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Video marketing surged in 2016. This format of content marketing went from 360-degree videos to FaceBook Live where marketers responded to a shorter attention span of the consumer. This strategy has paid off immensely with their method of making content more interactive and visual. Video marketing is a tremendous opportunity for you to grab onto and begin engaging with your customers. Many marketers are starting to reach their goals through the use of video marketing. Professional services ae urged to start focusing their attention on this innovative marketing strategy as it is perfect for reaching clients. Online video will account for 74 percent of the traffic on the web in 2017.
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Videos engage more of our senses, unlike a still image. This is a fact proving why video marketing is so effective. Visitors to a website will remain on a page longer if it is displaying videos targeted specifically to their interests. When a video is used on a homepage as a way of introducing your brand or service, you will create a relationship with your audience. Make the video personal by explaining what your product or service can do for them. Display in your video what the personality of your business is and allow your audience to get a feel for what you represent.
Email Marketing using Video
Open and click rates often see a drop in numbers for many marketers. There is a way to change the email marketing game. Videos are an effective message communicator and make a lot of sense when you think about using them in your marketing strategy. These have proven to increase email open rates and have shown to improve click-through-rates, as well as the number of times your audience will share your video. To improve your chances at succeeding with video marketing, you need to keep the video at three to four minutes in length. The videos should also be visible to a large audience such as hosting it on YouTube so you can increase shareability and visibility.
Brand Awareness Through Video
More and more consumers are watching videos versus reading blogs. If you want your brand to connect with your audience, you need to produce content through videos that create awareness about your brand and engages your clients. Videos can showcase what you offer whether it is an actual product or a service. This line of marketing allows you to feature your employees and give your clients a sense of getting to know your business. When you develop a more personal relationship with your audience, you will gain a following that will increase their willingness to return to your site. This is the year to take your existing content and turn it into video so you too can become more successful in this new upcoming trend.
Social Media and Animated GIFS
There is a predominant use showing up in the creation of animated GIFS and short videos. These allow you to tell your story in a short timeframe. The animated GIFS can convey emotions, moving stories, humor, and latest trends. Videos have been around a long time, and some brands have accepted them as part of their culture regularly to connect with their customers. The possibilities and potential your business will gain animated GIFS will only be limited by your imagination. These are going to allow you to send shorter messages with more content and get them out in a shorter amount of time. Using GIFS will allow you to display emotions much better than photos or text can alone. This form of marketing is going to show you are paying attention to internet trends and that your business has a fun side.
Live Video
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Midyear Handbook Reviews, Reasons Your Employees are Leaving, and more
Does Your Handbook Need a Midyear Review?
As new workplace laws roll out, experts in the employment law space note that these effective dates do not always align with the start of a calendar year. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has outlined some key guidelines tied to midyear handbook reviews, and also warns employers be mindful of "significant changes to the laws that affect a particular employer's workforce". SHRM also says that employers should complete a handbook review annually at a minimum.
25 Reasons Your Employees Are Leaving
Inc. Magazine recently released their list of the top "25 Reasons Your Best Employees Are Jumping Ship". The list includes more obvious drivers like lack of career progression or inadequate benefit packages, but lack of opportunities to use skills, boredom, and lack of training and development programs also made the list.
33% of Companies Struggled to Fill Open Roles Last Month
A recent survey conducted by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) found that "as workers have gotten more confident about quitting, employers report having a tougher time recruiting them". The NFIB survey also found that a third of companies surveyed said that they had trouble filling their open positions last month. CNBC reports that these companies also say that they "plan to boost wages to fill new openings and hang onto the workers already on payroll".
EEOC "Reaffirms Commitment to Fighting Ageism, Discrimination"
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has released its most current EEOC Digest, which includes a listing of recent EEOC decisions. The director of the EEOC's Office of Federal Operations also released a statement declaring the agency's continued commitment to "protecting the rights of older workers", especially as more baby boomers delay retirement.
NYC Employers to Be Banned from Inquiring About Salary History
In an effort to address the gender wage gap, effective October 31st of this year NYC employers will no longer lawfully be able to ask candidates about their salary history, and instead will be required to "set a pay level that fits the job".
Public Attention towards Workplace Harassment at "Tipping Point"
Experts from the National Women's Law Center say that media coverage of recent high profile sexual harassment cases have brought awareness of workplace harassment to an all time high, which is a key driver in their projection that harassment claims will rise through the end of this year.
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| 7.5°C Belfast
Northern Ireland Under-21s will bid to avoid a sixth straight defeat in European Championship qualifying when they take on Cyprus in Lurgan on Tuesday night.
A 3-0 loss to Italy in Reggio Emilia on Thursday extended a miserable run for the side, who are this week under the watch of Jim Magilton with Stephen Robinson away with the under-17s - seen as the more promising generation of players.
That said, senior team manager Michael O'Neill believes the under-21 squad has a handful of players ready for the next level.
"If the under-21s hadn't had competitive matches this week then we would have taken a couple with us (to Turkey)," he said as his side went down 1-0 in a friendly in Adana.
"Liam (Donnelly) has been doing very well at Fulham and obviously Billy (McKinlay - Northern Ireland assistant and Fulham coach) keeps an eye on how he's getting on.
"We've had him joining us for training when we've got together in London. He's a good player and although he hasn't played for Fulham he's close (for us).
"And we would probably have looked at taking Ryan Brobbell too. He's done well on loan at York, but it's better for them to be with the under-21s when they have a game"
Cyprus have already undone Northern Ireland once, setting the tone for a tough qualifying campaign when they beat them 3-0 in Nicosia in the opening match.
Thirty-three degree heat did not help that night, and certainly will not be a factor in Lurgan, but the challenge remains obvious.
Magilton and his players can take heart from Thursday's performance, when they kept it close until the end - largely thanks to the efforts of goalkeeper Conor Brennan - before conceding two late goals.


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The Parkway is a divisive issue in Peterborough and draws on a long history of controversy. This long history can make it seem like the Parkway has been debated for nigh on 70 years but really, the issue has only surfaced in the last fifteen years when the City proposed a major thoroughfare for the North end using the route planned in 1947.
The Parkway first appeared in 1947 as part of the City's Official Plan, which laid out an integrated strategy for Peterborough's growth. The Parkway was part of a larger plan to construct a ring road around the city. This section was intended to connect the North and South sides of the city while bypassing much of the West-end. During the 1950's, the city bought the requisite land and designated it for the Parkway Corridor but did not move forward with construction.
The Parkway discussion was ongoing, but meaningfully resurfaced in 2002 in the City's Transportation Master Plan. It planned on commencing construction on the land purchased for the Parkway. In 2003, City Hall held a referendum to assess whether or not this development was supported by citizens.
At this time Peterborough voted against development of a 'partial Parkway'. However, this referendum failed to meet a minimum turn out of 50% of eligible voters and the resulting decision was not binding. Council agreed to not carry out Parkway construction at that time but left it in the Transportation Master Plan.
In 2011, issues of access to the Peterborough Regional Health Centre brought the Parkway back into the discussion at City Hall. A Comprehensive Transportation Plan that included the Parkway was completed and approved by City Council.
This year, the Capital Budget for the City of Peterborough included $2.25 million allocated for the creation of detailed plans of the first phase of the Parkway.
Many citizens and civil society groups have repeatedly spoken out against the development of the Parkway. They reference reasons like the preservation of greenspace, watershed ecosystem management, inappropriate use of tax dollars, and that it will be ineffective at solving transportation problems.
Key among these groups is Parks Not Parkways, who had a representative speak to Arthur about the issue. "We don't think that the Parkway will do what they say it will do," he said.
Moreover, this representative purchased his home in the North end under the assumption that the greenspace and trails would be preserved and, as he put it, "under the assumption that a public vote means something." With the construction of the Parkway, he is now considering moving away.
Other critiques of the Parkway question whether or not it is necessary for our contemporary city. Considering that Peterborough has not developed in the same way that was planned in 1947, the Parkway need not be an integral component of city planning today. They argue that there is greater value in having urban greenspace than in a new thoroughfare. Looking at the classic example of Central Park in New York City, that park fulfills a function in the metropolis that would be impossible to replicate if greenspace was not preserved from an earlier time.
Parks Not Parkways and other advocates have suggested numerous alternatives to the Parkway Corridor. The most strongly advocated plan involves increasing the capacity of a few key roads in the area without building any new thoroughfare. This would leave the greenspace and Jackson Park intact while mitigating the traffic problems that are being used to justify the Parkway.
Other advocates for alternatives are focusing on developments through Jackson Park. Plans are debating whether or not the Parkway would should be built through the park or if a bridge should be built over it. Yet, this is a much smaller debate in the question of whether or not the road should be built at all.
The larger debate about whether the Parkway is necessary can be stifled in debates about the specifics. The Parks Not Parkways representative said, "The [Environmental Assessment] process is designed to guarantee that engineering projects go ahead. It really doesn't evaluate if a project is a good one, it just says what the best way to do it is."
The issue stems from the recurring need for a comprehensive transportation strategy in the city. While this specific thoroughfare has been in the plan for decades, the effects will be immediate and will reach long into the future. The civic engagement and the debates that the Parkway has sparked over the past 15 years go to show how this issue is important to citizens' interests and will continue to be an issue.


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- they're both in their 30s (32 and 38, respectively).
- they've used trust fund money for school/university and to buy their own London flats, and have more than enough left over not to have to worry about day-to-day money issues.
- the trusts were established by their grandfather, now deceased.
- I need a legitimate reason for one sibling to require the other sibling to come round and sign some documents relating to the trust(s). They then need an excuse to deliver said documents to their parents.
Other things could be added in if necessary (such as, if this paperwork would only be needed for some major expenditure, I could create one).
I was assuming that because they're in their 30s, they'd have full control over the money, but it sounds as though this might not necessarily be the case, depending on the terms when the trust was set up. Might it be possible for them to share a single trust fund, rather than have separate ones? Could their parents be trustees?
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This morning I whipped together a "precision aircraft balancer" (like the Great Planes "C.G. Machine".) I built it out of $5.57 worth of PVC pipe and connectors from Fleet Farm and it probably took me an hour at the most.
The Plan
Here is my concept drawing:
Shopping List
Here you are looking at $5.57 worth of PVC parts purchased locally. The one flaw in the original design is that no one locally sold those 3-way corner connectors. Maybe they don't even exist? So I made an on the fly design change while I was shopping. The new design uses …
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Let the Creativity Begin With Sago Mini Robot Party
For a fun, imaginative, and creative way to play, Sago Mini Robot Party is a great app for kids. Designed for children ages 5 and under, your little ones can create billions of robot combinations. They can mix and match robot parts and then decorate tasty treats, make silly music, and pop colorful balloons.
Build the coolest robot
Start by picking a nifty robot body and then have fun adding all of its parts. Pick a silly head, neat hands, and then add colorful socks or a great set of wheels. You can mix and match all you want to get the perfect bot. When you are done, you can pop a costume onto your robot for a unique look.
Have fun with cupcakes
Just have your bot hit the buttons to decorate the cupcakes. One button drops delicious frosting while the other adds colorful sprinkles. Then, move that conveyor belt along to create more and more tasty treats.
Make some funky music
To get the party really hopping, have your robot create jamming, rocking tunes. You never know which instruments will pop up. One time there might be a trumpet and drums, while the next there could be a horn and a bell.
With Sago Mini Robot Party, your kids will love building and customizing their very own robots. The sounds and graphics are lively and vibrant and the app is super simple to use. So, let your children be creative by exploring their imaginations and having fun with robots.
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The title of a kids story yesterday I heard on the Radio 5 yesterday about a man that never pays for anything. The kids loved it and it was very well told by Esther de Lorenzo (and I think it's an original story, since I can't find much in Google about it).
The villagers eventually lose patience with Pepe Paga Poco and decide to cast a magic spell that makes anything that he takes without paying grow legs and run back home. He eventually becomes desperate and goes to the bank and tells them to pay for everything (and becames Pepe Pagatodo).
Link to the MP3.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Pepé Pagapoco y hoy tampoco
Posted by santcugat at 3/17/2010
Labels: kids
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the right title in spanish should be: Pepe paga poco y hoy tampoco.
It's interesting to know your point of view of our city/country... obviously, as a catalan person, I find some mistakes in you appreciations.
- June 13, 2010 at 1:27 PM
- santcugat said...
Thanks! I've fixed the title and added a link to the MP3.
I will attempt to appreciate the country more accurately in the future.
- June 14, 2010 at 10:54 AM
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Best Practice
Highlighting Scatter Points
Here's a technique that everyone should be using – Everyone. Instead of using an oval for highlighting scatter points, consider using a rounded-edge rectangle with the edges rounded to the max.
Doesn't that look nice? Ovals can get very fat in the middle and skinny at the ends. Sometimes they work and sometimes they really don't. This AutoShape always works.
Just move the yellow adjustment handle all the way to the right and the ends will resemble a capsule. Then remove line, adjust fill color, position over the group of sprites, adjust size, and move to back. You're done.


text: DHGF: Overall the video quality on the Blu-Ray and the DVD discs is fantastic and the sound is excellent as well. The listed retail is $69.99 but I've seen it online as low as $52. That's $13-$18 a disc with 5-6 episodes on each, not including the case or the really well done 38-page hardcover artbook which isn't too bad at all for anime and it's in a really nice case you can display. I've actually got it propped up next to my TV at home right now. I definitely recommend this show if you're into anime drama with or without a hint of the supernatural. My wife and I devoured it in two days, which would have been one if we didn't have to work and sleep and we can put down a bad show and walk away. This was happily not one of those bad shows.


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This is so much fun!
Here is my interview with Penny Neville Lee, the illustrator behind the hashtag colour_collective.
What is your background in illustration?
I studied Painting at the Royal College of Art and spent the last ten years or so making large oil paintings. Looking back on them now it's easy to see where the illustration stems from as they were all quite driven by stories and narratives. When my son was born in 2010, my work naturally shifted away from the studio to something more domestic. It sounds obvious, but it was something of a eureka moment when I realised I didn't have to make large scale work anymore and I could just make work that I enjoyed and made me happy.
How long have you been using twitter?
I'm a relative newbie really. I joined last year and started using it in earnest around August. I was encouraged by fellow RCA…
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middle ground is where you make it
Fri 2017-07-14 00:03:29 (in context)
There is probably a middle ground between gaming the system and sabotaging one's own chances of success, but I haven't found it yet.
Maybe I found it today. I went looking, anyway.
To be more explicit: There is a small list of writing tasks I'd like to do each day that I keep! Not! Quite! Getting to! and it's bothering me. Things like: Spending a solid writing session on writing a new short story, or revising an existing one so that it is ready to submit. Working on the novel, for serious. Sending stories back out to new markets (ones they have not been to, of course. I'M STILL EMBARRASSED ABOUT THAT) and logging responses to previous submissions. These things are not represented in my Habitica "dailies," so I can log a "perfect day"--a day in which I check off all the Dailies--without ever getting to that list of much-neglected writing tasks. I suppose it's overstating things to describe this as me "gaming the system," but I'm certainly not making the system work for me here.
Problem is, the act of adding new Dailies to the list does not suddenly cause me to succeed at a task I've failed at week after week. It just makes failing at it feel worse. No more perfect days and it's my fault the party gets thwacked by the quest boss.
An intermediate stage is needed here.
So, Habitica's "dailies" are those task which you hold yourself too every day. If you check them all off, you accomplish a perfect day! But for each Daily you don't check off, you take damage. If you're in a quest, your party also takes damage. That's Dailies.
There's also "habits." Habits are those tasks you'd like, to, well, get in the habit of doing more often. You click them any time you do them, however many times a day is appropriate. Like: "Get up from the desk and stretch" or "Eat a home-prepared meal." You get rewarded with gold and experience points for clicking them, but you don't get punished for not clicking on them. (There's also negative habits which you're trying to break yourself of, and you take damage every time you click them. Example: "Did you pick your nose? Be honest!" But that's outside the scope of this discussion.)
Habit items are perfect for giving yourself incentive to do a thing without putting yourself under a lot of pressure.
So I have added a Habit item for "All items on today's timesheet." (This is a spreadsheet where I track my working hours by task, and it lists all the tasks, including those things I keep not! Quite! Getting to!). It has a positive clicker I can click if I do all the things. It also has a negative clicker, but I'm going to give myself a two-week adjustment period before I start clicking it.
And then, what the hell, I added five more Habit items: "1 hour of writing," "2 hours of writing," "3 hours of writing," and so on up to five. I used to have a "5 hours of writing" Daily, but I pretty much never managed to check that one off. So rather than keep punishing myself with it, I disabled it. Temporarily. Having now brought it back as a series of low-pressure Habit incentives, I might train myself up to a point where it's reasonable enable it as a Daily again.
So that was very technical and will probably make more sense if you go and check out Habitica. You may find it useful. Not everyone does, but it pushes all my buttons very effectively.
Anyway, I did not get to click "All items on today's timesheet" today. But you know what I did do? For the first time ever? I completed a Friday Fictionette early. That's right. July 14th's offering is already up on Patreon for scheduled release. Which means I can begin my road trip to Salina, Kansas (it's bout week again!) on a clean conscience. And I might just get to peck at the novel a bit in the car. I'll certainly get to start next week's Fictionette early. If I can keep this up, I might actually begin building a future fictionette buffer. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Anyway, now I have blogged. Which leaves me only two Dailies left between me and a perfect day (for Habitica values of perfect). Off I go to do them!


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The Story – Earth X #0 – 12 + X (1999-2000)
Earth X #0 – 12 + X (1999-2000) : The world's population gains super-powers after the Inhuman Terrigen Mists are released into the atmosphere in this dystopian view of the future.
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By now, you've probably heard that Twitter's rolling out the option to download your entire archive of tweets. And, hey, that sounds like great news!
Hold on, Narcissus. Let's think about it. Twitter's already been around for 6 years. That's Methuselah in Internet years and more than enough time to have collected all sorts of horrifying, cringe-inducing tweets of yesteryear. No matter how witty and incisive you may be, fads that were super hip way back when usually become the same ones endlessly mocked in retrospect. Fads such as, oh, I dont know, Google+ and #makingupyourownhashtags, for instance.
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Digital Rogue Trooper: Blood Relative
Pages: 256
Writer: James Swallow
This is a prose novel eBook, downloadable in ePub and Mobi formats.
Sole surviving member of his unit, Rogue Trooper is cut off from Souther lines and hunted remorselessly by the Nort forces. He's hot on the trail of the Traitor General who sold out Rogue and his buddies, three of whom accompany him as sentient life-chips stored in his high-tech weaponry. When his latest lead takes him back to the site of the Quartz Zone Massacre, Rogue gets more than he bargained for at the hands of a unit of brutal bio-warriors.
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At Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery teachers are called Learning Advisors. This term deliberately emphasises a role that is comprised of facilitation, mentorship and coaching, as well as teaching. Learning Advisors function both as curriculum experts and as advisors who support our students to make the right decisions for their learning, by giving regular feedback on progress and monitoring whether the student's plan needs modifying.
In their role as curriculum experts, our Learning Advisors have a strong willingness to adapt their courses to the needs and desires of our students. Learning Advisors do more than just teach, they are responsive to individual student voice, while ensuring that the curriculum is delivered in a relevant, challenging and interesting way.
The autonomy that you have as a learning advisor at Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery is fantastic: you have the flexibility to follow your students' interests rather than being confined to a narrow curriculum. I teach Media Studies and English at the moment, but my classes here can always be a bit of a mix, as I am able to combine those subjects with Psychology, Digital Technology, Science, or any other subject in which I'm confident (or in which the students show an interest). When learning advisors are sharing their passion for the things they love, learning standards are usually so much higher.
I also think that the school prepares our students exceptionally well for uni life, as it is almost run like a university within a high school. During their time here, our school leavers would have been continually asked to justify which learning experiences they were engaged in, whereas at other schools you often just take what's been given to you.
Despite Philosophy being a recognised school subject there are no NCEA standards, so teachers usually borrow standards from other domains such as English or History. This is not ideal, so I came to an arrangement with the Philosophy Department at the University of Canterbury in which we would offer a distance course for our students. The course would run at our school, and we would provide the academic support, such as tutoring time and materials that would normally be delivered at university.
We now offer two university level Philosophy courses. Our students complete all the assignments at school, however, the marking is done by the university and our students end up with points that count towards their first year of a university degree. The course is STAR funded with no cost to our students. Since we teach smaller groups the course is highly discussion based, so there is a lot of depth. I believe that's why our students perform better on average than the students who attend university lectures.
We have been able to design a course to support a number of full time ballet dancers. The course allows them to combine their ballet training and academic learning. We work closely with the ballet school so the dancing can be assessed for NCEA, but we help those students to utilise their learning in many other ways, too. I created assessment opportunities where, for example, they can describe an aspect of their training or a performance, they then explore a number of psychological theories and apply them to their dance and explore their own action plan. When they go on tours there are opportunities to develop posters, write an essay, or produce a film for example, and this work could count towards a range of NCEA subjects, including English, Media Studies, History, and Psychology. These are all authentic tasks that give the students good critical knowledge of the theories, and a deeper understanding of what they are doing and what they are really passionate about.
Every teacher has a responsibility to ensure good coverage of a subject but at our school I can individualise my teaching. I have the freedom to try out new, modern methods of teaching or anything that might have a positive effect on the children that I have in front of me.
This year I am trying to give my English class a different perspective on writing. The method we are using is 'Talk to Write' and is based on learning literacy through stories. I became a story teller, repeating a story over and over, and it took us three weeks before the children wrote anything. When they did, they were much better able to focus on spelling and grammar. This term I am following Ian Hunter's work on sentence and paragraph structures. It's called 'Write that Essay' and it teaches children really powerful essay writing tools.
We created different Communities after we merged and the school increased in size, although we have always had a strong community focus generally from day one. I run a Community of Year 7s to 10s that comprises of around 80 students. We come together regularly, we have common systems in place, and while every child can be a total individual within that I think it gives them a sense of security, belonging and understanding. Every term we run an event as a community: we take the children out for the day or have a one-night camp, plus once a term we celebrate the children's learning with their parents. Arts performances, exhibitions, pop up restaurants and quiz nights are recent examples. In addition to that the children offer and sign up to workshops that they then run within our Community, and finally we, the Learning Advisors, run some workshops for them. Our sense of community means a lot to us and we work on it every day.
From Year 7, children at our school can choose their courses, based on their interests and their needs. In addition to this, each student has their allocated weekly one-to-one time with their Learning Advisor, and we spend time as a group in the morning and once again at the end of the day on their self-directed learning. This way they can develop a strong sense of belonging to the group of students in their community.
I believe that our children are not only given a lot of choice but also a high degree of responsibility. They are given options rather than being told, and often they are challenged to step up and take responsibility. For example, last year we had students plan a movie night as a fund raiser. They came up with the idea and the initiative for it, and of course they had adult support along the way. I guess they are not limited by what's expected for their age – if they have the inspiration and commitment to do something, we support them to make it happen.
Some of my students follow unique pathways of learning. I teach a girl who attends school only part time so she can follow her passion, which is dancing, at the same time. In addition to getting lots of support from her Learning Advisors she uses Google Classroom, so she can digitally see what she missed that day which is another way for her to catch up. We also operate an effective Learning Management System (LMS): As Learning Advisors we can link learning programmes and courses, and the children can view learning material and add their own notes. I believe that the school's use of technology to provide online learning opportunities in addition to personal learning support is a great strength of ours.
Our school offers amazing opportunities for students to follow whatever pathway they wish. As Learning Advisors we work to ensure they have adequate foundation skills and relevant competencies so that they can be successful. Students take responsibility for designing their own personalised programmes with the support from a range of curriculum 'experts.' As Learning Advisors we have a clear understanding of this approach and work collectively to support individuals with this responsibility.
At the foundation level, the flexibility of our programme allows students to experiment and 'dip their toe' into different courses as they do not have to commit to a certain subject for a full year. While at the more advanced level we encourage deeper, more sophisticated and specialised explorations. Ultimately, we don't think of students as year levels, we see the whole individual on his/her way to becoming a more mature, more responsible, more autonomous life-long learner.
I lead a group of energetic LAs with whom I teach alongside, working with children in Years 0 to 4. Just like most schools we have a timetable but I would never say our timetable is fixed; we want to be spontaneous in case an opportunity for learning suddenly presents itself. We have four days of reading, maths, phonics, writing and handwriting workshops which children engage in based on their current needs and abilities. While some children are in these workshops another LA is supervising, co-creating and facilitating children to meet their individual passions and needs. Children are supported to make good learning choices for these times and use planning and reflective tools to make the most of these opportunities.
On Fridays, we have our Celebration of Learning. This is a time when children can share individually, in a group or as a Homebase, the learning they have been doing. This time often inspires children to give new things a go. We then run several adult led workshops that the children can book themselves into such as: Mandarin, yoga, gardening, animal care, or drama. These sessions are run by parents or experts in the community. On Friday afternoons, we usually have child-led workshops. These are pre-planned by the children and happen across all ages of the Discovery Campus. Sometimes children from the Unlimited Campus come over and run these too.
PINs (Passions, Interests and Needs) workshops are run each term. These are workshops that are offered by either children, parents or Learning Advisors and allow children to access a great variety of activities. Some examples are: fishing, cooking, art, jewellery making, rugby, camping skills, board games, Lego, geocaching – the list is endless and constantly changing.
At our school relationships are everything – we really are a community of learners. Parents work in partnership with Learning Advisors to create a rich and supportive learning environment. We firmly believe that everyone can contribute to another's learning, and everyone is on a learning journey of their own.
Our Homebase is comprised of children who have always been immersed in Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery learning and those who have started later from another school. A core part of Homebase life is our core values which work together to support and create a positive learning environment.
As part of our commitment to the special character children are at the centre of their learning supported by family and Learning Advisors. No one has to learn the same thing, at the same time, in the same way and we have the freedom to create with the child the best pathways of learning for them.
It is important to us that children have the freedom to follow their own passions with the nuts and bolts of self-managing, literacy and numeracy in place to be able to do so.
We want our kids to use their literacy skills to actually change something, and this can be anything inside themselves or out in the community and wider world.
Children in our community are growing in their effectiveness at researching and are much more independent in their inquiries. We encourage a mind-set where children try things that are new and accept that it is okay to make mistakes. We talk about ways we are being self-managers or self-directed in our learning. We also support our tamariki in knowing that asking for help is also part of being a self-directed learner.
As children grow in their ability to self-manage and negotiate their own pathways it is great to see them realise 'I can do this on my own, I want to achieve this'.
We are really lucky to have a supportive community of parents and we keep emphasising that we love communication. The more communication we have the better we can support your child, and the more parent involvement, the richer the experiences for every child. We want parents to share in the learning journey, whether that is running workshops, taking kids on excursions around the city or learning alongside us. Being a part of a learning community means Learning Advisors also share in learning alongside our families and tamariki.
Attending Ao Tawhiti is not just about enrolling your child, it is about enrolling the family and becoming part of the community. The idea is that children, families and Learning Advisors share the learning journey together.


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text: Box Office: 'Captain America' Stays No. 1 With Huge $72.6M; 'Money Monster' Banks $15M 8:19 AM PDT 5/15/2016 by Pamela McClintock FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME YOUTUBE Jodie Foster's 'Money Monster' comes in ahead of expectations after making a splashy premiere at the Cannes Film Festival; 'The Lobster' scores the top location average of the year to date for a limited indie release. Disney easily dominated the weekend box-office chart between Captain America: Civil War — which declined a respectable 59 percent in its second weekend to $72.6 million domestically — and The Jungle Book. Better yet, Civil War raced to $941 million worldwide, while Jungle Book crossed the $800 million mark globally. Civil War has now earned $296 million in North America and $645 million overseas, where it likewise came in No. 1 for the weekend with $84.2 million. Elsewhere off shore, Sony's animated The Angry Birds Movie opened a week ahead of its U.S. launch in 63 markets, grossing a pleasing $43 million. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising earned $8.8 million from 34 markets for an early foreign cume of $19.7 million (it opened abroad two weeks ahead of this Friday's U.S. launch). Jungle Book remained a formidable force in its fifth weekend, grossing $17.8 million from 3,970 theaters to come in No. 2 and pushing its domestic total to $311.8 million. Globally, it has earned $828.1 million. The weekend's high-profile new offering was Jodie Foster's adult-skewing financial thriller Money Monster, which came in ahead of expectations, earning $15 million from 3,104 theaters for Sony/TriStar. The film, reuniting George Clooney and Julia Roberts for the first time since 2004's Ocean's Twelve, fared better than a number of recent studio adult dramas with big stars, and opened on par with Steven Spielberg's 2015 historical thriller Bridge of Spies. Money Monster's profile was no doubt boosted by its splashy premiere Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival. "In the world of Netflix and other options, adult dramas and adult thrillers are worth fighting for," said Sony worldwide marketing and distribution chief Josh Greenstein. "This is an important win as these movies are becoming an endangered species in the theatrical marketplace." Jack O'Connell also stars in Money Monster, which centers on a TV financial personality (Clooney) who is taken hostage on air by a viewer who followed the talk show host's advice and lost all of his money. Roberts plays the show's producer. After Money Monster, the weekend's other new player was Greg McLean's supernatural horror film The Darkness, which was produced by Blumhouse and released by BH Tilt, a relatively new distribution venture designed to target genre fans without having to make a major nationwide marketing spend. (Universal is assisting on the movie's distribution.) The Darkness opened to $5.2 million from 1,755 theaters, a win according to BH Tilt. Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, David Mazouz and Lucy Fry star in the pic, which revolves around a family who visits the Grand Canyon and brings home a supernatural force. Rounding out the top five was Mother's Day, Garry Marshall's ensemble comedy that stars Roberts opposite Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis and Kate Hudson. As expected, the movie dropped a steep 72 percent to an estimated $3.1 million now that the holiday is over. Still, Mother's Day has done better than expected, grossing $28.6 million to date. At the specialty box office, Yorgos Lanthimos' The Lobster scored the top location average of the year to date among for a specialty film, grossing $188,195 from four theaters in New York and Los Angeles for an average of $47,049 for A24 Films. Colin Farrell, Rachel Wiesz, John C. Reilly and Ben Whishaw star in the acclaimed dark comedy, which premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Whit Stillman's Jane Austen adaptation Love & Friendship also debuted in New York and L.A., taking in $132,750 from four locations for a theater average of $33,187. Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions are partnering on the film's theatrical release. Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny star in the romantic comedy, which sports a 100 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and will expand nationwide in the coming weeks. Weekend Box Office 5/15/16 Comscore Actuals for Weekend of 5/15/16 Weekend Cume Theaters Week 1. Captain America: Civil War $72.6M $296.M 4,226 2 2. The Jungle Book $17.2M $311.1M 3,970 5 3. Money Monster $14.8M $14.8M 3,104 1 4. The Darkness $5.0 M $5.0M 1,755 1 5. Mother's Day $3.3M $28.8M 3,291 3 6. Zootopia $2.8M $331.8M 1,935 11 7. The Huntsman: Winter's War $2.6M $44.6M 2,518 4 8. Keanu $1.9M $18.6M 2,120 3 9. Barbershop: The Next Cut $1.7M $51.3M 1,333 5 10. The Boss $1.2M $61.2M 1,350 6 FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME YOUTUBE Pamela McClintock firstname.lastname@example.com @thr


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Tree trimming services are a must. So, why are they so? At times when a tree is dying, its branches may become weak and unsteady. They can break apart at any point in time and fall on anyone or anything underneath them. During such moments, it becomes imperative to hire tree trimming services and utilise them with immediate effect.
One has to keep a close watch on the situation. Throughout the world over, it has happened enough number of times that trees have fallen all of a sudden and caused a lot of damage to life and property. What is the most difficult part of this situation is that such incidents happen quite all of a sudden with no warning or forecasting. Hence, it becomes all the more necessary to be on the guard at all times.
What one can do is to have trees which have matured checked up at timely durations. Then, and only then, can one be sure that trees which are on the verge of collapse or have rotten trunks or branches can be suitably taken care of, before they start falling. Also it is best to prune trees which have very long or even thin branches. Regular pruning will ensure that all edges which are weak are done away with and do not fall off at inopportune times.
Another issue which one should keep in mind is that of lightening or times of storms. A strict vigil must be kept at places where weather conditions are such that strong winds may be blowing. These too, cause tree trunks and branches which are hollow from inside to suddenly fall. For this, the appropriate method is again to keep a regular check on aged and dying trees.
Several times, they are decaying from inside and cannot face strong winds. They tend to break apart and fall during such times. Once a tree is known to have weakened, it is best to hire tree trimmers to have its dead and decaying branches pruned out. Otherwise there is a real threat to life and property which is situated close to it.
In addition, it is best to check trees, especially the ones standing tall, before the onset of the monsoon season. It is during this time that there are chances of the tree falling especially when there are heavy rains. Hence the suitable method of precaution is to have an inspection done on them before such time arrives. One can be sure then that all weak trees are adequately taken care of and they do not break off causing any damage.
Then comes the Issue of Tornadoes, twisters and hurricanes. All places which are prone to such attacks have to have emergency tree trimming services at hand. Their requirement can come at any time when there is a natural calamity situation which arises. One can need the help of tree trimmers to help clear even roads on which trees have fallen. Or else it leads to disruption or even stoppage of traffic on them.


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SCN/MEDEC June 2014 Workshop Presentations
Compilation of all presentations from the SCN-MEDEC event on June 24, 2015
The outcome of IHE initiatives is providing better information for developing health policy and best medical practices. IHE disseminates information in many ways. In addition to publications in peer-reviewed journals, IHE produces books and a variety of reports synthesizing information in a particular field.
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Australia - Legislation and guidelines for organ and tissue donation
Each of Australia's states and territories enacted legislation on tissue and organ procurement (mostly in the 1980s) which explicitly prohibit trade.
Links to each state's Act can be found at the federal Health Department's website on the following page:
None of them mention international trafficking or transplant tourism.
NSW: Human Tissue Act 1983
Vic: Human Tissue Act 1982; Human Tissue (Prescribed Institutions) Regulation 2006
Qld: Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979
SA: Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1983
WA: Human Tissue and Transplant Act 1982
Tas: Human Tissue Act 1985
NT: Human Tissue Transplant Act 1995
ACT: Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1978


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Celtic's trip to Motherwell on Sunday always had more significance for Neil Lennon than this visit of Rennes.
Still, the Celtic manager can take heart from the manner in which his patchwork team recovered from Saturday's dismal home draw with Hibs. They also fought back from a goal behind.
What Celtic conceded in technical ability to the French side – and that was plenty – they made up for with commitment. Lennon needs similar effort levels if Celtic are to claw themselves closer to Rangers on the domestic front.
Progression from Group I remains possible for Celtic. Their opponents last night played the last four minutes with 10 men after Yann M'Vila picked up a second booking. Celtic would, however, swap progress in Europe for success closer to home. The first step with that in mind is seeing off Motherwell, who sit ahead of Lennon's men in the SPL.
Lennon's unsuccessful quest for consistency of selection was highlighted by the fact Glenn Loovens here became the eighth player already this season to captain Celtic. Amid a raft of injuries, this was a makeshift home line-up. It was also one which got off to the worst possible start. A corner which Celtic needn't have conceded resulted in Kader Mangane heading home Julien Féret's low, powerful cross.
Almost 10 years ago to the very day, Lennon formed part of a Celtic team which defeated Juventus in the Champions League. A decade on, the hosts spent the early exchanges as clearly second best to an athletic, threatening Rennes side.
A goalkeeping blunder allowed Celtic to restore parity. There seemed little menace in a long-range shot from James Forrest, yet Benoit Costil could only parry the attempt to the feet of Anthony Stokes, who slotted into an empty net. That goal steadied Celtic, with Forrest particularly prominent for the remainder of the first half. It was Stokes who sent them ahead, after some brilliantly route one stuff. Fraser Forster's goal kick was flicked on by Georgios Samaras, Stokes collecting the ball before offering a fine, angled finish.
Loovens was an enforced withdrawl at the interval, meaning a Celtic debut for the teenager Marcus Fraser and an addition to Lennon's casualty list. The replacement and his defensive colleagues looked on anxiously as Victor Montano somehow headed over the Celtic crossbar after an hour.
The impressive Victor Wanyama offered a Celtic response, with a shot which flew just wide. Forster then tipped Youssouf Hadji's attempt over the bar, before turning a header from the same player wide.
Gary Hooper endorsed the victory, playing a one-two with Samaras before slotting under Costil.


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This CD is one of four that is included in the Don't Panic Self-Help Kit. The first track is "Finding Personal Power," a guided imagery the enhances your sense of personal strength in order to reach your goals and to develop skills in preparation for the imagery practices on Track 2. The second track, "Three-minute Success Imageries," trains you to use brief imagery to support your efforts just before entering a situation that has been threatening to you in the past.
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This powerful root may contain the most powerful phytoceuticals for bladder repairing, and may be capable of reducing stress, worry, nervousness, and anxiety. It may promote relaxation, reduce pain, and perform sedative-like function while still keeping the mind fully alert. Kava may reduce fatigue, increase energy and relieve mental and emotional stress without fogging-you-up, and may relieve anxiety in relationships. A Native favorite for tribal chiefs to vision quest and "see" solutions to tribal problems, Kave-Kava can be used to unwind the mind and perceive new resolutions where none was foreseeable. It is tolerated best by those with more anxiety than those with panic or phobias, as it may cause those with panic to become more nervous. DO NOT use in combination with antidepressants, depression may be exacerbated.
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Theresa May is failing, by her own criteria, to make Brexit mean Brexit
We are told that the EU and the UK are edging towards an agreement on our withdrawal from the EU. How we will know the quality of this agreement will depend upon the extent to which it satisfies the criteria set during the referendum campaign as to what constitutes Brexit.
That is to say, the extent to which the agreement gives the UK control of our borders (including migration), our money (including tariffs and trade) and our laws (including jurisdiction of the courts). These are criteria often repeated in outline by our Prime Minister and measures which she claims to be fulfilling.
Based on reports of the deal, sadly it looks like we are heading for a monumental sell-out, a great betrayal of the British people and a fraud on democracy, the ultimate consequences of which are as yet difficult to predict, but unlikely to be good.
Why do I say this? Let us measure the emerging deal against those all important criteria.
Taking control of our laws
It appears that the intention is to tie the UK in perpetuity to the EU rulebook, at least covering all product law relating to industrials and agriculture/food and possibly also laws relating to employment, the environment and social policy. In other words, we will effectively remain in the single market and be subject to EU rules; past, present and future and without any say over their formulation. In fact, it will be a worse position in this respect than being in the EU.
The government will say that the British Parliament may reject any new laws it opposes, however, in practice this will rarely happen under pressure from the EU establishment. Furthermore, the European Court will continue to set precedent for these laws.
Taking control of our money
The government will agree to have a backstop failing the negotiation of a trade deal (which the EU will have no incentive to conclude), which will keep the whole of the UK in the Customs Union. This will prevent the UK from agreeing on trade deals around the world and prevent us removing external tariffs, the removal of which would boost the economy and lower the cost of living particularly for the poorest. Presumably, the money from tariffs will continue to go to the EU coffers as is now the case.
Substantially, therefore, the UK will not have taken control of our money, albeit some of our net contribution we can cease to pay, eventually. By the time we have paid at least £39 billion and continue to pay tariffs, it will be many years before the amount of our full net contribution begins to come home. The government will, of course, claim that the net contribution alone constitutes taking control of our money.
Taking control of our borders
Control of our only land border with the EU had been forgone. We are prepared to accept that because of the historic and special links within the British Isles. As for other borders, the outcome is not yet clear. If it transpires under the agreement that anyone who has a job can enter the UK we will effectively have conceded the continuation of mass migration. It is easy to have intermediaries arrange a "job".
The current regime costs the UK taxpayer and economy money, according to the Migration Advisory Committee and the 2005 House of Lords report. The Economists for Free Trade group estimate that the net cost to taxpayers of migrants into low skill jobs is £3500 per annum in benefits and public service provision.
This is quite apart from the social cost of nearly 700000 unemployed under 25s and the social dislocation of competing cultures, norms and values.
The transition
Let us not forget, on top of all this, the UK will have to suffer a transition period until at least the end of 2020 during which we will be locked into all aspects of the EU without any say- we will be a vassal state of the EU. What country in their right minds would do this?
And for the privilege of all the above, we will hand over at least £39 billion in tribute: £600 for every man, woman and child in the UK.
So, by the measure of the PM's own criteria, by the measure of both the Conservative and Labour manifestos, this likely outcome is Brexit in name only and a very bad deal indeed. The UK political class will have committed historic treachery. If so-called Brexiteer cabinet members stand idly by and MPs do not act, they will not be forgiven.


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Dr. Seema Yasmin, a CDC disease detective turned medical writer for the Dallas Morning News, describes how cases of Ebola are being covered locally.
The "ground zero" of Ebola is not Dallas, she emphasized, it's West Africa. "And we have to remember that," Yasmin said. "That has to stay the focus because as long as the epidemic continues there, we will continue to see imported cases to Dallas, to Texas, and to other parts of the world."
Yasmin joined the newspaper earlier this year. Yasmin said people in positions like hers "have a collective responsibility to reassure the public, but reassure them responsibly. Give them accurate information so they can make up their own mind."
Dalles is first to have a walk-in Ebola patient. Not same as being sent a patient...... Let see what happens with next walk-in. Naturally everyone is ready, now........ Need to now set up a place for fever screening......CDC only talks to people who think like them......follow the spending and see the waste... So sad people are dying because of their waste and incompetence .. News media needs to investigate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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We are pleased to announce that the following events will take place as ICGT satellite workshops:
- 3rd Workshop on Graph Computation Models (GCM 2010)
Webpage: http://gcm2010.imag.fr/
The aim of the International Workshop GCM2010 is to bring together researchers interested in all aspects of computation models based on graphs and graph transformation techniques. It promotes the cross-fertilizing exchange of ideas and experiences among researchers and students from the different communities interested in the foundations, applications, and implementations of graph computation models and related areas. Previous editions of GCM series were held in Natal, Brazil (GCM2006) and in Leicester, UK (GCM2008).
- 4th International Workshop on Graph-Based Tools (GraBaTs 2010)
Webpage: http://grabats2010.inf.mit.bme.hu/
The International Workshop on Graph Based Tools aims at continuing the GraBaTs series of workshops that serve as a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in the development and application of graph-based tools. It is the purpose of this workshop to summarize the state of the art of graph-based tool development, bring together developers of graph-based tools in different application fields and to encourage new tool development cooperations.
- 4th Workshop on Petri Nets and Graph Transformations (PNGT 2010)
Webpage: http://tfs.cs.tu-berlin.de/pngt10/
PNGT serves as a forum for all researchers and practitioners interested in an exchange of ideas, notions, techniques between the fields of Petri nets and graph transformations, two prominent specification formalisms of concurrent and distributed systems. The close correspondence between the two models has naturally led to a mutual influence. For instance, several approaches to the concurrent semantics of graph transformation systems as well as techniques for their analysis and verification are strongly influenced by the corresponding theories and constructions for Petri nets. Classical Petri net models have been integrated with graph transformation systems, e.g., in order to define rule-based changes in the net structure. This serves both for a stepwise refinement of Petri net models or for the specification of dynamically reconfiguring nets. Interesting connections exist with extensions of Petri net models with dynamic topologies, or with notions of Petri net module or component. Graph transformation systems are also used for the development, the simulation, or animation of various types of Petri nets, e.g., via the the definition of visual languages and environments.
- Workshop and Tutorial on Natural Computing (WTNC 2010)
Webpage: http://combio.abo.fi/wtnc/
Natural Computing is a research area concerned with computing taking place in nature and with human-designed computing inspired by nature. It is a fast growing, genuinely interdisciplinary field involving, among others, biology, mathematics and computer science. The aim of the International Workshop and Tutorials on Natural Computing WTNC 2010 is to provide a high-level scientific forum for the researchers in the various branches of Natural Computing, and to bring closer the research communities on Natural Computing and on Graph Transformations. This is the 4th event in this series of meetings, with previous editions held in Barcelona, Spain (with ICGT 2002), Rome, Italy (with ICGT 2004), and Leicester, UK (with ICGT 2008).
- Doctoral Symposium
Webpage: http://wwwhome.cs.utwente. nl/~molm/ICGT10-DS/
Young researchers (who completed their doctoral studies within the past 2 years) and PhD students interested in the foundations and applications of graph transformation will have the opportunity of presenting their work in a few dedicated technical sessions of ICGT2010. This will give them a unique opportunity to interact with established researchers of the graph transformation community. Presentations will be selected on the basis of submitted three-pages abstracts by the Program Committee of ICGT2010 according to their originality, significance, and general interest. Selected authors of presentations will be invited to submit a full paper for the refereed post-proceedings of the symposium.


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[From Francis]
Last night was crazy. Yes, we had sexual contact. I know it was only two hours since I met you. But I believed everything you said was true. I didn't want to have sex with you. You had my trust.
I was helping film a scene for my friend's movie. That's it. After that, I would go home and go to bed by 1am. You came and just commented on the set. I thought of you as a stranger. But it was the right choice for Al to stop you and ask a few questions. I'm glad you stood around. My first impression was that you were goofy and didn't know what you were doing. Maybe you were drunk. But I was wrong... you were drunk. But you wanted to talk about your film and I liked it. Walking and talking with you felt so new. It felt strange, like i didn't know you. I felt embarrassed like you wouldn't understand what an art film is. But you already knew.
I couldn't believe it was happening. I am talking to a decent looking stranger that I would never dare to hit on. I can't approach girls. I'm a nerd.
We sat down at Rebecca's and I ordered two drinks for us. My friend Al said "I was his mentor." That was such a nice thing to say. I never knew that. He left and gave us space. We entered the bar around 11:55, but didn't leave until 3am.
We sat down at Rebecca's and I ordered two drinks for us. My friend Al said "I was his mentor." That was such a nice thing to say. I never knew that. He left and gave us space. We entered the bar around 11:55, but didn't leave until 3am.
You have an interesting yet dysfunctional family. I am impressed you enjoy Larry Clark films. As cliche as it sounds, it's one point to understand that innocence does exist. You were yelling in my ear like i couldn't hear, but I could tell you just wanted to get closer. But I stood away. Did you really mean what you were doing?
We had a talk about music. Yes, we both have a selfie with Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu. But I did two podcasts with him. Not to sound cooler than you, but just to relate. He's a cool guy. Mitski, Japanese Breakfast. Beach House, yes they are all cool acts. And you got me when you said you had Atari Teenage Riot on LP hanging in your living room. No one has that. That's too hard to believe you are into that. I'm impressed.
You said I was "sexy" for being a novelist. I hope you don't mind me being transgressive and that each book sold only 100 copies each. But I'm on a google search, just like you are.
So my first book was about a failed relationship with a Chinese girl who made me obsessive and deranged. And then you said your first book was on a white skater boy who drove you crazy. It's like a parallel universe. I could tell you that you remind me of someone I grew up with, or that I like Asian women too much. And you said I have to watch it with my book, but ultimately it's daring and transgressive. You were excited that I like that type of girl.
I remember we moved to the sofa and you put my arm around me. And you talked about your life at SVA, your day job, and the art you make. I gave some advice. I wanted to talk intellectual, but you pushed it to something different. You wanted something out of me. But I wanted something else. You told me about your favorite animal (rabbit) and favorite color (orange). And my favorite color was also orange (I said it first), but I liked seals. Very mundane stuff. I think you got turnt on by orange.
You told me I was handsome, and you were confused why I was single. I told you I was a nerd. You said you were a nerd too (I believe it now, why are you going out alone?). I felt butterflies in my stomach, like reliving a high school memory. You are smaller than me and look socially awkward. I believe you.
I don't want to retell every point we talked about in two hours. But when you talked about your personal life, or your feelings, I just felt I had to hug you. And you asked me "are you single?" And the next thing happened, we were kissing. I felt you. I grabbed your cheek. And I told you, "I love your cheeks." I remember you dug you're fingernails into my back, and it hurt. And I grabbed your little hand. We tongued, made out, and it felt like forever. I grabbed your ass, you're tit, and, yes, I fingered you. I was on you. And we were having sex with our clothes on. Humping, yes. I bit your neck. I was going into you while it was in my pants, pushing into you.
We moved to the bathroom. And things happened there.
I knew you were something special. I believe you. I walked you home. I didn't want to go inside your house. You won my trust. Never did I want to date rape you. You were not an object. You kept asking me for my phone number and instagram. I gave you my phone and you typed them in. I was excited. Someone new, and someone who was pretty and intellectual. You are my type. Cute, small, Asian, artistic, eccentric, nostalgic for the past. We kissed for so long before you walked into your door. I commented "nice bike!" But that was your friends bike.
I was on the train home excited, yelling to myself "what just happened?" I had a girlfriend and I was thrilled. No longer would I have to go on Tinder or ask random people if they are interested. Or put on a mask during a date. My perfect date happened in 4 hours. I was at the right place in the right time. That is all I ever wanted living in a city. To belong, to have a place, and to have someone to be loyal too. No longer would I suffer with my trauma of being alone or being too eccentric. You begged for the next date to be on Monday or Halloween. I was happy. You liked sushi, so I guess we are going to get sushi.
I didn't see as a tool to have sex with. No. Even if I did use you, I would regret not seeing you again. Some people would call me a "cuck" for not sleeping with you. But I saw more in you. You won my trust. Let's have sex on the second date, or the third. I have standards. And I believe you have standards too.
Maybe I'm a loser that I didn't fuck you. Or even make an excuse to say "can I use your bathroom?" just so I can get outside your place. That wasn't on my mind. I believed you.
I couldn't go to sleep. I prayed to god (which I never do) thinking we would become a couple. I got 4 hours of sleep. It rained that morning.
I sent you a good morning text.
I'm a nerd Maggie. I'm not a pump and dump "chad" of any sorts. You are an amazing person and I am looking forward seeing you soon.
[From Maggie]
Or is it Joe? Which one do you like? (Can you tell me more about why you don't like Joe, it's kind of cute).
Last night was fun. I told you long-term for me was scary, but I am up for it. I prefer short-term because it's more ambiguous. Dating terms like that mix up the way we think about things.
Don't worry about what happened last night. I loved it.
You are a wonderful guy. I am surprised you are into the arts. Most people don't know half the stuff you are talking about.
Did you google search me? What do you think about my film?
I watched your YouTube. You are so funny. Also offensive. So why did your first channel get deleted? I want to watch more!
And your book, can you send me a PDF? I read it and you are talking about an ex? (A Chinese ex for that matter, wow!, you are so weird).
But tell me, do you hate your exes? Why would a guy like you be with me? Why not be with someone who has tits? I really don't have any of that. I'm not cool at all. I never leave my house, I never kissed a guy in 7 months (let alone suck a dick), and you like me. I like you a lot too.
I have a lot of quirks you may be afraid of. I'm not so sure if you will still like me. I do drugs sometimes, but that's because I been abused.
Can we meet at Momoya at 7pm? I just busy this morning. I have to do some screen prints. I understand you are busy too.
We can talk on the phone later tonight if you can't make it.
Also, I have a Halloween party with the students. You are welcomed to come by. You can meet some of my friends. They would love to hear your blogging work on… "Asian Aryanism?" Why the fuck are you so offensive? lol.
I thought about graduate school. It's cool you can afford it. You make me jealous. That would be great if you could teach too. You could settle here.
I can give you a tour of Brooklyn. I'm surprise you only been here for 3 months.
If you need a place to stay, my place is right next to Rebecca's. My studio is a mess. I would love to show you some time. Next week?
I really don't go out for concerts. But if you are taking me, let's go. I'll only go to Anna Akana because of the name alone. Maybe Dead Can Dance.
No, I don't know who is Alain Badiou.
I never go to Ludlow or Essex. If I was to visit your dorm, I would feel like a little kid. But I like that too.
Also, what are you doing Thanksgiving? Maybe we can do something. Just hang out? I will be alone. We could go somewhere.
And please, tell me about the film project with Al. I would love to act in it if you have a scene for me. I love film.
I thought about you last night too. You should of slept over. I feel great about myself. You are different from everyone else. I really like you.
Don't know what else to say. I'll see you this Monday!


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Lengjing Hair
Location: Parades (Shop) - Parades (Location)
Price: 10,000 Gold
Sellback: 2,500 Gold
Rarity: Seasonal Rare Rarity
Description: Like the ever-watching peacock, face painted dancers have all eyes watching their audience for good reason. The charm in these cosmetics is enough to magnetize all eyes on the occasion.
Note: Also see Lengjing Locks.
Thanks to Apus.


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Way2earning has started its journey in 2010 and was successful. Earlier the blogging platform was blogger and later moved to WordPress. WordPress is really cool and one can have a lot of fun working on it. We will focus more on genuine monetization opportunities for publishers in near future. The Way2earning website helps people to succeed with blogging and advertising. Newbies can mostly benefit from the resources given in the website.
Story :
Few years back one of my friend has shown me an advertisement about part-time work from home. The headline was something like " Make money online in your spare time if you have computer and internet connection". My friend was pretty much interested in that offer. So we called the employer and my friend to his excitement asked every single detail of the work. The last words of the employer surprised us as we have to pay $50 for the work. He agreed to pay us double the money we invest. The first thought on my mind was why should we pay to work. Later I discussed the same thing with my friend.
The work is ad posting on some classified sites and data entry if necessary. The employer assured the working hours would be very flexible (2 hours daily). We paid $50 to that guy without second thought. The fact is that we are less experienced and moreover there was no one from my family and friends who has done this work before. He assigned the work and it went well for 15 days.
On one fine day we came to know that the person who is heading this company was absconding. So he managed to dupe 500 people like us. I was bit frustrated and blamed myself for entering into new field with lack of knowledge. At that very first moment I decided to learn internet technologies.
My computer background helped me to explore new resources and I was luckiest in this aspect. I can proudly say that I don't have real 'guru' in this journey. But, virtually Google is my guru. 🙂 My self intuition is my teacher and guide when it comes to decision-making. I was very much fascinated by computers from the early age. My learning process started with networking as it is the basic foundation of internet technologies. I have my certifications in CCNA and MCSE. After completion of courses I contributed my networking services for few companies.
Later I moved to affiliate marketing. I have hands on Clickbank and other affiliate networks. Later I entered into the blogging world. Thanks to Google Blogger platform. From my perspective newbies start blogging with Blogger and end with WordPress.
The main reason behind my blogging journey is to help people from getting cheated by the scammers. The scammers are everywhere and tries to dupe people with various schemes like "Make $1,00,000 while sleeping in just 1 month". Oh my god this is seriously absurd. I am sure this is not going to happen as the advertisement pretends. There are no short cuts to make money online. It needs a lot of patience and hard work.
Apart from working I love to play chess and I'm really passionate about latest technology updates. My favorite things are music, photography and reading books.
If you have doubts or queries about any thing feel free to contact me. You can follow me on Twitter : http://twitter.com/free2earn


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J.D. Walton is officially on the clock.
The Broncos' pick at #108, Center Philip Blake of Baylor, tells us more about what the Broncos think about J.D. Walton than it does about what they think of Philip Blake. Walton has been slow to develop, and despite the Broncos' stellar running game last year, most Broncos fans recognize it had more to do with the unpredictability of the zone-read option than it did with Walton moving mountains up front.
It's not enough anymore that Walton played well against Ndamukong Suh in college.
It's not enough anymore to say that playing center in the NFL takes patience (Maurkice Pouncey, anyone?).
It's not enough to hope that Peyton Manning turns Walton into Jeff Saturday.
It's just not enough.
Walton needs to go beast mode, and soon. Why? Blake is a natural beast. At almost 6-3 and 315 lbs., Blake is a load. He can squat over 600 lbs. and anchors like an ocean liner. Despite this, he has enough mobility to get to the second level, something we've noticed Walton has had trouble doing in the past.
Here's some tape (note: these are RG3 game films, but watch Blake, #74, on each play):
- Achors well in pass blocking
- Powerful frame and good bulk
- Quick to the point of attack, good initial burst and push
- Super strength
- Good mobility for size
- Limited in zone blocking schemes
- Age a slight concern (Blake is 26)
- Needs to do a better job of finishing blocks
- Could improve recognition of stunts and blitzes, drifts from time to time
- Could improve his punch
Don't think this lets Zane Beadles off the hook, either. Blake is talented and nasty enough in a man-blocking scheme to move over to guard if Walton holds him off. Long term, Blake is a starter in this league.


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Over the years Darren and I have watched many an episode of DIY and home renovation programmes, and our personal favourite 'No Going Back' has become the motto for this Spanish town house renovation. The programme shows couples from England packing up their lives and heading to sunnier climates. Often they end up struggling to make ends meet or get stuck in a huge renovation project which needs a whole lot of time, money and dedication. They struggle along for months and years on end before finally being spat back out alive. Well, most of them make it…
We often laugh that we are becoming one of those couples. We have a humongous project which seems to get more and more complicated as time goes on, and which is costing far more than we had ever planned to spend. Every time we return to Pego after a stint back home in Southampton we have a major melt down. We question why the hell we are still busting a gut over this house. We question why the hell we ever put in a cheeky offer on a house in a little town the we had only spent a few hours in.
But, we've been back and forth to Pego now enough times to realise there is no point questioning ourselves. There is no going back. We are finishers. It's just we have a whole lot of finishing to do.
In the past eighteen months we've spent six months of our lives renovating this home. Last week, I shared some photos of the progress we've made to date (Project Pego: Progress at Month Six) and because I was asked nicely, I've made another video update which you will find below. I promise I'll make sure I do one at the end of month seven, Scott!
Plans for month seven
This week, we start our seventh month renovating 'Project Pego'. Like our sixth month, we have big plans, and we know that we will pass more huge milestones in the renovation.
As I write this post we are actually a few days in to month seven. We've managed a couple of the jobs we planned to undertake already. So far the tap in the 'Granny Annexe' ensuite sink has been fitted, as have a couple of the shelves. We would love to finish this room by the end of the month. To complete the Granny Annexe we need to fill and sand the walls, paint them, and install the feature wall. We also need to get electrics sorted and lay the underfloor heating and laminate. A bathroom door would be great, too! I'm really looking forward to getting the room ready for friends to stay. We are also planning on putting it on Airbnb to meet new friends, too.
Since we arrived in Pego we've also ordered our utility room furniture. This means that all bar the utility door which we can't fit until the kitchen is completed (month eight, maybe?!) the utility room should be up and running, too.
Talking of kitchen, getting the room prepped for the ultimate dream kitchen is high on the priorities this month. Living in a glorified camp site is really hard work. There is a lot of work needed to get this huge space ready for kitchen fitting but we hope it will be almost ready in just a few more weeks. That means installing metal channelling, first fix plumbing and electrics and some how getting plaster board up to the ceiling. Sorting out the floor level would be good too, but that might be pushing it a little too far.
Project Pego: Month Six Video Progress