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SS Youth in Beyond Normandy
Wooden Walls
By Mike Bennighof, Ph.D.
April 2007
The battle of Lissa is usually mentioned
as the first major battle at sea between fleets
of ironclad warships, and this is certainly
accurate. But the Austrian wooden squadron
flung itself into the battle as well, mixing
it up with the Italian ironclads without the
loss of a single ship.
Habsburg sea power began with the acquisition
of Trieste in 1382, but Austria had no navy
until the early 18th century, when Charles
VI built a squadron in the Adriatic. Financial
problems forced the government to abolish
the small fleet, and not until 1786 did a
permanent Austrian navy come into being.
Austria acquired Venice (including Istria
and Dalmatia) in 1797, lost the territory
to the French for some years during the Napoleonic
Wars, and regained it in 1814. Along with
Venice's famed Arsenal, Austria acquired a
number of incomplete warships, including several
ships of the line. Financial problems prevented
the manning of these ships, and the alliance
with England and its powerful Royal Navy made
them unnecessary.
Power projection: the Austrian squadron
battles the Danes off Helgoland, 1864.
Many of Austria's Venetian sailors defected
during the 1848 revolution. Most of the fleet's
warships escaped, but the reborn Republic
of Venice put together a small squadron, and
had the aid of the Piedmontese and Neapolitan
fleets until the great Josef Graf Radetzky
and his army knocked Piedmont out of the war.
The Austrians then blockaded Venice, and their
siege grew ever tighter. Desperate for supplies,
the Venetian fleet finally sortied on 8 August
1849, led by Achille Bucchia. Though Bucchia's
ships skirmished with the Austrians he was
reluctant to meet the larger Austrian fleet.
Ten days after his sortie Bucchia returned
to Venice, where cholera raged through the
population and the garrison, and the city
surrendered on 22 August.
In the years following the 1848 war, new
technologies led to a revolution in sea power.
The screw propeller gave a ship the all-weather
power of a steam engine while, unlike a paddle
wheel, leaving her broadsides clear to mount
cannon. The French ordered a screw-powered
ship of the line in 1847, after the British
had built several screw-propelled frigates
and corvettes, and a naval arms race began.
Frigate Schwarzenberg at Pola,
late 1866. Ironclad Ferdinand Max
in the left background, ship of the
line Kaiser further left background,
disarmed sailing frigate Bellona
in right background.
The archduke took up the cause, but almost
immediately contracted typhus and died. The
1850 Navy Law, intended to create a modern
Austrian fleet, specifically called for sailing
ships of the line and frigates. But a new
fleet commander, army Feldmarschallleutnant
Franz Graf von Wimpffen, took over in 1851
and ordered the modern 50-gun screw frigate
Radetzky in a British yard (Wigram's
of London), hedging his bet by laying down
the big sailing frigate Schwarzenberg,
also rated for 50 guns, at the Venice Arsenal.
The navy entered a new phase in October
1854, when Emperor Franz Josef appointed his
22-year-old brother Ferdinand Maximilian to
command his fleet. Energetic and intelligent,
the young archduke was on hand for Radetzky's
delivery a few weeks later. Rumor had it that
the Royal Navy would requisition her for the
Crimean War, and Franz Josef agreed with his
brother that Austria could not risk losing
future warships in the same manner. The emperor
bought the Navale Adriatico shipyard in Trieste
from the Tonelli brothers, and authorized
a building dock for the Pola Arsenal. Ferdinand
Maximilian immediately ordered two sister
ships of Radetzky built at the Trieste
yard and a screw-powered ship of the line
at Pola. Two 22-gun screw corvettes were laid
down at the Venice Arsenal at the same time.
Novara sails the southern seas.
The archduke had badly exceeded his budgets
every year, but managed to fight off the army's
political offensive aimed at halting his program.
By 1858 the Austrian fleet was the strongest
it had ever been, with Radetzky and
her sisters Donau and Adria
in service along with the new screw corvettes
Dandolo and Erzherzog Friedrich.
The battleship Kaiser, a copy of
the British ship of the line Agamemnon,
lacked only her English-built engines.
With 90 guns and fine lines, Kaiser
impressed her namesake enough that the emperor
agreed to replace the sailing ships specified
in the 1850 Navy Law with screw-powered equivalents.
Five sister ships of Kaiser were now
authorized, all of them to be built at Pola.
Österreich, an improved Kaiser
with more powerful engines, would be laid
down in 1859 along with two more screw frigates,
Drache and Salamander, at Trieste.
Hearts of iron: Kaiser after
the battle of Lissa, July 1866. She
took 60 hits and rammed an Italian ironclad,
but Captain Anton Pöckh declared
her ready for action again less than
24 hours later.
With only a series of demonstrations, the
French fleet inflicted enormous expense on
the Austrians. At Trieste alone the Austrians
laid 200,000 sandbags and constructed two
floating batteries. Pola received 169 heavy
cannon. Trade ground to a halt and tens of
thousands of troops marked time awaiting a
French invasion that never came. The vast
cost of these measures far outweighed any
pre-war savings on naval construction, and
Ferdinand Maximilian — showing a political
acumen that would desert him a few years later
when he accepted the imperial Mexican crown
— moved quickly to claim that the war's
lessons called for a larger navy, not its
abolition as some of the generals grumbled.
In the years following the 1859 war, funding
for the navy came much more easily, though
budgetary battles continued.
Frigate Schwarzenberg, after
her conversion to screw power.
In our upcoming Ironclads:
Hearts of Iron wooden ships are important
in both the 1864 and 1866 scenarios, part
of every participant's battle fleet.
Armor had a mystique in 1866, but as later
wars would prove, unarmored warships could
still fight in the line of battle and iron
plates were far from invulnerable. The wooden
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but neither are they made of paper.
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This was done entirely with Powerpoint; though I generated the molecular models in CN3D, the labels, the emphasis masking, everything else was Powerpoint-only (no Photoshop required!). It took me quite a while to put this slide together, but it can be done very rapidly once you know the process.
First, I pasted the molecular model image, then cropped and resized to cover the entire image. Next, I de-emphasized the area around the focus points of my image by creating a large grey oval, making it mostly transparent, and applying an edge-softening effect to the shape. The hard part was creating the focus points: Powerpoint does not have a function that allows you to 'cut holes' in shapes that you've made, so I had to devise a workaround to get the enzyme cofactors of interest to shine through the de-emphasis mask:
- Create the 'emphasis ovals' by selecting a dashed, red outline and no fill
- Copy the entire background molecular model image
- Crop the background image to the area of interest, so it has exactly the same height and width as the emphasis oval
- Select the cropped image and 'save as picture' to an easily-accessible directory
- Repeat (2) and (3) for each emphasis oval
- For each emphasis oval, switch the fill to 'picture', selecting the pictures you just cropped and saved
When you've inserted an image as a 'fill' on a shape, you can apply sorts of effects to the shape, change it to freeform, edit the defining points, and get some really neat results: link
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Warren Legarie confirmed the deal late Sunday night, two days after the Lakers fired Brown five games into the season.
D'Antoni got the job over former Lakers coach Phil Jackson. The 11-time NBA champion coach spoke to the club's top brass Saturday about a return.
Instead, the Lakers went with D'Antoni, who spent five seasons coaching Lakers point guard Steve Nash in Phoenix. D'Antoni then coached New York for the past three seasons, resigning last March.
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WALLINGFORD - A worker at a Toelles Road steel plant was injured Tuesday morning when his arm got caught between two metal rollers, according to fire officials.
Captain Rick Gibson said fire fighters were called to Nucor Steel at 35 Toelles Road at 8 a.m. Workers at the plant had already freed the accident victim when fire fighters arrived on the scene, Gibson said.
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For CHEM4 there are 3 main topics that scream maths and all things numbery (yes it's a word). These are Kinetics (rates of reaction), Acids and Bases (and buffers) and Equilibrium.
Today we are covering Equalibrium. Mainly:
- Recaping AS stuff.
- What is Kc and how you calculate it.
- How Le Chateir is used to estimate wether or not Kc will increase or decrease with a change.
So firstly we need to revise some basic stuff from AS.
Let's let take the reaction below:
H2 + I2 --> 2HI ∆H= -20 kj mol
A dynamic equilibrium in this case will occur when the rate of the docompostion of HI is the same as rate of Hydrogen and Iodine reacting.
However let's say you want to make alot of methamphetamine to counteract obesity, you want as much HI as possible. Now you know from AS kinetics that an increase in temperature, increases the number of kinetic energy and thus the rate of reaction, however this is an exothermic reaction and therefore a higher temperature will decrease the amount of product made. So compramises in industry have to be made. So with that let's take some baby steps into A2 land.
Let's say that we decomposed 0.8 moles of Hydrogen Iodide in 5.00 dm in the laboratory. We then found that there was 0.3 moles of Iodine in the flask at equalibrium. Our teacher then asked to work out Kc, how do you do it?
Right the first thing you're going to think is that constants are always the same and therefore you can just spew an answer from a previous practical. Sorry guys but that's Wrong!!!! Instead the equlibrium constant depends of what the reaction is and the conditions it happens in (more on that later). We normally call this Kc. The general equation for this is:
Kc= [Product 1]a[Product 2]b/[Reactant 1]c[Reactant 2]d.
The small letters (a,b,c,d) refer the number of moles of each species. So for our lab example:
Kc= [H2][I2]/[HI] 2
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Marist PRSSA Chapter Recognized For Establishing Leadership Forum
March 23, 2010
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — The Red Foxes PRSSA Chapter at Marist College was recognized by Marist President Dennis J. Murray in February for establishing an annual leadership forum that is expected to contribute to the College's new Raymond A. Rich Institute for Leadership Development.
The Chapter organized a week-long discussion forum as part of its "Leadership Awareness Week" last November. Senior leaders like President Murray, School of Communication and the Arts Dean Steven Ralston, the school's Assistant Dean Mary Alexander and Faculty Adviser Mark A. Van Dyke joined the Chapter's executive board members for the fully-online discussion. The interactive discussion covered topics such as leadership traits and principles, ethics, leadership in public relations and gender in leadership.
The Chapter enriched the discussion with lessons learned from the personal experiences of Marist's senior leaders and by drawing upon resources provided by the Center on Communication Leadership at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication, the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at the University of Alabama's College of Communication and Information Sciences, the Arthur Page Society and the Institute for Public Relations. The discussion also focused on studies of leadership and gender in the public relations profession by Dr. Linda Aldoory and Dr. Elizabeth Toth at the University of Maryland.
Inspired by their attendance at the PRSSA 2009 National Conference, Red Foxes Chapter President Courtney Davis and National Assembly Representative Megan Hunsicker told the leadership forum participants about the importance of commitment as a leadership quality. Ms. Hunsicker noted, "It's not about the positions we hold, the events we plan or the committees we set up; it's about having heart. It's about loving public relations and having a passion for PRSSA."
Ms. Davis added, "Like Megan said, seeing all of the enthusiasm at the Conference really put everything into perspective. There are at least 1,000 people just like us all across the country. These are young professionals who are committed to their Chapters, careers and their members."
President Murray, in remarks delivered in February, thanked the Chapter's leadership for organizing this inaugural event. "It was a great series of events," President Murray observed. "In the future, I look forward to coordinating some of these activities with the Rich Institute for Leadership. Thanks for your continued good work!"
The Rich Institute for Leadership Development at Marist College was established in 2009 with a bequest of $75 from Raymond A. Rich, one of the 20th century's leading industrialists and businessmen. The Institute's programs will educate and train individuals in the art of leadership for careers in business, government and the nonprofit sector.
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|Review: Avenger - Bohemian Dark Metal
|Bohemian Dark Metal
Label: Deathgasm Records
Year released: 2012
Duration: 37:55
Tracks: 8
Genre: Death Metal
Rating: 4/5
Review online: July 15, 2012
Reviewed by: MetalMike
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Rated 3.95/5 (79.09%) (22 Votes)
Vicious, hateful Black Metal in the vein of Carpathian Forest, Evilfeast, Satyricon and the like are what Bohemian Dark Metal from the Czech Republic's Avenger is all about. Savage riffing alternates with tremolo picking and the blast-beat drums round out the hellish atmosphere through which vocalist Honza Kapák howls and rasps like someone possessed. Most of the songs on Bohemian Dark Metal are going to sound familiar to fans of the second wave of Black Metal but as someone who doesn't listen to a ton of this music, I can say Jaroslav Pelán's Timpani adds a horrifying and unique element to Avenger's music. Try to picture yourself as one of the damned working on some infernal construction project in Hell while some fiend pounds out the rhythm of the work on enormous drums.
Avenger has taken what can sometimes be a rather stale sound and added something different, giving their music a reason to be heard amidst the background noise. That the band plays Black Metal as well as any doesn't hurt. Disturbingly well done, Black Metal fans shouldn't miss Bohemian Dark Metal.
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A Happy Marriage
Eine glückliche Ehe
Un matrimonio felice
A Happy Marriage
Daniela Comani has been working on her photographic project, A Happy Marriage, since 2003. In her multifaceted photo series, she is her own model, playing man and woman at the same time in a modern intellectual marriage where the assignment of gender supposedly no longer plays a role. However, this is belied by the facial expressions, gestures, poses, and clothing of the subjects. The status of man/woman, relying entirely on the convention of the heterosexual couple, is so disconcerting, so subtle and subversive, that we find ourselves wondering who is who or who is playing which role.
With texts in German, English and Italian.
1. Auflage 2014
ArtistHardcover, 132 Seiten, 56 S/W-Abbildungen 16 Farbabbildungen
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• Kathryn's Katchiest Kwiz Yet: Kathryn poses Thom and Joe questions about "Forbidden Foods" - can Joe possibly catch Thom, who is leading 4-1? (No.)
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Faculty Colloquium
Publication Date
Fall 10-1-2014
Since the collapse of the communist party of the Soviet Union, many people have wondered whether the Chinese communist party (CCP) will succumb to the same fate. Defying various predictions of its demise, the CCP has not only survived but grown into the largest political institution and one of the longest-ruling political parties in world history. It has also presided over China's phenomenal economic and social transformations since the late 1970s, which have created a global economy and a dynamic society with daunting political challenges. What explains the CCP's enduring power? Does the Party enjoy popular support? Can the CCP rise to the multiple challenges? Is the CCP interested in democracy? Has the Party loosened control of the Chinese society? What is the likely future of the CCP? These are some of the questions we need to ask and explore if we wish to understand contemporary China, which remains an authoritarian regime with the CCP at the power center.
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It is less than two weeks left to CSIO5* in Sopot. We are still accepting applications but we can share with you with first names.
This year with Sweden will compete Henrik von Eckermann, 5th rider in FEI Longines Ranking. Third rider in World Cup Final Paris 2018.
In Belgian team will start Pieter Devos, actually 12th in Longines Ranking. Fifth rider during European Championships 2017 in Goteborg.
They both will fight for LR points and during Nations Cup competition. This year CSIO5* in Sopot will host 1st Division of European Leg FEI Longines Nations Cup Jumping.
Our show will start 14th of June and will last till Sunday 17th of June.
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View this post in Welsh | Darllenwch yr erthygl yma yn Gymraeg
Since his nomination for the post, the new EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan, has made it clear that he intends to work towards simplification of the CAP and in particular further simplification of the new CAP requirements. The latest version of the CAP only entered fully into force on the 1 January 2015 but it looks like it could already be heading for change.
Commissioner Hogan has committed to undertake a review of how the new CAP is working by the end of 2015 with a pledge to introduce any amendments very soon thereafter. Commissioner Hogan's willingness to consider further simplification has already led to several suggestions being put forward by MEP's and Member States whilst Environment NGOs have warned against further weakening of the reform's green credentials.
A letter has now been sent by Commissioner Hogan to Member States to ask for their suggestions for simplification by the end of February 2015. In his letter AGRAFACTS reports that the Commissioner has outlined three key principles with which any suggestions for simplification will need to comply:


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This tutorial, by Armagan Videos, shows you how to create a 3D pixelation effect similar to that seen in Big Sean's music video "Sacrifices."
Big Sean's latest video "Sacrifices" (ft. Migos) features an awesome effect which pixelates 2D footage into pixels which then uses highlights/shadows to simulate a 3D looking effect. This tutorial shows you all needed techniques, tips & tricks to recreate this effect.
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South Africa should have gone for the win: Wadekar and Madan Lal
Former India players on whether Proteas should have gone for a record chase in Johannesburg?s opening Test
South Africa's decision to play for a draw in the closing stages of Day Five in the opening Test at Johannesburg has evoked emphatic reactions.
Set a world record victory target of 458, South Africa finished eight runs short at 450 for seven. However, Indian experts were divided over Graeme Smith & Co's decision to abort the chase.
While former captain Ajit Wadekar and erstwhile coach S Madan Lal felt South Africa should have gone for the win, Anshuman Gaekwad said the Proteas did the right thing by aiming for a draw.
Wadekar said: "Being the No 1 Test team, South Africa should have gone for the kill. You had three wickets in hand and just needed 16 runs off 18 balls at one point of time which was quite possible. I think losing the No 1 spot may have played on the team management's mind. If they had lost this Test and then the series, their points would have decreased in the world ranking."
Madan slams SA
Madan Lal said he was shocked to see South Africa play for a draw. "They should have taken a chance. It was worth taking. After all, you were chasing a world record target. They could have made history. It was shocking that they chose to draw the game after coming so close to the target.
"That is why they are called 'chokers.' They do not know how to win games from crucial positions. They must learn to do that. The batsmen could have applied themselves better," said the former medium-pacer, who was part of India's 1983 World Cup-winning team.
The hosts turned the game with Faf du Plessis (134) and ABde Villiers (103) hitting centuries. But once Du Plessis was run out, courtesy a direct hit from Ajinkya Rahane, the South Africans, who needed 20 off four overs, decided to play it safe.Gaekwad said 'overcautious' South Africa did the right thing to draw the game. "I think it was a sensible decision by South Africa to play for a draw. Why take undue risks? Vernon Philander and Dale Steyn was the last batting pair. They did not think Morne Morkel would have stayed at the wicket even for an over after the ankle injury. They could not rely on (last man) Imran Tahir as well. Had this been a five-match series, it would have made sense to take a risk. But, if you have just one match remaining in the series, it was better to settle for a draw and take your chances in the last match," said the former India coach.
Former India skipper Nari Contractor took a neutral stance. "See, the situation was such that anything could have happened. Had they lost another wicket, South Africa would have been in danger of losing the Test. There is nothing right or wrong about the decision. That run-out (of Du Plessis) was vital and it changed the complexion of the game. Had they not lost that wicket, I am sure South Africa would have won," said Contractor.
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The company hopes to start manufacturing LCD screens using the new technology in the third quarter of 2001, which means that the technology could find its way into mobile telephones by the end of next year, Toshiba officials said.
"Until we get into mass production there's always something that could crop up, but at the moment everything looks very good," said Mike Blashe, a manager with Toshiba.
The technology could benefit just about any type of battery-operated device that has a static display, Blashe said. Toshiba will initially apply the technology to 2.1-inch (5.3-centimetre diagonal) mobile phone displays, and later to larger-screen LCDs.
The company said on Wednesday it has already developed a 2.1-inch poly-silicon TFT (thin-film transistor) LCD that includes the SRAM technology.
The technology works well for devices that have static images and where standby mode is frequently used. It doesn't benefit devices that play video, Blashe said, because during video playback the pixels on the screen all change constantly.
The upshot is that power consumption of the LCD in standby mode is cut by approximately 50 percent, to lower than 1.4 milliwatts when displaying still pictures with eight colors, while overall standby time for cellular phones is raised by 23 percent, from 350 to 430 hours based on a typical battery, Toshiba said


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What is Spiritual Direction?
As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. But they urged him strongly, "Stay with us, for
it is nearly evening; the day is almost over." So he went in to stay with them.
When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?"
They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together and saying, "It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon." Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.
Luke 24:28-35, NIV
Christian Spiritual Direction is the practice whereby one person helps another to pay attention to God, and to God's presence, voice, and sanctifying work in his or her life. As in the Luke passage above, it is the shared noticing of Jesus, revealed in Scripture and the daily events of a walk and a meal, attended to in feelings of disappointment and hope, of joy and burning hearts.
Spiritual direction is God-oriented rather than goal-oriented--giving one's attention to God rather than to a particular problem that needs to be fixed or behavior that needs to be modified. It is responsive rather than directive, listening together to the Holy Spirit's presence and ways rather than the director telling the directee what to do. It is about listening with--together noticing senses of God's voice and direction--rather than talking to. It occurs in an atmosphere of loving trust; trusting that God is for us (not against us), in love, and that God's work over time is about transforming us into the image of Christ, through the loving shaping of his Holy Spirit, so that we might live life fully, and to the Father's glory.
Spiritual direction meetings between a director and directee usually occur once a month, for an hour each time.
What goes on in spiritual direction?
Spiritual direction occurs in an atmosphere of prayerful listening. Often beginning and ending in silent prayer, to create an awareness of God's presence with the director and directee, it's common for the director to ask a directee to return to a few moments of silence in the middle of a session, again to clear away the clutter of talk and notice more deeply what the Holy Spirit may be saying.
Spiritual Direction conversations include all the "stuff" of ordinary life--vocation, relationships, circumstances, health, the life of worship and prayer and service, joys and sorrows, boredoms and adventures--and seek to notice God's presence, work, and invitations in the midst of those.
How do I find a spiritual director?
Begin by praying. God, who is stirring this desire in you, is also working to meet that desire!
Then prayerfully make contact with potential directors, by email and/ or by phone. Ask them about their theology of spiritual direction—how do they understand what happens in the direction session? How do they try to pay attention to God's presence? What might regular times with them look like? As you listen to their answers, notice what goes in your own internal reactions. Is there a particular director with whom you feel a desire and freedom to share more deeply? Do you sense this as a relationship where already, in your back-and-forth conversation, there's an awareness of the Holy Spirit's presence and leading?
Once you identify a potential director, set up a time to meet. (Although in-person direction is preferable, some directors do offer direction by phone or skype.) Unless it's clear right away that this isn't what or who you want, you'll meet a further one to two times, before together discerning if this is a direction relationship that the Lord is inviting you into. Then you'll commit to a period of time together, usually a year, before further evaluation.
Clarify with the director where you will meet, how often, and how you will offer financial compensation for his or her ministry. (Some directors request a particular amount, others suggest a scale based on your ability and freedom to give, others are covered already by their ministry organization. Do be prepared to offer something, either to them or to their ministry organization, for this is a ministry for which people have invested time and money in training, and your contribution enables them to give time to it.)
Listing of Spiritual Directors
As a service to those seeking spiritual direction, LTI provides a listing of people who have received a Certificate of Completion of training in LTI's Selah Program and of people who are currently enrolled in the Selah program under faculty supervision. You may contact these individuals directly to discuss their spiritual direction practice and their availability.
For a list of graduates of and interns in LTI's Selah Certificate Program in Spiritual Direction, click here.
Several of our Selah graduates are also members of two wider networks of spiritual directors. Both organizations maintain lists of their members, and you will find additional spiritual directors listed there:
- epiphany New England: https://www.epiphanynewengland.org/, a New England-based regional network:
- ESDA: Evangelical Spiritual Directors' Association, a national network that's part of Grafted Life Ministries:
- Selah - Homepage
- Selah Brochure
- Selah-USA Details (East/West)
- Selah-Europe Details
- Selah Application
- Selah Faculty
- What is Spiritual Direction
- Find a Spiritual Director
- Selah Fellows (Graduates Only)
What Others Are Saying..."Selah has changed my life. Thank you for all you have done."
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-- Andrea Chan
-- Jim Ennis
-- Deb Bellevue
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As we approach the end of 2016 it usually is a time to reflect, relax and then begin to prepare for 2017. Whether you reached your savings or financial goals this year can be assessed and adjusted starting now in preparation. There are 3 ideas to consider for your finances that we think are worth a look.
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If you have capital losses there might be something you can do about it know as Tax-Loss Harvesting. While we're not accountants this is something that might be of interest and you can take a look at this concept in more detail at Investopedia here.
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Super Committee throws in towel on debt-reduction goals
Impasse to trigger further cuts to education
WASHINGTON - November 21, 2011 -
The Congressional Super Committee announced today that it will be unable to come to a compromise on a debt-reduction plan prior to the November 23 deadline. This deadline was set months ago by the Budget Control Act, which directed the committee to cut $1.2 trillion in from the federal budget to reduce the nation's debt.
The impasse centered upon a resistance to cut debt using a balanced approach, which included raising significant revenue through tax reforms.
"Refusing to raise significant revenue while slashing entitlements like Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security wouldn't have created a single job. It would, however, further devastate the millions of Americans that continue to sacrifice in this economy," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "We thank the lawmakers that stood up for America's middle class and programs that keep our children and elderly healthy."
The roadblock forces an automatic spending cut trigger known as a sequestration trigger, which will result in across the board cuts to be enacted in 2013. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the sequestration means an estimated 7.8 percent across-the-board cut in FY13, resulting in a $3.54 billion cut to education, including:
- A cut of $1.1 billion to Title I that would impact almost 1.5 million students
- A cut of $896 million to IDEA that would affect more than half a million students, and
- A cut of $590 million to Head Start that would harm more than 75,000 young children.
"NEA will be working side-by-side with Congress next year to avoid further cuts to education and to help them come to a debt-reduction compromise," said Van Roekel. "Americans are raising their voices across the country. They're fighting back against governments at all levels that keep forcing the middle class and unemployed to shoulder budget cuts. We elected our leaders to represent all of us, not to help the top one percent dodge taxes in order to continue padding their bank accounts. Wall Street needs to pay their fair share and Congress needs to focus on getting Americans back to work," said Van Roekel.
A report by NEA last week revealed that $222.7 billion in federal revenue was lost due to corporate tax loopholes between 2008 and 2010. $9.8 billion of that would have gone to our public schools and colleges, which meant nearly a half million children in poverty could have enrolled in preschool and saved approximately 127,000 education jobs.
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California Study Supports Value Of Bilingual Ed.
Children in "properly designed" bilingual-education programs learn English rapidly and meet grade-level standards in English and mathematics in three to five years, a new California study has concluded.
Findings from the study, commissioned by the California Association for Bilingual Education, were released at the group's recent annual conference in San Francisco.
The data--gathered from 25 schools in seven California districts--dispute "the claim that bilingual programs prevent the acquisition of English and keep children out of the mainstream," the report says.
Its authors, Stephen Krashen and Douglas Biber, both professors of linguistics at the University of Southern California, said the programs they studied shared several common elements.
These included development of literacy in students' native languages; rigorous instruction in math, social studies, and science in those languages; and strong English-as-a-second-language components.
The report cites data showing that graduates of such programs fared well on English tests when compared with national and district norms.
Bilingual-education advocates said they were hopeful that the results would help counter widespread anti-bilingual sentiment in the state.
But Antonia Hernandez, director of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and a speaker at the cabe conference, argued that positive research findings would not be enough to deter the programs' political foes.
California voters' approval in 1986 of Proposition 63--a ballot initiative making English the state's official language--reflected in part a negative public perception of bilingual education, she said.
She added that Gov. George Deukmejian's veto of the extension of the state's bilingual-education law last year "was a clear and painful reminder that we can never become complacent when dealing with programs like bilingual education."
John Kotick, chief executive officer of cabe, said in an interview, however, that the new study could boost lobbying efforts for the reenactment of the law.
Alicia Coro, director of the U.S. Education Department's office of bilingual education and minority-languages affairs, praised bilingual programs in several California districts in an address at the conference.
But, she added, no one approach to teaching English to limited-English-proficient students should be considered the "be-all and end-all" for all communities.
Although the Reagan Administration has sought to shift the balance of federal bilingual-education funds to "alternative" English-based approaches, Ms. Coro said its primary goal was to give more school districts more flexibility.
"It is literally impossible to prescribe one program with the arrogance of certainty that it will do the trick in every circumstance," she said.
Copies of the report, "On Course: Bilingual Education's Success in California," can be ordered for $12.21 each for cabe members and $14.44 for nonmembers from cabe, 926 J St., Suite 810, Sacramento, Calif. 95814.--dg
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Snagged from syvia!
1. Reply to this post with "not if it's bitter", and I will pick five of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.
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It's Killey from Suikoden II and V! I'm not entirely sure where I found the source art, but I'm reasonably sure it's official art. Killey's pretty notable for being a complete asshole and he'll refuse to join you if you're an ass back. This is perfectly fine in II since it's immediately apparent if you've pissed him off beyond where he'll join you so you can get the good ending, but in V he won't join you until around eight hours after you meet him the second time, so odds are you don't have a save that's before you pissed off Killey irredeemably. Supposedly he'll join you if such and such conditions are met even if you did piss him off, but other than telling him you got the macguffin "At the magical bust shop" it's best to just ... be polite. Even when he's threatening to kill your item shop guy. Fuck you, Killey.
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Aaand Meg from Suikoden I and II! Art's from one of the staff 4koma on the official site, which is down at least half of the time unfortunately. I'm not sure what's going on there. Needs more giant robots.
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Bannai! I think his dub name is Brody? Eh, who cares. His schtick is 1. being amaaaaazing at disguises and 2. having a pet ditto with angry eyebrows. Context is him copying all of the Weather Institute's research onto an iPod (I'm not making this up) and then reformatting their hard drives. And their backups. Luckily he doesn't burn their paper backups, though! I just. I just love that frame of him holding the iPod triumphantly. ... And then he uses his jetpack to fly off into the sunset. TAKE THAT, SHELLY
... now interpretting Shelly as Shelly de Killer. /r/ crossover fanfic.
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THE ANIME HAS A RED GYARADOS ARC ... in which Jessie and James and Meowth break into a Team Rocket base and then get used as cannon fodder. Meanwhile, Lance is infiltrating Team Rocket mysteriously. Partway through Ash and friends fighting Jessie and James (Meowth is currently in a magic coma thanks to the whole ... evolution radio waves thing ...), Lance just pulls up in his car and Rocket disguise, tosses off his sunglasses, and has his dragonite hyper beam Jessie and James. Jerk.
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SECRET TUNNEL~~ SECRET TUNNEL~~ THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS~ SECRET SECRET SECRET TUNNEL~~ Does that really need context? Fuck yeah ATLA.
ANY OTHER ICONS I SHOULD RAMBLE ABOUT i've got a lot of icons


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Last night of the proms concert for Norwich
PUBLISHED: 13:21 15 October 2018 | UPDATED: 13:21 15 October 2018
Norfolk Fellowship Brass Band.
It is time to raise the roof at a Last Night of the Proms charity concert in the wonderful Salvation Army Citadel in St Giles Street, Norwich, on Friday October 19.
This is a chance to hunt out your Union flags, hats and banners to create a colourful and rousing spectacle in the magnificent 400-seater citadel auditorium.
Taking part will be The Norfolk Fellowship Brass Band with conductor David Woodrow and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital choir led by Hilary Winch.
Two great groups of people who do so much to help others and lift our spirits.
It will be an evening of light music, including works by Vaughan Williams and Andrew Lloyd-Webber, culminating in a sing-along of patriotic songs: Jerusalem, Rule Britannia, Land of Hope and Glory – Royal Albert Hall style.
The Norfolk Fellowship Brass was formed in 2002 and has fellowship at its core.
The idea came about thanks to Robert Munn and Michael Whybrow who realised the benefits of older Salvationist musicians spread around Norfolk of regularly meeting together and doing what they do best....playing music.
Robert became the first conductor with Michael as the manager and off they went and what joy they brought. Brilliant musicians.
Various changes have taken place over the years with David Woodrow swapping role with Michael Whybrow and becoming conductor.
The band have given concerts around Norfolk and Suffolk and a highlight was being asked to play at the Sandringham Flower Show.
The group is available to give concerts to help good causes, always with Christian aims to the fore.
Many Salvation Army centres are represented within the ranks of the band: Aylsham, Diss, Downham Market, Great Yarmouth, Norwich, Snettisham and Sheringham.
Put them together with the fantastic hospital choir and you are in for a treat.
"We hope to see as many people as possible for what should be a lovely evening," said conductor David.
The Last Night of the Proms starts at 7.30pm this Friday, October 19, at the St Giles Citadel. Admission is £6 with the proceeds going to The Norfolk & Waveney Prostate Cancer Support Group.
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War Stories
Red Star Sister takes a fresh look at a turbulent period.
'Red Star Sister' offers wry view of the '60s
By Patrick Sullivan
THE STORY of the 1960s has been told so many times, in so many ways, that it has attained the cultural status of a fairy tale. Whatever the ideological stance or literary talent of the teller, the tale tends to be full of the same fantastic clichés: Either Richard Nixon or Abbie Hoffman winds up wearing the black pointy hat, commanding squads of nasty flying monkeys (with the face of Henry Kissinger), and cackling "I'll get you, my pretty." History flattens out like a pancake, and whatever insights (political or literary) the period has to offer are buried in simple-minded moralism and self-indulgence.
To its great credit, Red Star Sister (Hungry Mind Press; $16) avoids that trap by offering readers an astonishing amount of honest self-reflection.
Leslie Brody's autobiographical account of coming of age in the vanguard of the '60s counterculture covers a lot of ground: Brody was a high school anti-war activist in suburban Long Island, underwent paramilitary training with the radical White Panther Party (where she earned the moniker "Red Star Sister"), got her head bashed in by San Francisco cops, forged a career as an alternative journalist, and journeyed to the Paris Peace Talks in a quixotic effort to end the war by meeting with the Vietnamese delegation. She even found time to attend Woodstock.
Early on in this ambitious account, the author serves notice that she has no plans to handle her youthful self with kid gloves: "`Perhaps it was instructive that my goals were not unsimilar to those of a Miss America contestant whose sappy calls for 'world peace' were an embarrassing annual cliché. Miss America wanna-bes could smile thousand-watt smiles, but they were fuzzy on how to achieve peace for humanity. I suffered no such doubts."
On the other hand, she's not apologizing either. Her mistakes and misadventures are legion as she hopscotches across the country carrying her red suitcase and negotiating the cultural minefield of the turbulent decade. She joins a radical Ann Arbor commune and gets a bitter taste of conformity and group-think. She experiences firsthand the machismo and paranoia that were the toxic bproducts of the long war between U.S. leftist paramilitaries and the FBI.
But she never finds a good reason to endorse the conservative condemnation of her generation: "I'm sure brats abounded, as they do in every age. They disturb people with new scientific and political theories, compose symphonies, and write poetry of staggering beauty and vision. I admit brats can be annoying, but I'd always rather be on their side."
The book renders many of Brody's experiences in wonderfully vivid terms. Her account of participating in an anti-war demonstration and being beaten to a pulp by the police is hair-raising and provocative. The claustrophobia of her classrooms on Long Island is also conveyed with subtle power: The independent-minded little Jewish girl often provoked the wrath of disapproving WASPy teachers determined to hold back the ethnic tide.
Unfortunately, in other cases, the reader is left hanging, waiting for a denouement or explanation that never comes. Brody took LSD and lost her virginity while experiencing Woodstock, all in one fell swoop. Perhaps the whole thing was simply too intense to fully convey, but the author seems not even to try, content instead to sum up in a few flat details. In this, and a few other cases, her account simply leaves us wondering what the hell really happened.
On the whole, however, Red Star Sister takes care to keep the reader involved and interested in Brody's tumultuous quest to find a good place to make her stand as an activist, poet, and free-thinker. Particularly compelling is the author's slow evolution as a feminist in the very male world of the revolutionary counterculture. Brody is far from a knee-jerk male-basher, but her deft account of the prevailing sexism still at work at the dawn of modern feminism is priceless (and often very funny).
In the end, Brody--who now teaches at California's University of the Redwoods--leaves us with an intriguing view of a fascinating period. With Red Star Sister, she has opened up her red suitcase of mementos just wide enough to give us a glimpse of a life lived with relentless determination, a good dose of foolhardiness, and a deep thirst for real meaning.
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Lots of strong opinion and conversation still flooding the Arsenal web space. I think it's interesting because the tone isn't vitriolic, it's measured and accepting that Wenger has hit his limit. It took the cautious and loyal majority way longer than it should of to get there, but hey, we're there now. I don't want to bang on this for too long, but we called this 8 years ago, were labelled crazies that lacked credibility, and look where we are? And not just us… so many fans hammered for calling it correctly. Anyway, who cares, feels like something might break, especially if something unspeakable happens this weekend.
Key for me is that Arsenal fans don't let an inevitable victory against Spurs shift perception. Wenger is done. Beating Spurs would be great, but not enough to lift the shame of our terrible planning and our lack of progress under absolute optimal circumstances. If you can't make hay now, and serious hay that impacts our growth in the league and Europe, then you're never going to traverse what's coming to the league from next season.
So this is what is on my mind now. What is Ivan thinking?
He's a smart businessman. He'll see many things. He'll see his customers are not happy and he'll feel that. He's an emotional guy despite the public facade. He'll see what's going on at the club, he's already chopped in new everything over the past few seasons because he knows what a shit show Wenger is. He'll also see what's coming. Ivan is a strategist to most things bar the bits he can't control… the manager and his choices.
… but, he's been able to coast up until now. Top 4 was always protected. Rich clubs allowed us to focus on money being the Arsenal issue when it was clear brains could and should be the focus of our betterment. Other clubs couldn't compete with us. Wenger out was just for the fringe. Now though, it's clear Wenger is being out manoeuvred by smaller smaller clubs, with weaker players by managers who have achieved this in record time. He'll know that Klopp is a force, Pep is a force and Mourinho with money will make United better again. Don't even mention the fact Leicester and Spurs are as good if not better than us already.
So he has a decision. Be the CEO who let a Clough moment happen under his watch, or be the man who cut it short before it got bad. History will already look back on this phase of Wenger as a massive mistake, the longest most self indulgent golden fuck off of all time. Question is, does Ivan want to go down in the history books as the guy who facilitated the malaise because he was weak? Does he want to be the guy who people refer to as a Wenger hire? Does he think his inaction will be written about in Arsenal books of the future as a positive?
We have an opportunity this summer to move a failing manager on. We have the chance to kick start summer with a man who has a short term plan to fix the squad balance, a long term strategy for dominance equipped with a vision that is of this era. The stars are aligned here, we need someone to pull the trigger and set the next chapter alight.
We can't let Wenger loose with the cheque book. We need someone who knows what they're doing and we need someone to protect the great players we already have. Because look, the squad is 80% there. It just needs some thought. Better balance. Better plan b options. Some fight injected in there. Someone to instil the belief Sanchez says is missing.
The decision to move Wenger on has been the right one for 5+. Ivan must know this, but does he have the nerve to fight Stan on it? Or does Stan have to see complete failure before he'll do something good for the club? Or alternatively, it'd be great if Wenger could see this coming… and move himself on before the milk turns from sour to rancid.
A big summer for Ivan. Powerful rich men care about the narrative history writes them. Sporting history never dies. Great men hailed, the weak mocked. How does he want to be remembered?
I know how I would… hopefully he feels the same.
Two good reads, one on the history of Wenger planning and one on new managers. Top reads!


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Batman #17 saw the conclusion of Scott Snyder's suspenseful "Death of the Family" story arc and Red Hood and the Outlaws #17 deals with the aftermath through the eyes of Jason Todd and his band of merry men (and buxom alien woman). Is it good?
Red Hood and the Outlaws #17
Temporally speaking, I'm not sure how "Death of the Family" correlates to the Wingman/Redbird premise in Batman Inc. or how to rationalize the two being congruous — but I suppose we'll have to let Lobdell, Morrison, and Marts proffer some kind of reasonable timeline. If not… comic books, am I right?
Those looking for a poignant exchange between Bat-Family "bad boys" Jason Todd and Damian Wayne will be disappointed; Lobdell offers little more than a few standoffish "Take cares," and "Yeah, whatever man, just leave" that would have been better suited to an episode of Full House wherein Bob Saget grounds his daughter for going to a "make-out" party.
"How rude!"
Jason does come off more Danny Tanner-ish than we've ever seen him in the presence of Damian and the rest of the Bat-family, though — an interesting spark of character development, however ephemeral the moment may turn out to be. (Is Jason ready to be civil with his surrogate fam?)
Some of the issue's more entertaining moments come when the Outlaws come knocking on Wayne Manor's door. You have Damian being a snarky little a-----e towards Arsenal:
You just got salted, Roy.
The obligatory reunion between Starfire's breasts and Jason:
And d'aww, look honey: the kids are playing nice. Does this have the makings of a beautiful friendship, after all?
Later on in the Cave, Bruce Wayne, looking inexplicably like the protagonist from Akira drops some surprising knowledge on Jason:
Which is pretty much the goddamn Batman's way of saying 'I like you, do as you please.'
- We get to see Red Hood and the Outlaws interact with the Bat-family.
- Presents an interesting, if slightly implausible dilemma come issue's end.
- The contents therein can't live up to the awesome cover by Mico Suayan.
- Would have liked to have seen more poignant interactions between the characters.
Is It Good?
It's alright. And if you think it's bullshit the Joker could sabotage Jason's helmet and a cave full of the world's greatest detectives didn't subject that particular piece of equipment to the most punctilious scrutiny ever before letting Jason slap it back on, I'm right there with you. Lobdell is leaving Red Hood and the Outlaws with next month's issue #18 (to be replaced by James Tynion IV), though, so let's see how effectively he can wrap things up.


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2018 Meeting Schedule
(All meetings will be held at 6pm in the Clearfield Area Jr./Sr. High School Library.)
January 15th- Workshop July 23rd- Combined
January 22nd- Voting August 20th- Workshop
February 19th- Workshop August 27th- Voting
February 26th- Voting September 17th- Workshop
March 19th- Workshop September 24th- Voting
March 26th- Voting October 15th- Workshop
April 16th- Workshop October 22nd- Voting
April 23rd- Voting November 19th- Combined
May 21st- Combined December 3rd- Reorganization
June 18th- Workshop * All meetings advertised for purposes of
June 25th- Voting general meetings as needed.


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Carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) are the two most important anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) and a focus of international research activities related to a better understanding of the carbon cycle (see, for example, the Global Carbon Project (GCP)).
Within the GHG-CCI project we focus on satellite data. Satellite observations combined with modelling can add important missing global information on regional CO2 and CH4 (surface) sources and sinks required for better climate prediction. The ESA project GHG-CCI aims at delivering the high quality satellite retrievals needed for this application. GHG-CCI is one of several projects of ESA's Climate Change Initiative (CCI), which will deliver various Essential Climate Variables (ECVs). The GHG-CCI project started 1. Sept. 2010.
The GHG-CCI core ECV data products, generated with ECV Core Algorithms (ECAs), are column-averaged mole fractions of CO2 and CH4 retrieved from SCIAMACHY on ENVISAT and TANSO on GOSAT.
Other satellite instruments will be used to provide constraints for upper layers such as IASI, MIPAS and ACE-FTS. The corresponding retrieval algorithms are referred to as Additional Constraints Algorithms (ACAs) within the GHG-CCI project.
Important aspects also covered by GHG-CCI are calibration, validation and user assessments.
Two satellite instruments exist (or existed until recently) performing radiance measurements which are sensitive to near-surface CO2 and CH4 concentration changes: SCIAMACHY on ENVISAT (2002 - 2012) and TANSO on GOSAT (launched in 2009). Both sensors enable the retrieval of near-surface sensitive column-averaged dry air mole fractions of CO2 and CH4, i.e., XCO2 (in ppm) and XCH4 (ppb). These data products are the core data products generated within GHG-CCI with ECC Core Algorithms (ECAs).
Using measurements from the first years of SCIAMACHY it had already been demonstrated prior to the start of this project that regional methane emissions can be well constrained via inverse modelling approaches. Within GHG-CCI this methane time series has been extended. For SCIAMACHY XCO2 first surface flux inversions have been carried out within GHG-CCI. Note that the XCO2 user requirements are more stringent compared to XCH4. Within GHG-CCI SCIAMACHY XCH4 and XCO2 retrieval algorithms are being further improved to improve the quality of the SCIAMACHY greenhouse gas data products.
GOSAT had been launched shortly before this project started and only initial data products were available at that point in time. Operational GOSAT data products are generated at JAXA and NIES in Japan. GOSAT data products are also generated outside Japan, most notably in the USA by NASA (ACOS team). With GHG-CCI European GOSAT retrieval efforts have been significantly strengthened and first high-quality global multi-year data sets have been generated. Improving the quality of these XCO2 and XCH4 time series and extending it is a major focus of GHG-CCI.
More details are given in various documents which have been generated so far and in the Quarterly Reports given here:
Apr - Jun 2018: Quarterly Report No 31
Jan - Mar 2018: Quarterly Report No 30
Oct - Dec 2017: Quarterly Report No 29
Jul - Sept 2017: Quarterly Report No 28
Apr - Jun 2017: Quarterly Report No 27
Jan - Mar 2017: Quarterly Report No 26
Oct - Dez 2016: Quarterly Report No 25
Jul - Sept 2016: Quarterly Report No 24
Apr - Jun 2016: Quarterly Report No 23
Jan- Mar 2016: Quarterly Report No 22
Oct - Dec 2015: Quarterly Report No 21
Jul - Sep 2015: Quarterly Report No 20
Apr - Jun 2015: Quarterly Report No 19
Jan - Mar 2015: Quarterly Report No 18
Oct - Dec 2014: Quarterly Report No 17
Jul - Sep 2014: Quarterly Report No 16
Apr - Jun 2014: Quarterly Report No 15
Jan - Mar 2014: Quarterly Report No 14
Oct - Dec 2013: Quarterly Report No 13
Jul - Sep 2013: Quarterly Report No 12
Apr - Jun 2013: Quarterly Report No 11
Jan - Mar 2013: Quarterly Report No 10
Oct - Dec 2012: Quarterly Report No 9
Jul - Sep 2012: Quarterly Report No 8
Apr - Jun 2012: Mid-Term / Quarterly Report No 7
May 2012: Achievements Report
Jan - Mar 2012: Quarterly Report No 6
Oct - Dec 2011: Quarterly Report No 5
Jul - Sep 2011: Quarterly Report No 4
Apr - Jun 2011: Quarterly Report No 3
Jan - Mar 2011: Quarterly Report No 2
Oct - Dec 2010: Quarterly Report No 1
December 2011: GHG-CCI Science Leader Michael Buchwitz has presented a GHG-CCI project overview and status at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco in Dec. 2011. The presentation can be obtained from here: pdf, ppt.
Prior to the official start of the GHG-CCI project the GHG-CCI Science Leader Michael Buchwitz has presented an overview about the planned activities at the ESA Living Planet Symposium in 2010 in Bergen, Norway. The presentation can be obtained from here: pdf. Here a video of the presentation: flv. View the entire CCI session if you wish.


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Master The Skill Of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger To Be Successful
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger
Celtic Soul Essence
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. In my opinion saying this to someone who is going through hell and back with a situation is like showing a red rag to a bull, it just doesn't help. There are times when we need to consider not throwing around such popular sentiments. We would be better off to hold our tongue and be a space for someone to just be.
At times we can feel like we are literally being killed in a situation we are going through and in one way we are going through a sort of death. This may be symbolic in its nature for example we may feel like we are shedding an old skin, an old way of being. Perhaps we have stood up to an abuser and said "NO, enough is enough". This act represents the death of an old way of being, a standing in our power and embracing our free will and sovereignty.
Of course, going back to the sentiment of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, this killing of an old pattern or a shedding of a skin does make us stronger and we can look back with pride that we have gone through and made a change in ourselves for the better.
The way in which we shed old skins or patterns can be different for everyone depending on what story is unfolding for us.
It might even be so subtle that we don't notice or it may feel so overwhelming that we feel we will never rise again.
Here are some things to think about if you feel like you are going through a crisis in your life.
Is the change necessary for your personal growth? Again, if you are in the depths of a crisis you may not have a definite answer to this question. How will your life change? Will you have to develop courage and strength to walk alone in life? If so what feelings does this bring up for you?
If you are further along your journey you may be able to look and see the good that came from a situation which seemed life crushing at the time. Maybe you came away from a marriage in which you were a co-dependant and realise now that you are stronger than you thought, you are managing fine on your own because you have developed an inner strength you didn't even know was there.
Maybe you met another partner and you find you are an equal in this relationship not a co-dependant waiting for the crumbs of life to be given to you or avoiding situations that you knew would bring the other's wrath upon you.
"When we have found courage we have suffered pain, when we feel illuminated we have known the darkness"
This is the healing in the crisis situations that are sometimes thrown at us along our journey.
We develop a strength beyond all our imagination, we embrace courage because for some we had to grasp onto something in order to keep afloat.
Maybe you got over a fear you didn't even know was keeping you stuck.
The journey to where you are now or the journey you may still be on, may seem unfair, unjust, unpleasant and unnecessary but curve balls are our life lessons. They not only make us stronger they also help us help others who are going through similar situations should we feel inclined to tell our story. Its hard to have true empathy if you have never known hardship just like its hard to describe a food you have never tried. We can of course imagine what it would be like to try the food we can use all our senses and conjure up a story.
We may not have voluntarily opened the door to allow the suffering in, but we can certainly close it behind us when we can stand and look back at how far we have come in our personal journey. We may have dreams that remind us what life used to look like, maybe there is still a bit of us stuck back there in the past story, but we know we can change that too. Our dreams will often give us these vital clues. Recently I had a dream about packing up my clothes. Some of my clothes were in my old bedroom from childhood and some of the clothes I picked up I felt I had never seen before. I was surprised to find a light coloured new outfit that I was going to wear on my last night of holidays. It reminded me of a new way of being, a lighter way, not suffocating the real me under layers and layers of un-necessary and dark clothes.
Once I see the hidden gem in this I can make the decision to shed any ways of showing up in the world (symbolically shown as clothes in my dream) and decide to adopt a lighter approach that shows me for who I am to the world.
I have a weekly Women's empowerment podcast and if you would like to subscribe on Soundcloud if you want to keep updated, you can do so here.
Until next time keep empowered.
Dolores Andrew-Gavin, Soul Care Therapist, Empowerment and Assertive Coach, Energy Therapist, Author and Mum.


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Corporate events are something that we see quite a lot in the business world and if you are working in a reputable business or company, then corporate events are going to be a part of your life as well. If you have ever gone to any form of corporate event, you would know that they are mostly formal. From formal conferences to business events, they are mostly formal but there are also many corporate events that take on a more fun side too. Retreats, conventions and team building events are rather common corporate events too! If you were given the major responsibility of planning such an event for your company or business, then there is a lot to think about and do! You have to make sure that every single detail regarding this event is going to be perfect in every way so that the employees, senior members and the clients that are attending the show leave happy and satisfied!
What kind of event are you planning?
One of the very first questions to ask yourself when you want to plan an entertaining corporate event for your company is what kind of event you want to plan and execute. This is going to help you understand more about the corporate entertainment and other arrangements that you would have to do for your event. you should decide if the entire event is going to be strictly formal or if it is going to be less formal for your loyal employees and clients that are attending and once you decide what you want, the rest is easier to plan.
What is the entertainment like?
Thought a corporate event is usually formal, entertainment is still a major part of any such event. Your goal should be to entertain every single guest but not in an overly hyperactive manner. So, entertainment in the form of quiz nights Melbourne with a professional host, is going to be the kind of entertainment that should be available at a corporate event for your company guests and members. Making sure the entertainment is planned in the right way is always important!
The food and drinks should be appropriate
As the event is going to be attended by some pretty important people, the food that you serve at your event should also reflect this fact. So, make sure that the food and drinks available at the event venue is going to be suitable and appropriate for every single guest that you know is going to attend the corporate event.


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Courage Chocolate for an Inclusive Valentine
12 February 2019
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Courage Chocolate is the outcome of the Herbal Youth Project which builds the capacity of
young women arriving in the region of the richest concentrations of biodiversity in Europe in
terms of medicinal and aromatic herbs. The project combines the wild herbs of the Iblei
territory with the traditional art of chocolate making of Sicily with a view of opening
opportunities for the young women in organic herbal chocolate making.
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Complete Vitamin Support for Male Fertility Support
We know that women should start taking a high quality prenatal vitamin before they try to conceive, but what about men? As researchers continue to assess the impact of vitamin supplements and antioxidants on male fertility, they are finding that men would benefit from a complete multivitamin tailored to male fertility.
From increased sperm count, motility, and morphology to improved pregnancy rates, research is pointing to the importance of a good supplement to support any deficiencies the body may have. Specifically, adequate levels of Vitamins C, D, and E, Zinc, Folic Acid, Selenium, Lycopene, and L-Carnitine are important for optimal male fertility.
In the past, we have recommended certain doses of various vitamins and supplements to both our male and female clients. However, we are now able to confidently recommend one particular company, Theralogix, for providing complete vitamin supplements.
Please contact our practitioners for recommendations on the best vitamin formula for you, as well as a referral sheet to receive a discount on your order. For more information on the supplements we recommend to our clients and ordering information, please visit our informational page.


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From the oldest to the largest and most influential empire of the southern continent in the Americas, Ancient Peru conserves the architectural and artistic relics of some of the most fascinating cultures that date as far back as 15,000 years ago, giving us evidence of the earliest forms of human civilizations.
What we know of these earliest civilizations is based entirely on discoveries from archeological excavations. And since these ancient cultures did not make use of a written language, much of their history has been determined based on their drawings and relics. Archaeologists had gathered historical information from art, tools, and buildings that explained their way of life through the decorations noticed on textiles and ceramics.
The early civilization was able to consolidate the construction of urban towns made of stone. Roads were also built to connect the cities. They were most famous for their architecture because of the natural conditions of the valley. These ancient cultures built the largest temples and buildings in Peru.
And they also developed advanced agricultural techniques. Agricultural projects in the area were so complex and sophisticated that they resulted in impressive economic activities. The most important crop was cotton which they used to weave fine-looking multi-colored fabrics and sheets; they colored their creations with natural dyes of about 190 different shades they formed. Textiles were considered a symbol of status.
The introduction of corn also known as maize was the catalyst for the development of the more advanced civilizations that followed. This advancement led to irrigation, dating from the thirteenth century B.C. The reason for the development of these great civilizations that rose and fell over the Andes for more than a thousand years was the stabilization of the food supply and the abundance of provisions.
They were also known for their burial ground and were experts at turning desert land into suitable land for growing crops and were continuously searching for water. They were known for the lines and drawings of animals that cover a large area of the desert surface known as geoglyphs.
The Kingdom of Chavin was the earliest central state to emerge in the northern highlands, which prospered for some 500 years. These majestic, massive temples built by the Chavin oriented to the cardinal points of the solstice, was regarded by the people of Chavín to be the center of the world, the holiest and revered place. After the decline of the Chavín culture around the origin of the Christian millennium, a series of localized and specialized societies rose and fell, both on the coast and in the highlands. On the coast, these included the Gallinazo, Paracas, Nasca Mochica, and Chimú civilizations.
Farming allowed these inhabitants to remain where they were and build settlements and new societies which appeared beside the coast and in the Andean mountains. These coastal communities eventually began to decline as a result of recurring El Niño floods and droughts.
These ancient people survived in simple adobe houses, fished in the nearby sea, cultivated potatoes and beans. They were fantastic fishermen, farmers, and artisans. With a history that dates back to more than 15,000 years ago, Peru possess a vast wealth of traditions, cultures, and imposing archaeological complexes. It is unquestionably one of the most diverse countries in the world..
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We recently ran a feature on Graham and Brown's 70s-influenced wallcoverings. Retro they certainly were – but what if you want a covering that's really authentic, one that was actually produced in that decade?
Amazingly, you can still buy original wallpaper from over 30 years ago if you look hard enough. A good place to try is E.W. Moore, which has been in the wallpaper business since 1906. The vintage wallcoverings it currently sells online don't go that far back – but they do range from the early sixties to the eighties.
Popular with film and TV companies (for the period dramas), their authentic range will certainly be a talking point if you go for it in the living room!
Prices are around £25 per roll, with a UK postal charge of around £10. And as stock is original, it's usually limited.