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It shouldn't surprise you to learn that there's a constant hum of writing conversation between Lani and I. Throughout the day, we return to the subject again and again, from a thousand different directions, trying to tease out the threads of truth from the tangled yarn ball of our experience.
… I suspect, on reflection, that thread doesn't come from yarn balls. Obviously, I should leave knitting metaphors to my brilliant wife.
From those conversations, I've distilled eight often-overlooked rules that act, I think, as powerful guidelines to enjoying your life as a writer.
- Don't feel limited to one genre or voice. Your reader is smart; they'll appreciate your range, even if they don't follow you into new places.
- Don't begin with back-story. Your reader is smart; if your world is consistent and your characters well-drawn, they'll keep up.
- Don't moderate your ambition. Your reader is smart; they'll respect your reach, even if it should — for now — exceed your grasp.
- Don't write to the market. Your reader is smart; they're open to the next big thing, even if they don't recognize it yet.
- Don't waste time. Your reader is smart; they have better things to do than watch the page number tick ever upward.
- Don't feel compelled to make your characters flawless. Your reader is smart; they understand that you don't need to be perfect to be loved.
- Don't try to imitate someone else's voice. Your reader is smart; if they want someone who sounds like that, they'll go to the original.
- Don't stop writing. Your reader is smart; they're waiting for you.


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The Tree: Branches
The tree has six branches which represent what the learner needs to learn in a language. The branches can be divided into three categories: Oral Language, Written Language and Culture. Spolsky's theory of second language learning (1989) recognizes that learners will have differing levels of ability in each category. Receptive language (listening and reading) generally develops prior to and to a higher level than productive language (speaking and writing). Thus, teachers must consider that their language learners may not be at a uniform level of language proficiency across the four domains. This pattern may also be reflected in their native language proficiency.
Oral Language
Listening (or oral comprehension) involves processing, understanding, interpreting and evaluating spoken language in a variety of situations.
Speaking (or oral production) involves engaging in oral communication in a variety of situations for an array of purposes and audiences. The goal of language is communication and the aim of speaking in a language context is to promote communicative efficiency; teachers want students to actually be able to use the language as correctly as possible and with a purpose.
Written Language
Reading (or written comprehension) involves processing, interpreting and evaluating written language, symbols and text with understanding and fluency. There are many benefits to developing excellent reading skills in the target language one benefit is the culture that one gains by reading in the target language
Writing (or written production) involves engaging in written communication in a variety of forms for an array of purposes and audiences. Writing is an integral and necessary skill when learning a second language as communication is not only done orally. Writing also results in increased practice using the language.
The final two branches belong to the category of C or culture and consist of cultural knowledge and cultural experience. One can learn about a culture without experiencing it. Trips abroad or contact with native speakers constitute cultural experience. Stories, audio visual presentations and use of the target language in class also offer students invaluable exposure to culture.
Cultural knowledge- Knowledge of facts or information about a certain culture such as knowledge of holidays, art, literature, and food.
Cultural Experience- Experiences that involve the culture and allow the learner to learn about the culture first-hand such as through field trips, guest speakers and community visits.
|Identify three different activities that you could do to develop listening skills, speaking skills, reading skills, writing skills, cultural knowledge, cultural experience.
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Perhaps not exactly what was expected when you hear someone say that they will be aiming for the head and that she will not see the light of day.
The Japanese porn industry has some of the weirdest shit I have ever seen. I am a very curious person and I am intrigued especially by their game show porn but like all of their porn produced inside of Japan it is wrecked by the pixelated censorship that is enforced there.
The first thing you need to know here is that the porn of the featured sire – Bukkake Now – is not censored.
The second part, which one can sometimes still forgive is the lack of subtitles. It would have been so much better if it had it though.
So when it comes to bukkake, albeit it being a fetish and a niche, it is actually of the more vanilla stuff when it comes to their porn.
Honestly, just the fact that it is not censored already makes the regular price worth while but with a discount as big as this it's an absolute steal.


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Kids Fest is back!
On May 10th, Real Value IGA's Kids Fest returns to Morne Rouge Playing Field. Join us at 1pm for more games, good food, horseback rides, bouncy castles and much more!
For the first time ever, we'll be holding a Kids Fest Talent Show where local school children will be performing their talents.
Kids Fest is a charity event held each year for children and families, and is a part of Real Value IGA Supermarket's Community Outreach initiative. All profits generated from the event are donated to the Bel Air Home for Children and Adolescents in Calliste, St. George.
The list of activities at Kids Fest 8 are as follows:
- Bouncy Castles
- Horseback rides
- Discovery Train rides
- Balloon Sculpting
- Face Painting
- Ring Toss
- Can 'n' Ball
- Talent Show
- Go-Karts
Kids Fest 8 is sponsored by:
- Spiceland Mall
- Waggy T Rentals & Sound Company
- Frank B. Armstrong
- Glenelg Spring Water
- Goddard Catering
- D.A. Munroe & Sons
- Bryden & Minors
- Fortune Foods Limited
- Grenadian Optical Laboratories
- Grenada Breweries Limited
- Cathwills Stationery Services
- Qualitek Printers
- Home Pride Bakery
- Grenada Bottling Company
- Geo. F. Huggins
- Le Phare Bleu
- Fast Cash
- Mod One
- GUT Credit Union
- Kiss Cakes
Click here for photos from last year's Kids Fest.


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How to set up a website for lead-generation in 120 minutes
You'll need something to offer people in exchange for their email address : a PDF with useful info, a spreadsheet or doc; or you may intend mailing them a physical thing. Here's the overview … STEP 1: Organize the domain name & website hosting. STEP 2: Put a basic website up. STEP 3: Set up the offer to…Read more


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Tenon scrap yields the perfect material to make fox wedges. It's already more or less sized, length-wise and width-wise, to fit right into the tenon.
Since I've never done this before, I watched Kari Hultman's video (explaining the fox wedged tenon) one last time to keep the confidence high. For the past few days, I've thought and thought and thought: how the hell am I going to make a small wedge safely?! Use a saw? That just strikes me like trying to kill a fly with a club. Use a plane? How the hell am I going to secure the wedge blank to plane it to a wedge? Then it occurred to me: how 'bout the simple chisel?
I initially chopped/split the blanks out in the vertical (as shown above), but this got a little precarious as the scrap stock got shorter and shorter. I found that splitting out the blanks from the scrap was far easier in the horizontal, just like the second picture above with how I shaped them.
I deviated from Kari's video in two ways: my mortises were dovetail-shaped to account for the splayed tenon due to the wedge, and my wedges are slightly shorter than the tenons; I just don't understand why you would want a wedge that is longer than the tenon? I just foresee this causing problems while trying to knock the tenon into the mortise.
Prepping the tenons went quickly. No lines; just free-hand saw work where you drill at the stop of your cut:
For ease of putting together, I lightly seated each wedge into the tenon cuts with a few gentle taps of the mallet. If I didn't, the wedges had a tendency to fall out as I was lining the tenon up with the mortise; this was especially true on my final alignment where I was lining up four tenons simultaneously to connect the right side of the table base to the left.
Here you can see that it works… if you look close enough (probably on the expanded picture), you can see the wedges hammered home (I highlighted in green just for below), splaying the tenon and forever (hopefully) locking it into place:
I have to admit, my original intent was to do this all without glue, but I did have one tenon that seemed slightly loose as I was dry-fitting prior to wedging it all up. I ended up using glue as an added precaution.
After allowing it to dry overnight, I'm left with this:
An immoveable fortress… exactly what I set out to build for outdoor use. I know, it looks a little off from square in the picture, but I think it's the super-wide lense I used that's fish-eyeing it a little bit. It all matches up with about 1/8″ variation from left to right.
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The Supreme Court of India has ruled that the national anthem has to be played before the screening of movies in theatres across the country, while making it mandatory for the audience to stand up and pay respect to it. The Indian flag will also have to be displayed on the screen while this exercise is being undertaken.
Before we are watch whatever movie it may be -- science fiction fantasy, historical romance or a romantic comedy -- the two most crucial sense organs we will put to use for the next few hours will have to be first exposed to a melody and a symbol, both of which, the honourable court believes, are supposed to make us patriotic citizens of India.
Even as we ponder why must this practice be imposed through a judicial decree, or what exactly it seeks to achieve thereby, here are some facts about the national anthem even avid supporters of the SC's decision may not be aware of.
1. While most Indians know the national anthem was written by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, the language of its composition is not clear to many. Although composed in Bengali, the vocabulary used was heavily inflected by Sanskrit, giving it a flavour that is universal and easily adoptable across the nation. It takes under a minute to perform it fully, though is often curtailed to roughly 20 seconds in favour of a shortened version.
2. The words of "Jana Gana Mana" were written on 11 December 1911 and sung on 27 December 1911 at the Indian National Congress in Calcutta. Following this, it was performed in January 1912 at the annual event of the Adi Brahmo Samaj. Although the composition of the song coincided with the visit of King George V to India, Tagore denied it was written in praise of the monarch.
3. The lyric is originally set in Raga Alhaiya Bilawal, though it is sung with minor variations to the classical form of the raga. It has been performed by legendary vocalists of Indian classical music--both Hindustani and Carnatic--including Bhimsen Joshi and DK Pattamal, apart from a host of popular singers such as Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle.
4. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose commissioned a free translation of the national anthem from Sanskritised Bengali to a more familiar form in Hindustani. This version, "Subh sukh chain", was created by Captain Abid Ali of the Indian National Army (INA) and set to music by Captain Ram Singh Thakur. It was adopted as the official anthem of the Provisional Government of Free India in November 1941, later replaced in 1950 by "Jana Gana Mana", chosen by the Constituent Assembly.
5. In 2005, many objected to the reference to "Sindh" in the song and demanded it to be replaced with Kashmir. The controversy started with a public interest litigation arguing that the province of Sindh was no longer part of India since the Partition and should therefore be dropped from the country's national anthem. The Supreme Court, however, declined to tamper with the existing wording of the song.
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Chamber of America CEO, John Horning, is pleased to announce an exciting new program that is designed to stimulate the economies of local communities through a weekly sweepstakes.
Horning said in a statement that his organization is seeking partner associations in cities across the U.S. to bring the service to their local communities, and to share in revenue generated.
The program, named "LocalStakes", which comes from combining "local" and "sweepstakes", is managed by local business leaders using software created by the Chamber of America's development team, and is designed to help small businesses develop a stronger connection with the people in their local communities.
"We know that people enjoy receiving special offers from local businesses, and by adding the sweepstakes element, we're able to take it to a whole new level", says Horning, and adds "this is something we've been working on for a long time and we think we've come up with a solution that is a strong win for all parties involved".
At it's core, LocalStakes is a weekly sweepstakes, run on a local level, with prizes donated by small businesses in the community.
"By pooling many small prizes, we can turn the sweepstakes into an exciting event without putting a burden on any one business", Horning explained. "In fact, the sweepstakes can get off the ground with as few as 5 or 6 prizes valued as low as $10 each, provided they are something people want", he added.
One winner is selected each week in each community, and receives all the prizes donated that week by the local businesses. All contestants can expect to receive an email on the same day every week announcing a new winner.
"By running the sweepstakes every week, we build momentum with more and more people becoming aware of it and signing up", says Horning. "People can look forward to the possibility of winning something every week, without any effort or expense on their part", and adds "our emails are so much better than the typical promotional email that gets ignored or lost. People will actually look forward to receiving our email every week".
Even sweepstakes losers get something – coupons and special offers from the same businesses that donated prizes for the week. Participating business will be able to submit as many offers as they want.
"The effect is that over time, you build brand awareness and loyalty for the participating merchants", explained Horning. "People want to support their local businesses, but they need to be made aware of them and what they offer, and then be reminded regularly. It's a relationship building process".
What does it cost? There's no cost to enter the sweepstakes, which is open to everyone. Participating merchants are expected to donate one prize per week with a minimum retail value of $10 each, plus there's a weekly maintenance fee of $8 to $10. Included in this is the option to submit as many coupons or other offers as they want, which will be sent to everyone who has signed up for the sweepstakes.
The partnering organization, which will typically be a chamber of commerce, is not expected to pay anything, but will share in income generated by the program.
The Chamber of America works in partnership with local chambers of commerce and other business associations to bring LocalStakes to local communities. "Our partner associations don't need to do much more than introduce the concept to their local communities", says Horning "but nevertheless their role is critical.
We have the tools and our partners have the connections to make this a success", and adds "we treat our partners as equals and therefore split income equally with them." He estimated that annual revenue for the business association could be over $10,000, depending on the level of participation.
How is it a win for everyone? Consumers get a chance to win something and also receive some great offers. Local businesses benefit from constant exposure and the good will generated, and business associations receive a new revenue stream. Plus, LocalStakes can be considered a member benefit for the association which will help attract new members and keep existing ones.
For more information contact Chamber of America or visit LocalStakes.com
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See 9 artistic photos and highlights from his latest interview.
Drake wants you to stretch your mind like a canvas.
That's the idea behind his new W magazine pictorial. He was commissioned by Sotheby's in New York to create a song for an exhibition and private sale of works by important African-American artists, including Theaster Gates, Wangechi Mutu, David Hammons, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Drake said: "The art at Sotheby's moved me like a song would. I saw music in those paintings. I now try to treat each single as a piece of art. I try to attach the sound that I'm making to an image in my mind."
The photos above are an affect of that profound insight. Check those out plus read some highlights from the corresponding interview:
I can't wait to get back into acting. No one ever asks me to do movies, and, although music is my focal point now, I'd love to do a film. That was the life that I lived before, and it would be interesting to live it again.
What it was like being a muse for this project for W?
It's the first time I've ever been a "muse," but I'm used to collaborating. Curiosity is the best part of working with any kind of artist. You want to see how somebody else's process works. It's like learning a secret. My mother was a teacher, and she brought all kinds of things into our house. So I learned early on that inspiration could come in many forms, from many people.
Were you raised around art?
We didn't really have paintings on the walls, but I grew up with album covers! I loved the Marvin Gaye cover for What's Going On. It made me want to hear the music, to be in that world. I liked anything visual that pulled me into the music.
You still live in Toronto. Most people leave…
Really? Most people I know stay in Toronto. I plan to spend the rest of my life there. The talk, the smell, the sound that comes out of that city is home to me. When I think about the girls I want to get romantic with, it's a girl from Toronto who knows what I'm talking about when we drive around the city.
When you wrote, "I signed up for greatness," what exactly did you mean?
Realizing that I had a larger purpose was one of the most comforting, peaceful feelings. With music, especially, I've come to the conclusion that I'm a vessel to deliver emotion to people. I want to provide the background music to your life as you live it. I'm there for you in heartbreak and tragedy and joy. The thought of being remembered is what keeps me going. What I was trying to say is, the negatives don't matter—it's history that counts. At 19, I was just really, really excited to be in the room. Everything was romantic then. Now, nearly a decade later, it's a bit different. I have to speak against negativity and conflict. There's so much ******** that you're forced to address, but it's okay. I'm afraid I sound boosie.
(According to Drake, the word 'boosie' means "talking that talk").


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Individual Psychotherapy
Individual Psychotherapy
In Lyrakou Clinic the individual psychotherapies that takle place are either of psychodynamic direction or kowledge based - behaviouristic direction.
Psychodynamic Direction
In the framework of the treatment of patients as well as of the follow up, via the outpatient clinics, one of the methods that we follow in Lyrakou Clinic, is the individual psychotherapy of psychodynamic direction.
Objective of the treatment is the progressive familiarization of the patient with his various defences that are activated in his daily life as well as the acceptance of sentiments that he experiences.
The various unprincipled impetuses, wishes and lesions of past are transported to the present and they are confronted in a framework of safety with the psychotherapist.
The treatment focuses on the confrontation of daily difficulties faced by the patient and the discovery of ways to handle them.
Knowledge Based - Behaviouristic Direction
General description
The knowledge based - behaviouristic treatment is a relatively short terminology of psychotherapy for a big team of psychological problems including depression, stress, anger, marital disagreements, fears and dependencies. The treatment is focused in what you think, how you behave and how you communicate today, leaving out the experiences of your first years of life. Innumerable researches have showed that the knowledge based - behaviouristic treatment is so as effective as the pharmaceutical treatment for the depression, the stress, the perseverances and other fears. Moreover, because of the patients learning how to self control during the treatment, they are often capable to maintain the progress they make after completion of their treatment.
Patient Diagnosis
When you begin the knowledge-based behaviouristic treatment, your healer will ask you to fill in certain questionnaires about yourself that include a variety of symptoms and problems. These questionnaires appreciate the depression, the stress, the anger, the fears, bodily nuisances, the personality and the relations. The aim of this estimate is to assemble as much information as possible for the patient, in order for your healer to learn which type problems you have (or you do not have and in which extent they are present).
Structure of therapeutic sessions
Certain other types of treatment do not have a structure, but in the knowledge based behaviouristic treatment you and your healer will make a program for each meeting. The program can include an examination of your experience from previous sessions, your exercises, your current problems, an examination of what you accomplished in a particular session and exercises for the next week. The objective is for the patient to resolve the problems instead of only complainingabout them.
Exercises of self-help
If you went to a personnel trainer in a sport center, you would expect to be guided on how to practise in the case of the trainer's absence. The same holds for the knowledge based behaviouristic treatment. What you learn in the treatment is what you need to practise when you are alone. Research shows that the patients that complete their exercises become well quicker and maintain their condition for a long time. The exercise of self-help includes recording of your mood, your thoughts and your behavior, to program activities, to set objectives, to provoke your negative thoughts, to assemble information, to change the way that you communicate with the others as well as other tasks.
Do my problems depend on biochemistry?
Part of your problems are likely to be dependent on biochemistry, but a lot of other factors, such as the way that you think and how you behave and connect the facts of present and past are also very important. The use of knowledge based - behaviouristic treatment does not suspend the use of pharmaceutical treatment. For most of the psychiatric malfunctions there exists well-founded proof that the knowledge based - behaviouristic treatment is as effective as the pharmaceutical treatment. For very serious levels of depression and stresses, we believe that it would be better to combine pharmaceutical treatment with therapy. An advantage of knowledge based - behaviouristic treatment is that you learn to resolve your problems alone.
Responsible Doctors:
Psychiatric - Pharmaceutical Support
Potamitis-Komis Dionisios Psychiatrist / Scientific Director
Papoutsakis Konstantinos Neurologist-Psychiatrist / Associate Scientific Director
Georgios Theodorakopoulos - Phychiatrist
Potamitis-Komis Dionisios Psychiatrist / Scientific Director
Papoutsakis Konstantinos Neurologist-Psychiatrist / Associate Scientific Director
Georgios Theodorakopoulos - Phychiatrist
Psychotherapeutic Intervention
Msc Χρυσάνθη Αλατσά - Κλινική Ψυχολόγος
Eleni Valari - Psychologist
Msc Αγγελική Ατσόνιου – Ψυχολόγος/ Ψυχοθεραπέυτρια
DPsych Άρτεμις Ξανθάκη, Κλινικός Ψυχολόγος - Συμβουλευτική Ψυχολόγος - Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια
MSc Χριστίνα Χελιώτη - Ψυχολόγος - Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια
MSc Lazaridi Chrysi - Phycologist
Msc Χρυσάνθη Αλατσά - Κλινική Ψυχολόγος
Eleni Valari - Psychologist
Msc Αγγελική Ατσόνιου – Ψυχολόγος/ Ψυχοθεραπέυτρια
DPsych Άρτεμις Ξανθάκη, Κλινικός Ψυχολόγος - Συμβουλευτική Ψυχολόγος - Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια
MSc Χριστίνα Χελιώτη - Ψυχολόγος - Ψυχοθεραπεύτρια
MSc Lazaridi Chrysi - Phycologist
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Tighter lending conditions have made the Bank of England more inclined to cut interest rates as the global credit crunch enters a new and difficult phase, Mervyn King, the central bank's governor, said on Wednesday.
Sterling weakened after BoE Monetary Policy Committee members also highlighted downside risks to the pound, already down about 10 percent on the year on a trade-weighted basis.
"The financial crisis has moved into a new and difficult phase. Across the world, confidence in financial markets is fragile," King told a parliamentary committee.
Interbank lending rates rose even further on Wednesday as banks, fearful of each others' exposure to plunging U.S. real estate prices, remain very wary of lending to each other, exacerbating fears the credit crunch will trigger a sharp economic downturn right across the world.
Asked if tightening lending conditions in financial markets had made British policymakers more predisposed to chopping its benchmark interest rate, King said, "Yes."
He noted that mortgage rates being charged by banks now were about the same as in August despite the BoE having cut interest rates by 50 basis points to 5.25 percent since then.
Investors immediately priced in a greater chance of the BoE cutting again next month. A Reuters poll of analysts last week showed a majority thought a May move was more likely.
"We now expect the Bank of England to trim interest rates by a further 25 basis points to 5 percent in April rather than May," said Howard Archer, economist at Global Insight.
While slower growth was clearly a worry, King also said he expected UK inflation, already running above the central bank's 2 percent target, to rise even further and hit around 3 percent because of soaring utility bills.
Policymakers have been keen to stress this year that higher inflation must not get entrenched in the public mindset and interest rate policy will have to reflect that risk as well as manage the slowing in the global economy.
"The MPC can have little effect on the short-term path of inflation," King said. "What is crucial is that the pick-up proves to be temporary."
Ready to Act
The biggest risk for most of the BoE policymakers appearing alongside King, however, was the seven-month old financial crisis which still appears to have no end in sight.
Banks, still nursing multi-billion dollar losses, have been furiously lobbying the BoE to do more to take the pressure off them by throwing more money into the financial system.
One idea mooted after their top executives met with King last week has been for the BoE to accept lower quality collateral in exchange for cash or government bonds.
Admitting that last month's coordinated central bank action to shore up confidence had failed, King said the BoE stood ready to provide whatever liquidity was needed and was still working on a longer-term solution to the crisis in conjunction with the banks.
"It is too soon to say where these discussions will lead," he said. But he was clear that the cost of any panacea would have to be borne by shareholders of the banks themselves and not the British taxpayer.
"I want to assure you that the Bank will provide the liquidity assistance that the system needs in order to restore confidence," King said. "Such lending can be only a temporary measure, but it can be a useful bridge to a longer-term solution.">


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By default, individual hotels, hotel chains and corporate customers, are set up in the Lanyon database with contact information so that only correct and authorized information gets shared in the marketplace. This contact information is work-related and only contains personal information necessary to identify the contact and their role in the organization.
Lanyon has received TRUSTe s Privacy Seal signifying that this privacy policy and our practices have been reviewed for compliance with the TRUSTe program viewable on the validation page available by clicking the TRUSTe seal. The TRUSTe certification only covers information collected on www.regonline.com, www.lanyon.com, www.passkey.com and our Service Platforms. If you have questions or concerns regarding our privacy policy or practices, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact TRUSTe at https://feedback- form.truste.com/watchdog/request.
Here are the three main types of information on Lanyon:
Information about yourself that you share. This is the information that Lanyon customers see about you. This includes your name and contact details, including the hotel, corporation or other business entity you are associated to in the marketplace. You have control over this content, and you can update information at any time.
Communication. We help you communicate with other Lanyon marketplace users using built-in email mechanisms. This email communication is one-to-one and is based on standard notifications which are generated from the Lanyon systems. They do not require you to respond to these emails and share any additional information, and are primarily emails notifying you to
log in to Lanyon to perform some action(s). You decide upon the action you wish to take upon receiving these notifications.
Newsletters. If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter(s), we will use your name and email address to send the newsletter to you. Out of respect for your privacy, you may unsubscribe by following the instructions located at the bottom of each communication.
Service-related announcements. We will send you strictly service-related announcements on rare occasions, when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we might send you an email.
Customer Service. Based upon the personal information you provide us, we will send you a welcoming email to verify your username and password. We will also communicate with you in response to your inquiries, to provide the services you request, and to manage your account.
Private activity. We also provide tools that you use during the course of solicitation, negotiation, and content distribution. We encourage you to only use the built-in notifications for any communication in the marketplace and to not use the contact information for any private means.
Please read this policy and send us questions, concerns and suggestions to firstname.lastname@example.com
What Lanyon s Privacy Policy Covers:
1. Information collected by Lanyon.
2. How Lanyon uses your information.
3. Your information choices.
4. Your obligations as a User.
5. Important information regarding service eligibility and US Department of Commerce Safe Harbor certification.
6. Security.
7. How to contact us.
1. Information Collected
The mission of Lanyon is to connect Buyers and Suppliers together in an on-line marketplace to facilitate the communication of content and the contracting of rates. To achieve this mission, Lanyon makes features and functionality available through our websites, including our mobile and other applications, developer platform, and other information provided as part of the Lanyon services ( Services ) to enable hotels, hotel chains, airlines, car rental companies and other hospitality industry suppliers to interact with hospitality buyers such as corporations, travel management companies, agencies, and consortia. By joining Lanyon, you voluntarily and willingly provide Lanyon Corporation, a company headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA, certain information, including some limited personally identifiable information, which we collect in
order to provide the Services. If you have any hesitation about providing information to us and/or having your information displayed on the Lanyon website or otherwise used in any manner permitted in this Privacy Policy and the User Agreement, you should contact us immediately at firstname.lastname@example.com.
We collect your personal information in the following ways:
A. Creating a User ID and Login
In order to become a User, a User ID and password are created for you. A minimum set of information is required to create a User Login: name, email address, and password. Without this minimal amount of information, you cannot create a Lanyon User ID. In some cases a User ID and Password are created on your behalf, such as when a hotel is built in the system. In these instances it is often a colleague in your organization who has made the request or created a User ID on your behalf. This information is collected online for some of our Services and offline for others.
Your password can be changed and updated at any time by you. We encourage you to ensure your password is known only by you. In the event your User ID and password is created for you, we encourage you to change the password when you log in for the first time, so that your password is known only to you.
Lanyon enables other information to be collected from you during the User ID creation process, (e.g., gender, location (such as mailing address), etc.) that Lanyon can then use to provide better, more customized services. If you feel uncomfortable about providing this additional information then do not, as you are not required to do so in order to use Lanyon s core services. You acknowledge that this information is personal to you, and by creating an User ID on Lanyon, you allow others, including Lanyon, to identify you and to allow Lanyon to use your information to display and send notifications to you.
We will collect contact information about other people when you create an email invitation, add
a new user, or add a sub-account.
and allow you to add users to sub-accounts to your current account. We do not use this information for any other reason. If these users wish to request removal of their information, they
may do so by contacting us at email@example.com.
We use this information to create invitations on your behalf
B. Profile Information/Social Media Features
Once you become a User, you may provide additional information to your Lanyon contact information such as gender and location. Providing additional information about yourself beyond what is minimally required at registration is entirely up to you. Any information you provide at registration or in the contacts section may be used by Lanyon as described in this Privacy Policy, including for the purpose of allowing Lanyon marketplace users to find you on Lanyon, and send you notifications such as the solicitation, or response to, a contracted rate or piece of hotel related data.
Your contact information will be displayed to authorized and legitimate Lanyon users in order for them to select you as a recipient of a notification. This notification will then be sent through the Lanyon system to your email address. You may also choose to manually enter or upload data about your contacts to the Contacts section of your profile on Lanyon.
Our sites offer publicly accessible community forums. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them.
Our Web site includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button and Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosed by a third party or hosted directly on our site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
C. Customer Service
We collect information when you interact with Lanyon s customer support or account management teams in order to accurately recognize you and respond to customer inquiries . In some cases this includes requesting your User ID, your name, and your email address, or other related information. If you do not wish to give this information for identification purposes, you may elect to send an email to our support teams to assist.
D. Using the Lanyon Site and Applications
We receive information when you interact with and use the Lanyon websites and Lanyon Applications (e.g. Lanyon Content Control Center 3C ), Lanyon corporate transient sourcing tool, etc. This information is for the purpose of identifying you and ensuring the correct services are provided to you when you login. If you have any concerns with this you may contact us at email@example.com.
E. Using Third Party Services and Visiting Third Party Sites
In some cases we receive information when you login to a web site or application provided by your company. In those instances where you login to a company web site or application, if your company has elected to set up an automatic sign-in to Lanyon, your User ID and password may be automatically sent to Lanyon to login simultaneously to a Lanyon web site or application. If you are unsure when this occurs or if you have any concerns on this process please contact your company administrator or the Lanyon support or account management teams. Lanyon will only use login information to give access to an authorized Lanyon web site / application and in some cases to personalize the Lanyon-provided functionality.
F. Advertising and Web Beacons
We partner with a third party ad network to either display advertising on our Web site or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our ad network partner uses cookies and Web beacons to collect non-personally identifiable information about your activities on this and other Web sites to provide you targeted advertising based upon your interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you targeted ads, you may opt-out by clicking here (link to TRUSTe opt-out: http://preferences.truste.com/ ). Please note this does not opt you out of being served advertising. You will continue to receive generic ads.
G. Information We Collect Automatically. As true of most web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser types, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. We do not link this automatically collected data with other information we collect about you.
H. Data Retention
Lanyon will retain your information for so long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with the services you have licensed.
We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce this Agreement.
2. Uses of personal information
A. Consent to Lanyon Processing Information about You
The information you provide to Lanyon such as name, business telephone number, and email address may reveal, or allow others to identify, your nationality, gender, or location. By providing information to us for the purposes of creating your User ID or adding any additional details to your Lanyon profile, you are expressly and voluntarily accepting the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. Supplying information to Lanyon, including any information deemed sensitive by applicable law, is entirely voluntary on your part. You have the right to withdraw your consent to Lanyon s collection and processing of your information at any time, in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy by contacting us at email@example.com but please note that your withdrawal of consent will not be retroactive from the point that this request is received and processed.
We use this information:
To provide our Services to you, to communicate with you about your use of the Services and for other customer service purposes; To provide information that you have requested to receive from us in response to your opt-in requests, such as through email, notices posted on the Lanyon websites, messages
to your Lanyon message center or through other means available through the service, including some cases, mobile text messages; To provide our Services at the request of our Clients;
To administer Events;
To improve our Sites and Services by providing personalized experiences, location
customization, personalized help, and instructions; For marketing and advertising purposes; for example, we may use your information to
display targeted advertisements to you on our Sites to assist us in advertising our Services on third party websites; To send you email, follow-up questions about your Event or your participation in an
Event, news and newsletters, promotions, and/or invitations to visit the Site; To better understand how users access and use our Sites and Services, both on an aggregated and individualized basis, and for other research purposes.
Clients should note that we may use information we receive or collect regarding Consumers (including without limitation via an Event registration page) in accordance with the terms of this Policy, including in the manner set forth above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in certain contexts, we collect information on behalf of our Clients subject to contractual requirements that limit our ability to use and transfer your information in ways that are more narrow than those in this Policy (e.g., the information be only used as necessary to provide Services to the Client and/or for other specified purposes). In those limited circumstances, your information is subject to those contractual requirements and not to this Policy, subject to enforcement by the applicable Client. If your information is collected on behalf of a third party, it will be evident at the time that you provide such information. This Policy does not cover our Clients use of your information outside of our Services. You should contact that party directly to determine if your information is subject to such limitations on uses and to ascertain how the third party will make use of your information.
You can change your e-mail, text messaging, and contact preferences at any time by logging into your account and changing your contact information.
You may opt-out from receiving email communications or text messages from us at any time by emailing us at email@example.com or by replying with the word UNSUBSCRIBE .
Please be aware that you cannot opt-out of receiving service messages from Lanyon whilst you are licensed to receive those services. Also, if we send communications to you via the carrier service with which you have a mobile communications subscription or otherwise have access, you understand you will pay any service fees associated with your receipt of messages on your mobile device (including text messaging charges).
B. Sharing Information with Third Parties
Lanyon takes the privacy of our Users very seriously, and we do not sell, rent, or otherwise provide your personally identifiable information to third parties, except as described in this policy.
We may provide your personal information to companies that provide services to help us with our business activities such as offering customer service, processing payments, or providing our career section application. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.
C. Customer Surveys
Customer Polls and Surveys may be conducted by Lanyon. As a User, you may be invited to participate in polls and surveys from the Lanyon website, by the Lanyon support and account management teams, or an authorized 3rd party working on behalf of Lanyon. Your selection may be random, or it may be based on your non-personally identifiable information, such as job title, company, company size, user type and/or location. Whether or not you decide to participate in a poll or survey is completely up to you.
Lanyon may follow up with you via email regarding your participation or your responses.
D. Press Releases
We post customer testimonials on our Web site which may contain personal information. We do obtain the customers consent prior to posting the testimonial to post their name and photo along with their testimonial.
E. Compliance with Legal Process
It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information, profile information and/or information about your activities as a Lanyon User when required by law such as to comply with subpoena or other legal process, or if Lanyon has a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to (a) protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, prevent or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist government enforcement agencies; (b) to enforce a user agreement or license, to investigate and defend ourselves against any third party claims or allegations, or to protect the security or integrity of our site; and/or (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property or personal safety of Lanyon, our Users, employees, or others.
3. Your Information Choices
A. Accessing and Changing Your User ID Information
You can review, delete inaccuracies or update the personal information you provided to us during the creation of your User ID and contact information and make any desired changes to the information, at any time by logging in the Lanyon website or by contacting us at email@example.com. Please be aware that even after your request for a change is processed, Lanyon may, for a time, retain residual information about you in its backup and/or archival copies of its database. We will respond to your access request within 30 days.
If you wish to request removal of your personal information from our testimonials or community forums, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.
4. Your Obligations
As a User, you have certain obligations to other Users. Some of these obligations are imposed by applicable law and regulations, and others have become commonplace in on-line platforms such as the Lanyon marketplace:
You must, at all times, abide by the terms and conditions of the then-current Privacy Policy. This includes respecting all intellectual property rights that may belong to third parties (such as trademarks or photographs) You must not download or otherwise disseminate any information that may be deemed to be injurious, violent, offensive, racist or xenophobic, or which may otherwise violate the purpose and spirit of Lanyon and its marketplace You must not provide to Lanyon and/or other Users information that you believe might be injurious or detrimental to your person or to your professional or social status You must keep your username and password confidential and not share it with others
Any violation of these guidelines may lead to the restriction, suspension or termination of your services at the sole discretion of Lanyon
5. Important information
Safe Harbor
Lanyon complies with the U.S. E.U. Safe Harbor framework and the U.S. - Swiss Safe Harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal data from European Union member countries and Switzerland. Lanyon adheres to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement. To learn more about the Safe Harbor program, and to view Lanyon s certification, please visit http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/
Please note that by becoming a User, you have given us your express and informed consent to transfer the data that you provide to us to the United States and to process it in the United States.
If Users have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, including the Safe Harbor Privacy Framework, you should first contact Lanyon at firstname.lastname@example.com. If you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry or it is not satisfactorily addressed, you may raise your complaint by emailing Lanyon s Security and Compliance Manager at email@example.com, by fax at +1-866-840-9987, or mail at Lanyon, Inc., 717 North Harwood St. Dallas, TX 75201, USA
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy at any time, with or without advance notice. In the event there are material changes made in the way we treat your personally identifiable information, or in the Privacy Policy document itself, we will display a notice on the Lanyon website or send you an email, so that you may review the changed terms prior to the change becoming effective and continuing to use the Lanyon services. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that Lanyon has about you and your services.
Using the Lanyon Services after a notice of changes has been sent to you or published on our site shall constitute consent to the changed terms or practices.
6. Security
In order to help secure your personal information, access to your data on Lanyon is password- protected, and sensitive data such as credit card number is protected by SSL encryption when it is exchanged between systems. To protect any data you store on our servers, Lanyon also regularly audits its system for possible vulnerabilities and attacks, and we use a tier-one secured- access data center. However, since the internet is not a 100% secure environment, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Lanyon. There is no guarantee that information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information. Please note that emails, instant messaging, and similar means of communication with other Users of Lanyon are not encrypted, and we strongly advise you not to communicate any confidential information through these means.
7. Tracking Technologies
Technologies such as: cookies, beacons, tags, and scripts are used by Lanyon and our partners, affiliates, or analytics or service providers. These technologies are used in analyzing trends administering the site, tracking users movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis.
Each time you log into the Service, a session cookie containing an encrypted, unique identifier that is tied to your account is placed in your browser. These session cookies allow us to uniquely identify you when you are logged into the Service and to process your online transactions and requests. The site can only read cookies created by the site. Session cookies are required to use the service.
We use Local Storage Objects (LSOs) such as HTML 5 to store content information and preferences. Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our site or to display advertising based upon your Web browsing activity use LSOs such as HTML 5 to collect
and store information. HTML 5 LSOs.
Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing
We partner with a third party to either display advertising on our Web sites or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third party partner may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about our activities on this site and other sites in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based ads, you may opt-out by clicking here. http://preferences-mgr.truste.com Please note this does not opt you out of being served ads. You will continue to receive generic ads.
8. IP Addresses
When you visit Lanyon s Websites, the Company collects your Internet Protocol ( IP ) addresses to track and aggregate non-personally identifiable information. For example, Lanyon uses IP addresses to monitor the regions from which Customers and Visitors navigate the Company s Web sites, and what browsers they might be using. Additional information such as browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data may also be collected. We do not think this automatically collected data to other information we collect about you.
Because the Company uses the Service to maintain data about Lanyon Customers, this information is secured in the same manner as described above for Customer Data.
9. Certain Disclosures
We may provide non-personally-identifiable information to our contractors for the purpose of providing and maintaining our services. We require that these parties agree to use such information solely for this purpose, and we use reasonable efforts to limit their use of such information and to use other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
.10. Information Related to Data Collected for our Clients
Lanyon collects information under the direction of our Clients, and has no direct relationship with the individuals whose personal data we process. If you are a customer of one of our Clients and would no longer like to be contacted by one of our Clients that use our service, please contact the Client that you interact with directly. We may transfer personal information to companies that help us provide our service. Transfers to subsequent third parties are covered by the service agreements with our Clients.
Access and Retention of Data Controlled by our Clients
An individual who seeks access, or who seeks to correct, amend, or delete inaccurate data should direct their query to Lanyon s Client (the data controller). If the Client requests us to remove the data, we will respond to their request within 30 days.
We will retain personal data we process on behalf of our Clients for as long as needed to provide services to our Client. Lanyon will retain and use this personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
11. Links to Other Sites
We are not responsible for the privacy policies of any sites that are linked to from the Site or any site that you use to access the Site. You should consult the respective privacy policies associated with these sites for more information on their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. Our privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other web sites.
12. How to contact us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at email@example.com or contact us via your account manager or the Lanyon support and account management teams at:
Corporations / Buyers firstname.lastname@example.com
Hotels / Hotel Chains email@example.com
Alternatively, if you have questions or comments please send them to us at:
Lanyon Solutions Inc. 717 North Harwood St. Dallas, TX 75201 USA USA


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Thinking about authenticity yesterday and sharing my thoughts with the blogging world was great. The feedback was wonderful too, and I'm amazed at how less alone I feel as a result. This blogging thing is good.
Yesterday I mentioned that it feels like this place I'm in doesn't "fit". There is so much about this current state I'm in that drives me crazy, but I'm trying to hold back from ranting about it. This is turning out to be a good exercise because I'm finally getting some of the answers that have eluded me for so long.
I see myself as a positive, outgoing person and have been struggling with the knowledge that what most new acquaintances have been seeing is a negative, inwardly focused version of me. I am frustrated by a lot of things here and I couldn't remember how to go back to being positive.
I tried putting on a happy face but it felt wrong; I needed to get to the root of the problem. Initially I thought all my frustrations stemmed from a life changing diagnosis but I realize now that it was just the final straw. Recognizing this has been so helpful. I was already consumed by frustratation with things at work, not being able to find food I could eat, and a lot of other ugly surprises that red neck Alberta had in store for me. No matter how hard I tried to overcome these frustrations I just couldn't seem to do it. This growing frustration continued to fuel my negativity and knowing my actions weren't in line with my true self, my anger grew to the point where I was tired and almost ready to give up.
I realize there are some things I won't be able to change, and that's okay. Some of the things most important to me simply don't exist here. I don't have to change things here, I can choose instead to leave. And I am. I'm tired of fighting and I know of many places where I won't need to waste so much energy.
It's been a long road to figure out that leaving does not mean that I'm giving up, but that instead I'm being honest with myself and those around me. It's such a relief to finally have figured this out!


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The wedding is one of the most important days of advertisers' lives. But preparing it can be a very stressful period for most of them. Planning a wedding involves a lot of energy, money, and time. But besides the catering, the wedding, and the venue dress, there is another critical factor that we shouldn't ignore: hair and makeup. Even if one might consider that these two elements are not crucial in a wedding could marketing agents imagine looking at their wedding pictures and seeing a less than perfect makeup and hair? The best solution for this problem is to hire a professional hair stylist and makeup artist. The only thing you have bear in mind is that not all tastes are alike so you might ask him/her for a trial run. However, it is also essential to take care of your skin and your locks. It would be advisable that one week before the big event you visit a spa. On the other hand, if you consider that this is not something you want to invest in, you could transform your own home into a spa for one day.
Take the time and buy products that you know are good for you and apply them yourself. This is not the time to start experimenting, so try to purchase only the products that you have already used. If time is a big issue for you, then you can order all you need online. There are specialized advertising websites that offer a wide range of products for all types of hair and skin. Your wedding day is an event that you will remember all your life so you should try to do everything necessary to make it perfect. If you feel great, then it is most likely that you will look great, so don't be shy to invest in products that will help you be spectacular. Her makeup and hair should look perfect because the bride is the name given to perfection. She can wear wedding makeup like all of the other brides of the world but in certain limits. Wedding makeup and wedding hairstyle shows the taste of the bride and her personality. She wears a scarf on her head, and when the day of marriage comes, she wears makeup and jewelry. The brides who like short hair mostly lock their hair with the help of pins and clips and place small flowers in the nose. Many brides want to put their hair in chignon style in which the hair is pulled back tightly away from the face and parted straight in the middle.
The women who have long hair usually like to leave them straight open on their back. Long hair is a sign of beauty among females all around the world. In this style, the bride often makes the braid and uses ornaments or jewelry items in the twist. Mostly flowers are used in the decoration of the braid. Most advertisers think that creating a braid of hair and the addition of fresh flowers in it will bring prosperity to the bride. This is considered as a symbol of good fortune in the future life ahead. In many places, the bride, along with the groom, is anointed with turmeric all over the body. This is considered to be good for skin and complexion. In common areas, weddings are planned by artists and professionals. The hair and makeup artist near me prepares the bride for her wedding day. Nowadays, makeup artists help marketing agents to achieve that goal quickly. Selecting the right makeup and hairstyle for the bride is very important for the bride. The bride must spend some time on the selection of the dress to wear at her wedding.


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October 15, 2015: "Full House" Actor Charged With DUI in Beverly Hills
An actor known for his role on the TV show "Full House" has been charged with driving under the influence in Beverly Hills, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today.
John Phillip Stamos (dob 9/19/63) of Los Angeles, faces one misdemeanor count of driving while under the influence of drugs in case 5WA32620.
Arraignment for Stamos is scheduled for Oct. 16 at 8:30 a.m. in Department W73 of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Airport Branch.
On misdemeanor cases, an attorney can appear on behalf of the defendant without the defendant being present.
Stamos was arrested on June 12 near Canon Drive and Brighton Way after concerned citizens reported the defendant was allegedly behaving strangely and driving erratically, prosecutors said.
The actor faces a possible maximum sentence of six months in county jail if convicted as charged.
The case remains under investigation by the Beverly Hills Police Department.


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What does it mean to get a divorce in an equitable distribution state? If you are getting divorced in Florida, this applies to you. While some states are community property states, Florida is one of the equitable distribution states.
Community property states are where both spouses equally own both income and assets of the marriage. Therefore, in the case of a divorce, those will also be split among the spouses equally. That applies to the debts of the spouses as well.
But that is not so in an equitable distribution state. In an equitable distribution state, income and assets earned during the marriage will be fairly divided. Fair does not always mean equal. 50-50 distribution may not always be fair. In an equitable distribution state, there are several factors being considered.
The contribution towards the marriage by each spouse will be considered. This contribution need not solely be financial support. One spouse may have dedicated their entire life to earn for the family and for their career. The other spouse may have cared for the children and the home while supporting the other spouse's career. Both these contributions will be considered as contributions towards the marriage. The child's best interests will be considered when the family home is taken into consideration. The time duration of the marriage and each spouse's willingness to retain assets will also be considered.
Your Family Law Attorney can help you divide the marital assets in a fair manner between the spouses. Family Law Attorney Orlando, Erin Morse is always ready to help you out in family law cases. Property division is an especially difficult part of a divorce. It is best to obtain the legal counsel of a Family Law Attorney in this regard. Call Erin Morse Law Office right now to get an initial appointment to start discussing your case.


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By Sammyah Hussainat-France
The wise man is the one who knows what he wants from a marriage. Does he want to add a strong brick to the big building of a strong Muslim Ummah? Does he want to cooperate with his wife on doing what is good and obeying Allah (sw) until they both meet him? Does he realize the nobility of the marriage institution and the goals of the marriage, and that they require great sacrifices?
The wise man is the one who gives more than he receives. He is the one who dresses nicely for his wife, and keeps himself clean just as he demands from his wife that she beautify herself and dress nicely for him. He is the one who realizes that his wife is a human being just like him who likes to see him handsome, clean, and smiling. He is the one who distances himself from all that may annoy his wife or makes her feel inferior. He is the one who does not advise his wife in public or disgrace her, especially in front of family and friends. He is the one who does not criticize her in public at all. He is the one who does not ridicule her appearance if he does not like the way she is dressing. He is the one who assists her in all ways to reach her best. He is the one who gives advice in a loving and compassionate manner. He is the one who does not compare her to other women.
The wise man is the one who tells his wife that he does not imagine a more beautiful and ethical women than her. The wise man is the one who balances his love, and respect for his mother with his love and devotion to his wife and his family. Being a good son does not come by hurting his wife, even for his mother. It comes through loving his mother, and being a devout and religious man in a manner that balances respect to both. He is the one who constantly reminds both, whenever they clash, of the instructions of the Prophet (pbuh) in his treatment of his wives and family.
The wise man is the one who enters home with a smile on his face. He is the one who asks his wife "how was your day?" and makes sure things go well with her and with the family. He is the one who listens to her, and never makes her hear what she does not want to hear. He is the one who respects her and shows her how much she means to him, and how important she is to his life privately and publicly. He is the one who praises her, and shows others how much he values her, respects her, and loves her in front of his family, especially if they do not like her or respect her. He is the one who remembers his family in front of her in a nice manner so she gets to love them, and reconcile with them and knows the value of being a member of a big family.
The wise man is the one who reminds his wife from time to time how much he loves her and respects her, and shows her how much he appreciates her beauty and morality. The list is long. To conclude, the wise man is the believer who does his best to follow the Prophet's (pbuh) teachings and his manner of treating his wives and his devotion to his family.
The Wise ManSaturday, March 13, 2010
By Sammyah Hussainat-France
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Wildfires in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida have forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes and shut down a number of major roads.
Florida officials say the fires started Sunday and engulfed a combined area of nearly 11 square kilometers in two counties, Brevard and Volusia.
One fire in Brevard County covered more than eight square kilometers alone.
Officials say about 500 homes were under mandatory evacuations, while people in another 200 homes were asked to leave voluntarily.
The Florida Division of Forestry warns that windy and dry conditions are making it difficult to contain the fires.
At one point, the smoke from the fires was so thick it forced officials to shut down Interstate 95, a major north-south highway. That highway was reopened Monday.
Investigators think some of the fires may have been set intentionally.
Some information for this report was provided by AP.


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A group discussion is mainly a method of screening candidates, especially for educational institutes and fresher jobs. GD round is a part of the interview process which assesses the candidate on the basis of speech, communication skills, ideas, and personality. It indicates the ability of the candidate to talk and perform within a larger group.
GD Round: Process
Candidates are informed that a GD topic shall be provided to them and that they need to discuss for a fixed duration, say 20 minutes. Before awarding the GD topics, about 5 minutes is provided to the candidates to enable them to consolidate their ideas on the said GD topic.
The group is told in advance that they shall be informed when the preparation time is over. However, it is up to the group to manage the time during the discussion.
GD Tips
1. Be positive: Being positive is essential and radiates confidence. Don't be bossy and dominative emanating a negative body language. Always show your interest in the discussion. Positive gestures and body language will ensure success.
2. Initiate the proceedings: Initiating a GD is a real big plus. However, this is only when you've understood the topic well and have good knowledge of it. Otherwise, speaking without proper cognition can create a wrong impression.
3. Maintain eye contact while speaking: Maintain eye contact in the entire GD round. Not just with the evaluators but also team members. This speaks of your confidence.
4. Allow other group members to speak: Never interrupt someone when he/she's speaking. Even if you don't subscribe to their viewpoint, don't butt in, snatching away their chance to talk. Instead, make notes and clear the point when the person stops. Also make it a point to try and include members who are quiet, ask them to give their opinion too; as this shows you as a team leader.
5. Listen carefully: Speak less and listen more! This pays - even if you lack knowledge, you'll be able to pick your points from the discussion. Pay attention to what the others are saying as that helps in framing a coherent conversation. Also, it shows your teamwork abilities. Those ways, you can even win over people.
6. Keep the discussion on track: If by chance, the group distracts from the topic or goal and begins to diverge, take the initiative to bring the debate back on track. You'll undoubtedly be noticed then. This shows your power to lead and stay focused on the discussion. Make group members aware that you've to conclude at the end of the debate. So sticking to the topic is essential.
7. Don't give too much detail: Only some fundamental subject analysis is sufficient for you to succeed. There's no need to mention the exact figures while providing any reference. Since there's limited time, it's vital that you're precise and able to convey your thoughts in a simple way.
8. Speak clearly and sensibly: Always speak politely, clearly and sensibly using simple and suitable words. Show controlled aggression even in disagreement but no manifestation of anger. Be calm while expressing your emotions even if the topic is something you feel passionately about. Don't speak just to increase your speaking time. Speak sensibly and as relevant to the topic at hand, without worrying about lesser speaking time.
Skills Observed In GD round
• Your decision-making ability
• Your communication skills
• Your confidence and attitude
• Your problem solving and critical thinking ability
• How you deal with the topic, subject knowledge vis-à-vis general knowledge
• Whether you can come up with out-of-the-box ideas
• How you put forward your view
• Your open-mindedness and analytical ability
• How you observe and listen
• Your behavior and interaction within the group
Considering the above points for GD round, candidates should also work on personal interview questions and answers which will ultimately help to achieve the results.


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VG makes a strong case for integration of print, online
World Congress Blog | 17 May 2011
Coming from Norway, it's natural for Torry Pedersen to use analogies involving skiing when talking about the integration of print and online at the Schibsted-owned newspaper Verdens Gang (VG). You can be a great cross-country skier, he said, and you can be a great downhill skier, but it's difficult to teach one type of skier to do the other type well.
Still, he said, that's similar to the task that VG faces as it begins to streamline and integrate its news operation to incorporate print and online. Today, Pedersen said, it's important, to deal quickly with complexity of market situation, user behaviour and internal operations.
He told attendees at the INMA World Congress that traditionally the line has been very clear between the VG newspaper and online operations. For example, the newspaper operation gains 77% of its revenue from user payments, while online gains 90% of its revenue from advertising.
Overall, though, as a brand, VG holds a dominant position in Norway. More than 50% of people in Norway read the brand in some form everyday whether through print, online, or both.
But the trend has been clear, he said: In 2000, online was weak in all metrics, while the newspaper was strong. But in 2010, 76% of all Norwegians visited the VG Web site in February. Nearly 90% visited the home page, with only 4% being referred from Google. More importantly, Pedersen said, the profit margin has been 33% over the past five years. Meanwhile, the relative strength of the newspaper has deteriorated, and circulation is continuing to fall.
So the key, he said, is to take what used to be a monoproduct and transform it to complex, multiplatform delivery. "We are growing in all areas of the digital arenas," he said. "That's why it's important to handle the brand under just one editor at this time."
One example of that convergence, he said, was the recent Royal Wedding in England. VG's online coverage included heavy use of video and was coordinated by three young women in a studio. Because CNN, MSNBC and other news networks were constantly updating, Pedersen said, the Web site had to be updated constantly as well. "That makes a big difference in audience engagement," he said. Fortunately for some viewers, he added, "it was easy to get rid of the wedding coverage and make it go away just by clicking a button."
Another example was the recent death of legendary Norwegian marathon runner Grete Waitz. Her passing was covered across platforms, with photo-heavy, layout-intensive print coverage and constantly updated, interactive coverage for mobile and online.
"The web page was updated constantly," he said, stressing the importance of keeping the content active and constantly changing.
From a content standpoint, it made perfect sense to integrate all of VG's products. One major advantage is that multiplatform integration allows for news throughout the day. For example, he said, VG reaches 400,000 from 8:00 a.m. until well into the evening.
From an advertising standpoint, a new approach was created called VG24, emphasizing the brand's ability to reach people at all hours of the day through all outlets. They have told advertisers that it's possible to reach half a million every hour throughout the day.
"Our readers start using mobile first thing in the morning," Pedersen said, "and it's also the last thing they do at night. That's one of the main reasons we have to integrate our selling across platforms."
Regarding platforms, Pedersen said he expects digital transformation by VG to accelerate. For example, he said, "in my opinion, the smartphone will transform the landscape radically. The mobile edition of VG is more read that most other printed newspapers in Norway."
While he notes the importance of the iPad, he raised some eyebrows with his observations about how newspapers are taking advantage of that platform. "Most newspapers have done the iPad quite wrong," he said. "They have approached it in the traditional way, with the brain and the eye and the heart. But they have forgotten about the index finger. For the iPad it's about getting a story with the help of the index finger," and usability is important.
Pedersen made several other points about lessons learned along the way:
- It's important to maintain parity in the newsroom, allocating the correct amount of resources. In the VG integrated newsroom, there's a great deal of attention paid to achieving balance of resources. There is one management group, split 50% between editorial and commercial, online and newspaper, women and men, young and experienced, and so on.
- It has also been important to keep an open flow of communication in the newsroom. Pedersen holds newsroom meetings each day, open to everyone. They only last 15 minutes ("Everyone stands," he says), but the point is to make managers easily accessible to employees, and to provide an avenue for consistent feedback.
- It has also been important to integrate tech people from the company into the newsroom. This not only facilitates communication and sharing of ideas, but also makes it possible to quickly create content solutions. "We are going from an industry to a technology-based communication," Pedersen said. "We have to commit more intellectual capital to understanding this shift."
- While circulation of the printed product has fallen by 40% in recent years, profitability has been maintained by increased efficiency, more revenue from digital, and some strategically integrated price increases.
During the question-and-answer session, Pedersen was pressed on the integration being more about money than about content. He conceded that economically the strategy is more efficient, but "in my view, the endpoint is digital. We have to train all people in the newsroom to be digital-savvy.
"I do not pretend to have the right answer. But I know that we have had the right model from 2000 to 2010. We can't predict what will happen from now until 2020, but the speed of what we will be experiencing in the media landscape will only accelerate."


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Medea is a toasted dried wheat sourdough with a strong wheat taste. It is ideal to obtain the typical San Francisco bread flavour. It is used for bread applications, such s whole meal bread and multigrain breads and also sweet dough applications such as briocjhe, viennoiserie, Danish.The origin of San Francisco sourdough goes back to the Californian gold Rush of 1849. Some of the french immigrants who came seeking their fortune started to make bread.With their long experience working with sourdoughs in France, but under the influence of local airborne micro organisms, they made a sponge dough whic became the San Francisco Sourdough bread.It is a white bread characterized by a pronounced sourness so much so that the dominant strain of lactobacillus in sourdough started was named Lactobacillus Sanfranciscensis
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The Social and Mathematical Epidemiology (SaME) group is a dynamic group of about 40 researchers working on a variety of areas in public health. We are:
- Multidisciplinary: members of the group have disciplinary expertise in epidemiology, economics, mathematics and social sciences.
- Problem-orientated: we identify and address real problems and their solutions, rather than finding problems that we can solve: problems do not respect disciplinary boundaries. This requires our interdisciplinary approach, largely to identify and frame the "real" problem, which is often very different to the one that first presents itself.
- Evidence-based: evidence and scientific enquiry underpin SaME activities. Almost all our work includes collecting original data or collating published data into a form that can be analysed. We develop theoretical frameworks (mathematical or logical structures) within which data can be analysed. The combination of data and theory creates the evidence-base which is required to convince and change.
- Educational: SaME provides a supportive environment to train and develop the next generation of researchers. We supervise PhD and MSc students, teach on LSHTM courses and run specialised short courses.
- Responsive: we work closely with partner organisations (including policy-makers NGO, MoH) to define problems to be addressed that can gain the most in terms of public health improvement. We believe in capacity building and empowering partner organisations.
- Facilitating: we recognise that research on its own does not improve public health. SaME is a source of information for the public and policy-makers and we advocate on behalf of the people who might benefit from our work.
Currently, SaME is built around several major research projects.
- STRIVE is a research consortium, tackling the structural drivers of HIV/AIDS. The research direction is lead from SaME.
- SWIFT is a five-year programme of research and evaluation assessing a multi-country intervention to minimise women's vulnerability to labour trafficking in South Asia and the Middle East.
- Gender Violence Health Centre (GVHC) works with partners around the world to conduct action-oriented research to better understand the extent, causes and consequences of interpersonal violence, and to identify how prevention and health-service programmes can reduce violence, in order to improve public health and well-being.
All of our work revolves around structural drivers and social determinants of disease. Much involves gender-based violence, both as a public health concern itself, but also as a risk factor for other diseases, such as HIV. We are especially known for our work in migration and trafficked populations.
Much of SAME's research is conducted in close collaboration with partners in low and middle income countries. We have special expertise in the economic evaluation of public health interventions. Please see our theme and project pages for more detail on different, specific activities.


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The Rfotofolio / Therapeutic Camera Workshop
April 15, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 4:30 pm| $220.00
Chemo Toxic ©Willie Osterman. All Rights Reserved.
The Therapeutic Camera workshop taught by Willie Osterman is one of the events to take place at Depth of Field 2018.
–Sorry: this event is sold out
The concept of the therapeutic camera is needed now more than ever in our society. When there is so much cultural pressure surrounding us it is essential that we listen to our own unique voice to give form to our ideas and guide us on its evolution. Photographers use the camera as a device that records forever the things ones eyes see for only a moment and in this age of cell-phone photography we are recording our surroundings more than ever. This workshop will look at the use of the camera (regardless of size) as a tool of therapy. We photograph to record what we see, how we feel, where we were (physically and psychologically) and what we have done. Sometimes the person behind the camera does not realize how much those created images tell about themselves. Through exercises and discussions the participants will begin to realize how therapeutic the camera can be and how the work created tells the maker so much about themselves.
About Willie Osterman
Willie Osterman earned a BFA and MFA in photography and is a professor and chair of Fine Art
Photography at Rochester Institute of Technology.
He has worked as a contract photographer for the Eastman Kodak Company.
His publication Deja View: A Cultural Re-Photographic Survey of Bologna, Italy is in its second edition is now out of print. During his sabbatical for the year of 2010 he received a Fulbright Scholars Award to develop a Master's Degree program and teach at the Academy of the Dramatic Arts, University of Zagreb, Croatia. He has had over eighty exhibitions in the US, Italy, Turkey, Austria, China and Croatia. His work is included, among others, in the collections of the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House, The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the University of New Mexico Museum of Art, and the Alinari Photographic Archive in Florence, Italy.