
"We're trying to map every skill to every job to every occupation clarification to every job function to every company."
The two companies will work together to bring the "Bright Score" technology to the larger LinkedIn community.
"We decided to join LinkedIn because of what we lacked - the ability to apply this technology across the entire economy. We share LinkedIn's passion for connecting talent with opportunity at massive scale. And we agree that the old models for online recruiting are hopelessly broken."
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Bright had raised $20 million in funding to date and LinkedIn's major previous acquisitions have included SlideShare for $119 million and Pulse for $90 million.


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