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The Grades Matter
by: James Chia
There is chatter about how grades don't matter; that perhaps we should move away from awarding marks and grades to our learners. This has been raised in Singapore where we are based, and some other economies.
Critics point to Finland's much-lauded education system, where the focus centres on learning how to learn, rather than marks and grades. Students in Finland go through a comprehensive academic programme that encourages curiosity, lateral thinking and life skills. A culture of lifelong learning continues throughout adult life, as the individual graduates into the workplace.
Yet ignoring grades misses the point, as GRADES DO MATTER.But perhaps not in the way that we use them now.
Grades are FEEDBACK
Grades give feedback to the learner and feedback to the educator.
As a Learner: When I do badly on a test or assessment, it is feedback to me that I did not understand the material well enough. I should go through the material again, maybe seek help from my teacher or trainer. Perhaps I should work harder. Maybe I should give up and look for something else that I am better in.
As an Educator: If the entire cohort does badly for a test, it is feedback to me that perhaps I should relook at the parts that everyone did poorly for. Maybe I should think about covering certain concepts again, think of a different way to explain this part of the material that many in the class/course did not seem to understand.
It's no different from sports, where week-in, week-out, athletes and teams compete for a good 'grade', which is to beat the opponent. Better sides (like Tottenham Hotspur 😊) win in style, though there's no bonus grade for exciting play.
A world without grades?
Now imagine a sporting world with no gold medals. No silver, no bronze. Participation certificates at the Olympics; every athlete returns with the same certificate.
Imagine if the English Premier League doesn't keep score, and there are no winners and losers. That FIFA gives every World Cup team the same medal. Just for showing up.
Hardly the real world, is it?
The real world doesn't give us participation prizes just for showing up. The real world gives us grades — constant feedback, whether we like it or not.
CEOs are graded by their ability to strategise, execute and deliver performance. Politicians by their ability to serve the citizenry. Fund managers by their ability to earn above-market returns. Carpenters by the quality of their furniture. Software engineers by the ability to ship working code. Movie Directors by the reception of their movies. Startups by their ability to turn product into business. Each and every one of us by our ability to do our job.
We cannot escape the reality that performance matters. The 'grades' we get through the metrics we define and are defined for us, are the feedback to us to keep doing what is working, and to change tack when something's not turning out so well.
Those who respond to this feedback well, would hopefully turn in better performance (and 'grades') at the next opportunity. They should be rewarded more than the ones who did not respond to the feedback.
So it is facetious to tell our children that grades do not matter. Because in so doing, we are not preparing them for life.
Grades SHOULD NOT BE JUDGMENT
The issue with grades right now is how we view them, and how we use them.
Grades DO matter, but grades are not THE ONLY THING that matters.
Singaporeans gripe about the Primary School Leaving Examination ("PSLE"). Currently, each student taking the PSLE is awarded a numerical T-score. This score determines the Secondary school that the student is eligible to enter, as admission is primarily based on the scores of those applying. So the PSLE grade is a first-cut filtering tool.
Singapore's Ministry of Education recently tweaked the PSLE ever so slightly, where from 2021 onwards, students are not awarded a numerical score but instead are given a grade banding.
It's a start, but doesn't go far enough. Now students aren't sieved down to the individual point, but to the individual grade band.
The primary issue for me and many who think Singapore can do better, is the PSLE is still perceived as a single high-stakes examination.
Do well at the PSLE, enter a top secondary school, and your academic journey (and perhaps career) is laid out for you. Do poorly at the PSLE, and you're routed to technical education, and the road ahead becomes bumpier than the other kid (though "there are still many paths to success").
It may or may not be true, but sometimes perception shapes reality. And parents have to bear a large part of this responsibility.What is worse is this warped mindset sometimes carries over to the workplace and shapes hiring practices. And the fixation on grades carries on…
Which is wrong. Good grades should not give a free pass to the learner that one is set for life, nor should bad grades condemn one to failure forever.
For what if I was just a late bloomer? And what if I was always good at something else?
How do we do better?
1. Grading right.
Albert Einstein said, "If you judge a fish by how well it climbs a tree, it will spend its whole life feeling stupid".
If we take grades for what they are, which is feedback, then the challenge for education policy-makers is how to design grading systems that are appropriate for learners-in-question.
There's good progress being made already, as education systems are becoming more flexible, with different tracks of learning for different types of learners. But more needs to be done.
This is true for academic learning, as well as learning in the workplace. At work, HR practitioners and line managers need to define the right metrics to 'grade' staff. Ultimately it needs to translate to business goals (which staff help organisations to achieve).
In the workplace learning arena where ArcLab operates, we encourage organisations to break training content down into modular pieces, or Nano Learning.
This allows staff to learn in bite-sizes, on-demand. The 'grades' given at the end of each learning module is specific to the single learning objective that HR, L&D and line managers have defined together. The employee (and the organisation) knows straightaway whether he/she 'gets' the material or not, and how to apply it towards his/her job role.
The 'grade' has become what it's meant to be — feedback.
2. Giving room to fail. Really.
I have only skimmed the surface of 'The Grades Matter', where the current downsides negatively affects both academic students and workplace learners.
Grades DO matter — as FEEDBACK to the learner and the teacher/trainer. Feedback on what has been learnt and done well, and what hasn't.
If we adopt this "Grades-as-Feedback" mindset, we can not only work together to define grading systems that can more appropriately measure learning, and also help those that don't do well try again.
This needs everyone to play our part: Educators, Parents, Employers, Government and Individuals.
For one bad grade should never doom one to a lifetime of failure.
That — we at ArcLab will never accept.
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No Chlorine, No heating – Just that wonderful adrenalin jump. There are so many outdoor pools and lakes. The closest to us is The Serpentine Lido here
Open from 10 am – 6pm through the summer.
Parks are key to our great city. With the ability to swim right in the heart of it – open air – with the ducks and the swans. Just amazing. Give it a go.
Pack Your Picnic
Swimming is a great sport. You switch off and come out exhilarated. Wrap up in a towel and be sure to pack your picnic. Soggy bottoms on grass isn't the greatest feeling. So roll up one of our Dash & Albert Rugs and chill out in style.
Chill at the Cinema
Now that you are exercised, relaxed and full, head towards the outdoor cinema. Luna Cinema starts in Kensington Palace in August.

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Beauty has become more than just style, it is an impression that lasts forever. The growth of beauty product is evident from this and there are lots of Beauty Parlours in Chennai. To choose the best one among them we have made Top 10 Beauty Parlours in Chennai which includes the Best Ladies Beauty Parlour in Chennai as well as Best Men's Beauty Parlour in Chennai.
1. Chillbreeze Unisex Beauty Salon
Chillbreeze Unisex Beauty Salon is been certified as the Best Beauty Parlour in Chennai and was established in the year 2009 which has developed to multiple branches in few years and started a franchise as well. Chillbreeze Unisex Beauty Salon maintains good packages for Men and Women Separately. They also give some good offers for their clients, which differs from Fresh clients and regular clients. They are best at Facial, Hair do, Manicure, Pedicure, and Spa services. They cost reasonably with best beauty care and services to the clients.
Chillbreeze Unisex Beauty Salon Address:
#19/2, 3rd Main Road,
Kasthuribai Nagar, Adyar,
Chennai – 600020
Phone – 044 42115624
2. The Hair Professionals
The Hair Professionals offers Hair Care Treatment, Hair Coloring, Skin Care Treatment, Home and Day Spa, Manicure, Pedicure, Waxing and Bridal Makeup. They also suggest the best hair cut for kids according to their age and face. The Hair Professionals is a Unisex salon and they are presently having an offer. They also have special offers for bride and groom for the wedding and they are trusted as the Best Bridal Makeup Chennai. They are open from 08.00 AM to 09.00 PM.
The Hair Professionals Address:
#12/18, 1st floor,
1st Main Road, Vijaya Nagar,
Velachery, Chennai – 600042
Phone – 900388099
3. La Reina
La Reina is the Best Ladies Beauty Parlour in Chennai, they are specialized in Hair care, Skin Care, Body Massage, Hair Cuts, Hair Coloring, and Bridal Makeup. They concentrate on Organic Nature Beauty Services and they use natural products extracted from papaya, Apple, Honey, Milk, and much more. They also offer Beauty Training Course for the learning purpose and provide certifications as well. They have many different packages for bridal makeup with a good offer and they have a pre booking for appointment as well.
La Reina Address:
#2/219, Moovarasampet Main Road,
Madipakkam, Chennai – 600091
Phone – 9677166993
4. Maha Family Salon and Spa
Maha Family Salon has started 20 years ago in a small beauty parlour and now it is one of the Best Beauty Parlours in Chennai and they are also handling Beauty Training Course with 100% job placements and the admission are open throughout the year. They offer Skin Care, Hair Care, Facial, Spa, Manicure, Pedicure, and all types of beauty care. They do provide best make up for the special occasions like Wedding, Parties, etc. Maha Family Salon is most popular in media as well and they are known for their good quality products.
Maha Family Salon Address:
W – 111, 1st floor,
3rd Avenue, Anna Nagar,
Chennai – 600004
Phone – 988499910
5. Noor
Noor Beauty Parlour in Chennai is serving the best make up since ages. They have a very good place in the media field and been doing make over for few of the artists in the industry. They do all types of a makeover like Hairstyle, Makeup, and a complete dressing. They have a good quality product which makes people choose this parlour. Noor Beauty Parlour is a Unisex parlour and also gives a good offer for the clients in the occasion season for Wedding, Commercial, Fashion, Film, and Portrait.
Noor Beauty Parlour Address:
#21 A, VJ Arcade,
Poonamallee High Road,
Arumbakkam, Chennai – 600106
Phone – 9382154932
6. Anushka Salon & Spa
Anushka Salon & Spa is been in the field for about 19 years and is trusted as Best Chennai Beauty Parlour and they have achieved the CFA Awards – 2014. They offer best Bridal Makeup and concentrate on providing a quality makeover to their clients. They also maintain good Spa in Chennai. Online booking and pre booking is available for the clients who want to take up bridal make up for their wedding. Anushka Salon has 2 branches in Chennai. You may also have a look at this list of Best Spa in Chennai
Anushka Salon & Spa Address:
#8/13, 48th Street,
Ashok Nagar, Chennai – 600083
Phone – 044 43054115
7. Durga's Beauty Parlour
Durga's Beauty Parlour provides Beauty Parlour Courses with certifications and assures placements too. They offer Wedding makeup, Party makeup, Bridal makeup, and makeup for any of the events. As they also do makeup, they provide practical training for the learners. They also have Spa, Mehandi, Bridal Makeup, and provide Tattoo.
Durga's Beauty Parlour Address:
#16, Madavaram High Road,
Perambur, Chennai – 600011
Phone – 9381094583
8. Anoo's
Anoo's beauty clinic is one of the Best Beauty Parlour in Chennai and it has many branches in south India and also have many franchisees. They are very popular for treating their customer right and Anoo's parlour maintains a very good Spa. They are also known for their bridal makeup Chennai and starts their skin care right before few months of the client's wedding. They offer Hair care, Skin Care, Manicure, PediCure, Waxing and all kinds of beauty treatment.
Anoo's Address:
4th Avenue,
Shanthi Colony,
Anna Nagar
Phone – 09952021212
9. Macro Men Beauty Parlour
Macro Men Beauty Parlour is the Best Men's Beauty Parlour in Chennai and they offer Hair care treatment, Facial, Skin Care, Shaving, Pimple and Acne Treatment, Head Massage, Mani Cure, Pedi Cure, and much more. They also do Groom make over and give some special offers as well. You can also make an appointment online with them. Parlour is open on all 7 days from 07.30 A.M to 09.30 P.M
Macro Men Beauty Parlour Address:
GF – 5, Hameedia Shopping Complex,
#108/109, Triplicane High Road,
Chennai – 600005
Phone – 044 28552742
10. Dolly's Beauty Parlour
Dolly's Beauty Parlour is Ladies Beauty Parlour in Chennai which is open on all the 7 days from 10.00 A.M to 08.00 P.M. They offer the best Hair Saloon, Beauty care, Skin Care, Bridal Makeup and much more.
Dolly's Beauty Parlour Address:
Prince Tower, opp to Abirami Mega Mall,
#13, 1st Floor,
Purasawalkam High Road,
Chennai – 600007
Phone – 073585 18546
Hope this review on Top 10 Beauty Parlours in Chennai would be useful to you. Pick the Best Beauty Parlour in Chennai that fulfils your requirements.
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Can Libraries Compete with Newspapers?
May 14, 2009 § Leave a comment
From Barbara Quint's April Searcher's Voice column:
"Library websites should include a news service that keeps people informed on activities in and around the community. Much, if not most, of the news might only need online gathering and winnowing. Local government announcements on dot-gov sites could become regular feeds. If you still have a local newspaper, then directing people to it through headline feeds could help to swell both the library's and the newspaper's web analytics stats. Local bloggers and "citizen-journalists" could provide another feed, possibly tagged with a caveat for opinion-laden submissions. You might also add feeds from Google News and/or Yahoo! News…"
Libraries that just don't see themselves in the news biz should stop thinking about the "news" as just articles published in newspapers. Check out the Sacramento Bee's Investigation Center, especially the "Databases"section where they aggregate local data about: State and Local Government, Crime and Courts, Schools and Colleges, Health, Real Estate, Elections.
This is a newspaper aggregating local data. And SacBee doesn't create all this local data, they just unify it, bring it all together on one place. Sounds like something local libraries would be good at! The Pikes Peak Library District is already doing it on their Community Information page.


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Jax's Cakes 'N' Bakes is a local cake making and decorating business based in Shebbear and deliver homemade birthday cakes, celebration cakes, cupcakes and cupcake bouquets from Barnstaple to Launceston and around Devon. Each cake is made using the freshest of ingredients and free range eggs. Jax's Cakes 'N' Bakes is registered with Torridge District Council with a 5 star food hygiene rating and fully insured. Jax has a Food Hygiene certificate, Allergy Food Training, an Award in Level 1 Cake Decorating and an Award in Level 1 Sugar Flowers. We are able to offer Gluten Free, Dairy free and nut free cakes also- Please indicate preference at checkout. All prices quoted include delivery.
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My life and style blog. I hope to inspire you to mix and match looks to create your own unique look. "Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening." - Coco Chanel
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text: ContentsQUICK ANSWER – THE BEST SNOWBOARDSCOMPARISON TABLE – THE BEST SNOWBOARDSSNOWBOARDS REVIEWSNEVER SUMMER PROTOTYPE TWOSALOMON THE ULTIMATE RIDENEVER SUMMER INFINITYCAPITA ULTRAFEARSALOMON GYPSYBURTON FLIGHT ATTENDANTGNU LADIES' CHOICE HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST SNOWBOARDSSTYLE: WHAT TYPE OF RIDER ARE YOU?ALL MOUNTAINFREESTYLEFREERIDESIZESHAPEDIRECTIONALTRUE TWIN TIPDIRECTIONAL TWIN Have you ever wondered how to choose the best snowboard for your type of riding style? Maybe you're someone who's heart skips a beat at the thought of deep powder or maybe your friends can always find you in the park. Or maybe, you're the kind of snowboarder who likes to try something different, depending on the day. No matter what you're into, you'll need the right snowboard to have the most fun. But how do you know which one to choose when there are hundreds of different options? 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You've got great self-confidence and you're full of charm. Most guys who get to know you will be attracted to you. You are far from sweet and proper; your intriguing personality fascinates them. Most guys find it easy to fall for a girl like you.
You don't really care about other people's feelings. You do things the way you want and usually think only about yourself. You are easy-going and love to have fun, but you can be irresponsible as well. You are not keen on serious discussions because they can make you remember that life isn't always about parties.
You strictly follow rules, and you expect other people to be the same as well. People can get tired of you easily, as you can make them feel a little guilty about themselves. You always make decisions on your own, and can be dismissive of other people's advice. You like to be the leader in groups, but can forget to be concerned about the people you are with.
Your peers think of you as a fun person, but sometimes you can be a little irresponsible. You can be somewhat childish, and can try to ignore the fact that you will one day need to really grow up and be a mature adult! Perhaps you could start reading good books; they might help you look at the world in a different light. You do want to be taken seriously, right?
Your boyfriend thinks that you are a real doll but this is not a totally positive thing. Sometimes you can be a bit too sweet, and come across as being helpless. If you're like this too frequently, your boyfriend and other people are likely to get tired of you having to rely on them all the time.
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Cent sells channel (Channel) it is to point to a product (or service) in process of move of the person that using to terminal from generator, what pass, the way that intermediate link joins and becomes by each. These intermediate link include a company (generator) the sale orgnaization that sets oneself, jobber, shopkeeper, agent, etc.
As blood-vessel the passageway that is human body metabolism is same, channel is the river of the life that the business strikes successfully in market economy spring tide. Of wadi expedite, great rate land is affecting the success or failure of the enterprise. Tell from this meaning, channel construction labels the biggest sale difficult problem to had been not been.
Channel is the key that successful cent sells the product, also be a sale difficult problem that a lot of sale personnel headache. Because lack is combed theoreticly, in actual combat channel carry prepares error often a lot of. Baconian rise, have roughly the following 10 kinds:
1. Building a network oneself is better than using middleman
Profit of not reconciled to of a lot of enterprises by others " divide up " , the purpose builds sale network through oneself force, executive cent sells function. If establish branch, agency or brand shop extensively, bypass middleman, sell the product final user and customer directly. Think to be done so have a lot of profit, be like: Facilitating control, facilitating direct, safe, agile, be economical. If it is so? The analysis is as follows:
Facilitating control? May not, because journey cuts off with information far away, headquarters may not understands all situations of the branch completely; Facilitating direct? May not, each branch that builds for the foundation with region market is in charge of to headquarters only, mutual lack harmonious, often restrict one, each other becomes barrier, each does things in his own way; Safe? May not, injure the public interest to benefit private interests, the dead debt bad debt, phenomenon that carries a paragraph to run away cans be found everywhere; Agile? May not, booth shop gets overstaffed of too big, posture, information to deliver reach decision-making and slow, one have a circumstance to often make quick response very hard. Be economical? Also may not, the wasteful phenomenon common occurance that runs the cost such as promotion of medium personnel expenses, advertisement, market actually.
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"Cent sells business more, sales volume is larger also " , this is the logic of a lot of enterprises. If build channel network really according to this kind logically, probable meeting faces the following problem: The market is narrow, the monk is meaty little, often appear " internal feud " (change goods, malign depreciate etc) phenomenon; Channel policy is united hard; Service standard hard standard. Generally speaking, a few need distribute sold product extensively (like daily expense consumable) just need numerous cent to sell business.
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Talk - Reforming Indian Higher Education and the Importance of Global Collaborations. Speaker: Prof. Fazal Rizvi, Professor of Global Studies in Education, University of Melbourne; and Emeritus Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His recent books include Youth Moves: Identities and Education in a Global Era (Routledge, 2007); Globalization and the Study of Education (Wiley 2009); and Globalizing Educational Policy (Routledge 2010).
In this lecture, Prof. Rizvi will provide an account of historical and contemporary patterns of collaborations between Indian universities and higher educational systems abroad; and suggest ways in which these collaborations can contribute to reforms that Indian higher education is currently pursuing. He will argue that these reforms will have a greater chance of success if their importance is understood within the emerging architecture of global higher learning.
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This ebook presents students, either nationwide and overseas, with a foundation for complicated examine in children's literature in collections. studying books for kids released throughout 5 centuries, amassed from the collections in Dublin, this targeted quantity advances factors in amassing, librarianship, schooling, and children's literature experiences extra generally. It enables procedures of discovery and restoration that current a variety of pathways for researchers with different pursuits in children's books to have interaction with collections. From publication histories, via bookselling, details on creditors, and histories of schooling to shut textual content analyses, it really is obtrusive that there are lots of ways to studying collections. during this quantity, 3 dominant ways emerge: historical past and canonicity, writer and textual content, beliefs and associations. via its concentrate on different fabrics, from fiction to textbooks, this quantity illuminates how towns can articulate a imaginative and prescient of kid's literature via specific collections and institutional practices.
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MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- It was a message of solidarity Sunday in Mount Kisco.
More than 500 people participated in a march in support of the immigrant community in downtown Mount Kisco.
The marchers took off from the parking lot behind Bow-Tie Cinemas movie theater on Main Street. It ended with a rally at Village Hall where a variety of speakers addressed the crowd including Neighbors Link Executive Director, Carola Bracco, representatives from local government, law enforcement and clergy.
"It was a very successful event," said Margie Orell, who helped organize the march. "People were able to identify with them as people and not just the word 'immigrant.' We want to support immigrants, this is their country too."
Orell said a meeting is being scheduled to plan follow-ups to the march.
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Pregnant JWoww Gets Surprise Jersey Shore "Sprinkle"
Jenni "JWoww" Farley and her BFF Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi are still entertaining us with their uniquely awesome take on life, years after the end of their wildly popular show, Jersey Shore, packed up and left the beach. That's why we want to know all about JWoww's baby sprinkle thrown by her bestie. Wait, baby "sprinkle"?!
What the heck is a "sprinkle"? No, it's not a sudden blast of rain. No, it's not a baby accidentally peeing on your favorite outfit. Apparently, some moms who have already done the big baby shower for their first pregnancy, opt for a smaller party to celebrate their next little ones. This has been deemed a "sprinkle," and we're loving the idea!
The former Jersey Shore star shared a pic of the event on her Instagram account with the caption, "My little man's sprinkle with my boo @snookinic"
Jenni, who's expecting her second child with hubby Roger Mathews, enjoyed the party that was sponsored by Bloom + Kind Co. It was held at New Jersey's The Savor Lounge with guests enjoying a custom-made cake by Confections of a Rock$tar Bakery that was all about Beauty and the Beast. Wow and yum! Party-goers also received gifts themselves, scoring presents from Bloom Baby, 125 Collection Candles and Teddy Canz custom teddy bears all while playing games like "What's in Your Bag." Sounds like Snooki, er, Nicole still knows how to throw one heck of a party.
Now that the celebrating is over, when will the little Woww make his appearance? "May 2016, a mini Roger is coming! Get ready, world!" Jenni announced on her website. "Thank you everyone for all your kind words and love for our growing family, we appreciate it so much!"
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As you may know, last April Dodge invited me to the Demon Reveal Party which allowed me to catch a glimpse of the Demon before it was shown to the public. That's when I first learned that I was part of a small group of individuals who Dodge labeled as their, "Social Media Influencers."
That trip to New York was an amazing opportunity to meet some great people and it opened several exciting doors.
Fast forward a few months, and once again I get an invitation from Dodge to another one of their amazing events. This time it's a trip to Detroit to attend the Woodward Avenue drag race at Roadkill Nights. While in Detroit I got to see some of my East Coast friends and meet up with some other Social Media Invitees. Dodge put us up at a great hotel and the late night bar was flooded with so many famous tv stars and YouTube sensations that it was impossible to meet everyone. The hotel parking lot was filled with a few rentals and a TON of Detroit Muscle.
Here's a video with some pictures I took, as well as a few video clips. In it you will see plenty of the Dodge Demon, a clip of my thrill ride in a Hellcat, and the world's first Hellcat Widebody burnout caught on video.
Thanks again Dodge!


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From Idea to Market/
Entrepreneur Magazine: So you have a genius idea.
From Idea to Market
So you have a genius idea. Here's what it takes to get a new product to market.
Celestina Pugliese, of Melville, N.Y. needed just seven months and $11,800 to get her light-up check presenter to the show floor. Part of the difference was complexity, but most of it came down to Pugliese using a network of new internet sites that lets you bring a hazy idea to reality for a fraction of the price, from hiring patent attorneys to linking up with manufacturers. The bad economy has driven thousands of these professionals to troll the web for work, which means if you have a bright idea, this is an ideal time to try to turn it into reality. (Excerpt from an article by Julie Bennett.)


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Resumes are a vital aspect of the job hunt
So it is hard to understand why so many people send out lackluster resumes on a regular basis. For the most part, you are being judged based on this sheet of paper,
So you Need to
- Make sure that you are really able to make an impact right away.
- Resume writing is not something that is too hard to understand, and you really just need to worry about not making a mistake more than anything else.
- As long as you have a solid resume and you are actually qualified for the position, you should definitely expect to earn yourself an interview in the near future. Here are six of the most common mistakes that you should try to remove from your current resume.
Past Jobs
Talk About Skills Instead of Past Jobs While you should definitely list some of the jobs that you have had in the past, you should not forget to mention how those old jobs relate to this new job to which you are applying. It is actually a good idea to leave unrelated jobs off of your resume because nobody really cares about a job in your past if it has absolutely nothing to do with your new prospective occupation. There are usually plenty of skills that you can list next to each job to show people how it applies to this new occupation. If you list a job on your resume, then you need to be able to show how that job actually prepared you for this new job.
Unrelated Degrees
Don't Worry About Unrelated Degrees Many people get worried when their degrees are not directly related to the job that they are trying to get. This is where you can go back to the skills learned in your past jobs. As long as you can show that you have the required skill set for this new job, then people are not going to care about what kind of degree you got while you were at school. Most places just want to make sure that you have some kind of degree period before they hire you.
Try to Remove Huge Gaps
Mind the Gap You should try to remove huge gaps of unemployment on your resume if possible. While there is technically nothing too wrong about going a few years without work, it definitely is not going to look good on a resume. The best way to fix this problem is to actually list the number of years you worked at a certain job instead of the actual time period. This way, the HR rep will not know that there was actually a three-year gap between two of the jobs that you had in the past.
Don't List Too Many Jobs
If you are someone who always seems to be hopping around from place to place, then you are not going to want your possible future employers to know that. Employers are usually looking for workers who are steady and prove that they can be loyal to a specific company for a long time. You may want to leave some past jobs off your resume if they have nothing to do with the job field you are applying to.
Work Experience
Make it Short and Sweet Get straight to the point with the main aspects of your resume. Some places are only going to look at the first page. Finding a Replacement for Work Experience If you are someone who has never had a "real job", then you will need to find something to put under work experience. Any kind of volunteer work or freelance work would be perfect here.


text: Private First Class Silvestre Herrera was born in Camargo, Chihuahua, México. His parents died when he was one year old. His uncle brought him to El Paso, Texas where Herrera worked as a farm hand. Up until the age of 27 years old, Herrera believed that he was born in El Paso, Texas. It was not until his unit was mobilized that his family told him the truth about his citizenship and place of birth. While his platoon was pinned down on March 15, 1945, near Mertzwiller, France, Herrera made a frontal attack against the gun emplacement and captured eight enemy soldiers. Later that day, his platoon was once again pinned down by another gun emplacement. This time Pvt. Herrera attacked the position. This time, however, both his legs were shattered by mines that he had stepped on during his attack. Disregarding the pain and loss of blood, Herrera pinned down the enemy gunners allowing another squad to capture the enemy emplacement. Pvt. Herrera was awarded the Medal of Honor on September 5, 1945. The government of Mexico also presented him the Order of Military Merit, First Class.


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Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Sketchy Thursdays 1.20
Anyway, on to this weeks sketch over at Sketchy Thursdays.
This is Tom in the treetops at Rothiemurcus, near Aviemore. He was quite at home up in the trees, and even did the course by himself a second time, as his poor Mum was quite frazzled after her experience round the course. I am not good with heights. But I try to overcome my fears for the sake of a family activity...
I used Jillibean Soup and American Crafts papers, and Kraft cardstock. I stamped leaves on the kraft cardstock using a PaperTrey Ink stamp and Versamark ink, just to give it a bit more interest. The circle tag was made with my Making Memories tag maker, and the alpha stickers for the title are from PaperMania. I found some suede/leather thread in my ribbon box as an alternative to the ribbon in the sketch. I used some foam pads to raise up the tag, one of the photos and the journalling to add some dimension.
I'm having a day off from being poked with needles today - yesterday it was blood being taken for tests (3 vials of the stuff, must have been at least half a pint LOL) and tomorrow I have the dreaded dentist, and I need a filling done, so that's more needles for an anasthetic. Not looking forward to tomorrow at all...
16 comments:
- Mary Pat Siehl said...
great take on the sketch! love that jillibean soup!
- 25 January 2011 at 06:44
- mborrero said...
love those greens. and how you did the "high"
- 25 January 2011 at 06:54
- Sandra said...
what gorgeous layouts, and a great way to take your mind of the more "horrid" things. Good luck tomorrow
- 25 January 2011 at 08:06
- Jenna Upson said...
love this LO X great colours
- 25 January 2011 at 10:06
- Sharla said...
Great papers and I love your take on that sketch! I think I'll have to play with that one too!
- 25 January 2011 at 11:09
- Tracy said...
Such a fun layout.
I am not the best with hieghts either.
- 25 January 2011 at 11:29
- Pam W. said...
Great layout!! Love the colors you chose and the pictures as well.
- 25 January 2011 at 11:38
- Danielle said...
Nice layout. Like the colors and the stamping of the background.
- 25 January 2011 at 11:58
- Tammy said...
Love this! I really like the subtle stamping in the background. Love the papers and everything. Very well done.
- 25 January 2011 at 12:27
- ScrappnBee said...
Love the Layout! The pics are awesome, and the colors coordinate fabulously! Sorry about the needles (I hate the dentist!).
- 25 January 2011 at 14:26
- robindefender said...
Love your take on the sketch.
- 25 January 2011 at 15:35
- Jimjams said...
Love this page - especially the stamped leaves and the leather(?) cord to wrap the photos - super stuff!
- 25 January 2011 at 18:57
- lisa said...
Love this page. Great texture x
- 26 January 2011 at 10:01
- Julie Tucker-Wolek said...
Loveeeeeeeee this!! AWESOME photos and loving the leaves in the background! Thanks sooooooooooooo much for playing along with Sketchy Thursdays!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
- 26 January 2011 at 13:29
- Jeanet said...
I love your stamping on the kraft background! Beautiful photo's and papers! Thanks so much for playing along with Sketchy Thursdays!
- 26 January 2011 at 16:22
- Keshet said...
This is fabulous--design, colors, everything!
- 26 January 2011 at 20:49


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Radisys Corporation, the services acceleration company, today announced that Interop Technologies, a specialist in virtualized IMS infrastructure and IP services technologies for the mobile industry, has deployed Radisys' MediaEngine™ Media Resource Function (MRF) to enhance the media processing functionality of its VoWiFi and VoLTE solutions in its CorePlusX product suite. CorePlusX is a complete, virtualized IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution that delivers the services, functionality and infrastructure that operators need to successfully compete in the ever-changing all-IP mobile space.
"We selected Radisys as the best technology partner to deliver virtualized media processing through its MediaEngine MRF for our IP voice services," said Josh Wigginton, vice president of product management, Interop Technologies. "Working with a leader like Radisys allows us to provide specialized expertise, while reducing technological complexities to enable significant time-to-market advantages for our customers."
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Although "The "Priest" They Called Him" might be the most obscure thing in Kurt Cobain's discography, it's probably the best selling musical collaboration of William S, Burroughs's recording career. Basically, in 1992, Cobain contacted his hero, Burroughs about doing something together. Burroughs sent him a tape of a reading he'd done of a short story originally published in his Exterminator collection in 1973 and Cobain added some guitar backing based on "Silent Night" and "To Anacreon in Heaven."
by Steve Albini ................. Whenever I talk to a band who are about to sign with a major label, I always end up thinking of them in a particular context. I imagine a trench, about four feet wide and five feet deep, maybe sixty yards long, filled with runny, decaying shit. I imagine these people, some of them good friends, some of them barely acquaintances, at one end of this trench. I also imagine a faceless industry lackey at the other end holding a fountain pen and a contract waiting to be signed. Nobody can see what's printed on the contract. It's too far away, and besides, the shit stench is making everybody's eyes water. The lackey shouts to everybody that the first one to swim the trench gets to sign the contract. Everybody dives in the trench and they struggle furiously to get to the other end.
Domino Recording Company recently released Black Hole, a 26-track anthology of late 1970s California punk, curated by Jon Savage, a UK music writer. Domino is proud to announce the release of Black Hole, a compilation celebrating the first wave of California Punk that briefly flourished between 1976 and 1980. Compiled by esteemed writer Jon Savage, Black Hole will be released on November 15th 2010. This compilation contains ideas, anti-establishment rants, sharp comments about the world, attempts at transcendence and plenty of savage wit. Featuring The Dead Kennedys, The Germs and The Zeros, the collection of tracks on this album sound as fresh as the day they were recorded.
By Terry Townsend .............. September 23, 2010 - John William Coltrane (abbreviated as "Trane" by his fans) was born on this day in 1926. Since his untimely death on July 17, 1967, saxophone colossus Coltrane has become an icon of African-American pride, achievement and uncompromising determination. He led a revolution in music that mirrored the turbulent growth of black militancy and revolutionary ideas within the urban black community. Today, Trane continues to inspire.
For a small country New Zealand has long been pumping out some impressive music. Way back in the 1960s it was crazed long-haired punkers messed up on all sorts of stuff - musical (the Pretty Things, Love, the 13th Floor Elevators, the Troggs and who-knows-what-else) and I guess otherwise. Some of the best of these bands (at least, the ones that recorded) can be heard on Wild Things vol 1 and 2, compiled by NZ music historian John Baker, the first of which came out on Flying Nun, the second probably on Baker's own Zero Records, also the home to No. 8 Wire: Psychedelia Without Drugs.
On a warm weeknight in early-June, a kid set aside his guitar, dropped to his knees and began to moan -- pulling at strings and twirling knobs -- before losing himself in the squalls of ringing feedback, shifts in modulation and ambient noise that his band, Carpet of Let, concocted behind him. "I'm nervous and shy," the kid later said. "I like to make noise like a zombie." Zuo Wei, a mild-mannered 20-year-old chemistry student at Tianjin Normal University, is one of the most active figures working to nurture a new offshoot of Beijing's music scene, one that is embracing a more DIY, community-based ethic as the independent music industry enters a new phase of commodification.
From The Cortinas to Lunatic Fringe and Disorder, Bristol had a huge Punk scene that has influenced, affected and stimulated a vast range of artists that operate in the city. Many of these artists produce music that wouldn't necessarily suggest a Punk heritage but scratch beneath the surface of a lot of the major players in the Bristol milieu and you will find a fondness for the times of `spikey barnets', limited musical ability, a `F*** You' attitude and disrespect for the music industry and its poseur hierarchy.
Imagine a two-man band that used a droning Farfisa organ with primitive drum machines with plodding rhythms that were accompanied by rockabilly howling from the bowels of hell. You might raise and eyebrow out of curiosity but ultimately decide to pass on listening to tunes by such a band. Now imagine this band during the 1970's in the context of groups of Yes and Genesis and how people might have reacted to this outlandish and abrasive sound. The band, of course, is Suicide.
Michael Gira's re-activated Swans will be undertaking their first U.S. performances in 13 years, celebrating the Fall release of the first new Swans album since Soundtracks For The Blind (1997). The album was recorded by Jason LeFarge at Seizure's Palace in Brooklyn and is currently be remixed by Gira with Bryce Goggin (Antony & The Johnsons, Akron/Family) at Trout Recordings.
The free iPhone app features all ATR albums and songs, all videos, a photo archive, bio, news updates and also a 'Riotsounds Produce Riots' audioplayer. This audio player includes all the sounds/WAV files that ATR used at the May 1st 1999 demonstration (very low sub basses, square waves, noise sounds which trigger hysteria and panic within the audience) & would make them available to every political activisit out there. The idea being that you can hook up your iPhone to a speaker system if there is a rally: Apple/iTunes is arguing that they still need to investigate further, because it is legally a grey area and ATR has been indexed in Germany before (censored).


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$695 [Includes $80 lab fee] class limit 16. May 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 2019 (Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun 10am-4pm).
One of the most sought-after courses for those looking to make a life in art. Students have come out of this workshop wishing it would never end.
When we build an artwork we build it physically, but we also build it conceptually.
Paul Klee used the simile of the tree as a means to explain how influences are processed through the body (trunk) of the artist into a creative canopy that mirrors the root system but is subtly changed through the individuality of each artist.
Every work exists within a halo of interpretations, ideas, histories, personalities, and meanings. Over the years Michael Brennand-Wood has developed a keen talent for mentoring students—a talent which he claims consists in suggesting the conceptual framework of a piece under construction to students, thus enabling them to progress further with their work, while also creating a richer, more meaningful context to work within.
Under Construction is designed to be an immersive experience with a specific focus on a call and response between new ideas, existing lines of thought, and the participant's individuality. The ideal outcome is a series of ideas that can be developed in the student's own studio.
Within this workshop participants will have the opportunity to explore their own practice in a creative, nurturing, and reflective environment. The extended timeline of the workshop permits active engagement on a daily basis. Ideas and constructive methods can be explored, evaluated, and revisited. The group dynamic can be a very powerful additional means of support and criticism, allowing participants to share and exchange areas of artistic interest.
Creating structures in a variety of media and techniques, the class will also provide the opportunity for an in-depth look at the participants' own work through group and individual sessions. Often a creative leap is made when artworks are reimagined as part of a series, a thematic exhibition, or a grander project where individual works exist in a network of connections.
Michael is an explorer of visual territories; his work is inter-disciplinary in nature, using textile, wood, metal, paper, and acrylic as his primary materials.
The workshop will centre on techniques and approaches that relate specifically to Michael's practice. In constructional terms this will include pegging, riveting, bolting, laminating, twisting, warping, layering, wiring, moulding, and splicing in both 2D and 3D form. Collectively we will explore the relationship between the above and related textile techniques including stitching, sewing, patching, quilting, darning, and interlacing. Materials will include wood (both natural and machine cut), metal, wire, paper, plastics, fabric, acrylic paint, and resins.
Additional context will be provided via a visual Wall of Ideas, images, thoughts, and directives selected to inspire, stimulate, and dip into at will.
Michael believes that you have to be as creative with your career as you are with your artwork. Under Construction will include a presentation by Michael on the diversity of his outcomes; exhibitions; competitions; curatorial, private, and public art commissions; education; and research of museum collections.
Additional sessions during the week will provide a forum for participants to discuss and present their own practice, with a view to sharing common concerns, interests, and technical expertise.
About Michael Brennand-Wood
Michael Brennand-Wood is internationally regarded as one of the most innovative and inspiring artists working in textiles today.
A defining characteristic of his work is a sustained commitment to the conceptual synthesis of contemporary and historical sources, in particular the exploration of three-dimensional line, structure, and pattern. He has persistently worked within contested areas of visual practice: embroidery, pattern, lace, ornamentation, con-flict, and floral imagery. He believes that the most innovative contemporary textiles come from an assured understanding of both textile technique and history.
Michael Brennand-Wood is a visual artist, curator, lecturer, and arts consultant. Since 1979 he has occupied a central position in the research, origination, and advocacy of contemporary international art textiles. He has exhibited in major galleries and museums worldwide, including the Victoria and Albert Museum; the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa; and the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
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text: I offer the following draft of the reviser NARALO Operating Procedures In summary, I have changed: - a number of things we noted before as problems but never fixed - the tie-breaking which triggered this revision - other important things I found along the way. All of our documents are BADLY in need of revision. This is NOT that effort, but I have tried to fix the really serious issues and particularly ones that have caused us problems in the past. In detail by section number: 7. Adding the possibility for a shared Secretariat, which already implied in section 8 by the "person(s)". As far as I can find, we have no "language requirements", so I deleted the reference to it. 9. That is primarily where the ALAC Member responsibilities now reside (or pointed to by RoP). 11. Removal of the term "Statement of Interest" which now has another meaning. Nominations is what this process is referred to in ALAC docs, and in fact, that is what actually happens except in the rare self-nomination case. 12. Goes with above. 15. Currently, only a rep of a true ALS can vote to alter the Operating Procedures. The representative of unaffiliated members was accidentally omitted. This fixes that. 16. Since we say that selections should largely be by consensus, this fits better than just counting votes which might not happen. 17. Again removing a mis-used "Statement of Interest" and making the process clear. I also made it clear how you lose unaffiliated membership. I removed what is essentially an implementation issue that did not belong in the rules and added a tie-breaking rule patterned on that in 13. 19. The new rule for tie-breaking in a Chair or Secretariat election. 20. To counteract section 12.9 of the Procedure for Meetings which says we vote like LAC, with weighted voting balancing countries. 21. Fix the many discrepancies among documents. Comments? Alan -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: NARALO Operating Principles-Draft-2013-08-05.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 51213 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/na-discuss/attachments/20130805/73ed38e9/NARALOOperatingPrinciples-Draft-2013-08-05-0001.pdf>


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|Sara and Amy turning Japanese!
Hey Amy I want to tell you that I love you so much and I wish you a happy birthday. Love, Sara
|Natalie, Amy and their friend a few years ago having fun
To my Dearest Amy,
Wishing you the most wonderful birthday and reminding you how very much you are loved and how blessed I am to have you in my life. We have laughed together, cried together, worked and played together and created such a wonderful supportive place for each other. It is rare that we have we find friends that remain in our lives for so long despite all the changes that happen as we grow older. Here's to many more years of those wonderful times and celebrations! Happy Birthday Ames! Love you! xoxo Natalie
|Steve and Amy in Las Vegas 2014
Your zest for life is awesome and oh so very contagious.
Can't wait until we meet again,
to revisit all our sins <3
Love you girl,
|Joe and Amy in Las Vegas 2014
Amy, I just want to wish you a very happy birthday. I really had a good time in Vegas hanging out with you... Next stop Chicago, can't wait! xoxox Joe B
|Michelle and Amy in Chicago
Ames, I feel like we became best friends from the moment we met. The second time we ever saw each other, in Chicago (which I think needs to be a trip in the near future), it was like we had known each other for years and years and years. Remember jammin' to BEP in the hotel room?? I miss you, I love you and I want you to have the birthday you deserve... the happiest of the happiest! Love you so much my sister from another mister! ♥Mackers


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Hugh M. Spoljaric, President
It's that time of year again. 60 days before the last day of school.
That's the deadline for administration to inform a third year teacher that they
have been denied tenure. If it's the third year and they don't tell you, then
it's tenure by estoppel (you automatically get it). So, just before the Spring
Break, the
In some select cases, teachers who had attained sparkling reviews over the years were observed by one of the posse for 40 minutes, where upon the deputized observer subjectively declared that the teacher was inept and would be released from service. Whoa! Partner! Ever hear of an APPR? You know, identify the problem, construct a remedy, and then reevaluate using an objective rubric.
Now, one would think that anyone who was deputized to observe would have passed all of their assessments to perform observations. After all, we just don't deputize anyone anymore. It's not the lawless wild west! Gosh! It's not even Mayberry! And, imagine, after a 40 minute look, they are convicted and hanged without having any priors. Obviously, something is very wrong in river city.
It was about two years ago that I remember
the powers that be declaring that, "We don't treat people like this in
In the last year, there seem to be and more people being deputized. We're even getting letters from the Board President. If you've been put on any committees, you've been deputized and the posse will be using you to carry out their plans. Just remember who your friends are and who we are and where you're allegiance lies.
With more deputies, the posse grows larger and the rules more diluted and the effect more manipulated. Be vigilant. Stay united!
And, that's the Bottom Line.
After declaring that they were prepared to begin contract negotiations and had been ready since January 19, the district has now postponed the exchange of packages. The district notified the KTF that they cannot meet on April 20 and need to move the date to April 27.
You'll remember that the board President, with the urging of another Board member, bypassed the duly appointed (Taylor Law) representatives of the members (KTF), and issued a letter. In it, the KTF leadership was chastised for not meeting the contractual deadline for the exchanging of contractual packages. Two months earlier, the KTF and the district's lead negotiator had agreed on the extension due to the large amount of revisions that were needed to the existing document.
Unlike the Board, the KTF will not be sending out any letters regarding their latest miscalculation.
The options in
The NYSED Strategy for Implementing the Regents Policy Statement on Middle Level Education includes the following.
Positive highlights include continued "experimental middle schools" with certification flexibility, continued instruction in all 28 Learning Standards, Reinstatement of Technology Education assessment as mandatory, and Grades 7 & 8 exploratory subjects taught in grades 5 & 6 by certified teachers. Caution is indicated in that gaps could occur in the continuum of study and students must have exposure to more than one of the arts disciplines (visual arts, music, dance, and theater.
Lowlights (non-positives) include the additional flexibility for high performing schools allows districts to design and implement programs that may not conform to units of study and time requirements and external peer review will be costly, time consuming, and have no state standards. Additionally, NYSUT calls for grade-by-grade curriculum and not aligned, articulated, and integrated grades 5-8.
The existing flexibility in CR 100.4 says that units of study requirements in grades 7 & 8 may be reduced but not eliminated, for students determined to need academic intervention services. Additionally, the half unit of study in music can be met by participation in band, chorus, or orchestra.. The requirement for Technology Education, Home and Careers Skills, and Library Information Skills can be met by integrating their state learning standards into other courses.
The concerns are many. They include the impact of changes on Grades 5 & 6 and on the Exploratory courses (the arts; visual arts, music, theater, and dance), Technology Education, Home and Career Skills, and Health Education. The impact on teaching assignments is confusing, especially where new certification areas are now taking place.
The KTF believes that courses must be taught by teachers certified in those areas and that students must meet prerequisites as defined in CR 100.4 for acceleration (grade 8).
Hudson River Cruises dayliner Rip Van Winkle will host a celebration party for all newly tenured teachers in the Kingston Schools on Thursday, May 27, from 4-7 pm. The 3 hour catered cruise will feature entertainment by the Big Smoothies.
First invitations have gone out to all who have attained tenure since September 2001 (2001-02 and 2002-03). Any members who attained tenure during this time period and did not receive an invitation should contact their Building Rep. ASAP.
There are 200 teachers who have received tenure during these two years and the KTF will honor their accomplishment.
May 27 is the last day of school before the Memorial Day week-end as Friday, May 28 will be used as the last unused snow day.
Everyone is gearing up for Kids' Classic
Race organizer Dann Bigelow stated "The event would never be as successful as it has been without the participation of the KTF. The members should be very proud."
Volunteers will receive their race day assignments soon.
Information on the Apple Gala and on the Apple Gala and National Health scholarships will be forthcoming in the May issue of The Torch. Also, coming next month will be a 'simplified' chart that will assist everyone in understanding key factors in the determination of state aid.
The week of April 19-25 is "Turn Off TV Week." You may want to join millions of adults and children who will be participating in the event. The week is designed to show families that there are alternatives to the tube.
The time period coincides with "Visit Your Public Library Week." Area public libraries are welcoming students and their families to the local library during the week as it provides a viable alternative to the elimination of TV for the week.
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According to news reports, the Bush administration is at work spending $80 million of our tax dollars to spin the truth or "educate" us about the Medicare bill. The plan includes $12.6 million for advertising, $37 million to publicize drug discount cards, and $30 million for "beneficiary education."


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The first time he put on the coat, he swam in a sea of
fabric that seemed heavy with rumored bloodshed and determination. It wasn't
too big even if he was so young, so small; the person who had worn it before
had been larger than life only by tales alone, and yet the clothing was so still
slight, funny that.
The flamel burned through the cloth and down into his
back like the sun, but it was a scar he would wear until the day they were together
again, hand in hand, eye to eye. He would bear the vice, would do it, would
do whatever it took, because life wasn't worth living alone. And all good stories
had happy endings. They had to. They had to!
Hope was a stone around the lonely young brother's neck,
one that broke his back and ironed out his heart, smoothing the wrinkles of
time and pain.
He had grown since the first day, that day of trepidation
and worry, like someone would catch him playing dress up and punish him. A few
inches had been added to his wiry frame, like his body was catching up with
the time his mind had lost, and he had smiled when someone told him that he
was almost as tall as Edward was before he...he...
I'm defective! he had screamed one night, sobbing
and flailing his arms. I'm defective! I can't even remember my own brother
like I should! He would hate me, hate me for forgetting him! Hate me like I
hate me!
And Winry had been an angel, wrapping him in arms and
wings, and soothing his troubled screams. Shhh, shhh, Al. It's not your fault.
It's not! You'll remember him one day, Al, and then you'll never be apart.
Memories had been bargained, had been traded, and memories
had been what made him up, what created him, what furthered him and made him
real in all those moments when he was sure that he wasn't. They were gilded
gold, treasured and held under the sunlight; no one had the right to steal them,
to rob him of their intimate comfort, of their love when there was nothing left
to hold, to identify him. He wanted them back, wanted them, craved them, and
ached for them.
Fill this empty cup with something. Make me a vessel,
make me true, but don't leave me half-functional! Don't leave me as half a human
He laid the three kittens on the floor in front of him,
his hands trembling, his heart aching. It wasn't fair, wasn't fair that prices
were so high, so beyond the reach of the ultimate arm length. But was it fair
that anyone got something for free? Was it fair that he and his brother had
been raped of everything that had ever been precious to them, be it family,
love, and themselves? What defined fair? What defined innocence and truth, wickedness
and cruelty?
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry! I just... I just can't
live without something! I can't live like this anymore.
Even a lie is better than... than nothing.
The felines mewled in their playful bliss, couldn't stop
their rolling, tumbling even in a sacred realm of silence, in that basement
of tension, of oppression. They were ignorant to the chalk being scratched and
spread over the stone blocks, the round sweeps of circles, of infinity ever
realized. They were blissful and lush in their element of life, pleased as they
tumbled and stalked and chased the tails in front of their noses, leaping and
pouncing and crying for a mother's love. They were perfection of youth while
promises saturated the air, items placed into certain angles and degrees within
the array, sweet offerings of powder and liquid, flesh and blood.
When the youngest Elric pulled away, a thick army of tears
was making war over his cheeks, claiming the smooth, innocent land. His hands
dug into the ground, his head bowed, the hair sliding down, forward, over his
shoulders as he fought back the hiccuping sobs as they wracked his wiry body,
those terrible wails that threatened to choke him from the inside out. He refused
to look at the kittens in front of him, at their tumbling antics, refused to
look at the minerals laid out, refused to look at the circle; instead, he closed
his eyes and fought to think of what his brother would look like now, his noble
brother, the king, the martyr, the victor.
Just three. Please, just three. Something to keep me
warm at night, something to keep me going, something to keep me trying. Just
three sacred memories...
The clap echoed, before warm, stinging hands found the
cold circle. He could feel the heat of the air splitting, felt his tears being
licked away by the waspish arms of the monsters that had held him once, could
hear the terrifying wail of the kittens as they were stolen. His heart lurched
and he choked back the vomit, held back the guilt until there was a moment where
he could curl in the corner, could nurse his grief in silence, in safety.
Papers whirled around him, caught in the force, and he
cracked an eye open, caught sight of the depth of his nightmares, shadows and
gold and wanton purple eyes, before ducking his head down, tucking it back.
No, nonononono! No! Horrors and nightmares upon waking and years caught... trapped...
and his brother...
And then time and space knit itself, and what flew dropped,
leaving an oppression of silence in the wake. Falling back onto his behind,
he scooted to the closest corner, away from that moment of weakness, of that
sacrifice (trade! It was trade, short and simple, nothing else, dammit!), and
drew his knees to his chest. Laying his cheek against the cold stone, bony knees
were pulled up, a fetus without the comfort of a womb.
And with a frightened, terrified breath, he searched his
mind for the answers he sought, for a familiar face, for a reason.


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Saturday 9 November 1895 at Ewood Park (Att 5,000)
Wolves (0) 1 (Black 80): Rose, Baugh, Dunn, Nurse, Malpass, Owen, Griffin, Henderson, Beats, Wood, Black.
Blackburn Rovers (2) 3 (Haydock 13, Turnbull 25 72): Ogilvie, Brandon, Murray, Dewar, Anderson, Clehhorn, Haydock, Whitehead, Killean, Turnbull, Chippendale.
Referee: Mr Hines (Nottingham).
Order of Goals: b,b,b,W.
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Do you ever find yourself thinking about dead musicians and whether or not their influence would be quite as strong had they lived just a little bit longer?
Or what if these dead icons were born during a completely different period of time? Some would most certainly crash and fail as their musical prowess had more to do with what year it was than actual ability. However, I think there are some who would reach all-star status regardless of the year.
For instance, if Lou Reed was still kicking, I'm pretty sure his work would sound an awful lot like that of Kevin Morby's most recent work. On his new album City Music, Morby embodies all of the monotonous glory that made Lou Reed a household name, specifically on the track "Crybaby".
Here he is performing it live at KCRW. Enjoy: