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In 1971, after serving on the editorial staff of National Geographic magazine, and as editor of Sea Power magazine, he was offered the position of Special Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations. In this role, he wrote speeches for political figures including the Chief of Naval Operations and the President of the United States. He left government to write his first book, The Secret Vaults of Time, which has been in continuously in print for over 30 years, and is considered a classic in the field. He, then, began his own work as an experimentalist, along the way co-founding The Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness, now a subset of the American Anthropology Association, as well as being a co-founder of the International Society for Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine, and the founding editor-in-chief of Subtle Energies, the society's peer-reviewed journal of the. Much of his seemingly boundless energy is currently devoted to the Schwartzreport, (www.schwartzreport.net), a website with over 60,000 readers that he updates daily, focusing on trends he considers vital to understanding where human society is headed.
In addition to Secret Vaults, Schwartz is the author of several books including Remote Viewing: The Modern Mental Martial Art; Mind Rover: Explorations with Remote Viewing; and The Alexandria Project. On his personal website, www.stephanaschwartz.com, he makes available, at no cost, a selection of his papers as well as magazine articles for publications such as Smithsonian, and American Heritage. His website also has links about his many CD and DVD presentations and courses.
Schwartz is best known for his studies of remote viewing. In this interview with Daniel Redwood, he describes the rigorous scientific methods he has employed, first to confirm the reality of communication at a distance, and then to determine that it occurs by some means other than electromagnetic sending and receiving. Among his many projects, Schwartz has also used remote viewing to locate previously undiscovered archaeological sites including the site of Columbus' caravel from his fourth and last voyage, the Ptolemaic Palace Complex of Cleopatra, Mark Anthony's palace in Alexandria, and the remains of the Lighthouse of Pharos, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Schwartz' intriguing 2050 Project involved interviews with over 4000 people, who were guided into a state of nonlocal awareness and asked to project forward to the year 2050 and answer a series of questions about what they saw there. A discussion of the remarkable agreement among participants on a wide range of future developments comprises the second half of this interview.
Schwartz hosts an annual conference. The Fourth Annual Schwartzreport Conference on Issues in Consciousnes will be a two-day practicum, Accessing Nonlocal Mind Through Remote Viewing: The 'How to' Intensive Seminar. The conference will take place November 3-6, 2005 at the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach. For information, call (800) 428-3588 or visit www.schwartzreportconference.com.
REDWOOD: What first led to your interest in using the scientific method to study consciousness?
SCHWARTZ: I had a number of personal experiences that made me aware that there was more to consciousness than I had previously thought. I had been raised in an utterly secular house and had not ever thought much about issues of consciousness, or if I did, I probably thought it was just the result of biochemical processes in the brain. I didn't see anything extending outside of your skull. So my worldview at that point – this is when I'm about 23 – was materialist, to the degree that I thought about it at all. Then I had some altered state of consciousness experiences, spontaneously, nothing to do with drugs, and I realized that in the timelessness of the moment of the experience, there were other ways to think about consciousness.
So I started reading metaphysical literature very extensively. It took me about four years. I read all of the Edgar Cayce readings from start to finish, I read Rudolf Steiner's works, Blavatsky, Ernest Holmes, as well as many more writers from what, in the early 20th century, was called the New Thought Movement. I found this curiously unsatisfying because it sort of lived in a parallel world with science. They didn't really have very much to say to one another. But what I extracted from those years of immersion was not the things that were specific, but the things that were general to all of these people.
Because when you strip away the speculative or personal biases that each of them have, you get a sort of essence that is common to all of them: that there is an aspect of consciousness that exists outside time and space, that people who have these experiences experience them as a timeless time, that there is a sense of connection with a greater whole. And a sense that all consciousness, in whatever form, is related, whether it's single celled organisms or human beings. So as I read the material and extracted these fundamentals out of it, it seemed to me that it ought to be possible to use the tools of science to find out what was really going on.
REDWOOD: Did you find a body of work already done by other people that you could draw from, or did you have to start from scratch?
SCHWARTZ: Yes, I found that parapsychology was a discipline specifically set up to design protocols that would extract the aspect of this expanded consciousness from normal waking awareness. And that there were protocols for blindness and randomizing and ways in which you could tease out the information from the background noise. In physics as well, there was a lot of material that was beginning to develop. This is 1965 or 1966. There was starting to be a lot of discussion in physics and biology about consciousness. I was struck by the quality of the people who had gone before me – William James, J.B. Rhine, Charles Richet (who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1913 and who founded the Institute Metaphysique in France), and many others. Sinclair Lewis, who we usually think of as a social commentator, had done a number of experiments with his wife, which he had written up as a book, for which Einstein wrote the introduction. Harold Sherman, a writer in New York, had worked with Sir Hubert Wilkinson, receiving impressions that Wilkinson was sending back from the Arctic. I discovered that there were bits and pieces of stuff that had been done for quite a long time, at least dating back to the 1870s. Significant players in science had taken this very seriously, had looked at it and made attempts to help us understand how these aspects of consciousness work. Following in their footsteps I thought would be a very useful thing to do. I had been working at the National Geographic and then got drafted. When I came out of the service, I was primed, I think, to have these timeless experiences that I mentioned earlier.
REDWOOD: Primed how?
SCHWARTZ: I was working in New York as a screenwriter and I broke up with a girl I had been courting for seven years, I finished my job, and I went to a party that Truman Capote gave out at Fire Island. I looked at all these people and I looked at my life, and in an instant, in a timeless moment, I saw that I was wasting my time; that most of the things I thought were important really weren't, and other things, which I had dismissed as of not much consequence, actually were very important.
So I left New York and came back to Gloucester, Virginia, where my family lived, and through an odd set of coincidences was introduced to the Edgar Cayce material. Reading this material helped me to see a way through. I thought it would be a really good thing to make a contribution to understanding this aspect of the self. I thought there was no reason that you had to abandon science to understand expanded awareness. In fact science offered a way through that gave you both intellectual rigor and access to this expanded awareness. So that's what got me started. I discovered I was happiest as an experimentalist, and began thinking about how to do consciousness research. I decided that the way to get at the problem, for me, was to begin what I then called distant viewing.
REDWOOD: Among your early ventures in this realm were some archaeological explorations using remote viewers.
SCHWARTZ: I got interested in archaeology, not because I'm an archaeologist but because I wanted to find a scientific protocol in which you could very clearly isolate the perceptions of the viewer so that fraud or fakery was eliminated. There were obvious benefits to the archaeological approach. Everybody agreed that everyone was blind to the correct answers to the questions I was asking, so the only way you could get the answer was by moving into this expanded awareness. In an archaeological experiment the answer will only be known in the future. Actually, before archaeology I had in mind locating black holes [in space], which were just beginning to be talked about at that point. But I discovered very quickly that no one was going to give me time on a telescope to do that.
What else could you do, I thought? Pondering this I realized that almost every time I read something about archaeology, the discoveries seemed to be mostly serendipitous. You know, a bunch of peasants are digging a well and discover a tomb, or hunters take shelter in a cave and discover an Early Man site. Most of these archaeological sites at that time were not found by design, but by serendipity. For archaeologists the game really got interesting only when they had the site. Then, there were lots of things they could do to figure out what it meant, what the site was telling us. But the location part seemed to be a real problem. And I thought, that's perfect! I could get viewers to describe where a site was located, and then describe what would be there, what things looked like at the site. For instance, if a man tells you, "You go to a place 200 miles away and there you're looking for a big oak tree, and underneath the oak tree you dig down and you find the carbon zone where the fires were, and you'll find the axe heads and the remnants of the pottery." And then you actually go those 200 miles to that location and discover that there is such a tree and that the surface geographical description is accurate, and you can locate the place that they described, and you locate the carbon zone and the axe head and the pottery. You've got to ask yourself, "How did they do that? What part of them understood where that was? Because it's clearly not something they're doing with their intellects. And so archaeological research just seemed perfect for this sort of task and I began developing a protocol for using this awareness in the service of locating and reconstructing archaeological sites.
REDWOOD: What success did you have?
SCHWARTZ: We had a lot of success. That was part of what kept it going. By the early 1970s I had developed the protocol for how to do it . . . Along the way, I discovered that scientists had been using nonlocal awareness for a long time in locating archeological sites. Norman Emerson, the founder of Canadian archeology was one . . . I wrote a book called The Secret Vaults of Time, which I finished in 1976. It essentially was the textbook I wrote to teach myself how to design the archeological protocol.
REDWOOD: Then what happened?
SCHWARTZ: If you read the research literature of the period, and still today, you will see much of it is couched in what might be called the electromagnetic model. People talk about senders and receivers and signals. I'm sending you a message, or I'm receiving what you're sending. One consciousness is sending something to another consciousness. But the more I thought about it the more that seemed wrong. I understand now, looking back on it, why that view developed. Many of the people who were pioneers in the development of radio and electromagnetic research were also very interested in expanded consciousness. It is the nature of human beings to try to get an explanation for things. So they developed a radio model, that we were all radio receivers, like walkie-talkies, going around sending stuff. But that didn't make sense to me. There's only so much electrical energy the human brain can generate. How can it possibly be sending it out all over the Earth? It just didn't make sense.


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The CFDA award-winning menswear designer pulls off another dark and romantic show.
With his latest collection Robert Geller has really stepped out on his own. Much admired for his work at the influential cult label Cloak, the designer is carving out new territory and exploring a mix between downtown rocker cool and uptown sophistication.
The show opened with a duo of fair-isle knits, and was soon followed by Geller's signature striped suiting in rich shades of azure and plum. A model outfitted in a sleek black leather jacket paired with dusty blue lounge pants was accessorized with a thick distressed wool scarf and a bowler hat perched on top of his head. The hats and suede boots were done in collaboration with Common Projects.
Other looks included dramatic wool capes, black shredded denim, leather "puffy" jackets, and a black and denim blazer paired with an indigo tuxedo jean: a new take on the Canadian tuxedo. Wide legged shorts in the vein of Yohji Yamamoto and luxurious fur vests and scarves were also a fun surprise. And that's what Geller does best– he's a dedicated designer who just wants to have fun.
Dazed Digital: Congratulations! How are you feeling?
Robert Geller: I'm feeling really good, I'm exhausted but I'm happy. I'm ready to have a good time. I feel relieved– I guess that's the best way to describe it.
DD: What was the inspiration behind this collection?
Robert Geller: I really wanted to marry upscale, uptown luxury with an indie rocker vibe. There's a little bit of arrogance, but in the end it's really cool because it's such a nice mix of the downtown guy playing with the elements of old school suiting.
DD: I really liked all of the fur that you used.
Robert Geller: Actually it was all goats' wool– there are apparently hundreds of different kinds of goats. The ones we used were Japanese mountain goats.
DD: How do you feel your collection has evolved from its inception?
Robert Geller: I think in the last three or four seasons it's become much clearer of what I am on my own. It's also me stepping away from Cloak, which is something that exists already; I didn't want to do that again. It's becoming much clearer in my head about what the Robert Geller brand is, and who the customer is. You have an idea, but you don't really know until you see people wearing the clothes.
DD: Music is really important to you, how do you decide on the music for the shows? Tonight you used a song by Denim, a rock band from the 70s.'
Robert Geller: We work with Scott Mou– he's an old friend of mine. We've been working together since way back. We sit together and I explain to him what the collection is about and then we talk about music and put together a playlist.
DD: You attended Rhode Island School of Design, but what first influenced you to want to become part of the fashion industry?
Robert Geller: It was the Belgians, it really was. It was the old Raf Simons back in the day– not that he doesn't make good menswear today– but I really, really loved it back then, that was a big inspiration for me. Also, Ann Demeulemeester and the whole Belgian aesthetic in general. But Yohji Yamamoto and Comme des Garcons too.

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Motion Sickness Pilot Program
Motion and flight sickness is a common problem for both civilians and pilots. Studies have shown the incidence of flight sickness in military personnel to be fairly common, and potentially disruptive. (3,6). Many countries with Air Force personnel have some sort of rehabilitation program for their pilots with flight or simulator sickness. (1,2,4,5.) The documented recovery or return to flight rate for these rehabilitation programs is between 70-88%. (1, 2) The National Dizzy and Balance Center has designed a desensitization program to help civilian, commercial, and military pilots overcome the motion sickness and return to flight duty.
The cause of flight or simulator sickness can vary from individual to individual. Frequently it is caused by a sensory mis-match: the sense that one is moving more, less or in a different direction than what is actually occurring. This mismatch causes the symptoms of motion sickness: fatigue, nausea and vomiting, headache and confusion. There may in addition be a vestibular (inner ear) pathology that contributes to the symptoms. There is some documentation and research that suggests certain individuals are more sensitive to acquiring motion sickness than others. Motion sickness can be quite disabling, especially if one operates a moving vehicle, boat or aircraft for a living.
The good news is that you can desensitize yourself to the symptoms. (7) The National Dizzy and Balance Center has developed a series of exercises to directly address the symptoms of motion sickness and the causes of the sensory mismatch. Your therapist will determine the appropriate starting point for your program and assist you in progressing through the phases of the exercises. You will do most of the work independently, with occasional phone or email check-ins with your therapist. It may occasionally be necessary for you to return to NDBC for additional testing if required by your employer, or if you need specific assistance with progressing through the phases of the program. You may feel worse for a few weeks before you begin to feel better! This is a normal part of the desensitization process and occurs because the exercises challenge your balance systems to recalibrate themselves.
If you have experienced prolonged motion sickness while in a simulator, or while flying, our program may be of benefit for you. Please call our clinic and ask to speak to a physical therapist, and we would be glad to see if we can help you.NDBC Motion Intolerance Aviation Program
Reference List:
- Lucertini M, Lugli V. The Italian air force rehabilitation programme for air –sickness. Acta Ororhinolaryngology Italia. 2004; 24:181-7.
- Bagshaw M, Stott JRR. The desensitization of chronically motion sick aircrew in the Royal Air Force. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 1985; 56:1144-51.
- Ungs, TJ. Simulator induced syndrome: evidence for long-term aftereffects. 1989; 60:252-5.
- Giles, DA, Lochridge GK. Behavioral management program for student pilots. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine. 1985; 56:991-4.
- Banks, RD, Salisbury D, Ceresia PJ. The Canadian forces airsickness rehabilitation program, 1981-1991. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 1992; 63:1098-101.
- Crowley, JS. Simulator sickness: a problem for Army aviation. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 1987; 58:355-7
- Rine RM, Shucbert MC, Balkany, TJ. Visual-vestibular habituation and balance training for motion sickness. Physical Therapy. 1999; 79:949-957.


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Beer? Check. Barbecue? Check. Bands? Check. What more do you need for a good time? The steady stream of people who turned out for Trout Unlimited's "Riverstock" event Aug. 17 at the Crooked Creek Saloon in Fraser enjoyed a full day of good vibrations and cold libations in celebration of peace, love and local rivers.
Between sets, they also learned about the looming threats to the Fraser River's health posed by Denver Water's proposed expansion of its Moffat diversion project.
Kirk Klancke, president of TU's Colorado River Headwaters chapter, organized the event with help from local volunteers, as well as the dozen bands (including BlueCat, Hippie Sideshow Hootenanny and Gary Key) who donated their time and talent to the cause.
The Fraser, a key tributary of the Upper Colorado, is the lifeblood of the Fraser Valley, supporting angling, wildlife, outdoor recreation and local communities. But decades of water diversions have left the river depleted and degraded. Already, some 60 percent of the river is diverted to the Front Range for municipal uses. Denver Water's Moffat expansion would remove another 15 percent, putting the river system on the brink of disaster.
"Unless these projects include adequate protections for our rivers, we could lose our outdoor quality of life and the reason many of us live here in the first place," said Klancke. "Riverstock sends a message to the big utilities that local people care about our rivers and streams."
Inside the saloon, a blues guitarist was shredding some serious Stevie Ray Vaughn licks. Outside, in the back courtyard, an acoustic duo held forth with their spin on Simon and Garfunkel.
There was something for everyone.
Also playing were short videos about the Fraser and Upper Colorado rivers and their importance to the recreational businesses and overall quality of life of Grand County. Free bumper stickers, posters, and other educational materials went fast, as well as some far-out tie-died t-shirts.
Outside at the curb, facing traffic, a giant green trout (Fraser the Trout, Colorado Trout Unlimited's mascot) waved a sign that read "Save the Fraser River," eliciting a steady stream of honks from passing motorists.
Fraser Valley residents "get it," notes Klancke, and they're generally well-informed about the details of Denver Water's project. They understand the depleted Fraser River is on life support, and they want the river protected from more diversions.
TU is asking Denver Water for three basic protections: - adequate peak spring flows to help flush the river and keep its riverbed and aquatic habitat healthy and free of choking sediment; - standards that would prevent Denver Water from diverting water if the river temperature reached levels lethal to fish; - ongoing monitoring and "adaptive management" that requires Denver Water to adjust its operations if the river shows significant signs of decline in the future.
So far, Denver Water has rejected those commonsense protections.
All proceeds of Riverstock will help benefit TU's campaign to protect and restore the Fraser River. Go to www.DefendtheColorado.org for more information.
- Randy Scholfield, Director of Communications Western Water Project, Trout Unlimited


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NCL Freestyle Cruising is not just for adults. Family members of all ages can share in the fun to be had on the amazing ships of NCL Cruises.
With its past focus on the myriad, flexible dining options offered aboard ship, one might think that NCL's Freestyle cruising is just for adults. However, after a recent cruise aboard Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Dawn from New York to Bermuda with my six-year-old son Ethan and 14-year-old daughter Alex, we can truly say that there is plenty of family fun when kids and parents set sail aboard a Freestyle cruise.
Just prior to our cruise, NCL unveiled its Freestyle 2.0 amenities. These range from daily late afternoon snacks for suite guests to more comfortable bedding and even informational workshop/lectures through the newly formed NCL U. A few of these amenities directly affect families, including extended hours at NCL Kid's Crew youth programming. (For more information see section "Youth Program Details" below.)
Top Spots for Family Interaction The Norwegian Dawn is especially family friendly since it has the action-packed T-Rex children's pool area and a huge jungle gym inside the youth room. Ethan was often in a quandary as to whether he wanted to be dropped off at the T-Rex Kids' Centre (youth room where free play time on the jungle gym occurred daily in addition to the vast array of organized activities) or swim and slide under my supervision at the T-Rex Kids' Pool area at the back of Deck 12.
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The T-Rex pool area was an excellent use of space. With a playful dinosaur theme, children and parents enter the area by walking under a fake cave structure where four children's sized pools and a Jacuzzi await them. Two of the pools have spiral water slides (kid-sized); another is larger with 2 feet of water; and the fourth is a tiny splash pool with a mini slide for toddlers. Luckily, there are a number of chairs set up for parents watching their little ones splash and slide.
Additionally, there is a pool about four feet deep right (next to the deep main Oasis pool) which is perfect for kids too. There is a steep climb down a ladder to this pool and built in benches along the edge of the inside of pool for parents to relax while watching their child.
Two other spots that Ethan and Alex enjoyed are Sprinkles Ice Cream bar which is located right by the Oasis pool and features free soft serve and hard ice cream. They also frequented the video arcade which is located by the youth and teen rooms.
Family Activities for All Ages There are many family activities that parents and children will enjoy together other than the pools. Two were set up by the youth programming department: family pizza making and the Amazing Race. The former was held in the buffet area whereby children were given a piece of baked pizza dough and got to put on their own sauce, cheese and fixings. The activity was very well received, enough so that I suggest they have more than one station to put the fixings on because there was a long line.
The Amazing Race was a type of scavenger hunt which had Ethan and me running all over the ship and then back to the youth room where we would receive the next clue. Although the instructions were not very clearly presented at the beginning, I really got into it especially when I saw how enthused Ethan was about running back to the youth room each time after we found a clue.
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12 Newest Photoshop Web Design Layout Tutorials
Well, almost a month since my last post in this blog.By the way, if you are looking for fresh ideas about your next web design layout then you must see this 12 Newest Photoshop Web Design Layout Tutorials here in iapdesign.
I hope you like this newest post, and many more to come. Share it Guys if you like this post! Share Share! 😀
1).Create a consulting web layout – business layout
In this tutorial i will show you how easy is to create a consulting web layout. You can use this tutorial to create also a business web layout, a lawyer layout. The first thing is to create a new document with the following size 1000 width x 1200 height.
2).How to create a grunge portfolio layout
Sometimes you will need a simple website where you can showcase your portfolio. This is the most important thing when you work as a designer. In this tutorial i will show you a very simple way to create your own grunge portfolio layout.
3).Learn How To Create Modern Light Business Layout In Photoshop
Today you will be learning how to create a modern business layout with Photoshop. With some small modifications you can use this PSD layout for another types of websites: Communication websites, education websites, security websites and a lot of other types. First you need to download the following image.
4).How to create a colorful business web layout
This step by step tutorial will teach you how to create a very nice colorful business layout.
5).Create a gritty portfolio layout – moleskine layout
In this tutorial i will show you how to create a layout with a moleskine layout. This layout can be used for your portfolio, because it has the look of an open agenda.
6).How to Create a Professional Web Layout in Photoshop
Designing good looking clean and functional Web layouts is an essential part of a Web Designers life. In this tutorial we are going to create a clean and professional Web layout in Photoshop from scratch.
7).Learn How To Create A Web Gallery Style Layout
Good evening everybody welcome to another tutorial by photoshop plus. In this tutorial I'll be showing you how to create a gallery/showcase style web layout. Lets get started.
8).Learn To Create A Clean Style Portfolio
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9).How to create a sleek ecommerce shopping cart for Presta Shop or Magento in Photoshop
In this tutorial i will show you how to create a sleek layout for Presta Shop or Magento. You can use this layout to create any eCommerce shopping cart for any CMS you like.
10).Learn To Create A Gaming Layout In Photoshop
Good evening photoshoppers, in todays tutorial you'll learn how to create a gaming themed web layout from scratch using just photoshop. Don't forget the FREE PSD file is available to download as usual.
11).Magazine Styled Blog Layout
In today's tutorial I'll be walking your through the process of creating a sleek magazine style wordpress blog in photoshop CS5. Feel free to download the free PSD file at the end of this tutorial.
12).Sleek Portfolio Layout
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As the Vice President for Student Affairs at Towson University, I am committed to ensuring that, in addition to fulfilling their academic requirements, students also take the time to learn and to appreciate who they are and what they are capable of doing outside the classroom. The co-curricular activities/services/opportunities offered at our university complement academic life on campus. They are designed to enhance social, cultural, ethical, physical, spiritual and intellectual development.
The university is committed to the development of well-rounded students prepared to be leaders and active citizens at TU as well as in their communities upon graduation. The university's commitment to students is obvious around campus based on the variety and number of events, programs and resources available. The Division of Student Affairs consists of 15 departments and over 100 staff members dedicated to providing programs and services to enhance student learning and development.
If you have any questions, feel free to call my office at 410-704-2055 or send an e-mail to studentaffairs AT_TOWSON. My office is located in the Administration Building.


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Hey, my sisters (both of them) are little twats! They are always wrecking my stuff and never paying me back so when I saw this guys add in the paper – I decided to get a little retaliation. Seems this old guy would pay brothers to bring their sisters in so he could fuck them – and shoot it. Best part is the brothers get to do the filming! First I drug Thena in cuz the little cunt fucked up my Harley – fuckin her boyfriend on it and knocked it over. So I fucked her over – by filming her first smut film!
Well, Thena learned her lesson but my other sister, Kiri is just as fucking stupid as Thena. The little cunt had to let one of her friends use my turn table and the boner sucker fucked it all up. Cost me $700.00 and my little sister was going to fuck to pay me back! I loaded her in the cars and drug her to Papa's house where he read her the riot act – then made her not-so-innocent little cunt fuck his large old boner. I'm pretty sure Kiri liked it a whole lot more than my youngest sister Thena cuz the little cunt had at least two orgasms.
Now I'm not into watching my sisters getting fucked but it was real sweet seeing Papa take a little retaliation out on their sweet teen pussies. It was even nicer that I got to watch it all – even got to hold the camera and get real close and personal. Not like a secret voyeur, but more like a fucking pervert. Seeing my sister's undressed and getting fucked was a little weird but well worth it.
If you yearn for to watch your sister getting fucked, you need to drag their asses to Papa – he'll even let you shoot it all. Nothing like a little "sister porn" to make a brother happy. To see both my sister's getting hot cum shot all over their skinny teen bodies, check out papa's web site at www.bringmeyoursister.com


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Fund: Advantage Early Growth Fund
Posted by Cavalier on 2007-09-07
Most investors claim to add value as well as putting in money - in my experience, few do. These guys on the other hand actually do. I have a lot to do with investors in the past and these rate top of my list. They are pragmatic, business experienced, approachable, helpful and enthusiastic. They are not angels of course, but I think their business background really means that they understand the deal from both points of view and know that the deal is not the end but really the beginning.PRIVATE: Members Only


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Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN
at Trilogy
Logansport, Indiana
Posted on May. 6, 2016
Overview Founded in December 1997, TRILOGY HEALTH SERVICES, LLC is a customer service focused provider of senior living and long-term healthcare services including independent and assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and rehabilitative services. These services are delivered by staff specially trained to honor and enhance the lives of our residents through compassion and a commitment to exceeding customer expectations. Our goal is simple: to be the Best Healthcare Company in the Midwest!
Location WoodBridge Health Campus
Responsibilities ARE YOU COMPASSIONATELY COMMITTED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND DO YOU HAVE STRONG CLINICAL SKILLS? If so, we would like to hear from you!
We are an innovative and dynamic Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living Health Campus currently looking for a compassionate LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE / LPN to add to our dynamic health campus!
T he Licensed Practical Nurse / LPN is primarily responsible for providing quality care, appropriate to the ages and needs of the residents served.
These responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Visit residents on your assigned unit on a daily basis in order to observe and evaluate each resident's physical and emotional status. Notify the charge nurse, physician, and/or the DON when there is a change in the resident's condition.
- Identify resident problems and emergency situations and initiate immediate "life saving" measures in the absence of a physician.
- Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are check frequently.
- Provide direct nursing care and provide clinical supervision of nursing assistants working with residents assigned on your unit to provide direct care.
- Administer and document medication and treatments per the physician's order and accurately record all care provided
- Perform and document a comprehensive assessment on each assigned resident and develop care plan based on such assessment.
- Participate in resident care conferences as assigned.
We invite you to learn more about our unique culture and the exciting opportunities that exist within our organization. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including:
- Competitive Salaries
- Weekly Pay!
- Professional Growth
- Stability
- Generous Benefits
- Innovative Training Programs
- Tuition Reimbursement
- And much more!
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Qualifications YOU WOULD BE A GREAT FIT FOR OUR TEAM IF YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING:
* Must possess, at a minimum, a Nursing Degree or diploma from an accredited college or university
* Must have and maintain a current, valid LPN state license and CPR certification
* Must be able to read, write and follow written and oral instructions in English
* Must be able to make independent decisions when warranted
* Must be knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to long-term care
* Strong clinical skills
* Compassionate commitment to customer service and a love of the elderly are a must!
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Reining Saddles
Reining Saddles: Made with a low horn so less interference occurs from the rider's hands or reins. A flatter seat allows the rider easier hip movement and close contact skirts enables better horserider cue communication.
Differences: Flat seat, short horn, close contact to skirt
Perfect For: Fast/slow circling, 360 spins, and fast sliding stops
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Reining is a western riding competition for horses where the riders guide the horses through a precise pattern of spins, stops and circles. All the work is done at the lope (a slow, relaxed version of the horse gait more commonly known worldwide as the canter), or the gallop (the fastest of the horse gaits). Reining may be described as a Western form of dressage riding, because it requires the horse to be responsive and in tune with its rider, who's aids should not be noticeable, and judges the horse based on its ability to perform a set pattern of movements. The horse should be willingly controlled or guided with little or no apparent resistance and dictated to completely. If the horse pins his ears, conveying a threat to his rider, runs sideways, refuses to go forward, wrings his tail in irritation, bounces his rear, or displays an overall poor attitude is not being guided willingly, and will be judged accordingly. The reining pattern includes an average of eight to twelve movements which must be executed by the horse.
The patterns will require the following movements:
- Circles: the horse must perform large and fast circles at a near-gallop. They must be able to perform slow and smaller circles at a lope. The circles should be perfectly round, with the rider in completely control of the the pace of the horse. A noticeable change in speed should be seen as the rider changes from the larger circle to the smaller circle. Most circles incorporate changes of direction that require a flying lead change.
- Flying lead change: the horse changes its leading back and front legs at the lope mid-stride, which is during the suspension phase of the gait. The horse should not break gait or change speed. Although completing a change at speed can improve one's score, accuracy is the most important factor to a judge. A horse that takes more than one stride to complete the change, changes too late, changes too early, or changes only the front feet and not the back feet will be penalized.
- Rundown: the horse gallops or "runs" along the long side of the arena, at least 20 feet from the rail or fence. A rundown is a required movement prior to a rollback and a sliding stop to the designated direction.
- Sliding Stop: the horse accelerates to a gallop and then suddenly comes to a complete stop, planting its back feet in the footing and allowing its back feet to slide several feet, while continuing to let its front feet "walk" forward. The back should be raised upward and its hind legs should come well underneath. A particularly powerful stop may cause some dirt to fly which can then cause a cloud of dust. The horse's position should remain the same and the movement should finish in a straight line.
- Back or Backup: the horse backs up quickly for at least 10 feet. The horse must be able to back in a perfectly straight line, and stop when asked to stop and hesitate briefly before its next movement. It will be judged on how quick, straight and smooth the line is.
- Rollback: the horse should immediately without any hesitation, be able to performs a 180-degree turn after stopping from a sliding halt and then should immediately go forward again into a lope. The horse must turn on its hind legs, bringing its hocks well under, and the motion must be continuous without hesitation.
- Spins or Turnarounds: This will begin from a complete standstill. The horse spins 360 degrees or more in place around its stationary inside back leg. The back pivot foot remains basically in the same location throughout the entire spin, although the horse may still pick it up and put it down as it spins. The spins are judged on smoothness, correctness, and cadence. Speed adds to the difficulty but it can also improve the score if the spin is done correctly. A pattern requires at least one set of spins in each direction. If the horses don't stop the spin in the designated place they will be penalized for under or over spinning. The term Pivot is sometimes used to describe a turn on the hind legs of up to 360 degrees where the horse has to keep a rear pivot foot in place. In 4-H competition, pivots of 90, 180, or 360 degrees can be used in pattern classes to introduce youth riders to the concepts of reining.
- Pause or Hesitate: The horse will be asked to stand still for a few seconds to "settle" between certain movements in the reining pattern, normally after spins. Pauses are not judged as a movement as such, but a horse that behaves with impatience or is ill-mannered when asked to wait will be penalized.


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Save $100 per person if booked 4 months in advance to enjoy a 8-night stay and explore the sights of Egypt!
Egypt is now affordable
Save $100 per person
(Photo: Temple of Philae)
EGYPT LAND, DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL AIR COSTS: $2095 CAD - $2395 CAD * per person sharing.
VALIDITY: January 14, 2019 - September 16, 2019 * (Depending on seasonality, departure location and number of travellers).
(Photo: Accomodations while on the Nile Cruise)
- International Airfare
- Domestic Airfare in Egypt
- Accommodation on a shared basis
- Meals per itinerary
- Sightseeing including entrance fees
- Nile Cruise
- All transfers and luggage handling
CAIRO HIGHLIGHTS - Mecure Sphinx Hotel or similar:
- Egyptian Museum
- Ben Ezra Synagogue
- Citadel of Saladin
- Pyramids & Sphinx of Giza
NILE CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS - M/S Tuya or similar:
- The High Dam
- Unfinished Obelisk
- Temple of Philae
- Felucca Ride
- Ptolemaic Temple of Sobek
- Temple of Horus
- Valley of the Kings
- Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
- Colossi of Memnon
- Karnak and Luxor Temples
(Photo: Stay at the Mecure Sphinx Hotel)
The purchase of packages, air only or tours (hereinafter referred to as the "Travel Services") offered by Tourcan Vacations constitutes a contractual agreement between Tourcan Vacations and the customer and implies your acceptance of Tourcan Vacations terms and conditions. Please ensure you read carefully and understand these terms and conditions prior to booking.
Day 1: Affordable Egypt: Monday - Depart Toronto
Today you will depart on flight to Cairo.
Day 2: Tuesday - Arrival Cairo
Welcome to Cairo, Egypt, the birth of civilization. Purchase your Egyptian Visa then clear customs and immigration. You will be warmly welcomed by a Tourcan Vacations representative and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight: Mecure Sphinx Hotel or Similar
Day 3: Wednesday - Full Day Cairo City Tour
Start your day with a guided tour of the Egyptian Museum where you will find artifacts of the Pharaonic era and the treasures of King Tutankhamen's tomb. Drive to Old Cairo, where early Judaism and Christianity flourished in Egypt. Visit the Ben Ezra Synagogue and Saint Sergius Church. After lunch, drive to the Citadel of Saladin and visit Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque. Enjoy a walking tour of the largest 13th century covered oriental market, Khan El Khalili Bazaar.
Overnight: Mecure Sphnix Hotel or Similar
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Day 4: Thursday - Cairo - Pyramids & Sphinx Giza Tour
After breakfast, a scenic drive will take you to the Pyramids & Sphinx of Giza, which have stood for the last 5000 years. Complete your visit at Giza with a tour of the Solar Boat Museum. After lunch, continue to the ancient city of Memphis, the first capital of United Upper and Lower Egypt, and then visit Sakkara, site of the Step Pyramid of Zoser. (Optional: Return to the Pyramids area in the evening for a Sound & Light Show).
Overnight: Mecure Sphnix Hotel or Similar
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Day 5: Friday - Aswan - Kom Ombo - Edfu
Transfer to Cairo domestic airport for your flight to Aswan. Upon arrival you will be escorted to your cruise ship where you will spend the next 3 nights. You will visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries with the Unfinished Obelisk and the Temple of Philae; view of Kitchener's Island Botanical garden by felucca, after lunch, sail to Kom Ombo where you will visit the Ptolemaic Temple of Sobek & Haroeries. Then sail to Edfu.
Overnight: M/S TUYA Nile Cruise or Similar
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
(Photo: Set sail on the Nile Cruise)
Day 6: Saturday - Edfu - Luxor
Travel to the Temple of Horus, the falcon-god, (237 B.C.) considered the best-preserved temple in Ancient Egypt and the second largest after the Temple of Karnak. Sail to Esna, passing through the Esna Lock and continue sailing towards Luxor.
Overnight: M/S TUYA Nile Cruise or Similar
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Sunday - Full Day Luxor
Visit the West Bank necropolis including the Valley of the Kings, the temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon.
Overnight: M/S TUYA Nile Cruise or Similar
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
(Photo: the temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari)
Day 8: Monday - Luxor - Cairo
After breakfast, visit Karnak and Luxor Temples, a centuries-old city of pylons, hypostyle halls, colossal statues, shrines and obelisks. Disembarkation and transfer to Luxor airport for your flight to Cairo. Upon arrival in Cairo you will be met and escorted to your hotel.
Overnight: Mecure Sphnix Hotel or Similar
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Hi, my name is Matt, I'm a PM on the Project team and I'm here to talk with you a bit about the improvements that we've made to the timesheet experience in the new version of Project Web App. Over the course of the next couple posts I'll talk about improvements targeted at both end-users, backend administrators, and developers that streamline the timesheet process and provide increased functionality to make you more effective.
In my first post I'd like to chat about the improvements that we've made for end-users, the people who actually have to fill out their time card every week or so. Here on the product team we realize that one of the most tedious, and yet common, tasks that many users have to complete using Project Web App (PWA) is filling out their time card. To help ease the pain and make it faster for you to get back to your actual work we've made several improvements to the experience in PWA 2013.
Better Navigation
One of the first things that timesheets users will notice when you first open PWA is the new navigation interface:
In this case, you can see that we've enabled the timesheets tile which shows the number of outstanding timesheets the user has and allows them to navigate to the list of their timesheets. Note that the tile is not enabled by default. This is something that a PWA administrator can easily do by editing the web part on the main page. Also note that we've hidden the "Tasks" tile (which is shown by default) for this scenario as we only want users to make use of the timesheets feature for entering status on their assignments. More information on task status configuration can be found at the following link:
Also note that the quick launch navigation on the left side of the page must also be modified to show the timesheets link and hide the tasks link as well:
User Interface Simplification
One of the most common complaints with regards to the timesheet was that the user interface was too complicated and overwhelmed and confused users. We've made several improvements in 2013 to help address this.
When you open up a timesheet in PWA 2013 you will immediately notice a few changes:
First, the ribbon is hidden by default. This places the emphasis on the timesheet grid which is where the user spends the majority of their time on this page entering time. The ribbon will automatically appear when the user begins editing their timesheet, but you can also access it in this state by clicking on the tab.
Notice that the status field has been updated as well:
In previous versions the status field was just a simple indicator of the status of the timesheet, but in 2013 we have updated the field to provide more descriptive information about not only the present state of the timesheet, but also the actions available to the user while the timesheet is in that state. This is aimed at making the timesheet experience more intuitive in helping the user decide what to do next.
Now let's enter some time for the current week. The first time that I click into a cell on the timesheet the ribbon appears:
You notice that the commands in the ribbon have been greatly simplified:
We evaluated the usage rates for all of the commands on the timesheet ribbon and identified the commands that were either required to complete the baseline "submit timesheet scenario" or those that were very commonly used. These commands have been consolidated on the new reduced-surface default timesheet ribbon shown here and enable the user to conduct common actions with a minimum number of clicks while reducing the visual clutter of the timesheet ribbon.
Controls from the ribbon that could relate to a specific line on the timesheet have also been made available on a new context menu when right-clicking on any timesheet line:
Refining Save/Send/Submit
Another common complaint we heard in previous versions of PWA was confusion between the save, send, and submit controls. Users were frequently unclear about which control to use when attempting to save and turn in their timecard. To help address this confusion we've made some changes to the send control on the new ribbon:
Note here that we've categorized actions into two groups, the save action (available directly on the ribbon) and the send actions (including both status updates and turning in the timesheet). This, in conjunction with the status message updates detailed earlier, will help users differentiate between the act of saving their updates versus sending the updates in for approval.
You may also note that we have re-named "submit" to "turn in" as that is more descriptive to the user of the action they are taking when they turn in their timesheet for approval. We've also updated the tooltip descriptions to help clarify to the user what each of the menu options does.
Add-Line Improvements
Continuing on, let's imagine that I need to add a line to my timesheet to account for work that I need to pull forward from a future period:
I select "Add Row" and then "Select From Existing Assignments" which brings up the following dialog:
In previous versions the user was required to select projects and subtasks individually and scroll through a potentially long list of assignments. The new "Add Existing Task" dialog features improvements to the task selection experience with a tree control that allows users to drill down into their assignments by project and summary task. Note that they can add specific assignments or the project-level assignment (shown by the "Windows 8 App" task in this case) for top-level reporting.
"Advanced" Timesheet Functions
But you might ask, "Where are all the other controls that used to be on the timesheet ribbon?" That's a great question. Note that there is a second tab on the ribbon (called "Options"):
Here you will find all the commands that were moved off of the default ribbon. Most of these commands are infrequently used, typically only when initially setting up the timesheet view. Observant readers might note that the Import, Reassign, and Remove controls are duplicated here and on the previously-described context menu.
For customers who feel that the distribution of controls across the ribbon tabs is not ideal for their organization, the ribbon can be customized. Details on ribbon customization can be found at the following address:
Administrative Lines Improvements
Another common complaint we heard from timesheet users was that adding and maintaining administrative lines on the timesheet was a major hassle. We've simplified this process in two ways. First, we've made it easier to find the line you are looking for by filtering the administrative categories by department. This way, PWA administrators can configure categories to only be available for users who are a member of a particular department like Legal or HR. Many companies we've talked with had hundreds of administrative time categories, but only a subset of those categories were actually relevant to individual employees of the company. Using this new functionality you can greatly simplify the experience of adding an administrative time category for timesheet users. I'll explain how to configure this in my next post where I talk about improvements we've made to the administrative and developer experience in 2013.
While filtering the administrative time categories certainly will make adding a line to your timesheet easier, we've also done work in 2013 to drastically reduce the number of times that you need to add a line in the first place. Once you've added a line to your timesheet it will be carried forward into each new timesheet created for a future period until you remove the line. This will make it easier for users to "add once" and then have the line available as long as they need it.
In previous versions you were only able to group the lines on your timesheet by either the Project Name or the completion status of the line. In PWA 2013 we have enabled grouping by almost any field (custom fields are not supported for grouping) and also made custom grouping available.
Thanks for reading about the improvements we made to Project Web App timesheets for end-users. In my next post I'll talk about some of the administrator and developer-focused updates we made in this release. Until then please feel free to let us know if you have any questions or feedback. Happy Timesheeting!


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Sep 18, 2012 | 256 Pages
Praise for Altared
"A beautifully written, searingly honest, and deeply thoughtful exploration of one of the most important topics there is."
— Eric Metaxas, New York Times best-selling author of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy and Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
"Perceptive, personal, and poignantly true, Altared is a must-read for young Christians hungering for a realistic, biblically rich take on love and marriage in the twenty-first century."
— Katelyn Beaty, editor, Christianity Today and Her.meneutics blog
"Altared tells us how certain unexamined notions about courtship and marriage (often framed as 'biblical') play out among young American evangelicals today. Fresh, funny, perceptive, it is animated above all by wonder at the reality of God's love."
—John Wilson, editor, Books & Culture
"Altared is a wise, wry, questioning, affirmative, sober, and deeply encouraging story—and it does something nearly unique: It asks what our thinking about 'relationships' and marriage might look like if it were governed by the biblical account of love. Not just the part about husband and wife, but love, in all its forms. This book is a sweet gift to the Church."
— Dr. Alan Jacobs, Clyde S. Kilby professor of English at Wheaton College
"This is the relationship book for a new generation of Christians. Altared gently but forcefully reexamines our Christian love affair with marriage and has the audacity to suggest that real love has little to do with looking for Mr. or Ms. Right."
— Dr. Christine Gardner, associate professor, Wheaton College, and author of Making Chastity Sexy: The Rhetoric of Evangelical Abstinence Campaigns
"A much needed wake-up call—a plea for a paradigm shift in the way that we think of love, marriage, and ourselves as followers of Jesus. Eli and Claire's story needs to be shared."
— Dr. Lucy Collins, professor of philosophy, ethics, and aesthetics
"A noble and necessary book, Altared does the hard work of mining the Bible and Christian luminaries like Augustine, Calvin, and Bonhoeffer for insights concerning dating, marriage and love, and then delivers that truth in hearty, yet practical ways. A great gift to the reader."
— Vito Aiuto, Welcome Wagon, senior pastor of Resurrection Presbyterian Church
"I was challenged, entertained, taught, and inspired. The way the authors intermix biography and good, honest story telling with the more pedagogical sections is really fun and effective. Basically, it's dang good."
— Jamey Pappas, campus director, Campus Crusade, San Luis Obispo
"Now here's a strange thing: a well written, immensely thoughtful exploration of the meaning of marriage that challenges our obsession with it without devaluing it. This is a lovely and needed book that I hope everyone reads."
— Matthew Lee Anderson, author of Earthen Vessels
"Altared is a timely warning against making an idol out of marriage. In harmony (not eHarmony) with some of the best advice I ever received, this work tells readers how to pursue love, not marriage. Then see what happens. Highly recommended."
— Dr. David Naugle, chair and professor of philosophy, Dallas Baptist University, author of Reordered Love, Reordered Lives
"A real winner here. Very well and creatively written!"
— Dr. Joseph H. Hellerman, professor, Talbot School of Theology, author of When the Church Was a Family: Recapturing Jesus' Vision for Authentic Christian Community


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HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (SAAS) DID; HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL DEMOLISH PREVIOUS FOUNDATIONS IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (SAAS) TORE DOWN THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE SYSTEM OF IGNORANCE, and he will restore Islam again from the beginning.
Mikyaal al-Makarem, Vol. 1, p. 5
When Hazrat Mahdi (as) appears he will intellectually vanquish all those atheist systems of the time that are built on denial, just as our Prophet (saas) did, and he will show people the invalidity of these systems' infrastructure, teachings, philosophies, superstitions and beliefs. Following that, he will be instrumental in people living by the original essence of Islam – purged of all subsequent innovations and unrealistic practices – again as in the time of our Prophet (saas).


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Dunedin and its scarfies - Roadside Stories
A Manatū Taonga audio guide to Dunedin's student culture.
Check out the Ministry for Culture and Heritage's audio guide to Dunedin's student culture in the Video tab.
Dubbed 'scarfies' for the scarves they sport at rugby games, Dunedin's Otago University students make up a sixth of the city's population. Many live in run-down flats and adopt a rebellious, partying culture – occasionally to the point of burning sofas and rioting in the streets.
Scarfie flats
Otago region: sport and recreation
Roadside Stories are a series of audio guides to places of interest on major road trips in New Zealand. Each guide tells the story of an attraction along the way – its people, its history, its cultural and natural significance. For more information about Roadside Stories visit http://www.mch.govt.nz/roadside/


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The agency's loan and grant program for single-family homes can finance improvements that remove health and safety hazards for owner-occupied homes.
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All you need is one hour to read Brian Tracy's newest, pocket-sized guide for managers, Motivation.
"You cannot motivate other people," explains Tracy, "but you can remove the obstacles that stop them from motivating themselves. All motivation is self-motivation. As a manager, you can create an environment where this potential for self-motivation is released naturally and spontaneously."
In the book, Tracy presents chapter-by-chapter his 21 most reliable and powerful methods for increasing the effectiveness of any individual or group.
Each chapter includes a couple different action exercises.
Toward the end of the book, Tracy explains the importance of the Friendship Factor in motivating employees. "Every manager can tap into the power of friendship in everyday employee interactions by remembering the three Cs: Consideration, Caring and Courtesy.
- Practice consideration by expressing an interest in your employees as individuals.
- Express caring for your staff members by listening attentively and with compassion.
- Express courtesy toward employees by showing personal regard and respect for each person — especially under stress, when a situation goes wrong, or when a worker makes a mistake.
"Your job as a manager is to make sure that you are getting along well with all of your employees and they are all getting along well with you," stresses Tracy.


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UnNews:Papal proclamation to procure profit for prophet
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17 November 2006
ST. PETER'S SQUARE, Vatican City - Official translator for God, Pope Benedict XVI, revealed His business plan today, at a press conference in the Vatican. The artist formerly known as Ratzinger said that the Archangel Gabriel came to him in a vision and told him that God was displeased with the Roman Catholic church's steadily decreasing profitability and that God's One True Church™ should follow His new plan in order to avoid His divine wrath. Vatican City posted a net profit of $95M last year ($95M gross), down considerably from the record setting high of "half of everything, 10% of everything else" set during the height of Roman Catholic power, or as Pope Benedict calls it "Back when we could do whatever the fuck God wanted us to do".
"His most true and holy plan, conferred to me by He Himself in innumerable confusingly phrased and interminable sentences, many lines of which begin with 'And', comes in many parts." said the head Roman Catholic, "First, copy the Protestants and substitute the consecrated wine with grape juice from concentrate. Second, replace the bread of the Eucharist, with its limited shelf life, with His most tasty pastry, the Twinkie, which is nearly as immortal as our Lord God Himself. Both of these, known henceforth as the 'Newcharist', will, like the Eucharist before it, turn to Christ's blood and flesh in your mouth; they are just that tasty. So delicious, in fact, that their consumption will be considered a venial sin and, as such, will require penance."
"Third, we in the Vatican, His representatives on Earth, will save Him money by purchasing smaller hats." the Pontiff continued, presenting a prototype of the new headdress, which is smaller and rounder than the old hats. Vatican insiders admit that that they prefer the old phallic hat, as the new ones bear a more than slight resemblance to a testicle. Additionally, the skullcap is expected to be abandoned, since it is widely known that Pope Benedict dislikes them, and has in the past described the small, round cap as "...too Jewish".
"Fourth, the Roman Catholic church will reestablish the...". At this point he trailed off, mumbling incomprehensibly. When pressed by reporters he admitted that God liked the indulgences program and wants it both reinstated and expanded to include sins that had not yet been invented during the long run of the original program. From 1095 until 1567, the indulgences program was a consistent and low maintence revenue stream for the church. Its cancellation in by Pope Pius V cost the Vatican an amount of money estimated to be in excess of "...a whole bunch..." by clerical clerics.
"...and finally, we are shifting the paradigm of the Trinity, updating and right-sizing it to keep up with the faster pace of the modern world. Accordingly, the Holy Ghost will be released and the duties of its vacated COO position will be picked up by the two remaining board members. This 'Twonity' plans to forge ahead, with God as CEO and board chairman and Jesus Christ as CIO. I will continue to act as CFO." The Holy Ghost's 'golden parachute', valued at $6.5M USD, is tax-free and includes use of the Vatican's chalet in Switzerland, free rides in the Pope-mobile and 20% off khakis at The Gap. Ford Motor Company is rumored to be courting the Ghost to head their ailing North American operation.
Not all of the Vatican's staff were pleased with the announcement. The Swiss Guard put down riots citywide and the historically schismatic Roman Catholic church has again split, with the outcasts, referred to as "heretics" by the Vatican, forming their own as-yet untitled One True Church™.
The head of the new church, Pope Pius XIII, formerly Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, has announced that his new church will not follow the Vatican's lead, referring to the new program as "...heresy from heretics". His church, primarily consisting of members who did not vote for Ratzinger in the last papal election, will instead concentrate on restarting the proven moneymaker of the Inquisition. Bertone closed by saying, "Illuminated softcover Latin editions of 'The Malleus Maleficarum' are being sent to bookshops as quickly as our scribes can copy them. They are also available at your local house of worship, in between the livestock and the money changers' tables. Get your copy today or face the Inquisitor Generalis tomorrow."
Shares of Vatican Inc. and its ancillary companies' stocks soared on the VSE after Benedict's press conference, with Virgin Mary Co., makers of Sweet Jesus on a Stick! and Amazin' Mary's Brush-on Stains, coming on especially strong and posting a gain of $4.75 by end of trading day.
|This article features first-hand journalism by an UnNews correspondent.


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Last week I talked about what to do when you don't love your body or yourself. Today, I'd like to continue the conversation. This is a post I wrote last year on why it makes zero sense for us to believe that we have to change our bodies — or attain some ridiculous ideal — in order to accept, appreciate and love them (or really ourselves).
I used to think that in order to love my body or really just tolerate it, I had to be thin. I had to have a flat stomach, small hips and sky-high cheekbones.
And I had to earn this love, this tolerance. I had to earn it at the gym — punitively pounding the pavement of a treadmill — and at the dinner table — carefully, nervously watching what I ate.
I used to think that I didn't deserve to feel good about my body or myself overall because my figure didn't fit the above criteria. Instead, there was softness and curves and rounder cheeks. And so I wondered and worried, how could I love a body that supposedly didn't deserve it?
I wanted to, but I truly believed — with all of my being — that I wasn't allowed to. I'm not sure where these prescriptions came from. It was probably a mix of society's stringent physical standards and my own perspective, a lens colored for so long by a shaky sense of self.
But either way, I felt that I couldn't enjoy my body until I'd lost weight. Until I did what I came to believe was the exclusive path to body love.
Recently I read a powerful guest post by Rebecca Soule on Anna Guest-Jelley's beautiful blog Curvy Yoga. Soule wrote a letter to herself on Valentine's Day. She made the following vow to herself:
"So today, on Valentine's Day, a day to celebrate love, I celebrate my love for you: for better for worse, in health and happiness, in creaky joints and achy knees, laughter lines and all, this life, this moment, this earth, until my spirit departs from you."
The part about the creaky joints and achy knees really gave me pause because it refers to loving your body through it all. Through running for miles and through lying on the couch sidelined by sickness. Through losing weight and through gaining it back. Through the roller-coaster of emotional and physical ups and downs.
Without conditions. Without specific criteria.
And it makes so much sense. It's what we do for others. When we love someone — a boyfriend, a best friend, our parents, our kids — we love them unconditionally. We don't keep track of random criteria that the person must fulfill.
We don't think about them earning our love — whether at the gym or at the dinner table. We don't think about their qualities, especially their physical traits, as currency.
Our loved ones don't need a six-pack to gain our respect. They don't need muscular legs, thinner thighs or chiseled cheekbones to have our appreciation and utmost love.
So why wait to respect our bodies based on a singular, random ideal? A standard essentially set by the very companies that profit from our insecurities, hang-ups and regular body-bashing?
Our bodies are intricate and complex machines and breathtaking works of art. They work behind the scenes on the bare essentials — like breathing, moving, seeing, hearing, touching — so we can go after our dreams.
So we can make our art. So we can make babies. So we can give love. Give hugs. Cook a delicious meal. Savor that meal, bite by tasty bite. Dance. Learn something new. Laugh.
Our bodies are vehicles that take us to amazing places, whether we get there through our feet or our hands. Whether we physically arrive at a destination, are able to read about it or compose a story.
We don't need to wait until we have blemish-free, wrinkle-free skin to respect, appreciate and love ourselves. We don't need to wait until we shed X amount of pounds. We don't need to wait until we have a muscular stomach or a tinny tiny waist.
And we don't need to stop respecting, appreciating or loving our bodies when we can't do a certain exercise, or when we're sick or tired or bloated.
Perfection — whatever that means to you, whether it's continuously performing at your peak or having a sculpted stomach — isn't a prerequisite for a positive body image, and it's certainly not a prerequisite for appreciating and loving ourselves as a whole.
If it were, no one would love. No one would be loved.
But this couldn't be further from the truth.
Love, of course, exists. And it exists in all shapes, sizes, colors, forms and flavors.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Smoking may increase the risk of multiple sclerosis in people who have other risk factors for the neurological disorder, researchers said on Wednesday.
The findings suggest that smokers who have high levels of a protein that protects against the Epstein-Barr virus, a common herpes virus, were twice as likely as nonsmokers to get multiple sclerosis (MS), the researchers wrote in the online edition of the journal Neurology.
Previous studies have suggested that smoking and the virus-fighting protein were independent risk factors and this research looked at how they may be associated with each other, Claire Simon of Harvard University said in a telephone interview.
"We found that that association was stronger in people who reported smoking compared with people who did not report smoking," Simon said.
The study found no association between smoking and a gene related to the immune system gene called HLA-DR15, which is thought to be another risk factor for MS, she said.
Studying the potential risk factors simultaneously might provide clues about why some people get MS and others do not, Simon said.
MS is an incurable condition that affects more than 1 million people worldwide. The disease can cause mild symptoms in some people and permanent disability in others. Symptoms may include numbness or weakness in one or more limbs, partial or complete loss of vision, tingling or pain, electric-shock sensation with certain head movements, tremors and an unsteady gait.
Simon and colleagues analyzed information from 442 people with MS and 865 without the disease. All were participants in either the U.S.-based Nurses' Health Study, the Tasmanian MS Study and the Swedish MS Study.
The team determined whether participants had either of the potential factors and looked at the participants' smoking history. The researchers said they found a consistent association between MS, smoking and the body's immune response to the Epstein-Barr virus across the three distinct, geographic regions.
Editing by Jackie Frank


text: The »Studia dipterologia - Journal of taxonomy, systematics, ecology and faunistics of Diptera« (ISSN 0945-3954) was founded in 1994 by Dr. Andreas Stark (Halle an der Saale) and Dr. Frank Menzel (Müncheberg). Resulting from a private initiative, it has developed into the most significant journal with content exclusively referring to Diptera. Original works in the field of taxonomy, phylogenetic systematics, faunal studies, biology, ecology, zoogeography and behavioural research are published, as long as they principally relate to the order Diptera. Additionally, works on the life's work of dipterists (biographies, festschriften, obituaries, publication lists), travel and expedition reports, works on collections of Diptera, catalogues and checklists on selected groups of Diptera, announcements of events for dipterists, reports on symposia and congresses, short notes and book reviews are also published. The »Studia dipterologica« was published up to 2009 by the Ampyx-Verlag (Halle an der Saale). Since January 2010 it is issued by the Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (Müncheberg). Editors are Frank Menzel (Müncheberg), John Kramer (Oadby) and Andreas Stark (Halle an der Saale). Editorial duties are performed at the SDEI by Frank Menzel, Mathias Jaschhof and Andrea Thiele. The journal possesses an international editorial panel, actively supported by the editors. The scientific panel comprises 21 people from Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, South Africa, the Czech Republic and the USA. Subscribers to the »Studia dipterologica« come from over 30 countries spread worldwide. The journal is abstracted by the Zoological Record (BIOSIS), CAB Abstracts (CABI) and VINITI (Moscow). More information can be obtained at the website of the Studia dipterologica.


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Marcus Lattimore, the talented but injury-prone running back from South Carolina, received cheers from teammates, coaches and talent evaluators after his pro day workout on Wednesday, less than six months after knee surgery. "He did step-ups, box jumps, deep-knee bends, forward and backward lunges and one-legged balancing drills while holding weights for a group that included Marvin Lewis of the Cincinnati Bengals, the only head coach at the workouts," according to the Associated Press. While the Packers didn't send head coach Mike McCarthy to South Carolina, they were represented at the workout. Debate will continue until the NFL Draft whether the Packers might be interested in Lattimore, but it likely rests upon the MRI results the Packers received during the NFL Combine back in Februrary.
More on Marcus Lattimore comes from JSOnline.
Free agent safety Michael Huff signed with the Baltimore Ravens on Wednesday, ending any possibility of the Packers would do so. It's debatable how much interest the Packers had to begin with, according to Tom Silverstein at JSOnline. "The Packers get tossed into the discussion regularly with some free agents and it's not even clear the team has interest since they never talk about any of their plans," writes Silverstein. "If an agent wants to use the Packers to boost his leverage, he can certainly do so, but every other club knows GM Ted Thompson is not going to spend much on a free agent." Look for the Packers to address the safety position at some point during the NFL Draft.
More on Michael Huff comes from JSOnline, Acme Packing Company and Lombardi Ave.
When news came out of Cleveland that the Browns were interested in listening to trade offers for quarterback Colt McCoy, speculation turned to whether the Packers might be interested. It wasn't been the first time McCoy to Green Bay speculation existed. "Going back to the summer of 2012 – it was when the Packers had lost backup quarterback Matt Flynn to the Seahawks and their recently promoted second string QB Graham Harrell was playing like crap," writes Raymond Rivard of Lombardi Ave. "It was an August night – Aug. 16, to be exact - at Lambeau Field when the Cleveland Browns came to town and embarrassed the Packers 35-10. Many expected McCoy to walk across the field to the Packers' sideline and don a Green Bay uniform." While the Packers might have interest in signing McCoy to a contract with little guaranteed money if he were released, chances are nil that they'd trade for McCoy.
A speculative article appears at Fox Sports Wisconsin about who might fill return duties in Green Bay if Randall Cobb does not.
The contract situation of Aaron Rodgers is analyzed in depth over at AllGreenBayPackers.com.
Blog posts on the backup quarterback position in Green Bay and the team's salary cap space appear at Lombardi Ave.
This year's draft class of running backs is a topic covered at the Packers official website.
Newly signed kicker Giorgio Tavecchio gets some attention over at Acme Packing Company.
Packer Report has its daily pro day tour post and another on USC wide receiver Robert Woods.
Video: NBC 26 in Green Bay interviews Wayne Larrivee about radio broadcast partner Larry McCarren...
Brian Carriveau is the author of "It's Just a Game: Big League Drama in Small Town America," and editor of Cheesehead TV's "Pro Football Draft Preview." To contact Brian, email [email protected].
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text: A Catalyst is a substance that causes or accelerates a chemical reaction. The purpose of the show is to bring together younger and older generation in describing and building what they have in common: the culture and the history of the electronic music. "Le Catalyste" is weekly infused Podcast. At the begining, it was a French speaking radio show presented by Vince Kuzanagi on CKUM FM in Canada. While moving to France, it is temporarly turned into a podcast until I find a new Radio Station.


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Tuesday 7th February 2012, will be remembered as a milestone in the Maltese Usability and User Experience (UX) calendar since the first usability conference "An Evening of Web Usability" was held. For this prestigious event which was hosted at the University of Malta, I had the honor of speaking alongside one of the leading usability and user experience professionals, Caroline Jarrett.
At this point I would like to thank all the attendees as well as Dr. Alexiei Dingli (Dept. Intelligent Computing Systems, University of Malta), Simon Bonanno (CEO, Holistic IT Group) and Evan Camilleri (CTO, Holistic IT Group) for helping me co-ordinate the event. Special thanks also to Holistic IT Group and the Department of Intelligent Computing Systems within the University of Malta for sponsoring the event.
Justin Mifsud's Presentation
Entitled "Practical Usability Guidelines for Your Website", the objective of my presentation was to discuss usability from a practical perspective. This was achieved by first highlighting the importance and benefits that a usable website brings about and then providing a number of usability guidelines. The presentation concludes with a usability evaluation of the Xerox Real Business Website.
Caroline Jarrett's Presentation
In her presentation "Design Tips for Complex Forms", Caroline Jarrett outlined the latest usability tips for web forms. Apart from several practical guidelines, the presentation also included interesting walkthroughs of the interactions encountered when trying to achieve goals on the Maltese Government and the UK Government's websites.


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Supported by groundbreaking research, including brain scans of people as they pray, meditate, and even speak in tongues, Newberg and Waldman propose a new model for how deep convictions emerge and influence our lives. You will even glimpse how the mind of an atheist works when contemplating God. Using personal stories, moral paradoxes, and optical illusions, the authors demonstrate how our brains construct our fondest assumptions about reality, offering recommendations for exercising your most important "muscle" in order to develop a more life-affirming, flexible range of attitudes.
You'll discover how to:
Recognize when your beliefs are altered by others
Guard against mental traps and prejudicial thinking
Distinguish between destructive and constructive beliefs
Cultivate spiritual and ethical ideals
Ultimately, we must always return to our beliefs. From theordinary to the extraordinary, they give meaning to the mysteries of life, providing us with our individual uniqueness and the ability to fill our lives with joy. Most important, though, they give us inspiration and hope, beacons to guide us through the light and dark corners of the soul.
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The Women and Gender Studies Program provides you with an opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary program to study how gender and sexuality influence human behavior, culture, and society. You will study issues of gender as they relate to class, race, age, sexual orientation, and ethnicity in order to better understand many women and gender-related issues.
The Women and Gender Studies Program at IU Southeast offers a wide range of subjects to students interested in studying different aspects of gender across various cultures and disciplines. You will address such issues as:
- Women's roles in history and contemporary societies
- Feminist theories
- Constructions of femininity and masculinity across different cultures and historical periods
- Gendered influences on knowledge, communication, politics, and economics
- Sexual behavior and expectations
- Family relationships
Women and Gender Studies courses are interdisciplinary in content and approach. Students in the Women and Gender Studies program take courses in a wide variety of disciplines, including social and natural sciences, humanities, business, economics, and education.
Students in the Women and Gender Studies program at IU Southeast have the opportunity to create, evaluate and disseminate knowledge about gender and sexuality in an interdisciplinary context.
Students who seek different modes of thought and knowledge will thrive in this interdisciplinary program. Courses on gender and sexuality are available in various disciplines, including history, art, literature, sociology, communication, psychology, and philosophy to name a few areas.
Moreover, students at IU Southeast regularly take part in the IU Women and Gender Studies Conference. The annual conference brings students from across the IU system into contact with each other and gives them a space to share their research and creative work.


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TL;DR: What is the shape of the ideal planoconvex lens?
More precise formulation, and my work so far: A lens sits in the xy plane. The lens has index of refraction n2 and the rest of the plane has index of refraction n1. The lens is bounded below by the x axis and above by a function f(x). Let a=f(0) and let f(±b)=0. Rays parallel to the y axis enter the lens from below and are all refracted so that they pass through the point (0,c).
Consider the ray that passes through the point (t,0). Since this ray enters the lens through the bottom surface orthogonally to the surface at that point, the ray inside the lens is still a vertical line. It exits the lens at the point (t, f(t)) and, by premise, is refracted towards the point (0,c).
Let line L1 be the line that contains the refracted part of this ray, and let line L2 be the line that is orthogonal to the surface of the lens at point (t, f(t)).
Let θ be the angle of incidence of the ray upon the point (t, f(t)), and let ϕ be the angle of refraction at that point. θ is measured counterclockwise from L2 to the vertical, and ϕ is measured counterclockwise from L2 to the refracted ray.
Suppose that the indices of refraction are such that total internal reflection does not occur. Note that the ray is moving upwards, so the incident side of the interface is inside the lens and the refracted side of the interface is outside the lens.
By Snell's law, we have n1sin(θ) = n2sin(ϕ). Let N = n2/n1. Then sin(θ) = N sin(ϕ).
Line L1 contains the points (0,c) and (t, f(t)), so its slope is (f(t)-c)/t.
The angle from the x axis to L2, measured counterclockwise, is π/2 - θ. The angle from the x axis to the refracted ray, measured counterclockwise, is therefore π/2 - θ + ϕ. Therefore the slope of line L1 is tan(π/2 - θ + ϕ). Equating this with the slope just obtained for that line yields (f(t)-c)/t = tan(π/2 - θ + ϕ), which simplifies to t/(f(t)-c) = tan(θ - ϕ).
Since the angle from the x axis to Line L2 is π/2 - θ, the slope of that line is tan(π/2 - θ). Since this line is orthogonal to f(x) at the point (t, f(t)), its slope is also given by -1/f'(t). So -1/f'(t) = tan(π/2 - θ), which simplifies to f'(t) = -tan(θ).
We are then left with three simultaneous equations:
sin(θ) = N sin(ϕ)
t/(f-c) = tan(θ - ϕ)
f' = -tan(θ)
After substituting to eliminate the angles, we can use some trig identities to reduce things to a single first-order very nonlinear differential equation. Solving this seems like a nightmare, so... help? Please?
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