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Genres are specific kinds, types, or categories of artworks.
Film, literature, music, painting, photography, sculpture, and dance all
have developed specific, identifiable genres.
You are probably primarily familiar with the concept of genre as a consumer.
In a video store you may see movies grouped according to genres like
"action," "horror," "drama," and "romantic comedy." In a music store you
may see generic labels like "jazz," "alternative rock," "world music,"
and "country western." In a bookstore signs may indicate the locations
of books within "mystery," "science fiction," "romance," and "inspirational"
genres. The Core Course will also teach you how use generic categories
as a producer and as an interpreter of texts.
In college you will learn about writing within many different genres:
lab reports, scholarship applications, grant proposals, oral presentations,
business letters, etc. Academic essays represent a particular genre
of nonfiction writing that you will be expected to produce in the Core
Course to fulfill the basic writing requirements of your section. You should
not be under the impression, however, that all academic essays are generically
the same. There are many sub-genres and the rules or conventions that
characterize one sub-genre may not apply to a different sub-genre.
For example, an academic book review is making an evaluative
claim about a particular book. Although the writer's judgement or opinion
should appear authoritative and well-reasoned, claims in a book review
may be necessarily more subjective than those presented in other
kinds of academic essays, as the following example from Professor Parsons
Other kinds of academic essays may seem to reserve judgement and to
use a much more neutral tone than a book review. In addition, an article
in an encyclopedia, like this entry on "Puritanism" written by Professor
Michael Clark, a lecturer in Spring, seeks to present a broad overview
of literary history, rather than focus on closely reading a particular
text or set of texts:
Academic essays can borrow conventions from other literary genres as
well. Your own essays for the Core Course may sometimes sound like a philosophical
dialogue, sometimes like a personal narrative, sometimes like a lecture,
sometimes like a letter, and sometimes even like a sermon. In the course
of four to five pages, your own writing may use particular generic conventions;
it may even try to cross generic boundaries.
You will be expected to use genre as a tool for interpreting the texts
of others, as well as for writing your own texts. To consider the generic
properties of the texts that you read for the Core Course, the following
guide will help you identify many of the genres with which you will need
to work when making interpretive claims.
BY JACQUELINE SCOONES, Department of English
The term genre, derived from the Latin words genus/generis,
meaning "kind," is used to designate the different types or categories
of artistic endeavors within various media, such as painting, film music,
dance, and literature, that represent our experiences of the world in different
ways. Within each of these media, there are generic distinctions
between different kinds of performances, forms, techniques, and content.
In music, for example, alternative rock differs from jazz, although the
same instruments are frequently common to each. In dance, ballet and salsa
not only look very different, but also the salsa dancer uses many techniques
that she does not use when dancing a ballet. A painting and a photograph
would represent the same landscape in very different terms, even if they
include the same elements, because a painting and a photograph are very
different forms of representation and each has its own set of conventions.
In the broadest sense, defining genres is thus a system of grouping and
classifying different kinds of artistic expression according to their shared
characteristics. In the field of literature, genre is generally used as
a descriptive term that helps scholars categorize different kinds
of texts. Examining the conventions of different literary genres helps
a reader understand how different rhetorical devices, techniques, and forms
shape both the meaning of the text and our understanding of it
Historical Use of Genre
Greek philosophers divided literary works into three genres: lyric, epic, and dramatic. For centuries, these categories were viewed as solidly fixed, and writers were expected to work within the conventions, or rules, of each form. Sub-genres within each category precisely mapped how writers should construct their texts.
Between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, writers increasingly "broke the rules" and crossed generic boundaries, mixing different conventions as they gradually created and explored new forms. The development of the novel, a new (and thus "novel") form of literary text, challenged the Greek categories, for the novel didn't "fit" neatly into any of the three primary genre types. By the nineteenth century, rigid genre classifications were recognized as arbitrary and unnecessary. Genre had evolved from a prescriptive concept that basically outlined how writers should construct their texts, into a descriptive concept that groups a finished piece with similar texts.
Contemporary discussions of literature commonly divide texts into four primary genres: Poetry, Prose Fiction, Plays, and Nonfiction Prose. These categories reflect the Greek divisions in form, while allowing for the creation of additional classifications reflecting new literary techniques. In 1957, the critic Northrop Frye suggested that texts were categorized not only by form and structure, but also according to the responses they produced in a reader. Frye classified literature according to the genres of comedy, romance, tragedy, and satire.
Undergraduate courses in Literature are often structured according to these primary genres. English majors at UC Irvine are required to take a series of courses introducing them to the literary forms of poetry, dramatic literature, and the novel. In the poetry course, students read epic and lyric poetry; in the dramatic literature course, students discuss comedies, tragedies, and tragicomedies; in the course on the novel, students explore the genres of realism and romance in fiction. Discussions relating to genre often examine how various texts both reflect and redefine the genre in which they are categorized.
Literary Genres Incorporated in HCC: Outline and Brief Descriptions
The curriculum for the Humanities Core Course incorporates a wide array of literary genres. Each of the genres is characterized by distinctive forms, techniques, structure and content. The following outline describes the four primary generic distinctions in literature, and offers briefer descriptions of several sub-genres you will study in Humanities Core Course. Bear in mind that generic distinctions are often porous, and that some of the texts you read will challenge traditional genre definitions.
I. Nonfiction Prose:
Nonfiction prose works, written in standard paragraphs, can take many forms, including speeches, sermons, or lectures; journals or personal narratives; letters and legal documents; and works of science and history. The term "nonfiction" indicates that the work is based on or addresses real events, and is not an imaginary construction.
B. Lecture: A speech given to an audience in order to provide instruction on a specific topic or idea. A lecture sometimes conveys a reprimand or a warning. An essay may be read as a lecture, but generally the lecture form, which is oral, does not permit the complexity often evident in a sophisticated essay.
C. Sermon: A speech delivered by a member of the clergy on a moral or religious issue, with the intention of persuading, instructing, or exhorting listeners. Sermons are often organized around a text of Biblical scripture, and use biblical references as the basis of claims and arguments.
D. Philosophical Dialogue: the term dialogue derives from the Greek dialogus, meaning "conversation," "debate". When used in this context, "dialogue" refers to a formal conversation, presented in writing, in which characters (either fictional or representations of real people) explore a philosophical question through conversation. The characters each represent different philosophical positions.
E. Journal: The term journal derives from the Latin diurnalis, meaning "daily." The term refers to both a daily diary, a private record of events, and a daily newspaper or periodical in which matters of public interest are recorded. Academic publications in which scholarly articles are collected are also described as journals.
F. Personal Narrative: A narrative in which the writer relates
a personal experience in order to illustrate a point or to make an argument.
G. Letter: A written document addressed to a specific person or persons. Until the invention of the telephone, letters were the primary means of long-distance communication. Letter writing is experiencing a renaissance through the development of electronic mail systems. The use of the letter-form was a popular literary device in seventeenth and eighteenth century political discourse, and was used to circulate ideas and arguments through direct appeal to the reader. The letter-form was also incorporated in fiction, in the form of the epistolary novel, which constructed a story through the narratives of a characters letters.
H. Chronicle: A narrative about actual historical events.
Prose fiction, like nonfiction prose, is generally written in standard paragraph form. Fiction, from the Latin fictio, meaning shaping, is described as the product of imagination, an invented narration that is "made-up" by the author. Writers sometimes blur the distinction between fiction and non-fiction narratives; in historical fiction, for example, a writer may portray a real event as experienced by invented characters.
4. Regional Novel: set in a specific region and specifically concerned with the characteristics of that geographic locale.
5. Roman a These: a novel with an argument, seeking to cause changes in society.
6. Proto-Novel: a text that relates a sequence of events rather than the development of a plot and characters.
7. Gothic Novel: "gothic" was originally used to describe a Germanic
tribe and then defined a style of architecture characterized by steep roofs,
vaults, stained glass windows, arches, and flying buttresses. The term
was subsequently applied to novels in which thrills and mysteries are prevalent
and the reader is in suspense throughout much of the narration.
Poems are generally characterized by patterns of lineation, meter, or rhyme. Early poetry was transmitted orally, and the sound of a poem is still an important aspect of its form. Written poetry is arranged in distinct patterns of lines upon a page, which constructs a poem in a specific visual shape. Poets usually attempt to concentrate linguistic effects through a variety of poetic devices, and although some contemporary poetry is written in the colloquial, most poetry does not resemble common, daily speech. The distinction between poetry and prose is sometimes blurred when a prose writer consistently employs poetic devices; in this case, the writing is usually described as poetic prose or prose poetry.
Dramas, or plays, are stories that are meant to be performed live on a stage before an audience, and thus are written primarily in the form of dialogues between characters. Modern playwrights typically include descriptions of settings and basic character actions in their scripts, which a director may or may not incorporate in their production of the play. Dramatic literature is divided into the primary sub-genres of comedy, tragedy, and tragicomedy.
Tragedy: Tragic plays and films address serious themes, and conclude with the death or suffering of a protagonist. The tragic hero is a person of worth who is not perfect, and whose weakness, or tragic flaw, leads to their defeat. The purpose of tragedy is to induce a catharsis a "cleansing" of emotion through pity and terror -- in the spectator.
Tragicomedy: Tragicomic plays and films combine, as evident in the genre title, elements of both comedy and tragedy. Plays that contain humor and funny incidents but that end badly are defined as tragicomedies, as are plays containing disastrous events that end happily. Some tragicomedies pair a tragic main plot with a comic subplot, and others put noble or divine characters in absurd situations.
A. Screenplays: Like dramas, screenplays are generally stories told through the dialogue between characters. Unlike plays, however, a screenplay is not performed for an audience but is designed to be filmed and then edited into a finished form before viewing. A screenplay includes descriptions of camera shots, which a director may or may not choose to follow.
B. Opera Libretto: An opera is a drama in which the characters each sing their parts, accompanied by an orchestra. Opera combines the conventions of music and drama, and usually provides a heightened portrayal of human emotions and behavior. The libretto is the text of the operas words, and the musical score records the operas musical composition.
The Oxford Companion to the English Language. Ed. Tom McArthur. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, ed. The New Princeton
Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Princeton: Princeton University
Press, 1993.


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Man Who Served 26 Years for a Murder He Didn't Commit Sues Chicago, Police Chief
CHICAGO (CN) – A man who served 26 years for a murder he didn't commit has sued Chicago and its former police commander in Chicago Federal Court. Alton Logan says Chicago's top cop, Jon Burge, knowingly suppressed evidence that Logan says would've proven his innocence.
Logan was wrongly accused of fatally shooting a security guard at a McDonald's restaurant on the South Side of Chicago in 1982.
He was released from prison in April when lawyers for another prisoner revealed that their client had confessed to the shooting. They come forward only after their client died.
"Although plaintiff has won back his freedom, he will never regain the decades lost in his life," the lawsuit states.
Logan is represented by Jon Loevy.

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The Power of the Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) Community
I do not think there has ever been a partner and user community more dedicated and loyal to a product than the Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) community. OK so I will give our Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) friends credit for their undying devotion as well. That being said Microsoft Dynamics NAV partners, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and end users have continued to work together with Microsoft to ensure that the Microsoft Dynamics NAV community stays vibrant and innovative.
As the community at large continues to grow it is important that we never lose sight of what makes this all possible and that is the companies that choose to run their businesses on Microsoft Dynamics NAV. One of the challenges of any large community is helping that community find a collective voice. It is important that as the product continues to evolve that the product advances in a way that supports the companies who rely on it. It is also increasingly important that partners and ISVs better coordinate their efforts so that we all reduce duplication of effort and ensure that individual partner and ISV investments in extending the product are not only relevant but efficient.
To that end we have created a Community Forum to crowd source product suggestions back to Microsoft. Our hope is that everyone involved in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV community will contribute product suggestions including partners, ISVs, and end users. We would also like partners and ISVs to collectively agree to take product suggestions and develop solutions that will be distributed back to the community free of charge.
I hope that everyone in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV community realizes what we can all accomplish by harnessing the power of 86,000 companies and 1.3 million users worldwide and ensuring that we have a collective voice.
*Update: The I Love NAV community was turned over to the Dynamics NAV User Group. See NAVUG.com to get involved.
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text: mistermikev 962 Posted August 28, 2019 Report Share Posted August 28, 2019 8 hours ago, curtisa said: I suppose the issue I have with claims like that, and why I approach the importance of wood/frets/paint/air pressure/[insert factor here] with a grain of salt is that it's intrinsically impossible to prove that anything makes a difference when it seems to be universally acknowledged that they're all inter-dependent and can (allegedly) amount to no difference whatsoever. And if the player themselves is acknowledged to be a significant contributor to the tonal mix, then the whole argument that 'wood/finish/frets/fretboard X = resultant Y ' becomes moot. The follow-on questions in that case could be, 'why should a Strat be made out of ash?' or 'why should I use maple in a neck?' etc (ignoring obvious structural reasons for selecting certain wood species for particular applications). My only logical conclusion to that paradox can be that we do it because we have convinced ourselves that it does make a difference and that all we're doing as builders or players is perpetuating an unprovable hypothesis when we should be focusing our attention on just building and playing a guitar. I say embrace the things you can prove to make a tangible difference to the sound, and exploit the use of novel materials and solid construction techniques for their aesthetic benefits. The rest of the instrument will simply fall into place after that. and you just are gonna ignore the MOST important comment I made re kirk hammet... must have really nailed you there (hehe). Quote Link to post Share on other sites


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Workforce Consultancy helping NHS trusts do more for less
Tasy Warn, June 2018
Article first published in the May/June edition of the National Health Executive.
The use of consultancy within the NHS is often associated with expensive private companies that have little specialist knowledge of how the NHS works. The reality though can be very different.
High-quality consultancy - particularly when we are talking NHS to NHS - can create positive change that pays for itself many times over. The simple premise when it comes to the workforce is that if healthcare organisations can find ways of working more efficiently, then staff resource can be redeployed towards critical frontline services rather than tackling complicated and time-consuming back office processes.
Since 2015 our Workforce Consultancy Service has been helping our NHS partners to do just that, largely using emerging technologies such as automation. Ensuring the efficiency of internal processes is imperative if NHS organisations are to meet the significant challenges they face, therefore our expertise is in helping managers to conduct transactions more efficiently in areas as diverse as TUPE transfers, electronic document management, skills deployment and process improvement.
There are two ways we do this. First, by creating tailored extended services for the NHS organisations we partner with and second, by supporting them in obtaining maximum value from the NHS systems they already have in place, such as the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
For example, last year we partnered with Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to support its implementation of a weekly payroll system, analysing the organisation's payroll requirements, extracting the correct information from ESR and updating default payroll settings as appropriate.
This one change to how payments are made has been transformative, enabling the Trust to compete with staffing agencies - and avoid the significant mark-ups they charge - by being able to employ its own bank staff directly and pay them on the weekly basis many healthcare workers are now becoming accustomed to. As a result, the Trust has been able to continue its work on reducing agency expenditure.
Elsewhere, at The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, we have implemented our unique ePay technology for almost 6,000 employees. By ensuring greater accuracy in staff timesheets and expense claims - and eradicating around 1,000 paper forms every month - the Trust has forecast around £450k in cost savings over the next five years. This digital platform is now being used by around 50 NHS organisations - all of which are benefitting from the time and cost savings from automating a range of workforce admin processes that previously relied on paper winging its way around a trust.
Using our ESR Healthcheck model, we are also able to assist our partner organisations in utilising their existing systems in a more productive way, for example, by creating HR process maps using both ESR and other systems.
In this ability to dig into the more granular functionality of ESR, we are uniquely well-placed due to our recruitment of people that have worked with ESR since its inception who, as you might imagine, know the system and its capabilities inside out.
A typical example of how our team provides expert support in this area is by ensuring that NHS managers are using Self Service optimally. Due to the fast-paced nature of management in the NHS, initial training can often be superficial. However, as part of our consultancy service we empower managers to make the system work better for them, completing essential tasks more quickly, such as entering sickness details or completing online appraisals. Crucially, employees at all levels can also benefit from this greater control too - including the ability to view online payslips and P60S, book leave and manage personal information.
At an even more strategic level, our ESR education model is being used by trusts to enable them to understand the composition of skills in their teams in order to allocate resources efficiently. Our consultants are also able to provide services relating to managing Mass Organisation Change Process (MOCP) through our Organisational Support and Change Option, via which we provide support in areas such as TUPE Transfer, Technical Merge and Restructure.
Ultimately, our Workforce Consultancy Service is about using the right systems to help NHS trusts function more effectively in a wide array of employee-focussed areas. The result is that they are able to benefit from new systems, or better use of existing technology, that can help them further their organisational goals, whether that is reduced administrative spend or more effective utilisation of skills within the workforce. The result is always better ways of working, improved patient care and - the ultimate goal - the ability to funnel more budget towards the frontline, the place it is needed most.
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South San Francisco, CA-based Atara Biotherapeutics Appointed Matt Neal as Senior Director Regulatory Affairs Operations
Date of management change: November 01, 2019
South San Francisco, CA-based Atara Biotherapeutics Appointed Matt Neal as Senior Director Regulatory Affairs Operations
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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Tentaclid's are a type of Bio-weapon used by Tyranids. These organisms are living missiles which when released from flying Tyranids such as Hive Crones, seek out and destroy enemy aircraft by exploding in a bio-electric pulse blast.[1][2][3]
- 1: Games Workshop
- 2: White Dwarf 409 (UK) - Tyranid Hive Crone
- 3: Codex: Tyranids (6th Edition) (E-Book) - Forces of the Hive Mind


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Upgrading DjNRO from 1.0 to 1.1 or later
DjNRO 1.0 was developed with django 1.4. Version 1.1 was updated for django 1.8.9
Django 1.8 has switched from the South migrations framework to built-in migrations. A large part of the upgrade is handling the transition from South to Django migrations.
Backup data
Dump data with the help of south (always keep a backup):
./manage.py dumpdata --indent=4 --natural --exclude=contenttypes --exclude=auth.Permission > /tmp/eduroam_1.0.json
And, possibly, make also a full database dump from your database, and also make an archive of your installation tree - to be able to revert if something goes wrong.
Update older DjNRO to last revision before Django 1.8
There were some data changes introduced to the data model in the DjNRO code prior to the upgrade to Django 1.8 migration.
Get the last revision based on Django 1.4 and South:
git checkout last-south-django1.4
And run the database migrations:
./manage.py migrate
Install DjNRO
Install DjNRO >= v1.1 by following the installation instructions - configuring it to use the same database.
User Model changes
Because of the South to Django migrations change, and other changes in Django, we are no longer using the
longerusername module to extend the username length - and are instead using a Custom User Model, accounts.Auth.
To preserve identities of existing user (and permissions and django log entries related to users), we rename the entry in the Django
contenttypes table. Launch the Django management shell with
./manage.py shell and run the following commands:
from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
It is important to perform this change before running the
migrate command in any form of invocation. Otherwise, the migrate command
would create new
ContentType entries for
accounts.User that
would conflict with renaming the existing
auth.User entries.
Switch to Django migrations
Next, we need to: * Tell the Django migrations framework that our database structures (as of final 1.0, so the current initial release) are already in place * But replay all migrations that Django internal structures have undergone between Django 1.4 and 1.8 * And this applies also to the User model that is now presented under (our) accounts package.
The following sequence does the right thing:
* Introduce initial structures as already present for
edumanage and
accounts packages (
edumanage and
accounts only up to
0001_initial and
0002_initial respectively).
* Apply all subsequent migrations (last line)
./manage.py migrate --fake-initial contenttypes
./manage.py migrate --fake-initial auth
./manage.py migrate --fake-initial --fake edumanage 0001_initial
./manage.py migrate --fake-initial --fake accounts 0002_initial
./manage.py migrate --fake-initial
Static files
Starting with version 1.1.1 it is necessary to collect static files from DjNRO and other sources to the folder the HTTP server will serve them from. See the particular section in the chapter Installing DjNRO.
Fix up database
There are two minor differences that your migrated database may have compared to a newly generated one:
SocialAuth.Nonce may be missing a UNIQUE CONSTRAINT. The South migrations generated for SocialAuth somehow miss the constraint, Django migrations have it. You can fix it up by adding manually the constraint: this is the PostgreSQL syntax:
ALTER TABLE social_auth_nonce ADD CONSTRAINT "social_auth_nonce_server_url_36601f978463b4_uniq" UNIQUE (server_url, timestamp, salt);
Edumanage.Instrealmmon may be missing a FOREIGN_KEY constraint if you created your database on PostgreSQL before the full for PostgreSQL-specific fix was retroactively applied to
edumanage/migrations/0022_auto__chg_field_institutiondetails_number_id__del_field_instrealmmon_i.pyin commit 28f60f6233b14c9b16d5aae12b8cbc0b39477e08. Fix this by running:
ALTER TABLE edumanage_instrealmmon ADD CONSTRAINT "edumanage_i_realm_id_24cc89d4be4145e5_fk_edumanage_instrealm_id" FOREIGN KEY (realm_id) REFERENCES edumanage_instrealm(id) DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED;
If the command fails with an error message saying the constraint already exists, the error message can be safely ignored - it means this erroneous condition has not occurred on this database.
Loading old data to a new instance
In case you want to load data to a new database one has to follow these extra steps. In the old installation of DjNRO:
- install and add 'fixture_magic' to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py
- run:
./manage.py reorder_fixtures --settings='settings' /tmp/eduroam_1.0.json edumanage.name_i18n edumanage.url_i18n edumanage.contact edumanage.realm edumanage.realmdata edumanage.institution edumanage.institutiondetails edumanage.institutioncontactpool edumanage.serviceloc edumanage.instserver edumanage.instrealm edumanage.instrealmmon edumanage.monlocalauthnparam edumanage.monproxybackclient > /tmp/eduroam_1.0.ordered.json
Now in the new installation:
- run
./manage.py loaddata --settings='settings' /tmp/eduroam_1.0.ordered.json
- Continue with the
Migratestep from above.
The guide for migration from 0.8 to 1.0 may also prove helpful for migrating from older versions of DjNRO to 1.1.


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GHRSST-PP L4 products are designed to provide the best available estimate of the SST
from a combined analysis of all available SST data. In situ data form an important component of the L4 process as these data
are used to correct for biases between the satellite data sets. GHRSST-PP bias and standard deviation errors are provided
as Single Sensor Error Statistics (SSES). L4 products capoitalisae on the synergy benefits of using in situ, microwave satellite
SST and infra-red satellite SST.
The GHRSST-PP L4 data format specification is a netCDF file following the
Climate Forecast (CF) convention.
A full product specification can be found in the GHRSST-PP Data processing Specification
Several methods are available for the generation of complete SST
fields from incomplete L2P input data (e.g., Reynolds and Smith, 1994; Reynolds et al, 2002; Guan and Kawamura, 2003;
Murray et al. 2002; Murray et al. 1994; Fieguth et al., 1998;2000, Menemenelis et al. 1997; Lorenc, 1981
although none of these methods has been fully developed for use of an operational high resolution processor
such as the GDS demands. Bias correction of all input data to the analysis procedure is critical to
obtaining a valid output (see for example Reynolds et al, 2002). The GDS will use the L2P SSES derived bias as a
measure of the overall uncertainty associated with each input data stream. In addition, bias due to
diurnal stratification and cool skin effects must also be accounted for using additional data.
Some satellite sensors provide a direct estimate of the SSTskin (AATSR) that must be adjusted to the SSTfnd.
These data can then be used in an optimal analysis procedure to derive complete global fields.
As the GHRSST-PP Science Team and RDAC project teams gain experience, it is expected that the bias
correction strategy will evolve.
There are a variety of operational L4 SST analysis products available
from different agencies. Some systems use only a limited number of satellite inputs (e.g.,1º global
Reynolds OIv2
uses only AVHRR data) whereas others try to blend data from complementary sources (e.g.,
JMA MGDSST operational 25km global SST based on AVHHRR and AMSR-E).
Not all products make use of GHRSST-PP data at this time (e.g., NOAA 0.5º global
RTG_SST) whereas others use GHRSST-PP
data almost exclusively (e.g., 1/20 º
In addition to global L4 products (typically 10 -50km spatial resolution),
several Ultra-high resolution (UHR, <5km resolution) regional SST analysis products are available
for example, the Mediterranean UHR SST shown here is
a 2km analysis. UHR products are dificult to generate as the analysis system must capture the local dynamics of the
region in a way that preserves structure and minimuses noise.


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Walters Joins Peel Ports Group
Former P&O and ABP executive appointed group commercial director
Peel Ports Group confirmed the appointment of Patrick Walters as group commercial director. Walters is a leading commercial executives in the U.K. ports industry, having held top positions in P&O Ports, DP World and Associated British Ports.
Peel Ports group CEO Mark Whitworth believes that Patrick's experience will prove invaluable as the business commits itself to extremely ambitious growth plans. Whitworth said: "Securing Patrick Walters is a major coup for the company and he brings exceptional experience and credentials to Peel Ports. Patrick joins us at an exciting time. We are well advanced with our £300m ($514m) investment programme, Liverpool2, which will enable the Port of Liverpool to handle post-Panamax containerships and we have similarly ambitious plans across our other ports and ancillary businesses.
"Patrick will assume direct responsibility for delivering our growth plans and for commercial negotiations, sales, property and business intelligence for the whole group. In the next few years we want to grow our core businesses, focusing on yield management and new commercial ventures and Patrick's stature and experience will be a tremendous asset"
Patrick Walters has almost 20 years' experience in the maritime industry. He joined the P&O Group in 1995, working in both London and New Jersey. Walters was P&O Ports' commercial director for Europe, North America and Africa between 1998 and 2001, when he was promoted to executive vice-president and chief financial officer for P&O Ports North America.
Walters then became finance director for Southampton Container Terminals and Tilbury Container Services, in which P&O Ports was a shareholder. He was subsequently made managing director of both terminals. When P&O was acquired by DP World in 2006, Patrick Walters was named senior vice-president and managing director for Europe, North Africa and Russia and played a part in the regional integration of DP World and P&O Ports. He has been commercial director of ABP since 2008 and most recently has been providing advisory and consulting services to firms operating in the ports sector.


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Following a journey to Parc National de l'Isalo, famous for its canyons filled with lush greenery and lagoons, Anthony Ham describes the region's unique scenery and wildlife
The road south from Antananarivo bucks and weaves along Madagascar's rocky spine, passing on its island traverse the well-watered hills and scattered settlements of the country's interior. Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa, Ambalavao — we skirt cities that serve as gateways to wild and forested corners of the country, en route to a different, wilder Madagascar that bears little resemblance to this densely populated corridor, this tamed, emerald-green patchwork of crops. It is a restless land, a place where movement and noise and people hold sway. The forests have gone. There is no sign of wildlife. Green turns to yellow. By the roadside, grasses — drained of colour at midday, golden at sunset — stretch to a horizon of indistinct hills to which, in time, the road draws near. These hills at first stand in silhouette, but later they turn red, their glorious sandstone buttes surrounding broad valleys beneath scudding clouds. Isalo.
Everything in Madagascar seems built on an epic scale — the forests, deep and impenetrable; the extraordinary proliferation of lemurs, big and small; the otherworldly baobabs; and the long and glorious coastline. Arriving at the Parc National de l'Isalo is a little different. Yes, ridgelines rise dramatically from the surrounding plains and there is a sense from the very beginning of grandeur and greatness. But the magic of Isalo also resides elsewhere, in the intimacy of its canyons bursting with greenery and water, in the power of suggestion at large along the paths that snake between the sheer rock walls and into what lies beyond.
On my first morning in the park, I set out along the Namaza trail, one of many that meanders from where open plains end and tree-filled canyons begin. Still to cross the threshold into Isalo's wild heart, I walk beneath a souimanga sunbird, its vivid blue crown one of the prettiest sights in nature.
Further along a trail leading deeper into a canyon that narrows and climbs, a party of ring-tailed lemurs approach along the path. It may be the best known of all lemur species, but no matter — I am immeasurably pleased to make their acquaintance. They are less so and make it clear that I stand in their way. Soon they loop up into the trees and continue their way along the path from where I have come, tails held high.
Less bold, but none too concerned, red-browed brown lemurs gambol through the branches close to the ground and disappear into the undergrowth without ever allowing me to study them closely. Their elusiveness, their unwillingness to fully reveal themselves, too, pleases me.
The trail rises. A Benson's rock thrush, a lifer for me, poses on a boulder and then flits away as I climb, full of wonder, past chameleons on my way to an elevated stony plateau that is as devoid of life as the canyons are replete with it. From afar, I had thought the initial rock wall of Isalo, hundreds of kilometres long, to be like a film set — it is indeed cinematic in scope — no more than surface deep. But from here, high on one sandstone pinnacle among many, the park unfurls in layer upon layer of ridges and unseen canyons to eternity. It is the kind of landscape where you wonder whether any human being has ever set foot.
Back down steep paths, I return to the world of shade and gentle streams and birdsong, to the secrets of Isalo. And then, in the treetops high above, a flash of white and a whip-crack of branches announces the presence of a Verreaux's sifaka. Surely one of the loveliest of all Madagascar's dozens of lemur species, the sifaka has the languid economy of movement of so many tree-dwelling primates and the big, startled eyes of a child.
One moment it sits, immobile and seemingly settled in for the day. The next it springs with surprising agility, its four legs outstretched, its body appearing to freeze in mid-air as it describes a graceful arc on its way to a perfect landing. On sifaka business that I find impossible to read, it zigzags through the forest before finally coming to rest on a branch at eye level right in front of me. I could reach out and touch it where it sits. It is a beautiful creature, hauntingly so. I could watch it forever, but, in its own time, the sifaka launches away and is gone.
Wildlife retreats into the canopy and canyon clefts. With the sun high, the colours here — red walls, deep-green foliage, cobalt-blue waterholes — become muted. The forest falls silent. Isalo is still, unnervingly so. I retreat into the shade. The day passes. Later, with the sting gone from the sun and a cooling breeze funnelling down off jagged slopes, I feel drawn once again to the splendour, to Isalo's scenes of wild and rugged beauty, to where rocky outcrops look out over a world tamed by fire and human settlement. La Fenêtre de l'Isalo (Isalo's Window) is exactly that — a natural window in a perfectly sited rock wall that faces the sunset. La Fenêtre may be a cliché but to not visit at least once would be like visiting Paris for the first time without strolling down the Champs Élysées.
And I quickly learn that 'the Window' should only be a starting point of the sunset experience. It does indeed frame the sunset, but the best views are either behind me or to the side, where rolling hills and palm trees and gloriously hued promontories rank among Madagascar's most picturesque. There are people, it is true, and their noise is a distraction. But it is easy to escape them.
I sit with my back to a red-rock wall, my face to the setting sun, big-sky country all around, knowing all the while that in hidden hollows not far away, the many species that call Isalo home must be stirring. I can hardly wait for tomorrow.
Wildlife highlights
• Lemurs The park has at least six lemur species, three that emerge by day and three nocturnal. By day, you're most likely to see the ring-tailed lemur (below), red-browed brown lemur and Verreaux's sifaka. Good places to spot them are the Namaza campsite (along the Namaza circuit), at Canyon des Makis and Canyon des Rats. After dark, watch for the grey mouse lemur, red-tailed sportive lemur and Coquerel's giant mouse lemur; night hikes are not permitted inside the park, so your best chance of seeing these nocturnal species is at the Namaza and Canyon des Makis campsites.
• Birds Of the 50-plus bird species that have been recorded here, the highlights are the Benson's rock thrush, Madagascar sand grouse, Malagasy coucal and hooded vanga.
• Plants Keep an eye out for Pachypodium rosulatum, the beautiful spring-flowering 'elephant's foot', which looks like a miniature baobab tree.
Safari Planner
• Getting there It's a two-day drive (including an overnight stop) from Antananarivo to Ranohira, the gateway town to Parc National de l'Isalo. And it's a three- to four-hour drive from Tuléar, the nearest airport, to the park.
• Where to stay There are numerous places to stay across a range of budgets. At the top end, Le Relais de la Reine (doubles from about US$67) and Isalo Rock Lodge (doubles from US$120) are highly recommended.
• What to do There is a variety of hiking trails running from 2km to 80km, as well as some challenging 4WD trails. Toussaint (034 99 111 2; 033 71 029 66) is an excellent guide.
• When to go June to October is peak season, with September and October particularly pleasant. The possibility of rains during the rest of the year can make getting around difficult and some canyons become impassable.
• Health Malaria is present throughout the country and preventative medication and other precautions are recommended.
• Further reading Lonely Planet's Madagascar guide by Emilie Filou, Anthony Ham and Helen Ranger; The Bradt Guide to Madagascar (11th edition) by Hilary Bradt and Daniel Austin.


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In the accumulated period, from January to May 2019, the collection registered the amount of R $ 637, 64 billion
Total revenue from federal revenues in May 2019 reached R $ 113.27 billion, a real increase (IPCA) of 1.92% in relation to May 2018.
In the accumulated period, from January to May 2019, the collection registered the amount of R $ 637.64 billion, representing a real increase (IPCA) of 1.28% in relation to the same period of the previous year.
Regarding revenues managed by the Internal Revenue Service, the amount collected in May 2019 was R $ 110.75 billion, representing a real growth (IPCA) of 1.84%, while in the period accumulated from January to May 2019 , the collection reached R $ 609.91 billion, representing a real increase (IPCA) of 0.58%.
According to the head of the Center for Tax and Customs Studies, Claudemir Malachi, the result is in line with the projections of the Revenue. "Macroeconomic indicators help explain the performance of major taxes. The indicator of sales in commerce returned to present positive variation, which was reflected in the collection. Also contributing to the result of this month was the IRPJ and CSLL collection, whose collected values grew 5.77%, together with the IR on capital, which also showed a positive variation of 23.47%. "
Access the presentation of the undersecretary of Fiscal Policy of the Secretariat of Economic Policy of the Ministry of Economy , Marco Cavalcanti, on the macroeconomic situation and the federal collection.


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A bipartisan bill has been introduced by Congress that would aim to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
According to CNBC, Reps. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) and Darren Soto (D-Fla.) introduced the "Token Taxonomy Act," which would not only redefine "digital token," but ensure that securities laws would not apply to cryptocurrencies that have become a fully functioning network. Instead, if the bill is approved, digital tokens would most likely be supervised by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
"In the early days of the internet, Congress passed legislation that provided certainty, and resisted the temptation to over-regulate the market. Our intent is to achieve a similar win for America's economy, and for American leadership in this innovative space," Davidson said.
In other news, Litecoin Founder Charlie Lee is trying to shift focus away from the fact that he sold all his holdings at the height of the market bubble one year ago. Though Lee said at the time that the move was made to prevent a "conflict of interest," critics have accused him of cashing out before crypto's steep decline.
"People lose money and they want someone to blame," Lee said in an interview, according to Bloomberg. "And they think, for some reason, I had inside information, and that's silly. At the time when I sold, everyone thought it would go to $1,000."
Now, his focus is on boosting Litecoin's use by merchants.
"My sense is that there will be a handful of cryptocurrencies that actually will be used as money," Lee said. "There's obviously a lot of scams and currencies not useful at all, and those values will plummet. You are going to see some coins die, and the strong will survive."
In addition, a Sydney-based startup has launched a crypto debit card that can be used at any business or ATM across Australia.
Cointelegraph reported that BTC.com.au is offering the card for free, and there are no fees to add funds to it. However, there is a $4.99 monthly fee for maintenance, which is refunded to customers who load $500 or more over the course of a month.


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Welcome to Mahanay's Library!
Weekly Schedule
Students come to the library once a week with their classes.
Monday- Kindergarten
Tuesday- 4th Grade
Wednesday- 3rd Grade
Thursday- 1st Grade
Friday- 2nd Grade
Kindergarten and 1st get to bring home 1 book. 2nd Grade gets to bring home two books. 3rd and 4th get to bring home 3 books weekly.
Please help your child remember to bring their books back with them so they can renew or choose new books.
Library Programs
Morning Stations
Beginning at 7:15, 2nd and 3rd graders who arrive early have the chance to participate in morning stations. We include activities to get students' brains activated while having fun. We build, create, color, and work together!
Battle of the Books
Students in 3rd and 4th grade have the opportunity to participate in a district wide team challenge. Throughout the year, students will have the opportunity to read from a pre-selected list of books. Working in teams, they will read all the books off the list. In the Spring, we will hold campus battles, where we ask teams questions about the books on the list. The Mahanay winning team will go on to compete against other Alief Campuses.
Book Trailer Club
Selected students in 4th grade can participate in our book trailer club. Students select a book that they would like other students to read. Using iMovie on the iPads, the students will create book trailers to persuade other students to read their book.
Reader's Theater
Selected students in 2nd grade can participate in our reader's theater club. Once a week, the students will work with the librarian to make a book or script come to life. Students work on reading fluency and comprehension.
Hello there, Mahanay stars! My name is Mrs. Nance and I am Mahanay Elementary's Librarian. I have been at Mahanay 14 years as a teacher, interventionist, and librarian. I love that I get to share my love for reading with our campus. I also get to teach students and teachers digital tools and resources. I love learning creative ways to share our knowledge with others. Never stop learning!
Hello my Mahanay Stars! My name is Mrs. Sykes and I am the Library Aide. I have been at Mahanay for six years now, and I love working with the students and teachers in getting our students excited about reading books. I also get to assist students and teachers with technology tools and resources in the Library. So students, let's keep reading and learning new things.


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One of the main point for an efficient retail store is to know its visitors and the possible customers. The choice of many famous companies to organize a good retail strategy is to use traffic counters
How can traffic counters be used?
Through the use of people counting technologies, it is possible to have a precise analysis of the number of visitors. For large store chains, this means knowing which stores have the most inflow, the most revenue opportunities, and in general a higher attraction power of the store. For small retails, flows Traffic Counter analysis means a clear view of the number of visitors, from which we can obtain statistics on the historical trend over time and data on the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
What can we obtain from the analysis of customer flows?
The precise knowledge of the flow of visitors highlights trends, patterns and abnormalities otherwise difficult to identify, e.g. in relation to weather conditions, and can help us to plan small expenses with a high rate of ROT (return on investment), to plan opening times of our store or in general to enhance business performances.
The possibilities of people counting technologies are limited only by imagination, but for some suggestion, please visit our dedicated page Intelligent Traffic Counter BS4: What can IPC do


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Still another misunderstanding concerns the so-called doctrine of abrogation. At: 16:10,
"And when We change any Ayah for an Ayah - and God knows best what He reveals - they
say: 'You are only a forger'. Nay, most of them know not." The word Ayah here can mean
sign, message, or verse. So it is that many Christians have imagined that some verses of the
Qur'an were changed. Some Muslims seem to agree when they say that some verses cancel
other verses. Their difficulty is with language. The Christians misunderstand (or misinterpret)
the word cancel (actually the Arabic word "naskh"). For example, the Qur'an commands one
not to pray when drunk. Since the Qur'an was revealed gradually over a period of twenty three
years, a later verse forbade intoxicants. But this later verse does not cancel the earlier one.
Compare restricted drug laws in most countries: There are laws giving penalties for
possession, but other laws penalizing those who sell these drugs. Yet the first kind of law does
not cancel the second kind. The missionary trades on this misunderstanding, hoping to cause
confusion. However, he seizes the opportunity too quickly. All charges of abrogation are said
to apply to legal matters. However the verse of 16:101 refers to something that had already
happened. Yet this verse was revealed in Mecca. All verses relating to legal matters were
revealed later in Medina. There is no inconsistency in the Qur'an - remember, this is the claim
of 4:82.
The best explanation of the Qur'an is the Qur'an itself. The clarification of 16:101 is found at
2:106. Here the same thought is expressed but this time the context shows that the Jews were
being addressed. The word Ayah refers then to previous messages of the prophets. In
particular, some of the Jewish Law was supplanted by the Qur'an. (Compare the words of
Jesus reported in the Qur'an at 3:49.)
We discussed interpretation of the Bible. Is the Qur'an subject to misinterpretation?
Certainly it is, and for the same reason that the Bible is - namely, the isolating of certain
passages from those verses which explain them. Our point was not that the misinterpretation
of the Bible was to be blamed on the Bible itself. Rather, the origin of the problem is the
carelessness of men.
In the preceding section, the first three points have already been addressed to both
Christians and Muslims. The fourth and the fifth may be dealt with by simply mentioning two
points. First, the only "evolved" item in Islam is judicial decision. New circumstances bring
new problems which must be ruled upon by the original principles. This is a body of
knowledge that grows. Second, the most intelligent of Muslim scholars have always been
ready to admit where they have crossed over into speculation. No mental consideration has
ever led to the widespread acceptance of a theological doctrine which was unknown to the
Muslims of Muhammad's time.
Finally, the Muslim really has something that one man can give to another: the Qur'an.
This Book speaks to each reader asking him to consider the things that every man must admit.
The reader is asked to arrange this collection of facts into a coherent whole and think on it. By
reminding us of facts the Qur'an makes contact with reality as the Bible does. But the key
difference in Christian and Muslim thought appears in the next step. The facts are not simply a
feature of the Qur'an. The things we come to believe in are directly based on these facts,
deduced from them in the legitimate sense of the word. The good news of Islam is that a man
who loves truth, detests falsehood, and fears only God has moved toward Islam and thus
ultimate success.


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Wynn Wins with Fantastic Second Quarter Showing
Wynn Wins with Fantastic Second Quarter Showing
Wynn Ltd (Nasdaq: WYNN) today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011.
Wynn Resorts is seeing some massive revenue jumps over last year's numbers. They attribute the increase to their Wynn Macau operations as well for the recovery of their Las Vegas operations. The second quarter also brings an approval of a fifty cent per common share cash dividend for the quarter.
Wynn Macau showed a 36.7% increase in net revenue which was roughly 975 million compared to the roughly 714 million in seocond quarter of 2010.
Much of the revitalized success of their Las Vegas operations is being attributed to an increase in revenues being generated by the performer Garth Brooks. Entertainment revenue saw an increase of 22% over last year's second quarter.


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Pumpkin Cheesecake with Candied Nut Topping
Today, because you may not be at your limit for delectable dessert ideas for your Christmas gathering, I would like to throw my hat in the ring with a fabulous Pumpkin Cheesecake with Candied Nut Topping.
Perfect for this busy holiday season, because it is so simple to prepare, and it only requires a few bowls and utensils. I know you don't have time for a complicated and messy recipe.
It gets better when baked then refrigerated for day to two, that way you will have oodles of time for last-minute shopping, wrapping and decorating.
Also you can decorate it any way you want, with cream cheese frosting if you feel like it, with or without the candied nut topping. Or just a Pumpkin Cheesecake, without any embellishments, I predict it still will be gone in a matter of minutes.
Wishing you all a wonderful Holiday Season and Happy New Year!
Cheers, let's eat cake!
- Prepared graham craker crust (I used Kinnikinnick GF)
- 3 cups whole milk ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cups of sugar
- 1/3 cup flour (I used Pamela's GF Baking Flour)
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup pureed pumpkin, canned or homemade
- 2 tsp vanilla
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp orange zest
- Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 6 oz butter
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 3 cups confectioners sugar
- Candied Nut Topping:
- 1 cup mixed nuts and seeds(we used pepitas, sunflower, walnuts)
- 2 Tbs wildflower honey
- 2 1/2 Tbs brown sugar
Place ricotta in a cheesecloth lined colander over large bowl and let sit at room temperature while you assemble the graham cracker crust.
Prepare your graham cracker crust, press into a springform pan lined with parchment paper then grease and flour pan, shaking off excess. Chill or bake crust depending manufacturers recommendation.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Add drained ricotta to mixer and beat at medium speed until slightly smooth about 2-3 minutes.
With mixer set on low add sugar, flour, beat 1 min.
Add pumpkin and vanilla then eggs, one at a time until just incorporated.
Have spices and orange zest measured out in a separate bowl and now add to mixer, beat just until blended throughout.
Bake in the center of oven for 1¼ -1½ hours.
Bake until nicely browned edges and center is slightly soft, will firm up as it cools.
For Cream Cheese Frosting:
Beat 8oz cream cheese with 6 oz butter, 2 tsp vanilla and 3 cups confectioners sugar until smooth and fluffy.
For the Candied Nuts:
Mix nuts and seeds with honey and brown sugar and bake at 350 degrees for 4-6 minutes or until very lightly toasted. Let cool completely.


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Boas Quintas Launches Two New Wine Tourism Experiences
Boas Quintas has just launched two new wine tourism experiences. A game to guess wine aromas and the possibility for the visitors to create their own wine, are the two news that the company provides to those who want to go beyond the traditional visit to the winery and wine tasting.
"Apart from experiencing a moment in the countryside and take advantage of the opportunity to taste and buy wines, there are many turists who like to test their knowledge and deepen them, especially the most passionate and curious" said Rita Mendes, Boas Quintas Wine Tourism responsible, in Mortágua.
In "Aroma's Game Experience", we have a box with many aromas. The challenge is to guess the aromas in the presented wines. This experience can be very didactic and an authentic sensations journey. To complement the fun and socialization, if the wine tourist guesses three out of five aromas, receives a Magnum bottle from Boas Quintas selection.
In "My Wine Experience", the tourist lives intensely the art of making wine. After dressing the winemaker's coat, they can create their own wine, from three grape varieties. Bottling the wine and drawing the label is also part of this experience. The wine lovers will feel proud of their masterpiece.
Both experiences also include a visit to the winery and a wine tasting session (five wines).
In 2018, Boas Quintas intends to strengthen its offering in wine tourism sector, namely through the protocol agreement between Boas Quintas and Turismo de Portugal as a result of company's application to the Linha de Apoio à Valorização Turística do Interior, in the scope of Programa Valorizar, signed on March 21th.


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DeKalb County Human Resources Departments are responsible for attracting and retaining quality employees in DeKalb County, IN. At the DeKalb County government level, they coordinate the recruitment process to fill open positions, often in cooperation with other departments. They create and update job descriptions, post job announcements both internally and externally, and review submitted application materials. Human Resources also makes arrangements for interviewing candidates. Most governmental Human Resources offices provide online access to their job postings.
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Dr Henriette Smith August 2017
Have you ever sat down to complete an important task — and then suddenly discovered you were up loading the dishwasher or engrossed in the Wikipedia entry about Chernobyl? Or perhaps you suddenly realize that the dog needs to be fed, emails need to be answered, your ceiling fan needs dusting — or maybe you should go ahead and have lunch, even though it's only 11 a.m.?
Next thing you know, it's the end of the day and your important task remains unfinished.
According to two of the world's leading experts on procrastination: Joseph Ferrari, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at De Paul University in Chicago, and Timothy Pychyl, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, these are:
Ten things to know about procrastination:
This is a good time to bring some science into our discussion. Behavioral psychology research has revealed a phenomenon called "time inconsistency," which helps explain why procrastination seems to pull us in despite our good intentions. Time inconsistency refers to the tendency of the human brain to value immediate rewards more highly than future rewards.
The best way to understand this is by imagining that you have two selves: your Present Self and your Future Self. When you set goals for yourself — like losing weight or writing a book or learning a language — you are actually making plans for your Future Self. You are envisioning what you want your life to be like in the future. Researchers have found that when you think about your Future Self, it is quite easy for your brain to see the value in taking actions with long-term benefits. The Future Self values long-term rewards.
However, while the Future Self can set goals, only the Present Self can take action. When the time comes to make a decision, you are no longer making a choice for your Future Self. Now you are in the present moment, and your brain is thinking about the Present Self. Researchers have discovered that the Present Self really likes instant gratification, not long-term payoff.
So, the Present Self and the Future Self are often at odds with one another. The Future Self wants to be trim and fit, but the Present Self wants a donut. Sure, everyone knows you should eat healthy today to avoid being overweight in 10 years. But consequences like an increased risk for diabetes or heart failure are years away.
As in this video where present Homer talks to future Homer: https://youtu.be/jQvvmT3ab80
Reasons for Our Procrastination Habits
For every action there is a cause — a trigger of sorts that instantly brings forth decisions and behaviors that lead to daily and lifelong consequences that many of us accept without question.
Fear Driven Procrastination
Action Driven Procrastination
Habit Driven Procrastination
Feeling Driven Procrastination
Procrastination Triggered through "Lack"
Unfulfilled Life Experiences and Circumstances
When we are unfulfilled with certain aspects of our lives, this can naturally lead to uncharacteristic self-sabotaging behaviors that lead us down the procrastination spiral.
Childhood Programming
Finally, procrastination can also evolve through a set of interlinking childhood experiences that we naturally accepted into our psyche at an age and time when we knew no better. This very much involves unconscious experiences that we struggle with on a constant basis throughout our lives.
5 ways to stop procrastinating by Timothy Pychyl:
1) Time travel: How to counteract the irrationality of human nature.
As Piers Steel makes clear in temporal motivation theory and Dan Gilbert shows in his work on affective forecasting, we are not merely irrational but predictably so. We discount future rewards as less important than a task at hand, particularly if it's a more pleasant activity, and we really aren't very good at predicting how we'll feel in the future.
"Time travel" can help here. That is, we need to use concrete mental images of the future more often and more accurately, to represent the future as though it were happening in the present. For example, a person who is procrastinating on saving for retirement might imagine as vividly as possible living on his or her potential retirement savings. To make a future image like this more concrete and accurate, it may be important to set out some numbers for a budget and take into account the reality of the need for and increasing expense of health care in old age. Planning shouldn't be an abstract notion of "doing it tomorrow." Think about the task in the real context of the day, and think carefully about how these tasks make you feel. This strategy will help you prepare for tip #2.
2) Don't give in to feeling good: Short-term gain, long-term pain.
When self-regulation fails, it's often because short-term emotional repair takes precedence over our long-term goals. For example, a task at hand makes us feel anxious or overwhelmed, so we "give in to feel good," seeking immediate emotional relief, and we walk away, leaving the task for tomorrow.
Here's where emotional intelligence is so important to procrastinating less. Learn to recognize that we can have negative emotions without acting on them. Stay put for a minute—don't walk away. Don't give in to "I'll feel more like it tomorrow." Acknowledge the negative emotions, but get started anyway. Progress on a goal provides the motivation for another step forward. Just get started; the negative emotions will pass.
3) Reduce uncertainty and distractions.
Planning is one thing; action is another. In fact, what can make a task aversive to us when we're simply making an intention or planning is how meaningful a goal is. The less meaningful the goal, the less likely we'll want to do the task. However, when it's time to act, aversive tasks—those we're most likely to procrastinate on—are those for which we're uncertain how to proceed. We're most likely to procrastinate on tasks that lack structure.
This means that in addition to making your task concrete (see tip #1), it's important to reduce the uncertainty about how to proceed—and, when it's time to act, to reduce available distractions as well. Shut off your e-mail, isolate yourself as much as you can, and make sure the environment around you is working to strengthen your willpower and focus, not to undermine your efforts. Speaking of willpower…
4) Willpower: How to make the most of the willpower muscle.
A great deal of recent research clearly indicates that willpower is like a muscle. You can exhaust it more quickly than you might imagine and, when you do, you lose your ability to self-regulate your behavior. One immediate method to strengthen your resolve in order to keep you on task is to remind yourself of your values. This process of self-affirmation bolsters our flagging reserves of willpower.
5) Another self-regulatory boost can come from mindfulness meditation. Attention is the first step in self-regulation, so learning to keep focused attention will help you procrastinate less by strengthening self-regulation.
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Showcase Live And The Road Home
We just can't thank Larry Campbell and Theresa Williams enough for lending their magic to our world. We love these guys.
Last night was our final show of this little run up in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Our pal Skoota had commitments in Europe so he sent us Abe Fogle. Abe was simply great… slipping seamlessly into Skoota's chair. Thanks to both of you guys. Anyway, here is our set list from last night:
Electric Hot Tuna 4, 2011
Steady As She Goes Four
Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
Barry Mitterhoff, Abe Fogle
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Larry Campbell and Theresa Williams
Showcase Live
Alexandria, Virginia
Sunday, May 1, 2011
First Set:
1. Been So Long
2. Hesitation Blues
3. Angel Of Darkness
4. Children Of Zion
5. Bowlegged Woman
6. Second Chances
7. Goodbye To The Blues
8. Rock Me Baby
9. A Little Faster
10. Mourning Interrupted
11. Hit Single #1
Second Set:
1. I See The Light
2. 99 Year Blues
3. Easy Now Revisited
4. Smokerise Journey
5. Good Shepherd
6. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning
7. Things That Might Have Been
8. Vicksburg Stomp
9. If This Is Love
10. Funky # 7
11. Encore: Preaching On The Old Campground
We just drove from Boston to Woodstock to drop off Larry and Theresa… we're in Teaneck, New Jersey right now dropping of Skoota's Drums, Phil Jacobs and our new drum tech, Ingo. Yep… we're on the way home.
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yo lovers!
this week was better than the previous one. In addition going to gym and working my ass off I have also had chance to contemplate a bit my options to travel somewhere. There are couple of countries, cities and islands I want definitely to experience but I haven't made yet the final decision in which order I will do them.
On the other hand I would really really like to go somwhere in Asia and make some charity work there. My dream would be teach young kids English language, or help the nature. I would love that to bits- but I am also very aware that I might come back there with dreadlocks and wihtout shoes and I am not sure if my western world is ready for that hahah 😀
but yes- some research has been made but very little still.
do you have any suggestions for a good vacation destinations?


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Coughton Court
Gunpowder Plot and Gardens
Chapter 2 : Visiting the House
The Court itself is set nearly a half-mile off the road down a long, narrow avenue, arranged for one way traffic. There was ample parking on the day we visited.
The car park is close to the rear
of the house, so, rather disappointingly, you do not see the grand central
gatehouse as it would have appeared to 16
th century visitors.
The property is managed by the National Trust, so there is a small office where you pay. Various other heritage groups have concessions, so don't forget to ask if you are not a member.
After paying, the visit begins through the 18th century stable gateway, which leads you into a courtyard with a coffee shop, a café, WCs, a second hand bookshop and another National Trust shop. The food in the café was excellent, fresh and tasted home-made. The only disappointment was that they stopped serving the apple and rhubarb crumble at 3pm!
Through the courtyard, you turn right, passing through a beautiful yew hedge which has had an entrance cut into it.
Then, on the right, the house. It is truly lovely, built in a u-shape, with the central entrance being the double tower dating from the first half of the 16 th century. The two bays on either side are not, despite appearances, Tudor, but eighteenth century. Spreading further are two symmetrical blocks in 18 th century gothic style. The north and south wings are Tudor, with later brick work on the ground floor. The central gatehouse is open to the public, all the way up to the battlements, and parts of the south wing too (on the left when looking at entrance). The north wing is private. There was once an east wing, but it was burnt down during anti-Catholic riots in the 1680s.
Entry is by timed ticket, and you are requested to wear bootees to protect the floors.
The entrance hall, in the ground floor centre of the Gatehouse Tower, was once open to allow horses to pass into the courtyard. It was closed in in the 1780s and has a splendid fan-vaulted ceiling. Dotted around are the usual hard hall chairs, common to old houses. There is also a splendid (and presumably extremely valuable) 16th century Flemish tapestry, showing the Rape of the Sabine Women.
Passing left into the south wing you enter the Staircase Hall, lined with portraits of the copious Throckmortons, which it is fair to say are more of historic, than artistic, interest.
At the first landing you turn right and are immediately directed up into the Tower. Up two storeys of narrow, winding stairs you emerge on the roof of the central Tower with a splendid view of the surrounding countryside. No doubt some lucky chap was permanently posted here after 1580 to watch for the puirsuivants hunting Catholic priests and Jesuits.
Coming down the spiral stairs, you branch off into the Tower Room about halfway down. This is the most interesting room in the House. Formerly the main sitting room for the ladies of the family, it still commands a good view, both front and back. It may also have been used as a makeshift Catholic chapel.
The fireplace dates from the sixteenth century, and so does the priest hole.This is one of the really scarey priest holes. The first part is well below floor level and, once in, it would have been quite tricky to climb out. But what the officers of the law might have seen when they found the hide is not all – it actually drops down a further level. It may even have originally been several storeys, leading out through the sewers. On the south wall of this room is a painting entitled 'Tabula Elinsis', which is a copy of a mural at Ely Cathedral, with 1590's additions, including the coats-of-arms of Catholics imprisoned for recusancy.
Back down the spiral stair case to the top of the landing from the main entry stairs, you turn right into the delightful Blue Drawing Room which has furniture and artwork dating from the later 17 th and 18th centuries. Through this is a smaller room, the Yellow Drawing Room, with beautiful 18 th century coalport china and other porcelain. On a printed card is the text of the last letter written by Sir Walter Raleigh to his wife, Elizabeth (Bess) Throckmorton. It is a very touching expression of his love for her and their children, and his faith in God.
Back through the Blue Drawing Room and across the landing of the main stairs, you enter the south wing, specifically, the Dining Room, which was probably the Great Chamber of the Elizabethan house, the focal point for entertaining. The panelling lends a genuine air of Tudor-ness to the whole, but it is not original.
A curious relic in this room is the ancient 'dole gate' from Denny Abbey in Cambridgeshire where a Throckmorton daughter, Elizabeth, was Abbess at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Two 18th century style rooms are next, the Ante-Room and the Tapestry Bedroom.
A small room follows, but it is pivotal to the history of Coughton and the Throckmortons. In this space, known as the Tribune, are many of the relics and symbols of the family's Catholic faith, and the persecution which they, and their fellow adherents to the old faith suffered. There is an early sixteenth century cope, alleged to the work of Katharine of Aragon and her ladies, and, particularly beautiful, a Book of Hours from around 1500.
In a cabinet is a white, full-length, camisole that is alleged to be the shift that Mary, Queen of Scots wore on the day of her execution. Given that there is not a spot of staining on it, and the officials were careful to burn all of the clothes the Queen wore the day she was executed, it is perhaps an unlikely story. The garment is very long, so may have been hers (Mary was nearly six foot) but not worn on that fateful day. As with Sizergh Castle, there are also many relics of the Jacobites.
The Tribune is a half-storey higher than the next room, which is the huge Saloon. The Great Hall of the Tudor house, it did service as a Chapel, after the destruction of the chapel in the original east wing, and then as the family Drawing Room.Behind the Saloon, there is another room which is decorated in the style of a mid-twentieth century ladies' sitting room, and, opposite the exit into the courtyard.


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I really have no drama in my life right now. I'm liking this. I'd like for this to be a continuing trend. *grins* But I'm not really "doing" anything either. So ~ no cause, no effect! Heh...
Just quietly living. Finally getting some mental distance from the 'other life' I reckon. Finally! Yes, FINALLY. Maybe my anger has subsided some as well.
I don't really have anything to rant about or interesting to report. Hence I am quiet.
I'm going to have to start actively seeking employment before too much longer. Going to give quitting smoking another try. Keep the diet type thing going.
And just live. Hopefully I'll find something to do that will let me thrive.
Christmas was quiet, calm and cool. I did all my shopping (such as it was) online this year. Had that Fabu! pot roast dinner here on the Eve of Christmas. Then we ( The Offspring, cadona had dinner and did the presents thing at cadona's place on Christmas Day.
I didn't ask for much of anything, so I wasn't disappointed. The Kiddo says I'm hard to shop for because I tend to buy anything that I want or need. Heh... Reckon she's right.
New Years was pretty quiet as well. Sense a trend here? *grins*
Had a nice dinner out with The Offspring at MoMong.
We had a couple of appetizers, an entre apiece (and I just finished the remains of mine for dinner last night. *grins*) We also shared a bottle (!) of cold Saki and kinda people watched for a while. I was home before 10:00. Long before ten. I think I napped through the arrival of 2011, finally crawling off to bed at one or two.


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Going travelling? There is a good chance that you have already scoured the web for advice on what to bring (and what not to bring) with you, but there are a few unusual items that most of these lists are missing that could drastically improve your experience. In addition to suitable clothing, toiletries, a towel, your camera, footwear, money belt, a notepad, games, necessary documentation and a first-aid kit, what else could you bring along?
Duct Tape
You will be amazed at just how often you end up using duct tape if it is available to you. It may be used rarely at home, but whilst travelling it can serve many purposes, including securing your backpack, patching tears in footwear (it does happen!) or for removing lint from clothing.
Rubbish bags
Rubbish bags also serve a range of purposes and take up little room, so be sure to pack a few for your next trip. They can be used to keep your dirty laundry in, as a dry place to sit, as a rain poncho amongst various other purposes.
Swiss Army Knife
Despite being an incredibly useful tool, many people do not use a Swiss Army Knife and it is the perfect item for travelling. Opening a bottle of wine or beer, peeling potatoes, replacing screws, cutting string, opening cans and removing splinters are just a few purposes that this great tool can serve. Remember to keep it in your check luggage at the airport though.
Safety Pins
Safety pins can be used as a temporary fix for rips in clothing, but also for closing gaps in blinds, to secure zips in bags, to reset electronics among dozens of other handy purposes.
Power Bar
These days, travellers have a handful of electronics that will need regularly charging. Instead of rotating devices and arguing over who gets to use the outlet, a small power bar can allow you to charge all of your devices at once which can save a huge amount of time and ensure that you always have charge.
Reusable Water Bottle
Without one one these, you will find yourself having to spend huge sums on bottled water every single day. Filling up a large re-usable bottle each day will save a fortune and provide you with plenty of drinking water (as well as a bit of water for washing if you need). Be sure that the tap water in the country you are in is drinkable before filling up!
Flip Flops
Even if you are travelling to countries with a cold climate, flip flops are a must. You certainly do not want to be walking around hostel showers or bathrooms barefoot or in your expensive walking shoes, but a cheap pair of flip flops will keep your feet clean and dry and are also handy for hot weather.
A scooter may seem like an odd item to bring with you, but it is a fantastic decision if you are planning on doing a lot of walking on your trip (which you will be with most backpacking adventures). Many backpackers suffer from severe pain in their feet, legs, hips and back from walking too much, but MGP scooters will save you from this and can also be a faster (and more fun) way to get around.
A deck of cards is a great way to keep you entertained for those long waits at the airport, lengthy journeys and nights in at the hostel. Whether you are playing solitaire, learning a magic trick or playing a drinking game, a deck of cards is a must whilst travelling. They are a great way to make new friends at the hostel as everybody knows a few games, plus you may even learn a new one or two.


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