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AJ Yates – mentor
AJ has been interested in all aspects of healthcare since joining St John Ambulance as a child – he was a volunteer at his local unit for over forty years. AJ's interest has broadened in recent years: he has a degree in herbal medicine from Middlesex University (which reflects a belief in the beneficial effects of patient-centred complementary medicine), a masters in medical anthropology from Brunel University (which reflects an interest in social and cultural aspects of health and illness), and has completed a PhD at The University of Westminster which used patient narratives to investigate women's experiences of distress and their experience of using western herbal practice for distress. Since completing his PhD, AJ has become a mentor for the student strategy group, and is now also the Senior Admin Officer for the College of Medicine.
Lauren Quinn: Student Strategy Group
Lauren Quinn is currently a fourth year medical student at the University of Birmingham. She aims to pursue an academic career in Diabetes and Endocrinology. She writes: "I have thoroughly enjoyed the numerous research projects and placements I have been involved with thus far, which have ranged from observational studies, to basic science to clinical science to working with 'Big Data'. These experiences have taught me how rewarding yet challenging academic medicine can be and I look forward to taking on the challenge in the future."
She adds: "CoM's principles are inherent to how I endeavour to practice medicine in the future; engage with a multidisciplinary team of professionals, adopt a holistic approach to healthcare and focus on wellbeing of patients which is comprised of mental, physical and social constructs.
The College of Medicine student conferences have become a highlight of my year as their ability to inspire and engage students from all healthcare professions and from all across the UK is unrivalled – we look forward to bringing you another student conference which challenges, inspires and tailors the College's practice."
Arani Vivekanantham – mentor
I am a medical student, in my 5th Year, at Keele University Medical School. This year I am intercalating, undertaking a research masters (MPhil) in Primary Care Sciences. As part of this I am conducting research evaluating the prevalence of depression in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica. In my spare time, I enjoy playing the violin; I am a member of the University Hospital Orchestra.
I have been involved with the College of Medicine since 2011, when I attended the first summer school on 'obesity' in Southampton. This gave me the opportunity to meet and work with students from other health care disciplines. I learnt a lot from, and thoroughly enjoyed, this experience. As a result, I was keen to participate in subsequent summer schools run by the College of Medicine, and so attended the 'healthy ageing' summer school in 2012 in Birmingham and also the 'self care and resilience' summer school in 2014 in London. At both of these summer schools, I had the opportunity to showcase research that I had conducted, in the form of poster presentations.
As part of my role as a College of Medicine student leader I hope to be able to get involved with organising and running future summer schools and events, to help encourage and facilitate multidisciplinary working in students from all healthcare disciplines. I hope this will give students an insight into multidisciplinary team working and better prepare them for this.
Olivia Phillips – mentor
As a student of Graduate Medicine at the University of Leicester, I am in the very early stages of developing an understanding of the complexities and needs of the national health service. Growing up, I was heavily influenced by my grandfather, a general practitioner who had witnessed and spoke of the development of the national health service with great affection. Those sentiments were passed to me through the stories he told of those patients that had become so much more accessible to him in a system which provided care free at the point of need.
After studying History at the University of Cambridge, I dedicated myself to the task of studying medicine. I spent my time gaining experience across different parts of healthcare. This included volunteering at a hospice, observing orthopedic surgeons, oncologists, staying with GPs, talking to practice managers, working as a healthcare assistant, and finally, working as a rehab assistant for Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists. I was inspired by the work I saw, the dedication of those individuals I met and the profound achievements of teams demonstrating how to work together. I was also shocked by the hours people worked, the fragmentation of care making everyones� jobs harder, and, at times, the lack of recognition experienced by some of the most generous people I have met. It is these experiences which I will carry with me as I continue to learn from an ever wider pool of people wishing to produce change for the better.
Ally Jaffee – Student Nutrition Lead
I am a 2nd year medical student at the University of Bristol.
Growing up, my mother instilled within me the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Nutrition was central to this. This has sparked my interest in preventative and lifestyle medicine. Last year as part of our 'Whole Person Care' module and this year as part of my 'Optimum Health in later life' module, I have researched the role nutrition and food play in the prevention and management of certain chronic conditions, as well as with wellbeing.
Read more about Ally on our page about College leaders in specialist areas.
Tim Owen Jones – mentor
Tim is a student nurse, adult branch, at King's College London. Previously, he worked as project manager with artists and arts organisations across UK, Spain and USA. He has an MA in Arts Policy & Management from Birkbeck, University of London and an MEng in Materials Science & Engineering from The University of Sheffield.
Tim is interested in tackling the multi-dimensional challenges that healthcare faces now and in the future, whilst keeping patients at the centre. He feels a multi disciplinary approach should be integral to learning and training and is excited about the shifting conversation surrounding health, most importantly as an asset not a hindrance. For this reason, he's very excited to be part of the College of Medicine's first Student Strategy Group.
Whilst studying, Tim works as a care support worker at King's College Hospital and as a healthcare assistant at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. He trains at University Hospital Lewisham.
Sonya Elnaschie:
Student Strategy Group
I originally completed a degree in Physiotherapy from the University of Southampton and have worked both in the UK and abroad, within the NHS and private health care. Through my work as a Physiotherapist, I experienced first hand how important patient choice and patient centred care is. Working in different specialties provided opportunities to collaborate with many different professions and services.
Whilst living in Australia, I had the opportunity to experience and develop a deep appreciation for complementary therapies, leading me to further my studies. Having recently completed a second degree in herbal medicine from the University of Westminster, I hope to use my experience of two aspects of health care to contribute CoM's vision of integrative health care. I have felt very privileged to have the opportunity to work with CoM and look forward to continuing to do so.


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2019 Track Schedule
Remind 101
Track Communication for athletes and parents will be through Remind 101. Coach Swift will send a text message, and it will go out to everyone at the same time. To join the group, send this text message ( @khc4b ) to the number 81010.
Things that need to be turned in
- School Athletic Handbook - Page 16, once each year
- Track Handbook (last page of track manual: link at bottom of page)
- Athletic contract
- Ride Home form (last page of track manual: link at bottom of page)
- Concussion Form---- unless taken last year or this year.
- Sign up for Remind 101---different from cross country
- Activity Fee --- Pay online $50 unless over the Family grade 7 through 12 limit Max $150
- Catastrophic Insurance $5: Pay online once each school year per athlete
- Team t-shirt: $10 (pay directly to track Coach)
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The Fellowship of Christian Athletes engages coaches and athletes to grow in their faith and sport.
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It has been an amazing month and it started off running. We have a new huddle meeting at Knollwood School in Fair Haven. A couple of students, their parents and, I met during February to pray together and talk about the work we would be doing. Superintendent Sean McNeil approved us to start on Thursday February 22nd and I almost missed my flight. Initially we thought March 1st would be the day, but Coach Reid, the faculty advisor at Knollwood (and RFH soccer coach) let me know that we could start a week early. With a flight out to Orlando that morning to attend the triennial FCA conference Realtime2018 - I decided to go to the huddle and risk having to drive a little fast up the Turnpike. It all worked out and we have been meeting on Thursday mornings since.
God has a way of confirming things He wants us doing and it is always good to feel like you're on the right track. Pieces to a number of puzzles have been falling into place the last few weeks and I feel very blessed in the work I'm getting to do. It's an exciting time and I want to thank all of you who are supporting me so I can do what I've been called to do. I wake up each morning with a hint of disbelief that I have it so good.
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Sparkwith Nora Young
From racial profiling to #BlackLivesMatter: Technology, oppression and expression
One of the original uses of networking tech were attempts at racial profiling and predictive policing, author says
Move over, Silicon Valley — the new centres of innovation are in Africa, says author
The innovators creating the technologies of the future aren't coming out of the wealthy campuses of Silicon Valley, but instead from the developing nations of Africa, Latin America and Asia, says author Ramesh Srinivasan.
Walden, revisited
How can we find solitude in a world that runs at the speed of a smartphone?
Why this woman's family abstains from technology 1 day a week
In an effort to disconnect from the digital world and reconnect more meaningfully, Tiffany Shlain's family adopted a technology Shabbat: one day of the week, they turn off their screens to spend face-to-face time with one another, to cook, or to simply do nothing at all.
3 experts on failure explain what we can learn from our mistakes
Failure is having a moment in the tech industry. What can that teach us about our limitations and how we measure success?
Technology and unintended consequences
We're not very good at predicting the potential side effects of our tech
When information is freely available online, learning institutions are forced to change
The internet offers a huge amount of information, usually for free. So how has that affected the institutions we have traditionally learned from: our schools, colleges, and universities?
Disabled people want disability design—not disability dongles
People with disabilities want to be participants in design, not recipients of design
The case against predictability
Everything we do is analyzed, measured, and quantified to create a model of us online, which then tries to influence our behavour. But how accurate is our quantified self?
People rely on devices to store information, but that's not a bad thing, researchers say
With smartphones and automated technologies taking care of our information for us, the means to store information outside of our brains is endless. But does this "information offloading" have an impact on the brain's memory function?
How smart home tech could perpetuate discrimination and racial profiling
Amazon and Google have made a hard push into the home security market, but civilian surveillance could have real impacts on privacy and racial profiling.
From lab-grown meat to molecular coffee: How tech is disrupting the food industry
With plant-based burgers, bean-free coffee and the proliferation of insect farms, experts say alternative foods are on the verge of upending the traditional agriculture and livestock industries.
Fake news isn't new: Modern disinformation uses centuries-old techniques, author says
Author Heidi Tworek says we can learn from media manipulation's long history to understand how disinformation functions now.
Could your tweets come back to haunt you?
Journalist Eve Peyser took a hard look at her Twitter history. It was painful.
How urban design can help people with dementia navigate neighbourhoods and public spaces
As waitlists for care facilities grow longer and more people with dementia are choosing to live within their own communities, urban planning and design will play an increasingly important role in helping them live safe, comfortable and independent lives.
Rethinking "craft" in the age of digital reproduction
There are few darkrooms, and drawing by hand is increasingly rare. So do we still practice "craft" in this digital era?
Inside the machine: Hidden technologies from sea to sky
From weather forecasting to sending email, there is an astonishing amount of hidden technology involved - we take a peek inside the machinery.
Revealing your emoticon side: how digital technology has changed the way we talk to each other
Communication has changed thanks to our use of digital and mobile tools. From emojis and abbreviations to how we talk to our virtual assistants, how do we talk to each other today?
The Spark Guide To Life, Episode Ten: AI and Us
How we interact with virtual assistants, the rise of digisexuality, and Booker-Prize-winning author Ian McEwan on his new book, Machines Like Me.
We trust our virtual assistants more than we should
AIs like Siri and Alexa aren't as smart as they seem.
'Digisexuality' emerges as a new sexual identity
Immersive new tech allows for intense sexual and emotional experiences.
Machine consciousness is 'hugely problematic,' says Ian McEwan
Can we own a consciousness? Can we buy and operate someone else's subjective experience? These themes of Ian McEwan's novel, Machines Like Me, force us to confront our relationship with technology and examine whether our human morality extends to AI beings.
The Spark Guide To Life, Episode Nine: New Perspectives
Google Street View birding, embroidered computers, STEM and the Girl Guides, and using FortNite to teach about climate change
Computer made of cloth challenges our concept of technology
Embroidered electronic tapestry beautifully illustrates the workings of computers
Is that a pixel or a Pileated Woodpecker? Birders flock to Google Street View
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Quantitative Easing has not resulted in banks passing money on to businesses, with the Basel III requirement for banks to increase their buffers encouraging them to limit lending and raise rates. The Government has already recognised the potential of peer to peer lending to fill this gap, with bidding beginning tomorrow for the £100 million earmarked for non-traditional lending through so called 'private banks' in the last Budget, but this figure needs to be drastically increased to have a real impact on SMEs.
Stuart Law, Chief Executive of Assetz Capital, said:
"Many traditional banks are now a spent force, acting like zombies whilst slowly recapitalising following previous losses. This has led to a reduction in loans outstanding to SMEs and is holding back growth in the UK, something that HM Treasury is acutely aware of.
"The IMF recommended last week that the Bank of England cut rates even further, print more money and ease regulatory pressure on the banks, but we have already witnessed the failure of Quantitative Easing to significantly trigger growth.
"The Government is right to continue with its austerity programme and to allow the private sector to lead the recovery, but SMEs need more funding, as lending fell from £55bn down to £44bn over three years in the credit crisis. Channelling money into business sectors that produce a big return – for example construction – and bypassing the banks could create a turning point in the existing economic stalemate and help kick-start economic growth."
Assetz Capital is an investor group that acts as loan originator and agency for private investors making syndicated loans to businesses and property developers. It sources two types of lending opportunities for private lenders: SME company loans and property development loans, for the development and refurbishment of property in the UK.
Assetz Capital has investors wishing to lend an initial £10 million on SME loans and property development schemes channelled into a number of projects, including a Care Home in Southport (value £1.2m), two residential development projects in prime Central London (value £600,000 and £1million) and a number of SME business loans ranging in value from £200,000 to £500,000.
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– that includes two whole days of celebration, three meals, two venues and a band!
We married at Weston Park Bandstand in Sheffield. I used to work in the museum in the park and both Liam and I were keen on a fairly 'outdoorsy' wedding. The bandstand and the park are beautiful and we liked that it was quite a public, relaxed environment too. Going for a Thursday afternoon saved us about £100 on venue hire – I think it was £700 for a weekday booking – and as we did it at 2pm, a few people took a late lunch break to come and watch. We used the chairs that belonged to the City Council team who manage the ceremonies there, and any overspill just stood around the bandstand – which provided 360 degree views with its glass, retractable walls.
Luckily, it was sunny all through the day as we might have had difficulties otherwise, and this made the park the perfect venue to sit and drink fizz all afternoon. We were allowed to bring our own drinks and just hired glasses (free from Tesco when Liam's parents bought some wine there – and only £1 per glass for any breakages). We took our own speakers which the best men (yes men plural – there were five of them!) set up for us, along with décor around the bandstand, before we arrived, and we just made playlists of our favourite songs on my tablet to play through the afternoon.
Tell us about the reception venue...
On the Thursday evening, we went to The Milestone in Kelham Island, Sheffield for a sit down meal for 60 of our closest friends and family. The Milestone were amazing – the food is fantastic, and they stuck to their regular Early Bird deal despite knowing it was a wedding, and we got the whole upstairs room to ourselves for no extra cost. It worked out at £16.50 per person for three courses and a glass of wine or beer. Beyond that, guests bought their own drinks at the bar which worked well I think. After we'd eaten, they moved the tables to the sides and put on our music – and didn't even mind the loud singing and dancing on tables (well – they were very tolerant about it anyway!) We hired Shatton Hall's Townfield Barn in Shatton, Hope Valley for three days (midday Friday to midday Sunday) at a cost of £1200. It was just such a beautiful environment and we were keen to show the Peak District around Sheffield to our friends and family from further afield. We hired out two of the farm cottages up the track – one for Liam and I and one for my sisters and their children – which was treat but mega helpful if you have guests with kids coming who want a drink! It was wonderful being somewhere that didn't have a 'wedding team' – it meant we could do what we wanted and we saved so much money on catering, bringing some booze ourselves and then asking guests to bring some too, and just generally being able to shop around on everything. The fields around the barn allowed for camping for about 50 people too, and provided space for rounders, wheelbarrow racing and dog racing (with our pets – no animals were harmed, I promise). It was great having Friday afternoon as downtime with a few friends and relatives to set up décor and drink champagne in the sun, and having the camp space for those who wanted to stay over either of the two nights. We had a total of 120 guests at the ceremony and reception.
So what did you wear?
My dress came from Blissful Daze in Sheffield; I bought it in the Sample Sale although it was a size too small and got it altered for £100. This was a massive saving overall as it was reduced from £1400 to £700
My shoes were Vivienne Westwood Melissa's in dove blue, cherry scented, rubber heels with pink, metallic hearts. They were seconds from eBay – I think I paid about £70 (RRP £130ish) My veil also came from Blissful Daze and it was about £60. I restrung my Nana's pearls to wear as my 'something old' for the ceremony, which I really enjoyed wearing. I did get quotes to get them done professionally but it was quite last minute on my part and as soon as they sniffed out it was under pressure and for a wedding, I knew I wasn't going to get a bargain. I just did it with a needle and thick thread myself one afternoon and saved £50!
For the party day on the Saturday, my sister bought me an anatomical heart necklace from Lady Muck of Whitstable - whose jewellery I love anyway - and I thought this was a great, playful twist on a romantic look for a wedding!
'A Suit that Fits' made Liam's suit to measure, and he basically got to design it himself, with some expert advice on what would work well. He had a really strong idea about the powder blue colour, which led our visual theme really, so it was great to find somewhere that would make that to measure, and quite affordably.
As we couldn't afford to buy the bridesmaids' dresses (I had 10!) and they ranged from six to forty something, I decided it was best to let them be fairly free about what they wore! They were advised to choose from soft blues to soft purples and I think it worked really well. Bridesmaid's Accessories: Their own May and Emily of Homemade by Thelma's in Nether Edge, Sheffield made ours on a very reasonable budget. We had five delicious chocolate Guinness cakes (our fave) and we bought second-hand toy Playmobil figures to go on top as the bride and groom!
Liam's Mum did our reception flowers with a mixture of some she'd grown and some bought ones which was brilliant, and arranged formal bouquets from Swallows and Damsons on Abbeydale Rd in Sheffield.
One of my bridesmaids' Mum is a hairdresser (the wonderful Sue Cunningham) so she trimmed my hair for me in the months before the wedding then came to the house and styled it for me on the day of the ceremony. It was fab having someone I knew as the morning was full of friends, family and laughter and having a stranger there would have felt weird to me!
I did my own make up both days. In fact, I hardly wore any the party day, which was one of the lovely things about having a countryside party – it felt relaxed and very informal.
We used playlists and sports day games on the field (run by Liam's extremely enthusiastic Dad Pat) to keep things going in the afternoon of the Saturday party. Then my sister (known as The Duchess when she DJs!) and our friend Howard did a warm-up set of Northern Soul, Motown ad Disco. The Emergency Band played at about 8pm, including a couple of our favourite songs they'd learnt specially for the day. Finally, my niece, Ruby Copland-Kill played her first ever public DJ set at around midnight! She's got a bit of a following amongst my friends now…
Liam hand drew our invite design and I Photoshopped the colours and text and sent it to print with DS Print in Crookes, Sheffield. I think 150 A5 postcards came to about £40. We bought a pack of gold envelopes online and wrote further instructions which were photocopied and added. Finally, Liam made a Wix website with all the key info on for those annoying moments when people lose the directions, taxi numbers etc you sent out months before!
Whirlow Hall Farm (local farm and charity we were keen to support) provided a barbecue of sausages and veggie/vegan kebabs, plus salads and rolls for lunch on the Saturday. It was affordable and we told friends to feel free to bring a buffet dish or pudding too if they wanted to, which worked really well. My brother-in-law runs Homage2Fromage (www.clubhomage2fromage.co.uk) and he provided an amazing cheeseboard for people to tuck into through the afternoon. Later on, The Artisan Pizza Co arrived in their vintage Citroen campervan with a wood-fired oven and baked a selection of amazing pizzas, including making a vegan version to order when asked. All this food did add up, but as two massive foodies, catering was a priority!!
What was your vision for the day?
A relaxed, personal three day celebration, with different aspects that everyone could enjoy…and for nobody to ever feel underfed or bored! My Dad collects antiques so gave or lent us a lot of décor which saved a fortune, as the barn comes in a fairly natural state, ready for you to dress. I also bought lots of blue balloons off Amazon, and a few weeks before the wedding a troupe of bridesmaids and friends spent a day of hard labour in our sunny garden making bunting and planting old wooden boxes. Dad had stenciled with our initials with lavender, strawberries, herbs and salad leaves as table decorations. That was a lovely day and other than the bottle of gin and snacks I laid on, it hardly cost us anything to produce 50 metres of bunting and lots of beautiful plant boxes.
Did you have a honeymoon?
We went to Berlin, Prague, Budapest and Croatia, using trains to get between them all. It was three weeks of bliss. We went the Monday after clearing up the wedding party on Sunday and were so exhausted for most of Berlin! If I'd planned it again, I might have given us an extra day or two at home first to catch up on sleep.
Tell us about the proposal!
We were up in Ringinglow, overlooking the city on a walk that we went on when we first met. Very romantic! What was the inspiration behind your ideas? We just chose things we like anyway (we have quite flamboyant style!) and brought in talented friends and relatives. I looked at www.rocknrollbride.com regularly but never bought a wedding magazine!
How would you describe your wedding theme?
Powder blue rustic vintage farmhouse – that's a thing, right?
What was your first dance and why?
We didn't really have a traditional first dance but our aisle song was Zebra by Beach House and the band played a couple of songs that were special to us as well.
What was your favourite moment of the day?
Arrggghhhh! With three days there's so much to choose from! The moment I arrived at Weston Park to see Liam waiting for me was pretty special, as was Liam and I coming down the aisle together (well, across the park…) and seeing all our friends and family looking at us walking in.
Do you have any advice for couples planning their wedding day?
Don't worry about other people too much – they ultimately just want you to be happy. Relax and enjoy the day, if you can. Finally, don't drink 'breakfast wine' on the party day…or do, depending on what sort of a day you want to have.
What was your best wedding bargain?
Making our own wedding rings with Abi Makin (http://www.makinjewellery.co.uk/) which cost about £350 but was a whole day of loveliness with an amazing and sweet jeweller in a gorgeous country studio including lunch and all the materials and finishing and boxes and transport! Plus, we are the only people in the world with rings quite like ours (smug much?)! So overall, I think they were amazing value.
What's your top tip for saving money whilst planning your wedding?
Look at the skills you have in your networks and plan in advance on making things as it takes time.
Want to share your wedding and thrifty tips? Submit here and remember you don't need professional photos and it doesn't matter if you've had your wedding blogged elsewhere before!
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Growing pains challenge AT&T's U-verse
PEOPLE love to hate the cable company. For years, cable TV had monopoly status in most cities, and customers hate it when they feel they are at the mercy of one business supplying what they need.
With the rise of alternatives such as satellite TV in the 1990s, the feeling of being shackled to cable began to wane. And now there's a new wave of technology bringing TV into your home, once again from an institution consumers historically loathe:
The phone company.
As Time Warner Cable completes its transition to Comcast in Houston, AT&T has begun to roll out a TV service called U-verse. It comes into your home via the phone network, using the same technologies that bring you high-speed Internet. It's television over Internet Protocol, or IPTV. It uses DSL, but on steroids — around 100 megabits per second, compared with the 1.5 Mbps associated with most consumer-level DSL.
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This is part of a larger trend in which communications and entertainment companies are getting into each other's businesses, often using the Internet as a delivery mechanism. Comcast now sells a phone service, for example, in which conversations are transmitted across the Net.
The video dispatched through U-verse doesn't traverse the public Internet, but rather a closed network created by AT&T. But the content it offers arrives just the same way, as packets of information moving from server computers to a set-top box in your home that's essentially a computer with a hard drive. The box is a Digital Video Recorder, or DVR, that spools out video live, or later if you've saved it to watch.
Many HDTV channelsI've been trying U-verse for about a month. While AT&T touts it for the number of high-definition channels it offers, I'm like the majority of TV watchers who not only don't have a high-definition television, but also still use picture-tube-style analog sets. Because I didn't want to give up my Comcast cable during the test period, I only connected U-verse to the 32-inch TV in our living room.
But the company's packages will let you connect up to three TVs — more if you are willing to pay extra. The DVR connects to one TV, and the others can pull stored shows off it.
I tested the U400 service option, which comes with more than 300 non-HD channels and starts at $99 a month. Adding HD is an additional $10.
AT&T has bundled deals that combine U-verse and Internet access, but don't start drooling at the notion of 100-Mbps Web surfing. The Internet access packaged with U-verse is basically the same as AT&T's standard package, though upload speeds are greater in some cases.
The aspect that most impressed me as a TV watcher was the picture quality. My Toshiba television has never had a picture that good. In fact, I've never seen a picture that good on any tube TV, even one using digital cable.
Recording limitationI also like the fact that the DVR can record up to four non-HD channels at one time. But HD fans should know it can only record one HD channel at a time, and only one HD channel can be watched in your home at a time. High-definition gobbles bandwidth, requiring all of U-verse's pipeline.
The DVR is powered by Microsoft's IPTV software. It has some interesting features, including a thumbnail preview and information about what's on each channel as you click through the list, and almost instant channel changing. Some DVRs have a noticeable delay as you move to another channel.
AT&T says installation takes two to four hours, depending on whether your home's wiring needs to be changed to accommodate U-verse. In my case, technicians had to alter the wiring behind some of the phone jacks, and they had to fix a problem in the neighborhood switchbox. Then, the U-verse network was so busy with new installations that my DVR couldn't make its initial setup connection to AT&T's authorization servers.
Total time for my installation: seven hours.
Because I've been using analog cable, I'd not yet tried a Video on Demand service, which U-verse includes. This allows you to select from both movies and TV episodes from a variety of networks, including Showtime, Starz and Flix, and play them on your TV as though they were stored on your own DVR. Conspicuously absent from the lineup: HBO on Demand.
The on-demand lineup is relatively sparse, compared to Comcast's listings. And there are irritating gaps in what's available.
For example, Showtime on Demand offers Dexter, the acclaimed Michael C. Hall series about a serial killer who works for the Miami police. I'd always wanted to see it, but I don't have Showtime and it's not yet available on DVD.
Unfortunately, even though Showtime on Demand's Web page says the complete first season should be available, episodes 3, 7, 8 and 9 are missing from the U-verse offering. Other series suffer from similar gaps.
There are other minor, irritating glitches. I occasionally see what I'd describe as digital ghosting or smearing, particularly when Video on Demand has been paused or rewound, and during live sports broadcasts. It's as though the screen can't keep up with the movement.
I've also experienced several outages in which Video on Demand coverage wasn't available, and once when the entire service went out. The latter may have been traced to a short in my home phone line, as I also lost dial tone.
Falling short of TiVoSome of the DVR features aren't quite as polished as TiVo, which is considered the gold standard.
For example, when you fast-forward through a commercial block, TiVo has the uncanny ability to snap back to exactly the spot you wanted, such as when the ads end and the show resumes. The U-verse fast-forward routinely overshoots the mark, requiring you to rewind. There's a separate button on the U-verse remote that lets you jump ahead a few seconds at a time, and that helps, but you really should need only one button to accomplish this task.
I was considering switching to U-verse once this review was finished if I liked the service, but I opted to stick with Comcast for now.
While I love the quality of the picture and the pricing is competitive — particularly if you bundle it with AT&T's DSL service — it's still very much a Version 1.0 product. It may be more attractive to those with high-definition TVs who are willing to put up with some growing pains.
The combination of Comcast and TiVo suits me better, so I'll stay put for now. But U-verse's potential is great, and I could easily see myself becoming a customer in the future.
I'll take a look again at Version 2.0.
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In the weeks and months following the revelation of VW's emissions cheat, advertising/marketing people like Sylvia Long-Tolbert of Johns Hopkins had a lot to say about VW's recovery.
In a Johns Hopkins Q&A in late 2015, Tolbert says:
"[T]wo or three years ago, [VW] started building this market positioning around clean diesel technology, and people recognized them as being a market leader. Their inability to deliver on this CO2 emissions promise or benefit seems to suggest there may be something else amiss..."
Tolbert recommended rebranding both inside and outside the company in order for VW to regain its prior level of consumer trust, which brings us to the automaker's "Electrify America" program.
VW Electrifies America
As part of the deal with U.S. regulators over the emissions scandal, VW is to pump billions of dollars into zero-emission vehicle infrastructure.
"We will build," according to VW's Electrify America site, "a nationwide network of workplace, community, and highway chargers that are convenient and reliable. Our investment will enable millions of Americans to discover the benefits of electric driving."
VW's efforts to "electrify America" in this manner is a far cry from knowingly selling diesel-fueled cars that don't perform as advertised, and in fact pumped far higher levels of nitrous oxide into the atmosphere, to the point where some people will suffer premature deaths owing to the pollution.
California Air Resources Board Questions VW's Plan
But what a company says it will do - especially a company that has lost public trust because of its actions - means nothing compared to what the company actually does. It's easy enough to build a website laying out the Electrify America plan; it's quite another for it to happen, court-approved settlement notwithstanding.
Perhaps it's no surprise that the California Air Resources Board doesn't believe VW's plan is up to snuff. The plan's first phase involves $200M invested in California's electric car infrastructure, but Reuters reports that the CARB says that VW's plan "has shortcomings."


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Dream Big, Act Bigger
This is a guest post by Maren Donovan, @marenkate.
The famous words "I have a dream" have been used countless times to encourage, motivate and move people. What many never consider though is what if no one had ever acted on Dr. King's dream? Without action dreams are just that, dreams, they come to you in a flash and dissipate with the morning light. Instead of focusing on 'living your dreams' I like to focus on 'acting out my dreams' this is far more effective and what 99% of dreamers will never grasp.
6 Steps To Dreaming Big And Acting Even Bigger
1. What can't be quantified can't be qualified. This is nerd speak for regardless of your dreams if you don't set up so type of 'plan' on how to execute them they will never become a reality. Think of it like this, if your child comes to you and says "Daddy I want to be a doctor" what would the steps be for them to reach that goal by age 30? No one in their right mind would imagine a parent responding "ok, well just sit there and in 20 years I am sure it'll happen". So why do people approach goals and dreams that way?
Instead of laying down a strategic plan people would prefer to complain, sigh and make excuses on why they'll 'never lose weight', 'never meet the man of their dreams' or 'never get out of this dead end job'. It is as simple as setting your goals up, on paper and then tracking the simple steps that will get you there. The smaller the steps the better, this makes it easier to follow through with. Then as you hit each little goal you cross it off and feel the warmth of accomplishment wash over them. Hopefully after months of training your mind to both qualify and quantify you'll become an action taker who always looks for the steps to a goal instead of just desiring that goal to happen organically.
2. Learning baby steps. The follow up to the last step would be breaking down goals into bite sized pieces that you can over all 'act on' instead of just think about. Here is a real life example of the baby steps I set for myself to escape the 9 to 5 and be able to live life on my own terms through having entrepreneurial income streams:
- Figure out my passion: I wrote down a list of things I loved doing and then did research on which would be most profitable, had a decent market size and which niches within I could dominate.
- Build a basic blog to document my progress: This is where my blog Escapingthe9to5.com came into play, more than a way for me to express myself it was a means to 'quantify' my progress and it gave me the added incentive of not embarrassing myself by failing in front of the few readers I had at the time.
- Decide on a product/service to sell
- Setting up monetary goals for 3 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and a years time.
- Celebrate EACH little achievement. It helps you have something to look forward to and encourages you to keep going towards acting out your dreams.
3. Dreams aren't realistic, why should your goals be? If there is a will there is a way, this sentiment is something my Mom has always told me and it is 100% true. Whatever you dream for your life, sans like becoming a Unicorn, you have as much of a chance as you give yourself to achieve. Literally the world is full of stories of the most unlikely candidates overcoming ridiculous odds to succeed and live a fabulous life. What obstacles do you face? I doubt they are that big when you look at the sufferings of the rest of the world, so in reality you have it easy… and you shouldn't waste your chance. So go for broke, make ridiculous goals, say you'll have a house in Bora Bora and you'll find the cure for cancer. The only thing holding you back is the actions to get to the point of fulfilling that dream, so if you map out the actions you CAN achieve the dream.
4. Actions generate response exponentially. I have noticed a crazy trend as I take more and more actions in my life to create the kind of destiny I want. The more I act the easier the actions get and the more productive they seem to be. So it would seem that actions multiply and compound the more you practice doing vs. just thinking about it.
5. Failure is still action. Is it better to have loved and lost? I don't know, but I do know that it is much better to have acted and failed than to never have acted at all. I have failed at things a good number of times in my young life and some people would say that if I hadn't taken so many leaps I wouldn't have failed so much, this is true, but I also wouldn't have succeeded ever, at all. Failure only makes the success at the end of the road that much sweeter!
6. Always bite off more than you can chew. This flies in the face of logic and goes against every authority figure I have ever had, but it is 100% true in my book. Every great success I've had comes after I got in over my head or bit off more than I could chew. The reason behind jumping off the deep end is simple, when you HAVE to make it work 9 times out of 10 you will. It is just how the world works. The problem is all too often people never try and go in over their head because they've heard a million warnings on how that is a bad idea, not realizing that all success – at some level – has been born out of taking a plunge into uncharted waters… just look at Columbus.
Hopefully this has inspired you to take a look at your life and really go grab whatever it is you want the most by the horns. There is a great quote by the author of The Magic of Thinking Big that simply states it how it is: Action cures fear.
Author Bio: Maren Donovan writes at Escapingthe9to5.com about entrepreneurship, motivation and, of course, escaping the 9 to 5 race. You can subscribe to her blog here.
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I've always believed that you need big dreams to motivates you. Small dreams may be easy to achieve in theory but without the motivation to do anything they just hang around for years unachieved.
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Maren, I love the daring points you make here, and the opposite bits of wisdom from the traditional ones we are used to hearing – of course we can achieve whatever we set our mind to, but a reminder on how to go about it, especially in the creative style you have portrayed here, makes my day! Thank you!
I've always followed the mindset "go big or go home." Dreams and ideas should be nothing less than grand. Why would I want to ever aim small? If I'm going to push myself, I'm going to push myself all the way and nothing less. Regardless of your aspirations in life, this mentality that people have of needing to be "realistic" about your ideas is complete nonsense. The sky's the limit, so you better aim high!
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A friend told me once that he had a dream to own a big graphic company, I admit he is a hard worker, and after one year of trying reach his dream, he actually became a manager/owner of one of the biggest graphics companies in the middle east, then he told me that the problem now is my dream became true, and the responsibility is bigger than me, I can not handle it!
Anyways, latter he moved to the states, we still calling each other, and on the last phone call he told me that he did Mariah Carey's latest video clip, and he was thinking if Jackson still a live he would be his next client!
So, I just wanted to share that story because I think we should not dream bigger than us, and we should involve the factor of time deeply on it, even some times it's better to stop your dream and make it for latter a little bit, or then the restorability can break our backs, specially that I am sure that not all of us will succeed, but only a few people!
Thank you so much for the inspiring article, I came from kikolani's Fetching Friday post, she always put together the most interesting read!
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I really like that story – thanks for sharing!!
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Your kid that wants to be a doctor example is perfect. Hoping and waiting doesn't take you very far. A plan with actions and refinement along the way go much further.
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Hey Maren,
This is a rock solid article. In terms of goals, I've found that writing them down and making plans to achieve them is really as simple as that. The problem is most people are so worried about how they are going to get to the end result that they never end up starting. I had a goal to make money off my blog and by looking at that goal every day I eventually came up with ideas for how to do it. As far as failure still being action, we are unfortunately taught to believe that failing is a bad thing. We get that ingrained into our heads from the moment we get our first test back with read marks all over it with the letter F. From that moment on, we adopt the belief that we shouldn't fail. Kind of unfortunate that we have to wipe out that belief in adult life.
Being realistic is for the masses IMO. Anybody who's here reading is probably not part of that bunch, so I love what you said about that. I'm going to go check out your blog 🙂
Writing goals down makes all the difference in the world in my eyes 🙂 hope you enjoy the blog!
As you take more and more actions toward your desired dream, it has an exponential result. I loved that expression, and am finding it to be true. I also loved your axiom: Action cures fear! Very inspiring: thanks for sharing.
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glad you enjoyed it, I think I got that axiom from either a Seth Godin book or Dave Ramsey 🙂 lol – can't remember!
Great list Maren! My favourite is #4. Actions generate response exponentially. I always say "Action Creates a Reaction". Stop overthinking and just get started.
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So true, Just do it 🙂 like the Nike commercials!
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I love this specific part â€Action cures fear.†It reminds me the times I was making cold calls.
Thanks for the story!
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Lol, cold calling is SCARY in my book 🙂 but if you do it often enough your fear subsides you are correct! Glad you liked it!
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Hello Dragos,
Wonderful post by Maren. In order to achieve big dreams we have put in lot of efforts. Without putting efforts we will not succeed. If we do not try different and tough things we will always get what we are getting now.
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Hi Maren,
This is a great list of steps to take to dream big and act bigger.
#2 really resonates with me as I believe that in taking 'baby steps' will lead to taking larger steps. Sometimes all it takes it sticking our toe in to sort of test the waters. Once we know that we can manage that, we can go a little further and before you know it, you will have gained the confidence to dive right in. All of life is one big learning opportunity and provides us with the means to grow as human beings.
I agree that it all starts with a dream. Having that as a motivator is the foundation for all of the steps that follow.
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It really does start with a dream… and if you act that dream will come to life no matter how outrageous it may be 🙂
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That was wonderful. It actually physically irritates me when people say that their dream is to be rich/fit/in love but when pressed for what they've done so far, a blank stare is given. They will complain about the lack of opportunities or how the world is against them. It's as if the definition of a dream for them is that hazy movie that happens when they konk out.
I have that feeling in my gut that knows for a fact that I will achieve my dream. And taking action every day makes me more and more certain of it everyday. Thanks for the reminder!
Take care
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Thanks Ben 🙂 glad you are intolerant of those types too!
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Hi Maren,
I really like your suggestion of focusing on small steps. I find that it can be overwhelming to think about all that needs to be done to accomplish a goal. But breaking it down into steps makes it much more manageable mentally.
And as you said, you feel good whenever you can check something off of the list. That builds momentum.
I also really like that you mentioned celebrating each achievement even if it is small. This is a great way to keep morale really high and prevent burnout.
Regarding failure, I only define something as a failure if I never try. Otherwise, even if it is a non-success, it is not a failure. I have yet to ever see somebody who has never failed that has ever accomplished much.
.-= Greg Blencoe´s last blog ..Positive thinking does not work, but positive feeling does =-.
Very good "have yet to ever see somebody who has never failed that has ever accomplished much" that is a GREAT perspective 🙂
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Failure is still action is so true and a great reminder. I never want my life to be dull and it will only become that way due to not "going for it" what ever it is.
Always biting off more than you can chew reminds me of times in my life I've gotten in over my head…I've always made it out and landed on top. Great article.
True failure is action 🙂 sometimes I guess I forget about that but it is just as much a learning experience (if not more so) than succeeding is!
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Great article Maren! If there is a will there is a way – your mom was awesome for teaching you this, And I love your blog!
Thanks Lana, it is so true – the hardest part is finding the WILL not the way… 🙂
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A really sound article. I'm definitely all for dreaming big. I like the fact that you mentioned 'mapping out your actions' because like you said, it's the actions involved in getting yourself from dream to goal that count!
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Hi Anne,
Glad you are into dreaming big as well 🙂


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There are schools offering occupational therapy programs in Connecticut!
Schools Offering Occupational Therapy Programs in Connecticut
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Each year, approximately 0.1% of Connecticut graduates receive degrees in occupational therapy. That means an estimated 99 occupational therapists graduate from Connecticut's 6 occupational therapy schools each year.
Top Schools
The top-ranked school in Connecticut that has a occupational therapy program is Quinnipiac University. Quinnipiac University, which was ranked 31st in the country in 2010, is located in Hamden. 41 students graduated with a degree in occupational therapy from Quinnipiac University in 2010. Students at Quinnipiac University paid $34,250 per year in tuition fees.
The second-ranked school in Connecticut with a occupational therapy program is Sacred Heart University, which is located in Bridgeport. In 2010, it was ranked 69th nationwide. In 2010, 22 students graduated from Sacred Heart University occupational therapy program. Sacred Heart University charged in-state students $31,440 in tuition fees per year.
Lincoln College of New England, which is located in Southington, is the third-ranked school in Connecticut that has a occupational therapy program. It received a ranking of 86th in the country in 2010. In 2010, Lincoln College of New England graduated 13 students from its occupational therapy programs. The tuition rate at Lincoln College of New England was $18,950 per year.
Occupational therapy schools in Connecticut, charge students an average tuition of $18,325 per year. But, tuition can be as much as $34,250 per year, or as little as $3,406 per year. The highest tuition rates in 2010 at Connecticut occupational therapy schools were charged at the following schools:
- Quinnipiac University - located in Hamden, students are charged $34,250 per year
- Sacred Heart University - located in Bridgeport, students are charged $31,440 per year
- Lincoln College of New England - located in Southington, students are charged $18,950 per year
The following Connecticut occupational therapy schools had the lowest tuition rates:
- Housatonic Community College - located in Bridgeport, students are charged $3,406 per year
- Manchester Community College - located in Manchester, students are charged $3,406 per year
- Goodwin College - located in East Hartford, students are charged $18,500 per year
An occupational therapy degree from a Connecticut school... what next?
A large number of Connecticut occupational therapy graduates become occupational therapists. Connecticut had 1,710 occupational therapists in 2010. The Connecticut counties with the largest populations of occupational therapists are:
- Hartford County - 830 occupational therapists
- Fairfield County - 360 occupational therapists
- Middlesex County - 240 occupational therapists
Projected Growth
The government projects that the number of occupational therapists in Connecticut will grow by 14%. By 2018, there will be an estimated 1,990 occupational therapists working in Connecticut.
An occupational therapist in Connecticut makes an average of $79,150 per year. But, salaries for occupational therapists can vary. In 2010, occupational therapists made as little as less than $43,420 per year or as much as more than $132,270 per year in Connecticut. The counties in Connecticut with the highest average salary for an occupational therapist are:
- Litchfield County - $85,380 per year
- Hartford County - $81,610 per year
- New London County - $78,570 per year
On average, occupational therapists earns the least in the following Connecticut counties:
- Middlesex County - $74,210 per year
- Fairfield County - $76,305 per year
- New London County - $78,570 per year
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The charts and graphs below have additional Connecticut statistics regarding a career in occupational therapy. Take a look and compare salaries with various related fields such as clinical psychology or occupational therapy.
Here are the different levels of study available for you to explore.
- Associate's Degree in Occupational Therapy in Connecticut
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So youre finally married to the woman of your dreams after all those years (and you thought no-one would put up with you) and whats the first thing you get to do consummate your marriage? Fat chance. Now you get to stand up in front of friends and family and make your groom speech!
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The philosophy of Taekwon-Do can be summed up by the last two phrases in the ITF Student Oath:
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The development of the Taekwon-Do philosophy by our founder General Choi Hong Hi, was influenced by oriental philosophers such as Confucius and Lao Tzu, by Buddhism, and by the philosophy of martial arts. However, the fundamental values, as expressed in the tenets of Taekwon-Do, are universal.
In the Encyclopaedia of Taekwon-Do, General Choi showed us how to find a harmonious balance between the physical and the mental.
The utmost purpose of Taekwon-Do is to eliminate fighting by discouraging the stronger's oppression of the weaker with a power that must be based on humility, justice, morality, wisdom and faith; thus helping to build a better and more peaceful world.
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Find out where great ideas come from.
A father cleans up after his toddler and imagines a cup that won't spill. An engineer watches people using walkie-talkies and has an idea. A doctor figures out how to deliver patients to the operating room before they die.
By studying inventions like these — the sippy cup, the cell phone, and an ingenious hospital bed — we can learn how people imagine their way around "impossible" problems to discover groundbreaking answers. Pagan Kennedy reports on how these enduring methods can be adapted to the twenty-first century, as millions of us deploy tools like crowdfunding, big data, and 3-D printing to find hidden opportunities.
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We Are All in the People Business
The workplace just got a lot more interesting. That's good, because we spend a lot of time there
There's a saying that a company's greatest assets leave the building every day in the elevator. And it's widely accepted that you need to create a working environment where people feel valued for doing a good job if your business is going to thrive.
Some take things to extremes. Google famously aims to create the 'happiest, most productive workplace in the world'. Flexible working hours, casual dress, play areas, free drinks and snacks are all part of its philosophy of creating a place of work that people won't want to leave. Some even come in on their days off.
Apple arguably pioneered the idea of the 'workplace village'. This spring its new 175-acre Apple Park will start to fill with 12,000 employees. The ring-shaped building in the heart of the Santa Clara valley will include an Apple Store and café open to the public, the Steve Jobs theatre, a 100,000 square foot fitness centre and secure R&D facilities. But its crowning glory is the surrounding landscape of parkland and trees, with an orchard, meadow, pond and two miles of paths to inspire Apple employees to new heights of creativity. Like Apple's existing HQ at 1, Infinite Loop, the company calls Apple Park a campus, nailing its appeal to the kinds of people who'll be working there.
Other businesses have jumped on the work and play bandwagon. London ad agency Wieden+Kennedy offers stressed creatives a padded cell to relax in (hopefully it comes with a key). Its green cushioned walls, built in TV, games consoles and cuddly toys encourage a less pressured approach to work. Ticketmaster offers its employees a joy ride on a massive steel slide from the top floor to the basement, where they'll find pinball machines, pool tables and an in-house bar.
It can feel as if HR departments are vying with each other to win the award for the wackiest working environment. Nonetheless, it's a welcome change from the corporate grey suits and grim partitioned office environments of recent memory. And if it's hard to imagine a firm of corporate accountants descending the building on a slide or jumping around in a ball pool, maybe extra flexibility of working hours or the freedom to work from home would be a more successful inducement.
That's the interesting thing about these new working environments; they offer businesses the scope to tailor an environment that appeals to your target employees. If your business targets young mums, then make your own working environment a parent-friendly one. If you sell outdoor gear, then take a leaf out of retailer REI's book and give your people Thanksgiving Day off so they can (literally) go take a hike.
People used to measure their career progress by the size of their pay check; maybe we're moving towards a world where a great career is one that lets you take a year out to cycle around the world. The bottom line is that the way companies treat their people is the way their people treat the consumer. Because whatever your brand ethos is, whatever its strapline or consumer promise, however brilliant its design, somewhere along the line a human being has to deliver it.


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Welcome To The Family [Canberra Newborn Photographer]
What a world of adventure awaits this little man. Welcome to the world little one.
Babies First Day [Canberra Newborn Photographer]
What a wonderful moment, when big brother meets his little sister for the first time. If you would like to read more about the babies first day Session, take a look HERE.
The Grandest Gift [Canberra Maternity Photographer]
"If I am thinking correctly" said Pooh. "a new baby is probably, undoubtedly the grandest gift that could ever be."
Home is Where the Heart is [Canberra Family Photos]
And as this family pack up their lives again to head back to England for a season of Rugby in the European Super league Competition , I felt so very blessed to be invited into their lives, to capture their love, and their final days in their beloved home.
First Smiles [Canberra Newborn Photographer]
Who can resist the first smiles of the beautiful 6 week old baby girl. Watching her little face as she posed for the camera, trying her hardest to chat along the way, was priceless. What a blessing it was to witness and capture this moment.
Little One [Canberra Newborn Photographer]
The littlest feet make the biggest footprints in our hearts…...
Three Months of Delicious Chubbiness [Canberra Newborn Photographer]
Well ahem, how can anyone resist the arm rolls and the tummy overhang. She truly is three months of delicious chubbiness.
Hearing the Laughter [Canberra Family Photos]
Sometimes when I look at imagery, all I can hear is laughter..........
Brand New [Canberra Newborn Photographer]
I can see already that this little girl is going to grow up strong and independant.


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The defining landmark of Hangzhou, West Lake is flanked with picturesque temples, tea shops and gardens. To the south is a world-class golf course, to the east a cosmopolitan district and to the north a university. West of the lake are green hills that serve as the perfect backdrop for cycling or walking tours.
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New Allotment March 2016
By tomdevlin18
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Well the digging started and things are beginning to look a little more ship shape and tidy. Been sensible with the digging too – one day on and at least one day off. Back still good at moment.
Was down the council recycle depot yesterday dropping off a load of pruned ivy from the back garden. So I went over to "Builder's Rubble skip looking for some discarded paving flags. A "job worthy" came over and told me that nothing could be taken out of the skips once they were deposited "'gainst rules" he said. Fair enough I said, but isn't it a bit daft not to recycle materials rather than land fill. And its funny how once you engage with somebody and begin a conversation (and aren't unreasonable yourself!) how attitudes change. We chatted for a while and his final comment was "What I don't see ……I can't do anything about!…." as he walked away.
So I had a rummage about but nothing worth having was spotted when another chap who had been listening to our conversation said " I've got some flags that you can have if you pick them up". How many? I asked. Lots at least 20. Blimey! my heart picked up and I said I'll follow you back to your house and pick them up – or at least start the process.
True to his claim there was a big stack of flags by the side of his house. So I lifted the first one and set off for the boot of my Focus. Now I realise that I am getting older but these were the heaviest flags that I have lifted for years …and years. I could just about manage so collected three and put them in the boot. Hard to put in and hard to get out. But I eventually managed and dumped them (with help of trolley) on my plot. It's a real shame but I won't collect any more as they are just too heavy to manoeuvre easily.
So two positive things about the morning – reasonable council employees and it is uplifting to see how generous are the general public. Someone with no thought of reward himself quite happy to help out a complete stranger!
It puts the load of self centred nonsense and horrible stories I read in the daily papers into perspective! Generally people are pretty good. That's my experience anyway!
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That's a nice big plot you have there. What a shame you couldn't collect the rest of the flags. Not worth risking your back for though. And its a funny thing that flags get heavier as you get older...
9 Mar, 2016
Everyone needs help sometime. Dont be too proud to accept it.
10 Mar, 2016
you're getting on really well....shame about the flagstones.
I laid a couplke of bases last year...one for my shed with slabs that i purchased from BandQ and they were nice and light, fairly thgin bvut perfectly adequate on dry sand and cement mix but, when laying tthe base for my greehouyse, i utilised slabs that were under the old rotten shed that we inherited when we bought the house 15 months ago.Crikey, these were really heavy and just moving them a few feet then manouvering them to get the level was a real struggle so i can imagine why you decided against getting anymore. I wonder, if perhaps they were ex council footpath flagstones??
10 Mar, 2016
Wow! Looks like hard work Tom.
10 Mar, 2016
Gravel comes in smaller bags and is easier to spread
Best to get the heavy type Builders' gravel.
I moved a lot of this last year, just using a small bucket.
12 Mar, 2016
Diane you are one of life's grafters...
12 Mar, 2016
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After a long week Luca deserves a brake. I could use a brake like that as-well and I think we all do! So here it is the third Weekly Seen, be sure to check out Weekly Seen 1 and Weekly Seen 2. This week I wanted the mood to be relaxing and peaceful; no guns, gangsters or angry dudes. The timing of this scene is perfect cause this week we had beautiful sunny days, after a long snowy winter (glad that is over…). So this scene is dedicated to sunny days of spring!
So here is Luca's Day Off . I hope you like it!
Oh and I almost forgot….. this week I will present you Vicky, she is a beautiful 1950's style car which I modeled after the famous Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria 1955 (that's a long name for a car, huh!) My Vicky is short for Vickylane 1950 (and I think she is cute, especially in pink!). I started working on this car after I finished playing Mafia II. I loved that game, not as much as Mafia I, but still it was amazing!
I started gathering some references for a scene with a dude relaxing leaning on a car, and I usually use Google Images and Flickr and I came across this image
which is exactly what I needed to do my planning matte painting. I started by cleaning this image up and drawing on top of it a simple city scape. I just need a starting point, so don't expect a master piece but for planning purposes it does the job!
Alright now let's get into the technical details, this scene was modeled, textured, light setup in Maya and rendered with Mental Ray. I went with an Indirect Lighting approach, I used Mental Ray's Physical Sun and Sky which creates a beautiful sky, Direct sun light and a nice Mood to the scene! I did use Final Gather with its default settings, the only thing that I pumped up was the Point Interpolation to 100 cause it can smooth the final gathering result at little cost! I made sure to have the Max Sample level at 3 to get a nice clean result.
Now for the Atmosphere so you get that nice feel that city is far I used Cube Fog which you create by going to Create > Volume Primitives > Cube, as you can see you can create sphere and cone as well.
I have created 2 Cube Volume primitives you can see the settings below:
And one Sphere Volume Primitive for the nice glow you see on the Right side of the image and you can see the settings below:
For the Clouds I used cloudLayerShape which you can find under Windows > General Editors > Visor Once Visor is opened look for the Fluid Examples Tab and select Faster Clouds, feel free to experiment with the types of clouds!
The car (Vicky) and character (Luca) were modeled, textured and rigged in Maya 2011. All the textures on Luca are Procedural textures, no SSS material was used for the skin. As for the car paint I used mi_metallic_paint cause it does what the name says :). As for the chrome parts and the windows I used mi_material_x cause it gives a very clean result and fast result.
I hope you enjoyed this week's scene as much as I enjoyed working on it, and I would love to hear your thoughts.
And don't forget to check out last week's Weekly Seen!


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Wichita Falls Photographer
Brothers play on the lake at the end of the day during their photography session which included multiple silhouettes in conjunction with their normal children's portraits.
During this children's session we went for a swim in the lake and cooled off during a beautiful Colorado sunset.
Genuine smiles and excitement during this children's portrait session. Photographer Darah Soria interacts heavily with play and encouragement to show real feelings and positive emotions during photography sessions to produce beautiful images of children, parents and more.
Excited to get close to the river, Photographer Darah Soria, encourages these boys to attempt to fish in the river with sticks found on the ground. The boys explain that they know how to fish, and that all you need to do is hold the stick above the water and eventually a fish will catch up. Soon they discover they are missing worms, and move onto hunting in the mud for bugs to attach to their sticks. During this photography session, the children's portraits were a true telling of the story of two brothers who help each other through life. From the wee steps of childhood and onto adulthood, siblings are friends forever.
Soaking up the aromas of wildflowers and experimenting with their sticky stems, we enjoyed the blossoms, absorbing what shade was left throughout the day during this children's photography session in Wichita Falls.
Fort Collins Photographer - Hovey Family - Watson Lake
As the smoke from the California wildfires made their way to the Colorado rockies, they produced a beautiful visual of smoke on the water and a sunset unlike any other. During this children's photography session a young boy searches for crawfish at the bottom of the lake.


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Campaign of the Month: May 2016
Nabil abd-Zaahir
Acting High Priest of Aten
Nabil is a noble man, and a well respected man of the community. He never sought power and was made ACTING HIGH PRIEST purely due to the untimely death of the previous High Priest, who could not recover from an age induced illness.
The previous High Priest of ATEN died a few months ago of a disease brought on by old age. Nabil has been acting High Priest in that time while the highly intricate rituals of choosing a new High Priest are worked through the motions. Nabil is not expected to be given the Office, and it is more likely that a Priest will be sent from Nuria Natal, but in the meantime, Nabil tries to keep things running as best he can, administering to the Sultan, conducting affairs in the church and attending regular meetings at the Temple-Library.
The player characters will know of the passing of the old High Priest, as they will have passed his mausoleum in the Grand Necropolis a few months ago when they disturbed the evil schemes of the Necromancer Ramzhi al-Sharif.


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Your favourite band's in town and the big night's arrived! Clutching your ticket you join the queue to the arena and eventually work your way to the front... The band takes the stage and you begin to experience the incredible power of a wall of amps, a drum kit and a killer PA system. Then it begins, the ringing, the loss of anything considered to be treble and eventually you literally can't hear yourself think.
You've probably heard that ear plugs can separate you from the music, but that you'll lose out on the experience. Well thanks to the new Alpine PartyPlug Ear Plugs, that's a thing of the past. Every drop of the band, even the conversations you have with others will all be directed into your ears through a comfortable sleeve, minus 25 decibels of pressure. This means you get the best, natural audio and have guaranteed ear protection.
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To take your PartyPlug Ear Plugs anywhere with you safely, they come with a free minibox complete with chain to attach to your keyring.
Whilst it's no secret that ear protection isn't first on many people's list when it comes to going to the party, this is one product that will extend the amount of time you get to enjoy the music, now isn't that worth some investment.
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Pep Guardiola: Manchester City boss' failure to communicate with players revealed by former Bayern Munich star
Spaniard famously gives some footballers the cold shoulder and has been criticised for keeping his distance
THE reason behind Pep Guardiola's lack of communication with his players has finally been revealed.
The Manchester City boss has been accused numerous times of failing to talk to sidelined stars at former clubs Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic famously blasted Guardiola for being a 'coward' after the pair fell out at the Nou Camp.
Keep up to date with ALL the Manchester City news, gossip, transfers and goals on our club page plus fixtures, results and live match commentary by clicking HERE
While Franck Ribery claims he was practically ignored by the Spaniard while he was injured at Bayern.
Yaya Toure is the latest ace to be frozen out by Guardiola, but one former player reckons he knows why the tactician can be so cold.
Medhi Benatia spent two years at the Allianz Arena under Guardiola, and believes bad experiences with players at Barcelona shaped the manager's outlook on relationships with those around him.
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Benatia, now playing at Juventus under Max Allegri, told Gazzetta's print edition: "They [Guardiola and Allegri] want you to play, be aggressive, to have the ball.
"Temperamentally they are different. Allegri is closer to the players, Guardiola does not communicate.
"He explained why to me once: he was disappointed by his relationship with some players at Barcelona, so he told me, 'I just do my job – the coach's'."


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