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This design-build LEED Gold Certified building serves as a training center for our nation's soldiers and is used to conduct and analyze computer simulation experiments for a variety of training applications. The one-story facility is comprised of a structural steel frame skinned with brick veneer and a standing seam metal roof. It houses numerous computer simulation labs and classrooms, an auditorium, and administrative space. The Simulation Labs include a complex network infrastructure to provide secure connectivity for classified experiments. In addition, the inclusion of numerous operable partitions, raised access flooring, and projectors that can be re-located will allow users the flexibility to configure room sizes and utilities as training needs dictate. Additional scope included abatement and demolition of ten small buildings.


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Good food and good business go hand-in-hand. Many a lucrative deal has been done over a hearty meal and a few alcoholic beverages.
But what are the rules of wining and dining clients? How do you know if you have picked the right venue? And how can you avoid the awkward "who pays" moment?
Nailing the etiquette to entertaining clients can make all the difference when it comes to sealing the deal on new business. And it's a skill likely to come in handy in the long run, says Yumtable.com.au general manager Levi Aron.
"The trend to take clients out for dinner is only growing stronger with the move towards more relaxed work habits and the birth of the foodie nation," he says.
"If you are working in a corporate environment, it is almost expected to occur regularly."
Technology may have helped businesses reach clients in new ways, but eating out is still one of the best ways to make connections, Aron says.
"Dining out with your client enables them to see you and the company in a different light."
"It helps build the essential foundation needed when building trust and friendship in this tough business climate we live in."
Clients may be aware you are buttering them up to get their business, but the trick is to use good old-fashioned communication. A face-to-face meeting over a meal also provides good opportunities to tackle sticking points in tricky negotiations, Aron says.
"I was working on winning a high-profile client for a few months. I knew we had been short-listed and it was down to our team and one other supplier," he says.
"The client came into our office to discuss the deal, but I then took him out to a very nice, but not ostentatious lunch.
"We chatted mostly about personal things, places we had lived, concerts, etcetera, which really helped build a positive relationship. I found the right moment during the meal to address the client's pain point, one they wouldn't usually offer up, and managed to solve it for them right then and there.
Discussing your team's private life or funny habits should always be kept off the tableYumtable.com.au general manager Levi Aron
"After the lunch, we reached an agreement to complete the deal. My boss signed off that expense claim very happily!"
To make the most of your next business lunch or dinner, follow these tips from the experts:
1. Whoever invites, pays.
It's the golden rule of wining and dining clients, says director and lead trainer of The Training Establishment Rebecca Wiles.
"When one invites a guest or guests to a lunch or dinner, the invitation won't ever clearly state it, but it is a given that the host will pay for the meal," she says.
2. Put your phone away.
Alexandra Blakemore, founder of luxury stationery and etiquette company French Navy, says it's good manners to let your clients know they are your top priority.
"I aim to not use my phone while entertaining, unless absolutely necessary," she says.
"If, however, I do have to take an urgent or important call while entertaining, I let my clients know upfront that I will be called away from the table at some stage during the meal."
3. Watch what you say.
Avoid ruining a promising business meeting by straying into awkward personal discussion, Aron says.
"Discussing your team's private life or funny habits should always be kept off the table," he says.
"It's important to remember that although you may have built up a close relationship with your clients, they are still exactly that, your clients."
Don't be tempted to give away confidential information about your business either. Unless it's essential, politely decline to talk about company finances or strategy.
4. Choose the right restaurant.
Getting the venue right is critical to good business entertaining. Wiles recommends choosing a restaurant that reflects the business or potential business from the customer.
"Ensure it reflects the gratitude of the business they currently give to you, or are about to give to you upon signing the contract, over the meal," she says.
"Always ring ahead and make a reservation and ask for their help in securing the best table available in the house. It shows your guest that you care."
5. Your guest is the leader.
Make your guests feel welcome and comfortable by letting them choose from the menu.
"I let them know that I am happy to take their lead – how many courses they would like, what wine they would like," Blakemore says.
"I want to ensure they enjoy themselves."

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Perth, an eclectic mix of beautiful nature and a metropolitan modern city. Positioned perfectly on Australia's west coast where the Swan River flows into the ocean, Perth gets the most sunny days out of any other Australian capital city.
Despite being one of (if not the most) remote city in the world, the capital of Western Australia is a tantalising prospect to visit. Perth is shaped by the beautiful scenery of the urban landscape, views at the Botanic Gardens on Mt Eliza, vast beaches, modern buildings and architecture and glittering ocean. Take in the relaxed, down to earth Aussie way of life, a sophisticated dining and bar/cafe scene or a night out in the city. Perth is home to several popular art galleries and museums including The Western Australia Museum.
When you first arrive to Perth, why not take a free walking tour to get an introduction to this pretty city. Find the list below to see which free tours are currently operating. Don't miss out on a visit to Rottnest Island while you are in Perth.
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A way to familiarise yourself with Perth prior to going on your own adventure. Get a volunteer driven introduction to the city with a free guided tour or assistance with doing a self guided tour.
Visit the iCity Information Kiosk in the Murray Street Mall at the intersection of Forrest Place. Open daily.
For more information, details, dates, times and bookings - click here
More popular and well reviewed (but not free) activities, walking and day tours in Perth and surrounding areas
The free tours listed are free and have no upfront cost. Some tours may operate on a tips only basis where if you like the tour, you can pay your guide how much the tour was worth to you at the end. Didn't like it? No obligations.
We are always looking to add extra walking tour providers in Perth. Are you offering free walking tours in or around Perth? Contact us to get listed here.


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Instamatic Memories: The Beatles in Minnesota
From now through September 12, the Minnesota History Center is pleased to present "The Beatles! A One-Night Stand in the Heartland," an exhibit based on Bill Carlson's photographs of the group's August 1965 Minnesota concert. Many of the photos are included in Carlson's book of the same name.


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Doolittle: A Biography
Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. Near fine in dust jacket. Inscribed, "To Jerome Peltier [a Pacific Northwest historian] : With kindest personal regards, J.H. Doolittle." The subject was a well-known aviator well before his brave and historic raid on Tokyo and this book describes the accomplishments of a long career.
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The FC Goa's boycott on prize distribution ceremony, the attack on the officials and arrest of Ex-Manchester city star player Elano would go long way and may cost dear to FC Goa as the ISL (Indian Super League) and AIFF (All India Football Federation) has taken the serious note of the issue and is in process of initiating disciplinary actions against the local team.
The last moment victory of Chennaiyin FC over FC Goa with 3-2 reportedly went to create scuffle between the FC Goa owner and Chennaiyin FC captain Elano which resulted into the arrest of Elano. Subsequent to the unfortunate event, the FC Goa decided to boycott the prize distribution ceremony and according to the sources, the officials of ISL were also been blamed for this event. Now the above acts have been summed up into the big bundle of trouble which is very difficult to break.
According to the sources, the AIFF president Praful Patel has taken a serious cognizance of the incident and called it shocking and shameful. He tweeted that "ISL will not tolerate any indiscipline and the protection of international players and referees has to be matching the standard of FIFA guidelines." The ISL committee has also taken the note of the "Adverse Comments" and "Dispute in Results" and the same will be referred to the ISL disciplinary committee.
AIFF views, yesterday's post the ISL Finals developments, very seriously. It is shocking & shameful. Will not tolerate indicipline(1/3)
— Praful Patel (@praful_patel) December 21, 2015
Protection of international players & referees on & off the field of play & conduct of matches has to be as per FIFA guidelines. (2/3)
— Praful Patel (@praful_patel) December 21, 2015
Will await Match Commissioner's report, before initiating further action in this matter. (3/3)
— Praful Patel (@praful_patel) December 21, 2015
According to the sources, one of the senior officials from ISL said, "Whatever happened was shameful. That should not have happened. It amounted into giving the bad name to Indian football and these things could potentially scare off good players and referees. If a player can be arrested for what happened on the field and match officials can be assaulted after the match, why would anyone worth his name come to India." The sources also revealed that the AIFF would have taken the disciplinary actions on Monday itself but due to the non-availability of match commissioner A K Mamukoya it has got delayed.
It's time to wait and watch as what action ISL & AIFF is going to take against the FC Goa. But according to most of the national as well as international media, whatever happened was not good at all and the ripples of the same will be going to remain for a long time in the media. Should you have any comments and suggestions please do leave at the end of this article.
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There are many different little acts of kindness that can be done to brighten someone's day. I've included a list of some of my favorite ideas that I have personally done.
- Hand out roses (You could stand in front of a grocery store and give it to women coming out or just drive around and randomly stop when you see someone. )
- Pay for someone behind you in the drive thru (It can be risky because you don't know how much their total is, but God knows your heart and he will bless you abundantly for your generosity.)
- Bring cookies to the local firemen or police officers (They do so much for the community and always appreciate it when someone is grateful for their sacrifice.)
- Hide quarters around a playground (This is something a little out of the ordinary, but I'm sure you know how much joy it gives kids to find money. Just think of their joy. Plus we have had a little fun with it by putting it in weird spots that no one could possible have dropped a quarter ;))
- Leave a bouquet on someone's car (We did this once when we saw an older couple get out of a car at a restaurant. After we left the bouquet, we hid and waited for them to come out. It took a while but it gave us a chance to pray for them. When they did come out and see it, the wife was just grinning from ear to ear.)
- Put a quarter in an expired parking meter (A common one but still does a whole lot.)
- Make a reverse parking ticket (Instead of a ticket where they have to pay money, make a ticket with an envelope saying, "Treat yourself to a coffee!" We've done it before and can get people a little upset at first, but when they figure out the truth it brings a smile.)
- Tape some quarters on a vending machine (Pretty fun to think of people's reactions)
- Tape a gift card on that restaurant's bathroom mirror (We just made sure we let the restaurant know what we were doing so they wouldn't take it off and they could explain if anyone asks. And we put it in an envelope that said, "This is for YOU!")
- Smile at a stranger (The deed doesn't have to be extravagant to have a whole lot of love)
The list is endless and could be anything from a smile for a stranger to paying for someone's meal. It is totally up to your creativity and what God is calling you to do. I challenge you to leave little "rose petals of kindness" for people and would love to hear what you've done in the comments below!


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58 year old Naturalized Belizean Murdered in San Ignacio
There has only been one murder in San Ignacio since the start of the year, but the body of a man was found on Wednesday afternoon in the area of the San Ignacio Community Hospital. The grisly discovery was made by a resident who is constructing nearby and it took his daughter to identify him as fifty-eight year old Pedro Garcia, a naturalized Belizean from the village of Arenal, Cayo. He had been chopped multiple times and left to die in the open lot. The last time he was seen alive, was on Tuesday afternoon. Duane Moody has a report on this latest homicide.
Duane Moody, Reporting
This large portion of bloodstained grass in an open lot off the Bullet Tree Road, near the San Ignacio Hospital, is where the body of fifty-eight year old Pedro Garcia was discovered around three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Garcia was found lying face-up in a pool of blood; he had been chopped multiple times to the back, head and hands.
Insp. Reymundo Reyes, Deputy O.C., San Ignacio Police
"Information was received that there was the lifeless body of a male person in an opened lot between the Bishop Martin Primary School and the Hospital Compound. So they have some lots that are being sold to people and there was a young man who is constructing his house in that neighborhood. He was on his way to check on his building when he saw the motionless body of this person. Police was dispatched and on arrival they saw the lifeless body of a Hispanic person and when an inspection as conducted, it revealed that he had multiple chop wounds to the back of his head and to his back. It showed signs of chop wounds on both of his hands also."
A Guatemalan by birth, Garcia was a naturalized Belizean living in Arenal, Cayo District. The older man was last seen alive in the village by a relative on Tuesday around four p.m. – he said he was on his way to Benque Viejo del Carmen. It is not known if Garcia ever got to his destination because two days later, his body was found in San Ignacio dressed in the same clothes he wore when he left home.
"We sought the assistance of people from the embassy and that's how we managed to get some information. We proceeded to Arenal where we located a female; she was escorted to the hospital and identified it to be her father, namely Mister Pedro Garcia, fifty-eight years of age of Arenal Village. It is an isolated area. It is not an area that people would normally traffic…unless they have a vehicle that they drive through because it is somewhat of a shortcut to get to the hospital. People are just buying lots in that area some buildings are being constructed, but it is not a residential area."
It is believed that a machete was used to kill Garcia, who it would appear, attempted to escape from his attacker. A motive, however, for the murder is still not known.
Insp. Reymundo Reyes
"At this moment, the investigation is still ongoing. We the police have not established the motive of the murder and we have not established how Mister Garcia arrived at that said location. But we are sure that where we found the lifeless body is where the actual incident transpired."
Duane Moody
"What was he doing in that area?"
Insp. Reymundo Reyes
"That is something that we are trying to work on. As we speak police officers from the investigation unit have been dispatched to Arenal to try and establish when last Mister Garcia was seen in the village. Family members are saying that he was last seen at four p.m. on Tuesday, but we still need to establish if other people saw him Wednesday morning or is it that when he left Tuesday, he came to San Ignacio or stayed in Benque; that is what we are working on."
Information is that Garcia reportedly got into a vehicle that took him to San Ignacio on Tuesday evening. Duane Moody for News Five.
Police are following numerous leads in their investigation.


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lunarosa posted a blog entry in Roses Into The AbyssThe title pretty much sums up how I feel lately. My divorce is finalized, that feels like a weight off of my shoulders. I'm working at a job that I sort of can't stand but it pays the bills and will enable me to go to school next year. I haven't really had a chance to write out my feelings lately and I haven't really been able to pinpoint how I feel. I go from feeling really depressed or hopeless to not feeling anything at all and I think the past few days I've been feeling pretty numb but it's been punctuated by bouts of sadness and the urge to start sobbing in the middle of my shifts at work. So for my own sake I'm going to sum up what my situation is currently. I'm working a job that I hate and makes me extremely anxious. I have to apply for school in a few weeks but I'm afraid I won't get any financial aid or I'll chicken out at the last minute and not even apply. I'm in love with someone who doesn't want to be with me because my divorce wasn't finalized and now that it is, he still doesn't want to be with me but he's my best friend and one of the only people I have to talk to so that puts me in a weird place emotionally. I'm lonely and I miss having a friendship with a girl, every time I see girls laughing together or out doing things I get majorly nostalgic for times when I used to have close girl friends. I guess I'll eventually meet more people and form new friendships but it sort of stinks to always feel so isolated and like I don't have friends. Even when I got over to J's it isn't like going to spend time with a friend, it's more like going to see a boyfriend. I don't think we're capable of keeping things strictly platonic. Do people actually read these? I'm sorry if you do, I'm so boring and these entries are just for myself to vent or just start typing whatever pops in to my head. I know that good things are coming soon. They just can't come soon enough.
Taking Responsibility
lunarosa commented on lunarosa's blog entry in Roses Into The Abyss@Ian37 I had a similar issue. I got married after having really awful relationships in my late teens because I thought that was as good as it would get. Not to mention it was very easy for me to be dependent on him emotionally as well as in most other aspects. He had no problem making decisions for me and I just let it happen. My self-worth was non existent and luckily recently it's much better but there is always work to be done. Thank you so much for your kind words.
Taking Responsibility
lunarosa posted a blog entry in Roses Into The AbyssI was 22 years old when I got married. I hadn't worked a day in my life. I was depressed and lost and unsure of myself. I met a nice guy who I cared for deeply but now I know I was never in love with him. I just told myself that I was because I needed a way out. How horrible is that? This man who did nothing to deserve me wasting his time and giving him a few years of lazy, half-assed "love". I'm not dumb enough to paint him in a pure light though. He definitely had his evil side and he made me feel absolutely awful about myself. Does that justify the hurt that I put him through? Sometimes I'm haunted by the baby I never had. Sometimes I'll have dreams where I'm pregnant and whoever the father is in my dream will tell me the same thing my ex told me that day: "if you have this baby, I'm not going to love it." I was crushed. We had planned for the baby that I became pregnant with. We discussed it and agreed that we should try for a baby. Then I got pregnant and things changed. I didn't go through with the pregnancy, the pain of his words was so heavy on my shoulders and my heart and my mind. I remember how much I convinced everyone who knew what had happened that I had chosen that path but I hadn't. I begged him to reconsider. He didn't. While I know that ultimately, the choice was the best thing judging by how our relationship crumbled quickly, I still get sad. I had the procedure a week after my birthday and he acted like it was no big deal. I want to be a mother so badly. Maybe one day, Luna...maybe. Now, every thing is finally getting sorted out. The divorce is almost finalized and I can (almost!!!) close this chapter of my life for good and move forward with trying to find peace and comfort and love within myself. I'm attempting to take responsibility for my actions more lately. To stop trying to use the way people treat me or have treated me as justifications for my actions or choices. To stop making excuses. It can be hard. Sometimes I wonder if I'm just going to be stuck in this victim mentality forever. I don't want to be a victim, I don't want to be a survivor. I just want to be me. A person. A normal human being. I need to stop making myself the victim in every situation, I definitely feel like that's what I do. I'm not even sure why I'm writing tonight. I can't sleep and I'm starting to feel anxious for the first time in a very long time and I'm not sure how to deal with it. I can already feel that it's going to be hard to sleep for me. I remember at the peak of my depression when I couldn't get to sleep until like 5am. I sincerely hope that isn't happening again. My mind is racing. My anxiety is growing by the minute and I don't know how I'm going to keep it from spiraling. I'm sending out only good and positive energy now for all of my stresses to dissolve. For any issues that I have to find attainable resolutions and for a clear head and at least four hours of sleep tonight. Not a good night.
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lunarosa commented on lunarosa's blog entry in Roses Into The Abyss@Ian37 Thank you so much for your comment. It does feel better to know that I'm not completely alone in the way that I feel, however at the same time I wouldn't wish these feelings on anybody else and I'm sorry for any struggles you face in daily life and hope things improve soon! For the both of us. Lack of control is something I relate with very strongly. Especially up until about a year ago, I used to feel like I had absolutely no control over myself or my life in this strange unexplained way. Like I was detached from myself and all of my choices and actions, it can feel absolutely horrendous. Same with the self-sabotage. Although I'm at a point now where I know I'm doing it, I always recognize that I've done it when it's too late. I'm working on catching myself before I can push people away but the fear of being hurt or my trust being betrayed can feel so overwhelming at times. I am so appreciative that you read through my post and took the time to send me a comment. I am always open to listening if you ever need anyone to vent to or just someone to talk to about anything at all!
Another Day...
lunarosa posted a blog entry in Roses Into The AbyssNo matter how much I feel like I'm improving or feeling better or handling things better, some days seem impossible to get through. The past month has felt too hard. It takes everything in me to force myself to go to work and smile and be "on". I feel drained despite not really doing much. I feel unloved. I feel a million different things and none of them seem to be good. Nothing is interesting anymore to me either. I'm irritated by everyone and everything. I hope these entries aren't too repetitive, this is the only place I feel safe saying how I feel and what I'm thinking. I don't really have anybody to talk to and keeping a physical journal is always a bust. I always end up giving up on it or not writing in it. At least this way, nobody knows who I am and nobody that I know will ever find this or ever read it and that brings me a lot of comfort. The biggest things bothering me lately are feeling like I'm not doing enough and feeling unloved in general, by everyone. I'm working a retail job that gives me hardly any hours and I'm barely scraping by on bills. I got a different job recently but I haven't started yet and I'm just feeling impatient. I'm hoping that this new job doesn't make me feel the way my current one does but I'm sure that any job would make me feel this way, it's probably due to my depression. I feel like I've started everything too late and I'm running out of time. Sometimes the inevitability of an ending to my life overwhelms me so much and makes me feel so lost and scared. There isn't any comfort in an ending for me, I just end up feeling like I'm wasting my time and at the end of my life I'll have nothing to show for myself. I fear being alone forever and never having a family and never finding a place where I feel at home and safe and comfortable. I'm just afraid of so many things. It's embarrassing to say out loud but I feel like nobody loves me. Even my mom. I feel like the people who claim to love me just go through the motions and they don't actually mean what they say. I struggle with feeling worthy of anything. How am I even deserving of love? I'm not a good person despite what everyone seems to think. It's like nobody really knows me or something. Nobody knows all of the awful things I've done or the way I've treated people. How manipulative and mean spirited I've been in the past. I want so badly to be good and kind and honest and to love myself but at this point, is it too late for any of that? I think maybe it might be. It's days like today that I just want to lay in a quiet room and daydream about disappearing and going somewhere where nobody knows me. I just want to be left alone and stop being a burden on everyone in my life. I know that getting in to a relationship right now isn't the best idea for me. I'm aware of that, I repeat this fact to myself all of the time. I still want to find someone to spend my life with. I just want to find someone that I love and who loves me back who'll work with me to build a good, strong relationship and I don't think I'm ever going to find that person. I hate when I voice this to people and they try and tell me that I have plenty of time but I don't want to hear that. I just want someone to listen to me for once. I know how pathetic I sound when I say I want to find a man but it's how I feel, I can't help it. Even now I'm tearing up because I don't know when it'll happen for me and I just feel so lonely. I can't keep going on the way I am, seeing J and sleeping with him and going through the motions of being in a relationship without any commitment. He could walk away from me at any moment and I'm so SICK of feeling that way! Of feeling uncertain. I want a sure thing, I want commitment. I'm sad. I want a hug. I want to be isolated and alone at the same time. I just want someone to listen to me and tell me that everything is going to be OK but I have nobody and I'm tired of having nobody, not even a friend to reach out to. My family will never be there for me, they don't care about me and they don't have time for me. I'm alone. I will continue to be alone for a long time, most likely and I'm just going to have to get used to that. I'm going to have to let this sadness go and try and move on and live and push myself to be OK and live my life.I need to grow up and go to work every day and be an adult and a normal person. I want so badly for the good things to come but I'm afraid they never will.
The What If's
lunarosa commented on lunarosa's blog entry in Roses Into The Abyss@mleigh90 The "reason" I've heard most is that it's a "control thing". Whatever an abuser's reasoning, it'll never be good enough. It will never make it OK or heal anyone who they've hurt and that just stinks. I wish you nothing but the best in your journey towards healing and I'm here if you ever need to talk!
The What If's
lunarosa posted a blog entry in Roses Into The Abyss*possible trigger warning* I know. I am totally and completely aware that dwelling on or even thinking about what if's or what should have been's or whatever is completely counter productive. Totally unhelpful and maybe even harmful. It was pretty much the only thing that I did towards the end of high school and in to my (very early) 20's (I'm only 25). All I could think about as I was attempting to navigate the murky, traumatic memory filled waters of my depression was one question: "What kind of person would I be now if I hadn't been molested?". That question, sometimes worded differently, flashing in my mind in my darkest, saddest times. A bright, buzzing neon "what if". It's harmful to think about that, I think. (What would I know, I haven't seen a therapist yet). Harmful to visit that place where I daydream about this girl, this version of Luna that is completely OK. She's about fifty pounds lighter, she has clear skin (whoever claims the secret to better skin is to drink more water is seriously mistaken, I think I'm the most well hydrated person out here and I still have awful skin). She has a good job or she's about to finish school and get a good job, a job that she's passionate and happy about. She has a great boyfriend and they are planning to get married and start a family soon. She never got married at 22 to a man she didn't love simply because she felt suffocated and trapped and like she desperately needed to escape her own self-imposed prison. She has great friends and good habits and she doesn't let men use her as a stand-in until they find the person that they want to marry. I know that I will never be able to change what happened to me. Never. I will never have true justice. That Luna that haunts my daydreams, that mocks me from her secure and neatly put together bubble doesn't exist and she will never exist because the real Luna got molested and it changed her brain and changed the way she coped with things and shaped the choices she made and the way that she saw herself and lots of other things. The anger that I felt has lessened considerably. The pain has lessened as well. Surprisingly, it's been a change that I hardly even felt happening until I look back now on the way I felt a year ago, even. It will never fail to cause a twinge of anger when I consider that one decision that was out of my control changed the course of my life. Who told my brother that it was OK? That he was allowed to make a choice that would destroy me? Has he ever thought about it? Has he ever gotten therapy for what he did to me? Does he ever feel sorry or guilty or anything? Does he ever want to apologize to me for what he did? I think this is the first time I've typed these questions out without crying. I think I'm finally approaching some kind of peace with this situation and for once I'm not, not crying because I feel numb. I just generally don't want to cry. It's hot and I'm sleepy and and I miss J, I'm at his house until tomorrow because I like to prolong my suffering and spend days at his place even though we aren't dating. He'll be home from work soon and I'll be my usual stupid self: begging him to give me attention and being hopelessly in love with him.
lunarosa posted a blog entry in Roses Into The AbyssI have a job, that's good. I'm grateful but I feel restless and like I'm "supposed" to be achieving so much more than I am. I feel like my anxiety has vastly improved. I feel like I'm a different person than I was a year ago but then there are the moments where the anxiety overtakes me and the negative self-talk overwhelms me and I feel like I'm back to where I started: feeling utterly and completely hopeless and useless. I'm back in CA, where I belong, I suppose. I've always felt like I feel more at home here than any other place I've been. Maybe it's just that there are so many familiar people. My life is about to change a lot soon. If I can manage to push pass the intense anxiety at even the idea of applying for community college, I'll be starting school in Spring. If I'm able to get any financial aid. And that depends on if my ex gets our divorce finalized next month the way he's supposed to so that I can use my parent's tax information because I'm a dependent. I hardly make any money and couldn't possibly make it living on my own let alone pay for college. I can't even pay my bills. I feel like I have things much more together than I used to but some parts of life are still a mess. I'm still engaging in some sort of weird non-relationship with J. He calls me his best friend but it's more than that. Right? Best friends don't typically sleep together and kiss and hold hands and tell each other they're in love. Despite the fact that I haven't seen my ex or really spoken to him in...wow...a long time...J insists he can't be with me until my divorce is finalized. Which I totally understand, I just wish it hadn't taken so long for me to get it taken care of. Thank my anxiety for that, always putting uncomfortable things off until the last minute because it stresses me out to even think about them. But I have the suspicion that even after the papers go through and I'm officially single it won't make a difference. Part of me is convinced that we won't ever be together. That maybe we don't belong together. He seems so great but then I really start to think about things and I wonder if this is healthy. If he's right for me. I finally feel like I deserve quite a bit in the romance category, I'm not as self-conscious as before and have a much better sense of my worth. There are a lot of things I could type out here about his temper and his lack of communication skills and how terribly frustrating it is for me to feel like he doesn't tell me anything (despite the fact that he repeatedly tells me that he feels such a strong connection with me and wants to tell me everything and I'm his best friend). One of the biggest things I think about is when I was living with him last year, before the break up, I got a UTI. The worst UTI I've ever gotten in my entire life, I was in so much pain I couldn't even stand up straight and walk and I had a horrible fever. I told him I needed to go to an urgent care because I couldn't take the pain, it was terrible. I wasn't crying or anything, I can buck up quite a bit in the face of physical pain (usually). I wasn't working at the time and he was getting ready to leave for work. I half expected him to offer to drive me to the clinic but he didn't. He didn't even really come over and comfort me or say much....at all. I ended up telling him I was going to take a Lyft to the clinic so I could get some medication to clear it up and he still didn't offer to take me...I was too embarrassed to ask him to come at that point even though I was anxious as hell to go to urgent care and I hate doctors and had never felt this sort of intense pain before so I was just all around scared in general and could have used him there for support. But I said nothing and he didn't seem very worried at all. So I grabbed a water bottle and waited for my car to pick me up and he gave me a kiss and told me to let him know what happened. That's it. I had to ride in a Lyft to Urgent Care in intense pain, alone. And wait to be seen by a nurse for about an hour and a half, alone. Still in pain and still terrified and anxious. Later, he called me and gave me a half-hearted apology: "I should have taken you." I'm still hurt by this, isn't that strange? There's nothing like being in pain and your boyfriend let's you take a car service to the clinic without comforting you for you to feel like he doesn't give a crap about your pain or you. Yet, I still go see him. Still consider him my best friend. Still miss him and love him and hope he means it when he says he feels the same. I wish I could read minds sometimes. This post was just a rant about my "relationship" (friends with benefits sounds so....blegh). But this is what this blog is for. For me to spill my guts out since I have nowhere else to turn to and no real friends to speak of. Besides J. But it would be a little strange for me to rant about him to him, wouldn't it.
lunarosa posted a blog entry in Roses Into The AbyssI can't read anymore. I love to read but I can't anymore. Every time I try I feel like my mind is clouded by too many thoughts and memories and I can't push past them and focus on the words. My eyes recognize them, they're familiar but they don't register as much in my brain. I read the same paragraph four times. My eyes don't want to focus on anything anymore, driving seems impossible because I don't feel like I'm anywhere. I feel like I'm floating somewhere just outside myself, performing tasks and answering questions like a robot. Saying things I think I'm supposed to say, going along with everything because that's what I do best. I've never had very good control of my own life. Here I am now. Closer to 30 than I ever thought I'd get with no job and no prospects. Married even though I don't want to be but without enough guts to demand things be resolved as quickly as possible. And who am I to demand anything? I can't even pay for a divorce, I can't even pay for gas. I can't even pay for a package of soup or feminine hygiene products. I ignore the bills that pile up in the background, the phone calls demanding minimum payments. I wonder if I would ever get up the nerve to end everything and know I am too afraid of death to accept that option although sometimes it seems like the easiest. I'm falling apart completely. I am floating aimlessly. I just want to be independent and successful and happy and not feel so wretched all of the time. Like my muscles and bones hurt constantly and I'm fat and useless and ugly and lazy and. I can't close my eyes lately without hearing all of the things he said when he abused me. I can't sleep because I just play back the incidents that I remember and the new ones I'm starting to remember. I want to cry, I want to start my life all over again as a baby, fresh and new and clean and pure and unused. I want to start all over again with no older brother. With no family members who don't care or don't understand or don't believe. Start over and become the confident and normal and stable person I know is hidden somewhere in this mess. Instead, I'm forced to try and pull myself out of this despair and take responsibility for my actions and be assertive and bubbly and put things behind me. Why is it so hard for me and so easy for other people? I'll stop. My muscles are aching and sore, I feel decrepit and ugly. My eyes hardly want to focus on the screen. I can do this, I can do this, I can be OK. Where do I start?
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lunarosa posted a topic in Public: Welcome!I found this site months ago and have just now gotten the courage to post something. I feel that my life is falling apart and I feel stuck and hopeless and like I'm holding those that I love back from being happy. I came here to try and find support and someone to talk to. My issues are all caused from abuse I suffered as a child and I feel like I'll never heal and never feel better. I'm not sure if I'm using this site correctly or if this even makes any sense but I needed to reach out somehow and this seemed like a good place.


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The Big Picture: Today's Artist
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Sabrina Schroeder
and more!
The Post at 750
110-750 Hamilton Street | google map
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Doors opens at 11:30AM| Event starts at 12:00PM
General Admission seating. All ages welcome.
The Big Picture is a series of discussions that explore ideas about music's role in creating meaning for society. Join Music on Main's Composer in Residence Sabrina Schroeder and other exceptional artists and thinkers as they dig into what it takes to be an artist today.
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There are stairs from Hamilton Street to the doors at 750 Hamilton Street. If you require an elevator, please enter at 700 Hamilton Street (the CBC Building's main entrance), and take the elevator to "UL" level. Exit the CBC Building to the right of the security desk, and you'll find the entrance to 750 Hamilton Street across a small plaza.


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Marks and Spencer's (M&S) executive director for multichannel, Laura Wade-Gery, will be on maternity leave from 1 September, it was announced this week.
Until her return to the business in early January 2016, the executive team will share out her responsibilities, which since last summer have included overall management of the company's 800+ store network, in addition to overseeing its online operations.
As part of the maternity leave changes, Sacha Berendji, director of retail, and David Walmsley, director of M&S.com, will report temporarily to M&S CEO Marc Bolland.
Helen Weir, chief finance officer, will be responsible for eCommerce distribution for four months, which spans the crucial Christmas trading period.
Wade-Gery, who many analysts have tipped to eventually become Bolland's replacement as group CEO, was recently named as a non-executive director at property firm British Land.


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Natasha Barrett
Natasha Barrett (b. 1972) grew up in a music-loving family of non-musicans, in an environment that included both pop and classical music. When studying at the City Universtiy in London with Denis Smalley, her musical ideas led her to acoustmatic issues. After university, she moved to Birmingham to work on the Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre, made up of a huge number of loudspeakers. This is where her research on the possibilities of sound spatialization began. Research that continued through exploration at IRCAM of the musical potential of the Ambisonic system as well as concepts such as spatial counterpoint. Her work is divided between purely acoustic and acoustmatic works, intended for concert halls and artistic installations.


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Congratulations to three local North Carolina PTA Award Winners! The NCPTA recently announced the winners of its 2016-2017 Annual Awards program during the 2017 State Convention Awards Celebration in Greensboro.
- CCS' Superintendent Dr. Frank Till was the recipient of the Superintendent of the Year Award.
- Rockfish Elementary School received the Ruby Acorn Award for membership enrollment.
- Seventy-First High School and Rockfish Elementary School were recognized with Achievement Awards as Distinguished PTA Award winners.


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Our School Council
Our School Council and Prefects play a vital role in ensuring the children at our school have a voice. They have meetings each half term with Mr Spedding and discuss plans for the upcoming term. The make requests and questions decisions to make sure the pupils at Beech Street get the very best possible experience from their Primary School. The School Council are coordinated by one of our dedicated teaching assistants - Miss Burbidge - who ensure the children are well prepared for their meetings.
School Council Meeting Minutes
08/10/2019 - The School council met today in the staff room to discuss their plans for the year. The children were really excited about being given a clear focus for each half term. We invited a local resident - Mr Haycroft - to attend but he was unable to be present. We will again invite him to our next meeting. Here are some of the tasks the children will be taking part in over the school year.
Term 1.1 - Organise a community clean up day & write to the council about the faded road markings.
Term1.2 - Fundraising for a new school stage and outdoor ping pong table & select 3 Christmas movies for our upcoming Cinema Night
Term 2.1 - Invite and work alongside other schools in the area to focus on addressing issues in Salford and Manchester as a big community.
Term2.2 - School Council will spend a day around school observing lessons, interviewing staff and parents and monitoring behaviour around school.
Term 3.1 - The children will be raising the profile of healthy snacks, looking after our teeth and keeping fit
Term 3.2 - The children will support the Head teacher in nominating Year 5 pupils for the Head boy/girl next year and selecting a charity which Beech Street will be fundraising for in 2020/21.
03/07/2019 - The School council today met with Mr Spedding to share their requests for extra-curricular activities from September. Mr Spedding informed the children that plans were already under way to ensure each member of the teaching staff would offer a club from September. We added their clubs - computing club, model making and homework club- to the list of potential choices. Mr Spedding also informed the School Council that plans had been set to redevelop the playground in Summer. Mr Spedding showed the children the design and thanked Year 6 for their input. The children were really excited and have decided to write a letter to our local residents to apologise if there is any noise disturbance during the redevelopment in the Summer holidays. Once written, the School Council will walk around our local houses to deliver the letters with Miss Burbidge.


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Mary Miller grudgingly admits that she sees a bit of herself in the main character of her new novel Biloxi. Louis McDonald Jr. is 63, recently retired and, the author says, "really unlikable." He's unhappy with where he's landed in life, has driven away the people he used to be close to, and now his closest confidante is a dog he brought home on a whim.
"Louis and I had a lot of similarities, which is kind of hard to admit to myself," says Miller. At the time she wrote the book, Miller was living on the Gulf Coast with her dog, and didn't have much of a community. She liked the idea of a character who spoke his mind.
"We all have these thoughts in our head," she says. "We meet someone, and we think something — and of course you never would say the negative or pessimistic thing that you're thinking — and Louis does oftentimes. He engages people in ways that ... don't go well for him."
Take the time Louis goes to the bank on his birthday: Looking at his ID, the teller realizes it's his birthday and hands him some candy. Louis "can't help himself," Miller says — and decides to take this opportunity to tell the bank employee how much he prefers the white chocolate Kit Kats over the milk chocolate Kit Kats he's been handed. "He creates little conflicts wherever he goes," Miller says.
With human interaction posing a challenge, Louis strikes up a more straightforward relationship — with Layla the dog. Being a pet owner "gives him little tasks and things to do and errands to run," Miller says. But it's more than that — Louis and Layla "become a little team."
Louis takes the dog everywhere he goes, sings to her, feeds her deli meats — really loves her. It's Layla who brings out his humanity and grounds him in a way that the people in his life could not. "He's so desperate to please this animal who has pleased him so much — and really given him kind of a new purpose," Miller says.
Imagining the world from Louis' point of view was entertaining for Miller. "I can just still pick up the book and crack up," she says. "You're not supposed to say that about your own book — like, look how funny I am — but I just I really found the humor in him."
Miller hopes readers will also be delighted by her gruff, Southern protagonist. She says she thinks about the label "Southern literature" a lot because she's so often placed on "Southern literature" panels. She doesn't mind the term — "I'm Southern and I've lived my whole life in the South," she says — but she hopes that readers around the country aren't turned off by the designation.
With the current focus on breaking out of bubbles and echo chambers, Biloxi offers an opportunity to imagine the humanity of a person who doesn't like people all that much. "The longer you spend with someone the more you like them ... " Miller says. "I mean don't we all feel that way sometimes?"
Sam Gringlas and Justine Kenin produced and edited this interview for broadcast. Beth Novey adapted it for the Web.
The new novel "Biloxi" keeps a tight focus because the main character lives a tightly defined life. Louis McDonald Jr. is 63, recently retired, watches a lot of Fox News, doesn't have many friends. He's driven away a lot of the people who used to be close to him. His closest confidante is a dog that he meets at the beginning of the book named Layla.
The author of "Biloxi," Mary Miller, is different from her main character in a lot of obvious ways - gender, age - and so I asked her how she wrote this story from a point of view so different from her own.
MARY MILLER: So at the time, I was living on the Gulf Coast. And like Louis, I also felt like I really didn't have much a community there at the time, and it was just me and my dog. Louis and I had a lot of similarities, which is kind of hard to admit to myself.
SHAPIRO: He's unappealing in a lot of ways. Was there a reason you wanted readers to see the world through the eyes of somebody who was kind of gruff and unlikeable?
MILLER: Yeah, he's really unlikeable. And, you know, we all have these thoughts in our head. We meet someone and we think something, and, of course, you never would say that pessimistic thing that you're thinking, and Louis does, oftentimes. And he engages people in ways that they don't go well for him.
And so I think I got to kind of act out my basest...
MILLER: You know, I just got to...
SHAPIRO: Is there an example you can give us?
MILLER: Gosh, you know, I'm thinking of - he goes to the bank, and he's talking to this woman. And she looks at his ID and sees that it's his birthday, and she pulls out some good candy for him. And he goes on and on about how, you know, they make Kit Kats that are white now, and I like those better.
SHAPIRO: Right.
MILLER: You know, and just sort of this - like, you know, you just say, thank you. You know, I'm glad I didn't get the damn green sucker.
SHAPIRO: (Laughter).
MILLER: But, you know, Louis can't help himself. And so he creates little conflicts wherever he goes.
SHAPIRO: There's one moment in the book he thinks to himself, it was about time I had an enemy; it had been too long, which is a thing you don't say, but I think maybe everybody identifies with.
MILLER: Yeah. (Laughter) Yeah. It reminds me of - you know, I think it's kind of popular now. Everyone wants a nemesis or two.
SHAPIRO: I'm starting to convince myself that maybe I liked him more than I was willing to admit because he says things that you're just not supposed to say and thinks things you're not supposed to think.
MILLER: He does. And, you know, I think that's why just - he entertained me so much. I mean, I can just still pick up the book and crack up. Yeah, you're not supposed to say that about your own book, like, look how funny I am. But I just - I really found the humor in him.
SHAPIRO: So next to Louis, the other most important character in the story is a dog. And how did you think about the role that this animal, Layla, also known by another name, but we don't have to get into that...
MILLER: Yeah.
SHAPIRO: ...That this dog plays?
MILLER: I think initially, Louis gets this dog and, you know, he needs to feed the dog. He needs to have a bed for the dog. He needs - the dog is dirty. So it gives him little tasks and things to do and errands to run.
But then also, he and the dog just really initially take to each other and become - you know, become a little team. But he's so desperate to, like, please this animal who has, you know, pleased him so much and really given him kind of a new purpose.
SHAPIRO: There is this broad phrase, Southern literature, that includes authors from William Faulkner to Zora Neale Hurston. And I've heard others describe this book as Southern literature. Do you identify with that phrase? What does it mean to you?
MILLER: Yeah. I mean, I think about this a lot, or I have to because every panel I'm on, you know, they'll stick me on a Southern literature panel...
SHAPIRO: (Laughter).
MILLER: ...And, like, me and...
SHAPIRO: Whether you like it or not.
MILLER: Yeah. And it's, like, around the same rotation - like, me and just these few other people. And we're like, here we are again, you know, Southern literature. You know, what are we going to say, because we don't really know what to say? You know, I'm Southern, and I've lived my whole life in the South, so I don't mind being labeled that.
But I think my main worry would just be, you know, someone in Wyoming or New Mexico - are they going to - you know, the first thing they put is going to be Southern literature. Is that going to turn off other readers?
SHAPIRO: I mean, you're kind of asking for it by calling the book "Biloxi."
MILLER: Well, true. True.
SHAPIRO: If you had called it "Grumpy Old Man With A Dog"...
MILLER: I know.
SHAPIRO: ...People might not put you on those panels...
MILLER: I know.
SHAPIRO: ...Discussing Southern literature
MILLER: Yeah. So I really asked for it this time.
SHAPIRO: (Laughter).
MILLER: You know, I wanted to call it "The Gulf," and my publisher was like, so that won the Pulitzer for us last year...
SHAPIRO: (Laughter).
MILLER: ...And so we don't need another "Gulf" right now. But anyway, I do like the specificity of this.
SHAPIRO: We hear so much these days about breaking bubbles and getting out of our echo chambers. And I think, generally, fiction is a really good way to do that. And specifically, this book seems like a really tangible example of after you've spent a couple hundred pages in this man's world, it's kind of hard to stereotype and pigeonhole him.
MILLER: Yeah. I mean, I think most of what he's going through and sort of where he finds himself at this point in his life - I think everybody's experienced, like, oh, gosh, you know, I'm this age, and this is not where I expected to be or not where I hoped to be. And I think a lot of, you know, what he's experiencing is just something we've all experienced, and so we can identify him - with him on that level.
And the longer you spend with someone, the more you like them, maybe. I mean, don't we all feel that way sometimes?
SHAPIRO: Mary Miller, thanks so much for talking with us today.
MILLER: Thanks, Ari.
SHAPIRO: Her new novel is called "Biloxi." Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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CCSD Announces More Budget Cuts
Clark County School District recently announced another district-wide budget cut. The new cut decreases the funds of schools by $68 million.
Schools will be asked to cut their budgets based on the number of students: elementary for $132 per student, middle for $153 per student, and high for $184 per student.
The budget cut also reduces the number of teachers available for schools, removing the teacher-to-student ratio required by the class-size reduction law. This means that class sizes may increase next school year.
Revised school budgets were due yesterday after principals had a chance to meet with school organization teams to review.
What does this mean for A-TECH?:
- Class sizes may increase, making them more crowded
- Electives may be limited by student popularity
- Program areas and electives may not be able to plan more costly lessons or field trips
- School materials like paper and whiteboard markers may be limited
- Resources for students like assistance period and morning library times may be impacted due to limited staff
"It's easy to get things done when you pretend your inner critic that says you can't do XYZ is someone you don't like, like a video game villain...


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Manchester is the center of Life in Southwest Vermont. Located in a beautiful valley between the Green Mountains to the east, and the Taconic Mountain Range to the west, it is convenient to all the recreation and amenities that the region has to offer. Views of Mount Equinox dominates the skyline of a sophisticated resort town nestled in rural surroundings, offering a wide assortment of accommodations and chef-owned restaurants, plentiful shopping, recreational areas, museums and concert venues.
A Four-Season Resort Destination
Manchester is a destination resort town that offers four seasons of adventure and relaxation. Winter offers world-class skiing and riding at close-by Bromley Mountain and Stratton Mountain Resort, and cross-country skiing at a variety of venues both near town and in the surrounding mountains. Spring brings warm days and colder nights that are perfect for maple sugaring. Summer is the most popular time of year with beautiful views, perfect temperatures, and plenty of outdoor recreation to enjoy. Autumn attracts leaf-peepers from around the world to see the mountains come alive with fall color.
Shopping that is a Breath of Fresh Air
Manchester is home to a considerable number of factory outlets and independently-owned shops housed in restored, stand-alone buildings designed in the Vermont vernacular. Shoppers strolling the central shopping district will find the most relaxed shopping experience anywhere. Visit the famous Northshire Bookstore, locally-owned general stores, national factory-branded outlets, the Orvis Company Flagship Store, and a variety of local specialty stores offering products and gift ideas you will find nowhere else.
A Surprising Rural Sophistication
Manchester and area towns offer some of the best theater, music, and museums in all of Vermont. For theater, enjoy the world-class Dorset Theater Festival and the Weston Playhouse. Concert-goers can take in nationally and regionally-renowned musical artists at the Arkell Pavilion and Hunter Park, and local musicians get their turn at the town green and at local taverns. Manchester boasts two classical music festivals offering seasonal orchestral and chamber music performances by award-winning musicians. Museums are available to enjoy with the Southern Vermont Art Center, Hildene (the Lincoln Family Home), and the American Museum of Fly Fishing all located conveniently near the center of town.
Pure, Clean, Healthy Fun
Healthy, Vermont-style recreation is available year-round with golf, swimming, hiking, skiing, clay shooting, horse and sleigh rides, skating, backroad tours, kayaking and canoeing, fly-fishing, snowshoeing, biking and more. The farm-to-table movement has always been here, even before it became a fashionable way to eat, with authentic farmer's markets, restaurants serving wholesome meals using locally-raised meat, grains and vegetables, and specialty shops offering Vermont-produced foods, craft beers, wines and healthy snacks.
A Historic Village within a Town
On the National Register of Historic Places since 1984, the Manchester Village Historic District dates to its establishment in 1761. A crossroads village and the site of several taverns and inns, Manchester Village was an important stop for officers and troops during the Revolutionary War and played an important supporting role in the Battle of Saratoga. Later in its history, the Village was promoted and developed as a desirable summer resort community for wealthy New York City residents. Today, the Village features graceful mansions, charming colonial-style homes, and maintains its resort designation, anchored by the Equinox Resort and Spa, the Reluctant Panther Inn and Restaurant, and the Taconic Hotel. An evening stroll in beautiful Manchester Village is a must for visitors and residents alike.
Manchester Elementary and Middle School - Public
The Maple Street School – Private elementary and middle school
Burr & Burton Academy – Independent High School, considered by many as the best high school in the state, free tuition for Manchester residents.


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Early Season Panfish Problems – The Right Line for the Job
Joel Nelson 05.01.17
While most anglers don't give second-thought to the panfish line they're using, there are quite a few of us that have stumbled onto an open-water secret of sorts; braided fishing line can be superior for crappies and bluegills too, especially early on in the season.
Springtime panfishing can be as good as it gets. Active fish in the shallows play ball long before many larger gamefish are ready and willing, or are legal to pursue. With fish piling out of the depths and closer to shore in preparation for spawning, there are a few challenges for bluegill and crappie anglers alike.
First and foremost, anything shallow typically involves cover, which is especially true for crappies that prefer bulrushes, brushpiles, and other woody cover. Gills too can favor heavy cover, and are often found in and around lily pads and their maze of tangled roots. Pair tiny panfish jigs and light mono varieties with whippy rods and heavy cover, and you've got a recipe for frustration. Moreover, you'll be replacing jigs by the minute, or fishing tentatively toward the outside and edges, which many days simply leads to less success. Strength and durability in a fishing line then are incredibly important to the shallow-water angler.
Another primary issue with fishing shallow involves keen sets of fish-eyes that can be boat-shy, especially in pressured waters. Clear water obviously exacerbates the effect, and with colder water temps long before the algal and vegetative blooms of mid-summer, we see some of the clearest water conditions of the year during this calendar period. Thus, long bomb-casts are the norm on lakes like these if you hope to stay ahead of the fish, but that can be difficult with memory-ridden coils of traditional mono.
Spring weather patterns can also be notorious for blustery conditions for days on end, making for difficulties with both line management and casting distance. I have a farmer buddy and fellow panfish fanatic in Wisconsin that fishes more days a year than most guides, but he won't fish in wind. Cold fronts, barometer swings, and unstable weather are no problem for him, but high winds kill the ability to detect strikes and fish effectively when using mono or fluorocarbon.
Braid solves the bulk of these issues, but not just any braid. If the most desirable traits in an early season panfish line are strength, durability, suppleness and casting distance, the newer Dyneema offerings such as Sufix NanoBraid are a no-brainer. But what about the visibility of braid and casting to line-shy fish in clear water?
"It just hasn't been an issue for me," said long-time Lindner Media guru, Angling Edge TV host, and fellow panfish nerd Jeremy Smith (below). Smith says that especially for active fish in the shallows, while a boat may spook them, direct tying NanoBraid to jigs hasn't had a negative effect on his catch rate. Maybe it's because he can present baits into cover you normally wouldn't dream of casting to, as he readily admits: "The stuff cuts through lily pad stems, and you can always just straighten hooks on anything more solid you hook into. I can fish the same jig all season without losing it." Try that on your average 4-pound-test mono.
Toughness is the easy part, as all braids stand up well to abuse. The casting distance is what has really impressed me, and I first noticed that virtue when throwing light hair jigs in the fall to Mississippi River walleyes. Those fish are positioned just off the rocks, as they crash schools of shad and push them up against the bank. Fish too heavy a jig and you're snagged before you can flip the bail back over. Too light, and you simply can't cast it. That's where the silky-smooth nature and tight weave of the NanoBraid comes into play. The stuff slips through the rod guides with far less resistance, and I found myself overcasting and snagging on shore before getting accustomed to how well it peels off the reel.
Sensitivity is just as you'd expect with any hard line, which really aids in bite detection, especially in windy conditions and a bow in your line. While there is no stretch or shock absorption, I've simply gone to adjusting which rods I use to compensate for the effect. My favorite is a longer rod such as the 7-foot light, xtra-fast St. Croix Panfish Series offering. It's long without being overly flimsy, and offers some extreme casting distance due to that length. In heavier panfish cover, I've been using light walleye gear for years, and a great pick is the St. Croix Avid 6-foot 6-inch Medium-Light action rod. Truthfully, any rod over 6 feet with a medium-light action, and a fast or xtra-fast end section, will offer the casting distance, forgiving tip and backbone to straighten hooks or cut through vegetation.
I still have mono on a few panfish setups, especially bobber rods, but I find myself much more likely to grab a braid rod when casting. Equipped with these setups, you'll find yourself slinging baits without fear into some really nasty stuff, and hauling out more panfish as the reward. You'll also find yourself wondering why you hadn't done it sooner.


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Juventus has announced Betfair as their official sponsor for the digital field of online gaming and betting.
The final agreement will be signed for the upcoming 2017/2018 season.
Betfair has been a relevant part of the Italian national market since 2008, when betting became legal in Italy – even though Betfair operates in a slightly different way than the one we were used to in Portugal.
We remind you that, today, Betfair is one of the most important international online bookmakers, after its merger with Paddy Power.
The agreement between Juventus and Betfair allows the latter to use the Juventus brand in all its versions, for the purposes of online gaming and betting.
All the marketing material has been authorised by the Juventus brand for Italy, Europe, America and Oceania.
Additionally, the Betfair brand is now visible inside the Allianz' Turin Stadium and in the Juventus Training Center, as well as in various publications on its digital channels.
Juventus' fans will also receive some benefits, since the partnership explicitly provides for exclusive fan benefits, mainly for the games the club will play in the several championships
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Donald Glover To Retire Childish Gambino With Goodbye Tour
From co-creating the FX series Atlanta to starring as Lando Calrissian in the forthcoming Star Wars prequel Solo, Donald Glover is having a great run. But his Hollywood success means bad news for fans of Glover's music career, as Grammy-winning rapper Childish Gambino.
The multi-hyphenate has announced his intention to retire his musical alter ego—but not without embarking on a global victory lap.
Glover's upcoming, month-long tour is in support of his third album, 2016's Awaken, My Love! It will kick off in early September with a stop in Atlanta, where Childish Gambino will be joined by hip-hop pairing Rae Sremmurd of "Black Beatles" fame. The tour will make stops in 13 cities across North America, such as Boston and New York, with the final date expected to take place September 30 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
A presale for Glover's upcoming tour will begin Tuesday, while tickets for the general public will go on sale Friday via Ticketmaster.
Glover first broke big on the NBC show Community. That lead to roles in TV and film, including Ridley Scott's The Martian and Magic Mike XXL. He also created the hit FX series Atlanta, which debuted in 2016 and has earned him Golden Globe and Emmy wins. The second season of the show began earlier this month.
While Glover made his name in Hollywood, he began a second career as rapper Childish Gambino. His first album, Camp, was released in 2011, and he has picked up numerous awards and nominations along with critical acclaim. His third disc, Awaken, My Love!, earned Glover the 2018 Best Traditional R&B Performance Grammy for "Redbone," which also picked up an Album of the Year nomination.
Last June, Glover hinted during his set at the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York that he would likely retire his musical persona permanently. "You're in my heart. I'll see you for the last Gambino album," Glover said before festivalgoers. While Glover later confirmed at February's Grammy Awards that he is in the midst of "making another project right now, just, you know, to make," he fully intends to put his music career to bed.
"I like endings and I think they're important to progress," Glover said at the Grammys. "I think, like, if a lot of things had death clauses in them, we wouldn't have a lot of problems in the world, to be honest. So I think endings are good because they force things to get better."
Right now, it looks like Childish Gambino will be put on the shelf at the conclusion of the upcoming tour. Here are the dates where you'll have a final chance to see Glover on stage:
9/6 Atlanta, GA – Infinite Energy Arena
9/8 Chicago, IL – United Center
9/10 Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre
9/12 Boston, MA – TD Garden
9/14 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
9/18 Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
9/19 Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
9/22 Houston, TX – Toyota Center
9/23 Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
9/26 Inglewood, CA – The Forum
9/27 Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena
9/29 Seattle, WA – KeyArena
9/30 Vancouver, British Columbia – Rogers Arena


text: From the church stomping R&B of Ray Charles to the deep down Delta blues of B.B. King, Leela James has performed with some of the best in music. Now with a new album on Shanachie Entertainment entitled "Loving You More…In the Spirit of Etta James" Leela will be giving tribute to a legend who's known not just for classic songs like "At Last", "Something's Got a Hold of Me" and "Sunday Kind of Love" but for her raw "heart and soul" vocals in rock, soul, jazz and R&B. In our GFM interview with Leela we talked about the inspiration behind the album, the song she would choose for an Etta duet and her thoughts to the current state of R&B. Be sure to get the album July 31st and follow Leela James on Twitter GFM Spotlight Interview Leela James by GrownFolksMusic Hope WestHope is a music enthusiast and continual student of photography. Also known to rock out a quiet church or elevator with her current ringtone, Tom & Jerry's Uncle Paco, "Crambone". You might also like:"In the Spirit of Etta James" Tribute…[Tribute Video] GFM Remembers Ms. Etta JamesGFM Spotlight Interview: Leela James Talks Doing It…New Music: Leela James: "Set Me Free"New Music: Leela James – "I'm…New Music: Leela James feat. Anthony Hamilton…At Last! Etta James Leela James Something's Got a Hold On Me RELATED POSTS August 2, 2010James Jamerson-Tribute Tribute February 1, 2010GFM Birthday Tribute-Rick James! Tribute January 25, 2010Happy Birthday-Etta James! May 25, 2010Leela James-My Soul TributeSoul May 7, 2012"In the Spirit of Etta James" Tribute Album – Leela James's "Something's Got A Hold of Me" Tribute January 21, 2012Etta James: 1938-2012 Add comment Cancel replyComment Name * Email * Website This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. PrevNext


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Children are creating their own black markets to trade and sell salt due to First Lady Michelle Obama's school lunch rules.
During a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R., Ind.), a school administrator told Congress of the "unintended consequences" of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.
"Perhaps the most colorful example in my district is that students have been caught bringing–and even selling–salt, pepper, and sugar in school to add taste to perceived bland and tasteless cafeteria food," said John S. Payne, the president of Blackford County School Board of Trustees in Hartford City, Indiana.
"This 'contraband' economy is just one example of many that reinforce the call for flexibility [with the rules]," he said.
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Let's get physical!
It's all going to get a lot busier from 6 months old. During these months your baby is likely to, sit up, bounce on their bottom, push up from their tummy onto hands and knees, and rock back and forth, sit up by pushing from a crawling position with arms at sides, crawl or move by shuffling on his bum, try to help when pulled up to a standing position. Of course, they will all make this progression at different times, and won't necessarily do all of them, some babies are so adept at bum shuffling they don't bother with crawling.
Alongside these gross motor skills, your baby will be busy developing lots of fine motor skills. Around this age babies develop the ability to Progress from holding things in her palm to using the thumb and first and second fingers, rake at tiny objects with hands, pick up larger objects with fingers, pick up a cup and put it to her mouth, pick up, hold, and control an object using both hands, such as a rattle or shaker, bang objects together, explore objects by grabbing, shaking, sliding and banging them.
All of these new skills are very exciting for you and your baby, but it's also clearly a time to start moving things out of arms and harms way. There is an amazing range of equipment to help you keep your little one safe, but it's always a good idea to try to see things from your child's eye view and keep an eye on what could be coming next, as they always like to surprise us!
So, how can you help your baby to develop these skills?
Babies never seem to tire of this game. At this stage, babies are starting to develop the idea of object permanence. Adapting the game to encourage this is as simple as leaving part of the favourite toy sticking out from the edge of a blanket. As your baby becomes more confident sitting they will begin to reach out to move the blanket, practising both their gross and fine motor skills. As they become more confident try increasing the challenge by hiding the object completely.
Stacking up
A great way to start to develop an understanding of cause and effect is to stack and then knock objects over. Your baby may enjoy helping you to stack the objects up, but the will certainly be enthusiastic helpers when it comes to knocking your stack over!
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It's that time of the year when we're all so hopeful for the future, and really want to make things different this time and work on our New Year's resolutions, so why not give them a chance one more time and see what gives? In the wake of so many failed relationships and sky-high divorce rates, it doesn't hurt to include 'work on relationship' with your biker match on that list. Today, we present the top 2 tips you can effortlessly implement into your daily routine that can help you show appreciation and affection for your man.
#1: Show Interest In His Hobby
One of the nicest things people in a couple can do for each other does not include spending obscene amounts of money to impress one another, posting about their relationship all over the web or spicing things up in the bedroom (more on this later). Showing true appreciation for your partner comes down to taking an increased interest in what he does. His love of bikes is a huge part of who he is, which makes it easier to decide which one of his hobbies to learn more about – the bikes! Get an online subscription to a biker magazine and actually read it every time it comes. Once you've got the knowledge down, talk to him more about the components that make a bike, which ones he likes and which ones he thinks are trouble. Express genuine interest in going for joy rides, and just plain and simple share his passion as much as you can without expecting anything in return. He'll feel like you've fallen right down from biker planet straight into his lap!
#2: Revamp The Contents Of Your Nightstand
When was the last time you bought yourself some sexy new lingerie? Or used new toys in the bedroom? Or had a quickie outside of your home? If it takes you more than 5 seconds to respond to any of these questions, it's time to take a long, hard look at your sex life, and do something about revamping it pronto. Your bike connection would greatly appreciate it if you could make the first move more often than usual, do a little catwalk through the bedroom in your new sexy panties or even just have sex more frequently because the case with many couples is that guys just want more. He'll love the extra attention, there will be less fighting in your relationship, and your overall satisfaction with biker dating will increase. You'll enjoy his company more, there will be more dates to your liking because he'll want to return the favor, and you'll both just be happier.


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No handicap for Elisha
"A LITTLE flat and uninspired" was how Vicki Steele described her job.
Until she met Elisha Bramhall - a bright and bubbly 20-year-old who was born with Down's Syndrome.
In many ways Elisha is like every other young woman.
She is addicted to Facebook, loves socialising and has big dreams for her future.
But Elisha is also unique; in fact Vicki, the training co-ordinator for Smart City Vocational College, calls her a "pocket rocket".
The day she walked into Vicki's life and insisted on studying a Certificate II in Retail, Vicki said Elisha opened the eyes and hearts of not only herself and her colleagues, but also her classmates.
Vicki said it wasn't just Elisha's pure determination and strong work ethic that made her so inspirational, but also her wicked sense of humour and desire to contribute to the community.
Elisha's hunger to learn has seen her complete hospitality and information technology certificates at Rockhampton TAFE, her retail certificate with Vicki's help, and she was currently working on a further qualification at Community Solutions.
The young academic also willingly juggles two jobs - at Glenmore's IGA and a fish and chip shop in Wandal, and she has applied for a third job in the hospitality industry.
Despite her hectic schedule, Elisha volunteered at the Wandal Community Garden and was a Girl Guide.
Touched by Elisha's determination to live life to the fullest, Vicki nominated her for The Young Disability Challenge Award, which recognised people aged 12 to 25 who have advanced the rights of people with a disability.
On December 3 Elisha will fly with her mother to the 2011 National Disability Awards in Canberra as the only Queensland finalist in the seven categories offered.
It's an honour Elisha wasn't expecting. But she said she was excited and wanted to encourage others to not let their disabilities stop them from achieving their dreams.
The National Disability Awards will be announced at Parliament House in Canberra on November 22 as part of the Australian Government's celebration of International Day of People with Disability.
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The company's key target vertical markets are K-12, healthcare, and commercial office buildings. By leveraging new technologies, PC Automated Controls has helped organizations across Texas and New Mexico reduce their cost of operations significantly through the use of an intuitive BEM.
PC Automated Controls' unique approach to HVAC Preventative Maintenance (PM) involves a financial analysis that frequently identifies unnecessary spending. An aspect of our unique approach involves brainstorming with decision makers to understand their current situation both operationally and financially. This results in identifying cost reduction strategies and customizing PM solutions that provide quality and shifting risk, while reducing costs.
BEM gives customers a powerful user interface that provides insight into the facility's HVAC, lighting, and power systems. The customers can simply control all the individual pieces of equipment from a web-based interface. The PM packages, on the other hand, allow for the shift of monetary risk from the client to PC Automated Controls while also reducing costs; such risks often include labor, repair, and materials.
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