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THE PRESIDENT of the of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Joseph Kwaku Adjei, has taken a swipe at the ruling government on issues bordering on the National Pension Scheme (NPS), saying, "The feett dragging on the part of the government on the launch of the National Pension is irritating teachers," adding that the situation will not augur well for labour relations in the country.
According to Mr. Adjei, the decision to put the NPS on hold continues to be a bother to teachers who "unfortunately are suffering under the SSNIT Pension Scheme." He said it took teachers a series of demonstrations to get the previous government's attention to replace the existing SSNIT Pension Scheme.
Mr. Adjei, who made the remarks on Thursday in a speech read on his behalf by the national Secretary of GNAT, Irene Duncan, at the Third Quadrennial Regional Conference of the Volta Regional branch of the GNAT, said with such efforts put in by teachers to get the old pension scheme replaced, "it will be unwise to sit by and watch the old scheme rolling month after month, thereby aggravating the plight of teachers in the country."
Mr. Adjei noted that the issue concerning pensions is a serious one because it affects the lives of thousands of dedicated and loyal Ghanaians who have sacrificed their all to train the human resource that the country needs to develop, adding that such people must therefore not be made to suffer when they go on retirement.
The GNAT President also noted that the responsibility allowance paid to deserving teachers continues to be incredibly low, saying, "In fact, the recipients of this allowance see it as an insult" and called on the government to take a good look at the allowance issue to enable it come out with a package that will rest it for many years.
He lamented that professional teachers who enter the universities with their own resources because the quota system does not allow them to be paid for the four years, have been refused posting after graduation.
According to him, 567 professional graduate teachers who have completed their studies and have duly submitted their posting forms to the Ghana Education Service (GES) for posting have been denied the chance to go and teach."The explanation is that their names were deleted from the payroll when they entered the university courses without study leave, hence they cannot be posted," he said.
The professional teachers, he observed, are languishing at home when the nation keeps crying that there are shortage of teachers in the country and called on the GES and the government to as a matter of urgency review "this so called" policy and tap the full capacity of these teachers for the sake of the country.
His outfit, he said, has noted with grave concern, political interference in certain areas of the GES set up.
He pointed out that the GES has a process of recruiting, posting and transferring its employees and also has grievance handling procedures by which its employees who are seen to have contravened the code of discipline are subjected to in order to ensure fairness to all.
"We will therefore, as a matter of principle, resist any attempt by any political office holder to circumvent these processes for personal gain," he warned.
He appealed to members not to allow political persuasions to divide them "for after all, governments go and governments come but the profession remains."
He also bemoaned the situation where newly-trained teachers work for long periods before receiving their first pay and appealed to the GES and government to ensure that young teachers are not dissuade d from giving in their best.
The Volta Regional Minister, Joseph Amenorwode, in a speech read on his behalf, said the government has genuine and achievable policies for education and teachers.
He pointed out that government has through its in-depth analysis identified a number of factors that continue to threaten and militate against progress in education delivery and have started the process of addressing them. He mentioned increment in Capitation Grant and School Feeding Grant by 50 percent as some of the steps to address the problems.
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(Thanks both to progressive national radio host Thom Hartmann of the USA for calling this article "brilliant", and to the reform group JAIL 4 Judges for saying this article was "the best and most inclusive article we have found written on the subject of the cover-up of judicial corruption.")
In the headlines are the appalling news stories of Americans carrying out murderous attacks on judges and their families. In a matter of days, one judge was shot and killed in his own courtroom, while another judge had family members brutally murdered in their home. These news stories are, however, related to another news story, which is the most taboo subject of the American media - the expanding crisis of corruption among American judges and lawyers. At question is whether the deepening despair of Americans about their own legal system, is fueling some of these violent attacks on judges.
Much is written now about how America's economy is resembling that of a banana republic, given how America is sunk in preposterous debt, and how the U.S. dollar currency is sinking toward a possible collapse down the road. But there is another way that America is also like a banana republic, in that its legal system - contrary to its Hollywood image - has become a sinkwell of secret proceedings, the jailing of the innocent, and political misconduct; and how it is sullied with documented corruption, fake trials and court fraud.
These facts are not generally understood, because of how judicial corruption is the most un-reported news story in the American landscape. It is the category of news story which America's newspapers and media are most afraid to report, even when clear proof is in their hands. In America right now, judges - and lawyers who are protected by judges - can commit felony crimes in broad delight, leave the proof lying around, and yet avoid being prosecuted or even having their crimes be reported by the media. The people who work in the media see a lot of material on court misconduct, and yet they know this is the story of which they dare not speak. The lack of media coverage, in turn, encourages more judicial corruption, leaving millions of Americans in anger and despair.


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Not even close
The Padres were routed in three weekend games against the Angels, by a combined score of 26-7:
Day: Result
Friday: Angels 11-6
Saturday: Angels 9-1
Sunday: Angels 6-0
NOTE: Dating to last season, the Padres have lost 11 straight interleague games, 15 of their past 16 and 18 of their past 20. They have scored more than three runs in just five of those 20 games.
ANAHEIM – As soon as it seemed like the Los Angeles Angels had Adrian Gonzalez figured out, the Padres first baseman foiled their strategy.
Gonzalez, who entered Sunday's game 1-for-14 on the team's road trip, had three of the Padres' five hits against Angels pitcher Jered Weaver. Even with an infield shift that moved the shortstop to the right side of second base, Gonzalez managed to find the gaps.
"He uses the whole field anyway," Padres manager Bud Black said after his team's 6-0 loss. "He doesn't hit a lot of ground balls to the other side, he hits a lot of fly balls the opposite way. He hits balls line to line but we're finding that a lot of teams play the shortstop to the other side. With Weaver's style of pitching, that's probably what they were thinking."
Gonzalez's three hits included a double to the right-center field wall, a single to right field and a short infield single to the third base area – which was unoccupied.
Although he was successful in foiling the Halos' shift, the left-handed slugger said it was not intentional.
"I was out in front of the change-up," he said. "I cued it. I want to hit the ball in the air every at-bat. They can do whatever they want with the infield. My goal is to not hit it on the ground."
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Hundley not healing
Black said catcher Nick Hundley's left wrist injury is not healing as the team had hoped and there is a chance Hundley could be placed on the disabled list.
Hundley was hit Tuesday by a pitch from the Dodgers' Chad Billingsley and has been out of the lineup ever since. Before the injury, he was batting .241 with 3 home runs and 11 RBI as the team's regular catcher.
On Saturday, Black said Hundley was hitting both soft toss and off the tee and also receiving balls. He will be re-evaluated Monday.
22 picks signed
With the major league draft just barely in the rear-view mirror, the Padres wasted little time in signing almost half of their draft picks, including two of their top nine prospects and San Diego State right-hander Jon Berger.
The club said it has come to terms with 22 draft picks. Two of those players – Nate Freiman (eighth round) and Chris Fetter (ninth) – were all-conference selections this year at Duke and Michigan, respectively.
Freiman is a 6-foot-8 infielder who led the Blue Devils in batting average (.352), home runs (20) and RBI (62). Fetter, another 6-foot-8 player, pitched his way to a 7-3 record for Michigan with a 3.26 ERA.
Berger, a 33rd round pick from San Diego State, was 4-5 with a 5.83 ERA this season. He also was named the Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Week on March 16.
The Padres also signed UCLA infielder Cody Decker, who was taken in the 22nd round. Decker, a Santa Monica native, was an All-Pac 10 player who led the conference in home runs this year.
Other players signed included Jeff Ibarra, a pitcher from Lee University and Palomar College taken in the 23rd round.
Joey Nowak is a Union-Tribune internCopyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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With so many couples considering adoption, it may be wise to seek legal advise early in the process. A lawyer can help couples who are considering adopting a child by making sure that the legal issues of the adoption are handled properly to ensure there will be no recourse after finalizing such an awesome decision.
Couples hire a lawyer during the adoption process in order to make sure they get the most up to date advice and can access someone when they have questions. As adoption attorneys may have access to lists of waiting children or birth mothers who would like their unborn children to be adopted by good families, the choice to retain an attorney is a good one. Social agencies sometimes do not place healthy children. A lawyer will help you avoid this.
There are specific adoption attorney who only specialize in the placement of infants, waiting children, international, open, closed, or independent adoptions. Some adoption agencies will assist in private and public agency adoptions. The choice should be made as to what type of adoption you are seeking prior to obtaining an attorney. If you are unfamiliar with the types of options available to you, the attorney can answer any questions you have.
Reading and research is a good way to get started on helping you make your decision. The more information you have, the easier it will be for a lawyer to assist you in the emotional process. With the state social services departments being one of the best links to children who need adoptive parents, the adoption attorney can act as an educated intermediary who will interview potential birth mothers, gather as much information as possible about the birth mother, her family, the medical histories, etc.
If you choose to do an adoption through a public or private agency, there will be requirements that have to be met prior to the interview process. Classes that discuss emotional and behavioral issues those children who have been adopted face, as well as the integration of the child into the family. After the assessment process with an agency which includes a visit to your home, submission of medical reports, proof of ability to care for the child financially, criminal records and references, in part, an attorney can help you in making certain the search for a child is done in a legal manner.
Visiting with the birth family is also a possibility when considering adoption. The lawyer you retain can guide you through the right way to handle those visits, subsequent phone calls, and even letters and pictures that you would like to send to the birth mother after placement. A lawyer can advise you in the event the child you adopt is unhealthy or has the likelihood to possess an illness you weren't told about.
In any situation where you feel a lack of knowledge of your rights or means necessary to go through with an adoption, retaining an adoption lawyer will give you peace of mind that you are using reasonable care throughout the process.


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> > And how about Portage itself? It currently only knows about rsync,
> > cvs and svn, but probably should get extended with git support as
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> How does it interact with a SCM?
emerge --sync, not a big deal though.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (JTA) — Who knew that a Magen David in the sky would usher in the Age of Aquarius? Several planets — Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Pluto — will be in rare alignment, and be joined by the sun, with the full moon opposite them all, to form the astral equivalent of a Jewish star on Jan. 23, which is also the Jewish holiday of Tu B'Shevat. On that day, people all over the world — from New York to the Pyramids in Egypt to a Mayan temple in Palenque, Mexico — will join together to worship what is being called the "Jerusalem Star of David Synchronicity." The event is being organized by a group calling itself The GaiaMind Project, which is suggesting that at 12:30 p.m. EST that day people all over the world pray or meditate "or do whatever brings them closer to the divine." The project, created for the sole purpose of spreading awareness of this pastoral alignment, wants people to contemplate for five minutes the "miraculous value" of the "perfectly symmetrical mandala" formed by the heavenly bodies. Then participants should "envision light together for one minute in unison," say the project's Mill Valley, Calif.-based founders. According to a statement from project founders Juliana Balistreri and Jim Fournier, "perhaps by envisioning how everything, including that which seems most wrong to us, might be part of the ebb and flow of an evolutionary process, we may accelerate the awakening of global consciousness." In a telephone interview, Balistreri described her group as an "international, transdemoninational" effort. She said her group was "a lightening rod for New-Age thinking." A page on the project's Web site (www.gaiamind.com) details the importance of the Star of David shape in a few different religious traditions. It also translates into New Age groovy-speak the meaning of the Hebrew words, Magen David, which means "shield of David." The Magen David "represents the dispensation of ongoing manifestation." "In other words, the double triangle represents the one way pouring itself out into the next dimension just like the way a seed pours itself out until it becomes a fruit. "This is the sacred process and the sacred path."
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The brave men and women who have put their lives on the line for our country shouldn't face a bureaucratic nightmare to get the benefits they have so rightfully earned.
And when senior leaders in the Veterans Administration fail those who have put their lives on the line for our country, they deserve a pink slip – not a bonus.
So imagine my disbelief when I learned that – despite the persistent backlog and other widespread problems identified by the VA's Inspector General – the department's senior executives have received "glowing performance reviews and cash bonuses of up to $63,000," according to the Veterans' Affairs Committee.
This news comes after I've repeatedly pressed the administration on the VA backlog issue.
Last February and April – after hearing from a countless number of veterans in our local area who were experiencing claims issues at the regional VA office – I took action and sent letters to the VA Secretary seeking answers to the VA claims backlog. Then, last July, I was joined by Members of Congress from the Ohio delegation in a letter to the Secretary demanding a direct and transparent plan from the VA for addressing the VA backlog.
But I continue to hear about this backlog from veterans in our area almost every day. It's simply unacceptable, and it deserves our utmost attention.
Even though the House has acted to tackle the backlog, reform won't get far if it's to be carried out by managers who have proven they aren't up to the job.
That's why I'm backing the VA Management Accountability Act (H.R. 4031), a bill introduced by House Republicans that gives the Secretary of the VA the ability to fire or demote senior executives who are not fulfilling their responsibilities to our service men and women. It's supported by several veterans organizations, including Concerned Veterans for America and the American Legion.
The logic is simple: at the VA, when you aren't getting the job done, you should go.
As I said in a recent speech on the House floor, the individuals at the VA who have let down our veterans should be held accountable, and we need to get people in there who can fix this backlog once and for all. The VA Management Accountability Act is an important step in keeping the pressure on the VA, and it's an important step in our continued effort to ensure this administration fulfills its commitment to our nation's veterans. I assure you, we're not going to let up until this issue is resolved.
If you are a veteran living in the 8th District, please know that my office stands ready to assist you with any VA issues you may be facing. For more information, please visit www.johnboehner.house.gov or call 339-1524.


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Gainco has made two new appointments in its engineering and product development departments. Chief Engineer, Roberst S. Dirksen has been promoted to the director of engineering. The company's new electrical engineering manager is Jim White.
Two reelected At-Large Directors are Ivan G. Larsh, WEDECO Ideal Horizons, and Viggo Nielsen, Safeline Inc. Two vacant Board seats were filled, as well. John Rooney, Evergreen Packaging Equipment/International Paper, was appointed to a one-year tem. Kirk Spitzer, Alfa Laval Inc., was appointed to a two-year term.
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The rappers 50 Cent and The Game have donated $200,000 (GBP105,260) to help boost suffering schools in California's Compton district.
The pair made the donations through their respective companies THE BLACK Wall Street and THE G-UNITY FOUNDATION yesterday (07APR05) to help the COMPTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT and its ailing arts and music program, which has been dormant for several years, according to website ALLHIPHOP.COM.
50 Cent, real name CURTIS JACKSON, says in a statement, "GUnity's goal is to lend a hand to the people who need it most. This donation is just the beginning of what we're hoping to do."
Ecstatic District Superintendent, JESSE GONZALES, says, "This magnificent donation couldn't have come at a better time. For the first time in many years, we can purchase musical instruments and provide music programs for our elementary school students."
Last month (MAR05), after ending heated rap feud, the rappers donated a total of $253,500 (GBP133,421) to the BOYS CHOIR OF HARLEM.08/04/2005 19:14


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Thala's Nature Reserve supports many interesting and rare habitats with a constantly changing kaleidoscope of natural wonders, making the experience very rewarding for naturalists and wildlife photographers.
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The Thala night sky is free from light pollution and filled with millions of stars. Surrounded by sounds of the rainforest & ocean – enjoy an introduction to the beautiful Southern Constellations from an experienced & passionate guide.
View many fascinating stars & planets using telescopes and binoculars at the unique outdoor observatory.
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You will be guided through 145 acres of a variety of native flora by Brett and his enthusiastic team.
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David is our bird and butterfly expert and you will be thrilled at the colour and variety of the species to be found at Thala. An early start to hear the first chorus of Thala's birds in full song is a wonderful way to welcome a new day.
We also have local experts who can take you for full day birding expeditions through a wide variety of habitats. Pick up a Bird Sighting Calendar from the Adventure desk and see if you can add to the extensive number of varieties spotted so far.
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Talks with Kuku Yalangi People
Elders from our local aboriginal community, the Kuku Yalangi people, come and share their stories as passed on from previous generations including the history of their ancient cultural traditions.
You will enjoy seeing and learning the value of bush tucker food, the knowledge of which has been nurtured since the age of the hunter-gatherer. The haunting rhythms of the traditional Didgeridoo is being incorporated into many forms of contemporary music, here it will take you back to the beginnings of the aboriginal Dreamtime.
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U.S. hails constitutional transfer of power in Malawi
WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday congratulated Joyce Banda on becoming Malawi's new president following what it hailed as a peaceful and constitutional transfer of power.
In Lilongwe, Banda on Saturday told supporters there was no room for revenge as she was sworn in as Africa's second female head of state in modern times after the death of the divisive Bingu wa Mutharika.
Banda offered the conciliatory words following two days of political intrigue in which Mutharika's inner circle tried to block her assuming the post, which fell to her as vice president under the terms of the constitution.
In congratulating Banda, the United States "looks forward to continued partnership with the government and people of Malawi," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke with Banda earlier Monday about the "importance of adhering to rule of law, and to working across parties as the government of Malawi moves forward," Nuland said.
"We congratulate Malawi for ensuring that the transfer of power was both peaceful and reflected the letter and spirit of their constitution," Nuland said.
"The people of Malawi have demonstrated once again their commitment to democratic values as the foundation of the rule of law," she added.
The United States also extended its condolences to Mutharika's family.


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The skirt hangs 17 1/2 inches from the waist and the pattern can be modified to fit just about anyone. I used 100% cotton quilting fabric. There are so many color and pattern choices available, you are sure to find the perfect print whether it's princesses, ponies or superheros.
- 24 x 24 inch piece of paper
- pen or pencil
- ruler
- sewing tape measure
- 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 yards of fabric
- 2 yds of 2-inch wide elastic
- sewing supplies (scissors, pins, thread, sewing machine, iron)
- disappearing ink fabric marker (optional)
There are a couple different ways you can lay out your pattern pieces depending on the width of your pattern pieces.
|For wider skirts, lay one pattern piece on the fabric and another folded in half along the fabric fold.
|For thinner skirts you may be able to fit two pattern pieces side by side, slightly staggered.
Cut out 8 fabric pieces.
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Over 300 former college players have been training nonstop over the last two months in order to stand out at the NFL Combine this weekend in Indianapolis. With this being their last chance to impress scouts and general managers, five former Virginia Tech players who received an invite are ready to prove to an NFL team that each is worthy of a selection.
During the four-day workout period that begins Saturday on NFL Network, wide receivers
"It's through the roof right now," Davis told HokieHaven.com about his confidence. "I just can't wait to be able to go out and perform. This is what I've been doing my whole life. I would bring a lot to the table (for an NFL team). I'm big, athletic, fast, and have strong hands. And I can make a big play when needed. "
Davis (who was nine yards shy of Andre Davis' school season-record) mentioned that the interview process will also play a big part in the week, and that interviewing with 15-20 NFL teams at the East-West Shrine game prepared him well for the off-field aspect of the combine. Still, Davis knows that the best way to impress is to surprise scouts with superior athleticism.
"A lot of people are expecting me to run a little slower [in the 40-yard dash] than what I will, so I think I'm gonna open up some eyes," Davis said.
Like Davis, Fuller has the belief that he's ready to solidify a spot in the April draft. He also mentioned that he's focused on running a fast 40-yard dash in order to surprise some scouts. But unlike Davis, the track-star-turned-wide-receiver has only played football for a couple of years. And that's something the scouts love about Fuller.
"One of the biggest things I've been hearing is I have a lot of potential," Fuller told HokieHaven.com. "I've only played football for two years, so I have a lot to improve on. A lot of scouts like that they can develop me. I'm a speed guy, but I like to run the simple routes. And I'm not afraid to put myself in the middle of the field to make catches. I'm a humble guy that wants to learn to get better."
That selfless attitude will surely (or already has) be noticed in Fuller's interviews with NFL teams. Fuller and Davis will both do their on-field workouts on Sunday along with the quarterbacks and running backs. They will be the second Hokie duo to work out this weekend, as offensive linemen Vinston Painter and Nick Becton will do their on-field workouts Saturday. However, the two tackles are completing their bench press station today, and both appear primed to put up a gaudy number.
While Painter and Becton couldn't be reached before they began their portion of the combine, Taylor gave his thoughts before leaving this morning for Indianapolis. More than anything, the former Hokies defensive leader is ready to enjoy the moment.
"We've been working for this for the last four, five years," Taylor said. "Now it's time to put all that work to use and just enjoy being a part of it all. I'm very confident that I'll be able to impress some people- on and off the field."
According to the NFL.com combine website, Davis, Fuller, Taylor, and Becton are all projected as mid-to-late round draft picks. Although it will be the first time in six years Virginia Tech won't have a defensive back taken in the draft, it appears that the five aforementioned former Hokies will continue a legacy of sending players to the next level.


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The Weekly Health Quiz: Migraines, Drinking and Belly Fat
September 22, 2017,
Ringworm is a skin infection due to a fungus. Often, there are several patches of ringworm on your skin at once.
Dermatophytid; Tinea
Ringworm is common, especially among children. However, it may affect people of all ages. It is caused by a fungus, not a worm like the name suggests.
Many bacteria and fungi live on your body. Some of these are useful, while others can cause infections. Ringworm occurs when a type of fungus called tinea grows and multiplies on your skin.
Ringworm can affect the skin on your:
Ringworm can spread easily from one person to another. You can catch ringworm if you touch someone who has the infection, or if you come into contact with items contaminated by the fungus, such as combs, unwashed clothing, and shower or pool surfaces. You can also catch ringworm from pets that carry the fungus. Cats are common carriers.
The fungus that causes ringworm thrive in warm, moist areas. Ringworm is more likely when you are often wet (such as from sweating) and from minor injuries to your skin, scalp, or nails.
Symptoms of ringworm include:
If ringworm affects your hair, you will have bald patches.
If ringworm affects your nails, they will become discolored, thick, and even crumble.
To care for ringworm:
Your health care provider may prescribe pills to treat the fungus if you have:
You may need medicines such as ketoconazole, which are stronger than over-the-counter products. You may also need antibiotics to treat skin infections from strep or staph that are caused by scratching the area.
Infected pets also should be treated.
To prevent ringworm:
Superficial fungal infections. In: Habif TP, ed. Clinical Dermatology . 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 13.


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Health Care Aide
This 485-hour program (285 hours in the classroom and 200 hours in practice-based experiences) will prepare you to become a vital member of the healthcare team. Health Care Aides (HCA) perform such duties as assisting individuals in meeting basic needs and activities of daily living. Employment opportunities exist in long-term care, community settings, assisted living and acute care. The Health Care Aide program delivers the Alberta Provincial Curriculum that includes theory and practice-based experiences.
Your future starts here if you:
- have a caring attitude and are understanding and non-judgmental
- are able to work as a team member and dependable
- are interested in supporting those in need with personal assistance
- can communicate effectively
- have good organizational and time management skills
This program has a required Practice-Based Experience (PBE) component. The College dictates the legal terms and conditions governing the PBE.
Students must meet and maintain certain requirements to participate in the PBE setting as determined by programs, practice agencies and/or legislated by government bodies. These may include health (e.g. immunizations, screening tests, etc.), privacy and security (e.g. police information check, IT access, etc.), and OH&S requirements (e.g. CPR certification, Fire Safety, WHMIS, Mask Fit-testing, etc.).
As a post-secondary health care program in Alberta, provincial immunization standards apply to students in this program. As per the provincial "Standard for Immunization of Post-Secondary Health Care Students and Students in Other High-Risk Occupational Programs", all Post-Secondary Institutions (PSI) have the responsibility of assessing the immunization status of each healthcare student at the time of initial enrollment and to ensure all healthcare students are fully immunized before leaving post-secondary programs. There is an administrative fee for this assessment and vaccinations required to become fully immunized.
Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) coverage – PBE placement agencies and employers usually require WCB coverage on behalf of the student. Students enrolled in post-secondary institutions in Alberta are deemed to be employees of the Province of Alberta and, as such, provided WCB coverage. In certain instances, for students outside of Alberta, WCB coverage may not be provided (e.g. non-Alberta residents taking a course solely through distance learning with a PBE placement outside of Alberta). These students are advised to contact the program prior to application.
PBE sites will include Lethbridge and may include surrounding rural communities. PBE's may include day, evening, and/or weekend schedules. Students will be expected to travel to assigned sites and will be responsible for arranging travel and any associated costs.
The Health Care Aide program is equivalent to the Health Care Aide Provincial Curriculum of Alberta.
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The Theodore/Edward Conundrum
Hubs and I are kicking around Theodore (Teddy or Theo nn) as the most likely option for our second son who is due in December. However, we are having some trouble with the middle name. Our oldest son is Cole Matthew, named, in part, for my husband whose mn is Cole, and I would like to honor my brother this time by using his mn, Edward (also passed down from my uncle). My issue is this: Since they both share the nn Ted, are Theodore and Edward too similar? Weirder question, if we were to exclusively call him Teddy, should the mn flow with that as well?
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I agree: I don't think it matters. In almost all circumstances when one would be saying his middle name out loud, one would also be using his formal first name. Teddy Edward would almost never come up. And I don't think the one-nickname-shared-by-two-names things is a big deal since the full names themselves sound so different. I say go for Theodore Edward.
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Tuesday 07 Aug 2012
One Fine Stay invited World Interiors News to take a look at the Violin Factory - the latest addition to their carefully curated collection of homes available for guests while the owners are out of town.
I hadn't seen the episode when the house was Featured on Grand Design TV series on Channel 4, but my friend Jane Lawrence from Conran + Partners had seen it, and yet she was still surprised to see how differently it looked 'in the flesh'.
From the exterior - an unprepossessing urban Waterloo street - there is scarce evidence of its existence, yet alone any indication of the expansive, unusual home contained, tardis-like within.
The Violin Factory is the much-loved home of Milko Ostendorf and his wife, Louise, as well as a showcase for Louise's design practice, MCD. The building was originally, as its name suggests a factory that made violins. Shoehorned in amongst terraced housing and a medley of other industrial buildings, the space - Victorian in origin and composed of Fletton and London red stock brick, with six meter king post trusses spanning the main hall - was derelict and unused when the couple discovered it on Christmas Eve in 2000.
Notwithstanding its sorry state, and lack of roof, windows, light and views, for the couple (or Louise at any rate) it was the Holy Grail of urban buildings; the 'Unspoilt Space' that Louise had spent seven years searching for after a spell living in New York in one of Robert De Niro's TriBeCa lofts.
Every obstacle imaginable was put in Louise's way, from purchasing the plot, conceiving its design, gaining planning permission, addressing the nine party wall agreements and combating the belated discovery that the building was resting on reclaimed marshland - and required support from four dozen 25 metre piles - it was a titanic challenge.
Having entered through anonymous metal garage doors, visitors step through into the house via a miniature pedestrian door part of the original, immense, wooden violin workshop doors, popping out, Alice-in-Wonderland style, into the bright light and roomy expanse of a double height winter garden; the first of a series of unexpected manipulations of volume, light and shadow.
One of the key characteristics of the design is that the original building is still very much in evidence; it has not been over-dressed: "As a practice MCD doesn't have a signature style, our design is always a response to the site and how the clients live, work or use the spaces. Here the design was dictated by the lack of natural daylight and the design in regards to light and aspect were the main responses to this beautiful utilitarian Victorian building. We wanted to keep the integrity of what was originally a very practical, utilitarian workspace. And because it is in effect "inside-out" architecture - it is a hidden building with no external views excepting the sky - the space and materials used inside have to define the building; which is why we ended up with an 12 metre high dining area and just three bedrooms, rather than say six the traditional number in a home this size".
The potentially 'hard' elements of the utilitarian industrial architecture are softened by the intimate spaces like the subtly lit bedrooms and Milko's snug study, which is lined with American Black Walnut, veneered paneling. I don't think we've gone overboard," Louise says. "We've added mainly plasterboard, stone finishes and accents like the glass, which was a response to a building that doesn't have a lot of windows. And I deliberately didn't use frameless glazing to the bedroom suites; I chose Crittall windows as a link between the 21st century and the Victorian era - a melding of the two vernaculars."
Milko's passions are cooking and film, so Louise installed a huge professional bespoke Charvet stainless-steel range - which took seven men and a crane to install - plus a temperature-controlled, glazed wine cellar and a private cinema room.
When MCD were pitching against stiff opposition in a RIBA competition for a high-end project in London and the clients came to the house and saw how the design practice had dealt with issues of light and space and regeneration and sustainability, they gave MCD the job on the spot.
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Tag Archives: Accounting
Are You Ready for an Audit?
Posted on 17. Mar, 2015 by Mary Girsch-Bock.
Isn't it amazing how a simple five-letter word can create such panic and anxiety in so many of us. While tales of audit disaster are found everywhere, most audits are simple and straightforward, involving little drama and a lot of paperwork. Of course, even with these reassurances, being audited, whether it's by the IRS, the […]
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Knowing the Limits on Collection Practices for Property Managers
Posted on 20. Jun, 2014 by Marc Courtenay.
One of the challenges in the management of rental properties involves collecting from residents behind on rent payment. Knowing the laws which govern the methods used for collection is a vital first step. We can debate how far we'd push the envelope to make sure the rent is collected, but the key to avoiding legal […]
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Why You Shouldn't Use Excel As Accounting Software
Posted on 19. Feb, 2014 by Mary Girsch-Bock.
First, let me confess that I love Excel. Having used Excel for years, I'm fully aware of its strengths, and will continue to use it to create spreadsheets, graphs, and tables. But for some unknown reason, there is a small group of property managers that continue to extol the benefits of using Excel as their primary accounting software.
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The Definitive Guide To Apartment Budgeting: How To Calculate Effective Rent (eBook)
Posted on 15. Nov, 2012 by Bryan Ives.
We work with many property managers that want to learn best practices related to budgeting. In this eBook, we've collaborated with an expert to provide you with each and every line item that drives Effective Rent.
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Trust Accounting for Property Managers (eBook)
Posted on 23. Aug, 2012 by Bryan Ives.
Running a successful property management business entails a sound understanding of accounting. This complimentary eBook by Mary-Girsch-Bock from propertymanager.com covers the fundamentals of trust accounting.
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Financial Management Plan
Posted on 01. Sep, 2011 by Mary Girsch-Bock.
If you're actively seeking new clients (and who isn't) writing a solid management plan can go a long way towards signing that management contract. Multi-unit managers in particular have to show owners that they can do more than simply collect the rent and evict non-paying tenants.
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Choosing the Right Property Management Accounting Software
Posted on 12. May, 2011 by Mary Girsch-Bock.
Has your current property management software program been giving you more problems than solutions? If so, you may be ready to look for new property management accounting software. If you're not sure what you need, take these suggestions under consideration.
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Property Management 1099 Cheat Sheet
Posted on 12. Jan, 2011 by Mary Girsch-Bock.
Even though the IRS has a thorough set of instructions available for 1099 processing, many people still find themselves unsure of who should receive a 1099, what the minimum amount is or when they need to mail the 1099's by. So, I've made a list of suggestions that you can use as a cheat sheet, or as a refresher of the basic rules you should know to make property management 1099 processing quick and painless.
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Cash Versus Accrual Accounting – Which is Right for You?
Posted on 02. Dec, 2010 by Mary Girsch-Bock.
There are distinct differences between cash accounting and accrual accounting methods. When setting up your company for the first time, you'll have to choose which of these accounting methods you will be using for recording accounting transactions.
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Bank Reconciliation Best Practices for Property Management
Posted on 05. Nov, 2010 by Mary Girsch-Bock.
I'll admit that bank reconciliations are a pet peeve of mine. Not the bank reconciliations themselves, but the number of people who routinely toss them in the 'to do' pile, leaving them sit for a month – or three.
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Preparing Your Property Management Office for Year's End
Posted on 07. Oct, 2010 by Mary Girsch-Bock.
Just a few short months ago, you were enjoying the hot summer sun. Suddenly it's September, which means only one thing; the end of the year is rapidly approaching.
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Using Excel Instead of Property Management Software Is Risky Business
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Mary Girsch-Bock.
It's no secret that there are a lot of Excel users in the property management community. An outstanding spreadsheet program, Excel frequently plugs in the gaps commonly found in accounting programs. But there's a group of property managers that may find themselves relying on Excel a little too much.
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Proper Use of Property Management Trust Accounts
Posted on 29. Jul, 2010 by Mary Girsch-Bock.
Misuse of trust accounts is the number one reason why property management companies are audited. That's why it's vital that the proper trust fund accounts are established as needed, and used properly. d
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Tap In to Tax Time: Providing Resources for Residents
Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by Heather Blume.
It's the start of the new year, so inevitably the thing in the forefront of everyone's minds right now is the same: tax time! Okay, maybe not. When it comes to taxes, you've got basically two camps of people.
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Ditch That Rent Check: A World of Online Payment Options
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by Jim Semick.
Sure, the lowly check will be with us for a while. But that doesn't mean that you can't help send checks the way of the dodo bird. According to a Federal Reserve System study, check usage is in steep decline, and checks now represent only 30 percent of all non-cash payments. Electronic payments are now the clear winner with consumers.
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4 Year-End Property Management Accounting Best Practices (Nov. 19 Webinar Recap)
Posted on 03. Dec, 2009 by Aimee Miller.
In a recent webinar, we reviewed four accounting best practices property managers should be doing to close out 2009 and prepare for 2010. We talked through these best practices and demonstrated how to enact them using our web-based property management software but they are definitely applicable if you're using a different type of software.
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Boeing Business Jets president Steve Taylor yesterday revealed at NBAA 2011 that the well-publicized delays of the company's commercial 787 and 747-8I twin-aisle aircraft programs would affect deliveries of these models to VIP completion centers.
Delivery of the first 787 BBJ is now slipping to 2014 from 2012. The first 747-8i VIP has seen 30 to 60 days of pressure added to its delivery schedule, though Boeing has not changed its guidance that the first airplane will deliver this year [revised 10/11/2011]. Even though that 747-8I had been built months ago, it was awaiting the incorporation of minor changes based on program flight test, before aircraft certification and delivery. Taylor likened it to crossing the Ts and dotting the Is. "It's not a big deal; it's not big news," he said.
He also confirmed that the bulk of the BBJ backlog is now in the new twin-aisle jets and that it was likely that the first single-aisle BBJ with the new CFM Leap-X engine would be based on the 737 MAX-8, an aircraft equivalent in size to the current BBJ-2. "The backlog includes as many twin-aisles as it does 737 variants," he said.
Ordered VIP 787s currently stand at 12. Orders of 747-8I VIP have grown over the summer from eight to nine. Year-to-date, Boeing had taken orders for five BBJs–two BBJs, one BBJ-C, and one 747-8I VIP. Additionally, the company had delivered five aircraft: four BBJs and one BBJ-C. The bulk of BBJ customers continue to be governments and private individuals who together account for 87 percent of all BBJ sales.
Taylor also noted the growth of BBJ charter operators, particularly in Asia, with four different charter BBJ operators there: Beijing Airlines, Deerjet, Korean Airlines, and Metro Jet. Taylor also said Boeing was working more with Asian designers, including Air Jet Design of Shanghai. Boeing also recently licensed its first Asian completion center, Taiko.
The 787 delays mean that four of the 12 VIP aircraft on order will be delivered in 2014. Boeing originally hoped that a more staggered delivery schedule with allowances for "lessons learned" for those aircraft would help it avoid technical and schedule difficulties akin to those on the original green BBJ deliveries of 737-based jets in the late 1990s.
Taylor said that three of the first four 787 BBJ deliveries would be truly "green" or uncompleted aircraft but that the second will be delivered with an all-business-class-type, airline-style interior. He also repeatedly has cited Boeing's improved data sharing and engineering support for completion centers as strategies likely to mitigate any future difficulties.
As the BBJ fleet gains in maturity (more than 90 of the 205 BBJs now have more than 10 years of service), Boeing Commercial Aviation Services is coming up with retrofits and modifications for them. Taylor specifically mentioned a new carbon brake retrofit that takes 700 pounds off the empty weight of a 737-based BBJ.
He said that the company plans to offer an enhanced vision system retrofit for these airplanes beginning in mid-2012. EVS currently is flying on three BBJs. Taylor also said the company had instituted a landing gear exchange program tailored specifically for BBJ operators. Boeing Business Jets is here at Booth No. 9210.
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Amazing, the supply chain has been broke for 5 years and has no improvements but the leaders keep telling the world how great the 787 is?
The 787 is full of un-qualified hardware and no configuration control but the FAA is so gutted they can do nothing but sit by ands watch Boeing continue to build crappy airplanes that sit on the field half done.


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AMESBURY'S archaeology will come under the spotlight again this weekend with a significant dig on the outskirts of the town.
A BBC crew will be filming the excavations in the area known as Blick Mead for a documentary focussing on the area's Mesolithic past.
Thousands of flints and primitive tools have already been found at the site, and with many more expected to be uncovered, Amesbury could prove to be the home of the largest collection of Mesolithic finds in the country.
Although the dig is taking place on private land, the Amesbury community will be able to learn more about the discoveries at a special event taking place at the town's new museum.
The museum, in the former Melor Hall in Church Street, will be open from 11am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday and archaeologists will be leaving the dig site to talk to local people about their discoveries at 1pm and 3pm each day.
Exhibits including 8,000-year-old tools, flints and bone fragments will also be on display.
The dig is creating widespread interest, with a leading archaeological magazine branding Amesbury "the cradle of Stonehenge".
"With hundreds of worked flint tools appearing in every measured collection of soil sample that is wet sieved, it looks very likely that the haul of tools and finds will, in volume alone, surpass any other Mesolithic site ever found in Britain," said Andy Rhind-Tutt, founder of the Amesbury Museum and Heritage Trust.
"Experts believe this will give sound evidence as to why Stonehenge is where it is and why our ancestors travelled hundreds of miles over thousands of years to be here."
The dig is being led by archaeologist David Jacques, who is working with a team of experts and Open University students.
It will feature in a special BBC programme expected to be broadcast next year, and it is hoped the discoveries will enhance Amesbury's bid to become a tourist destination based on its historic significance.
In addition to the special opening this weekend, Amesbury Museum is also open every Wednesday from 11am to 3pm when visitors can also use the cafe and library of local history books.


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I'm also in the UK and the best conditioners are Dove, Aussie or Garnier.
Regarding the split ends, that's probably due to heat damage, so get your split ends cut every now and again. Deep condition your hair every once in a while and it'll start to feel healthier. Also, stop straightening it. Or if you still want to, look for non-heat ways to do so.
Heat damage is quite hard to recover from so I would also get some conditioner spray. I use Aussie Miracle Hair Insurance, it's BRILL, can be bought anywhere in the UK. It conditions and stops frizzing. I started to use it a couple of years ago and it really makes my hair shine.


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The Secrets Caste have long been the finest astrologers of the Exalted, and their House Style is the finest among the planetary Chosens', with a Form that harmonizes with resplendent trappings and many Charms that capitalize on their astrological mastery.
Except where explicitly stated, this Style is incompatible with weapons, armor, and shields of all kinds.
Bloody Vision
- Cost: None
- Duration: Permanent
- Type: Special
- Min. M.A.: 1
- Min. Ess.: 1
- Prereq. Charms: None
With this Charm, the Exalted learns that injury allows her to transcend the limits of her body, rather than shackling her further. She never suffers from any kind of initiative penalties.
Secret of the Broken Mirror
- Cost: 3 motes
- Duration: Instant
- Type: Supplemental
- Min. M.A.: 2
- Min. Ess.: 2
- Prereq. Charms: None
With this Charm, the Exalted knows that every journey is only a departure and a destination separated by a space...but that space need not be long. The Charm enables the Exalt to perform an unarmed attack against a distant opponent as though they were side-by-side. She may span as many as her Essence multiplied by three in yards. This Charm negates any cover penalties, and explicitly allows Sidereals to inflict infectious destinies at range. However, this attack is in all other ways a normal hand-to-hand attack; it is material, and the defender can use hand-to-hand counterattacks and such similar abilities against it.
Dance of Sharp Words
- Cost: 5 motes
- Duration: Instant
- Type: Supplemental
- Min. M.A.: 2
- Min. Ess.: 2
- Prereq. Charms: None
With this Charm, the Exalted can perform an attack against any opponent who can hear and understand her. She need do nothing but speak her victim's name or nickname in such a virulent way that it hurts her soul deeply. This can be used to strike opponents as much as Essence + Charisma yards distant. Effects that supernaturally amplify the Exalted's voice will increase this range proportionately, but cannot make the Charm affect more than one target. She makes a normal unarmed attack roll with Manipulation in the place of Dexterity, and a normal unarmed damage roll with Charisma in the place of Strength. The Exalt need not be capable of motion to invoke this Charm as long as she may speak.
This Charm cannot be dodged or parried without a stunt. It ignores armor soak but is soaked normally by Stamina.
Maiden-Breaking-Heaven Marking
- Cost: 5 motes
- Duration: One Scene
- Type: Reflexive
- Min. M.A.: 3
- Min. Ess.: 2
- Prereq. Charms: None
This Charm links the Exalted's attacks to the destinies of the Guardians; fragrant leaves swirl around her hands. Whenever she successfully strikes a person, she may spend 1 mote to tie her target's destiny into that constellation; his Essence is marked with an emblem which can be seen by beings with effects like All-Encompassing Sorceror's Sight. It also incorporates itself into the animas of Exalted targets, appearing as a drift of odd-shaped leaves.
While this Charm is active, the Exalted adds her Essence to Martial Arts dice pools to attack targets she has marked. She may also reduce the TN of such an attack, spending 1 mote per TN reduction. The maximum number of TN reductions she may purchase for one attack is her rating in the College of the Guardians. The clouds part above her head and shower her with light.
College of the (Constellation) Form
- Cost: 6 motes
- Duration: One Scene
- Type: Simple
- Min. M.A.: 4
- Min. Ess.: 2
- Prereq. Charms: Bloody Vision, Secret of the Broken Mirror, Dance of Sharp Words, Maiden-Breaking-Heaven Marking
This Charm is actually five Charms, each of which must be learned separately; collectively they are known as the Secrets Form. Assuming the Secrets Form entails the assumption of one of these five Charms, but once one is active, the Exalted may reflexively spend 2 motes to switch to a different Secrets Form Charm that she knows; this ability does not count as a Charm use and the expenditure is not committed. This ends the effects of the previous Charm and the new Charm begins immediately. All variations of this Charm allow the Exalted to cause lethal damage with unarmed attacks and to parry lethal attacks unarmed. This Charm is incompatible with other Martial Arts Form-type Charms.
The Form Weaponry and Armor listed in each sub-Form is compatible with all Charms of the Secrets Style only while that version of the Charm is active. This supercedes the general restriction against such things.
- Guardians Form:
- The Guardian is impossible to surprise, and his magical regalia cannot be forcibly deattuned. He is unimpeded by adverse weather. The Guardian may exchange post-soak damage dice from an attack to cause a target to forget what he has learned; it requires dice equal to the target's current rating in an Ability to reduce the Ability by a dot. The targeted Ability is of the attacker's choice, but it must be a Favored or Caste ability of the target; the effect cannot be used against targets with none of these.
- Lost Ability dots return at a rate of one per Ability per day. This effect does not function on targets with higher permanent Essence than the Guardians.
- Guardians Form Weaponry and Armor: Shields and short swords. (Reaver daiklaves.)
- Key Form:
- The Key continuously benefits from the effects of Secret of the Broken Mirror. Whenever someone performs a hand-to-hand attack within (permanent Essence) yards of him, he may reflexively roll Manipulation+Martial Arts, at a difficulty of the attacker's Essence. If he succeeds, he may choose a new target for the attack (within the originator's reach).
- Key Form Weaponry and Armor: Staffs, both solid and seven-sectioned.
- Mask Form:
- While he assumes the Mask Form, the Exalted's identity is unknowable. This is a perfect effect. He can reflexively dodge attacks with a base dice pool of his permanent Essence. While he is in a Manse or Demesne, he is automatically attuned to it, and has a bonus to dodges equal to its rating.
- Mask Form Weaponry and Armor: Daggers.
- Sorceror Form:
- The Sorceror never fails Valor checks, and can freely channel his Valor, ignoring the per-story limit. He has peers, but no superiors; whenever the Sorceror's actions oppose another's in combat, he has the Essence of his opponent, if it is higher than his natural Essence.
- Sorceror Form Weaponry and Armor: Starmetal armor and starmetal daiklaves of any kind are compatible with the Sorceror Form.
- Treasure Trove Form:
- For 3 motes, the Treasure Trove can perform an attack that does aggravated damage, but this causes the target to gain dots of a Favored or Caste Ability of his choice, in the same way that the Guardians Form causes Ability loss (it would require three post-soak damage dice to add one dot of an Ability rates at three, etc.) This effect cannot be used on beings with no Favored or Caste Abilities. These dots are temporary and fade at one dot per Ability per day, but they can be learned thereafter as though tutored. He can also perform an attack that shatters wealth; he may exchange a post-soak damage dice from an attack to cause the target to lose dots of the Resources Background, or any other Background the ST deems appropriate, in the same way that the Guardians Form causes Ability loss.
- Treasure Trove Form Weaponry and Armor: Straight swords (normal daiklaves).
Light-and-Shadow Unbeing Stance
- Cost: 6 motes
- Duration: One Scene
- Type: Simple
- Min. M.A.: 5
- Min. Ess.: 2
- Prereq. Charms: College of (Constellation) Form
While this Charm is active, the Exalted seems to fade at the edges into a viridian haze from which knowledge issues. She may convert the damage of attacks against her into Ability reductions in exactly the same manner as the College of the Guardians Form ability.
Sidereal initiates to the College of the Key add their rating in that College to their lethal and bashing soak.
Sky-Escaping Mudra
- Cost: 3 motes
- Duration: Instant
- Type: Reflexive
- Min. M.A.: 4
- Min. Ess.: 3
- Prereq. Charms: College of the (Constellation) Form
The Exalted performs a secret gesture that unbinds spirits of storm and air, and subdues geometry like a lightning-whipped dog. She may reflexively dodge an attack made against her, of which she is aware, with her full pool. In addition, the instigator of the attack is knocked back a number of yards equal to his Essence plus the martial artist's own.
Malachite Void Eyes
- Cost: 3+ motes
- Duration: Instant
- Type: Supplemental
- Min. M.A.: 5
- Min. Ess.: 2
- Prereq. Charms: College of the (Constellation) Form
This Charm turns the Exalted's eyes into green wells of emptiness (Sidereal eyes remain spangled with lights of the appropriate colour). Anyone he looks upon is stricken with terror, and secrets flee from his mind. The victim of this Charm rolls his Valor against the Exalted's Willpower; for every success the Exalted has in excess of the victim, she catches one fleeing secret and learns it. Secrets are defined as pieces of information the target is actively trying to conceal.
She may reduce the TN of her Willpower roll, spending 1 mote per TN reduction. The maximum number of TN reductions she may purchase for the roll is her rating in the College of the Treasure Trove.
This effect is in addition to whatever Martial Arts action the Charm supplements.
Chains of the Maiden
- Cost: 5 motes
- Duration: Varies
- Type: Reflexive
- Min. M.A.: 5
- Min. Ess.: 2
- Prereq Charms: Sky-Escaping Mudra
The Maiden in Chains cannot move, but she is revered by all. When the Exalted assumes the mantle of this Maiden, he becomes bound to the destiny of a place; he cannot move from the place he stands. He is still capable of dodging attacks. However, hearts falter when his enemies try to oppose him, and their hands slip and shake; add the Exalt's Martial Arts to the difficulty of all attacks against him. If the Exalted steps away from the point where he stands, the Charm ends.
Furthermore, while this Charm is active, a Sidereal may reduce the TN of Martial Arts parry actions and dodge actions, spending 1 mote per TN reduction. The maximum number of TN reductions she may purchase for one defence is her rating in the College of the Sorceror.
The World Is No Less Without You Approach
- Cost: 5 motes (10 motes)
- Duration: Instant
- Type: Simple
- Min. M.A.: 5
- Min. Ess.: 4
- Prereq Charms: Light-and-Shadow Unbeing Stance, Malachite Void Eyes, Chains of the Maiden
This technique allows the Exalted to attack at his target's identity. The character makes a Martial Arts attack, and if it hits (that is to say, the attack has successes remaining after parry and dodge), make a name-breaking test. This is a reflexive opposed test of Essence + Mask College (-2 from the dicepool if the target is not Exalted or an agent directly employed by the Bureau of Destiny, as though it were an Ability roll); for each success the Sidereal has in excess of his opponent, he strikes away part of the record of his opponent's name. Accumulating as many successes as the target's permanent Essence destroys his identity utterly, causing him to lose his name and have his identity stricken from the rolls of Destiny.
Individuals with no identity cannot regain Essence or be specifically targeted by Charms (note that this does not affect Charms that affect actions that target the character, only specifically targeted Charms like the Wanting and Fearing Prayer). Furthermore, these individuals are outside of Fate.
Exalted targets may apply to the astrological colleges to have their identity restored or repaired; this is an Instant duration ascending effect of the Mask or Sorceror. Note that a nameless Sidereal has no authority among the spiders. Furthermore, any nameless victim may make a Prayer roll (at standard prayer difficulty) to the Five Maidens to have his name repaired; for each success on the Prayer roll, his name is restored by 1 point of permanent Essence. Partially identityless victims will only have their Essence pools replenished to the Essence level that they have recovered and recorded in Heavenly annals, but even a partial name is enough to be the specific target of a Charm. If a name is completely broken, there is no way to recover it, but the victim may apply for a new one.
When targeting Sidereals wearing resplendent identities or other false identities, the technique simply subtracts effect points from the identity - and the target must roll with his identity's Essence and College rating.
Sidereals and those who learn this Charm as Sidereals may use a Scripture of the Mask when activating this Charm. The Scripture binds itself around his hand, appearing to transform it into a green jade fist that burns with colourless fire. This increases the Charm's cost to 10 motes and its duration to One Scene; each attack the Sidereal makes while the Charm is active is a name-breaking attack.
Name-breaking has no effect on creatures outside of Fate.


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Haredi Rabbi Elyashiv Slams Ovadia Yosef's Approval of Conversion Bill
'Everyone know that the gentiles do not intend to embrace Judaism,' Rabbi Elyashiv writes in letter signed by 17 more ultra-Orthodox rabbis.
Leading Haredi Rabbi Yosef Elyashiv published a letter on Tuesday criticizing his counterpart Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's approval of conversions officiated by the Israel Defense Forces, calling all those converted by the state gentiles.
"Everyone knows that there gentiles do not intend to take upon themselves a thing from the essence of the religion, neither the Sabbath, kashrut nor family purity laws. And everyone knows…. That the gentiles do not intend to embrace Judaism," Elyashiv wrote in a letter signed by 17 ultra-Orthodox rabbis.
"We turn to everyone who can stop this terrible desecration, and to close the divider that has been breached," the letter wrote.
The letter did not mention Rabb Ovadia's name, but the letter was concluded with a statement directed at him saying "may the blessed lord place wisdom in the hearts of the misguided."
Yosef, a former chief military rabbi himself, said following his ruling that his decision was informed by his own knowledge and experience with the military rabbinate.
Under current practice, Israel recognizes only conversions performed by Orthodox rabbis inside Israel, but people converted by non-Orthodox rabbis outside the country are automatically eligible for Israeli citizenship like other Jews. The legislation would give Israel's chief rabbinate the legal power to decide whether any conversion is legitimate.
The group most likely to suffer would be immigrants who converted to Judaism abroad and could now be denied Israeli citizenship.
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Yearbook "The World of Organic Agriculture"
The yearbook "The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging Trends", published by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), documents recent developments in global organic agriculture. The book has been published annually since 2000.
The 2017 Edition will be launched at Biofach 2017.
A central part of the book are the organic agricultural statistics, which are collected annually in the frame of the annual survey on organic agriculture worldwide.
The project is currently funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the International Trade Centre (ITC), and NürnbergMesse.