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Valentine's Day: Love When You Are Feeling Blue
Tomorrow, it's Valentine's Day again, and maybe you are not feeling so lovey-dovey. Maybe you are feeling low or lonely.
Maybe you are feeling the cold emptiness of loss of those who should still be here but are not here anymore. Maybe you are feeling the defeat of making ends meet when no matter how hard you work, the numbers are not adding up. Maybe your plan is not going as planned. Maybe the weather just seems so wrong.
And since Valentine's Day is about love, and you are deep in the darkness, maybe you feel like Valentine's Day is not for you this year. Maybe you feel completely left out, watching people around you exchange kisses and love while you stand alone in your pain.
But if you want to try something new to do when you are feeling blue, this day of love is just for you. Love's most valiant duty is to keep us going in times of despair. Choosing to love when you are blue or even emotionally black-and-blue is a choice to say yes to living. It is a choice to courageously look darkness in the face and say "I see you, but you do not control me."
A choice to love when you feel terrible inside does not mean you have to put on a fake smile and pretend that everything is good and fine. Love has many faces and infinite expressions. In a broad sense, love is anything that emerges from your intention to connect in a way that honors your self, other people, or the world in which you live.
So on this Valentine's Day, take a chance and dive into the great expanse of love:
- Cuddle your baby. Kiss your husband. Take your dog for a walk. Text a friend. Call your mom.
- Weed your garden. Take photographs of the sky. Go on a walk through the woods and experience the smells and sights around you.
- Try a new restaurant, go to a gallery, look at the architecture. Sit in the park and people-watch.
- Watch your favorite movie. Sing in your choir. Sing in the shower. Dance through your living room.
- Meditate. Go to a place of worship. Read a book about growth or transformation.
- Connect with yourself. Validate your feelings of fear. Kindly remind yourself that 'it is going to be okay.' Let yourself stay in bed and cry.
- Savor a slice of blueberry pie. Inhale the aroma of coffee.
- Express your emotions. Tell your sister that you feel sad. Ask for a hug. Ask (nicely) for space from your partner to work on your project. Let a friend know you feel hurt by something he or she said.
There are so many possibilities. However, choosing to love when you are feeling down is often neither easy nor simple. It is common for people to shut down, numb themselves, turn against others, push others away, or withdraw from life when feeling scared, angry or powerless. Perhaps this is your pattern. Perhaps it has developed through a combination of your natural brain chemistry and life experiences that taught you to respond in these ways to protect yourself.
So on this day of love, maybe the first step toward choosing love is to get support to learn how make a shift from this pattern of shutdown and retreat. Learn a new pattern in which you actually do the opposite and lean in toward life when feeling emotional pain.
You might also need to learn to differentiate between healthy ways to love when you are hurting inside and unhealthy behaviors such as ignoring the reality of an unhealthy relationship.
This learning process can take time and patience. You may need treatment for depression, addiction or trauma. You may also need support to deal with the feelings and vulnerabilities that can arise as you begin to practice overriding your instinct to disconnect and instead begin pushing to connect more deeply in those darker moments.
Valentine's Day might be sold as a heart-shaped 'box' of happily-ever-after romance. But really it is about love – an experience so vast and powerful that it does not need to try to defeat or obscure pain in order to triumph. As you let your feelings of sadness, fear and hurt propel you to seek connect more, live more, experience more, love wins just by showing up.
Grossman, D. (2018). Valentine's Day: Love When You Are Feeling Blue. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 29, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/blog/valentines-day-love-when-you-are-feeling-blue/
Last reviewed: By a member of our scientific advisory board on 8 Jul 2018
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Apparently, the Emerald window decorator, which runs with the [Compiz window manager] (somehow I get the feeling that "runs" is not the correct word to use here), offers many fantastic-looking themes to the desktop. However, its ppa is not included (though the default repositories contain Compiz somewhere) and it must be manually added before it can be
sudo apt-get installed.
Compiz's documentation on it is a bit spotty, but then again, a lot of Compiz's documentation seems a bit incomplete (as in, there are section headers that have no content beneath them). Is Emerald still actively developed to keep up with new OS releases, or will there be performance losses/quirks due to slight incompatibility? It looks great; I just don't want to use it if it won't work 100% correctly.

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Could Shawn Andrews Improve the Vikings' Offensive Line?March 17, 2010
It's being reported that the Philadelphia Eagles have released two-time Pro Bowler Shawn Andrews after two seasons riddled by injuries.
The offensive guard has struggled with back problems and depression the last two seasons. He left during the second game of the season in 2008 with a back injury that later required surgery and hasn't played since.
The last couple of seasons have been very frustrating for the Eagles and their fans. After two great seasons that saw him become one of the top offensive guards in the league, he disappeared.
Despite his injury history, I think the Vikings need to take a chance on Andrews. After all, the reward could greatly outweigh the risks.
It's no secret that the Vikings' offensive line wasn't very good last season. Well, that may be an understatement. The offensive line was downright terrible.
Adrian Peterson looked beatable largely due to ineffective offensive line. As a matter of fact, Adrian Peterson was hit at or behind the line of scrimmage more than any other running back in the NFL.
Peterson still pulled off 18 touchdowns and almost 1,400 yards.
While the 18 touchdowns are nice, 1,383 yards at 4.4 yards per carry isn't what you want out of one of the most talented running back in the NFL.
What was once the envy of the league became one of the league's worst offensive lines. Don't be fooled by their two "Pro Bowlers" from 2009. Steve Hutchinson was merely a shell of his former self and Bryant McKinnie was very undeserving.
They let Favre get beat up all season long which could be one of the reasons why Favre isn't ready to decide on his future.
If the Vikings sign Andrews, it could be a sign to Favre that they are serious about keeping him healthy.
Anthony Herrera, the team's current starting right guard, is facing the possibility of being a full time bench player next season. One both sides of Herrera at center and right tackle were first-year starters, John Sullivan and rookie Phil Loadholt. That may explain his poor play, but it may be too late.
The signing of Andrews would give the Vikings a 27-year old guard with tremendous upside.
With Artis Hicks leaving for richer pastures in Washington D.C (3 years and $9 million), the Vikings are suddenly very thin on the offensive line.
The Vikings are likely to pick up a guard in the first few rounds in the draft, but signing Andrews could help fill needs in other areas including the secondary, quarterback, and defensive tackle.
Coach Brad Childress has taken risks on players over the years and have turned their lives around.
In 2007, the Vikings drafted a running back with the seventh overall pick in the draft after Chester Taylor ran for over 1,200 yards the season before. That running back suffered from durability issues that caused him to miss more than his share of college games. As it turns out, Adrian Peterson has had three straight seasons of 1,300 yards or more and double-digit touchdowns to go along with a Rookie of the Year award and a rushing title.
In 2008, the Vikings gave up a first-round and two third-round draft picks for an alcoholic. In his first two seasons with the team, Jared Allen has accumulated nearly 30 sacks and is sober to date, hopefully...
In 2009, the Vikings drafted a player that failed a drug test taken at the NFL Combine. Well, NFL fans watched as Percy Harvin caught 60 balls for 790 yards, ran the ball 15 times for 135 yards, and became one of the league's deadliest return men en route to an NFL Rookie of the Year award.
Also in 2009, the Vikings gave $25 million for two years to a quarterback who had just finished one of his worst seasons ever with 22 interceptions while taking his team out of the playoffs. Along with that, said quarterback had received surgery and it wasn't completely certain as to how his arm would react. Over 4,000 yards, 33 touchdowns, and only seven interceptions later, Brett Favre completed his best season of his career.
So please Brad Childress, take Andrews under your wing and work your magic. Turn the kid back into the Pro Bowl monster he was in 2006 and 2007. Let's get back to the NFC Championship game. But this time, let's go a little further...


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How It Began
As the summer was well under way the team at RCM Heating & Cooling and the team at York by Johnson Controls worked avidly to set up a free furnace and air conditioner giveaway! As they worked to get this event put together a local event was coming up. Proud American Days in New Lenox was nearing. The two hardworking and focused crews thought, what a better way to do a giveaway than to raffle off a free furnace and A/C to a local veteran.
For weeks the teams prepared and worked to build a proper event. From flyers to tickets and much more! The teams worked for about 6 weeks to ensure they had the bases and the event came along well. As the day came to pull the winner you could smell the cone cakes, and curly fries as Bill and the team headed to pull the winner.
Bill took the stage and gave a speech to the crowd about veterans. Through his speech, he thanked the veterans for their service and talked about how honored RCM and York by Johnson Controls where to donate a unit to a veteran. Then came the fun of getting to pick a winner! As the winner was picked, much to our surprise out came….. Wade Krohn. As Bill called his name and Wade made his way to accepting the winning ticket and that is just where the story begins!
Who Won and Why We Loved to Help….
Who Our Winner Turned out to Be and Why It Touched Us so Deeply.
Wade Krohn a father and grandfather was a WWII veteran who served our country in a great time of need. After that, he served as at the New Lenox fire department for many years in New Lenox! So not only did we get a great local Vet, but a public servant as well! We were very honored to provide such a great gift to such an amazing person!
Installation Day
On installation day we made it out to Wade Krohn's home early. With his brand new furnace and A/C provided by York of Johnson Controls, we were ready to go. Our team spent the entire day with Wade getting to learn who he was as a person, and getting the opportunity to provide Wade with an amazing new system for FREE! Bill Ward the owner of RCM Heating and Cooling stated " Helping a veteran who fought for our nation is a great honor, as a whole RCM and York by Johnson Controls are equally proud here today! After a long full day, the system had been put in and the test was done! Congratulations Wade!


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Steve Jobs used to ask his colleagues, "What incredible benefits can we give to the customer? Where can we take the customer?" In modern agile we ask how we can make people in our ecosystem awesome. This includes the people who use, make, buy, sell or fund our products or services. We learn their context and pain points, what holds them back and what they aspire to achieve. How can we make them awesome?
Safety is both a basic human need and a key to unlocking high performance. We actively make safety a prerequisite by establishing safety before engaging in any hazardous work. We protect people's time, information, reputation, money, health and relationships. And we endeavor to make our collaborations, products and services resilient and safe.
You can't make people awesome or make safety a prerequisite if you aren't learning. We learn rapidly by experimenting frequently. We make our experiments "safe to fail" so we are not afraid to conduct more experiments. When we get stuck or aren't learning enough, we take it as a sign that we need to learn more by running more experiments.
Anything that isn't delivered isn't helping anyone become more awesome or safe. In modern agile we ask ourselves, "How could valuable work be delivered faster?" Delivering value continuously requires us to divide larger amounts of value into smaller pieces that may be delivered safely now rather than later.
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Guilford County, North Carolina has gone from being the most food insecure county in the nation to being the ninth, and organizations like the Out of the Garden project have helped make this jump possible. Diane Davis has been volunteering at Out of the Garden for two years. She is always in charge...


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Bob Brittaine, an electronics engineer by profession, owned and managed a successful UK IT services company, employing 300 staff, before selling it to a PLC in 2007. Bob continued with the new entity, heading up Sales and Marketing and integrating his former company. He also is the President of Euroserv, an association comprising IT services companies across Europe, a post he has held for over 20 years. In 2010, Bob formed a consultancy business focused on assisting owner-managers in achieving their personal aims and strategic goals. With these aims in mind, Bob joined CMI in 2012 as an investor and Chairman, as the business embarked on an expansionary phase to develop CMI into a UK National Managed Services business. With a wealth of experience and track record in the IT services sector, Bob brings the pragmatic input and advice where needed and the energy to develop the business.
With interests also in property portfolio and property development, Bob also finds time for gardening and following F1 motor racing.
Ken Roulston has worked in IT for over thirty-eight years and has extensive experience in the IT Services arena. Ken started out as an engineer before realising that selling IT services and hardware interested him most. He joined the original CMI and, through organic and acquisitive growth. he was instrumental in the formation of Aurora UniComp, which was subsequently purchased by the Viridian Group, becoming Sx3, now Capita Plc. He then went on to spend time in Telecoms and the Internet industry but came back to IT Services with the formation of the new CMI in 2009.
Ken's goal is for the CMI team to offer an unrivalled level of client service. He says he doesn't have a lot of spare time so what little he does have is taken up with researching his ancestry, travelling, compiling spreadsheets (yes, they relax him!) and cooking.
Mike O'Neill has been working in IT for over 20 years and has a solid technical background. Having started his career as a support engineer, Mike's business management skills helped him quickly progress into senior management roles. A Chartered IT Professional, he has worked with a number of successful organisations including ION Technologies, UNITE Solutions and Ethos IS before joining CMI in 2008.
In his free time, Mike enjoys chilling with the family and supporting Manchester United football club.
Graham Stead is a rare mix of the "Techie" and "Commercial" and has been in the IT Industry for over 30 years. He started out as a field engineer back in the day with HP but, after 8 years, seized the opportunity to start his own business and Solsis was born. The business was eventually sold to CMI.
For Graham, the business was always about providing a strong client focus and whilst he loves winning the deal, the longer-term relationships he has built with clients are what matter most.
His boys keep him busy when he's not working and he enjoys a round or two of golf (but says he doesn't play enough to improve his handicap!). He may well be too busy training for things like the 3-peaks challenge, which he loved, or the 50-mile walk he did in 24 hours, or his London-to-Paris bike ride last year, which he hated, or supporting Chelsea!
Jeremy is a Chartered Accountant with extensive commercial and financial management skills within a broad spectrum of organisations, from SME's to multi-nationals, including a national bakery chain, a leading embedded software company and an educational investor with interests in East Africa. Jeremy was also based in Geneva for three years whilst working for telecoms giant SITA as Vice President, Finance. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
His extensive experience has seen him work for a variety of organisations including RAC (Royal Automobile Club), Galileo International, the global computer reservation system for the travel industry, and KPMG.
In his spare time, Jeremy is a governor of a primary school, a trustee of a Registered Charity and enjoys classical music, singing, and foreign travel.


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An examination of personal growth and leadership
This article is based on a keynote address I gave at the AusIMM New Leaders' Conference last year. In preparation for my keynote, I went back to the paper I presented at the inaugural Young Professionals Conference (hosted by the AusIMM North West Queensland Branch) in October 1995. The theme that year was 'Developing the Future', and as a young professional myself, I presented a paper called 'Women in the Workplace at Northparkes' about the human resource strategy adopted at Northparkes and the integration of women into the mine. The paper discussed the challenges faced by women in the decade preceding 1995, the status of the industry and at Northparkes at the time, and I presented my view on what lay ahead for the next decade for women in mining.
In my paper I outlined the Northparkes philosophy for achieving business success, which included:
- equal opportunity employment and recruitment selection processes
- career development for all
- training and development for a multi-skilled workforce
- reward systems recognising personal achievement, innovation and teamwork
- encouraging innovative work practices and processes
- effective communication systems.
It is worth noting that my experience at Northparkes was quite different to the experiences of women working in mining at the time.
Looking back, it's my opinion that the Northparkes leadership teams' approach to consider women for every role (without exception) at the recruitment stage has been an important factor in achieving the sustainable success that the mine continues to enjoy today. At the time I presented the paper, Northparkes boasted a 23 per cent gender diverse workforce across operational, technical and management roles.
My experience at Northparkes certainly gave me (personally) a great deal of confidence and I feel that it was and still is an excellent example of best practice, and one that many others would do well to follow.
But there is a postscript to my Northparkes experience. While there, I was the Open Cut Mines Superintendent and I had been empowered to shape the culture of the mine. I was given that power by the leaders of the business. At the time, I didn't know how fragile that power was.
When I left Northparkes in 2002, I discovered a world with promotions driven by the 'old-boys club', particularly in the coal industry. While more professional women were entering the industry in the early 2000s, stereotypes and unconscious biases persisted, leaving women with limited career growth opportunities. Ultimately, this resulted in disillusionment and many women dropped out of the industry. In mining today, 30 per cent of university graduates are female, but this percentage drops to just ten per cent at middle management level. Much has been written and said about the business case for diversity and I won't repeat that here, except to say that unless the industry embraces diversity it will continue to leave value on the table.
For more than a decade after Northparkes, I searched for a workplace where I could again thrive and be a leader. I did not find it easily. While there were many roles that I threw myself into and worked with some terrific individuals, not one single organisation came close to capturing the essence of the successful implementation of non-gender specific teamwork that I had experienced at Northparkes.
I've now learned that stewardship of my personal growth, my career and my leadership style is up to me to manage. While I may have mentors and sponsors, it's the effort that I put into knowing myself that will allow me to be the leader (leader without title) that I aspire to be and seek to be remembered for.
My three key messages for those looking to grow professionally are:
- Believe in yourself – if it's to be, it's up to me.
- Develop yourself – change starts with you.
- Find your voice – seek out opportunities.
1. Believe in yourself
I graduated as a mining engineer in 1985 during an industry downturn, and having completed the necessary vacation work at a coal mine in Singleton I was eager to get into the workforce. I sent out hundreds of applications promoting myself, but I heard nothing except a small number of carefully worded replies informing me that I was unsuccessful. Up until that time, I truly had not appreciated the reality of prejudice and discrimination that I was to face over the years.
When I graduated, women could not work in an underground mine. The legislation stated that only men could work underground. I could visit the mine, but not undertake any manual work there.
After months of sitting in Sydney, waiting for job offers that weren't forthcoming, I purchased a one-way ticket to Kalgoorlie.
If it's to be, it's up to me
I went to every mine operation in Kalgoorlie, both open cut and underground looking for work, and had many doors slammed in my face. On one occasion, I had an Underground Mine Manger tell me that 'as long as his arse pointed to the ground, there would be no women working in the mine', so I thanked him for his time and walked out of his office, even more determined to prove him wrong.
I was applying for any work remotely connected to mining. I applied for hundreds of jobs and knocked on a lot of doors, before finally getting a labouring job pulling sticks out of leach dams in Southern Cross. After that, I worked in an assay lab washing bottles and mixing chemicals, and then as a sampler alongside an RC rig. Eventually I got my big break when I landed a job as a dump truck driver and I was ecstatic.
Operating a dump truck on a 12-hour shift basis for over 18 months gave me the experience I needed. I observed the pit operations, I watched the other equipment and the supervisors going about their work and I would discuss the mine plan with my fellow truck drivers as I tried to educate myself in the running of a mine site. Many of the principles that I refer to today in my planning work are founded on the learnings I gained from working as a dump truck operator.
The mine was in a remote region of Western Australia and women were scarce. I was the butt of many jokes and I ignored most of them, but it was difficult at times.
I recall one night, in the early stages of my driver training, when the excavator operator was particularly aggressive and would hit the side of my truck with the bucket of his excavator. Apparently he wasn't happy with the way I was backing in for loading. I later learned that this would have been making his job harder, but I didn't know it at the time. Truck efficiency can make or break an operation. But his behaviour made me more nervous and my reversing got worse, not better.
Extremely frustrated and angry, he got out of his cab and came down to the truck to swear at me. He was abusive and unrelenting. As you can imagine, I felt threatened and incredibly incompetent; nonetheless, I finished the shift and approached my supervisor for some additional training, and soon mastered the backing-in technique.
Having not given up, and believing in myself, I achieved the required level of competency and became accepted by the crew. I tell you this story not to cast negativity on the individuals, but rather to illustrate the importance of self-belief. Believing that I could do it, even when others were making it difficult for me, allowed me to break through the obstacles and achieve my goal. This was an invaluable experience that I could not have learned any other way.
I now know that nothing will change unless I take personal accountability for my actions and believe in my ability to control the outcome. I've adopted the mantra 'If it's to be, it's up to me', which has allowed me to take charge of my actions.
2. Develop yourself
I believe that we all have the ability to shape the future of the industry. However, to change the external environment, we must start by knowing ourselves. Do you have a clear vision and plan for your career? What is your professional legacy going to be? What is your leadership style?
Who you are today is not who you will become, and who you become will depend (to a large extent) on the ownership you take of your personal development. Take time to invest in planning your career by setting clear goals and reviewing them regularly, and by learning to understand who you are and what drives your behaviour. Self-reflection and developing a deep understanding of yourself will make you a formidable leader.
When I first graduated, I thought my learning was over and if there was further learning it would be in the technical areas of understanding how to operate, design and manage a mine. Never did I consider that learning about myself would take such a prominent role.
Find your passion
What I've come to realise is that in order for me to be the best practitioner that I can be, I must understand who I am and what motivates me. In recent years, I've spent time reflecting on finding and understanding my passion. It's because of this investment that I am now clear on the value that I can bring to my work. As a gender diversity champion, I have found it easy to spend discretionary effort on advocating for women in the industry.
With the benefit of hindsight, I now see that innovation has also always been a key characteristic of my work. In many of the roles I'd held over the years, I had introduced and been involved in innovative technology, without giving it a second thought.
Pace of change
In the last decade the rate of adoption of new technologies has accelerated at dizzying speeds. If we're to manage this pace, then we must become self-aware and know our personal strengths, and be willing to work with diverse groups of people. No one individual can keep abreast of all this technology, so we must learn to rely on one another.
For me, there is a strong link between increased diversity in the workplace and innovation. Discovering that these two things are passions of mine has allowed me to deliver better outcomes in my work.
When you know your passions, you will be prepared to do more and work smarter by utilising the strengths of yourself and of others.
3. Find your voice
It's often said that women are 'wired' differently to men, that women are less likely to take risks and venture outside the boundaries of what is expected of them or what 'acceptable behaviour' is for them. However, throughout history there have been many great women who have put themselves out of their comfort zones, seized opportunities and challenged the norms – women such as Amelia Earhart.
You may not know that Amelia's interest in flying did not begin until she was 23. In 1928, she was asked if she wanted be a passenger in a flight across the Atlantic with two male pilots. By accepting the challenge, she became the first woman to make the harrowing flight, the same year that three other female pilots died trying to be the first. Later, in 1932, she flew solo non-stop across the Atlantic, which was a significant achievement in itself, but also significant for being achieved in a male-dominated field. Amelia was a woman of strong convictions who lived during challenging times and her ambitions were met with disapproval and doubt.
In a letter, she wrote – just in case her dangerous flight proved to be her last – 'I want to do this because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.' Earhart challenged the status quo and looked for ways of testing her abilities as a pilot, time and time again. Quite fittingly she is remembered for her courage, vision and groundbreaking achievements.
Seek out opportunities
Rather than let the opinion of her peers confine her, Earhart was prepared to take a risk, seek out opportunities and dismissed failure as 'a challenge'. One of the key characteristics she brought to the fore was her ability to voice her views.
I stand on the shoulders of giants like Amelia, like Sandra Bailey and the many other women that have forged a career within the mining industry.
It's taken me a long time to realise this, but simply having a talent is not enough – you have to tell people about it.
I urge all of you to speak up, ask questions and talk about your goals, aspirations and passions with your colleagues, mentors and managers. By telling others what you hope to achieve, new doors will open and exciting opportunities will present themselves. Like Amelia, as individuals, we must learn to self-advocate and take opportunities when they arise.
You're in the driver's seat
Business frameworks, strategic imperatives and positional power can prop up leaders, but what I now know is if you develop a leadership style based on your values, it will set you apart. It will outlast your detractors, it will allow you to build your career in the direction that best suits your strengths and it will help you create a legacy you'll be proud of.
To shape the future, we must start by knowing ourselves and being prepared to change our behaviours, to reflect on what we value and what's important to us as individuals.
When I started out, I found whatever work I could to prove to myself. I believed in myself and I persevered. My actions demonstrated my commitment and with that came acceptance within the workplace. Show your commitment – tough times don't last, but tough people do.
I encourage you to speak up and self-advocate; take a leap of faith and back your judgement. Voice your goals and interests whenever you can.
Take accountability for your self-development and when you look in the mirror each morning say to yourself: if it's to be, it's up to me.
By seeing yourself as a leader, you will behave as leader in every situation, and in doing so you'll begin to influence others.
As a resources professional of today, you have the freedom to excel and the power to shape tomorrow.


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GovGirl has hosted several guests over the last couple of years, from govies to industry folks to her peers -- now it's your turn!
I want you to be in my next GovGirl video! I've had several guests on GovGirl videos over the last couple of years, from govies to industry folks to my peers. It's time I invited you on the show! Tweet me, or post on my Facebook page, or even GovGirl.com – and let me know why you want to be on GovGirl. Make sure and use hashtag "#GovGirl" so I can find you!
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Sometimes people can make a good compelling argument. He might not have been correct in everything he said, but he did state facts logically and to the point. And he held the interviewing to the question he asked. He wanted 1 specific example other than the standard cop answer...and none were given. Not asking for one here since he cant reply.
All in all...there are still plenty of issues I think...but he made some very good points imo.
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I ran into my skinny belt yesterday and actually asked myself why haven't I worn this in months. It somehow finds itself in my summer storage and never comes out to play in the winter. Well thats going to change.
I know something skinny going around the layers of clothes that you have to wear to combat the winter cold.. not necessarily your first choice look. But then I saw this picture with a beautiful voluminous coat and that skinny little belt around the waist.
A perfect way to take a coat with no shape and give it that hour glass look.


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In one of my favourite songs (I have been known to belt it out with beer on occasion) the 3rd verse refers to 'the screw was peeping and the lag was sleeping as he lay weeping for his girl Sal'. The word "Lag" is Dublin slang to mean a prisoner doing (usually) a five-year stretch (or longer) in the early 1900's with the 'screw' meaning the prison guard. However, the word 'Lag' is also the key to an effective and well managed Key Process Indicator (KPI)…………..you must be still slugging down that beer I hear you whisper under your breath!!!
Well in the case of KPIs the key is indeed 'Lag' but in this scenario meaning 'the time between when the KPI is calculated and when it is reacted to'. The best case scenario is to have a real time KPI (i.e. no lag) which is reflective of the process performance at that exact moment in time (used for Moulding Processes in Manufacturing and Call Volume Management in Service Industry) and is critical in terms of taking immediate action to address deteriorating process performance before the damage is done!
Likewise to effectively manage any operation and its KPIs, these are some basic common sense rules;
So the moral of the story is there is no point in having a KPI that is permanently asleep!!
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text: You can change the course of many lives and the future of our region. The Moncton Regional Learning Council is a volunteer, non-profit organization which offers free, confidential, one-on-one tutoring to adult learners. The Council is presently seeking volunteers who would like to be a part of this change. A two-part tutor training workshop will be held on April 11-12 and April 25-26 at the New Brunswick Community College in Moncton. To register or for more information on how you can make a difference in someone else's life by teaching them to read, call the Moncton Regional Learning Council at 382-3303.


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New CPSC chief speaks softly, but carries a big stick - in China
For Inez Tenenbaum, who President Obama appointed as the new chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, dealing with toy manufacturing in Asia is a long way from her native South Carolina -- where she spent most of her career as a lawyer, politician and education official. But that's where she is today, in Hong Kong, at the start of a two-week trip that will also take her to Singapore and Vietnam.
It's a chance to define her new role as the top cop for product safety and a full immersion into an arena that has been littered with recalls in recent years for rampant violations of rules limiting how much lead could be in children's products, from huge mainstream sellers like Dora the Explorer bath toys to dollar store trinkets. As much as Tenenbaum is there to learn and to introduce herself, she's also there to firmly convey the message that as of Aug. 14, U.S. laws will have such tight limits on phthalates and lead that there's not much point in manufacturing with them any longer.
Tenenbaum has a chance to set a tone for product safety none of her predecessors could. In addition to the lower limits on lead and phthlalates, the penalties for breaking safety rules of all sorts will be far harsher -- escalating from a maximum of less than $2 million to up to $15 million. This is her debut on the world stage, where her folksy way of speaking in a distinctive Southern drawl will likely make her message easier to listen to, while instilling a degree of intimidation at the same time.
She'll meet with Chinese customs inspectors about better monitoring products that are being shipped to the U.S., with Vietnamese officials about that country's growing role as an exporter of toys and clothing, and to representatives of the toy industry gathering at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in Singapore.
The U.S. government and the Toy Industry Association are paying for the event, which also has the support of the governments of Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Malaysia, and Vietnam
A more direct dialog with the Chinese is planned for October. But already there are signs of hope, CPSC spokesman Scott Wolfson said. The number of toy recalls is on the decline, he said, a welcome drop after two years filled with recalls due to lead content and serious injuries and deaths from toys with tiny magnets that came loose. "We are seeing good progress," he said.
Lead, which has been linked to brain damage in children, has been used in painting toys as well as in the manufacture of the toys themselves. Given the safer alternatives, Wolfson said the message to the manufacturers is clear and simple: "Get the lead out."
The bottom line, Wolfson said, is Tenenbaum wants to let toy and government officials know the rules and be clear that they will have to play by them.
Wolfson said she also wants to let government and industry officials know that her tenure will not be one of surprises, but rather a candid, open process.


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Well placed
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ERO's findings that support this overall judgement are summarised below.
Christopher and Robin Early Childhood Centre is located in a commercial area in Raumanga on the outskirts of Whangarei. It caters for children from birth to school age in a spacious and well maintained facility. The centre provides nutritious meals for children, including breakfast and a late afternoon tea for those remaining at the centre until 5.30pm. The majority of children attending the centre are either Māori or Pākehā.
The centre is divided into two separate areas, one for infants and toddlers, and one for preschool children. Both areas have their own outdoor space with equipment, resources and teaching approaches appropriate for the ages and stages of children. Younger children transition through to the preschool area when they are ready from two years upwards.
The centre philosophy is based on Christian beliefs, and values of acceptance, generosity, reflection and respect. The two rooms operate using carefully selected early childhood educational approaches for the different age groups. Infants and toddlers experience calm, relaxed and respectful approaches inspired by Magda Gerber. Approaches used for older children are based on the Reggio Emilia theories and practices. Teachers are well qualified and most are fully registered or are training for their qualifications. Along with capable centre leaders, they ensure that teaching and learning approaches meet the individual needs of all children.
In November 2014 the centre changed ownership. Until this time the centre had been owned and operated by the same experienced owner/director since it opened in 2008. This long serving centre director has been contracted by the new owners to remain in the centre for 12 months to ensure a smooth transition to new ownership. The 2011 ERO report identified many positive aspects in the centre that continue to be evident.
Children are settled, calm and confident in their centre environment. They have positive interactions with their teachers and are kind and friendly to each other. Babies and toddlers benefit from having a primary caregiver, and from teachers whose approaches are gentle, inclusive and unhurried. As a result, younger children have a strong sense of security and are confident to engage with other adults and children. Older children are equally confident. They experience long periods of uninterrupted play and have ready access to good quality equipment and resources.
Teachers are highly skilled and plan learning programmes based on their knowledge and understanding of how each child best learns, and on children's individual interests, talents and gifts. These personalised approaches are well balanced by group projects that provide very good opportunities for older children to be further challenged and extended.
Teachers carefully integrate elements of science, mathematics, literacy, technology and the Arts into project work. They use children's learning stories as a planning tool to revisit children's key learning experiences and identify their strengths. Parents are well engaged in the programme and have trusting relationships with teachers. As a consequence of these good practices, children are highly engaged in their learning.
Teachers affirm Māori children's language, culture and identity throughout the programme. Some teachers are particularly confident and skilled in using te reo Māori and promoting Māori concepts. Centre leaders are now keen to further promote a bicultural focus in all aspects of the centre's curriculum design and delivery. They are also keen to promote a greater connection between the Reggio Emilia and Magda Gerber philosophies that underpin practices for the two different age groups. Leaders believe, and ERO agrees, that this next step would provide even better transition for children as they move through the centre.
Teachers intentionally foster children's language development and use open-ended questioning that allows children to express their ideas, thoughts and opinions. Children also have meaningful learning experiences from well planned trips to places beyond the centre.
Teachers are respected and valued as highly professional educators. The experienced centre director is committed to promoting positive outcomes for children and to continually improving educators' learning. She is generous with time and resourcing to promote teachers' professional knowledge and to grow teachers as leaders throughout the centre. The director, very capable team leaders and teachers work collaboratively to promote ongoing change and improvement. This good work includes teachers reflecting on and critiquing their own practice.
The centre's strategic plan is clearly aligned to teacher appraisal goals and professional learning provisions. Leaders and teachers understand and use self review very well to improve the service. As part of this improvement, centre leaders have identified that an important further development is to further promote partnerships with parents, including with whānau Māori. This would allow staff to incorporate the aspirations and goals that parents and whānau have for their children into the centre's strategic planning.
The centre director, leaders and ERO agree that, in order to sustain the centre's high quality and clear vision for the centre, key next steps for the centre include:
Before the review, the staff and management of Christopher and Robin Early Childhood Centre completed an ERO Centre Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:
premises and facilities
health and safety practices
governance, management and administration.
During the review, ERO looked at the service's systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)
physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)
suitable staffing (including qualification levels; police vetting; teacher registration; ratios)
evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.
All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.
The next ERO review of Christopher and Robin Early Childhood Centre will be in four years.
Dale Bailey
Deputy Chief Review Officer Northern
25 February 2015
The Education Review Office (ERO) is the government department that, as part of its work, reviews early childhood services throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. ERO's reports provide information for parents and communities about each service's strengths and next steps for development. ERO's bicultural evaluation framework Ngā Pou Here is described in SECTION 3 of this report. Early childhood services are partners in the review process and are expected to make use of the review findings to enhance children's wellbeing and learning.
Raumanga, Whangarei
Ministry of Education profile number
Licence type
Education & Care Service
Licensed under
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008
Number licensed for
75 children, including up to 25 aged under 2
Service roll
Gender composition
Girls 38
Boys 35
Ethnic composition
Percentage of qualified teachers
0-49% 50-79% 80%
Based on funding rates
Reported ratios of staff to children
Under 2
Better than minimum requirements
Over 2
Better than minimum requirements
Review team on site
December 2014
Date of this report
25 February 2015
Most recent ERO report(s)
Education Review
September 2011
ERO's overarching question for an early childhood education review is 'How well placed is this service to promote positive learning outcomes for children?' ERO focuses on the following factors as described in the bicultural framework Ngā Pou Here:
Within these areas ERO considers the effectiveness of arotake – self review and of whanaungatanga – partnerships with parents and whānau.
ERO evaluates how well placed a service is to sustain good practice and make ongoing improvements for the benefit of all children at the service.
A focus for the government is that all children, especially priority learners, have an opportunity to benefit from quality early childhood education. ERO will report on how well each service promotes positive outcomes for all children, with a focus on children who are Māori, Pacific, have diverse needs, and are up to the age of two.
For more information about the framework and Ngā Pou Here refer to ERO's Approach to Review in Early Childhood Services.
The overall judgement that ERO makes and the timing of the next review will depend on how well placed a service is to promote positive learning outcomes for children. The categories are:
ERO has developed criteria for each category. These are available on ERO's website.
ERO reviews are tailored to each service's context and performance, within the overarching review framework. The aim is to provide information on aspects that are central to positive outcomes for children and useful to the service.


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Is This The Life We Really Want? Roger Waters
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Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Artist: Roger Waters
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- 1When We Were Young01:39
- 2Déjà Vu04:27
- 3The Last Refugee04:13
- 4Picture That06:48
- 5Broken Bones04:58
- 6Is This the Life We Really Want?05:55
- 7Bird In A Gale05:31
- 8The Most Beautiful Girl06:09
- 9Smell the Roses05:16
- 10Wait for Her04:56
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- 12Part of Me Died03:12
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Roger Waters, the creative power and songwriting force behind Pink Floyd, presents Is This The Life We Really Want ?, his first rock album in 25 years. The album is produced and mixed by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Beck, U2, "From the Basement"), and includes 12 new Roger Waters musical compositions and studio performances.
Roger Waters' last studio album, 1992's Amused To Death, was a prescient study of popular culture, exploring the power of television in the era of the First Gulf War. This long-awaited follow-up, Is This The Life We Really Want ?, is an unflinching commentary on the modern world and uncertain times, and a natural successor to such classic Pink Floyd albums as Animals and The Wall.
Tracks on Is This The Life We Really Want ? include: "When We Were Young," "Déjà vu," "The Last Refugee," "Picture That," "Broken Bones," "The Life We Really Want," "A Bird In A Gale," "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," "Smell the Roses," "Wait For Her," "Oceans Apart," and "Part of Me Died." The lyrics for Wait for Her were written by Roger Waters and inspired by an English translation by an unknown author of "Lesson from the Kama Sutra (Wait for Her)," by Mahmoud Darwish.
Roger Waters, vocals, acoustic guitar, bass
Nigel Godrich, keyboards, guitar, sound collages
Gus Seyffert, guitar, keyboards, bass
Jonathan Wilson, guitar, keyboards
Roger Joseph Manning, Jr., keyboards
Lee Pardini, keyboards
Joey Waronker, drums
Jessica Wolfe, vocals
Holly Laessig, vocals
Produced by Nigel Godrich
Roger Waters
became a legend of rock music through his seminal creations, The Wall and The Dark Side of the Moon. Waters has sold more than 250 million albums worldwide, including 74.5 million units sold in the United States, and has sold more tickets in the last three years than any other performing artist. He now turns to his latest creation and great passion – his own operatic composition.
In 1965, Waters co-founded the band Pink Floyd with drummer Nick Mason, keyboardist Richard Wright and guitarist, singer and songwriter Syd Barrett. Waters initially served as the group's bassist and co-lead vocalist, but following the departure of Barrett in 1968, he also became their lyricist and conceptual leader. Pink Floyd subsequently achieved international success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall and The Final Cut. By the early 1980s, they had become one of the most critically acclaimed and best-selling acts in the history of popular music; as of 2013, they have sold more than 250 million albums worldwide.
Waters' solo career has included three studio albums: The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Radio K.A.O.S. and Amused to Death. In 1990, he staged one of the largest and most extravagant rock concerts in history, The Wall - Live in Berlin, with an official attendance of 200,000. In 1996, he was inducted into the US and the UK Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd. In 2005, he released Ça Ira an opera in three acts translated from Etienne and Nadine Roda-Gils' libretto about the French Revolution. Later that year, he reunited with Pink Floyd bandmates Mason, Wright and David Gilmour for the Live 8 global awareness event; it was the group's first appearance with Waters since 1981. He has toured extensively as a solo act since 1999 and played The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety for his world tour of 2006-2008. In 2010, he began The Wall Live and in 2011 Gilmour and Mason appeared with him during a performance of the double album in London. As of 2013, the tour is the highest-grossing of all time by a solo artist.
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These plans are for a home and garden cart made from cheap and available materials.
Carts of this design are well adapted for use in the home and garden. The large bicycle tires make pulling the cart over obstructions a snap. Logs or rocks wreck havoc on wheelbarrows because they easily tip.
This cart has a long handle for easy pulling, and an ample flat bed for whatever you're hauling. The handle's length makes it easier to use the cart for dumping things. The rear has a removable panel that is taken out when you get to where you need to be, dumping the material is easy.
The frame is angle iron and boards, and the sides are plywood. We'd suggest using marine grade wood.
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25 Ways to Tell if a Girl Likes You ...
Are girls and women mysterious? I don't think we are. We want pretty much the same things guys want, only not as much beer.
But guys always want to know: how can you tell if a girl likes you? Here are some sure-fire ways how to tell if a girls likes you:
1. She Makes Eye Contact
If she's looking at you, in the eyes, then she's at least interested in getting your attention. If she smiles when she's making eye contact, that's even better.


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vinay shah posted a topic in Evernote IntegrationsNow no more goofing up on typing when you are walking! How? You can now easily type messages, read and send images and messages while walking to your destination without messing up with traffic on road or street! We have come up with a unique and innovative concept of offering an application that has a high resolution camera to capture the ambience and happenings surrounding you while you are on your way and simultaneously wish to use your mobile too for typing! Core Features This is a power-pack app with various useful features to rely upon: Sleek Design – The design is undoubtedly unmatched, user-friendly and elegant! Orientation Independent – It works well in horizontal as well as vertical orientation as it has two modes portrait and landscape due to its orientation independence! Transparent Screen and Keyboard – Due to camera view throughout, the screen and keyboard remain transparent! Toggle Camera View – Camera can be switched off in case you are stationed and still want to use the app. Improved Color Picker – The new improved color picker helps you write messages in your preferred colors. Open/Copy/Delete Messages – All these functions are easily performed using his app and you can chat with the person directly you want to by opening the entire conversation section! Message History - You can view and send messages to recent three contacts or can also select from the contact list. Notification Options – You can switch on or off the notification for incoming messages. Multiple Language Support – This app supports multiple languages i.e., Spain, French, Russian, German etc. Copy Text to Clipboard – You can copy and paste the message to clipboard or anywhere in your mobile. Conversion of Text to Audio and Vice Versa – You can convert the text message to voice and voice to text message and can listen the message instead of reading the text or vice versa. During this process the suggestion box will help you select the right word and help save time to type the complete word. Capture Image and Share – You can snap photos and share it through Facebook, WhatsApp and other installed social media platforms. In addition, you can also share messages on these platforms. Character Count - This feature allows you to know the length of your message before sending it. Share and Start – Starting of app is possible by simply shaking your device, which can be disabled from the setting. Other Features: Some other features include improved and smiley keyboard, font size selection and toggling of camera position i.e., front or rear. Value to Users This application will enable you perform two task at a time – sending/receiving messages and concentrating on the path ahead. You will not require sparing time to send and receive messages as this can be done while walking thus saves time if you are busy enough to interact with your friends! This is a time saving app with multitude of functionalities to help you stay connected with your near and dear ones effortlessly without creating any mess while you walk. In App purchase feature • 5 More Keyboard Colors • Change Font Style of Message Boxes • Stop Ads • Change Static Background When Camera is Off Follow Us Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Type.While.Walk Twitter:https://twitter.com/TypeWhileWalk Google Plus:https://plus.google.com/112140594244851181396/ Linked In:http://www.linkedin.com/company/type-while-walk Pinterest:http://www.pinterest.com/typewhilewalk/ Download links: Android : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.biztech.typewhilewalk iOS : https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/type-while-walk/id721584816
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Everyone wants more energy and vitality. Developing a healthy lifestyle is paramount to more energy and vitality. Being physically active, eating a healthy diet, keeping our weight within normal ranges, getting plenty of restful sleep, reducing the stress levels in our lives, and maintaining a positive mental attitude are all components of a healthy lifestyle. Minimising destructive habits such as smoking and excessive alcohol consumption are also very important. Developing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle is not always easy, but the rewards are many. Increased energy and an improved sense of well being quickly follow even moderate increases in physical activity or slight dietary improvements. When our bodies are healthy and functioning at their peak, we naturally have more energy and vitality.
Dietary supplements are also an important tool in maintaining energy and vitality. Adaptogenic herbs, ones that help us to adapt better to daily living, such as ginseng and liquorice may be helpful. As a result of ageing, certain hormones such as DHEA and Melatonin may need bolstering with supplements to help revitalise the body. Aging and degenerative diseases can be retarded with the help of supplemental antioxidants. Essential fatty acids help keep our skin and other tissue youthful and supple. Supplementing daily with vitamins and minerals provides further assurance of optimal health and vital energy.
Energy and vitality are the by products of a healthy body and healthy lifestyle. It comes from a commitment to avoid destructive habits and embrace healthy ones. Additional supplementation of herbs and nutrients helps to not only maintain, but to enhance energy and vitality in our lives.
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|Daily intake of a high-quality complete vitamin and mineral supplement guarantees us all the optimal nutrients that may be lacking in our foods. Vitamins and minerals are part of the necessary building-blocks for the body. Without them, degenerative conditions and illness may develop that undermine our good health. As part of a healthy lifestyle, a daily dose of optimal nutrients helps to ensure that we have plenty of energy and a vital life. Multi Essentials provides maximal levels of the most critical nutrients necessary for vibrant health. This potent daily multivitamin and mineral supplement establishes a foundation for optimal nutrition. Formulated to provide a comprehensive range of nutrients, including a high ratio of B vitamins, antioxidants and a broad mineral base including Chromium, Calcium, Magnesium, Selenium and Boron.
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German sound reinforcement expert HK Audio promises to offer a "number of significant new customer system solutions for installation applications" at the upcoming Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) event in Amsterdam next week.
HK Audio – which is based in St Wendel, half an hour from Saarbrucken – is using the opportunity as a 2015 exhibitor to reveal new possibilities for its passive and wide-ranging installation stable (Elements, Linear 5, ConTour, ConTour Array, Cadis, Vortis and IL Series ranges, in fact) which will make "operation simpler and more efficient than ever before", says the company.
As you would expect, HK Audio's product specialists, application support and sales team will also be on hand throughout the show to give attendees the lowdown on the new solutions. The picture shows some of the colours currently available for the Vortis range of installation enclosures.


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Kansas City, Mo., Dec 7, 2012 / 04:08 am MT (CNA).- Calls for the resignation of Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph that have gained media attention are exaggerated and do not depict the real situation in the diocese, according to local Catholics.
Jack Smith, interim director of communications for the diocese, told CNA that a Dec. 2 article by the New York Times was "inaccurate" in suggesting a widespread lack of support for the bishop.
The New York Times said that it had obtained 32 responses from a survey of priests conducted by a consulting firm hired by the diocese and that "half of them seriously doubted whether the bishop should continue as their leader, and several suggested that he resign."
Smith explained that for some time, the diocese had been planning a capital campaign to build a new high school. However, after the bishop's trial, they decided to have a consultant, Church Development, conduct a confidential survey to see if the campaign should be delayed.
Thirty-eight of the diocese's 80 pastors were surveyed, Smith said. The majority suggested that the campaign be delayed. However, this negativity about the campaign does not reflect negativity about the bishop, he stressed.
"The questionnaire was not a referendum on Bishop Finn," he said. "The questions were about the timing of the capital campaign."
Only seven pastors – a clear minority – indicated on the survey that the bishop should resign, Smith said.
In Sept. 2012, Bishop Finn was found guilty of failure to report suspected child abuse and sentenced to two years of probation for his handling of a case involving diocesan priest Father Shawn Ratigan.
In December 2010, lewd pictures were discovered on Fr. Ratigan's laptop, including numerous photographs of clothed young girl's crotches and one picture of "a nude young girl from the waist down."
An independent investigation later determined that the diocesan vicar general had conducted a "limited" investigation and had received opinions from both diocesan legal counsel and the Kansas City Police Department Captain that the picture did not technically constitute pornography.
Bishop Finn had Fr. Ratigan undergo a psychiatric evaluation and was told that the priest "was not a pedophile." Fr. Ratigan was restricted from interacting with children, and the diocese reported him to the police in May, after he violated those regulations.
The independent investigation determined that "Bishop Finn was unaware of some important facts" but also found that the diocese failed to follow proper policy in a timely manner and that "the Bishop erred in trusting Fr. Ratigan to abide by restrictions the Bishop had placed on his interaction with children."
Bishop Finn has apologized for failing to launch a full police investigation more quickly.
Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, told CNA that there has been a "concerted effort" to "unseat" Bishop Finn by those who dissent from Church teaching and are unhappy with some of the changes that he has made.
The bishop was not involved in an intentional cover-up, but was instead given inaccurate information, which delayed the diocese in its eventual decision to contact the police, Donohue said.
He also argued that the "faux protest" is the result of angry individuals with "a political agenda" trying to get people in the diocese to "mutiny against their bishop."
He said that he has visited the diocese and talked to the people, but has "seen no evidence that there is some massive rising-up of the people in anger."
Diocesan priest Father Angelo Bartulica views Bishop Finn as "a sincere and humble man" who has been misunderstood.
"I feel that through this entire process, there has been a whole lot of misinformation disseminated through the media," he said.
While the bishop has been portrayed as "somebody who had full knowledge of everything" and tried to cover it up, Fr. Bartulica thinks the chain of events has been "misrepresented."
In Fr. Bartulica's perception, the current complaints are part of a much bigger battle by those who did not like Bishop Finn to begin with and are using this as "an avenue to try to get him ousted."
He also pointed to the significant good work that the bishop has done in the diocese, such as creating initiatives to catechize the laity.
Long-time priest Monsignor William Blacet also weighed-in on the case by saying that he backs the bishop "wholeheartedly."
Approaching 91 years of age, Msgr. Blacet has been a priest for 66 years. He has worked under seven different bishops and said that he considers himself "very fortunate" to have Bishop Finn, whom he considers an "outstanding" bishop and a "holy" man.
He said that has gotten to know the bishop "fairly well" since his appointment, and sees him as a kind and compassionate man. Similarly to Fr. Bartulica, the monsignor noted that Bishop Finn has apologized for his mistaken judgment in handling the case.
Msgr. Blacet explained that some members of the diocese were upset when the bishop was first appointed and made it clear that he was committed to Rome and the "authentic" Catholic faith.
These individuals were upset and never accepted Bishop Finn because they disagreed with him, he said. Now, they are doing harm to the Church by driving a wedge between the hierarchy and the people, while the bishop is seeking unity.
Although Msgr. Blacet believes the attacks against Bishop Finn are unwarranted, he is not discouraged, but rather sees an analogy to the sufferings and accusations that Christ bore during his passion.
"The bishop is strong," he said. "God will protect him. The Resurrection will come."
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The recent indictments of Dominique Strauss-Kahn on criminal sexual assault charges are widely seen, especially by women's rights organizations, as another case of powerful and wealthy men thinking they have the right to sexually exploit women in subordinate positions. The charges against Strauss-Kahn include attempted rape, sexual abuse and unlawful imprisonment of a hotel housekeeper.
Unfortunately, many corporate media reports are treating the case more as a matter to titillate their audience than as a serious story to explain. Strauss-Kahn, like anybody, is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. And the accuser also has rights, which should be respected.
The incident has wide political implications. In the first place, Strauss-Kahn, a French citizen who is head of the International Monetary Fund since 2007, was being talked up as the probable candidate of the Socialist Party in the April 2012 presidential elections in France. The poll numbers for the incumbent, rightist Nicolas Sarkozy of the Union for a Popular Movement, are rock-bottom low, so Strauss-Kahn was seen as a very likely future president.
The scandal knocks him out of the running, and it remains to be seen whether any other Socialist Party politician can win.
Some in France have suggested Sarkozy operatives are behind this case. This is far-fetched. But it is certainly true that for the moment, the scandal has probably helped either Sarkozy or the leader of the far-right National Front Party, Marine Le Pen.
The French Communist Party, in a statement on its website, pointed out that rape is a serious crime and that the U.S. justice system should do its job. The party also said the French people have very important political issues to deal with and should not allow themselves to be distracted by a sleazy scandal.
It is possible that the fall of Strauss-Kahn may have a worldwide impact on the IMF.
The IMF and World Bank were established in 1944 as a result of an international conference at Bretton Woods, N.H. The IMF eventually became a major source of development aid, especially for poorer countries.
However, the IMF has always, by design, been dominated by wealthy European countries plus the United States. Votes on the IMF governing board are allotted on the basis of the size of the economies of the member countries (most countries in the world), rather than the size of their populations. Thus France, with its population of 62 million, has 107,635 votes, while India with a population of nearly 1.2 billion, has only 58,832 votes. Moreover, major decisions require an 85 percent majority, further strengthening the Euro-American hegemony.
This, along with the "tradition" that the head of the IMF must be a European, has meant that the IMF has acted as an instrument of the interests of the ruling classes of the wealthy imperialist countries. Especially after the fall of the Soviet Union and the other European socialist states, poor countries have been caught between having to accept IMF and World Bank dictated "structural adjustment" policies, or forgoing help.
Structural adjustment means that in order to get loans from the World Bank and development aid from the IMF, countries have to open themselves up to bogus free trade, privatize their state enterprises and many services, and cut public budgets to the bone. This has led to an impoverishment of wide sectors of the populations of already poor countries, and serious damage to health care, education and other public services.
A very small number of countries have simply refused to cooperate with these policies. Most notably, Argentina thumbed its nose at "structural adjustment," and has been better off for doing so. But few have dared to imitate that example.
There have been many attempts to find ways to end reliance of poor countries on the Bretton Woods organizations. The integration attempts in Latin America, including the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America, UNASUR and MERCOSUR, have sought to better coordinate regional aid and development resources.
And recently, the rise of the BRICS group of countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) as a powerful economic bloc has shown signs of being a game-changer, even as some crisis-wracked European countries look to the IMF for help.
The BRICS countries have been pushing within the IMF to change the way it does business, and to some small extent, Strauss-Kahn was open to this. For example, he was willing to reconsider the dominant role of the U.S. dollar.
But now all this is up in the air. American corporate economist Joseph Lipsky has replaced Strauss-Kahn on an interim basis. The international media are pushing the idea of French Economics Minister (and IMF governing board member) Christine Lagarde to permanently replace Strauss-Kahn.
As a member of Sarkozy's conservative government, she would be likely to promote the status quo. On the other hand, the BRICS countries and other poorer states are calling for an open process in which the "traditional" selection of a conservative European figure is set aside, giving them a chance to push for fundamental changes.
Yet other countries, such as Cuba, see a necessity to replace the entire Bretton Woods setup with a new system based on international equality and solidarity.
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In-Combat Power Regeneration (ICPR) determines how quickly you regenerate lost power while in combat. Your ICPR is determined by your race, equipment bonuses, Cooked Food, and how much Fate you have.
- ICPR = (Base Class ICPR) + (Racial ICPR Modifier) + (Fate * 1.71) + (Equipment bonuses)
The number quoted as your ICPR is how much power you regenerate in 1 minute, so if you have 2000 ICPR, you regenerate 2000 power every minute while in combat.
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Base Class ICPR
The amount of Base ICPR is the same for all classes(except Beorning) and levels: 240
The following Virtues contribute to ICPR:
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Reading Group Meeting for "Dying Modern"
On Friday, February 17th we will be meeting in South Hall 2623 to discuss the Diana Fuss's Dying Modern: A Meditation on Elegy (2013).
"In Dying Modern, one of our foremost literary critics inspires new ways to read, write, and talk about poetry. Diana Fuss does so by identifying three distinct but largely unrecognized voices within the well-studied genre of the elegy: the dying voice, the reviving voice, and the surviving voice. Through her deft readings of modern poetry, Fuss unveils the dramatic within the elegiac: the dying diva who relishes a great deathbed scene, the speaking corpse who fancies a good haunting, and the departing lover who delights in a dramatic exit.
Focusing primarily on American and British poetry written during the past two centuries, Fuss maintains that poetry can still offer genuine ethical compensation, even for the deep wounds and shocking banalities of modern death. As dying, loss, and grief become ever more thoroughly obscured from public view, the dead start chattering away in verse. Through bold, original interpretations of little-known works, as well as canonical poems by writers such as Emily Dickinson, Randall Jarrell, Elizabeth Bishop, Richard Wright, and Sylvia Plath, Fuss explores modern poetry's fascination with pre- and postmortem speech, pondering the literary desire to make death speak in the face of its cultural silencing.." (Duke University Press)
PDF is available in the Collaborative Research Commons in South Hall or by emailing Chris Walker (firstname.lastname@example.com).


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Discovery and depositions in asbestos cases have a unique set of challenges and require different strategies for both plaintiff and defense attorneys. Susan J. Cole, a defense attorney with the Bice Cole Law Firm, and Christian Hartley, a plaintiff attorney at Maune Raiche Hartley French & Mudd LLC, gave their own viewpoints and recommendations in the "Discovery In a New Light" session at the 14th Annual National Asbestos Litigation Conference, produced by HB Litigation Conferences, on Oct. 3 in Amelia Island, Fla.
'Face' of the Litigation
Depositions in asbestos cases are governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)6, said Cole. "The main part of the rule is that a corporation … has to designate … one person to be its face for the litigation. The corporation gets to designate this person and it has to be a person who is either familiar with the cause of action or has to become familiar with the history of the corporation to answer questions within a designated scope," said Cole.
She said many disputes tend to arise over the scope of the depositions.
"Obviously as the plaintiffs we battle with these things over and over again," said Hartley. "What is the scope of these things? I've gone both ways. I've tried to appease courts and defense counsel by doing very short notices of deposition … but whenever it comes time to use those things at trial, they say 'oh, well that wasn't within the scope of the deposition', so I have defaulted to a rather lengthy, very detailed 30-point notice of deposition."
Cole said that the purpose of the 30(b)6 notice is "several fold." "Ostensibly, it's for information gathering and document production, mostly for authentication purposes. It is essentially to confront the corporation with documents and materials and test how well the witness does in testimony," she said.
"The 30(b)6 notice does a pretty fine job of forcing settlement discussion before the deposition takes place and it locks in the testimony for now," added Cole.
Hartley said that his main goal when going into a 30(b)6 deposition is to "get five or six points that the jury will remember if we try the case. And sometimes it takes a little bit and sometimes it takes a lot."
"The notice has to be set forth and the scope of the notice has to be ascertainable—at least that's what the rule says. It has to state what is requested of the witness with 'reasonable particularly.' 'Reasonable particularity' has been interpreted in different ways in different jurisdictions," said Cole.
Hartley said he has found in many cases that, despite his efforts to present the specifics of the deposition, witnesses still come to the deposition unprepared. He then must choose whether to go through motion practice or to "roll with it" and do the deposition with the unprepared witness, Hartley said
"I generally try to roll with it rather than spend too much time in motion practice because motion practice doesn't get my client anything … and I certainly do not get paid by the motion," he said.
Witness Selection
Cole said that defense witnesses should be careful when selecting their witnesses in asbestos cases.
"The activities here took place so long ago, we're talking 40 years ago at a minimum, but 50-60 years ago for many of these cases, when the actual corporate decisions were made about inclusion or replacement of asbestos," she said.
"Oftentimes you have to educate that person as to the corporate background, relying on old depositions or old documents or company lore … and it's increasingly difficult to find somebody—or even two or three people—who can be the corporate designees on various areas and have them actually perform very well," explained Cole.
Defense attorneys also need to make sure that the witness who does have actual knowledge "compartmentalizes" his or her testimony, Cole added.
"It's very difficult for somebody who has the actual knowledge and has come up through the development of products and the addition and then removal of asbestos from products to realize that he needs to talk in the corporate mentality from back in the relevant time period rather then in the present day," she said.
"And compartmentalization—or contrasting knowledge that he knows now versus what was known then—is very, very difficult for a lay person to do. And it takes some time and preparation and effort and practice, and sometimes it's even hard then to get it right," said Cole.
Hartley said he tries to counteract the strategy of compartmentalization where possible. "It's either right or it's not right to do what was done. And hopefully, whatever the facts of the case are, I try to get some of those timeless questions with these folks so that compartmentalization … or perspective, isn't really relevant to the conversation that we're having," he said.
Join HB for Trying an Asbestos Case: How to get the W on March 1, 2012 in Boston, and the Midwest Asbestos Leaders Symposium on March 16, 2012 in Chicago. Contact Brownie Bokelman for more information.