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Walsh Jennings & Ross Are Blazing Their Own Trails
Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross left the Rio Olympics with bronze medals in the women's beach volleyball tournament, but they accomplished much more than that. Even though Walsh Jennings came short of her goal to win a rare fourth consecutive gold medal this summer, she and her new partner want the world to know that their careers do not revolve around the Olympics. They took the gold during Sunday's Long Beach Grand Slam, and in between dominating international competitions no matter what country they're in, Walsh Jennings and Ross are constantly challenging stereotypes about female athletes.
The Long Beach Grand Slam was something of a homecoming for Walsh Jennings and Ross. Coming from Orange County and Los Angeles, respectively, they say Long Beach was the perfect location for their families and friends to come watch them play. It also gave them a chance to remind beach volleyball fans that the Olympics aren't the only important athletic event in their lives.
"We want to capitalize on the momentum after the Olympics," Walsh Jennings tells Bustle. "We had so much love and support, and we just want to keep reminding people that it's not just the Olympics. Like, there are other amazing events. We have the AVP Tour. We have great international events here."
At at these different events, Walsh Jennings and Ross pay homage to the female athletes who came before them and made it possible for them to compete. Both women agree that because of the "Title IX pioneers" who preceded them, they have rarely faced the double standards that many other female athletes have reported experiencing. And the challenges they do have, they face together. Walsh Jennings and Ross both point to each other when asked who their role models were. "My partner is a good, an amazing role model," Ross says of Walsh Jennings. "The way she always looks for growth, I think is really inspiring."
"It's such a good time to be a woman."
The partners perceive their sport as "so pure and true and equal," as Walsh Jennings puts it, but they still know what it's like to deal with the pressure that accompanies being an athlete — especially when it comes to social expectations and stereotypes around women in sports. In dealing with these stereotypes, Walsh Jennings had some simple but important advice for young women. "Oh man, enjoy being a woman," Walsh Jennings says. "It's such a good time to be a woman."
Ross elaborates on this, encouraging young women to do what they want to do instead of what is expected of them. "I think, just, don't buy into stereotypes," she says. "Don't feel boxed in by anything society feels you should be, or you should do, or you shouldn't do. If you want to do something, go do it. If you never want to wear makeup, if you never want to do your hair, don't feel pressure to do that. I went to high school every day in sweatpants like, just straight out of bed. Just be yourself and follow your passion, regardless of what it is."
In other words, "blaze your trail," as Walsh Jennings tells Bustle. She and Ross are definitely doing that, both as volleyball players and as women living their lives. After wrapping up a few more tournaments, Ross is looking forward to taking a vacation and possibly starting a family with her husband. Walsh Jennings says she will continue drawing inspiration from her three children.
This is precisely how they've shattered stereotypes this whole time. They continue to be talented and dedicated athletes while choosing their own paths for themselves, and that's what they want every young woman out there to do, too.


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The reformed Apprenticeship programme is now finally off the ground. With some 279 new Apprenticeship standards approved for delivery, and 38% of starts this year on new standards the position is much improved from this time last year. However the overall numbers remain significantly lower – 28% down.
So what is occurring in the market for Apprenticeships? The training providers are moving to serve the levy paying employers who have the clout both in terms of purchasing power and cohort size, it appears that the SME (non-levy paying) employers are being marginalised, either unable or unwilling to invest the 10% required or not seen as attractive customers for the training providers? Currently there is no indication though that the government will u-turn on co-investment.
Whilst there are some signs that the levy is now starting to bed in, still many employers have not come forward to take up these new apprenticeships and we hear that some are treating it as tax which they are writing off. There are a range of objections: there aren't appropriate standards in place; others aren't convinced by the quality of the training on offer; concerns about 20% off –the – job training and some quite simply feel that Apprenticeships aren't the right route for their business.
It is almost 6 years on from the original Richard Review of Apprenticeships so the pace can't be described as 'fast' but I think it's fair to say that it has been steady….
What still remains to be done? There are issues about the capacity and capability of the new End Point Assessment Organisations, there are still some standards that don't have a single organisation identified on the register of EPAOs. This is a new market and a new product and it will take time but is it really fair on the apprentices to start on a programme of study where they aren't clear how and by whom they will be assessed at the end?
Another new element is External Quality Assurance provided by a range of organisations who quality will assure the planning and delivery of assessment and report back to the IfA. Meanwhile Ofsted continues to inspect the training and has been granted additional funds to do so, but added into the mix there is a rapid expansion of degree apprenticeships and entry into the market of HEIs with their own inspectorates and arrangements so quality remains a fairly complex picture.
Is it time to panic? A reformed programme takes time to really take hold, and the landscape will settle as more apprentices enter and complete on the new standards. Will there be further changes – undoubtedly – as the policy reflects the actual implementation on the ground – and with the DfE policy teams moving into the ESFA that can only bring the policy and delivery elements together in a helpful way.
Ana Cavilla,
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Fall 1987
Dundar F. Kocoaglu
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Engineering Management
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By using a case study of a remote site project, and comparing project planning, organization, and communication as they relate to remote sites, it is shown that overall needs of the management of remote-site engineering projects are the same as that of the in-house projects. The major challenge associated with the remote site is the absence of face-to-face contact with the personnel at the home office. Otherwise, project activities can be conducted the same way whether the project team is located within the home office, or thousands of miles away
This project is only available to students, staff, and faculty of Portland State University
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Bobzien, Phil; Howe, Joseph; Oduro, Kofi; and Powers, Brian, "Management of Engineering Projects in Remote Sites" (1987). Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects. 320.


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The British government has announced it plans to ban so-called 'gay conversion' therapies in what the British prime minister Theresa May describes will lead to "real and lasting change". The announcement comes as the government published its LGBT action plan produced by the Equalities Office following a UK-wide survey of LGBT people. These so-called gay conversion therapies relate to any attempt to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity and can involve practices such as electroshock therapy or prayer. The British National Health Service and the World Psychiatric Association have discredited all such methods. The 75-point plan also comprises of a number of pledges including an "increase in support for LGBT students and teachers, improvements in police responses to LGBT hate crimes and access to gender identity services for transgender adults."
The online poll, which received more than 108,000 responses, ran from July to October 2017 and requested the views of LGBT and intersex citizens regarding their personal experiences with public services. The survey results showed that "2% of the LGBTQ community has undergone gay conversion 'therapy', while a further 5% have been offered it." Of those interviewed, "68% said they had avoided holding hands in public with a same-sex partner" whilst "70% said they had at times not been open about their sexual orientation."
Following the article's publication, the UK Prime Minister stated "I was struck by just how many respondents said they cannot be open about their sexual orientation or avoid holding hands with their partner in public for fear of a negative reaction. No one should ever have to hide who they are or who they love. [The plan will] set out concrete steps to deliver real and lasting change across society." The outcome of the report will include an initial £4.5m funding investment, which has been strongly welcomed by campaign groups including Stonewall. In an interview with The Guardian Ruth Hunt, Stonewalls chief executive stated she was "really pleased that the government is listening to thousands upon thousands of LGBT people who responded to the survey."
It is hoped this report and investment will enable the government to respond more effectively to the needs of Britain's 1 million LGBT citizens. The results of the survey also showed that "40% of respondents said they had experienced an anti-LGBTQ hate crime" and "56% of trans men who took part in the survey said they had avoided expressing their gender identity out of fear of reaction from others, while the figure rises to 59% for trans women, and 76% for non-binary people."
However, in a statement, prominent LGBTQ activist Peter Tatchell said although he welcomed the ban on gay conversion therapies, he believed that the government action plan "falls short" on a number of issues. These include a "lack of any pledge to end the detention and deportation of LGBT+ refugees fleeing persecution in violently homophobic countries like Uganda, Iran, Russia, Egypt and Jamaica". Furthermore, Mr. Thatchell highlighted the effect of Britain's economic austerity that has seen significant cuts to public services. "The £4.5 million budget is derisory and insulting. It coincides with cuts in funding for sexual health clinics, which make it hard to get testing and treatment appointments. This is contributing to a rise in infections among gay – and straight people" (Gay Times).


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About six months ago, graduation season began. College seniors and graduate students went through several rites of passage, like getting their caps and gowns, handing in their theses and going to the financial aid office to undergo student loan exit counseling. Students partaking in the latter activity were told that on graduation day, they would not only receive diplomas but also a ticking time bomb: Their student loan grace period would expire in several months, and they'd need to start repaying their debt.
Most people who finance their educations take out federal student loans, many of which don't immediately need to be repaid after they're disbursed: Subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford Loans have a six-month grace period, and Perkins Loans have a nine-month grace period. (PLUS Loans do not have a grace period.)
If you're coming up on repayment and think you might not be able to afford your loans, don't wait to figure out a game plan.
"A lot of the young adults we deal with are often bitter about the situation that they're in," said Andrew Josuweit CEO and co-founder of Studentloanhero.com. "They may not have gotten the job they thought they'd be getting or the income. … A lot of them are having trouble making those payments."
Federal student loan borrowers have a lot of options at their disposal, so you should be able to find a way to stay financially afloat while meeting your debt obligations.
Connect With Your Servicer
When your student loan was disbursed, you received a notification from your student loan servicer. Ideally, you've already set up an online account with your servicer (perhaps you've even started paying your loan interest), but if not, now is the time to do it. Your loan may have switched servicers between the time it was disbursed and now, so check the National Student Loan Data System for this information. You'll need your financial aid PIN, and you can get a new one if you've lost track of yours.
Once you've logged into your accounts, take note of your monthly payments, and create a plan for making them (if you haven't yet). Establishing an automatic payment may help you stay on schedule. Set reminders to make sure the payment came out of your account as planned, especially after the first one. Pay extra close attention when you start this process — you don't want to pay late fees or become delinquent on the loan.
Figure Out Your Budget
Now that you know how much you owe, take that amount out of your monthly paycheck — whatever you have left is what you can divvy up into saving and spending categories (do yourself a favor and start saving early).
After doing this, you may find your current lifestyle to be too expensive to sustain. Think of everything that's adjustable in your budget, like rent, food and entertainment, and start trimming. If you're already spread thin, see if you can reduce your student loan payments.
Explore Your Options
First of all, if you're returning to school or entering active military duty before the end of your grace period, your grace period will be extended. If you consolidate your student loans during your grace period, you begin repayment about two months after the Direct Consolidation Loan is paid out.
If none of the above applies to you, start looking at different payment plans available through the Department of Education, which can help you work out more affordable monthly payments. You may end up paying more in interest over the life of the loan, but it's crucial to make these loans affordable from the beginning.
Forbearance and deferment may also be an option, depending on your circumstances. You should also check to see if your line of work qualifies you for student loan forgiveness programs. No matter your situation, if you have federal student loans, you should be able to work something out to avoid defaulting on your loans. Still, the federal student loan default rate was 13.7% last year, which seems to indicate consumers may not be aware of the options available to them.
"Essentially every federal student loan borrower is eligible," Josuweit said. "You just have to talk to your servicer."
If you have private loans, you'll have less flexibility, so Josuweit recommends reducing your federal loan payments as much as possible so you can stay current on all your loans. Defaulting will only make your situation more difficult, which Josuweit knows from experience.
"I defaulted on my student loans a few years ago," he said, noting that it killed his credit score. "I can't refinance my student loans."
If you stay on top of your loan obligations, your education debt could actually help you build credit and open up refinancing options in the future. Take extra care to make sure all your loan payments reach your account on time and that your payment history has accurately been reported to the credit bureaus. Make a habit of getting your free annual credit reports and reviewing your credit scores every month — you can get two credit scores for free on Credit.com.
More on Student Loans:
- How Student Loans Can Impact Your Credit
- Can You Get Your Student Loans Forgiven?
- Strategies for Paying Off Student Loan Debt
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Caribou Marsh Man Arrested On Drug Charges
A man from the Regional Municipality was arrested in Inverness County this morning after police say they found 160 grams of cocaine during a traffic stop.
RCMP say the traffic stop took place on Highway 105 in Aberdeen at 6:20 this morning.
The 44 year-old from Caribou Marsh was arrested on a charge of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking in Cocaine, but has since been released.
He's due in court in Port Hawkesbury on December 18th.
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The COVID-19 return-to-practice plan covers recent developments in clinical care, including the latest NICE guidance in key areas and current prescribing recommendations. The aim is to bring GPs and nurses up to date with general developments in clinical care over the last three years.
As well as two modules on COVID-19, covering guidance and useful resources, the plan contains the following free modules:
- Updated prescribing recommendations for urinary tract infections
- Latest BTS/SIGN guidelines on asthma management
- Ischaemic heart disease and angina diagnosis and investigations
- Latest NICE guidelines on type 2 diabetes, including updated hypertension recommendations
- Latest NICE guidelines on diagnosing suspected neurological conditions
MIMS Learning, a sister site to GPonline, aims to support GPs and other healthcare professionals as they plan for and cope with the impact of COVID-19. Our coronavirus resources are updated regularly to ensure they stay as current as possible.


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Two to Four Months Before the Wedding (Part 3)
Part 3: Favors
Your wedding day will be here sooner than you think! Plan your favors as early as possible, especially if you want to DIY or to order handmade &/or personalized items. Leave some room open for unexpected last minute things by getting items on your checklist completed ahead of schedule!
In Part 3 of this four-part series, here are some unique handmade wedding favors from Etsy shops. Some inspiration to help you find what will be just right for you! Click photos to go to the shop listing for each item.
If you missed Part 1: http://wedeclectic.com/2013/07/11/two-to-four-months-before-the-wedding/
and Part 2: http://wedeclectic.com/2013/08/22/two-to-four-months-before-the-wedding-part-2/
Marcie Forest
Engagement Inspiration – Thank You Cards
Congratulations – you're engaged!! Here are some wonderful cards to thank your guests after your engagement party or bridal shower.
All are handmade and customizable from shops on Etsy. Two of them are pdf files so you can print out however many you need for yourself. Clicking on each photo will open a new tab to that shop's listing for information about each item.
Happy Wedding Wishes,
Marcie Forest
Wedding Inspiration – Aisle Markers
Here are some beautiful ideas for pew decorations / aisle markers to wow your guests when they arrive for your ceremony!
All are handmade and customizable from shops on Etsy. Click on shop name to see info for its item (listed in order of photos shown in rows, left to right, top to bottom).
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Happy Wedding Wishes,
Marcie Forest
Wedding Inspiration – Add a Pop of Color!
Brides and grooms can really have some fun by adding a pop of color to their wedding outfits. To give you ideas, here are some colorful handmade and vintage items from Etsy shops.
- Green and black fascinator hat with zipper roses & electronic resistors by Aula46
- Honeysuckle pink mask with detachable satin flower clip brooch by ArtisanMaskers
- Bead embroidery bracelet by CrownofStones
- Silk & linen flower with peacock feathers hair ornament by ButtonsnBlossoms
- Colorful floral bridal sash by RosyPosyDesigns
- Sunrise seashell and aqua chalcedony earrings by ThePineappleHut
- Handmade flowers shoe clips by ChloeANDMaddie.
For the Groom.
Left to right, top to bottom:
- Map cufflinks for the groom and his attendants by BrassandChain
- Custom comic book sneakers by MoonlightDecorator
- Multi-color blue modern tartan tie by TiestheKnot
- Quilled blue boutonniere by MiaettiaCreations
- Blue, green, and yellow paper boutonnieres by TheLittleRedButton
- Vintage wingtip spectator shoes by flyfishark
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|There is no real need to have a reason to do things. People who can't act without a reason are trash. I will do what I want. I mean, I've got this precious life and everything; might as well make the best of it, right?
|~ Kichimura Washuu.
Kichimura Washuu (in Japanese: 和修 吉福, Washū Kichimura) formerly known as Souta Washuu-Furuta (in Japanese: 和修旧多 宗太, Washū Furuta Sōta) is the overarching antagonist of the Tokyo Ghoul series. He was a Rank 1 Ghoul Investigator of the C.C.G. who's the former partner of the late investigator Shiki Kijima and is formerly a subordinate to Haise Sasaki. While working as a Rank 1 Ghoul Investigator, he used the alias of Nimura Furuta (in Japanese: 旧多 二福, Furuta Nimura) and is more often being referred by others as Furuta. He later became the Bureau Director of the C.C.G. after killing his father. He serves as the primary antagonist of Tokyo Ghoul:re after the Cochlea/Rushima Island Arc.
It is eventually revealed that Furuta is actually operating within the Ghoul World under the alias and false identity of Souta, a former member of the Ghoul Restaurant and a current member of the Clowns. He's also aligned with the mysterious organization known as V and is also an associate of Akihiro Kanou as well as an affiliate of the Aogiri Tree through his Kanou association. Due to his affiliation with organizations of both the human world and the ghoul world, it's unknown where Furuta's true allegiances are at.
Furuta serves as one of the 6 main antagonists of the Tokyo Ghoul franchise, alongside Rize Kamishiro, Akihiro Kanou, Eto Yoshimura, Tsuneyoshi Washuu and Seidou Takizawa. In spite of this, Furuta is the one who acts either directly behind their actions/origins by manipulations, or outright deposed them when he had a chance to do so. With Rize's imprisonment, Kanou's suicide, Eto's defeat, Tsuneyoshi's demise and Seidou's redemption, Furuta is currently the primary threat towards both the Goat members and CCG Investigators. His secret identity was exposed by Kuki Urie and CCG as ghoul who confronted him.
As Souta, he was voiced by Ōki Sugiyama in the Japanese version, and by Dave Trosko in the English version. As Furuta, he is voiced by Daisuke Kishou in the Japanese version.
Nimura Furuta is a fairly tall man with a dark black suit with a white undershirt and tie as well in a similar fashion to his former partner. He also wears a trench coat like most investigators. He has medium-length black hair and is shifted to the right side of his head. When operating as Souta, he wears a dark blue suit and pants and wears a clown mask as well.
PersonalityAt first glance, Furuta comes off as a rather normal and quiet individual who respects his boss and follows his orders well. In reality, however, this is all an illusion as he is actually a dark and cruel man who cares very little for the lives of others.
He is willing to use other investigators as human shields such as the case where he used one of his comrades as a human shield when fighting Matsume of the Tsukiyama Family and often kills with more force than what's needed and brutally.
When he was once seen by another investigator after his rampage, he ended up killing him and he even mocked and stomped on the corpse of Kijima after he was killed showing his dark and sadistic side. As a member of the Clowns, he's an anarchist and has a love of anarchy and chaos although it's unknown if he truly holds those feelings for real.
Powers and Abilities
|Here's a little secret. I... I'm actually pretty strong, you know.
|~ Furuta as he begins to engage Kaneki in battle.
Nimura Furuta, at first glance, appeared to be nothing but a weakling and a coward. He always remained in the shadows, plotting schemes behind everyone's backs. For the time being, Furuta's species remained unknown and it was uncertain what his true capablities were. However, all of this would eventually be revealed, in which Furuta would turn out to be one of most powerful villains in the Tokyo Ghoul series.
Initially, Furuta was a half human, who had increased physical capablities that made him peak human. However, after obtaining Rize's kakuhou, he's transformed into a one-eyed ghoul, gaining superhuman capablities. Furuta was also said to be combative with remarkable skills by Kishou Arima, as he trained under the Washuu Clan.
- Rinkaku Kagune: Furuta wields tentacle-like kagunes that are strong enough to pierce through Eto's kakuja, who happens to be one of the strongest ghouls.
- Rinkaku Kakuja: Furuta possesses a Rinkaku kakuja that forms a flesh made armor around his entire body and gives him a one eye in the middle of his face, as well as a set of large teeth. With his kakuja, he gains the addition of sharp-bladed tendrils with eyes around them.
- Superhuman Strength: Furuta, like other ghouls, has shown superhuman capablities of strength. He was able to rip Matsumae's kagune with just his hands and threw it at a wall hard enough to crack it. Later on, his strength was on par with that of Kaneki's, who had recently became much more powerful from the results of the Dragon kakuja. He was able to land deep cuts and heavy blows that sent him flying back.
- Regenerative Healing Factor: Like many ghouls, Furuta can heal from massive wounds. He has shown survive and heal from multiple incidents which would have been fatal, including being blown up, impaled and ripped apart.
- Swordsmanship: In addition to his brute strength and raw power, Furuta is a cunning fighter when it comes to swordsmanship. His skills in swordplay were noted by Kishou Arima to be quite remarkable and his talents would later be shown to be on par with Kaneki's combat as well.
- Keen Intellect: Furuta is extremely intelligent and calculating. Being the mastermind behind the events of the entire series, Furuta has always been one step ahead of everyone and his actions have always turned out the way he wanted them to be, based on his planning.
- Rotten Fellow: Furuta wields a chainsaw quinque called the Rotten Fellow which was previously used by his late partner Kijima. He borrowed it during the Tsukiyama Operation to kill Matsume.
- Tsunagi: Furuta uses a custom version of the Tsunagi, a Bikaku-type mass produced sword quinque. He temporarily abandoned it during his fight with Matsume for the Rotten Fellow, but retrieved it later on.
- Katana: Furuta carries around a sharp-bladed katana around with him, similar to the ones that members of V carry around with. The katana appears to be strong and durable enough to clash with kagunes, as shown during his battle with Kaneki. It's unknown whether this katana is a quinque of sorts or if it's just a regular katana.


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It's weird to envision these priests in this formal, Catholic-type religion wearing these animal furs, like a shaman or something. I don't know how much choice they have in the way of garments, especially in desert regions where cotton and suchlike wouldn't grow, but still... weird mental image!
"Baronial stock from Denver"... a hint at a return to a sort of feudal system type setup, perhaps? It seems in many ways, the world has devolved back to the middle ages!
Hah, now the old man in the desert is definitely starting to take on more significance. Except that if it's actually centuries after the Flame Deluge, it obviously can't be Leibowitz... unless it's his spirit, or "sending," or whatever... and I don't know yet if this is supposed to be that type of book!
Um... strapping novices on the bare buttocks? Man, that... just... nevermind. (I imagine if it were written today, it'd be intended to mean something, but back in the 50s? I dunno!)
Yeah. Francis definitely isn't All That Bright. Maybe the Abbot should draw him some nice pictures...? I feel like I should like him (Francis that is), but I think I'd just be too aggravated if I knew him in real life, and that's getting in the way.
"I can tell you that the Reverend Father Abbot has ordered the entire novitiate to drop the subject." This is a bit odd coming just after it says that the Abbot is the type not to undermine his own authority by giving commands that can easily be disobeyed, and can't be enforced!
Okay, I'm trying to figure out what a "sport" is in this society. I thought at first it was just the old man using a colloquial term like we'd use these days, "hey sport!"... but Francis seems to be using it to mean something specific, alongside "monster-born". Hum.
Poor Francis though. Not allowed to profess his vows, just because he's too much an idiot to pick up on the Abbot's... I don't know if "subtleties" is the right word, since they're not subtle for most of us (I'd think), but seem to be too subtle for Francis!
"The White Palace"... the White House, I presume? It seems odd though that they'd know that much about it, that it's a white building, and not know the proper name. But oh well, who knows how things might become garbled.
Aaah, chapter six. I wondered if we were going to get a bit more direct backstory on the "Flame Deluge." I guess so, even if it's through the eyes of the book's present day society. Of course, not doing it through their eyes would be too much of a jarring note.
Hm, okay, at least I'm seeing a bit more reason behind the simplification I guess, although it still seems a bit weird to cut off any chance of semi-quickly regaining some sort of society and comfort. But once you've gone that long and so harshly without... At least it's more plausible.
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Triple H spoke to IANS last week while he was in India. Below are a couple of highlights:
Jinder Mahal earning his respect:
"Jinder Mahal has done an amazing job in recreating himself. Jinder was in WWE for the first time and wasn't as successful as he would have wanted. But we went back and re-energised himself, dug deeper (within) himself and worked extremely hard in his second chance and is now making the most of it. People can criticise him, but he has earned my respect."
WWE stars being more than just athletes:
"They are more than just athletes. They are the best and most well-conditioned athletes, but beyond that they are the best entertainers in the world. Their ability to be able to control the crowd to garner those emotions and also tell the story they want to tell through athletic manoeuvres. And this is what makes them different."
Triple H also discussed the company not presenting "the right pathways" for athletes in India in the past, how many Indians are now under contract and more. You can read the interview by clicking here.
Source: The National


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1. Core 1
1.1. The Four Vectors through which a brand Emerges
1.1.1. Core Idea
22.214.171.124. Products
126.96.36.199. Environment
126.96.36.199. Behavior
18.104.22.168.1. When we talk about behavior what are we referring to? The business behavior? As in how the business interacts with the Followers?
18.104.22.168.2. I shared your story with my seven-year old grandson Henry. He giggled out loud when he heard the names. He immediately brought up Kung Fu Panda. His mind went to puppets, videos, stuffed animals, games of wisdom, etc. He regularly meditates with my son and he is no stranger to zen, yoga, etc. He created a logo that looks like your meditating dog picture but his meditating dog is balancing on a long tail.
184.108.40.206. Communication
184.108.40.206. Combine all of above = Brand Logic
220.127.116.11.1. Biobeats.com
126.96.36.199.2. Books Division
22.214.171.124.3. Best Graphic Design
184.108.40.206.4. Brand thinking
188.8.131.52.5. Elmo
22.214.171.124.6. Sesame Street: Kermit And Elmo Discuss Happy And Sad
220.127.116.11.7. Interviews logic
184.108.40.206.8. A blog for the ladies - glove and boots
18.104.22.168. Taglines
22.214.171.124.1. For fly page of books, embroidered on clothing. bags, merchandise etc
188.8.131.52.2. Memorable + Unique
1.2. Logo
1.2.1. Pick Graphic Designer
126.96.36.199. Bloor or Brian Hollinsworth
126.96.36.199. Post on Graphic design site
184.108.40.206. Design briefs already online
18.104.22.168.1. http://www.freelancingmap.com/freelance-jobs/JD0Nd/create-style-guide-for-new-brand/ http://www.designjobsboard.com/job_description.aspx?JobID=14929
22.214.171.124. must be willing to sign over the rights of their final designs of characters/web to myself.
126.96.36.199. Fly page of books/embroidered on clothing/bags/Merchandise
2. Strategic Goals
2.1. Become a youtube sensation
2.2. Create a fun website
2.3. Create following on Social media
2.4. Goals: - how to make yoga sutras an amusing and fun dialogue between monkey student and guru dog - systematically and thoroughly teach yoga sutras with great humor - blend teaching of yoga sutras in fun way with everyday challenges that we face and use a kid's curiosity in the monkey to channel that
2.5. to create a successful respected brand - the way Jamie oliver did for food - but for yoga etc
2.6. Influencers
2.6.1. - twitter - Russell Simmons - Def Jam recordings founder
3. Strategy
3.1. Create two characters as puppets on youtube and use them to create a dialogue that teaches insightful solutions to human psychological and physical challenges - using the yoga sutras and yoga philosophy as a base for the curriculum covered but also plugging into 20th century challenges with humor and pragmatism. Sell Plushes of these characters. Sell T-shirts with their images and captions Later use them as brand ambassadors of specific products and ebooks
3.2. the Annoying Orange has a lot to teach here - Challenge - how to get that kind of traction without just being totally inane (like the annoying orange is)
3.3. Breathe,in Shop
3.3.1. Threadless = / http://www.cafepress.co.uk/
184.108.40.206. There are a lot of options. Depending on where a person is in the world makes certain places better than others. Cafepress is probably the biggest. There is also Zazzle. All those sites have different ways to display products on your own site while directing orders to their site. Your commission on any site though is only going to average about 10%.
126.96.36.199.1. Yes you definitely keep all rights. And you can post the same designs on every site if you want.
18.104.22.168.2. Shopify would fit in only if you were going to stock and ship the shirts yourself. Otherwise, you just use the site integration solutions the vendor (like cafepress) provides.
3.3.2. Plushes
3.3.3. http://www.breathe.in/shop/- how to create live story there asap? http://www.threadless.com/ This page is on the Wallace and Gromet Site: http://www.aardstore.com/= breathe.in You can see plushes for sale there of Gromit and the Sheep etc
3.3.4. IPhone cases made in shape of surfs
3.3.5. Website speed with current hosts (Amazon probably better)
188.8.131.52. https://secure.startlogic.com/product/akamai.bml
4. My Core Challenges
4.1. How to get puppets to do Sun Salutation?
4.1.1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yuvfHTaftLQ
4.2. Define Target Audience Agegroup
4.2.1. http://www.littlemebaby.co.uk/
4.2.2. http://www.michelinearcier.com/
4.2.3. http://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Daddy-Pretzel-Baron-Baptiste/dp/1905236824
4.2.4. you can teach yoga asanas to very young kids but the question I need to nail is what age group can grasp the teaching of yoga sutras too? Remember my model is: kung fu panda meets Indian philosophy I wonder if the age group is 8 and up
22.214.171.124. The hit yoga book from Baron Baptiste is now available in paperback! Yoga is not just about tying yourself up in knots, pretzel-style, it's about stretching your mind as well as your body, discovering who you really are, achieving your full potential - and having fun along the way! Especially created for parents and kids to share, but equally suitable for adults and older children to use alone, My Daddy is a Pretzel is for yogis of all ages, shapes and sizes. Featured on BBC's Blue Peter.
4.3. Research
4.3.1. Characters
188.8.131.52. Dialogues
220.127.116.11.1. How Monty Python came up with jokes 07.24 to 07.58 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeKWVuye1YE
4.3.2. Mumsnet post
188.8.131.52. http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/media_nonmember_requests/1830849-Yogi-Shmonkey-and-Guru-teach-yoga-and-yoga-sutras
188.8.131.52. know what it is like with hundreds of things going on in your head at this creative and concept stage…it kind of reads like that too on mumsnet - my opinion would be to say way less and give people a less defined opportunity to contribute. Other than I am familiar with your project, you would have lost my interest very quickly while reading - and thats a pity because it is a really great concept that people should love to be able to contribute to.
126.96.36.199.1. when i worked with our creative teams on DD i found that a really heavily defined brief had a much worse outcome that just giving someone a vague brief…that was engineered to get as many diverse contributions as possible. So yes, get the character visuals and give an outline personality summary and then look for the content you require from contributors.
18.104.22.168. i usually fall into the same trap…it shows passion and belief in the project…but unfortunately can confuse the message. Tony always says to me, SHORT, SWEET and SIMPLE.
4.3.3. Authors to Learn from
184.108.40.206. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Symons
4.4. 1. Set up Facebook page for the characters 2. Set up Shopify and learn how to use it yourself 3. You don't need a tech team
4.5. Format
4.5.1. - Will it be serial in nature? - overriding themes that you want to discuss over several episodes?
5. Challenges to Outsource
5.1. Ray's role
5.1.1. On our team Tony is the licensing chief, he has vast experience in the US having worked on huge brands from care bears to spongebob to looney tunes etc. Our plan is to build brand and then have companies approach us for licensing opportunities. This is easily done. Tony uses a lawyer in the US, but I think his rates were high (California rates). Before licensing, protecting your IP is the most important thing, ensuring you have secured the URL's you need...especially similar options that future competitors/opportunists could use. I have secured various options for our IP's.
5.1.2. Making sample plushes
5.2. Outsource everything but core competency
5.2.1. Legal Costs
18.104.22.168. initial TM work
18.104.22.168.1. http://www.ipos.gov.sg/AboutIP/TypesofIPWhatisIntellectualProperty.aspx
22.214.171.124. lawyers charge about 200 an hour
22.214.171.124. trademark registration costs about 500 Euros just for filing with the EU
22.214.171.124.1. not including legal costs
22.214.171.124. you will want to register the trademark wherever you are creating the company and selling the product
18.104.22.168.1. UK/Asia/US
188.8.131.52. Although it is a good idea to register copyrights, you are protected the minute you create an original work of authorship. Same with trademarks but there are a lot more benefits to registration. The first thing you want to do is make sure that you have an assignment of rights from anyone who was a part of the creative process (created materials, drawings, etc)
5.2.2. Company Location
184.108.40.206. Singapore would be fine for your type of company You will just need a Singapore partner to keep costs down or be a PR You know quite a few people in Singapore so it should not be a problem for you.
5.2.3. Campaigns
22.214.171.124. Jos
220.127.116.11. The label has facebook and twitter accounts but it plans to take its online marketing efforts beyond the two popular platforms One of it's next tasks is to build a community and story around that group of mothers that it serves - "we're asking people to tell us about breast-feeding their babies, and what some of their challenges are. We found that this has created some buzz," she says. - mothersenvogue
5.2.4. Creation of Plushes
5.2.5. Managment of E-Shop and Wholesale Products
5.2.6. Graphic Design
22.214.171.124. Costs
5.2.7. Website live asap
220.127.116.11. Dontate
22.214.171.124. Email Capture
220.127.116.11.1. https://www.aweber.com/order.htm
5.2.8. Ian's team can develop apps etc later
6. Pain point this solves
6.1. Human society, human families have lots of psychological problems. Creating two characters that can use comedy and wisdom to help prepare people to be self-reliant, sane and happy and grow spiritually and in phyiscal health is the key focus here. The yoga sutras solves many pain points and shmonkeyandguru is a novel and fun way to present those solutions
6.2. Target Market
6.2.1. http://www.yogainformer.com/yoga-studios-one-of-the-fastest-growing-industries-in-2012-154.html
6.2.2. http://blog.socialworkout.com/2010/08/20/yoga-fastest-growing-sport-america
126.96.36.199. Salient facts: 16 million Americans now do yoga, and the "sport" is "gaining practitioners more quickly than golf, tennis, and mountaineering."


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Benefits Of the Online Lottery
If you know that you live in a place that has got the internet connection, you should purpose to look into online lottery since it is something that is not only fun but also money making.
You ought to be aware of the fact that today, almost every country in the world has at least dedicated online lottery platforms where people would be able to bet their money, get lucky and at the end of it all entertain themselves. The online games have always been very popular since the development of the internet. It is vital to understand that the online lottery games are the ones leading the other games when the internet games became popular. If you ever get bored while at home, you could ensure that you play the online lottery games. From the article below, you will get to learn of the merits that come with online lottery games.
Security is the very first benefit that comes with the online lottery games. The people who have experienced the loss of their lottery tickets would know how security is important when it comes to the online lottery games. The good thing about the online lottery games is that you would never lose any winning ticket since all the tickets are bought from online. Aside from never having to risk losing the winning ticket, you will never have to prove that the ticket is yours. You will never get to lose the winning ticket because you only need to have the online receipt from purchase and you would never lose that.
The second benefit that comes with online lottery games is guaranteed payouts. Every other time, there is so much money that goes unclaimed since people usually lose their lottery tickets. One thing about the online lottery games is the fact that money is usually paid directly for every win.
The third benefit of these games is that they are very convenient. It goes without saying that the only way that these games are convenient is because you may be able to play the game through the internet using his or her mobile phone. One thing that is for sure therefore is that you may play these games without even leaving you home and that means that you can play them at the comfort of your home.
The fourth advantage that you may be able to get from these games is that there are totally no geographical limitations. It is very true to say that you may be able to play the games from any place of the world. It therefore means that you may be able to play the game from any country even if it is not in Europe. It is true that the game is free for everyone.
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Do you desire unity with the Pope or holiness of Eastern Orthodox spirituality, worship and prayer? If you desire unity with the Pope you will not have the later. If you desire the later than you must sacrifice unity with the Pope. Is unity more important than holiness?
Hieromonk Gabriel (Bunge)
Father Gabriel (Bunge) "Orthodoxy is the Fruit of My Whole Life as a Christian and a Monk"
One Can't Learn to Pray Sitting in a Warm Armchair
Papism as the Oldest Protestantism by the Blessed Fr. Justin (Popovich)
Christianity or the Papacy? An Appeal to Roman Catholics by Hieromonk Ambrose (Alexey Young)
Two Paths: Papal Monarchy — Collegial Traditions by Michael Whelton
Rod Dreher
Crunchy Con's Conversion Crisis
What's So Appealing About Orthodoxy?
Eastern Right - Conservative minds convert to Orthodox Christianity by Rod Dreher
Conservatism and Orthodoxy by Daniel Larison
Eastern Orthodoxy and Westerners by Daniel Larison
Ancient Faith Radio - The Illumined Heart podcast
168 - Eastern Catholics - Are They "Orthodox"?
March 31, 2011 Length: 40:00
There are over 20 ancient Eastern Christian churches in communion with the Pope of Rome whose liturgies and "ethos" are more "Orthodox" than their Latin-Rite brothers. Some of them claim to be "Orthodox in communion with Rome". Some Orthodox disagree, calling them (pejoratively) "Uniates" or Eastern Rite Catholics, who have made significant compromises to come into such communion. In this episode host Kevin Allen speaks with Melkite (Eastern Catholic) priest Father James Babcock about the similarities and differences between Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Catholics and the Roman Catholic Church.
170 - A Byzantine Catholic's journey to, from and back again to the Orthodox Church
April 28, 2011 Length: 41:06
Jeremy (Basil) Dannnebohm was an ardent young Catholic. What made him journey from his cradle Church to the Eastern Orthodox Church, only to return to Rome and then revert to Orthodoxy? His story is on this episode of the Illumined Heart.
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There has been a lot of positive response in the indie game world, and wider gaming too, with dark 2D platform/puzzle games. One of our games of 2016 was the incredible Inside(Review) that was close to an official GOTY at The Game Awards too. So here we have a game in a similar style by indie developers Brainseed Factory that's another game really worth your time. Getting my Typoman Revised review together was an absolute joy, in a game I found hard to stop playing even after i'd finished it.
I never played the PC version as it originally released, and after I felt a bit bad I'd missed it!
Check out my thoughts below on this must play indie title for those who love a good puzzle and platformer. If you know someone else who's like it pleas share this out on social media and drop me a Disqus or Facebook Comment at the end of the article if you like the look of this game.
Look and Feel – Fonts Of Doom
When you think about making a game world it takes some real creativity to do something like Typoman. A dark and dangerous world, made from letters. It sounds bit strange as a concept in theory, but it really works.
The scenery is dark and dangerous throughout and the use of clever ideas like "A's" for spikes to kill our hero (also made of letters) and "H's" stacked to make a ladder, plus many other ideas is a work of genius in game design.
What's more, for a silent protagonist made up from letters you find and combine in the introduction, you really get attached to your Typoman. And the dark and rather intimidating monsters made of letters also are if wonderful design.
The general presentation is that of a traditional 2D platformer but the game itself focuses more on puzzles. More on that down the page.
Performance wise it's all pretty smooth on PS4 with only one little glitch forcing a save reload once in my time with the game. The soundtrack and overall atmosphere the game creates as you play is excellent too. The development team have done a great job here.
Story and Gameplay – Spelling Bee
Much like the start of similar games like one of my favourites The Swapper you don't really know exactly what is happening or why. You just start the game and have to learn that along with everything else. Here it's the same, you are in a grimy looking location and start just able to roll and soon combine over random ones to make your character into a person.
Later it's all about survival and, being chased down by monsters, a supernatural being saves you. From here you continue to do what you can to survive the smaller, and giant, beasts after you.
As for the gameplay it's very focused on puzzles with some platforming involved too. As you can imagine in a world of letters, the way to solve things involves them heavily. While simple in a way it's also rather clever as you take letters you find and combine them to make words.
If a gate blocks your path, put letters together to make the word "OPEN" to get through. Or use "STOP" to get past smashing objects or get a spinning platform just where you want it.
This becomes trickier further into the game where you may need to make a work for a brief period of time or carry a letter with you to get last a series of obstacles. They are all really clever and the chase scenes with the letter monsters add to the drama and sense of urgency.
Where the game let's itself down is the odd moment poor collision detection and in accuracy trying to place a letter in a specific place. But overall it's wonderful to play and the big drama at the end is worth getting to and experiencing, even if it's over a bit too soon.
This is a wonderful game, I can't compare to the original but it's extremely polished and a worthy addition to your digital library. A must buy for anyone who loves a good puzzle game.
It's not the longest game at 3 hours ish, maybe more if you try and find all the collectable paragraphs of text to give the full background on this world. But for the cost it's more than worthwhile.
I really enjoyed my time with this one and can only hope for more creativity from these talented developers. Check out my scores below and leave me a comment too, are you thinking of getting it? Let me know!
About This Typoman Revised Review
Game Reviewed: Typoman Revised digital download provided by publisher
Review Format: PS4
PEGI Rating: 12
Developers & Publishers: brainseed factory
Gaming Platform: PC Games, PS4, Xbox One
Genre: Platform & Puzzle


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About the Daniel Langlois Foundation
The Daniel Langlois Foundation Collection
Publications by the Foundation
Projects Funded by the Foundation
Latin American Electroacoustic Music Collection
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Latin American Electroacoustic Music Collection
Juan Reyes,
, 1998
Recording time: 11 min 35 s.
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About this composition:
This is a Digital Media composition generated by means of Physical, Spectral and Expression Modeling. The primary subject consists of Cello figures which are subsequently processed, in order to obtain the expressive qualities of the piece. This is done by analyzing the musical phrase in addition to its spectrum. The piece was composed in MOX Center for Advanced Computing at La Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá Colombia. In this case several images of a cello sound are tied together by means of a thread producing a musical suggestion. Several suggestions then create an episode, resulting in tensions and distensions managed in the time domain. In this composition a priority was to use the musical gesture in a tape or frozen moment context.
The form of the piece follows literary counterparts of a war plot with episodes. For this purpose the notion of the musical drama was also supported by suggesting tension increase and tension release at different parts of the composition. There is character or rather hero in the history and the episodes narrate an evolution of different situations as time goes by. The story follows different episodes that describe a fight with other evil men in parallel with unsatisfied love. At the end, Sygfrydo is a warrior and saviour of its own glory by consequently fulfilling his love for the woman of the story. The character of Sygfrydo is one of heroic activity, physical strength and unawareness of his fear. Throughout this piece there is horizontal development analogous to melody as well as some harmony but the idea is the tone color of the cello and sonorities which might help to describe tone and contour to convey the mood or emotion of any particular instant in the musical episode.
Expression Modeling is achieved by isolating those parameters which the composer considers relevant to the composition. In this piece dynamics, rhythm, timbre and nuance were primarily isolated. Rubato and vibrato were also considered as very effective means of conveying expression from a musical performance because they belong to a specific moment and to the particular performance of the musical phrase performed by the cello. In this expression model, a single gesture was achieved by extracting parameters out of a spectral analysis file. Expression often changes in a time domain basis and therefore it was necessary to model these values by means of deterministic or stochastic values for predicting the necessary values in the phrasing of cello gestures. In several moments parameters like rhythmic and sound articulations were also accented in order to get a more natural development of the sound resembling the traditional performance therefore, time compression and expansion were applied to phrase duration. Among the reasons for using sounds generated from a spectral and physical model of a traditional instrument is concerned to the richness of its timbre from a perceptual context. This provided a way to convey to expression modeling of known musical gestures in an instrument like the Cello. By working with this technique there is not only parametric sound generation but also values which control expressiveness in the model. By the other hand in this composition, the aim was to take advantage of both the lack of the interpreter and flexibility of a compositional medium namely the computer, to obtain sounds otherwise impossible with just the traditional instrument and a musician. Since there was instrument modeling , a specific physical object which already exists, there was a high degree of flexibility by generating sounds which come from an existent source, but at the same time do not exist in a traditional approach, precisely since our interpreter is the computer.
This piece was composed using software mostly developed at the Center for Research in Music and Acoustics, CCRMA at Stanford University in the U.S. SMS, Spectral Modeling System developed by Xavier Serra was used to perform analysis on Cello sounds and phrases. This analysis was thereupon used for the extraction of not only the spectral content of the sound but also to the extraction of such variables considered as expressive and musically meaningful. As a result, some of these analysis were consequently resynthesized also by means of SMS manipulation as Spectral Models. Analysis files were also used as parameters in envelopes for the algorithm of the bowed string suggested by Julius Smith also at CCRMA. Further synthesis of sound was done in Common Lisp Music (CLM) with the assitance of Bill Schottstaedt author of this software package. The Algorithmic Composition was performed by using Common Music (CM) and theCM/CLM combination. Most of this software was implemented by the composer on a DEC Alpha computer and Silicon Graphics computers at MOX, Center for Advanced Computing at La Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.
Acerca de la obra:
Esta es una composición para medios de soporte digital. Ha sido generada por síntesis de modelos físicos y espectral en un computador Alpha, en el MOX del centro de Computación Avanzada en La Universidad de Los Andes en Bogotá. La imagen sonora, hace referéncia a sonidos de cuerda y en especial a aquellos armónicos sedosos relacionados con el violonchelo. En esta pieza, diferentes imágenes se entrelazan para crear una idea musical en referéncia a un estado, o a un carácter en la composición. Los sonidos se entrelazan y forman un capítulo o episodio, estimulando la anciedad y continuidad a tros más. Por lo tanto y con conciencia propia, esta composición se aprovecha de técnicas literarias aplicadas a lo musical sin caer en lo programático.
Para la síntesis del sonido de cuerdas se ha utilizado el modelaje en computador de sonidos característicos. En el lado de lo espectral, se han analizado sonidos de cuerdas reales procediendo así, a una resíntesis minúscula de su contenido armónico. En el caso de la simulación se ha partido de un modelo real en computador de los instrumentos de esta familia. En esta heurística, el sonido se puede realizar creando un contexto, en donde puede interactuar con el espacio sonoro y su amplificación. Esta pieza ha sido realizada en Common Music y Common Lisp Music gracias a la invaluable asistencia de Bill Schottstaedt, Oscar Chavarro y Tobias Kunze.
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PE Kavanagh, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I'm Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about your book.
Collecting Secrets by PE Kavanagh
Genre Contemporary romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
A grieving heiress.
A celebrity psychologist.
A decade of friendship.
Undone by one bold move.
When Camille first met Jackson she was too young.
Too innocent.
Too traumatized.
Friendship was less than what she wanted, but all she could handle.
Ten years later and she's a different woman. Strong, successful, brave.
At exactly the wrong moment, one bold move threatens everything.
The safe harbor of Jackson's family.
The unconditional commitment of his friendship.
The collection of secrets she never knew existed.
Claims and confessions come hard and fast as Jackson and Camille navigate all that has never been said.
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For our final post on preparing for the new Church Year, we will talk about some suggestions for further reading and practice. I've divided them into three categories. Some are my own suggestions, others have come from IM readers.
- Books that give an overview of the Church Year to help individuals, families, and churches grasp its basic concepts and begin participating in Church Year spirituality.
- Books that can aid believers in conforming their daily prayer and devotional lives to the framework of the seasons of the Church Year.
- Books and resources that focus specifically on the upcoming Advent season, so that we can get a good start this year.
What criteria did I use in selecting these resources? First, I am recommending books that I myself have found useful. Second, others are on my own "Wish List" because I have seen them and they look intriguing to me. Third, I am suggesting links to other resources because I have used some related materials (but not all) and have found them helpful. These may enable those in different seasons of life (for example, with young children) to find additional resources to meet specific needs.
Each of us is unique, so you will have your favorites and some of mine may not resonate as deeply with you. If any in our iMonk community would like to make additional suggestions, please feel free to do so.
My best recommendation for you would be to join a faith community that practices Church Year spirituality. As I will argue in my next post, this pattern is designed to enable Christians to experience his life, death, and resurrection not only as individuals, but also together with one another in God's family. If you are part of such a community now, you should take your first counsel from the ministers and mentors in your own tradition, for each stream of the Christian faith has its own emphases and detailed practices. Your local church or denominational publishing house may be able to guide you more specifically than I can here.
Short of that, I recommend starting with incorporating a few simple Advent practices in your personal devotional life and/or with your family. Using an Advent calendar or lighting Advent candles along with prayers for the season has helped many believers enter into the practices of the Church Year.
THE CHURCH YEAR (Overview)
Ancient-Future Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year, by Robert Webber
The Liturgical Year: The Spiraling Adventure of the Spiritual Life – The Ancient Practices Series, by Joan Chittister
The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year, by Kimberlee Conway Ireton
The New Handbook of the Christian Year: Based on the Revised Common Lectionary, by Hoyt Hickman, et al
The Services of the Christian Year (Complete Library of Christian Worship, Vol 5), Robert Webber, editor
Copies available through Amazon links to other vendors
Children's Activities for the Christian Year, by Delia Halverson
Anglican/Episcopal resources:
Find other resources at Anglicans Online
Roman Catholic resources from Liturgical Training Publications:
Orthodox resources:
- The Year of Grace in the Lord, by Moine De L'Eglise D'Orient and D. Cowen
DAILY PRAYER/DEVOTIONS (arranged according to the Church Year)
Treasury of Daily Prayer, by Scot A. Kinnaman
The Divine Hours, by Phyllis Tickle
Various editions available for seasons of the year and occasions.
- The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime
- The Divine Hours: Prayers for Springtime
- The Divine Hours: Prayers for Summertime
- Christmastide: Prayers for Advent Through Epiphany from The Divine Hours
- Eastertide: Prayers for Lent Through Easter from The Divine Hours
- This Is What I Pray Today: Divine Hours Prayers For Children
- The Divine Hours, Pocket Edition
- The Night Offices: Prayers for the Hours from Sunset to Sunrise
Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals, by Shane Claiborne
Living the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of God, by Bobby Gross
Eternal Seasons: A Spiritual Journey Through the Church's Year, by Henri Nouwen
The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas, by Madeline L'Engle
We Light the Candles: Devotions Related to Family Use of the Advent Wreath, by Catharine Brandt
The Advent Jesse Tree: Devotions for Children and Adults to Prepare for the Coming of the Christ Child at Christmas, by Dean Lambert Smith
Preparing for Jesus: Meditations on the Coming of Christ, Advent, Christmas and the Kingdom, by Walter Wangerin
Advent Conspiracy: Can Christmas Still Change the World?, by Rick McKinley
Various resources for churches wanting to follow this approach to keeping Advent/Christmas are available at the Advent Conspiracy website.
The Winter Pascha, by Fr. Thomas Hopko.
From Holidays to Holy Days: A Benedictine Walk Through Advent – Albert Holtz
Living With Hope: A Scientist Looks at Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany – John Polkinghorne
Watch For The Light: Readings For Advent And Christmas
Sermons to the People: Advent, Christmas, New Year's, Epiphany – St. Augustine
A Coming Christ in Advent: Essays on the Gospel Narratives Preparing for the Birth of Jesus : Matthew 1 and Luke 1 – Raymond Brown
No Trace of Christmas ? : Discovering Advent in the Old Testament – Christoph Domen
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I hope these resources will give us all a good start at going deeper into understanding and practicing Church Year spirituality.


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As the yacht sails past Langkawi's popular islets, you can enjoy chilled soda, fruit juice, wine, and beer at the open bar or take a dip in the 'saltwater Jacuzzi'. The trawling net attached to the side of the boat serves as a safety harness that you can laze about in as the boat sets out. If you're lucky, you might even catch a glimpse of spinner dolphins and flying fish along the way.
Lastly, an extensive 19-dish buffet is served for dinner before the yacht returns to the main island, where guests can savour local delicacies such as beef rending, chicken satay, young papaya salad, oriental coleslaw, and assorted vegetables, as well as freshly baked bread.
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This. Is. Awesome. What do you get when you mix an aircraft carrier, catapult system, and test truck? This video!
This video features the United States Navy's newly developed Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS). Basically, this is a highly sophisticated linear induction motor that allows for a more precise, flexible and smoothly calibrated acceleration process. It inflicts less stress on the aircraft's air-frame, therefore, reducing maintenance needs and likely prolonging an aircraft's effective operating life.
The USS Gerald R. Ford is the lead ship of a new class of nuclear powered American supercarriers. She was launched on November 9th, 2013 and will undertake her first deployment early this year. Check out another angle below!
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3-Season vs. 4-Season Tent: Which is Right for You?
First, instead of thinking about these definitions based purely on season, it helps to think in terms of what the tents are designed to handle.
What's the difference between a 3-season and 4-season tent?
It seems obvious, right? A three-season tent is for use during three of the seasons and a four-season tent in all four of them? But what does that actually mean in terms of your experience?
First, instead of thinking about these definitions based purely on season, it helps to think in terms of what the tents are designed to handle.
At the most basic level, a four-season (or winter) tent is designed to withstand extreme weather, holding up to fierce winds and heavy snow loads. A three-season (or backpacking) tent is designed for lightweight performance and breathability. Therefore, deciding which is right for you depends on the environment and conditions in which you'll be camping, rather than the season. Let's take a closer look at their differences:
3-season tents
Spring treks, summer backpacking trips, fall campouts—most typical outdoor adventures simply call for a 3-season tent. Three-season tents are designed primarily to keep your pack light while still offering protection from bugs, wind and rain. Because of this, they're often built of lighter fabrics and feature more mesh for breathability and airflow. They're also typically a double-wall construction (tent body + rainfly) for greater versatility and configurations.
Three-season tents can range from the remarkably featherweight models for fast-and-light backcountry travel, to more beefier and warmer models that are great for frontcountry camping. Most are built to handle heavy rain and light dustings of snow, but they're not great for extended periods of harsh weather.
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Editor's note: We'll have a series of articles summarizing highlights from the recent Bovine Respiratory Disease Symposium and Academy of Veterinary Consultants Conference on this site over the rest of this month. Check back often.
Veterinarians and livestock producers have adapted to significant changes in antimicrobial regulations over the last two years, and change will continue as the FDA works through its five-year plan for antimicrobial stewardship.
During the recent Bovine Respiratory Disease Symposium in Denver, Mike Murphy, DVM, a veterinary officer with the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) outlined progress and future plans for advancing antimicrobial stewardship in food-animal production.
In 2017, FDA completed implementation of Guidance for Industry (GFI) 213, which effectively removed label claims for performance or production enhancement from medically important antibiotics used in feed, and increased veterinary oversight for use of most medicated feeds under the veterinary feed directive (VFD).
Those changes have helped reduce sales of medically important antibiotics used in feed by 28%, Murphy says. FDA acknowledges though, that antibiotic sales alone do not provide a reliable measure of progress toward the ultimate goal of reducing the prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. "A reduction in use indicates awareness of the regulations," Murphy says, "but is not a full mesure of success."
In its five-year plan (2019 through 2023) CVM's lists three primary goals:
1. Align antimicrobial drug product use with the principles of antimicrobial stewardship.
2. Foster stewardship of antimicrobials in veterinary settings.
3. Enhance monitoring of antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial drug use in animals.
Timeline for FDA Actions
In terms of compliance with VFD rules, FDA has, so far, focused more on education than enforcement. By the end of this month, (August 2019) FDA plans to publish a summary report on VFD inspections and compliance. Murphy suggested that overall compliance has been good, and violations generally have involved honest mistakes or misinterpretations of the regulations rather than intentional.
Also in the short term, CVM plans to bring remaining dosage forms for medically important antibiotics used in livestock, such as injections or intra-mammary applications, under the oversight of veterinarians. Many of those products remain available for over-the-counter (OTC) purchase. FDA/CVM plans to release a draft GFI next month, September 2019, outlining plans for these new rules.
Also, by the end of this year, FDA/CVM plans to update its list of "medically important" antimicrobials used in livestock, currently listed in GFI 152.
Currently, the labels for some medications delivered in feed or water do not specify duration of use. Murphy says FDA/CVM plans to issue a draft strategy to ensure that all medically important antimicrobial drugs used in the feed or drinking water of food-producing animals have an appropriately targeted duration of use by September 2020.
Access the full five-year plan for antimicrobial stewardship online from the FDA.
For more about FDA efforts toward antimicrobial stewardship, see these articles from BovineVetOnline:
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David Smith was born in Windsor in about 1930. In 1955 he met television actor Jack Creley and the two opened an antique shop in Yorkville called the Green Dolphin. The business wasn't doing well, so in 1960 they started selling some men's sports shirts from a corner of their shop. The shirts sold well but not to men – they sold to pregnant women as maternity tops. Some of their buyers requested the shirts to be made long enough to be worn as maternity dresses – and so began David Smith's fashion business.
As the staid name of his company suggests, Mr. Smith clothes were generally not exuberant or edgy. Smith sold mostly practical and versatile dresses, suits, coats, and sportswear – simply cut clothes in already popular styles. However, Mr. Smith became known for great materials he sourced from all over the world. By late 1962, Smith had expanded to two shops in Toronto and by early 1963 he had hired Sybil Grundman to design sportswear, Marilyn Fisher to take on suits and coats, and Winston Kong to design dresses.
After 1965, I can't find any information about David Smith as a fashion designer, although he and Jack Creley were celebrated as well known Toronto dinner hosts in a Toronto Star article from 2000 (four years before Jack Creley died). Any more information about David Smith and his fashion line Mr. Smith will be gratefully received!