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As Islam only started being successful after Mohammed started both peddling his new religion of Islam under threat of violence as well as promising his followers to be allowed the use of almost unlimited rapine and violence on non-believers, violence has been paramount in this "religion of peace". The problem is that there are a billion and a half muslims and laws of inertia make it virtually impossible to ever change the percentage of radicals to an "acceptable" number by application of either carrot or stick. The percentage of radicals might have changed very little during the 1400 years of the spread of Islam but until the last decades their aggression was limited to the Middle East & North Africa so the west did neither care nor felt it sufferd the last few hundred years conveniently forgetting it barely survived the Islamic onslaught in 732 and 1683. Since 1996 however the west gets affected and it sees only one way in handling this threat to enlightenment: accepting unlimited amounts of immigrants and undoubtedly converting to Islam in the foreseeable future as the alternative would be a war on such a scale that it is unthinkable to the ever less inclined to fight for it's values, liberal mind.ReplyDelete
So, let's talk about Moderate Nazism and Moderate Communism. Nazis are "radicalized" by a host of internal conditions unique to Germany. Communists are "radicalized" by a host of conditions and problems unique to Russia (or to Eastern Europe, or to South America). These "radicalized" Nazis and Communists have nothing to do with Nazism and Communism. Their ideologies have nothing to do with their basic ideologies. These "radicalized" Nazis and Communists do not adhere to genuine Nazism and Communism. You can't claim that they're Nazis or Communists because that would be defaming Nazism and Communism. Makes sense, right? Blame the violent extremists who wrongly quote Mein Kampf and Das Kapital! They have no right to quote those sacred texts! We've got to root out the violent extremists without quoting or denigrating Nazism and Communism! That's what CVE is all about. It's a very successful program in nurturing "violent extremism," but that's another story and irrelevant here. Don't change the subject. That's just Naziphobia and Communophobia! You ought to be stood before a firing squad!ReplyDelete
Another factor to consider is how Islam operates internally, among its own followers. I once questioned a Muslim about how it is possible that devout Muslims are slaughtering each other in devoutly Muslim states like Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Algeria, Libya, Yemen, and other places? After we are told constantly that Islam supposedly means "peace" (it doesn't, it means "submission") and useful idiots like Bush and Obama try to convince us that Islam is a religion of peace. So how can countries that have overwhelming majorities of Muslims and in which Islam is the official religion and the members of the public were raised in an Islamic educational system, end up tearing each other apart? The Muslim answered "It has nothing to do with Islam, it is due to LOCAL FACTORS", just like Daniel mentioned. Well, even if there are "local factors", the public's Muslim values seem to be completely ineffective in deterring them from butchering one another, not to mention infidels in Europe. Thus, we can ask what value there is in Islam as a supposed "religion of peace" if it can't bring peace among its own believers.ReplyDelete
Another question that can be raised about Islam's supposed command for peace is the indifference Muslims in the West show towards the fratricidal slaughter their brother Muslims are carrying out in the Middle East. Have we seen any sort of Muslim "peace movement" in the West calling for an end to the killing? Even if we say that in the Middle Eastern countries themselves, where all the governments are dictatorships of one sort or another, that people can not organize 'peace movements' or demonstrations without the regime's permission, this is most definitely NOT the case in the West. Whereas when Israel is attacked by Palestinian terrorists and then defends itself, we see large anti-Israel demonstrations in places like London and Paris, we DO NOT see any comparable demonstrations denouncing intra-Muslim slaughter with scenes like Shi'ite and Sunni leaders marching arm in arm saying that those who are carrying out the violence are a disgrace to Islam and that all true Muslims should condemn them. All we hear is SILENCE. They simply do not care. All we can deduce from this is that Islam DOES NOT educate its followers to an abhorrence of violence. I am well aware that Western Muslims will say "those who are being violent are not 'real' Muslims" but this then leads us ask these pious Muslims about what they are doing to stop these people from killing in the name of their religion. All we see is NOTHING. Indifference.ReplyDelete
Every Islamic terrorist movement is said by dweebs in high places to have a "political wing." They can then talk to, cater to, or fund the "political wing" without soiling themselves, as they see it. Magically, the "political wing" then delivers all the goodies to that other wing lurking in the shadows. We can have moderate Palestinian murderers, moderate Iranian murderers, moderate ISIS murderers, you name it. To deny their moderation is to admit that dealing with them on these terms is treason to America.ReplyDelete
Excellent points, although I was already converted to your view some time ago :)ReplyDelete
How about starting with the term: "Palestinians" that was hijacked by the Arabs, specifically Arafraud, who immigrated to "Palestine" with the help of the Brits. I would use the term: Paliestinians or Fakenstiniens but definitely not Palestinians.ReplyDelete
Exactly!!! And we didn't knowingly and willingly 'import' Nazi's and Commies by the 10's of thousands into the US ...ever! Yet Islam, an ideological belief system of conquest, hiding behind a fig leaf of religiosity, is many times the threat to world peace that either the Nazi's or Commie's represented. And still the left works to bring that rot into our culture at a dizzying pace!
The only logical explanation is what Andrew McCarthy outlined in his best seller 'The Grand Jihad'. Islam and the Left are in a partnership, the agenda of which is to destroy what is left of Western Civilization. Personal Freedom & Individual Responsibility, Capitalism, Christianity and Judaism, Nationalism, Federalism, the Nuclear Family, the Rule of Law, etc. are being killed off in favor of their twin tyrannical goals ... a Worldwide Caliphate and/or a New World Order. Within the notion that 'the enemy of my enemy is my fried', Islam and the Left together play this dangerous and ultimately self defeating game, the end of which can lead only to total annihilation of us all... the Armageddon that Islam's adherents so stupidly are striving for!
Greenfield is spot on and the sooner we realize that Islam and the Left are the two greatest threats to America, and give them the political, economic and spiritual beating they so richly deserve, the sooner we can get back to being that 'Shining City on a Hill', again!
Muslim/Islamic, tomato, tomatoe are one and the same.
If one reads middle eastern history back to at least the era of Abram (Abraham)one can clearly see , the mentality of every tribe from any of the countries, nations or states are almost exactly the same. whether, Jew, Hebrew, Arab, Syrian, Turk or dukes mixture. They all have a strong tendency towards physical violence, slaughter without mercy and rebellion against everyone, including their own relatives.
CVE is a lousy, dangerous joke, rather like the entire Mobama administration and its Lemming Leader. It was never meant to curb or stop moslem terrorism, but just to bullsh*t us.ReplyDelete
"To truly believe in Islam is to possess the conviction that every country in the world must become Islamic and be ruled by Islamic law. Islamic terrorism is one tactic for realizing this conviction."
Thank you for the article. Islam demands of its followers that they murder or enslave anyone who disagrees with them. That some followers of Islam do not follow this commandment explicitly means nothing since they are enablers for those who do.
Islam will continue to ruthlessly attack the West because Western culture is based upon freedom and individual rights, both of which are anathema to followers of Islam.
We have to recognize that we have no choice. As long as Islam exists, we will be at war with Islam. Until we take the proper actions to defend ourselves and our culture, people in the West will continue to die at the hands of the vicious tyrannical followers of Islam.
Our Western cultures have been indoctrinated by the
notion of granting unconditional acceptance of all
other cultures. So, not to accept is denounced as
bigoted, racist. A daunting taboo.
Without these blinders, a rational human can see
Islam as the horrible derangement it is.
All this justification of Islam ... oh, pardon me, I meant radicalization of Islam, of course, is yet another example of the Blame the Victim attitude so characteristic of the Political Correctness Gestapo.
Just like they justify black crime by going back to slavery, 100+ years ago; and illegal immigration by going back to the Conquista, 500+ years ago.
Whatever your problem is, just make sure you blame Western Whitey and you'll get away with murder. Literally.
I don't know about Islam, but let me tell you what I know about fellow Christians. There are 3 kinds. Cultural Christians change what they believe to fit the culture they live in. Fundamental Christians believe what they read in the Scriptures. Radical Christians read into the Scripture and go beyond what is clearly written. Using this as a template, your Jihadists are not radical, but fundamental, since they are only doing what their book (and history) clearly tells them. This is why Islam can never be "reformed". You can't change what the Koran clearly states. They are the forever enemy.ReplyDelete
We should no more 'analyze' the why any more than we try to plumb the motivation of Charles Manson. Crazy is as crazy does. It's unimportant whether it comes from a book 99% of all Muslims can't read or because mommy touched them funny.ReplyDelete
Liberal elites have granted muslims the 'natural being condition' so that, they don´t bear any responsibility for their acts. You can't blame a snake when it bites. The sensible thing is to become a jihadi whisperer. Pure logic.ReplyDelete
There is no Good Islam and no Bad Islam, as Muslim leaders occasionally trouble to tell us. The distinction that our leaders make between Good Islam and Bad Islam is not theological, but pragmatic. They dub whatever is shooting at us right now Bad Islam and assume that everything else must be Good Islam. That is the fallacy which they used to arrive at their Tiny Minority of Extremists formula.
There is no Tiny Minority of Extremists. Behind the extremists are countries and billionaires, global organizations and Islamic banks. Outsourcing our counterterrorism strategy to the countries and ideologies behind the terrorists we're fighting isn't a plan, it's a death wish.
The Jihad isn't coming from some phantom website. It's coming from our Muslim allies. It's coming from Pakistan, Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. It's coming from the Muslim Brotherhood and its front groups. It's coming from the moderate Muslim leaders that our leaders pose with at anti-extremism conferences. And it's coming from the mosques and homes of the Muslims living in America.
There is no Good Islam.
There is no Bad Islam.
There is just Islam.
There is just the Quran.
The correct terminology, if we want to be accurate, is not radical or moderate, but active or passive. Those we call radical are the ones who are acting out. Because Islam is Islam and they all share the same doctrine the ones who do not act out are not moderate but only passive, not currently inclined to act on their beliefs.ReplyDelete
Not possible to combat 'Islamic radicalisation' without considering Islam as a possible cause...could be because once that's done there's no need to look any further.
Interesting that honesty has become grounds for ridicule, in a mad world going proudly madder.
Daniel, you are dead on the mark...Pity so few see this...unfortunately the solution is pretty grim but nevertheless necessarReplyDelete


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Campsfield House Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) is looking for people to join the team and help with this varied work.
Campsfield House IRC, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxfordshire.
Monitoring fairness and respect for people in custody
About us
In every Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), there is an Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) – a group of ordinary people doing an important job.
Campsfield House IMB is looking for people to join the team and help with this varied work.
- We are volunteers appointed by the Home Secretary to provide an independent view of the establishment.
- We monitor conditions in the Centre to ensure that those detained are treated justly and humanely.
- We don't make the rules, but we see that they are applied fairly and we monitor their effects.
- We operate independently of the Immigration Services and Centre Management.
- We listen to detainees' requests and complaints, in confidence, and bring them to the attention of the authorities, where appropriate.
- We have unrestricted access to all areas in the Centre.
- We question authorities where we are dissatisfied, and take our concerns to the Home Secretary if necessary.
We welcome applications from people over 18 and are particularly keen to hear from those of working age and individuals from black and minority ethnic communities, since these categories are under-represented on the Board. Applicants must be UK citizens or permanent residents.
To discover more about these vacancies, please look at the website of the Independent Monitoring Boards (www.IMB.org.uk), where you will also find our Annual Reports.
For details of the application process and further assistance, please contact the IMB Secretariat on 0203 334 3265.

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Welcome back! I'm finally getting around to sharing some of the toys/puzzles that have helped me & my little ones tremendously when it comes to learning through play. I strongly believe in the term "learning through play", and as a stay at home mama, I've enjoyed & found that playing with my babies while helping them learn, has been one of the best rewarding feelings I've experienced as a mother, yet.
I started 'learning through play' with Camilo when he was just a toddler, and I've planned on doing the same with Max. We are now starting with the basics, such as words & sounds, and doing anything I can to help develop strong emotional, social, language, and fine motor skills.
Camilo was able to identify & learn his ABC's, shapes, colors, and numbers, in the comfort of our very own home when learning through play. I've never really looked at it as a "teaching task", but more so as simply spending quality time, when playing and reading with them.
I slowly introduced all the toys I had saved & stored away for when Max hit an appropriate age to play with them. We started off with a few Melissa & Doug chunky puzzles, and those seemed to help with his fine motor skills the most. Most of the toys we've used are actually by Melissa & Doug, and I just love how all of their toys target different areas to help develop skills and growth.
I love these few toys by Melissa & Doug! They've helped build & develop great fine motor skills, by helping him place pieces back where they belong, and helping him with color recognition.
Chunky Puzzles we love to play with:
Farm Animal Puzzle: here
Vehicle Puzzle: here
Pegboard Toy: here
Another puzzle of theirs that we found extremely helpful and fun was their ABC puzzle. This is the puzzle that helped Camilo learn his alphabet as we practiced each letter and its image.
Another great place I always find great educational toys and other stuff, is from the dollar spot inside Target! I'm constantly finding things that we enjoy playing & learning with.
Learning through play comes as easy as a reading a book together, & finding an activity to do that's related to the story. Disconnecting from the world & our duties to spend quality time with our children is priceless, & the outcome is absolutely amazing! So many great things come from simply playing, reading, and singing with them!
"As parents, we are our children's first and best teachers."
I hope some of you found this post enjoyable and helpful, as this was one of my most requested posts as of yet. See you all on the next one!
(Wooden ABC puzzle by This & That ETC.)
For more activities and ideas, follow my Pinterest! (:


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Episode Summary
It's the question everyone asks themselves. Who the hell am I? And who can I help with my business? If you have asked these questions about yourself, you're not going to want to miss this episode. Dr. Ben Adkins will walk you through his steps in helping you identify who you really are.
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So we've been talking about how to become famous but before you can get in and really grab and audience and be passionate about who you are, you've gotta know who you are and how you relate to the people that you're trying to reach.
On this episode, we're going to talk about how to start mapping that out and how to really dig into your core audience and how they're going to fall in love with you.
Alright? Let's dive in. Let's do it.
You're listening to the Serial Progress Seeker podcast. My name is Dr. Ben Adkins and I wanna take you behind the scenes and show you how I build a multimillion dollar digital internet business and how I'm turning that entire business into something that I can take with me anywhere, inside of a backpack.
Let's get started with the show.
Alright, so last time we hinted at sort of this medium in the machine. How are we actually going to get in front of these 1,000 fans and really bring them closer to us? In episode two, I talked through how we're gonna be doing that with content and how we're gonna create it, how I create it, and how all this starts to come together.
Before we get to deep into that, we have to talk about something that's really important which a lot of people miss out on. They start marketing. They start putting out content. They start doing all this stuff. They don't get any results. It's not working the way it's supposed to and the reason that that happens is because you can start putting out things because you think that's where the money's at but you're not really speaking to anybody.
Now the reason, if there's any reason that I have blown up in my business, blown up in the other businesses that I've been involved in, it's not because there's anything overly special about me, it's just I know pretty much exactly who I'm talking to and I'm talking to people who have a similar level of nerdiness of things that I do. And so it's really, really important that we talk about this. This is going to be one of those that people want to skip over the whole figuring out who the hell you are and I get that. Nobody wants to focus on finding your niche or whatever you want to call it but it's really the most important thing.
So the whole ballgame is pretty simple. You know you can get super complicated with this. I'll make sure to share some of the ways that I do this in more of a long form, but I wanna walk you through sort of figuring out who you are and who you should be going after.
So the first thing that I really think about when I do this, and I've got about five big points here. Okay, so five big points that we're going to cover. But the first one is pretty simple. Who do you want to help? I think that this is really important because a lot of people start off with, well what are you good at? And that's great. I think if you're already good at something, maybe you're a doctor, maybe you're a lawyer, maybe you focus on helping a certain person to get better at swinging a baseball bat, or shooting free throws, whatever it may be that's great. If you're already there, you already have an idea, that's wonderful.
But the very beginning of it is who do you wanna help because it has less to do with what you've already done and it's more of what do you want to do because there was a time when I was a chiropractor and that was my gig and that's what I did. So I helped people get out of pain and so the obvious answer I would have said I should be doing is more chiropractic related and helping people with pain, or helping people with weight loss, or whatever. But I had this really weird thing that I did to grow my chiropractic office that I really fell in love with. And I was an absolute nerd for marketing. Along the way I started to figure out I was more into marketing than I was anything else out there especially marketing as it related to the internet. And when I got into this stuff, I got results. I grew my office; things started happening and I never really looked at that as the thing I was doing to help people but I started to have people ask me. What I figured out along the way, I really enjoy helping people with their marketing too.
So I was sitting there, I was a chiropractor, and I loved helping people with that, but I kind of got in my head that I really loved helping businesses with their marketing and to grow and to make a whole lot more money with a lot less work. And that was something that always sort of appealed to me. So when I asked myself the question, the first thing was who do you wanna help? And when I really got down to it, I wanted to help people more with their business and growing and marketing than I wanted to help people with their back pain. It was a close race, but that was the race and that's what I figured out. I, at the time I figured that out, I didn't really think that I was equipped to help people with their marketing but I knew that's what I wanted to do. So I poured myself into it.
That's the thing. In the beginning, what do you want to do? Who do you want to help? And once you figure that out, you can really start moving in and I always ask people this, it's underneath who do you wanna help. You get really into this mode, what are you really nerdy about? What would you have fun talking about all day, every single day? And that's they key. That's what you've gotta look for.
So number two is who have you helped already? So this was sort of the hit for me. When I was a chiropractor I helped people with their back pain, was really pretty good at that, but also I really enjoyed when I got to sit down and talk to people about their marketing and they were getting results. And so I knew, with who I'd helped already, that I was starting to become capable to help people with that stuff. So that's the second question that I asked.
The third question is, what does their life look like? The people that you want to help, what does their life kind of look like? What are they after? What are their hopes and their dreams? What do they drive? Where do they go to work every day? What do they eat? What is their home life look like? Do they have kids? Did they go to college? You've gotta get really deep into that stuff, is what they look like and I get all crazy exhausted with this. I will take a chunk of time and I will build out exactly what this person looks like, even sometimes to the effect of you're why does that even relate to the thing we're trying to sell them? But it all relates. Everything is interconnected and so I really break down what do these people look like that I'm trying to help, that I want to help, that I wanna hang out with every day, that I wanna teach things that I know how to do so that their life can be better.
And, which brings me to sort of this fourth point, which is an extension of the third point. It's something I call my Pinterest board method and this is kind of what I do. I will sit down in front of Pinterest and for anybody who doesn't know anything about Pinterest, Pinterest is a place where it's very picture oriented and it's aimed, it's primary audience, I wouldn't say aimed but of course it is aimed at them, it's primarily aimed at females. This is a place where females can go learn things and build boards, what they call boards, that sort of encapsulate different parts of their lives. Now it's not just for females, it's for males. I love Pinterest. It's one of my favorite places just because of the things that you can do.
But with Pinterest, what I'd like to do, as I'm thinking about this person that I want to help, as I'm thinking about sort of what their life's about, I will build boards for these people. So, on Pinterest you will see someone building a board and it's sort of all of these things they want in their life or they want to know how to do or they want saved in a place. What I do is I will build boards for this customer avatar, the person that I'm after and I will build things that they want to eat. So I will look for things that I think they will eat and what's so great about Pinterest, it displays all these pictures in a row and as you go down, you will have things catch your eyes, cause you're like, that's my person.
That's what's really nice. When we're building this out on Pinterest, it's an easy way to get a sense of who this person is because it's so visual. So I will use Pinterest to actually go in and do that.
Now finally when you really start figuring out who your person is, in case you don't know already, you've gotta figure out what you want to sell. Now you may have a business. You may be selling stuff already but what is it you want to sell? I know a lot of people that are selling stuff that's under $100. That's not what they wanna sell. It's just not their thing. They'd rather be selling something that is $15,000 to $20,000. That's more of their jam. And so, as we get into this, it's not just about figuring out who you are and what you're good at and what you can help people with. It's not just about figuring out who your target person is but it's more how are you going to exchange value. That's the key here at the end.
Out of these five points, it's you kind of know what you can do to help people, what you're in to, what you want to nerd out on, what you want to offer your advice on once you become a giant nerd on it, you kind of know what the people that you're going to be helping look like. Now what is it that you actually want to sell them? Do you want to sell something that is highly expensive or do you want to sell something that's accessible for just about everybody? And so, at the end of the day, that's the big things that you've gotta cover. You've gotta answer those questions. Who do you wanna help? Who have you helped already? What does their life look like? Going to Pinterest and actually picking that out, point number four, and then point number five, what is it that you actually want to sell them and why.
What I'm always looking at is this. Is there way that I can help these people digitally? You know without having to have too much inventory. I have no problem with physical products. I've got physical products that go with the stuff that I do online but that's the key for me is, is there a way that I can do it digitally? If you're teaching kids how to shoot free throws, can you put together a course with, you know video wise, record yourself goin through some tips. What are all those things that you can do? What is it you want to sell them? Even if, when we get into this process of becoming famous, you're not selling anything yet. I think at the end of the day, you gotta start figuring out what you're premium content is. What's the stuff that's someone would absolutely pay because it's really good stuff to know. It's your best stuff. It's the most nerdy stuff. It's the stuff that maybe the casual person might not be into but the nerds for it, just like you, would be into it.
So those are the questions that you gotta start answering. Okay, so once you start answering those questions, some interesting things are going to happen.
Number one, you're gonna start figuring out the things that you have to sell and you're gonna figure out who you need to sell them to and you're gonna figure out your unique way of selling them because of how you fit into the space. But more importantly, you're gonna start thinking about all the content that you can create. Even the stuff that's not premium.
And so, on the next episode, where we get even deeper into how to become famous and how to make your business famous, and to grow into this business that has at least 1,000 true fans that will support you and make you a ton of money, and you'll support them because you're givin them good stuff, in the next episode we're gonna dive deeper and we're gonna talk about creating a content plan that makes you famous.
So in the next episode, we're gonna dive in deep and I'm gonna talk to you about how you can start creating a plan to create the kind of content that is going to bring people super close to you and really get them into what you are doing. So by the time you release your premium stuff, or if you already have something premium, when you really get into it, you can get there. So next episode is going to be all about the pieces of content that we put out on YouTube and Facebook and all these places and how we create the top level content. This is the stuff that you as the expert creates not the stuff that's little supporting role content that goes out on social media, like the little posts. We're talking about the top level content, the videos, the audio, things like this the podcast. What's the top level content that actually has your voice, your face, your message on it and that's when we're gonna get into some good stuff.
The beautiful part about what we're gonna do next is if you start planning it out the right way, not only are you going to put out great stuff, video and audio, but this is what is going to lead you to writing a book down the road, something physical that can be put in people's hands because this is the kind of content, if you do it right, ends up creating a sphere of content that turns into something that you can put together into a more comprehensive piece.
Alright, so next episode we're gonna talk about the content plan, how to create it, how much content you need to create at the top level, meaning you actually create it, and how does that start to go down into the small pieces of content that support it and make you famous.
Alright. I will see you on the next episode. I hope you enjoyed this one. If you did, make sure you click subscribe so you'll get alerts next time that we put out an episode. Make sure you jump over to serialprogressseeker.com. We've got show notes, all kinds of good stuff there and I will see you on the next episode.


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Hair Stylist Schools in North Carolina
Are you excited to join the cosmetology community in North Carolina? Well, we are too! After all, some of the nations hottest salons call this state their home. Douglas Caroll Salon, Spa and Boutique is one of the many award-winning hair studios that you can emulate when your career gains momentum. Whether you want to run your own salon or work in an existing establishment, you need to get the best training you can find. Most programs can help you master a complete set of skills, such as coloring, shampooing, perms, and all the topics required on the North Carolina cosmetology exam.
Do you want to see your options right now, so you can start getting more information as quickly as possible? Perfect. Thats why we put a simple search box at the top of this page and listed North Carolina beauty schools with hair design programs below. We always recommend contacting all the schools in your area to be sure you make the right decision. If you just want to get acquainted with the requirements for state licensure and what to expect in your program, just keep on reading And good luck!
To work as a licensed hair designer in North Carolina, you will need to earn your cosmetology license. Since there is not a specific license for just hair skills, you have the opportunity to add makeup artistry and nail technician work to your services. Many programs also include esthetician courses.
In North Carolina, you can become a hair designer with the right quality of training. It starts with having the right courses to build a solid, comprehensive skillset. But it ends with learning the professional and business skills that can help you go further, whether you work at a salon or run your own show. It all starts with comparing the course options at all the cosmetology schools near you.
North Carolina hair design topics should cover:
- Barber basics
- Cutting and styling
- Coloring
- Rinses and conditioners
Once you earn your license, you will need to renew it every three years, which includes a $49 fee. You will also have to take 24 hours of continuing education courses between renewal periods to keep your license active.
NC hair design professionals work in hair salons and beauty parlors. They help choose the best hair styles for clients and then proceed to create that style with barber and hair stylist tools. Hair stylists complete secondary education by obtaining a certificate of completion from an accredited college. On average, hair stylists in North Carolina make $23,710 annually. There are over 656,000 people employed as hair design professionals. Some of the more popular hair salons in North Carolina include:
- Savvy Salon and Day Spa - Cornelius, NC.
- Lux Salon - Raleigh, NC.
- Salon Blu - Raleigh, NC.
North Carolina State Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners
121 Edinbough Dr S Suite 09
Cary, North Carolina 27511
Phone Number: 919-736-6123
Fax Number: 919-678-3012
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
If you need help updating a change of name or address, acquiring out-of-state transfer forms, or need help with additional questions about obtaining a North Carolina cosmetology license, contact the NC Board using the information above.
Many who have chosen hair styling as a career in North Carolina join in a
rich tradition. With the further cultural development of cities like Raleigh
and Charlotte, the state is also looking toward an uptick in the numbers of
hair design professionals in the next few years. All will get their start by
consulting these groups.
North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Examiners
American Association of Cosmetology Schools
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Hardworking, talented, quick to smile: these are just a few characteristics that unite the Jacobs Well team members. While most girls join us from the same local communities, everyone has different levels of education, training and work experience, as well as unique passions and strengths. FWH Creations is committed to helping each team member identify these talents and fulfil their ambitions. We know they can go far!
Joining the team in 2001, Radha had completed a vocational training programme and started at the Jacobs Well unit as a trainee on the sewing machines. She was stitching for many years until the departure of our cutting master in 2010 at which point she was trained Radha to take over his work. The cutting table is now fully Radha's domain and she excels at measuring and cutting fabric for the team to stitch, as well as designing and grading patterns.
Radha is very well respected in the unit and takes over many leadership roles if if required. She also has a great deal of responsibility at home, looking after her elderly parents as well as the daughters of her brother and his wife who have both passed away.
With a keen eye for replicating and adapting products, Radha has recently been responsible for a collection of purses, wash bags and young girls' dresses, firstly working on the sample herself, then taking charge of training the rest of the team in the right construction technique. Several members of staff have commented on how well she conducts training and how much they enjoy learning from her. Radha is extremely valuable to Jacobs Well and we're looking forward to her developing even further in her role and her leadership abilities.
Sumitra has been with Jacobs Well since 2004 when she was part of the team teaching embroidery to women affected by the tsunami near Chennai. The tsunami had a devastating effect on the livelihoods of many people and Jacobs Well was among several organisations asked by the Bishop of India to help provide training and new opportunities to these individuals. The training was a great success and in the following years we were thrilled to hear that many of the ladies had gone back to their villages and set up similar training programmes for their own communities.
After her time in Chennai, Sumitra joined the Jacobs Well unit in Bangalore. Already skilled in embroidery, here she learned tailoring for the first time and is now amongst the most skilled members of the team. Before our master tailor Ayub left for a new job in the Gulf, he trained Sumitra to take over his work in creating samples and tackling the most complex stitching jobs. Sumitra has risen to the challenge fantastically! She is now leading the team in stitching delicate couture items and it is great to see her confidence grow in leaps and bounds alongside her achievements. Our goal with the Jacobs Well unit is not just to offer a job, but to provide an environment where staff members continue to learn new skills and really develop their passions and interests. Sumitra is such an integral part of the team and we are excited to see her thrive as she pursues her tailoring ambitions.
Kalaivani left school early and stayed at home for a long time with health issues. She was introduced to Jacobs Well in 2012 by a mutual contact who was working with her brother, and has been a member of the team ever since. Having no formal training in tailoring, she was first helping at the cutting table before moving on to take six months of training in stitching at the unit. And now there is no stopping her!
Kalaivani has consistently taken the initiative in improving her own skills and working hard at her tailoring projects. She has done excellent work on a wide range of orders including school uniforms, childrenswear and a recent line of ladies dresses. Of all the team members, Kalaivani is the most keen to complete her school studies. With her 10th Standard exams behind her, Kalaivani's future will be opened up to a wide range of further academic and vocational training courses. From a quiet, shy girl to an increasingly confident and ambitious young woman, it has been incredibly rewarding to support Kalaivani as she grows in so many ways. Her future is bright!


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As it celebrates Red Nose Day 2019, British Airways, in collaboration with social start-up GoodBox, has introduced an innovative digital solution for customers to donate to Flying Start, the airline's global charity partnership with Comic Relief.
Cashless giving
The airline has launched six contactless donation stations in its lounges at Heathrow and Gatwick. It has calculated that if just one per cent of the 14,000 British Airways customers who enjoy the airline's luxurious lounges every day donated £10, an additional half a million pounds would be raised every year for Flying Start.
£20m raised so far
Last year British Airways thanked its colleagues and customers for raising £20 million for Flying Start since the partnership began in 2010. The airline hopes customers will use the tap and go system to donate even more money to Flying Start, which aims to help change the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the UK and around the world.
Holly Gray, British Airways Community Investment Manager, said: "At British Airways we are always exploring new technology to improve the experience of our customers and colleagues and we are very excited to be trialling this innovative contactless solution to run alongside our more traditional onboard envelope collection. Our customers are extremely generous, and I am confident they will embrace this easy way of giving to support us in our aim to raise £25 million for Flying Start by the end of 2020."


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Businesses come and go; inventories liquidate or move to new locations. Over at Debbies Book we are more familiar with this reality than most. Over 40 years of tracking businesses that work with art departments has given us the unique advantage to see the industry change and fluctuate over the decades. Some moves, however, are bigger than others and this particular change is certainly one of a kind. Omega Cinema Props will be officially closing it's doors on Santa Monica Blvd. Thus begins a new chapter in the story of Omega and of their unique inventory of props.
One thing this change gave me was a chance to reflect on the history of one of the largest independent prop houses in the world along with the history behind it's growth. The origins of Omega Cinema Props began under a few different names, the first of which was Cinema Mercantile.
Just after WW1 the first non-studio prop house Cinema Mercantile began gathering a large inventory of European furniture, rugs, china and more with the purpose of renting it to the quickly growing film industry. Their location on Santa Monica Blvd would later become the Omega/Cinema Props final location. Some of the, shall we say, older crowd may remember Sam who ran the Cinema Mercantile docks. If you lost an item he could come off as scary but he had a soft heart.
Originally located on Sunset Blvd in a 2,000 square foot building, Omega Studio Rentals (yet to carry the Cinema Props suffix) was the first prop house to help set decorators and buyers with what many call visual vignettes; preset collections of items already laid out for your decorating selection ease. Need an early 60's living room featuring yellow and some kind of faux plant? There it was set up to point to, label, and leave. This made it much easier to hop off towards your next shopping destination with many things quickly marked off your list. They also brought out and prepped every pickup, something of a novelty in the 60's.
With the success at it's first location under the guidance of owner and founder E. Jay Krause, Omega Studio Rentals began to purchase other smaller prop houses and businesses in an effort to expedite the expansion of their own inventory. Outgrowing the Sunset Blvd location they moved into 5755 Santa Monica Blvd (later to be labeled C.P. Two). Over the decades following that initial move they made many acquisitions. These included Pac Man, Maggie's Modern Furniture Rentals on Hollywood Blvd., and Cinema Props (where the addition to the name of Omega Cinema Props originated). In the early 80's Omega nabbed Cinema Mercantile Company, Ltd. and Joseph Basch Galleries, adding even more to their inventory and providing themselves with a second location where Cinema Mercantile originally was and where Omega/Cinema Props has just moved out of, 5857 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles. In the 90's Omega continued to add to their collection with the inventories of two more locations, Ready Props and Decades. Not too long after that Omega took over First Street Furniture Rental. It would be later known as C.P. Three, located on 1107 N. Bronson Ave. Already with three locations it only made sense to add C.P. Four, this location being over on 706 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
The inventory was not haphazardly dispersed. Every location had a specialty. Omega Cinema Props had the European antiques and similar pieces; C.P. Two had the restaurant, shops, and bank related items; C.P. Three housed the more rustic items such as Western themed props, dock items, all the way up to large Maori head statues; and C.P. Four held the office, school, and general electronic themed props.
As the business continued to grow Barry, Jay's stepson, came in to help manage. Omega would continue to see success as one of the largest, if not the largest, prop houses outside of the studios. With expansion can come some unexpected bumps of course. On July 14th, 2010 the C.P. Three building sustained a major fire, affecting not only the building but most of the items within as well. In 2014, combining the inventories C.P. Three and C.P. Four, Omega opened up a new location, C.P. Valley. The new location was massive, with ample dock space and enough vertical space to hold two elephants on top of each other while they trotted. That final location would come back home to the Omega and CP Two locations a couple of years later.
And now, as we are nearing the end of this chapter of Omega Cinema Props' story, we can begin looking forward. The prop house may be closing the last of it's oldest locations but the props in their inventory, and their own individual stories, move on to the new location with the name.
Omega/Cinema Props (323) 466-8201 1515 E 15th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021 www.omegacinemaprops.com


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By Linda Koco
ORLANDO – Insurers are starting to make cognitive impairment testing a part of the underwriting process for larger life insurance cases, especially for older-aged applicants, according to Dr. Stephen Holland.
That means that life insurance agents may see more of their clients undergo such screening in the future. The screens are to test for mental functioning – including reasoning, planning and remembering.
"The tests will be just one more thing, in addition to fluid checks and paramedic exams," said Holland, the chief medical officer of Univita Health, in an interview before his talk here at the Life Insurance Conference, which is sponsored LIMRA, LOMA, Society of Actuaries, and the American Council of Life Insurers.
"Currently, between 5 percent and 10 percent of our cognitive impairment tests are done for life insurers," Holland pointed out. The Scottsdale-based firm has done such testing for long-term care insurance applicants for many years, but in more recent years has begun testing related to life insurance sales.
"I think more life insurers will become serious about doing this testing," now that they are selling to many applicants over age 60, he said.
Why it's important
It is important to screen life insurance applicants for cognitive impairment, especially at the older ages, because research has shown that cognitive impairment is a progressive, degenerative disease that contributes to elevated mortality, the doctor said.
It is all the more important because about 5.5 million people have Alzheimer's disease today, and that number is growing, he added.
If underwriters do not spot the risks in a life insurance applicant, Holland cautioned, the carriers may end up having anti-selection in the risk pool. That is due to the higher mortality that researchers say is associated with people having cognitive impairment.
Reports that people with dementia actually live a very long time — because they reportedly no longer feel the pressures and stresses of daily life — are just anecdotal, the doctor said.
"Medical research has found that the disease will shorten life expectancy by four to nine years--and the older you are, the shorter the expectancy."
For instance, a 65-year-old woman in the average population has a life expectancy of about 20 years, based on the Social Security Period Life Table, he said. But if a 65-year-old woman has dementia, her life expectancy is seven and one-half years, according to a study published in 2008 in the British Medical Journal that Holland cited.
At age 70, the expectancy drops to 16 years (average population) and 5.8 years (with dementia), he said. At age 80, the numbers drop again, to 9.4 years (average) and 4.4 years (with dementia).
"As for men, their life expectancy is approximately 20 percent to 25 percent shorter than that for women."
Like coronary artery disease
Think of cognitive impairment and dementia as something like coronary artery disease, Holland suggested. The health of someone with the disease degenerates progressively over time.
Unfortunately, he said, the life insurance industry has not thought about dementia the way it does coronary artery disease. That's partly because dementia is silent, and the symptoms are subtle, especially in the early years.
"In fact, there are indications that the disease actually starts 20 to 30 years before diagnosis," he says.
Another problem is that, although there is a genetic component to the disease, many families don't know whether their elders had the disease and so don't report it. Previous generations tended to die earlier in life than many people do today, Holland noted, and some of those deaths could have occurred in the very first stages of the disease when it is more difficult to detect.
Still another problem is lack of documentation. In their attending physician statements, doctors generally don't document cognitive impairment issues, he said. They may not have ordered the tests or did not have the time to look into that area, he explained. This means the underwriters who see those reports do not always have the full picture of the applicant.
Then, there is the matter of agnosia. That's a medical term for the state of being unaware or not knowing, Holland said. Where cognitive impairment is concerned, some people are not aware of their condition because the agnosia is affecting them. "They are not intentionally fooling or lying about it on the application. They are completely unaware."
The problem for insurers is that the agnosia makes it harder for the underwriter to get accurate information from the applicant.
Think about testing
Since cognitive impairment impacts mortality – and mortality impacts a life insurance claims experience, the life insurance industry should be thinking about testing applicants for memory problems, the doctor concluded. He suggested this might be productive on applications for $500,000 or more of coverage, starting at age 60 and up.
Holland made clear that he was not speaking about off-the-shelf or free tests, or mini-tests that advisors conduct in their offices.
Rather, he was referring to professionally developed and administered tests that "are scripted, timed and designed to pick up subtleties that can help identify presence and absence of cognitive impairment." His firm uses the Minnesota Cognitive Acuity Screen (MCAS), which he says was developed for use with the insurance industry. He says his firm has done the MCAS more than 800,000 times in the past 12 years, and that the test scores show a correlation with death claims.
The panel discussion will also include remarks by Peggy Hauser, who is senior vice president of actuarial services at Univita.
Linda Koco, MBA, is a contributing editor to InsuranceNewsNet, specializing in life insurance, annuities and income planning. Linda can be reached at [email protected].
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PCL bringing latest crystalline form insights and technologies to CPhI Madrid
Bologna, Italy: – Crystalline form specialist CRO PolyCrystalLine Srl. (PCL) will return to CPhI Worldwide when it opens in Madrid in October.
The Italian-based specialist laboratory and research partner will be meeting clients and presenting PolyCrystalLine's latest services and innovations from its stand L9 in Hall 12 at IFEMA, Feria de Madrid.
The company's CEO, Dr. Stefano Luca Giaffreda will again lead the PolyCrystalLine team at CPhI.
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The company will be showcasing new technology transfer and collaborative research opportunities, harnessing the shared experties of PolyCrystalLine and its research partner CSV Active in synthesis optimization, sourcing of key intermediates, crystal form optimization, polymorph and co-crystal screening, analysis and production.
Dr. Giaffreda plans to use the event to build further partner contacts in API development, solid state research, analytical support, method development and validation.
"We're hoping our clients and potential partners will take a little time to meet us and share our visions on the constantly changing pharmaceutical market," said Dr. Giaffredda.
CPhI delegates wishing to meet Dr. Giafredda and the team are invited to email Luca Covello firstname.lastname@example.com to arrange appointments.
About PolyCrystalLine
PolyCrystalLine Srl has rapidly established prominence in research and characterization of crystal forms and solid-state compounds, particularly in the pharmaceutical field.
The company has its roots in academia, building on research and collaborative networks to form a business. Academic knowledge is combined with business skills, employing a close relationship with scientific methodology to construct original, forward-thinking approaches to solve technical, patenting and commercial problems.
PolyCrystalLine's extensive experience in the characterization of solid-state compounds and the study of polymorphism has been leveraged into development of explicit and adaptable research protocols that can be adjusted to meet the requirements of the pharmaceutical industry. It investigates the thermal behaviour of pharmaceutical compounds through a wide range of methods including X-ray powder diffraction, calorimetric, thermogravimetric and evolved gas analysis.
The company is able to meet a diverse range of research needs and budget requirements, from comprehensive analysis of APIs and compounds/solvates to rapid low cost screening and studies that involve patent issues.
It can provide crystallization processes utilising modular approaches ranging from milligrams to half kilogram scale, along with expert knowledge in regards to the optimization of different parameters during the crystallization processes to achieve desired crystal forms, yields, particle size, etc.
PolyCrystalLine clients include AET, Bracco, Chemi, DeveloPharma, Dipharma, Novartis, Polpharma, Rivopharm and Zach System.
About CPhI 2015
CPhI Worldwide is the flagship annual trade show for pharma ingredients and partner sourcing providing delegates and exhibitors opportunities to arrange face-to-face meetings with potential international pharmaceutical partners and collaborators, as well as gain insights on latest industry trends.
Now in its 26th year, the 2015 event is a three-day event opening October 13 at IFEMA, Feria de Madrid, Spain. Last year's even in Paris attracted almost 36,500 delegates and 2,500 exhibitor companies from more than 150 countries worldwide.
The CPhl Worldwide show is being held alongside three other zoned exhibitions; ICSE Outsourcing solutions, P-MEC Machinery and Equipment and InnoPack pharmaceutical packaging events.
The Pre-Connect Conference on October 12 brings together senior representatives and key stakeholders from all segments of the industry for a series of market-led educational modules on the latest trends and topics with networking and partnering opportunities.
The CPhI Pharma Awards, presented on the first evening of the conference, honor innovative companies and leaders. The previous three categories (formulation, process development and packaging) have now been expanded to eight awards, now additionally honoring best innovations in biologic drug development and manufacturing, supply chain & logistic management, manufacturing technology, APIs and excipients, as well as CEO of the Year.
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TEWAC – Totally Enclosed Water to Air Cooling
Vestas aircoil a/s designs and manufactures coolers for electrical motors and generators based on our well proven compact fin tube technology. The motor or generator is mostly cooled by an air/water cooler. This cooler can be manufactured as a single tube or double tube safety heat exchanger. The double tube unit consists of two tubes that are joined by expansion. The outer tube is equipped with the necessary drainage system. If a leakage occurs the fluid runs through this drainage system and is and sets off an alarm. This technology allows the heat exchanger to remain operational until repair of the unit is performed.
In case the complete housing, including the cooler, (often referred to as a TEWAC – totally enclosed water to air cooled) is needed, we are the right partner for you. The housing / TEWAC is designed specifically to interface with your motor or generator and is customized to fit your client's needs. They can be delivered with or without fan and other components such as temperature gauge or flow control.
The housing/TEWAC can also be equipped with for example; PT100 sensors, cable rails, inspection doors, drip tray with leakage detector and certified lifting lugs according to client's requirements.
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Antiseptic, insect repellant wound spray with pink dye and bitter smell and taste to reduce wound licking by patient. For use on cattle, horses, pigs, sheep and dogs as an aid in the treatment of topical infections and bacterial skin diseases, wounds, cuts and abrasions.
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Spray affected area until entirely covered. Use as regularly as necessary until area has healed. Insect repellant ingredients will repel flies and other biting insects from the wound surface.
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ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia will introduce a new foreign manpower program starting next month by issuing visas for specific occupations, said Nayef Al-Omair, head of the vocational examination program at the Ministry of Labor and Social Development, in Riyadh on Tuesday.
Al-Omair noted that the ministry was categorizing the tasks and the structure of some professions for visa-issuing purposes. He also noted that the previous labor category system would be gradually be removed from the ministry's system.
The new scheme will be optional for one year starting December 2019 after which it will become compulsory.
According to Al-Omair, the new program will be first applied to the manpower recruited from India due to it is a large size in the Saudi market.
However, it will cover seven countries, including India, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Egypt, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, since workers belonging to these states constitute 95 percent of the professional manpower in the Kingdom's local market.


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One of our final summer adventures took us to one of the most beautiful locations in the country – the Lake District. If you have never visited, the Lakes need to be on your bucket list! This is one of the most scenic and breath-taking places in the UK.
The Lakes
There is only 1 true Lake in the Lake district (a fact I only recently discovered)! The other 15 bodies of water are in fact not officially classified as lakes, for only Bassenthwaite Lake is the only body of water with Lake in its name. However, all the waters are all collectively referred to as Lakes. The largest of which is Windemere at a whopping 10.5 miles long and 79 metres deep. Other larger lakes are Derwent water, Ullswater and Bassenthwaite Lake. Elterwater measuring a mere half a mile long is the smallest.
The beauty of this landscape lies not only in the water, but in the soaring mountains and hillsides that surround the lakes. The drive through these mountains when approaching the Lakes is an unforgettable experience.
Derwent Water
We visited the Lakes with our extended family and had to consider a range of age groups in our trip. Carefully planning our visit, we made our first stop Derwent water. This waterway forms part of the northern lakes and was a 2-hour drive from Manchester. My husband and I have visited this quiet lake on previous occasions and have found it to be the most scenic. There is ample parking on a nearby car park and the lake offers some excellent picnic spots!
Duck food is available for 50p from the boating house and there is never a lack of hungry ducks, geese and swans.
Rowing boats can be hired from here and water sports can also be booked. Visitors can also embark on a short cruise of the lake.
Having only a day to spend at the Lakes we made our way south to Windemere to see the biggest of the Lakes. I was previously ignorant of just how many towns and villages lay along Windemere. We continued along the road driving through each town until we found a place to park (it was a particularly busy summer day).
We found Bowness-on-Windemere, a rather busy tourist attraction but which enabled us to absorb the essence of Windemere. I was in fact surprised at the amount of shops, cafes and restaurants in here. There also lies a promenade, amusement arcade, visitor's centre and a beautiful harbour. Lying just outside the town centre the 'World of Beatrix Potter Attraction' can be found as well as Blackwell Arts and Crafts House. Cruise boats offer 45 minutes tours of the Lake, an undoubtedly unforgettable experience.
As it was a rather busy day, we could only park on a carpark situated 1 mile away from the lake and the tourist attractions. Luckily a road train service runs between the carpark and the town centre. It cost only £3.25 for two adults and two children and the journey was approximately 5-10 minutes long.
As with all Lake District waterways, there are ample ducks and swans to feed.
The views of the lake are spectacular, even on a rather wet and windy day.
It is impossible to explore much of the Lake District in one day, the area is simply too vast. There are so many lakes and quaint villages to experience, the Lakes are always on our summer to do list.


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2015 has been the quickest year i've lived through so far. life lately has been but a feat of roller coaster rides. i think mainly because i was consistently drinking.
i think i need to stop blogging about the same rants. none of my goals were met this year due to a few decisions and a couple of events.
next year – i really hope to accomplish something i listed or have been talking about for about a couple of years now.
no more procrastinating. changes are to come.


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My middle name is Jayne. I have brown hair that isn't curly, but it definitely isn't straight, and it's not even always wavy. Most days it does what it wants because I'm no match for its stubbornness, and I've learned not to fight a battle I can't win. I have light blue, narrow eyes. I'm five feet, six inches tall. I wear the same three cardigans at least five days out of the week, and the same two pairs of jeans. I have a favorite pair of boots and I've worn them every single day since I opened them on Christmas morning.
I am literally a "plain Jayne."
When I was five-years-old I learned what the word "fat" meant. I stood outside my family's tiny duplex, barefoot in the bright green grass my dad had taken such good care of, and listened to my friend's cousin talk about how he would never date this girl he knew because, "she's fat." I remember being thoroughly confused by this statement because as far as I was concerned every person was beautiful (except for the bad guys I saw on that Cop show my dad watched,) and their size had nothing to do with it. When I asked them what being fat meant, they said, "Fat people are ugly! No one likes fat girls."
Before that day, I genuinely did not understand that being bigger equated to being less beautiful. After that conversation, my eyes were opened and I started seeing that way the world defined beauty was completely different than I previously thought. Society taught me that anything outside of their norms was not beautiful, and all of a sudden, I was terrified of being "fat."
I would think, "What if people don't love me?"
That question haunts me to this day.
By ten-years-old, I was convinced I was the fattest ten-year-old alive. Every single one of my friends were thin, athletic, and while I was not their size, I was far from fat. I couldn't wear the same clothes as them because I was bigger. By ten-years-old I was five feet tall and they were still barely the size of 4th graders. I remember thinking every day that they were beautiful and I just existed. In addition to this, the boys all liked them more than me.
"Who wants to be with a girl that's taller than them?"
In sixth grade, I gained a tremendous amount of weight. My life was turned upside down as my parents struggled in their marriage, my mom found out she was pregnant with my sister, and we moved out of my childhood home to live with my grandmother.
By the end of sixth grade, I was round, awkward, and I made the poor decision to chop my hair off into the worst bob in the history of haircuts. It framed my chunky face and accentuated the extra weight I carried. Every morning I would look in the mirror and tell myself, "You are not loveable. You are not beautiful. You are fat."
Even more haunting is that a young man in my class, screamed at me one day calling me a, "fat ass," confirming every one of my worst fears. I was fat. I was not beautiful and I was unlovable according to the world.
Little did I know I would grow an extra three inches to be the height I am now, and my body would use the extra weight I carried. I grew my hair out long. I could run a mile in eight minutes; I was strong. I gained friends. I was excelling in school. Guys took notice of me for the first time in my life. I had people's attention, and they loved me.
At sixteen, I stepped on the scale every day for validation. Every day it told me what I wanted…until, one day it didn't. The light switch in my brain turned off. The thought of starting my day left me weepy and anxious because I resented getting dressed. I covered my face with makeup, not because I wanted to, but because I had to. When I stood in front of a mirror, I couldn't walk away until I pointed out every single flaw. My eyes, like a microscope on my body, zeroed in on each imperfection. On some days, I was nicer to myself and would only pick one thing to hate, but still I heard the voice of my classmate, even two years later.
"Fat ass".
Other days I would fall into a ball on the floor of my bedroom and cry so hard I'd choke on my own sobs. Digging my hands into the threads on the carpet, and wonder why. Why couldn't I be beautiful? Why couldn't I be loved?
"Unlovable. Unworthy. Not wanted."
Soon, those thoughts became comfortable. Self-hatred became a normal part of who I was and I retracted from people.
"Who'd love a shy fat girl who doesn't even like herself?"
Hating what made me intrinsically me, was easy after a short time. The voice of hatred rang loud and sharp in my ears constantly, and eventually I accepted what I heard as truth. I walked around for a year just accepting those harsh comments as truth before a friend called me out.
I told her, that I didn't think this guy I liked would ever like me because I wasn't pretty or thin enough.
She questioned me boldly, "Do you really think that's true or do you just think that?"
To me, it was all the same.
The simple question rocked my world. Not once did I consider that my own thoughts may be traitorous. This caused me to ask myself, "Why would I lie to myself?" Or better yet, "Why would I be so hostile toward myself?"
During this time, I was getting over a heart-wrenching break up with a boy I truly believed I was going to marry. While we were together, I allowed him to give me my identity and purpose. I was happy when he was happy, and when he wasn't, I fell apart. My life became maintaining his emotions. So, when it ended, I was left to pick of the pieces of my identity and I had no idea what I was supposed to do. I was lost.
I became a shell of a human. I would wake up, cry, and pull myself together long enough to talk to my family. Talking to people outside of my immediate family proved too challenging, and I stopped responding to texts, invites or calls. Every day, I would pull my brown hair, that isn't curly or straight, into a bun. I tried to change the color of my hair four times, but nothing made me happy. I took no pride in the clothes I wore because I hated my body. When I'd brush my teeth, I tried desperately not to make eye contact with myself, because if I did, I'd have to listen to that familiar cruel voice that was louder than ever.
It took me two years to look myself in the eyes again, and see that my life had purpose. I spent my time choosing to believe that my identity wasn't something as miniscule as my physical traits. But, instead that my identity consists of a multitude of pieces that make up who I am as a whole. I repeated scripture to myself daily, I clung to prayer. It was a fragile practice, but it was working.
I lived like this for several months, and I'd just started to get used to it when my ex confronted me again and asked me to coffee. I told him yes, but only to explain why I could not simply be a placeholder for a position in his life. We'd decided to go after church.
That morning, my mom left for the early service and I decided I would ride with my dad. I stood in the bathroom and did my eyeliner for thirty minutes straight. Just trying to get it to be even. Removing it, and starting over. Removing it, and starting over. The longer I stood there, the louder the voice would get.
"He's using you. He doesn't need you. He left because you weren't pretty enough. You will never be enough."
It made no sense. I didn't want him back, but I wanted him to want me.
I began slamming drawers in search for another cotton swab, which attracted my dad like a moth to a flame. He walked in frustrated because I was slamming drawers in his house, but after watching me for a moment, he asked, "What's going on?"
I shook my head furiously. This had nothing to do with him. But I desperately wanted him to understand. Instead of a verbal answer, I threw my eyeliner directly at the mirror, which rattled angrily.
It was then he knew. My father stepped forward and wrapped me in his arms. The comfort of him allowed me to release the emotions I'd locked away.
"He doesn't get to have this power over you. People don't define you, you hear me?" My dad whispered to me, "You're better than this. You're beautiful, and smart, and worth love."
I could only nod, and fight for control.
Those words comforted a deep wound in my heart, and began to disciple me. I started to realize that my entire life I allowed others to tell me who I was. From the time, I was five-years-old there's been a fear of not measuring up to an invisible standard of perfection.
So, I met my ex for coffee that day, and I managed to say what I needed to say, armed with the knowledge that I was worthy whether he thought so, or not.
Four years later, I know who I am. I'm still learning, and studying what it means to be fearfully and wonderfully designed in complete uniqueness. I trust that no one can take that away from me. Not a man, not a woman, not even I can take that away.
But, sometimes, I still sit on the floor of my bedroom and cry. I still have days where I feel unlovable or ugly. Where I wake up, and can't find one thing to rejoice in. Those days still come, and they still pierce my heart with daggers. But, even on days where I weep over my insecurities, I have a deep-rooted joy, because I know the truth. I believe that I bear the image of my Heavenly Father, and that makes me worthier than any person, standard, or jean size could ever make me.
It's been an all-out war with my desires, but I've begun to accept that I may never be traditionally beautiful. It's simply not in the hand I've been dealt. Instead, I recognize that I am meant to be a woman of beautiful character—one who loves others well, who seeks righteousness, and strives to fulfill her purpose. I don't have to look like a magazine model to be that. I don't have to be perfect. That's so freeing, because I'm not perfect. I still have brown hair that isn't curly or straight, and most days it's still in a bun. I still have narrow blue eyes. I still wear the same three cardigans and two pairs of jeans. I'm still five feet, six inches tall. I still wear the same pair of boots and my middle name is still Jayne. But, now, I trust that I am so much more than all of that. I am so much more than a, "plain Jayne."


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In 2016-17, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada contributed $250,000 toward the Fellowship program. This funding will support the Fellows as they gather together, learn from field experts, and conduct their research. This investment will also contribute to the future development of the program.
In 2016 the Canadian Internet Registration Authority's Community Investment Program provided a grant to support the addition of Fort Nelson First Nation's freshwater data to Mackenzie DataStream.
Working with these organizations has broadened our reach, and increased our impact.
Forum for Leadership On Water
Since FLOW's establishment in 2007, The Gordon Foundation has worked with the members of FLOW to study and promote some of the most pressing water issues in Canada.
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During grief or loss, the cheap language of 'there's no right or wrong way to grieve', can mislead – for it is very possible to avoid the pain, lie about it, mythologize it with sugary visions of a benevolent Santa Claus God typology who is 'out there'. This book not only succeeds in avoiding such cheapened narratives but through the ache offers depth, meaning and healing.
Stavlund's unique offering around 'palliative faith', that presumes change and openness to our ideas of God over time–is a real theological nugget. As one of my pastor-friends concluded: this is "a refreshing meditation on the messy-unresolved-nature of suffering, for a post-resurrection people!"


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Breakfast is the important meal of the day and so are the desserts post any other meal (sometimes, lol!!!). So to calm down the dessert craving or have a delicious breakfast, try these healthy Strawberry Oatmeal Muffins. They'll remain good for 5 days under refrigeration or 2 days on the shelf.
Also try: Blueberry Muffins.
Course: Breakfast or Dessert
Cuisine: Global Cuisine
Time: Preparation – 15 mins, Baking – 20 mins, Total – 35 mins
Servings: makes 12 muffins
- Whole Wheat Flour – 1 cup + 1 tsp for tossing the strawberries
- Rolled Oats – 1 cup (powdered) + to sprinkle on the top
- Fresh Strawberries – 1 cup (chopped)
- Plain Greek Yogurt – 1 cup (you can use non fat greek yogurt as well)
- Eggs – 2 (large)
- Honey or Maple Syrup – 1/2 cup
- Almonds – 1/4 cup (chopped or crushed)
- Olive Oil – 1/3 cup (you can use coconut oil as well)
- Baking Powder – 1 tsp
- Baking Soda – 1/2 tsp
- Vanilla Extract – 2 tsp
- Cinnamon – 1/2 tsp (optional)
- Salt – 1/2 tsp
- Raw Sugar – 1 tbsp (to sprinkle on the top).
PS: 1 Cup = 250 ML.
To make it egg less: 1 egg = 1 tbsp of ground flax seeds + 3 tbsp water. Let it rest for 5 mins before adding.
How to make Strawberry Oatmeal Muffins:
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit or 180 degrees celsius
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- Add the eggs and beat very well
- Add the yogurt and vanilla extract. Mix well
- If you're using coconut oil and it solidifies on contact with cold ingredients, warm it up for 10-15 seconds in the microwave
- In a small bowl, toss the strawberries with the remaining 1 teaspoon flour. This helps prevent strawberries from sinking to the bottom. Keep aside
- Now pour the wet ingredients into the flour mix. Stir with a spoon and mix until all ingredients are combined
- Gently fold the strawberries and almonds into the batter. The batter will be thick
- Divide and add the batter evenly between the 12 muffin cups
- Sprinkle raw sugar and oats on the top of the muffins
- Bake the muffins for 20 to 23 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean
- Let the muffins cool down in the tray for 5-10 minutes. You can even loosen up the sides of the muffins with a butter knife if needed. Then take them out and cool down for another 10-15 mins
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The Indian Telecommunication Industry is considered one of the most competitive as well as most marketed industries in the world. Cheap rates and brilliant advertisement campaigns have become synonymous to all the telecom operators.
Talking about the customer base Airtel is on top in India and is very focused when we talk about customer service.
Which can also be seen when it comes to Social Media, "Airtel has employees responsible for manning the Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & orkut addressing complaints, queries & requests from customers."
Airtel uses social network analysis to determine which customer is facing problem, any and every mention on social media is captured and they get intouch with the customer to get the issue resolved. Airtel Presence has done very well engaging people and answering them instantly.
Just five months back, we had reviewed on mobile operators and its presence in social media in the article Vodafone, Tata Docomo and Idea has the Most Social Media Presence.Over the months, things have changed currently, Airtel is significantly making news, what not, even on Social Media!
With Facebook growing over 500 Million users, and Airtel, having quarter the count of Facebook users as its Subscriber base in India, Airtel's Presence on social media has definitely improved!
Not only the Zuckerberg's Facebook, twitter too is playing a crucial role for mobile operators in India.Some people even measure the Network Quality by looking at their Branding, Official Webpages, and the Quality of their Social Media Profiles like Facebook and Twitter.. (Yes Really!!)
Here is a Happy Twitter user who tweeted this Pic after getting his balance refunded from Airtel.
Though Airtel joined the Social Media race very lately, Now it Seems like Airtel is dominating the twitter world with its intense "Presence" by having the Official Verified twitter Profile @Airtel_Presence and scanning for every tweet which contains the word "airtel" in it and giving appropriate replies to the Customers and solving the Issues!
Here are few happy airtel users!
Mobile customers in India, these days are quite advanced (This is a Good thing), Weak Signal? Excess Bill? Call Drop? Have your say , just in a tweet, and your problem will be brought to light and rectified(Hope so).
We think Airtel's rebranding is working well for them, New Signature Tune, New Refreshing Logo, New TV Commercials are added advantage. On the day of airtel's rebranding, #airtel had topped the Twitter's trending topics list!
We hope the Social Media service by Airtel and all other Mobile Operators (Much like a customer care service, Isn't it? ) continues in the same way, Giving the best of quality service for its users.
We have to wait and see, how MNP could enhance or diminish the Mobile Operator's "Social" Care for its Customers!
Summarizing, here is a conglomerate that has let Airtel Presence its own social media identity. Most of their social media outposts are brimming with two way interactions.
Airtel can bring people together around larger than life social objects to form strong communities with a shared purpose not only because that would mean more economic rewards for Bharti but also because big corporations like them can do it with their resources and brand power
The easiest way to get hold of them is www.twitter.com/airtel_presence and www.facebook.com/bhartiairtelltd
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