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Instructor: Rainsong & Wayfarer
Date: June 16, 2017 (Friday)
Note: This class was conducted in the Order of the Golden Pyramid community's chatroom
Our topic for the evening, if anyone is actually here, is the Tasking part of remote viewing.
Generally speaking, the viewer is not the one who does the tasking.
Or, if both roles are performed by the same person, then you need to have several "decoy" tasks.
Otherwise, you'll sabotage most (and possibly all) of the advantages remote viewing has over other approaches to psychic perception.
If you as the viewer already know what the target is, you might as well use dowsing and scrying to get your information.
There's nothing wrong with dowsing and/or scrying outside of RV protocols. It just isn't RV.
Using decoy tasks obviously takes more time, because you're doing several (ideally at least six) full remote viewing sessions instead of just one.
Six of any activity will generally take longer than one of the same activity, all else being equal, yea?
Questions or comments so far?
Zephyr Cloudrunner
Not as of yet
All good here
Alright, cool.
Friendly definitions are pretty important in any technical field. And the more obscure the field, the more important that the terms are clearly defined.
Fortunately for us, military psionic terminology is notoriously unimaginative.
"Tasking" is the act of setting up a target to be remote-viewed: deciding on what the target is, subdividing the target into parts if doing so is advantageous for the project, documenting the target correctly, and attaching a "coordinate" to it.
The "tasker" is the person who does the tasking.
Pretty straight-forward stuff, eh?
Seems to be 🙂
What is the difference between setting up a target, and astral projecting a spiritual stamp on the physical object?
The answer to that will be more clear as I explain how to do the tasking, but the short answer is: It can be the same thing, as long as you document the object correctly, and attach a coordinate to it that doesn't tell the viewer what the object is.
Typically, a tasker doesn't do astral projecting as part of an RV project/session, but there's no technical reason that he or she can't.
Any other questions or comments before we continue?
I don't see anyone typing, so I'll take that as a "no."
We'll start with the coordinates.
Those of you who've read or attended the earlier classes and practice sessions will already know what the coordinate is: the tag attached to the target. It's usually a numeric code, most often eight digits, split in the middle with a dash, space, or some other means.
For example: 3926-2640
A common way to come up with the numbers is to use the date of the assignment. For example, a target that was assigned today could be "1706-1601" – 2017 June 16… target #1.
Or it today's the 15th, it'd be 1706-1501.
I don't have my calendar handy….
And some of you might be across the dateline, anyway. 😛
So, doesn't that mean that there could be several targets set with the same number, because some other group or team might be doing a different RV session somewhere else?
Yep. And it doesn't matter. You just don't want to repeat numbers for your own team's sessions.
There's more than just the numeric tag involved, so overlap with someone else's targets isn't a problem.
Some people suggest using alpha-numeric coordinates, combining letters and numbers, like a Canadian car license / number-plate.
This is widely seen as a bad idea, because some random combinations of numbers can make "words" that will send your subconscious on bizarre wild-goose chases and down assorted rabbit holes.
(… in much the same way as entire series of number-plates have been pulled from use, because they accidentally contained rude words… oops)
Start your documentation with the coordinate.
It might be at the top of the page, or it might be at the beginning of the line of text. Either way is fine. Just put it first, generally.
Any questions about the coordinate, before we go to the next part of the tasking?
No questions yet for me
Alright, and I don't see anyone else typing, so onward we go…
The next bit is the actual description of the target.
It includes the overall gestalt, such as whether the target is an "event" or a "location" or an "object" or a "person" or whatever.
It also includes the date and location of the target. It often – but not always – includes a time indication as well.
The time may be something like 0934hr or 4:30pm, or it might be conditional such as "just before the eruption" or "at the moment of impact" or "at the time of the most activity on this day" or "at the time of the viewing session."
The date's probably self-explanatory. You can write it in any format you like, but I suggest using the name of the month instead of just the number, especially if your team is international. The customary order of month and day (and even year, if it's just a two-digit year indicator) can cause confusion, because the customs are different from one area to another.
What you think of as 12-06-13 might be 13-12-06 to someone else.
That won't be a problem for the viewer. But, it can make interpretation of the documentation difficult, later on, if someone else is reading over the results.
June 13, 2012 is much less ambiguous, yea?
"Location" can be lots of fun.
Geographical coordinates are an option, as are street addresses along with city and region/state/province/canton/shi/whatever.
Or a simple description that is unique and unambiguous. For example: "20m to the port side of the bow of the sunken remains of the ocean-going vessel Titanic" or "The desk of the Speaker of the House in the Canadian Parliament, Ottawa, Ontario" or "the top of the staircase in the building at 1492 Torrington Plaza, Hollyrood, Indiana"
Questions or commentary about the "target description" part?
You'll see on a lot of targets in pools things like "from the perspective of the camera at the time the photo was taken." One of the pools we fed to RVT in the remote viewing channel does this for all of the targets. This is generally a good idea, because some viewers (such as myself) seem to always hit the present moment and from a kind of "preferred perspective."
Tasking it thus at least makes it clear whether you've got a hit or a miss, which is important for training targets. It is less important for "live" targets, because what the perspective is or the exact time is less important if the information is right.
Ahhh, yes, I have that as a separate section. Your instructors may have approached it differently.
Good point, either way. 😀
There's often a "title" for the basic description, too. For example, a recent training target I did was "the location of the remains of (a famous murder victim)"… Of course the name of said murder victim was in place of the parenthetical comment there.
If the target might not actually exist – and this is sometimes the case – or if it is widely known by a particular name that might not accurately describe it, but the title in quotation marks.
Example: The "crash of the Shag Harbour UFO"
The incident happened and is pretty well documented, but it might not have been an actual crash and it's a "UFO" only in that it isn't known what the vessel was.
The part that Wayfarer is talking about is usually but not always after the basic description.
It can include instructions such as his "from the perspective of the camera at the time the photo was taken" or it can be something like "From the most advantageous vantage point to determine what the primary subject-person was doing"
There's no such thing as too much data. 😀
The extra instructions can also break apart a target, to assign parts to different people who have different strengths in viewing.
For example, one viewer might be assigned to view the actions person-subject I just mentioned, while another might be focused on the object the person-subject is using or hiding under or whatever
Quite often, especially for practice targets, there will also be one or more photographs or videos
All this stuff can be written on an index card, or jotted on a printed photo… or tucked into a computer data-base.
The only part the tasker gives to the monitor is the coordinate itself, for an operational viewing session. In the case of training runs, the monitor often knows more about it. (The more the monitor knows, the more likely it is that telepathic overlay will interfere with the session. If you haven't encountered the term before, "telepathic overlay" is basically data coming from another person – usually one who knows about the project – instead of from the target.)
Questions? Commentary?
I'd strongly recommend coming up with half a dozen or so "decoy" targets… Targets that are not time-sensitive and that you don't really care about. That way, if you ever are in a position in which you want to run a target that you've come up with, you can shuffle the real target in amongst the decoys, run a few sessions, and be able to use the advantages of an RV session without totally frontloading data about the target to yourself.
If there are no other questions or comments, we'll call it a night.
Thanks for participating.
Decoy target?
Most of the advantages of using the remote viewing protocols depend on the viewer not knowing what the target of the investigation is.
So, if you want to view a target that you chose, you're sabotaging your own efforts.
Makes sense.
To get around that, you have several targets (most of them unrelated to your real target) in envelopes.
Put your real target in another envelope. Shuffle them all together, and assign coordinates to each envelope.
Run each session.
Your real one will be in there somewhere. The others are decoys.
Don't assess any targets until after you've finished them all, for that method, btw.
Which means you have to be competent enough to not need to look for errors in protocol, which is why I'm always giving feedback in the RV channel along the lines of "control of session is more important than actual session data being correct"
Precisely so.
For planning purposes, I expect we'll be looking at Stage 4 next time.


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The mega hot boy band One Direction starts filming their 3D movie in Tokyo this weekend. The 3D concert movie will be directed by "Super Size Me" director Morgan Spurlock. The British boy band will perform two shows in Tokyo, Jan 18 and 19. The 3D concert movie will also blend additional concert footage from the group's "Up all Night" and "Take me Home" tour as well as a behind the scenes look at life on the road.
Loudwire.com announced today that Heavy band Metallica will release their 3D concert movie on August 9, 2013. The metal band has been working on their movie since the fall of 2012 and will continue through the early part of 2013 to put the final touches on their 3D metal concert.
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The Jennifer Lopez 3D Doc "Dance Again" started shooting in Lisbon last year per the Hollywood Reporter. The cameras captured Lopez's October 5th 2012 concert in Lisbon, Portugal. The 3D concert/documentary will combine 2D documentary footage and 3D concert footage. The Jennifer Lopez 3D concert will be directed by Ted Kenney. 3Ality Technica will handle the production end of the movie.
I know there has been a lot of talk about 3D being a passing fad…but the above 3D productions are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to upcoming 3D productions, I don't think 3D will be going away anytime soon! Stay tuned more when I get it!
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I've always railed against ESB as a concept, but it's still nice to find Microsoft echoing my point of view. According to an official Microsoft position paper previewed on his blog by BizTalk product manager Scott Woodgate, ESB is an "ambiguous term" for a "transitional technology." Posted on August 1st, these remarks went relatively unnoticed until eWeek's Darryl Taft used them as the basis for a news report last week (it being a quiet week for news).
Taking a stance that Joe McKendrick on his ZDNet SOA blog yesterday characterized as fuzzy but oh-so typical, Woodgate in his blog posting added that Microsoft offers everything you'd want from an ESB and more besides. Considering the views expressed in the white paper, that's about as helpful as saying that Microsoft offers a longer piece of string.
All the same, I am at one with Microsoft in regarding ESB as an imprecise and unhelpful term. I would go further and argue that it's dangerously misleading as a product category, a view that I share in common with Lawrence Wilkes of CBDI. In his commentary last Friday he sets out a number of reasons why ESB is first and foremost an architectural pattern. One that I hadn't seen expressed before but which is a very important consideration is this:
"Don't make the mistake of thinking it is safe to 'standardize' on an ESB product on an internal basis. The whole point of SOA is to provide the agility so that business and IT capability can be bestsourced. What is internal today may be external tomorrow, and vice versa.
"For these reasons," he concludes, "it is better to think of ESB as a service architecture of infrastructure capabilities, and then to consider what products best provide an implementation of each of the infrastructure services required. This may result in the selection of a product (or products) bearing the ESB label, or it may not."
I suspect that more and more decisions are going to go against ESB, and I believe Microsoft's positioning paper highlights one of the most important reasons. CNET's Martin LaMonica did his own reading of the paper and noted in his blog this week how Microsoft is splitting the ESB pattern (or rather what Scott Woodgate would prefer to call Microsoft's "ESB superset") between BizTalk and the Windows Communications Foundation (formerly known as Indigo):
"BizTalk offers process orchestration, document transformation and other higher-level services, while Windows Communication Foundation is the messaging infrastructure and development model to build Web services and move information."
Microsoft isn't the only major player that's splitting the supposed functionality of ESB into two separate tiers, one to deal with messaging and routing and the other to deal with transformation, orchestration and so on. The recently launched Synapse project is another notable adherent of this approach. Microsoft's move is probably the most significant, however, since any organization that aims to standardize on a "one ESB to rule them all" strategy will find WCF a rather inconvenient spannner in the works.
But even more important will be the cost implications of relying on a homogenous ESB stack. I've seen a couple of articles in the past few days picking up on the emergence of XML networking after Cisco and Intel each made moves into the area (as covered extensively already here on Loosely Coupled Why Intel bought Sarvega, Making sense of AON, AON takes integration to the wire). The closer messaging and routing moves to the wire, the less sense it will make (and the more costly it will become) to keep these communications and mediation functions integrated within a middleware stack. As I predicted some time ago, ESB's days are numbered. The countdown to oblivion has now started.
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That itty-bitty feeling that creeps in from the pit of your stomach when you're not looking. It makes you doubt yourself and your abilities. It's a concoction of nerves, a dash of stress and a touch of anxiety that hits all at once. It might smack you right when you're congratulated for doing a good job, or when a big challenge lies ahead at work, or maybe it's bang on when you have to give a presentation. You think, hang on, I'm secretly no good at this. I don't really know what I'm doing. I'm just making it all up. The jig's nearly up. I'm going to get caught. Someone's bound to find out sooner or later I'm a fraud?!
Hello, imposter syndrome.
Whether it's a fleeting visit of the ol' imposter-itis or something that hangs around a little longer, a lot of us face that fear of being "found out" at one time or another.
Although not a medical condition as such (if only because then we might be able to pop a little pill to make it go away), it's something a lot of us come up against in the workforce, arguably affecting more women than men. It even strikes the most confident of girl bosses.
Tina Fey admitted to having a case of it: "The beauty of the impostor syndrome is you vacillate between extreme egomania and a complete feeling of: 'I'm a fraud! Oh God, they're on to me! I'm a fraud!' So you just try to ride the egomania when it comes and enjoy it, and then slide through the idea of fraud," she said.
We all know the famous words of Emma Watson on the issue too. "When I was younger, I just did it. I just acted. It was just there. So now when I receive recognition for my acting, I feel incredibly uncomfortable. I tend to turn in on myself. I feel like an impostor. It was just something I did," she said.
Imposter syndrome might be something you face throughout your whole life (I'm even getting spouts of it whilst writing this! Tapping away on the keyboard feeling like an imposter because I couldn't possibly write about imposter syndrome because it's not something that I really truly face?! Oh but it is."). Or it might come in bursts in the early-mid stage of your career. Apparently it's something ambitious people more commonly face.
The tip-top important thing is to not let it get to you. It's going to come in ebbs and flows.
So here's how to deal.
Get all Frozen-like and 'let it go'. Trust me, you don't want to hold onto this thing. Those feelings are not the truth. Say it with me. It. Is. Not. True. Whenever the feeling hits, try not to buy into it.
Back yourself. It's not just luck that you got you where you are. Think about all of your hard work and achievements. Make a list of all of your accomplishments and remind yourself of the hard work you put in to make each of things successful.
Rely on your team. One millennial gal who experiences Imposter Syndrome, a Kiwi living in London, Ella McIntosh, says the team culture is crucial to getting through it. "I'm a big fan of recognising it in others and therefore championing their successes," she said. "Creating an environment of support and affirmation is key. Now that I'm a team lead, I have the influence to foster this situation. It's not always big, but for example I like to buy my team (who happen to all be women!) coffees as a surprise or celebrate their wins with wider divisions. Support drives support and whenever I feel like I'm 'about to be caught' I can rely on my team to back me in the same way I back them."
Talk to others & seek advice. If you've got the icky feeling looming over you like a dark cloud, then it could be a bit more than a fleeting case of the imposter cold. You might have more of like the flu, in which case you need professional advice. Yep, go to someone about it. Whether it's the boyf, the BFF or the boss, have a deep and meaningful. You'll feel better afterwards. Let them know what's eating you up and get their help to put measures in place to assist. Together, you'll figure it out.
Moments like these in my career still happen – where I turn up to work and wonder how on earth I got where I am. But the reality is, there is a reason that you have the job you were given," – Lauren Watling.
No one really knows what they're doing. Another millennial, Producer Lauren Watling, said she comes up against Imposter Syndrome. She shared her experience: "I had been working as a TV Producer for about two years and I was organising the biggest shoot of my life with a huge crew. I turned up to set and someone asked me where the Producer was; thinking that I was the Production Assistant. I was 23, probably looked 18, and this comment absolutely threw me. I was already on edge, wondering how on earth I had landed this gig and could actually be in charge. I went and spoke to the Director about it, who laughed and said, "Well good thing you're not the runner, or this shoot wouldn't be happening today". It was then I realised all of the people were in the room because I had put them there and it was my responsibility to manage the job. Moments like these in my career still happen – where I turn up to work and wonder how on earth I got where I am. But the reality is, there is a reason that you have the job you were given. Embrace the fact that we are responsible for the role and never doubt yourself or your ability. I honestly believe no one gets into a role that they 100% know inside and out – but there's a reason you were given the opportunity."
Know that it's going to get better. Keep in mind, the more experience you get climbing that career ladder, the more and more you can handle. I've found now that I'm managing other staff and the leader on big projects, I can feel the success of it more 'authentically'. It feels a little more real and like I can enjoy it because I know I'm the "manager" and therefore in charge so the results are a true reflection of myself.
Gotta feel the lows to feel the highs. It is a rocky journey. With mountains. There will be peaks and troughs to get through but just know, you'll always come out the other side. So put your boots on and climb.
Use these tips to help yourself, and others around you, to kick ass in your careers.


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Meet Nathan Roberts and the New Birds; the Best Artist winner for RadioFlag's RadioStar Awards 2014 Spring edition. The DJ who nominated them was Kayla Marie Williams, a radio personality from WXUT, in Toledo. Williams hosts a live freeform radio show that plays "music across genres (indie, alternative, electronic, soul, local, shoegaze, punk, hiphop) and time (new & vintage)". She won the award for Best Music Show – Fall 2013 season of RadioFlag's RadioStar Awards. Listeners can tune in to her live show, called 'Radio Alchemy' every Friday Night from 10pm – Midnight (EST). Listeners tuning in via RadioFlag can follow along with her live "flagging", connecting with her in real time, make requests, share links, purchase songs from her playlist which she posts after the show, and basically have a "Connective Listening" experience. She continues to promote local bands turning the RadioFlag community on to up and coming sounds like 'Nathan Roberts and the New Birds'.
Nathan Roberts and the New Birds are a 3 piece group coming out of Toledo, Ohio. Their overall style seems more remote and non local, compared to the plentitude of gritty heavy souled indie talent that rock this part of the heartland's music scene. Their sound is clean and lustrous with a consoling melodic classic rock undercurrent, giving them an air of distinction, depth, and refinement; which is confidently accentuated by perfectly timed out thrusts of edgy rock 'n' roll vigilance. Stylistically they describe themselves as "an indie rock outfit with an eclectic and full-bodied American rock sound."
Although Nathan Roberts originally did his songwriting unaccompanied, he made his move to include the 'New Birds' in 2012, after crafting music independently for a year. This current trio of musical mates, includes Nathan Roberts on lead vocals and guitar, Joel Trzcinski on drums and Daniel Trzcinski on keyboard and guitar. The 'New Birds' happen to be brothers, which lends to the cool factor in some peoples' eyes, based most likely on an ideal. It makes sense when people get idealistic or sentimental about siblings making musical magic together, after all the thoughts are, they probably hung out with each other in childhood, know each other super well, and generally "bro out" together. Seems like a paragon set up for creativity to thrive. When bros share the gift of a musical ear, ( like some of these famous siblings acts , you may or may not be thinking of) dreams can seem even more attainable, as long as sibling skirmishes don't get the better. Too bad for Oasis huh?
In the case of Nathan Robert and the New Birds, it feels like three is the number for balance, and from balance comes harmony. After all, tripods and things of that nature, are perfectly designed to create a firm foundation to support many creative endeavors. As ears can attest, this triangle of songsters have created a nice nesting ground for hatching out some fervently soulful rock 'n' roll tunefulness. Nathan Roberts and the New Birds have kept on together like birds of a feather, going on three years now, and as every band start up comes to realize, keeping it together is an art in and of itself.
Starting out in 2011 Nathan Roberts was flying solo as an independent singer and songwriter for the first year. During that course in time, he released his first solo album and called it "Beautiful Universe", creating some inspiring heart opening tracks that speak to our human condition. The Beautiful Universe album lends a nourishing vibe without the heaviness; a musical mist of uplifting lyricism and mirthful melody, that feels as right as rain. A collection of contemplation and sincerity without the sappiness; simple spoken truths with a realness that is so easily forgotten, and often readily denied. It feels like truly authentic sounding music, serving as a fresh cool breeze of sound current, blowing tenderly over a world of wandered, marred, and charred ears; a sonic salve that reunites hearers that sweet spots of un-spun time dwell in the " forever young " parts of us. The "untitled" track on this album gets us aligned with messages like; we are the 'fillers of our own titles', acceptance is a key to love, and just let go and know that it'll all be okay. Tracks like "Beautiful Universe" remind us to see ourselves in everything, never give up, and discover the uni-verse (single verse) that is our own soul's song. Another track called "Forever with You" is just so lovely and pure; sounds like a message about embracing the eternal moments within a spirit of unbounded innocence. Enjoy a listen:
After a year of doing a solo song making flight, it was time to bring some extra wings aboard. At that point, Joel and Daniel joined this one man flock, and hence forth became Nathan Roberts and the New Birds. Since 2012 the band has been soaring through clouds of sound together, releasing their debut album in November of 2013. Their 10 track debut album is a successful merging of soul stirring lyrics and harmonious melodies as before, with additional highlights of keen sharp edgy rock 'n' roll veracity. Songs like "in stereo" has put out an almost hypnotically psychedelic groove with its chilled out repetitive pulse and mind shifting lyrics, before it veers ears into a deeper "rocking out" state, as the sharp edgier parts get played up. The musical compilation of this first song of the album, may be the newest sound method to clean up your state of mind, and wipe the slate clean so to speak, giving you the grips to rock on and on! Just check out the rock 'n' roll trance this song induced in a hearer.
This album effects your inner vibe the longer you listen, with a conquering positivity that becomes that first thing your humming when you wake up in the morning. And it's no wonder, with songs like "Step into the Light", that are filled to the brim with consciousness shifting questions, insights, and self redeeming outpours of soul. The musical epiphanies keep unfolding in tracks like "Walk On"; about keeping on, keeping up, and keeping calm in the eye of life's many storms. On a more lush and physical level there is the ultimate break up /make up ballad, "Please Don't", with vocals that make being vulnerable cool; accented by a permeation of pensive guitar elevations, amid sensuously clamoring drum cymbals. Songs like "Dead on Arrival" bring on an upbeat kick backed 70′s vibe, with a seamlessly executed "Chicago-esque" layered brass sound, with honest lyrics about the frustration of communication, and limitations of words to express true feelings. One could go on and on, but just know every single song on this album is worth spending time with. Listen on :
After listening for a while, the musical influencers the band mentions seem fairly easy to pick up on. The most recognizable were the Beatles (especially in tracks like "Heaven Knows") , Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Ryan Adams, Oasis, Neil Young, John Lennon, George Harrison, ("Step into the Light" especially) Fleetwood Mac and Jack White. The credible classic rock band Bread, with their low key 70′s soft rock vibe, is something Nathan and the New Birds seem tuned into on some level; coming through especially in Bread's song "Guitar Man". Of course, the Jack White's influence peaks in with the Americana classic he covered called, "Wayfaring Stranger". Listen to it done up wonderfully by Nathan Roberts.
These three bandmates deserve recognition for bringing forth a very balanced and polished album with their first release (in collaboration with Rewire media); comprised of 100% original compilations. Although the quantity may be an amuse geule like tease on time, the quality makes up for it, with a perfectionistic flavor and presentation that makes these tidbits of sound something to sit with and savor. The band seems satisfied with not going against the grain, or taking giant provocative leaps into new experiments in music making at this point. Instead they seem to have opted for going in the direction of meticulously reflecting on the music and music creators that have become legendary, and then adding onto that greatness with their own soulful sound signature.
So in a final contemplation, I regress back to the whole balance thing, and growing in harmony as a result. Harmony begets flow right? So then, once in the flow all directions seem to become more accessible it's thought. It feels like Nathan and the New Birds are migrating along this course, flowing in and between water and air, because of their soulfulness (water), and connected communication (air). All things besides, with a first album that is phenomenally well done, we can only anticipate to hear more of their signature soulful rock 'n' roll sounds, in the seasons to come.
Speaking of seasons, here's a "way to early" Christmas song, by one of Nathan Roberts' earlier solo works. The rule is it can't be listened to until after Thanksgiving please! That would just be obnoxious, okay.
RadioFlag is currently accepting nominations for the Fall Season RadioStar Awards, so keep on nominating radio hosts and local artists, to to get spotlighted on a global stage. The world is waiting to listen, so get heard the 'Connective Listening' way!
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While our culture is being inundated with stories about romantic, supernatural males, such as vampires sweeping everyday ladies off their feet, we get a story about a supernatural girl literally eating horny high school boys.
Jennifer's Body is a thinly veiled retelling of the age-old story based on fear of women's sexuality. What could be scarier for boys than a woman with sexual power?
Jennifer's Body links a girl's assertive sexual behavior with the death of male sexuality. This concept takes form when we see Jennifer, played by Megan Fox, seduce boys in her town. Jennifer then quite literally kills their sexuality by eating her victims.
According to azcentral.com, the reason Jennifer is possessed in the first place is because of a botched human sacrifice. Azcentral.com alludes to the idea that the sacrifice goes wrong due to the fact that Jennifer, the human intended to be sacrificed, wasn't a virgin — as if there weren't enough slights on female sexuality, Jennifer's Body throws virginal status in the mix. The obvious result of sexual activity for a woman is demonic possession. (Ahem, that'd be sarcasm.)
Like the movie Teeth, where a young woman goes on a rampage, killing unsuspecting men with her mutant teeth (which are in a sexually strategic place), Jennifer's Body is helping to spread fear of women's bodies and sexualities.
We often see sexually powerful men, such as Edward from Twilight, who are not necessarily threatening, but just plain sexy. Can you think of an example in pop culture of a sexually powerful woman who is not seen in some way as a threat to men? I'm drawing a blank.
Movies like Jennifer's Body and Teeth are marketed as dark comedies, but this type of label undermines the cultural impact story lines like these can have. Just because something is presented as a joke doesn't mean it can't still have a negative effect.
For example, racist jokes might be intended to be funny, but they still carry implications of how the joke-teller sees the world. Can you see how "comedies" like Jennifer's Body impact the way people view women's sexuality? Tell us what you think in the comments section for this blog.
I don't want to tell anyone not to see the movie, but I do think it is important to think about what movies like Jennifer's Body say about girls' and women's sexualities. Next time you see a movie look for the assumptions and the hidden story lines, you might be surprised by what you find.
If you see flaws in the movie and you want to do something about it, you can let Diablo Cody, the film's writer, know what you think about Jennifer's Body by sending a message through her myspace page.


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Reduce the Number of Emails When Email Archiving and Journaling are using Enterprise Vault Custom FiltersApril 13th, 2016 4:46 pm
Does your organization utilize Journaling in Microsoft Exchange?
If so, would you like to reduce the amount of data you archive with Veritas Enterprise Vault when Journaling?
Custom Filtering may be the answer. This feature of Enterprise Vault allows for more granular archiving in order to remove unwanted items from the email archive.
Custom Filters allow administrators to omit user email accounts, certain attachment types (e.g. MP3 files) and even entire departments, from the archive. According to Globanet Senior Engineer Raffi Ajemian "Custom Filters help you reduce the number of emails in the email archive by weeding out certain email types that shouldn't be archived and even allows you to completely turn off people who shouldn't be Journaled."
A Custom Filter is in essence an XML file that contains 'rules' that trigger actions that Enterprise Vault should take when a given set of criteria are met. Examples of rules include:
"Exclude any email from archiving if it originates from someone in the Employee Benefits distribution"
"Delete mail from known junk-mail sources, (and others), if it contains certain common spam subjects"
"Delete MP3 attachments before archiving"
For a list of additional example rules that can be set with an Enterprise Vault Custom Filter, see this blog post by engineer Stanislav Zubkov (not affiliated with Globanet).
For additional information about Custom Filters, see page 228 of the Veritas Enterprise Vault Guide "Setting Up Exchange Server Archiving."
Finally, for assistance with developing a Custom Filter customized to your organization's requirements, contact Globanet. We've developed custom filters for Enterprise Vault for a wide range of email archiving environments, including Journaling for financial compliance.
We hope you found this post about reducing the data you archive when Journaling by using Enterprise Vault Custom Filters helpful. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.


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John, an active member of our parish for over twenty years, was ordained a deacon by Bishop Brewer in December of 2012. His duties include: acolytes, young adults, Stephen Ministry, home communion, pastoral care, serving in the liturgy and preaching. Additionally, he serves as the Diocesan Disaster Relief Coordinator. He is the Director of the Church, Civic and Business Coalition and a board member of Fresh Expressions US.
Suzanne came to us in the Fall of 2008 retiring after 30 years of working for the Polk County School Board. She spent 26 of her 30 years at Haines City High School. During those years she spent her time working in the classroom, Media Center, and as a computer lab manager.
Before moving to Florida she attended Barrington College where she received her BA Degree in Christian Education and Biblical Studies. After serving a few years as a Director of Christian Education, she applied, and was accepted to be in the first class of the National Institute for Lay Training which laid the ground work for her diaconal training and studies, especially in the area of pastoral care and hospital visitations.
Suzanne was ordained to the Diaconate in December 1999 and has served in parishes in the Diocese until she was called to Good Shepherd.
As part of Suzanne's duties at Good Shepherd she serves in the Liturgy as Deacon and preaches. She visits the hospital and nursing homes on a regular basis, taking Holy Communion to the sick and shut-in. She is a volunteer chaplain at Lake Wales Medical Center where she visits those who have requested a clergy visit, and visits each of the floors, and checks in the with nursing staff for anyone requesting a clergy visit. She also works a shift at the Thrift Store speaking with customers and assisting them.


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Reading in Kindergarten:
-Reading by looking at pictures(environmental print, "Learn about the World books", concept books)
-Building story book language(Familiar Emergent story books..once upon a time)
-Shared Reading(Familiar Repetitive text-pointing under words)
-Reading leveled books(Just right books) and learning "super powers" to read tricky words. Expectation: Level B by 2nd Quarter, Level C by 3rd Quarter, and Level D by the end of kindergarten.
-Reading Nonfiction leveled books-what am I learning? (main idea and key details and comparing information in books on the same topic).
-Students are expected to retell fiction and nonfiction books after they read to demonstrate oral comprehension skills and written comprehension skills when they get to level F. (see retelling resource)
Writing in Kindergarten:
–Draw pictures to teach about a topic (using shapes).
–Label pictures by beginning sounds and then stretching out words and writing down all the sounds.
–Tell stories that really happened orally (first, next, last) and write stories across pages(3 page booklets).
–Write simple patterned sentences. Ex/ I see a cat.
–End with writing at least 1-2 sentences on topic on each page using dominant consonants, spacing, capitalization, spelling snap words correctly , and punctuation.
–We will focus on 3 types of writing- informational, narrative, and opinion writing throughout the school year.


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This is a post by Free Homeschool Deals contributor, Samantha at Creative, Classy, and Clever.
Eating healthy doesn't have to be a pain! One of my favorite ways to get more nutrients into my diet is with smoothies. Yum! I seriously think I could drink a smoothie a couple times a day and never get tired of them. 🙂
Here is a fun infographic and printable with ideas for mixing up your daily smoothie!
What should I put in my smoothie? Choose several of the ingredients below and you can't go wrong!
- Blackberries
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
- Pineapples
- Mangoes
- Bananas
- Kiwi
- Rolled Oats
- Apples
- Honey
- Greek Yogurt
- Chia Seeds
My favorite blender for making smoothies is the Ninja Professional Blender. It blends things quickly and easily.
You can print out this list to keep it handy. Maybe even tape it inside a cabinet to help guide your family when they want to make smoothies too.
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Andre Bergamin's collages are busy, detailed illustrations that re-appropriate iconic images that have made an indelible mark on popular cultural landscape. They are pictures that encompass the last 60 years of propaganda, advertising as well as drawings of animals you tend to find in old encyclopedia's and flat geometric shapes and colours that he cleverly utilises to emphasis the concept within the picture.
Benjamin's collages are similar to other artists who mine the rich vein of classic advertising but what makes him stand out is his love of narrative, of telling a story through the interesting juxtaposition of found images. Here's what he had to say in an interview with Not Paper:
I work mainly with vintage illustrations from old magazine ads and from animal illustrated encyclopedia's from the 80's. I have a major interest in vintage advertising and propaganda, and the way it explores icons that have always been so deeply ingrained in the collective unconscious. The pictures found in 50's magazine ads seem to have such a striking graphical rhetoric and thus one can not, as I believe, be affected by seeing it. The old animal encyclopedia's for me had a great impact upon my imagination since I grew up surrounded by this stuff. These illustrations are just beautiful (most of them were done by real artists) and have a sort of fantastic attribute that always amuses me


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|Nutritional Guidelines (per serving)
|Nutrition Facts
|Servings: 1 1/2 cups
|Amount per serving
|% Daily Value*
|Total Fat 18g
|Saturated Fat 11g
|Cholesterol 69mg
|Sodium 495mg
|Total Carbohydrate 79g
|Dietary Fiber 1g
|Protein 16g
|Calcium 620mg
|*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
Dulce de Leche (also known as manjar, manjar blanco, and arequipe), is widely adored all over South America. It's found in birthday cakes, ice cream, pastries, cookies, and more. Recipes vary by region, but the basic procedure is to boil milk and sugar until the mixture is a thick, golden caramel sauce. It's a slow process that is worth every minute.
It's easy to find commercially prepared dulce de leche, but homemade is much, much better. So get out a spoon, listen to the soccer match on the radio, and count how many times you hear "Goal!" before your dulce de leche is ready.
- 1 14-ounce can of condensed milk (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 1 12 -ounce can of evaporated milk (about 1 2/3 cups)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Generous pinch of salt (optional)
- Cinnamon sticks (optional)
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Steps to Make It
Place the evaporated milk, corn syrup, and condensed milk in a heavy-bottomed pot. Add the cinnamon sticks, baking soda, and a pinch of salt if desired. (Salt is not exactly traditional but helps intensify the flavor).
Cook and stir over medium-low heat. The water will begin to evaporate as steam. Stir steadily so that the mixture does not stick to the bottom of the pan and burn. Adjust the temperature so that the mixture stays just barely at a simmer.
The mixture will slowly begin to thicken and darken slightly in color. Keep stirring - this takes patience!
Cook and stir until the mixture is making big slow bubbles and is very thick. Lift the spoon out of the pot and drizzle some of the caramel over the surface. If it forms a ribbon that does not disappear after 10 seconds or so, it is ready. Also, check by dragging the spoon along the bottom of the pot. You should be able to see the bottom of the pot for a few seconds before the thickened mixture closes in on itself and covers the bottom. The mixture will have been simmering for 30 to 45 minutes.
Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes. Remove cinnamon sticks, and stir in the vanilla.
Let cool completely and serve.
Tip: If the mixture starts to stick to the bottom of the pan and burn, you can quickly change to a fresh pan. If there are burnt pieces already mixed in, strain the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into the clean pot, and continue cooking and stirring.


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Issues, Etc. does Contraception
Dr. Carlson had an excellent article in the most recent issue of Touchstone magazine, which is what spurred this interview. Interestingly, in the article Carlson implies that the LCMS clergy began artificially limiting their family sizes between 1890 and 1920, citing a change in average family size from 6.5 to 3.7. I wonder about this implication, from which he further implies that since they thus ceased to be models of a fruitful home this contributed to the change in attitude for their congregations and the broader culture, precipitating the acceptance of contraception by the culture at large.
I'm going to contact Dr. Carlson to find out 1) the source of these figures he gave in the article, and 2) if he considered the possibility of factors other than contraception which may have contributed to this change in average family size among LCMS clergy. I would consider it possible (even probable) that during this period of substantial growth in the LCMS (especially post WWI) when so many young men were entering the ministry that the figures are more a reflection of an increased percentage of young pastors in the LCMS who had not yet fathered all their children.
If this factor is already controlled for somehow in the figures Dr. Carlson provided, then these figures represent a VERY interesting finding that I have not personally encountered thus far in my studies about this subject. In the interview (above), Dr. Carlson even broadens his comments in this regard to include the clergy of other denominations as having smaller families on average even before the official change in church teaching began to occur in 1930.
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- Lutheran Woman said...
The only thing I wasn't to happy about was the allowance for the illogical thinking that women who do not use BC will have 13 or 14 children.
It should have been noted that not all women even have 1 child, let alone 14.
To think that just because we CAN have children means that we will be overloaded with them is a strawman argument against trusting God.
- Erich Heidenreich, DDS said...
Excellent point. To be fair, it's just impossible to adequately address all the aspects of this issue in one hour on a talk show. The whole numbers game is a fallacy of logic that always seems to creep into the discussion, mainly because of fear that God will bless us with more than we can handle. Actually, the reasoning is clearly correct. God does bless us with more than we can handle - that is, by ourselves. But with God, all things are possible. He gives us strength and resources where we have none - whether that's the ability to care for 14 children or one handicapped child, and even the strength to handle infertility.
Dr. & Mrs. Preus Speaking on Life in the Parsonage
Student Wives' Seminar—Spring Quarter, 1988
Rev. Dr. Robert David Preus (1924-1995)
Professor of Systematic Theology
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri (1957-1974)
Concordia Theological Seminary,
Springfield, Illinois & Fort Wayne, Indiana (1974-1993)
"Many, many times, people have asked Donna, "Don't you believe in planned parenthood?" This is before planned parenthood was identified with abortion. She said, "Yes. I just believe in letting God do the planning." I'd say the same about this term birth control, which has so many meanings and vagaries. To me, the issue of birth control isn't basically the Roman Catholic argument about what's natural and what isn't natural—the use of prophylactics or rhythm cycle. That's kind of beside the point. That's typical Roman Catholic casuistry to make a person feel good when he doesn't really want to do the right thing.
To me, this whole question of children is like the question of work or of calling or anything else. You either trust in the providence of God or you don't. You either let God control your family as much as you possibly can or you don't. If you leave it up to God, sometimes He doesn't give a woman more than one child. And sometimes He doesn't give a woman more than two children. And sometimes He just showers His blessings and gives a woman 10 or 12. And He enables you to cope. And I know this sounds too easy from many—probably my wife, too. I just think that with every aspect of our lives if we trusted much more in the very presence of God—every hair on our head is numbered; a sparrow doesn't fall to ground without our Heavenly Father knowing it. So maybe He can just run our lives a little bit more directly than sometimes we want to let Him. That's not only on the question of children but on all the issues of life."
M. L. F. Freiberg Sr.
- Erich Heidenreich, DDS said...
Excellent quote. Where did you get it?
This quote is from a seminary student wives forum that Dr. & Mrs. Preus were asked to conduct on the pastor's family life. The video recording shows them answering submitted questions on topics related to contraception, raising a family, the pastor's work schedule, the role of the pastor's wife, and the like. Mrs. Preus indicates that she and her husband talked about the subject of birth control all night on the first or second date. This was met with some laughter, of course, but their purpose was to be in agreement on the topic prior to marriage.
Correction - there is a typo toward the end of the quote. The "from" in "And I know this sounds too easy from many" should be "for."
M. L. F. Freiberg Sr.
FYI...Here are some more quotes from the Robert Preus forum mentioned above...
God just impregnated one of my daughter-in-laws, so now were up to thirty-four grandchildren.
People have asked Donna, "Don't you believe in planned parenthood?" This is before planned parenthood was identified with abortion. She said, "Yes. I just believe in letting God do the planning."
God is the Creator of order. His created order was three different realms. This is brought out in the little catechism, so it's Biblical Lutheranism and catholic with a small c. The first is the State. The second is the Church. The third institution is marriage or the family or the home. That marriage indicates a family, indicates children. It's the procreative thing. It's the one institution of God, the one place where we can use the word synergism. We're all synergists in the creative order because women and men are actually co-creators of God--bringing into being God's own creatures. ... We, then, become pleasing to God by virtue of the fact that we are in this relationship, in this covenant of marriage. And then God blesses us with the family and with children. So it's God's will, it's God's order according to the very created order of things that there be homes, families, children.
I don't want to call motherhood a profession. It's higher than a profession. It's a calling. ... [Mothers] are the greatest people in the world for influencing this world of ours.
M. L. F. Freiberg Sr.
- Erich Heidenreich, DDS said...
Is that tape for sale anywhere? I'd love a copy!
Well, I suppose I qualify as an "anywhere." I could send you a VHS tape at cost (tape and shipping). Let me know.
Something to keep in mind about this recording is the quality of the audio. During the 1980s, a number of forums and convocations were videotaped with the speaker's podium being miked as a matter of habit--therefore, good sound. That, unfortunately, is NOT the case with this particular recording. Dr. and Mrs. Preus can be heard, but sometimes you have listen closely, turn up the volume, and rewind to hear some of the statements. The tape is about 100 minutes or so in length.
I believe the student wife who opened and closed the forum is Deb Stottlemyer, wife of Rev. William Stottlemyer (CTS-FW 1990) of Defiance, Ohio. My understanding is that they have a "large" family, too.
M. L. F. Freiberg Sr.
FYI...Here is the outline that Dr. Preus handed out at the forum mentioned above...
We're not authorities on marriage or children or family life. We just--by the grace of God--got married, let God make the plans, and things worked out very well. But we don't have any formula. We don't really know what we did right or bad. But if anything was done right it was my helpmeet who did it.
These are points that could be included in any discussion about this [marriage and family]--not only for married people in general, but especially for pastors and pastor's wives.
The Blessings of Children
Psalm 127
Psalm 128
Prov. 31:28
Modern Problems in the Family
A. Drunkenness
B. Wife Beating
C. Drugs
D. Sodomy (Lesbianism)
F. Divorce
G. Extra-Marital Sex (Fornication)
H. Abortion (Birth Control)
I. Feminism, Sexism, Equal Rights, etc.
-Robert Preus, 1988
Concordia Theological Seminary
Fort Wayne, Indiana
M. L. F. Freiberg Sr.
- Erich Heidenreich, DDS said...
Here is another Robert Preus quote on the number of children in a family...
The Mission Emphasis at C.T.S.
Student Convocation—September 1986
Rev. Dr. Robert David Preus (1924-1995)
Professor of Systematic Theology
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri (1957-1974)
Concordia Theological Seminary,
Springfield, Illinois & Fort Wayne, Indiana (1974-1993)
"Now, we're communicating the Gospel. But we're also communicating the Scriptures which are the source and norm for the saving Gospel. And that's where translation comes in, which is one of the things for you who are preparing for the foreign field—or any place you have to translate. I taught confirmation class to 12-year-old kids—I did a lot of translating. I had to get into a totally different culture—a culture which, fortunately, I had lived through, and in, sometime in my life. So it was not so difficult for me. I also had a great advantage because I had so many children. So I was constantly in that culture from age 25 down to age 5. That's a great advantage. I want to emphasize once again, the more children you have the better you'll be able to communicate the Gospel—at least to children. I had to get that in somewhere."
M. L. F. Freiberg Sr.


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One of the most common complaints any doctor will receive, relates to some form of lower back pain. But before recommending surgery or physical therapy, they will often start patients on a stretching therapy. Here are 5 common stretches that can help reduce and eliminate lower back pain.
- Knee to Chest – This is possibly the most common stretch for lower back pain, and it can be done with either one or two knees at once. You simply lie on your back with your legs straight on the floor. Then, you bring one knee toward your chest and hold it for 15-30 seconds. Repeat with the other leg. If this causes too much discomfort, start with both legs at the same time, pulling them toward your chest, together.
- Child's Pose – Go on your hands and knees, then sit back so that your buttocks is sitting on your heels. Next, either reach your hands forward to stretch the middle of your back, or to the side to stretch the opposite side. Hold for 15-30 seconds.
- Hamstring Stretch – Lying flat on your back, arch one leg so that the knee is pointing up but the foot is on the ground. Hold the other leg up, as straight as possible, with both hands. This will focus on the sciatic nerve. Another version of this stretches both legs at once. Lay down with your back on the floor and your buttocks against the wall. Raise both feet so that they are against the wall. Hold the one legged sciatic version for 15-30 seconds. Hold the 2 leg version for 3-5 minutes (or longer).
- Neck Stretch – Sit on the floor with your legs crossed. Place your right hand on the left side of your head, over the top, and gently pull your head toward your right shoulder. This will cause a stretch down the left side of your body. Hold for 15-20 seconds, then repeat with the left hand and right side of the head.
- Knee Down Twist – Lie on your back with your arms to the sides, palms down, in a T position. Bend the left knee and place the left foot on the right knee, then drop the left knee to the floor on the right side of your body. Look to your left arm and push gently with the right arm on your left knee. Hold for 15-30 seconds, then switch to the other leg.
These stretches will by no means guarantee your back pain goes away, but it's certainly a good place to start, as it does not involve surgery or physical therapy. But if these stretches do not help, consult a doctor to be sure there is not a larger issue.


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The Philippine President is the Head of the Philippine State and Government. it leads the executive branch and act as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.It first summon during the Spanish Empire and revives during the American Occupation and the Japanese Occupation. It fall during the Declaration of Martial Law and is rise again at the 5th Republic
- Can serve both as head of state and Government
- Can Declare Writ of Habeas Corpus or Martial Law
- Can Appoint Officials
- Can Be Reported Directly by Government officials
How To Be
- Natural Born Citizen
- Voter
- Can Read and Write
- 40 years old at the Election day
- a resident of the Philippines for 10 years preceeding in election
They can be voted by majority by election every 6 years at the second sunday of May. Most of the public schools were transformed into Poll Precincts. the counting of votes were held by COMELEC and it was announced by Congress.
It was held every June 30 the president must take the oath at noon. As soon as the President takes the Oath of Office, a 21-gun salute is fired to salute the new head of state, and the Presidential Anthem Mabuhay is played. The President delivers his inaugural address, and then proceeds to Malacañang Palace to climb the Grand Staircase, a ritual which symbolises the formal possession of the Palace. The President then inducts the newly formed cabinet into office in one of the state rooms.
Places of Inaguration
- Barasoain Church
- Old Legislatibe Building
- Quirino Grandstand


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- Do you have tons of work to do and find it difficult to stay focused?
- Do you want to achieve your objectives consistently?
- Do you get distracted easily by coworkers, social media, etc. ?
- Do you like visual things or visual workplace?
If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, there is a system you can easily try out.
I really liked the concept of using Post-it notes and was searching online for ways to apply it. I found out about Personal Kanban. I have been using Personal Kanban for some time and found it very useful for me to stay focused.
The concept is simple. You move the post-it notes from Left to Right. On the table shown above, you move the sticky notes from the 'To-Do' column to the 'Today' column, then from the 'Today' column to the 'Doing' column, from the 'Doing' column to the 'Done' column. Under each of the columns, you place the highest priority post-it note on the top and continue from there onwards.
I took two flip chart sheets and created these columns. I placed them prominently on the wall, where these charts will be directly in front of me. Below is the explanation for each of the columns:
Today: Start your day by prioritizing the top 3 to 5 things you will work on today. This involves picking up the post-it notes from the 'To-do' column and moving it to the 'Today' column.
Doing: As you are ready to begin working on a 'Today' task, move that sticky note from the 'Today' column to the 'Doing' column.
Done: As you complete the 'Doing' task, move the same post-it note from the 'Doing' column to the 'Done' column.
If you wanted a digital solution for your Personal Kanban board, you can consider using Trello (www.trello.com). There is a free version available.
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To catch my long list of followers and readers up on my life, I thought I would update you on my so called love life or lack thereof. Remember the woman I met through the online dating service? Well, long story short - after several emails telling me that she was still grieving over past relationship and just wanted to be friends and then a week or so after said email she would email me and ask to try again. After 3 emails saying she was still grieving and couldn't do a relationship and the subsequent let's try again emails, I told her to stop, I wasn't on a dating site to find friends, I was looking for a relationship. So needless to say I have not heard from her in about 10 days which is good. I live to my very best a drama free life, which I am finding is not how most people live their lives.
There is the one person in my life that I can not have, can not be with and it is the hardest thing I have done for a long time. We made the decision we could not be together for several reasons, we both understand it is best. Being the "best" for us does not make the pain any less, does not stop me missing her and does not stop the thought of her, or seeing her smile when I close my eyes.
Ahhh so much to think about.
Love your people and your dogs,


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Brittany Gilliam isn't afraid of calling her shots.
Her confident, well-earned swagger was the attitudinal underpinning of the Chiefland softball team's historic run to its first Class 1A state championship in 2014, which kicked off three straight titles and four finals appearances.
But she wasn't expecting the level of success she and her North Georgia Nighthawks would enjoy in her senior year of college.
The NCAA powerhouse went 62-4 before eventually falling in the Division II World Series.
It didn't look that promising in the fall, when the Nighthawks were splitting a series with a junior college team.
"We still had some things to figure out," said Gilliam, who is completing her degree in business marketing this summer before returning to Chiefland. "We had a young team, so we really didn't know how the spring was going to play out."
UNG bursted out of the gate in the spring, however, going 6-0 at a stacked tournament in Gulf Shores, Alabama, outscoring opponents by a combined 42-7. The next thing Gilliam knew, her club was sitting at 21-0 on the season. It went on to capture its fifth-straight Peach Belt Conference.
"We were just phenomenal," Gilliam said. "We'd maybe get hit in the mouth early in the game, but we never had a thought in our mind that we'd lose a game."
In an uncanny twist, Gilliam was one of only two seniors on the club, just like 2014 at Chiefland, when her and her best friend Kelsi Alexander were the only pair of seniors on a freshman-laden club. Moreover, she recorded the final out in the Super Regional to send the team to the World Series, just like she did against Dixie County in 2014 to advance her club to the state final four.
The 2018 season wasn't just a team success for Gilliam, it was a personal validation for all the work she put in the prior season, when the playing time wasn't so abundant.
"I was working just as hard as the starters, to help them compete, help our team win," she said.
The first baseman finished her senior year with an impressive .292/.446/.526 slash line to go along with 50 RBI, seven home runs and 13 doubles. She collected Peach Belt Player of the Week honors in April behind three doubles, a home run and seven RBI.
The power came after high school for Gilliam, who only hit a pair of home runs her high school career. She partly credits the 5:30 a.m. workouts at UNG.
"It shows how far you can progress as a hitter," she said.
Still, she hit .474 her senior year of high school and was named the Dairy Farmers' Class 1A Player of Year.
The academic accolades have also continued to roll in – Conference All-Academic Team, the Dean's List, Division II Academic Achievement Award, Presidential Honor Rolls, etc. A sports junky who was equally passionate about volleyball in high school, Gilliam wants to get a Masters Degree in the area of athletic leadership or sports management and work in a university or college athletic department in some capacity. You might see her helping out with the CMHS volleyball team later this upcoming season.
That final spring of high school was a heady one for Gilliam. She was coming off a final four appearance in basketball, which only made her hungrier to repeat the feat in softball. She randomly informed her head coach, Wayne Weatherford, on a bus ride that Chiefland was going to win state, and demanded the biggest championship ring he could find.
Weatherford shrugged it off in the moment, but he never forgot that moment of portent.
"I had a taste of the state trip, and I was like, 'Man, I want to do that again,'" Gilliam said.
At the time of her prediction, Chiefland had yet to prove it could overcome district rival Dixie County. They suffered a 12-1 road loss to the Bears in the regular season and fell 6-0 in the district championship game, only to come back to steal a 3-2 win in Cross City in the regionals.
"Dixie County wasn't just beating us, they were demolishing us," Gilliam recalled. "The parents kept saying, 'They can't beat you a fourth time.'
"Kelsi and I had missed our grad bash to play. I think winning that game was more crucial than winning the state tournament."
Gilliam went to State College of Florida in Manatee-Sarasota out of high school, where she was later followed by fellow Lady Indians Lauren Stalvey, Lauren Parker and Sydney Parks. She switched from center field to first base after experience severe shoulder soreness. She made just one error her senior year, in the last game of the season.
The winning ways followed the dynasty-hopping Gilliam. The Manatees were conference champions her freshman year.
But UNG took some getting used to, being further from home, having to leaving friends behind and being surrounded by elite talent. Gilliam says she was the only juco transfer on her team.
Facing the worst of it gave her a confident feeling heading into her senior year.
"I was really thinking, 'You have nothing left to lose, you didn't get a lot of playing time last year, so what's the worst (that could happen)? You sit again and your school gets paid for?' It really helped, I mean I played my butt off, and this team, man, I can't even put it into words, the year that we had."
The Nighthawks had plenty of bats, and were led in the circle by National Player of the Year Kylee Smith. Smith and fellow starter Amber Johns boasted ERAs of 0.59 and 0.76, respectively.
Gilliam has an easy-going spirit that goes down well with teammates. North Georgia isn't so easy.
"It's a military college, so they definitely hold everything to a higher standard up here," she said. "They do not cut anybody any slack, in or out of the classroom."
Chiefland has gained a reputation in far away places for all of its softball success, and Gilliam makes sure to bring a little bit of her hometown to wherever she goes.
"Everybody I come in contact with knows about Chiefland because that's just all I talk about, my smalltown – I love it," she said. "All of us have put Chiefland on the map, that's for sure."
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Trend shows rising employment across the East Midlands
The number of people in work in the East Midlands has risen for five out of the past six months according to figures released this morning.
|Rushcliffe Business Partnership
|Escabeche, West Bridgford
|Friday 5th July, 2019
The Rushcliffe Business Partnership is an informal group that meets on the first Friday of each month in West Bridgford with the aim of connecting businesses from across Rushcliffe and the surrounding areas.
The event is FREE of charge. Just turn up and buy yourself a drink. There will be plenty of local businesses for you to talk to and it's a great way to build up relationships with them.
We meet at Escabeche on the first Friday of every month between 8am-9am.
If you would like any more information please do contact Derek Hayden directly on 0115 914 8270


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About Tour Dates Connect
LEAGUES: 'Spotlight' 3-Song Maxi-Single -2 songs from the 2013 album "You Belong Here" & 1 non-album track Recorded in Nashville, "You Belong Here" features ten original songs (three of which were featured on the 2011 EP) and was engineered by Vance Powell (Jack White, Raconteurs, The Dead Weather) and co-produced by the band and Grammy-nominated Paul Moak (Mat Kearney, Martha Wainwright, The Weeks). Of the record, the band comments, "The whole spirit of 'You Belong Here' really resonates with us. It's a phrase that gets tossed around without much thought, but if you take a moment and think about it, it can hold a lot of comfort and depth. Like walking into a party and everyone is genuinely glad you are there. It's the celebration of togetherness, really."


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1:18 Kyosho based model for Bob Stark, commissioned as a Birthday present.
Bob's model is based ona 1:18 scale Kyosho die-cast model. This is not a kit, so the first thing to do is dissmantle the model. It is then reassembled, adding detail where required, and changing all the features to match the customers car, such as engine type, seats and colour. When have you ever seen two caterhams alike?!
Bob's 7 The original model comes with a BDR engine and S-type seats - Bob had a Crossflow and bench seats, along with a rear exit exhaust.
Bob's 7 If you get close enough you can read the tax disc, which is about 3mm in diameter.
Bob's 7
Bob's real 7 This is one of the many photographs that Bob provided of his car in order for me to get all the detail correct.
Milling I have invested in a small modelers multi-tool to help make these models. It consists of a lathe, drill etc and most useful of all a milling machine. This is a heatsink for Bob's car
1:18 Kyosho 7 This is a picture of a Kyosho model that I have taken apart. There is a surprising amount of detail in these die-cast models - I add more!
1:18 Kyosho 7 As it comes out of the box, before I dismantle it. They also do a flared wing model, and a JPE. I use whichever is closest to the customers spec of car.
R665 CMX This is the first Caterham model I made. It was made as a Birthday present for Peter Carmichael. This well known car - star of Clash of the Titans - is shown pre-Curborough.
I made this model also as a sort of 'thank you' from Tessa and I for all the help and advice Peter gives us with our car. Blatchatters will be very familiar with his advice and comments on Blatchat and Tech Talk!
Upgraditis even hits models - Peter's car now has a full roll cage!


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Department of Defense issued new guidance to help those requesting a discharge upgrade who may suffer from PTSD.
In September 2014, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued supplementary guidance to Military Department Boards for Correction of Military/Naval Records. The supplementary guidance applies to petitions submitted by veterans requesting a discharge upgrade and claiming that they had or have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The purpose of the guidance is to "ease the application process for veterans" and "assist the Boards in reaching fair and consistent results in these difficult cases." The Department of Defense felt that supplementary guidance was necessary in this area because there has been recent attention focused on petitions from Vietnam veterans claiming they had previously unrecognized PTSD. The guidance concedes that "in these cases, PTSD was not recognized as a diagnosis at the time of service and, in many cases, diagnoses were not made until decades after service was completed." The supplementary guidance assists petitioners seeking a discharge upgrade who claim they suffer from PTSD in many specific ways. The first section of the supplementary guidance states that certain petitions should be given "liberal consideration." The guidance states that liberal consideration should be given to a petition if one or more of the symptoms of PTSD are found in the service treatment records or other service documents. Additionally, the guidance states that liberal consideration should be given to those cases "where civilian providers confer diagnoses of PTSD or PTSD-related conditions," and "when case records contain narratives that support symptomatology at the time of service." Also, liberal consideration is directed by the DoD when there is evidence showing that the PTSD existing at the time of discharge may have mitigated the servicemember's bad behavior that led to an Other than Honorable (OTH) characterization of service. In other words, even if a veteran received an OTH discharge, he or she may still be given "liberal consideration" by the boards, if the veteran had PTSD at the time of discharge. In many cases, veterans may be able to show that the bad behavior that led to the OTH discharge was actually caused by the existence of PTSD. In addition to directing that liberal consideration be given in certain cases, the guidance also states that time limits to reconsider decisions will be liberally waived for applications involving PTSD. Finally, the guidance directs that these cases will be considered by the boards in a timely manner. If you or someone you know wants to look into trying to change their separation reason or discharge characterization based on PTSD, this guidance definitely weighs in your favor. The time to apply for this relief is now. I am here to help. To speak to an experienced court-martial and military defense attorney, call Bill Cassara at 706-860-5769 for a free consultation.


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Dear Bishop Foley Catholic Supporters:
Each year, Bishop Foley Catholic High School conducts an Annual Fund Campaign to raise funds that are necessary to maintain and enhance the excellence in education provided to students. Bishop Foley Catholic is not a school that is supported by a parish. We also do not have an order that can tap into the many supporters nationwide to solicit support. Bishop Foley stands on its own!
Our students are determined young men and women who show us on a daily basis that through faith and hard work their future is one filled with hope.The life of a school is full of milestones, turning points and defining moments that shape the very character and essence of its mission. Each year, Bishop Foley Catholic High School relies upon the generosity of our parents, alumni and friends to support our mission in the form of an Annual Fund gift. This charitable support directly benefits our students, as these funds remain an important component of our school's operating budget.
A donation to the Bishop Foley Catholic Annual Fund not only preserves our heritage; it changes lives... and ensures we have a sustainable future for all. Gifts can be made online by clicking the Donate Now button below.
With a Grateful Heart,
Amy Uebbing
Please make the Annual Fund your first priority in giving–this year and every year. Your gift, in any amount, will make a great difference for the students and faculty at Bishop Foley Catholic.