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|What are Roger Spry drills exactly? Roger Spry is a UEFA staff coach educator and sports consultant who has extensive experience with the principles and methods of elite international soccer managers and coaches. He has worked worldwide with premier teams for over 30 years.
Roger Spry suggests a series of dynamic exercises to help improve flexibility, balance, power, and agility. As a soccer player, you receive the ball from a variety of angles and directions, which means you need to contort, turn, rotate, and adjust your body in a variety of ways to correctly receive or play the ball. A good player is comfortable playing the ball with his head, thigh, heel, outside of the foot, chest, and so on. The faster you can get the ball to a player the better. Sometimes that requires using your chest to pass the ball, or your thigh.
Take a look at this German football team doing some Roger Spry exercises during their warm ups:
For example, say you're running and a ball is played into your body near your thigh. Instead of controlling the ball, you re-direct the ball with your thigh, which in other words means you make the pass with your thigh. Check out Ronaldinho, making a pass with his back. He keeps the flow going and doesn't kill the play by trapping the ball. This is pure genius.
A number of players are exceptional at this, such as Ryan Giggs or Cristiano Ronaldo. These are players who use different parts of their body, or even unorthodox methods to pass the ball, control it or play it where they want to. For instance, sometimes this is done with the heel or the side of foot or the player can score a goal with his chest or thigh. Or, maybe a player receives the ball from behind but uses the side of his foot to carry the ball into his stride so he doesn't break his momentum or worse, stop altogether.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic knows that flexibility can be useful in certain games situations.
Spryness is the ability to continue forward momentum despite interference from a nearby defender or difficult handling from a poor pass. In other words, you have to turn a poor play or unfavorable situation into a good one, i.e. turn lemons into lemonade! For example, instead of stopping to control the ball, you keep moving forward by flicking the ball around or over a defender.
Check out this video to get more of an idea what Roger Spry soccer drills are like:
IN OTHER WORDS: Roger Spry drills are lessons in compromise and improvisation. You basically have to remain on your toes at all times and expect the unexpected when playing soccer, whether you're a striker, midfielder, defender or a goalkeeper. Although you can't predict what will happen, you can be ready for it.
If you can take the speed out of the ball but keep moving quickly, you will be more likely to create goal-scoring opportunities and ultimately score more goals. Why? Rather than slowing down the game by controlling the ball, your touch pushes the ball forward.
This also applies to not letting the ball bounce – you should reach the ball before it even has the chance to bounce. Consider the following. A defender is rushing at you but you want to continue forward momentum instead of control the ball and spin away. What do you do? You simply flick the ball over the defender.
Here are some common motions of Roger Spry drills:
• rhythmic high kicks
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Five Hilarious Pieces of Advice Every Pregnant Indian Woman Gets (#BlogathonforMums - Entry 1)
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This entry is part of the Babyoye Blogathon for Mums. If you wish to participate, please send in your entry to email@example.com, after choosing from one of the 3 topics!
1. Eat ghee and butter so that it becomes easy for the baby to slide through during delivery!
- I mean really? I's my amniotic sac and not a slide. Eating ghee and butter during pregnancy only adds on to those extra pounds.
2. Drink milk with turmeric and saffron for your baby to develop a fair complexion.
- Did we a start a Miss/Mr Fair and lovely competition right from the baby's time inside the belly!!!!? Drinking milk with turmeric and saffron excessively might end you up with excess production of body heat which is not advisable.
3. The more green leafy vegetables you eat the more green will your baby's bum be. So avoid eating more green leafy vegetables.
- This is the most hilarious advice. Eat a lot of green vegetables, it's the best possible nutrition for your baby. Forget the color of your baby's bum!
4. Don't take a walk in the evenings because it's the time for bats to come out which is not healthy for baby's growth.
- WHATTTT! NO COMMENTS on this one as there is absolutely no connection between a bat's life and my walk.
5. Refrain from using an Indian loo since the squat would make the baby uncomfortable.
- I assume pregnant women in villages or women from humble households never get pregnant and even if they do they never go to the loo. I would advise all the pregnant ladies to use the good old Indian loo since it's a form of exercise to squat. Be a little careful during the last month of pregnancy.
Madhushree Kulkarni
I am an MBA-grad with work experience of 3 years in a bank. I have been on a career break for the past 2 years, and was blessed with a baby boy in 2014. I live in Bangalore with my husband and son.
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Digitally Engaged
There is something oddly comforting about the Minister for Digital Engagement sending a formal invitation through the post. Tom Watson MP is on warm and friendly form as he welcomes a group of us into Admiralty House this evening. I have been in the main room for less than thirty seconds when one of his team takes me by the arm, asking if I've ever met Peter Mandelson. We move across the floor towards the new Secretary of State for Business.
Lord Mandelson wonders in what way I am digitally pioneering (A good question, and a reference to the event's title, 'In Honour of Digital Pioneers'), so I mention WebMission, causing him to reflect on a trip to Silicon Valley in the nineties. More recently, I confess, I've been helping his department to connect with each other in a less high-tech manner, at a recent Speednetworking event at his department, BERR! I sense he may feel that he had a lucky escape…
Sam Michel talks through some of the successes of Digital Mission and invites Untld World's Alberto Nardelli to share his own reflections on the recent trip to New York. Favourites including Ben Hammersley (newly installed as Deputy Editor of Wired magazine) and Matt Locke of Channel Four make up part of an excellent crowd and I cross paths with the Beeb's own Rory Cellan-Jones. Finally, Mark Prigg, the Evening Standard's technology correspondent is in the house, and though I mention that I've just read his colleague Nick Curtis's article about Twitter, I am too polite too offer my fuller opinion of his conclusions. Perhaps I will write him a letter.


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Those Bozeman residents who come to see us here at Cok Kinzler PLLP after having been injured in a car accident may be justifiably upset as to the causes of their collisions. If you are like most drivers, than you likely go the great lengths to ensure that you pose no threat to others on the road around you. Given this attitude, you too may be frustrated if another's negligence behind the wheel caused you harm. Of the many forms of recklessness demonstrated by drivers, speeding may be the most common. Understanding Montana's speed limit laws may prove beneficial when trying to determine liability following an accident.
According to the state's Annotated Code, the speed limit on a federal-aid interstate highway within an area populated by more than 50,000 people is 65 miles-per-hour. That limit increases to 80 mph on highways passing through rural areas with smaller populations. All other public highways observe a speed of 70 mph during daytime hours, and 65 mph at night. When traveling through a populated urban area, one should not exceed 25 mph.
Yet what happens if weather, traffic or road conditions call for one to drive slower to maintain control of his or her vehicle? The law states that in such conditions, a person should drive "at a reduced rate of speed no greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions existing at the point of operation." For example, a person that collides with you while speeding along an ice-covered public highway may not be able to use the excuse that his or she was not at fault due to speeding simply because he or she was not exceeding 70 mph.
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17 September, 2019
Best Blueberry Banana Bread
Posted in : Food Recipes on by : Admin
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature (1 stick)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 ripe bananas
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 cups blueberries
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer (or using a large bowl and hand-held mixer), cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and mix until combined. Beat in vanilla extract. Mash ripe bananas and add to mixture, mixing until combined.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Stir until combined. Slowly add flour mixture to banana mixture until just combined. Don't over-mix.
- Toss blueberries in a coating of flour and stir gently into the batter.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan (greased or lined with parchment paper). Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Ovens vary so watch carefully.
- Allow to cool completely and enjoy!
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Cindy's Palace – Dim Sum
Cindy's Palace is a small restaurant located at the corner of Nanaimo and 2nd Avenue in Vancouver. There's actually not a lot of large tables in the restaurant – there only seemed to be a few tables that could fit 8 or more people comfortably – most looked like medium-sized tables that could fit at most 6 people or smaller-sized tables for 4 people.
The tables and chairs are covered fabrics with mainly gold and red colours, and strangely enough, sea foam green?
The Steamed Rice Roll with Chinese Donut ($3.98) came served upright, which is an interesting presentation method… you can see the airy, crispy Chinese donut wrapped within the soft rice roll. A lot of restaurants serve this with both hoisin and peanut sauce (in addition to soy sauce) but Cindy's sticks with the more popular sweet hoisin sauce.
The Steamed Spareribs with Pumpkin ($3.98) actually had some large chunks of squash underneath the spareribs.
The Stuffed Eggplant in Black Bean Sauce ($6.98) was oddly prepared… it was cut into thick rolls with the filling only on one side. I like it better when restaurants slice the eggplant diagonally (like at Empire Seafood) so it maximizes the filling-to-eggplant coverage ratio. The eggplant itself was nice and tender but even when we asked them to cut the pieces in 2, they cut the pieces horizontally so only one side had the filling on it.
We saw that they had clams but, instead of getting the steamed clams in black bean sauce, we tried the Clams with Pepper and Garlic ($6.98) which came served up with spicy fried garlic. These were really good… like crack clams.
You can't go for dim sum and not order a dumpling dish. The Shrimp and Pea Tips Dumpling ($4.25) were enormous and had plenty of filling inside the translucent wrapper.
We also wound up ordering Deep Fried Squid with Spicy Salt ($6.98) – similar in flavour with the clams. The squid were lightly coated and fried up with garlic. We eventually wound up taking most of it home because we were getting full.
As our visit was in mid-February, I knew that it was almost time for Alaskan King Crab season to start and memories of our previous feasts made me inclined to order the Baked Tapioca Pudding ($3.98). I like that they have these individual servings as a full-sized dish would be just too much to order unless you had a big table (or a hollow leg).
1796 Nanaimo Street
Vancouver, BC
Posted on April 8, 2013, in Chinese, Dim Sum, Restaurant Review and tagged Baked Tapioca Pudding, Chinese, Dim Sum, Food, restaurant review, Sunrise, Vancouver. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.


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The program has a cumulative value of $650 million, is being implemented in 112 countries.
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The program has an overall ceiling of $700 million.
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WADI is a five year program with a cumulative value ceiling of $1 Billion. It has been designed to support USAID missions, bureaus, and other operating units in implementing USAID's Water and Development Strategy. Task orders implemented through this IDIQ will reflect USAID's strategic direction in the water sector. Expansive services provided under WADI can be applied to technical interventions affiliated to water and sanitation under various categories including:
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Chief of Party - Moldova Tourism
J.E. Austin Associates and its consortium is seeking a dynamic and strategic leader for an anticipated USAID activity focused on tourism development in Moldova. The overall goal of this five-year program is to further stimulate the transformation of the Moldovan tourism sector into an engine of economic growth, leading to higher living standards for rural Moldovans in the long term, while concurrently cultivating greater national pride in the Moldovan identity and strengthening social cohesion.
The implementation of the program is expected to yield the following outcomes: (a) an increase in number of annual international visitors to Moldova; (b) increased average spending by international visitors translating into higher foreign exchange earnings; (c) an increase in number of days per visitor with an emphasis on attracting tourists to destinations located outside of the capital; and (d) an increased number of direct and indirect tourism-related jobs; (e) enhanced social cohesion among various ethnic groups in Moldova.
Responsibilities and Tasks:
Based in Chisinau, Moldova, the COP will be responsible for:
- Providing overall vision, direction, leadership, and management of the project, including regular reporting to USAID/Moldova.
- Supervising senior long and short-term advisors
- Overseeing knowledge capture, organization, synthesis, and executing effective strategies for implementing effective work under the program in all rural areas.
- Managing project partners and resources
- Overseeing reporting to USAID technical and contract personnel
- Liaising with USAID Missions (the client) to maintain frequent and open communication
- Advanced degree in relevant field required; Tourism related degree or training is highly preferred
- 10 -15 years of international development experience; COP experience is desired
- Minimum eight (8) years of senior-level experience in leading, designing, implementing tourism related projects
- Deep knowledge of cultural, sustainable and destination tourism development concepts
- Experience managing contracts and agreements with USAID and other donors.
- Experience interacting with host country stakeholders, including governmental, public and private sector actors, and others
- Demonstrated leadership, strong interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills
- Excellent Communication and English writing skills; Knowledge of Russian and/or Romanian will be plus.
Chief of Party - Market Systems and Partnerships
J.E. Austin Associates and its consortium is seeking a dynamic and strategic leader for an anticipated USAID activity focused on catalyzing systemic change in agricultural market systems.
The Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP) Activity will be one of the flagship projects focused on advancing learning and good practice on market systems development and private sector engagement within USAID (Washington and Missions), USAID partners, and beyond by providing and improving upon the evidence, capacity, tools, technical assistance, and/or services required to design, implement, monitor, and/or evaluate activities that lead to inclusive and resilient agriculture-led economic growth, improved food security and nutrition, and increased incomes for the poor.
The Activity will engage leading private sector players in the industry to support market systems development approaches by developing long-term partnerships with the private sector; conducting research, evaluation, and analytics around market systems; and delivering training to USAID and its partners in new concepts and methods developed. Activities should lead to inclusive and resilient agricultural-led economic growth, improved food security and nutrition, and/or increased incomes for the poor. This program seeks to improve the effectiveness of Feed the Future, USAID, and other USG programs, leading to sustained development outcomes at scale.
Responsibilities and Tasks:
Based in Washington, the COP will be responsible for:
- Providing overall vision, direction, leadership, and management of the project, including regular reporting and buy-in management under MSP Activity
- Supervising senior long and short-term advisors
- Overseeing knowledge capture, organization, synthesis, use and adaptation; and executing effective strategies for implementing effective work under core and buy-in activities
- Managing project partners and resources
- Working collaboratively with partners, USAID, and field project managers to oversee/manage buy-ins for the Activity
- Overseeing reporting to USAID technical and contract personnel
- Liaising with Bureau for Food Security (BFS) and Missions (the client) to maintain frequent and open communication
- Overseeing Global Leadership Functions to generate knowledge and collate evidence on cutting-edge market systems development and private sector engagement learning questions as well as developing tactical approaches to the day-to-day front-line work involved in implementing approaches
- Oversee action research in partnership with donor and implementing partner staff; ensuring academic rigor.
- Advanced degree in relevant field required; PhD in a relevant agricultural field preferred
- 10-15 years of international development experience, COP experience is preferred
- Minimum eight (8) years of senior-level experience in leading, designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating, and managing large-scale Feed the Future and/or other agriculture and food security projects, initiatives or Centers
- Deep knowledge of Market Systems approach
- Experience managing contracts and agreements with USAID and other donors.
- Experience interacting with host country stakeholders, including governmental, public and private sector actors, and others
- Demonstrated leadership, strong interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills
- Excellent Communication and English writing skills
Career Opportunities
Open Call for Policy Consultants (Nigerian Locals)
Feed the Future Nigeria Agribusiness Investment Activity
Call for Agribusiness Policy Consultants
Location: Abuja
Project: USAID Feed the Future Nigeria Agribusiness Investment Activity
Country: Nigeria
Job Type: Short-term (contract)
Period of Performance: TBD
Program Description
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under its strategic partnership with the Federal Republic of Nigeria has awarded a five-year contract to CNFA to implement the Nigeria Agribusiness Activity, from 17th December, 2018 to 17th December, 2023. The Nigeria Agribusiness Investment Activity aims to strengthen the enabling environment for agribusiness finance and investment. To achieve this goal, the Activity focuses on four interrelated components: (i) improving the enabling environment for agricultural sector growth; (ii) broadening access to finance by mitigating the credit risks of agribusinesses; (iii) promoting and facilitating investment opportunities for agribusinesses to expand and scale up operations; and (iv) sustainably enhancing the performance of agribusiness micro, small and medium size enterprises (MSMEs). In line with the U.S. and Nigerian governments' commitment to growing the non-oil-based economy, these efforts will increase the quality, quantity, market access, and diversification of Nigeria's agribusiness sector. The Activity focuses on five value chains (Maize, Soya, Rice, Cowpea, and Aquaculture) in seven states (Benue, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Kaduna, Kebbi and Niger).
The Component 1 of the Activity is saddled with the responsibility of addressing regulatory burdens faced by agribusinesses – whether producers, aggregators, processors, or other actors in the value chains is constraining their productivity, profitability, and growth. The Activity seeks to implement reforms to improve Nigeria's agricultural and agribusiness enabling environment at the state and federal levels. The goals include but not limited to making relevant regulations less cumbersome, lowering the cost of compliance; reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers to promote more exports and import substitution; addressing infrastructure; improving the process and security of land ownership; minimizing the time it takes to perform statutory business functions; and limiting the scope for bureaucratic discretion. The Activity also works to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the policy reform process, including building capacity in monitoring policy impact, conducting policy analyses, and institutionalizing public-private sector dialogue (PPD) forums. One such intervention is helping states and other federal ministries and agencies to review their agricultural policies (gender and youth as the case may be) to be more effective in realizing the huge potential agribusiness has in contributing to state level job creation, trade, taxes, inclusion, health, nutrition, competitiveness, and import substitution
Position Description
Agribusiness Investment Activity is calling on experts and specialists in the field of policy development, reform, and advocacy to submit their CVs (along with a cover letter) for inclusion in its data base. Consulting with stakeholders and organizing formal, mixed public-private review bodies has helped to identify the barriers and inefficiencies in the business environment process and any remaining regulatory bottlenecks. From the PPDs conducted in Cross River, Ebonyi and Kebbi States, there were some ''low hanging fruits'' in the areas of policies and policy advocacy that needed to be quickly addressed and included the following:
- Absence of a well-documented Agricultural Policy;
- The high cost of inputs (specifically on fish feeds);
- Multiple taxation;
- Land availability and accessibility;
- Contract Enforcement;
- Gender and Youth development.
Some of the bottlenecks identified are as a result of implementation problems which included corruption, lack of continuity in government policies, inadequate human and material resources, all of which often led to implementation gaps. Most services are regulated, in some way, by official or unofficial policies. Sometimes, it is necessary to change those policies with the support of critical stakeholders to make sure that programs and services are accomplishing what they are supposed to. Thus the Activity is looking for qualified, committed and passionate candidates to support its policy reform and advocacy efforts, engage with private sector stakeholders, and make concrete recommendations to improve the enabling environment for agribusinesses in our targeted states and value chains. The Activity expects to award several short-term contracts to such experts in the field of agribusiness policy, legal, and regulatory development, assessments, advocacy, and ultimately reform over the next four years. The experts shall have demonstrated experience in policy review and development, policy advocacy and regulatory reform. Selected candidates will be short listed and contacted as opportunities arise. The overall objective is to place qualified individual consultants in a roster, in order to expedite the contracting process for various consultancy assignments under the Activity's Policy Component. At the end of each assignment, the consultant will submit a well-structured and persuasive report on the recommended policy changes.
Duties and Responsibilities
Illustrative duties and responsibilities required from the selected Agribusiness Policy Consultants include:
- Identify constraints in the policy (including legal and regulatory) framework and actions to address constraints that are realistic and actionable, including quick wins, by meeting with private and public sector stakeholders, and prioritizing policy reforms at both the national and sub-national levels that are both aligned with our Activity and are realistically addressable given the Activity's time and financial resource constraints;
- Analyze existing policies (national and sub-national), in collaboration with public and private sector stakeholders, and draft concrete and implementable reform recommendations, and possible solutions on how these constraints can be resolved or at least lessened;
- Interview public and private sector stakeholders regarding the impact of agribusiness policies and their subsequent implementation
- Support the activities of voluntary change champions and members of policy reform coalitions on consultative processes amongst themselves and with government (PPDs) to foster needed policy reviews and reforms;
- Participate in other policy reform related plans or interventions as may be directed by the COP or his designee.
- Illustrative deliverables include: implementation plans on how to approach, attract, organize, and motivate relevant stakeholders to engage in advocacy efforts related to improving the agribusiness enabling environment; concept notes for new policies for consideration by the relevant government agency; implementation plans regarding current policies that identify prioritized actions regarding policy reform
- University graduate in social sciences, agricultural economics, economics, law or a related field (Masters preferred)
- 7+ years of relevant policy reform and/or agribusiness work experience in Nigeria
- Work experience with USAID and/or other donor-funded projects is strongly preferred
- Experience working collaboratively with institutional and private‐sector partners and stakeholders in Nigeria, preferably on government policy matters
- Demonstrated knowledge of agricultural value chains and an understanding of the agribusiness enabling environment
- Excellent analytical, written and oral communications skills in English is a top priority
- Ability to work well in diverse teams but also able to work productively as an individual with minimum supervision
- Well organized, strong analytical skills, creative thinker, innovative, demonstrated personal initiative, with unquestionable integrity and ethics
- Ability to communicate in other Nigerian languages is a plus
- Proven ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines
- A relevant network of policy related influencers and decision makers in Nigeria is a plus
- Evidence of past performance in all of the above will also be an added advantage
Interested applicants should submit their resumes and a cover letter to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Spanish Teacher-High School
- Glen Allen, VA
What you'll be doing
- Humanizes instruction by planning a program of study that meets the individual needs of students. Secures and prepares instructional materials in advance and shows written evidence of preparation. Plans purposeful assignments for student teachers, aides, and substitute teachers. Assists in the evaluation, selection, and requisition of books, equipment, audio-visuals, and other supplementary materials. Demonstrates a knowledge of subject matter. Diagnoses and develops plans for the learning problems of students appropriate to the level of achievement. Refers students to specialists when deficiencies are detected or suspected. Implements all curriculum programs adopted system wide in a positive and efficient manner. Participates in curriculum development appropriate to assignment. Establishes clear objectives for all learning experiences and communicates these objectives to students. Demonstrates the ability to communicate effectively with students. Makes use of a variety of resources, materials, and methods in an effort to improve the effectiveness of instruction. Speaks clearly using fluent and appropriate language in well-modulated tones. Evaluates pupil accomplishments on a regular basis. Exhibits interest in what is being taught and in the needs of the student. Confers with colleagues, students, and or parents on a regular basis. Promptly and accurately handles routine matters involving reports, records and moneys. Takes all necessary precautions to protect and to maintain facilities, equipment, and materials. Returns materials to their assigned place or designated personnel promptly after use. Emphasizes and enforces safety factors within the classroom, building, and throughout school property. As an extension of classroom management responsibilities supervises students throughout the school as assigned, or as circumstances require. Maintains a disciplined atmosphere appropriate to the teaching environment. Maintains a practice of good housekeeping for self and students to improve the learning environment. Establishes reasonable classroom rules with consistent enforcement occurring in a positive way. Cooperates with administrative and supervisory staff in the evaluation process. Establishes and maintains cooperative relations with co-workers relative to school matters.
What your background should be
- Not specified
Required Schooling / Training
- Bachelor degree and a valid teaching license with an endorsement in Spanish are required.
Who is the client company
- This is an educational service provider institution.
- If you are interested in this position, send your resume to firstname.lastname@example.com


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Watch "Gotti" by 6IX9INE
Tekashi 6IX9INE returns with a new visual for "GOTTI" from Day69: Graduation Day. Unlike 6IX9INE's usual music videos, in this one he's not surrounded by gang members in New York City. Instead, he becomes a woman and enjoys life in The Dominican Republic. Watch the colorful visual filled with rainbows above. Directed by Cole Bennett and Figure Eight. During 69's time in DR, he also gave back to the locals.
Much like "Gummo," "Kooda," "Rondo," "KEKE," and "Billy," it's likely that this will be 6IX9INE's 6th Billboard Hot 100 entry.


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I have created this E-Course for couples around the world because over the past decade in private practice, I have seen many of the same communication patterns show up for couples over and again. The lack of emotion centered communication or dialogue is a cultural and systemic issue seated in the belief that vulnerability is a weakness. Unfortunately, when it comes to maintaining intimacy and connection in a romantic relationship the underpinning societal definition of vulnerability being a weakness couldn't be further-est from the truth. In fact, vulnerability is the key to emotional intimacy and deep connection. This thought process paired with making an adjustment on "how" you communicate as a couple can quite literally not only save your relationship from present or future demise, but it will enable you both to Thrive for decades to come.
It's time to Thrive, not just Survive!
The saddest moment for me as a therapist is the realization that not every one is going to make it into my office, as couples wait 7 years too long before they get any type of marital enrichment, which is unfortunate because the 21st century couple needs marital enrichment otherwise the majority of couples will become stuck, complacent, and continue the same emotional intimacy patterns of their respective parents, which is often subconscious. Thus, there is no real systemic evolution happening within our relationships and my passion is to inspire a different conversation about vulnerability and emotional intimacy for couples around the world, like many other pioneering researchers; such as Brene Brown and her pioneering research on vulnerability.
The truth is that the majority of our families (mine included) did Not Teach us how to Maintain Intimacy and Romance in our Relationships, however, the good news is that learning how to develop and maintain a close and intimate connection in our relationships can be learned. Over the past 65 years pioneering research has been done on the Science of Love and Relationships which can help enlighten us and inform different patterns in our emotional evolution as couples and as parents to our future generations.
Maintaining Love is now a Science!
Many of our family systems have raised us in the right or wrong paradigm or the "because I said so" mentality and that's all fine and well when it comes to instilling values and morals, however the con to that parenting style is that it does not take our "emotions or feelings" into consideration. In fact, many of us were raised without anyone asking us "how we feel" about something never the less make us feel heard and understood emotionally. So this "right and wrong" style of communication, which I like to call "political platform communication," follows us into our adult relationships and when it comes to intimacy and romance, this type of right and wrong "political platform" communication poisons our love quickly and replaces it with "contempt;" which according to research by Dr. John and Julie Gottman is the #1 sign of impending divorce.
The reason why a "right and wrong" communication approach ends up in divorce or a highly contemptuous relationship is because 1. in that type of communication one person is proven wrong and then silenced as a result or they become passionately angry and reactive 2. thus making it impossible for the one that is "wrong" to feel heard and repair emotionally from the disagreement. This creates distance and over time eventually becomes contempt. When you fight in the right or wrong paradigm or use "content or thought" as opposed to a "feeling focused" dialogue the conversation can quickly escalate or be shut down because neither party is not actually listening or connecting, they are just trying to "prove a point or be right" about something.
This sound familiar yet?
There are other factors that cause contempt, but the communication style of a couple is heavily influenced by "how" they are disagreeing or arguing about things in the relationship. In a nutshell, it is all about changing the mindset as well as "how" you both are communicating. For the record, it's not that you both don't know how to communicate, it's actually that you don't know how to communicate in a way that fosters deep emotional intimacy and connection and it's just because you have not been taught how to do so, yet. This E-Course will teach you how to communicate in an entirely different way than you are used to or taught to, which is exactly the goal.
It's time to change our mindset and process
surrounding communication & intimacy!
If you are reading this and thinking, I do say my feelings when communicating, I want you to know that saying how you feel is not the what this E-course is about. It's about teaching you the entire emotion focused communication process, which is not just saying how you feel. It's not that simple. However, if your at least comfortable being vulnerable with your feelings, than this e-course is a fantastic option for you because you are the exact type of person/couple that this E-Course was meant for, as it will most certainly up-level your relationship to an even deeper level of connection, intimacy, and sexuality. This E-Course will enable you to fine tune your communication process and give you step by step instruction that will deepen the intimacy even more no matter what level of connection you are both at currently. The goal here is to continue to grow and evolve in your relationship together, because if you are not growing together it is likely you both will grow apart.
Everything is constantly changing - This is the truth as we all
know it & relationship enrichment is the key to maintaining love.
This e-course is a compilation of everything I teach from an "educational & informational" perspective with my clients. Since this E-Course does not replace therapy, I do want to invite you to seek therapy in addition to taking this E-Course if you have a lot of built of contempt/resentment. If there is minimal or no contempt (meaning no trust, infidelity, or domestic violence issues etc.), than the educational tools this E-course teaches you will be perfectly aligned with your needs as a couple. In fact, even if you decide to go to therapy, this E-Course is an excellent addition to your relationship enrichment along side the therapeutic relationship you build with a mental health professional/therapist in your area. Below, I have outlined the entire E-Course for your purview.
Disclaimer: This Communication and Intimacy E-course is for educational and informational purposes only and is not meant as a substitute for or replacement of working with a mental health or medical health professional.
Master Communication & Intimacy E-course Outline
Chapter 1
Module 1: Intro to Emotional Trigger
Module 2: Emotional Trigger Discovery
Module 3: Intro Emotional Trigger Management
Module 4: Emotional Trigger management
Module 5: Intro Family, Self, & Couple's Boundaries
Module 6: Family, Self, & Couple's Boundaries
Chapter 2
Module 7: Intro to Why Emotion Focused Communication Works
Module 8: Why Emotion Focused Communication Works
Module 9: Intro to the Science of Love & Relationships
Module 10: The Science of Love & Relationships
Module 11: Intro Right & Wrong Vanquished
Module 12: Right & Wrong Vanquished
Chapter 3
Module 13: Intro to Defensiveness & Awareness
Module 14: Defensiveness & Awareness
Module 15: Intro to Time Out, Flooding, and Repairing after an Argument
Module 16: Time Out, Flooding, and Repairing after an Argument
Module 17: Intro to Creating Rituals & the Nurturing Couples List
Module 18: Creating Rituals & the Nurturing Couples List
Chapter 4
Module 19: Intro to Accountability, Expectation, & Respect
Module 20: Accountability, Expectations, & Respect
Module 21: Intro to Soft Start & Request for Change
Module 22: Soft Start & Requesting Change without Blame
Module 23: Active Listening, Feeling Heard, & Emotional Validation
Bonus "Role Play" Modules for Trigger Management
Our Master e-course program can be taken at any time, at any location in the world, which makes it very user friendly for couples that have families or businesses that are on the go.
Module 24: Role Play Video – Soft Start & Request For Change without Blame
Module 25: Role Play Video – Active Listening & Validating Multiple Realities
Module 26: Role Play Video – Repairing from an Argument, Forgiveness, & Setting Expectations
You Will Learn How To:
✔Increase emotional intimacy and deepen your connection with on point communication strategies and techniques.
✔Create an environment of appreciation and acknowledgment - 50 years of research shows happy relationships are 5x more positively acknowledging.
✔Take full accountability for what you both co-create and up-leveled your relationship's integrity by doing so.
✔Repair from arguments successfully- no more sweeping under the rug! – No More Right or Wrong!
✔Set your partner up for success by asking for what you need, want, and desire and how to make a request for change without blame before you explode!
✔ Prevent contempt and resentment and learn to forgive; building unconditional positive regard.
✔ Increase awareness about your emotional triggers and how to manage them.
✔ All about the reptilian brain and how to request a time out when needed & the differences between a secure, anxious, and insecure attachment – set new Expectations.
✔ The importance of prioritizing your connection and intimacy even during conflict.
✔ How to be mindful of your own mirror projection and learn to invite yourself into honoring love for yourself and your partner –Insecurities addressed!
✔ How you are showing up in the relationship defensively and how to lower your guard and team up instead. – 100 – 100 not 50 -50
✔ How to move your communication with each other from a negative to positive frame and learning to forgive!
You will learn all about the Science of Love and Relationship and so much more…
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Bear Stearns raised its 12-month price target on Apple stock last Friday, setting a target of $115 to $120 from the previous level of $90 to $95. The brokerage is said to have based this estimate on the benefits of an as yet unannounced Internet strategy from Apple.
Apple closed at $115 exactly on Friday evening.
A press release from Bear Stearns states: "We view Apple's near-term outlook with increasing confidence following conversations with management. It appears the quarter is on track, and there may be an upside in the revenue numbers due to better-than-expected consumer sales going into the Christmas season."
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Pole - Waldgeschichten (Pole Music)
Stefan Betke's relationship to the outside world has always been a tricky one, with very little acquiescence to the demands of journalists or fans - letting little slip with the starkly titled trio of 1, 2 and 3, similarly withholding rhythms and melodies in clouds of static, echo, and that trademark Waldorf filter. Even with the wonderful ~scape, Betke was ever the behind-the-scenes A&R man, whilst Barbara Preisinger took the public role. So, when Pole's emotive Steingarten was released, replete with a rework package engaging with the current zeitgeist, it felt like a massive change for someone whose style revolves heavily around obtuseness and distance. Sadly, when ~scape closed its doors earlier this year, Betke once again returned to his status as the great enigma.
Finally then, Pole releases his first EP in far too long - a three part journey into dub, experimental and techno titled Waldgeschichten, and it is an undeniable pleasure to listen to. Whilst the material on early releases conceptualised dub as an aesthetic of sparseness, reductionism and delay work, Wipfel sees Pole embracing a rootsy, rhythm-led sensibility not previously seen, with a skanking organ lead and loose percussion. Similarly,Wurzel works around Maurizio-esque synth drones, but draws a solid steppa's riddim out from the murk, and channels some serious bass into the mix. For most Pole fans, the highlight will undoubtedly be the B-side, which gives us the expected cavernous bass and infintessimal sound design, replete with massive delays that float around and feed back. However, the greatest joy of Waldgeschichten is hearing Pole truly open up and deliver something that feels warm, full of life and more potent than ever. Welcome back.


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The holiday season is over (I almost called it summer, but that would be an outrageous misnomer for the rain-drenched travesty we've all just been through). Journalists call it the 'silly season' because there's not much going on (holidays, no parliament, no schools, etc, etc).
While I was secretly relishing the recent stock market turmoil because it gave me something to do, it occurred to me there is one other group to whom the term silly season applies. And that group is HR. Unfortunately for the personnel community, like some kind of mythological Greek punishment, yours is a silly season without end.
Testing times
To start with, this is the period when exam results come out and those tasked with recruiting the best and brightest of our youth to their respective companies breathe a collective sigh (of despair, not relief) as we are reminded on a grand scale that skills are something today's youth don't seem to care overly much about.
Of course, many headlines dragged up the amount of people with A* results and how easy exams are these days. But the rather more pressing issue was that in terms of GCSEs, barely half (55.2%) hit a C grade in maths, and only 62.2% managed it in English.
The CBI called it "a skills nightmare" and wheeled out figures to show how employers are having to train too many of their young employees in basic skills – 15% offer remedial training in maths, and 13% train staff in basic literacy.
A while later, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) declared that employers should provide financial education for their staff in light of the same stock market turbulence that was keeping me in gainful employment. Shortly after this, figures from the Chartered Management Institute showed that the health of staff is being affected by the amount of change they face at work and employers need to do something about it. Not even suggestions (swiftly denied) that the Conservative Party would support increasing paid maternity leave to three years and three extra bank holidays seemed that out of place.
Demand-led economy
This constant barrage of demands on employers doesn't seem odd any more. Ceaseless and often unreasonable demands on employers are now the norm. But God have mercy on you if employers were to make reciprocal demands on staff. Time after time, it's employers to the rescue, and having it any other way makes you some kind of right-wing tyrant.
Recently, someone in a good job summed up the situation for me by saying he did next to nothing on a day-to-day basis, but couldn't get fired if he ran naked round the building waving his bits at all and sundry.
Increasingly, employers – the private sector in particular – are becoming a sort of secondary welfare state, providing service after service because employees simply aren't ready or willing to take on the world of work. This is all before we get started on gold-plated public sector pensions and identifying the sector that is making all the money that actually pays for them.
Calm before the exodus
It seems that business doesn't like all these demands, but will put up with them – for now. But I worry how long this relative calm will last. Businesses will go elsewhere if we cannot service them here. This is globalisation, people.
The less we have to offer from the ranks of the populace, the less time companies will waste hunting for talent here. It may take a while for other countries to catch up with the stable legal and regulatory frameworks that make the UK so attractive to investors at the moment but loyalty to dear old Blighty might become a little stretched as and when this happens. And it will happen.
Expecting companies to come to the rescue again and again so that we have the capability to get the job done is not a sustainable solution. Whether we can change the habits of a lifetime remains far from clear. However, in the interests of making this never-ending silly season seem less depressing, spare a thought for the celebrity agent I was talking to the other day.
If you think your employees are making unreasonable demands, then I recommend a day or two trying this extreme form of people management. Take these two instructive tales for example. First, she was recently woken at 3am by a client demanding to know why no paparazzi were snapping her as she stumbled, legs akimbo, out of a nightclub. The very next day, another celeb was on the telephone in tears because she had had her hair dyed and no-one had thought this a momentous enough event to publish the story in a paper.
In the midst of the eternal HR silly season, spare a thought for those enduring the downright ridiculous.


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A THUG threw tiles at his neighbours after climbing on top of the roof of a block of flats, screamed that he would kill them and then threatened a stranger with a knife in a bizarre booze-fuelled rampage.
Distraught at the death of his ex-wife, Jason Knights broke his two years abstinence from alcohol.
He climbed to the top of the roof of the flats where he lived in Dudley Road, Clacton, in April and threw tiles down into the communal garden where other residents were.
After being talked down he came down, but armed himself with a hammer and a screwdriver.
He began banging on his neighbour's door screaming he would cut her because she called the police.
Another resident got him away from the scene but he returned again, this time with a knife, and repeated his vile threat.
Knights, 49, then threw a hammer through her window and trashed his own flat.
He was arrested and taken to custody where he racially abused a police officer.
Knights was bailed with specific instructions not to go back to the address, but did so the next day.
He then followed a stranger who was visiting his mother and threatened him by hanging a kitchen knife above his head and banging on the door.
Knight, who has 28 previous convictions for 52 offences, admitted criminal damage, affray, racially aggravated harassment, threats to kill and threatening behaviour.
Judge Timothy Walker jailed him for three years at Chelmsford Crown Court.
He said: "This was absolutely shocking behaviour towards your neighbours - one of them has been left distraught by this and said she genuinely believed you would hurt her."
Rachel Law, mitigating, said: "This was one episode of him trying to deal with his grief."


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The Therapeutic Benefits of an Equestrian Lifestyle
by Allison Trimble
Horse people rarely question the value of the equestrian lifestyle. Nearly everyone can give a laundry list of things gained from having horses in their life. I am no different. I feel that many of the positive qualities I possess can be directly attributed to lessons learned through my relationship with horses.
The same path that led me to those life lessons, directed me to training horses and people through my program, Willfully Guided. A few years ago, I offered a horse camp experience to 30 underprivileged homeless and foster children through an enrichment program called Blue Skies for Children. This opened my eyes, in a new way, to the power of the horse/human relationship and the profound impact horses can have on people, including those in crisis.
Since that camp, I have a growing awareness of what horses mean to me personally and have learned more about equine assisted therapy through those involved in this growing field. There is significant science behind this therapy, and remarkable success is often seen in people who have been slow to improve through traditional methods. Often, people will make breakthroughs, or speak for the first time of personal trauma, while working with a horse.
At its most simple definition, Equine Assisted Therapy (EAT) allows people to work on life struggles through their interaction with a horse. Depending on the therapist and their qualifications, it may also be called Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy and/or Learning (EFPL/EFL). The thing I find most impressive about EAT is the effectiveness of using metaphor in horse/human interactions that directly relate to a person's life skills. As a professional horse trainer, I see those connections, but our focus is nearly always on the development of the horse. The human is the indirect recipient of the lesson. We accept that a horse is the mirror to the person in his life, but we rarely expand on what that means.
Horses operate on a trust system. The principal of trust for a person in crisis and for a horse have similarities. As flight or fight animals, horses assess a situation or person at face value. In the wild, their very survival depends on being able to "read" a situation. Learning to navigate the trust system with a horse can give a person confidence in their daily life.
"Humans can often find themselves stuck in situations or in their emotions, but horses rarely do this. They help teach people about dealing with what is in front of them, in the moment," says EAT therapist Lorna Shepardson, owner of Therapy N Motion.
Horses respond best to a clear and concise leader, with specific intention. Humans tend to be less physical in their expression of emotion while horses are more physical. Through sessions with a horse, a person learns to move and compel a 1000 pound animal. The results can be seen and are both physical and emotional. While sometimes difficult and frustrating to execute, lessons learned can have a profound impact because they are experiential in nature. Participants learn how to set boundaries and keep them. This is a skill that is critical for healthy relationships and directly translates into a person's real life.
In my quest to learn more about this process, I reached out to people in the EAT community, including Lorna Shepardson and Amy Schiller. In our conversations, I am frequently surprised by the things that I know and accept about horses, yet never associated or attributed to humans. For example, one of the exercises is to observe horses in a herd scenario and discuss their body language, making observations about their demeanor, spatial awareness and connections in the herd. This is a powerful metaphor useful in human interactions and I find it fascinating. I have also been reading a book by Leigh Shambo, one of the leading authorities and practitioners of EAT called The Listening Heart. It examines the foundation and application of equine assisted therapies. I encourage you to read this book; it is quite moving. The lessons taught by horses are endless.
My interest in EAT is two-fold: Couldn't these concepts be useful to all humans, in crisis or not? Wouldn't I be a better trainer, mother, friend, and human being if I deliberately sought to implement the metaphors into daily life, not simply use them in my profession? I embrace the naturally occurring therapeutic benefits of a life with horses, but I am excited to find ways to thoughtfully integrate these concepts into a proactive program, one that builds happy horses and humans.
Published February 2014 Issue
Allison Trimble has a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from Cal Poly, SLO. After her graduation in 1999, Allison started Coastal Equine and has been training and competing in cowhorse, reining and cutting events. She has had marked success in the show pen boasting many titles and championships.
Willfully Guided is an educational program based on Allison's training process. For more information visit: www.willfullyguided.com
Allison is also a Realtor specializing in horse properties, hobby and commercial farms, and family housing. She combines her experience in the horse industry with her lifelong involvement in real estate to help clients find their perfect property. Learn more at www.coastalrealtywa.com


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This is one of a collection of films made by the Selby Cine Club. This film provides a wonderful overview of the town of Selby as it was in 1965 and is accompanied by an interesting historical commentary. It shows pedestrians and traffic in the town centre, many of the shops, and includes the Toll Bridge, the Monday market, the Reverend John Kent giving a tour of the Abbey, the shipyard, the BOCM Mill, and a Council meeting.
A Tyne Tees Television production originally broadcast in 1973 and re-broadcast in 1980 as part of the About Britain series that looks at the North Yorkshire village of Botton, a Camphill Community for the mentally handicapped, which is celebrating its silver jubilee. The film intercuts interviews with both co-workers as well as parents of residents talking about what their children gain from being part of this community with views of the disabled at work in various farming, craft and therapeutic workshops.


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This event was organised by Minhaj-ul-Quran Dundee aimed towards young Adults aged 13-25. It was brought together under the supervision of President Minhaj-ul-Quran Dundee Talat Mahmood and youth in charge Allama Adeel Qasmi who prepped the participants.
Youth gathered from all over Scotland including Glasgow, Coatbridge, fife and Dundee to participate and gain Islamic spiritual knowledge. This was the second biggest event after Al-Hidayah in Scotland with over 70 participants male and female.
The content of this event included Qiraat, speeches, nasheeds and poems all aimed to increase the knowledge and motivation of the audience. Great emphasis was given to the importance of actively gaining knowledge and building connections with institutions and scholars who can help reach these goals.
Speakers shared their own experiences on how they became closer to the Deen and advised the audience on how they too can do the same. President Minhaj-ul-Quran Scotland (RCC) Allama Shahid Babar also said a few words of encouragement and congratulated the organisers for a successful event. It was stated by the Chairman SICC M Khalid Yousaf that it was vital to have such gathering as these so that we can equip our youth with the right knowledge so that they can go into society and spread the true meaning of Islam. Surprust Hafiz Abid Awan also appreciated everyone's effort and participation.
- Host/Stage Secretary: Hammad Mahmood & Sehrish Mahmood (Dundee)
- Speakers: Saif Suleman (Coatbridge), Haneen Fatima (Glasgow), Yaqoob (Glasgow)
- Absaar Younis (Dundee), Hajjrah ( Dundee) Zeeshan Mahmood (Dundee)
- Naat sharif: Minhaaj Naat Council (Dundee), Minhaj Naat Council ( Glasgow), Rehaan Asghar (Dundee),
- Qiraat: Brother Hammad ( Fife) & Sister Hinnah Ahmed
Event Organised By Minhaj-ul-Quran Dundee ( SICC Dundee) : 'Call Of Duty'
Venue: Scottish Islamic And Cultural Centre Dundee
Date: 25th February 2018


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I have this up because this little G3.1.1 throws a lot of people off. It's just this ruling and the problem was that in LEED 2.2 they did it to find this, and so it gave people the option to make up their own rules almost. They just had to come up with something. But what can happen-- let's just say (so that we don't confuse everyone) we don't want to have thermal blocks and we have a 60 story building.
So one system per floor would mean 60 systems, and subsequently, that would mean 60 cooling plants. But here's the catch-- TRACE can only model 20 cooling plants and 20 heating plants. We can't even model that. Therefore, what you could do is make an assumption..
This goes back to probably the most important table, table G3.1, which you'll reference the most. It's the very last thing here. It's "Modeling Limitations to the Stimulation Program." If it cannot model the component in the proposed explicitly, though this would carry over to the Baseline, you could substitute a thermodynamically similar method.
In such a case, you'd end up making 20 systems for your 60 floors and trying to group them in a way such that the most similar floors are grouped together. Typically, they would probably be adjacent. That's really your only choice, is to model something thermodynamically similar.
In this case actually it makes things easier, as well, because you have less systems and less plants. As you can see, if it were thermal blocks and we required single zone systems, that happens almost every time, and so if we had 100 rooms and it was a smaller building and we didn't create thermal blocks, we end up having 100 systems because we have one system per thermal block which would be, by default, a room. Then we would have to have 100 plants which of course is impossible. So that is just another reason to have thermal blocks, and then if you still can't get around it, you'd have to use that thermodynamically similar clause. The way to word that is just, in your little paragraph where you get to submit and make your statement about the modeling technique, basically say that the modeling limitation to TRACE only allows 20 plants, however G311 would require that we have 60 plants so we model 20 and this is thermodynamically similar. You can see what they say. Every file gets comments. I've never heard of one going through the first time. You're going to get comments. The fact of the matter is that you want as few comments as possible. A comment on something like that would probably just be something like, "Either switch your efficiencies so that you're not modeling it for large blocks," but I doubt that you'd even get that. They might question you or they might just want further explanation on your thermodynamically similar method. I wouldn't worry about trying that because you have no other choice.
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I recently visited Memphis, TN, my son had a cross country meet there, and I figured as long as I was going I might as well see some sights. Before I left, I got some local information from my high school friend Cindy who had lived there recently before returning back to the ATL. She was very helpful and insightful, and I actually made it to a couple of the places she suggested – thanks Cindy.
I arrived on Saturday afternoon, and my first stop was at Memphis Barbecue Co – well let me tell you, I got dry rubbed ribs, and they were not only seasoned well, but they were fall off the bone good. I was very excited about the prospect of eating my way through Memphis.
Next stop – Graceland…I have to admit, when I told my friends I was going there, I got a lot of flack, mostly people telling me that "Elvis was racist, didn't I know that". Well I've heard the stories, but I've grown to realize that you can't always believe everything you hear…wasn't there a rumor about Tommy Hilfiger – I'm just saying, do your research and don't always believe everything you hear. This repeated rumor made me want to find out more so I did…check out these articles –
Well, all I can say is believe what you want, but always get to the truth before spreading, or continuing rumors.
Now that I've said my peace, I thought Graceland was very interesting. You get there by driving down Elvis Presley Blvd, and it seems to be located smack dab in the middle of the hood. Apparently when Elvis purchased the property it was nothing but farmland – my, how times change. Parking was across the street, and since Graceland was open for business, the famous gates were swung open, so I didn't get that picture, but I sure did take a lot more.
I bought the VIP pass, no standing in line for me, and that got me into the Lisa Marie quarters. Did you know that Elvis had a twin brother? Let me just say, I felt the trip was well worth my time, and I got to get a close-up view of how the King lived…
Back to the hotel, I snapped some shots of the team before the competition, and after a quick change of clothes, I was on my way to the Mike Rose Soccer Complex. There were four different races, and since I am the team photographer I got a good workout. The race finished in a 6000 seat stadium – Olympic style. It was good night, and Justin finished 10th in his race, not bad for a hilly course.
So the plan was to leave there and head to B.B. Kings' Blues Café – that didn't happen. Not only did the bottom fall out of the sky – I was so tired from a full day that I all I wanted to do was go to sleep.
I woke up refreshed and ready to check out some more of Memphis – 1st up, lunch at Gus's Fried Chicken. I got there early, so I headed to the river. It reminded me of Hyde Park in Chicago, very serene. I snapped lots of pictures, and I talked to this nice couple who were in town for their granddaughters wedding.
10:45, in line at Gus's, talked to a nice family while I waited. The baby had a pretty pink feather bow in here hair…
Once Gus opened at 11:00, ten minutes later the seating was full and more people were waiting in line. I ordered the fried green tomatoes and a two piece dark plate with a side of beans and slaw. The chicken was spicy, and moist – delicious, not the best I've ever tasted, but good; the fried green tomatoes were acceptable – beans and slaw were average. I'm hoping the chicken at the Watershed in Atlanta can top it, G. Garvin says it's good, so I'll be making my way down there soon, I'll let you know. After lunch, I caught a trolley around the city, and got off near the National Civil Rights Museum.
At the Civil Rights Museum I saw where the Dr. King died. I took lots of photos and learned more about Dr. King. Tears welled up in my eyes as I watched the video made about his last days. He has definitely had a profound impact on me, and I was reminded yet again how one lunatic, can change the course of history.
Headed back to Atlanta, I enjoyed the visit.


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Just a few of the lyrics:
In the valley of the shadow where my plans turn to dust. When I am walking through the unknown in the waiting I will trust. When the sky falls, when the flood comes, let the rushing water rise. When my soul is warn and weary and I have no place to hind, I KNOW YOU WON'T LET ME GO. Fortress for my soul, my Helper, You are my Shelter. You are my HOPE, My Anchor in the storm….
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How to Enable Night Shift Mode on iOS 9.3September 24, 2018
- Navigate to Settings > Display & Brightness
- Now select Night Shift to view all of the related options
- You will see two switch of Schedule and Manually Enabling
- You can schedule this feature when it should be turned on and off automatically by setting up the time
- By toggling Manually Enable Until Tomorrow, You can enable this feature from this time to tomorrow.
- You will also see a slider to change color quality from More warm to less warm
iOS 9.3 has been introduced with several awesome features. But one special feature "Night Shift Mode" has attracted me more. Apple hopes this will help users to have better sleep.
According to many researchers, Bright blue lights emitted by iOS devices in the evening can harm your sleep. It can keep you awake later at night than you want. So, Apple brought this feature that can reduce the blue light emitted by your iphone or ipad at night which will help you to have better sleep at night.
How to Enable Night Shift Feature in iPhone, iPad:
To turn it on –
I guess, Night shift feature seems weird to you. But after using it for several days, You will start liking this latest apple's magic.
Who can Run Night Shift Tool:
Now, Question may arise "Is my device is eligible to run night shift tool?". This feature will support the devices with 64 bit processor. That means iPhone 6 and newer, iPad Pro, iPad Air will be able to run this feature.


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When working in employee time cards, it may be necessary at times to add, change or delete employee data. Use the button to recalculate all totals and refresh any time card data.
Example 1: If an employee forgets to clock out and clock in for a break, a manager can manually add the punch times to the employee's time card. The manager should then use the Recalculate Employee button to recalculate the total hours for the day, reflecting the added break in the calculations.
Example 2: While viewing a time card, another user adds a time out punch to the same time card. The Recalculate Employee button will refresh the time card screen to include the time out punch.
Note: There is also a setting in the Standard Time Card View that will automatically recalculate the time card every time a change is made. Click the icon to access the settings and go to the Time/Punch Settings screen to change the setting to automatic.


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NFL season is back, and so is Big Al with his weekly NFL Picks!
Here we go! The NFL is back and so is Big Al with my weekly picks. After an average year last season – 63%, I am looking to step my game up even more.
First week picks are not the easiest because there's not a lot of data to study. Still, let get it in!
(Home Team in CAPS)
NEW ENGLAND over Kansas City
Pats have to be coming in feeling good. They won another Super Bowl. They have Brady at the beginning of the season. They have Brandin Cooks as another weapon for Brady. What is not to be happy about? Oh yeah, Edelman is out for the season. That hurts, but not enough to lose their first game. Plus, they copped Dorsett from Indy, who is a good young WR, so they will be good. I do expect a close game, because I think KC will be better this year – but I am rolling with Brady on this one.
NY Jets over BUFFALO
I know the Jets are not supposed to win any games, according to the experts. But if there is any week I can take a homer pick – it is it. Week 1 against a rebuilding Bill squad. Plus, I am a believer that the Jets are not going to be as bad as people are thinking, so why not? The Jets defense is good enough to match up and stop some offenses in this league. The Bills have some young talent on offense and defense, but I think the young secondary might offer enough mistakes for the Jets offense to score enough points to win.
Pittsburgh over CLEVELAND
Will the Browns finally be better? I think so. I like the young QB, Kizer. I expect them to be an improved team all the way around. But Pittsburgh is too good. One of the best in the AFC this year. Even with a star RB, Bell, who missed the entire preseason, they have enough firepower to phase him in and allow this game to be an extended preseason game – truth be told. I expect Haden to make his old team pay for getting rid of him.
Atlanta over CHICAGO
Ok – here we go Falcons fans. Time to get back on the horse after getting kicked in the teeth during the Super Bowl. The only thing worse than losing the Super Bowl by giving up a 28-3 lead, is losing the first game of the year to an average Bears team after losing the Super Bowl where you gave up a 28-3 lead. I don't see that happen. The Bears have a decent defense, but their offense is still young. The Falcons, look better to me on paper and I expect them to make a long run in the playoffs again the year. I am going with ATL on this one.
HOUSTON over Jacksonville
This one will be interesting. I figure Houston will be amped up as they rep for their hurricane-ravaged city. That extra motivation and their stifling defense should do the trick in this one. Last year, I was a big believer in the Jags coming into the season, well not this year. I jumped off the Bortles train after the first month of last season and it is going to take a lot to get be back on as a passenger. I will be watching to see how Leonard Fournette fares against the Texan defense.
TAMPA BAY over MIAMI – Postponed Until Week 11
Carolina over SAN FRANCISCO
The Panthers have to be one of the biggest question marks this season. Two seasons from being in the Super Bowl and then last season they crashed and burned. They added some talent on offense and defense, so they are poised to be better this season. The 49ers… point blank, I don't think they are a good team. A young team, with a new coach, and without a quarterback. Should be a long season.
CINCINNATI over Baltimore
This should be a good game. A division game, with good QBs. The problem is, Baltimore has a banged up Flacco. With the Bengals coming off a wack year, I expect them, led by AJ Green, to have all the engines revving on Sunday.
Arizona over DETROIT
This is one of the games that could go both ways. I am not sure what to make of Arizona. Will they win even win their division? It's hard to see how they got better in the offseason. When I look at Detroit, Matt Stafford is still a beast, but will they have running game? At the end of the day, I like David Johnson as the best player on the field and he should be the difference.
Oakland over TENNESSEE
I hear a lot of people riding the Titans like I was riding the Jags last season. I do like the Raiders and think they can make some noise this year. Their offense is still kind of young, so I don't think they will be better until December. Tennessee might be ready to take that leap, but they are going to have to show me.
DALLAS over NY Giants
With Ezekiel Elliott playing the Cowboys are a special team. Dak Prescott is ready. Odell might play, but he has not practiced in weeks. The Cowboys have the best offensive line in the league, but the Giants defensive line is their nemesis. Dallas' defense is suspect, but so is the Giants' offensive line. Bottom-line, the NFC East champion will be one of these teams. The Giants defense is their strength, but without a running game they will have to rely on Eli. As long as he is on and Odell is right, the Giants will be fine, but that is a lot of pressure. I am going with the Cowboys.
GREEN BAY over Seattle
I must admit I am still mad about that great throw Aaron Rodgers made against the Cowboys to win that playoff game. Alright I just had to get that out. Let's see, the Seahawks are going to be better this year. The will be trying to reestablish their dominance in the NFC, so they will be coming into Green Bay trying to get a W. It will not be easy. Last year, Green Bay struggled to establish running game, well this game will be a great test for them to see if they are any better.
MINNESOTA over New Orleans
I am looking forward to seeing Peterson and Brees in the backfield together. Two future first-ballots hall of famers, I am hoping for the best. I liked Minny's defense last year, so I am anxious to see how they can match up against New Orleans. From my vantage point, New Orleans' offensive line is weak. So Drew Brees might be rushed all day. Their best hope is that Peterson and Mark Ingram can have a great day. I will rock with Minny on this one.
Philadelphia over WASHINGTON
A great rivalry game. Philly has improved on offense, so they will be better than last year. I like Cousins over Wentz in this one. Not that Wentz is a scrub, but Cousins should exploit Philly's defense. I am rolling with the home team in this one.
LA RAMS over Indianapolis
Not much to say, but I am going with the Rams.
DENVER over LA Chargers
This will be a defensive low-scoring game. Can the Charger offense make enough plays is the real question. I like Melvin Gordon and Philip Rivers. Rivers is one of the best, so he will make enough plays to score points. The Chargers will keep this close, but I like Denver because of the Broncos defense.